2024屆高考英語二輪復習課時提升練：20 選修7 Unit 20 New Frontiers（北師大版）
課時提升練(二十)
?、?單詞拼寫
1．You are not
(permission) to smoke here.
2．His expenses do not
(一致)to his income.
3．She was in a
(困境)as to whether to go or stay.
4．We must put an end to the pointless
(沖突)．
5．Do you need anybody to a
you in your work?
6．Racial
(歧視) still exists in the society.
7．His life's work centred in the search for a c
for the terrible disease.
8．Everyone was asked to d
a day's pay to the earthquake-hit areas.
9．The firemen r
three women from the burning house.
10．The doctor finally
(declare)that the man had died.
【答案】 1.permitted 2.correspond 3.dilemma 4.conflict 5.assist 6.discrimination 7.cure 8.donate 9.rescued 10.declared
?、?完成句子
1．他沒穿鞋，看上去矮多了。
He seems much shorter without his shoes on.
2．他們昨天晚上就完成工作了。
They have finished their work by last night.
3．毫無疑問他參與了這樁搶劫案。
There is no doubt about his role in the robbery.
4．到達目的地時，我們又累又餓。
We reached our destination, tired and hungry.
5．沒有好的設備，我們就不可能做得很好。
Without good equipment, we couldn't have done it well.
?、?閱讀理解
A
(2024·江淮十校聯考)Older fathers have uglier children, researchers have claimed after linking age to genetic mutations(變異)．
The finding comes weeks after leading scientists reported children born to men over the age of 45 run a higher risk of having autism and mental disorders.
With age, sperm(精子)-producing cells do not copy a man's DNA as effectively, leading to genetic mutations.
Martin Fielder, an anthropologist(人類學家) at Vienna University, told the Sunday Times: Every 16 years the mutation rate doubles. Other researchers found 25 mutations per sperm in a 20-year-old, but at age 40 it is 65 mutations. By 56, it doubles again.
The effect is very visible—someone born to a father of 22 is already 5-10 per cent more attractive than those with a 40-year-old father and the difference grows with the age gap.
In contrast, women pass on a maximum of 15 mutations to their baby, regardless of age, according to the study published in the journal Nature.
Surveying a group of six men and six women, researchers showed them each 4,018 photographs of 18-20-year-old men and 4,416 of women the same age, and asked to assess their attractiveness.
Those with older fathers were consistently considered less attractive.
However, the children of older men, though less attractive, are likely to outlive their peers with younger fathers, it is claimed.
Professor Lee Smith, a geneticist at Edinburgh University, told the Sunday Times other research found such children have longer telomeres(端粒)—the caps on the end of chromosomes(染色體)—which are associated with longer life.
But the mounting research connecting parents' age with autism is cause for concern, experts warn.
Autism is an umbrella term for a range of developmental disorders that have a lifelong effect on someone's ability to interact socially and communicate openly.
In the UK, around one in 100 adults is thought to be affected by autism, mostly men, caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Researchers said men should be advised about the potential problems in order to help their personal decision-making when it came to having fathering children at older ages.
They warned that advancing paternal age faced a risk of ‘numerous public health and societal problems’．
Among well-known older dads are Simon Cowell, 54, whose son was born earlier this month, and comedian Frank Skinner whose first child was born in 2024 when he was 55.
[語篇解讀] 文章主要介紹了科學家的最新發現——年齡大的父親生的孩子丑的可能性更大。
1．From the passage, we know that
.
A．genetic mutations are caused by old age and physical disorders
B．when a man becomes older, sperm-producing cells copy his DNA less effectively
C．one of the advantages older fathers have is that their children can live a longer life
D．researchers advise men to avoid having fathering children at older ages
【解析】 推理判斷題。根據第三段With age, sperm(精子)-producing cells do not copy a man's DNA as effectively一句可知B正確。
【答案】 B
2．What does the passage say about autism?
A．Genetic mutations inside a person cause autism.
B．Environmental factors contribute to autism.
C．In the UK, one percent of its population are affected by autism.
D．Autism prevents people from interacting socially and communicating openly.
【解析】 細節理解題。根據倒數第五段Autism is an umbrella term for a range of developmental disorders that have a lifelong effect on someone's ability to interact socially and communicate openly.可知選D。
【答案】 D
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Aging is the cause of genetic mutations.
B．Mothers have less effect on their children's appearance than fathers.
C．Children born to younger fathers are more attractive in looks than those born to older fathers and the difference grows with the age gap.
D．Simon Cowell and Frank Skinner are mentioned as an example to show that older fathers have uglier children.
【解析】 細節理解題。根據第五段The effect is very visible－someone born to a father of 22 is already 5-10 per cent more attractive than those with a 40-year-old father and the difference grows with the age gap.可知C正確。
【答案】 C
4．The whole passage is developed mainly by means of
.
A．showing examples
B．making arguments
C．presenting theories
D．providing data and facts
【解析】 推理判斷題。文章通過列舉一些數據和調查結果進行闡述，因此選D。
【答案】 D
B
What the school of the future will be like is unknown, but most educators and observers agree that the future school will go electronic with a capital E.
“This century, schools as we know them will no longer exist，” says a feature in The Age publication, based in Melbourne, Australia. “In their place will be community-style centers operating seven days a week, 24 hours a day.” Computers will become a necessary part for an effective school of the future.
Students, The Age says, will see and hear teachers on computers, with “remote learning”， the trend of tomorrow. Accessing “classrooms” on their home computers, students will learn at times most convenient for them. Yet some attendance at an actual school will be required to help students develop right social skills.
At Seashore Primary School, an imaginary school of the future created by the Education Department of Australia, technology is the thing that holds classes together. At the imaginary Seashore school：
◆all teachers and students have laptop computers.
◆teachers check voicemail and return students' calls on a special telephone system.
◆students use telephones to find information or speak to experts in subject areas they are studying.
◆all lessons are multidisciplinary.
◆all students have individual learning plans created by teachers.
As Seashore's acting headmaster says, a laptop computer is the students' “library, homework, data storage, and connection to the wider world. Technology has changed the emphasis(重點)to the learning of kids rather than the teaching of kids. ”
[語篇解讀] 文章主要說明現在的學校模式在未來將不復存在，以及想象未來學校的樣子。
5．
will be very popular in the future.
A．Classroom learning
B．Internet learning
C．Telephone learning
D．Remote learning
【解析】 細節理解題。從原文第三段中的“‘remote learning’， the trend of tomorrow”可知“遠程學習將成為將來的流行趨勢”。
【答案】 D
6．In the future, students should go to school sometimes to
.
A．hand in their homework
B．have an examination
C．develop right social skills
D．discuss problems with their teachers
【解析】 細節理解題。即使將來學生們可以在家學習，但有時還必須去現實生活中的學校去接受正確的社交技能的培養。這從原文第三段末的“Yet some attendance at an actual school will be required to help students develop right social skills.”可知。
【答案】 C
7．By saying “students will learn at times most convenient for them”， the writer means that
.
A．students can learn whenever they like best
B．students can learn only when their teachers are free
C．students have no right to choose when to learn
D．the teachers will begin their classes when the students are not busy
【解析】 細節理解題。要正確理解此句，首先要知道them指的是前面的students，而不是teachers，可排除D項。另外，此句中的most convenient for them作定語修飾times。此句意為“學生們將會在他們最方便的時候學習”，故A項正確。
【答案】 A
8．From the passage we can learn that
.
A．Seashore Primary School is a famous school situated in Melbourne
B．students will do their homework on the computers in the future
C．students have the same learning plans made by their teachers
D．students will have lessons from Sunday to Saturday
【解析】 推理判斷題。根據原文最后一段a laptop computer is the students' “library, homework. . .”可知“筆記本電腦是學生的圖書館、家庭作業、數據存儲器，以及與更廣闊世界的聯系(紐帶)”，因此B項正確。根據原文第四段開頭可知Seashore Primary School是所imaginary school(虛擬學校)，故A項不正確。根據“all students have individual learning plans created by teachers”可知學生們均有老師為他們制訂的個人計劃，故C項不正確。雖然未來的學校是全日制的，但由于學生們可以在他們最方便的時間學習，所以他們就不必天天上課了，故D項不正確。
【答案】 B
?、?閱讀填句
Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years.
1
Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you're showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect.
2
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature.
3
Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in a new managers.
4
“Academics are important. But if you don't have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won't be as successful in work or in your love life，” she says.
What's the best way to up your EQ (情商)? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others.
5
.
To really develop empathy, you'd better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
A．Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.
B．That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.
C．“One doesn't develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking，” Freed says.
D．Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
E．Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.
F．Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.
G．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.
【答案】 1－5 BDGFC
Ⅴ.短文改錯
Dear Li Mei，
With the mid-term exam come，you must get prepared for them. I think that you need is a right study method. As we all know，there are three stage in study—preview，study in class and review，among which review was the most important. You should first make a review plan，and then stick to it.
I follow my review plan strictly and have made a progress in my study. It turns out to be good enough. Of course，there are more than one way to review. So long as you review regular，I'm sure you can find more ways to study well.
If you have any question of subjects，you may ask me I'm glad to help you. We may meet in our school library every Friday afternoon.
Best regards.
Yours，
Li Hua
【答案】
Dear Li Mei，
Best regards.
Yours，
Li Hua
