北师大版必修1高考英语一轮复习unit2heroes单元主题语篇训练一.docx
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1、Unit 2 单元主题语篇训练AThe experience of life can show ones “determination”. Complex challenges early in life helped the following people develop skills that got them to the top of their professions.Sean Combs, CEO, Sean JohnCombs began a generation of hiphop talent and made a lasting influence on fashion.
2、But his story could have turned out much differently: His drug dealer father was killed when he was 3. “It made me work even harder,” he recently said.Howard Schultz, Executive Chairman, StarbucksSchultz grew up in public housing in Brooklyn, surrounded by poverty, and was the first in his family to
3、 go to college (on a football scholarship)After training in sales, he set up the company that would later buy Starbucks.“In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money, I spoke to 242 people, and 217 of them said no,” he said.Ursula Burns, Chairwoman, VEON; Former CEO, XeroxHer family was s
4、o poor that her single mother traded office cleaning for health care.But Burns early gift for maths won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox, where she would compete her way to the top.“Im a black lady from the Lower East Side,” she says, “Not a lot scares me.”Geisha Williams, CEO, PG & EHer
5、 parents fled Cuba when Williams was 5.By 7, she was her parents main translator in talks with lawyers and accountants at grocery stores they owned.The experience did help her.“I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger,” she told Fortune.语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章介
6、绍了四位事业有成的名人。他们早期生活艰难,却能化苦难为决心。最终,取得了巨大的成就。1How did the death of Combs father influence him?AIt made him even stronger.BHe became a drug dealer.CIt made him a failure.DHe became a hiphopper.解析:选A细节理解题。 根据Sean Combs, CEO, Sean John部分中的“It made me work even harder”可知,他父亲的死亡使他变得更坚强,故选A。2Who did best in
7、math at school?ASean Combs.BGeisha Williams.CUrsula Burns. DHoward Schultz.解析:选C细节理解题。 根据Ursula Burns, Chairwoman, VEON; Former CEO, Xerox部分中的“But Burns early gift for maths won her a scholarship and an internship”可知,Burns有杰出的数学天赋,在学校数学学得最好,故选C。3What can we learn from the passage?ACuba is a good pla
8、ce to do business.BDifficulty in life pushed Williams forward.CNo one wanted to help Schultz at first.DPoor family kids can be successful easily.解析:选B推理判断题。 根据Geisha Williams, CEO, PG & E部分的内容可推知,尽管Williams儿时的生活很艰难,但正是生活的艰难促进了Williams的向前发展,故选B。BGeorge Nakashima always insisted that he was a simple w
9、oodworker, not an artist.Even though major museums exhibited his works and the director of the American Craft Museum called him a national treasure, Mr Nakashima rejected the label of artist.For almost fifty years he simply went on shaping wood into beautiful chairs, tables, and cabinets.Nakashima h
10、ad a clear goal.He intended each piece of furniture he made to be as perfect as possible.Even making a box was an act of creation, because it produced an object that had never existed before.Initially Nakashima used local wood, sometimes from his own property.Later, he traveled to seek out English o
11、ak, Persian walnut, African zebra wood and Indian teak.He especially liked to find giant roots that had been dug out of the ground after a tree was taken down.Nakashima felt that making this wood into furniture was a way of allowing the tree to live again.Most furniture makers prefer perfect boards,
12、 but Nakashima took pleasure in using wood with interesting knots (节疤) and cracks.These irregularities gave the wood personality and showed that the tree had lived a happy life.He never failed to create an object that was both useful and beautiful.One early piece Nakashima designed was a threelegged
13、 chair for his small daughter Mira, to use when she sat at the table for meals.The Mira chair became so popular that Nakashima later made both low and high versions.Another famous piece, the Conoid chair, has two legs supported by bladelike feet.Always, Nakashimas designs were precise and graceful,
14、marked by a simplicity that revealed his love for the wood.As the years passed, Nakashimas reputation grew and his work received many awards.His children Mira and Kevin, now adults, joined the team of craftspeople in their fathers studio.Nakashimas dream of integrating work and family had come true.
15、语篇解读:本文是一篇人物传记。文章介绍了木工兼艺术家George Nakashima以及他设计的作品。4Which of the following best describes Nakashima?AGenerous and outgoing.BHonest and simple.CCapable and friendly.DCreative and modest.解析:选D推理判断题。根据第一段“Mr Nakashima rejected the label of artist”可知,他很谦虚。根据第二段“Even making a box was an act of creation,
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