Section D　Reading for Writing & Assessing Your Progress
必备知识基础练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth’s temperature which leads to     　(气候) change. 
答案climate
2.He is a     　(和善的) man,who is liked by all the people around him. 
答案mild
3.Our company has produced a new kind of     　(材料) which remains stainless no matter what you will spill on it. 
答案material
4.It doesn’t matter what you wear,so long as you look     　(整洁的) and tidy. 
答案neat
5.After they got the present job,the couple     　(定居) down in that country. 
答案settled
6.The old teaching building has been pulled down and a new one is under     　(建造). 
答案construction
7.This drink doesn’t     　(含有) any alcohol,so you can drink it if you drive a car. 
答案contain
8.Each     　(物品) in the store has a bar code or a product number. 
答案item
Ⅱ.短语填空(注意动词的适当形式)
divide up into,base on,to name but a few,at first hand,have a population of,with care
1.Lots of our friends are coming:Anne,Ken and George,          . 
答案to name but a few
2.He’s one of the few Westerners who have experienced the conditions there              . 
答案at first hand
3.The course is           two parts:class time for learning traffic regulations and driving time to practice driving. 
答案divided up into
4.The country           over 100,000,most of whom are farmers. 
答案settingsunhas a population of
5.He handled the test sample           ,because he was afraid of spoiling it. 
答案with care
6.The research group produced two reports           the survey,but neither contained any useful suggestions. 
答案based on
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.他躺在草地上,眼望天空。
He lay on the grass                                   　. 
答案with his eyes looking at the sky
2.老板只在乎你做的事而不是你说的话。
The boss only cares               　but not               　. 
答案what you do;what you say
3.中国有五千多年的历史,创造了灿烂的文化。
China                     over 5,000 years and has created a splendid culture. 
答案has a history of
4.伦敦位于泰晤士河畔,有700万人口。
London lies on the River Thames and                     seven million. 
答案has a population of
5.一年分四季。
The year               　four seasons. 
答案is divided into
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Ⅳ.阅读理解
(2021·黑龙江、吉林两省十校高一期中)
A Journey to the Yosemite Firefall
Each year,thousands of people are attracted to the Yosemite National Park in California for a chance of seeing — and photographing — the unique “firefall”.The amazing “firefall”comes to life only when there is enough water from the melting (融化) snow to keep the Horsetail Fall flowing and when the light of the setting sun hits the waterfall at the right angle.It can only be seen for a short time in February on clear sunny days.
This year,the weather isn’t stopping the “firefall”from happening,but it is making the journey to see it more difficult.
“What would have been a 10-minute walk turned into a two-hour hike through deep snow?”photographer Ryan Fitzsimons said about his recent trip to see the phenomenon.“Our clothes were all wet by the time we got to a viewing site.But the heavy snow made the sight much more beautiful since the waterfall is much bigger this year.”
Another photographer Andy Heitz was making his first trip to see the “firefall”.He had to wait five hours in the extreme cold for his turn to take a picture.
“I got to the site at about 12:00 at noon.The place was already filled with hundreds of people waiting to see and photograph the ‘firefall’.I was so lucky that I shot a really wonderful burner!I was completely amazed with what I saw,”he said.“You know,only on a couple days of the year in February and when the sun sets down at the perfect angle to shine on Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall can we see the ‘Fire Fall’.I’ll never forget what I have seen.”
The “firefall” should continue to be there from 20 to 24 February.But park officials said that there’s no guarantee (保证) that visitors will see it on any given day.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国加州约塞米蒂的“火瀑布”。
1.When might be the best time to take pictures of the “firefall”?
               
A.Early in the morning.
B.At noon.
C.Late in the afternoon.
D.At night.
答案C
解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The amazing ‘firefall’comes to life only when there is enough water from the melting (融化) snow to keep the Horsetail Fall flowing and when the light of the setting sun hits the waterfall at the right angle.”可知,只有当融雪中有足够的水来保持马尾瀑布的流动,当夕阳以合适的角度照射到瀑布时,神奇的“火瀑布”才会出现。由此可知,“火瀑布”形成于日落时分,也是最好的拍照时间。故选C项。
2.What does the underlined word “burner”in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A.A worker in the kitchen.
B.The fire in the Yosemite National Park.
C.A part of a cooker or stove.