Amazing people　單元檢測(A卷——全員必做)

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　　1．(2024·安徽名校高三聯考)One way to ________ species under threat of extinction — whatever the cause — is to remove them to zoos and parks and feed them there.

　　A．betray　B．resist

　　C．preserve

　　D．abandon

　　2．(2024·蘇南五校聯考) ________about the man wearing sunglasses during night that he was determined to follow him.

　　A．So curious the detective was

　　B．So curious was the detective

　　C．How curious was the detective

　　D．How curious the detective was

　　3．(2024·南京四校高三調研)To her disappointment, what she had devoted herself to ________ in nothing but failure.

　　A．resulting

　　B．results

　　C．has resulted

　　D．resulted

　　4．(2024·金陵中學模擬)The young boy, who by then ________ admission to the university, decided to do some part-time work to gain more practical experience.

　　A．gained

　　B．was gaining

　　C．has gained

　　D．had gained

　　5．(2024·連云港高三模擬)Fan Bingbing is my favorite film star.I consider her ______ other stars.

　　A．more superior to

　　B．more superior than

　　C．superior to

　　D．superior than

　　6．(2024·濟南高三模擬)It is reported that a similar technique can be ________ to the treatment of cancer.

　　A．applied

　　B．attached

　　C．added

　　D．compared

　　7．(2024·淮安高三模擬)—Where was the film The Warring State made?

　　—It was in the very Movie & Television Base ________ I visited last week ________ the film was made.

　　A．where; that

　　B．what; that

　　C．that; that

　　D．which; where

　　8．(2024·宿遷高三模擬)This term several optional courses are provided, and we are free to choose ________ we are interested in.

　　A．whatever

　　B．whichever

　　C．whenever

　　D．wherever

　　9．(2024·湖北武漢適應性訓練)Enormous pressure as they are faced with, the students remain ________ and try hard to achieve their goals.

　　A．conscious

　　B．optimistic

　　C．influential

　　D．competitive

　　10．(2024·合肥二中模擬)The girl living in a small village desires that she ________ to work in the western area.

　　A．send

　　B．is sent

　　C．be sent

　　D．should send

　　11．(2024·江陰五校聯考)The boys are still playing basketball happily on the court ________ it is raining heavily.

　　A．in case

　　B．even though

　　C．as if

　　D．as long as

　　12．(2024·安慶高三模擬)Greatly ________， the students made up their minds to work at English even harder.

　　A．inspiring

　　B．inspired

　　C．having inspired

　　D．to inspire

　　13．(2024·唐山一模)The new technology, if ________ to farming, will help increase the grain output.

　　A．applying

　　B．to apply

　　C．applied

　　D．having applied

　　14．(2024·常州中學模擬)When you ________ a new word, you'd better ________ a dictionary.

　　A．come about; refer to

　　B．come across; consult

　　C．come across; look up

　　D．come up; consult

　　15．(2024·石家莊高三模擬)—Do you really think what he

　　said was practical?

　　—I

　　don't entirely agree, but ________.

　　A．I don't care

　　B．go ahead

　　C．just let it go

　　D．I doubt it

　　.閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2024·無錫高三檢測)Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced, had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress, “There were times when I would lie in bed and think, I don't know how I'm going to pay that bill，” Mangano says.

　　But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious. She knew firsthand how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing out a mop，” Mangano says. “So, I said, ‘There's gotta be a better way.’”

　　How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a distinctive tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.

　　Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (泡在電視機前的人) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera demonstration. “Brave little me. I said, ‘Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.’”

　　So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”

　　Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about her household inventions is “as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child，” Mangano says.

　　Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers. The thin, space-saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the USA. Of course, you couldn't possibly sell hangers on TV.

　　1．The two items that Mangano designed and produced are ________.

　　A．welcomed by housewives

　　B．bought by multinational corporation

　　C．seen at flea markets

　　D．found by the media

　　2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A．Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.

　　B．Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.

　　C．The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.

　　D．QVC is a business organization that sells goods on TV.

　　3．From the passage we can know that Mangano now ________.

　　A．sells her goods mostly at markets

　　B．has become famous and got rich

　　C．has stopped household inventions

　　D．has sold her two-bedroom home

　　4．Huggable Hanger is the thing that people can use ________.

　　A．to clean the floor

　　B．to take pictures like a camera

　　C．to make phone calls like a cellphone

　　D．to put their clothes on it to keep their shape

　　B

　　(2024·安徽省蕪湖三校高三第一次模擬考試)The American newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr died at the age of 86. Mr. Sulzberger led The New York Times for more than three decades, before passing the business to his son. He took over the paper in 1963 when it was in financial trouble, and transformed it into the heart of a multi-billion dollar media empire.

　　His family announced he had died at his home in Southampton, New York State, after a long illness. His son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr, said in a statement that his father, whom he referred to by his childhood nickname of

　　Punch, was “one of our industry's most admired executives”. “Punch, the old Marine captain who never backed down from a fight, was an absolutely fierce defender of the freedom of the press” he said.

　　The New York Times was bought by Mr. Sulzberger Sr's grandfather Adolph Ochs in 1896. During Mr. Sulzberger's tenure, The New York Times won 31 Pulitzer prizes.

　　Born in New York City, 5 February 1926, Sr served in Marine Corps during World War Ⅱ and Korean War, joined The New York Times in 1951 after graduating from Columbia College, took over as publisher in 1963 after his brother-in-law died suddenly, stepped down in 1997 and passed stewardship to his son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

　　He oversaw a huge circulation boost at the paper, and increased its parent company's annual revenues (年收入) from $100m in 1963 to $1.7bn by the time he stepped down in 1997. He also led the paper through high-level clashes with the political establishment. In 1971, The Times published a series of stories saying that politicians had systematically lied over the US involvement in Vietnam. The source was thousands of leaked government documents known as the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon administration demanded that the paper stop publishing the stories on grounds of national security. But the paper refused, and then won the subsequent court case by arguing that the First Amendment of the US Constitution (憲法) guaranteed free speech. The case is seen as a landmark in the history of free speech in the US. Mr. Sulzberger said he read more than 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers before personally deciding to publish them.

　　His family still holds a controlling stake (控股權) in The New York Times. He was a strong believer in family ownership of newspapers. He once joked: “My conclusion is simple Nepotism_works.”

　　5．When did Arthur Sulzberger Sr die?

　　A．In 1997.　B．In 2024.

　　C．In 1963.

　　D．In 1971.

　　6．Punch, the old Marine captain was actually ________.

　　A．Arthur Sulzberger Jr

　　B．Adolph Ochs

　　C．Arthur Sulzberger Sr's father

　　D．Arthur Sulzberger Sr

　　7．In the political case in the 1970s, Mr. Sulzberger ________.

　　A．failed the case in the end

　　B．lost the controlling stake in The New York Times

　　C．gave in to the government

　　D．succeeded in guarding free speech of the paper

　　8．What does the underlined word “Nepotism” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

　　A．Friendship.

　　B．Politics.

　　C．Family ownership.

　　D．Freedom of speech.

　　Amazing people　單元檢測(B卷——自主選做)

　　.完形填空

　　(2024 ·徐州市高三教學質量檢測)Some years ago when I was in my second year in university, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome's __1__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __2__ that I decided to write an article about her.

　　I __3__

　　Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __4__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __5__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn't even written a grocery list.

　　I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __6__， taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me ...” I soon realized that __7__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __8__ was almost unbearable (不可容忍的). I struggled for days __9__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

　　It didn't take long. My manuscript __10__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __11__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't __12__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

　　Five years later, I was moving to California. While __13__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and __14__ the editor's letter in disbelief：

　　Dear Ms Profit，

　　Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __15__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __16__ your story soon.

　　Shocked, it took me a long time to __17__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __18__ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this __19__， I learned a very important lesson: You can't __20__ to doubt yourself.

　　1．A.joyB．voice

　　C．speech

　　D．smile

　　2．A.moved

　　B．active

　　C．satisfied

　　D．proud

　　3．A.visited

　　B．emailed

　　C．interviewed

　　D．phoned

　　4．A.agreed

　　B．refused

　　C．hesitated

　　D．paused

　　5．A.replied

　　B．discovered

　　C．explained

　　D．knew

　　6．A.seriously

　　B．nervously

　　C．patiently

　　D．quietly

　　7．A.blaming

　　B．fooling

　　C．inviting

　　D．urging

　　8．A.hardship

　　B．failure

　　C．comment

　　D．pressure

　　9．A.on

　　B．by

　　C．with

　　D．in

　　10．A.returned

　　B．disappeared

　　C．spread

　　D．improved

　　11．A.compare

　　B．compete

　　C．survive

　　D．struggle

　　12．A.ignore

　　B．deliver

　　C．face

　　D．receive

　　13．A.cleaning

　　B．repairing

　　C．decorating

　　D．leaving

　　14．A.saw

　　B．read

　　C．found

　　D．noticed

　　15．A.memorial

　　B．relevant

　　C．private

　　D．reliable

　　16．A.broadcast

　　B．create

　　C．publish

　　D．assess

　　17．A.prepare

　　B．recover

　　C．escape

　　D．concentrate

　　18．A.energetic

　　B．enjoyable

　　C．typical D．endless

　　19．A.experience

　　B．success

　　C．benefit

　　D．accident

　　20．A.attempt

　　B．pretend

　　C．expect

　　D．afford

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　(2024·江西八校聯考)There are records of fingerprints taken many centuries ago. The ancient Babylonians pressed the tips of their fingerprints into clay to record business trade. The Chinese used ink-on-paper finger impressions for business. However, fingerprinting wasn't used as a method for identifying criminals until the 19th century.

　　In 1858, Sir William Herschel was working as an official of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India. In order to reduce fraud (詐騙), he had people living in the district record their fingerprints when signing business documents. A few years later, Scottish doctor Henry Faulds was working in Japan when he discovered fingerprints left by artists on ancient pieces of clay. This finding inspired him to begin investigating fingerprints. In 1880, Faulds wrote to his cousin, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, and asked for help with developing a fingerprint classification system. Darwin refused, but sent the letter to his cousin, Sir Francis Gallon, who was an eugenicist (優生學家). Gallon began collecting fingerprints and eventually gathered some 8,000 different samples to analyze. In 1892, he published a book called Fingerprints, in which he outlined a fingerprint classification system — the first existence.

　　Around the same time, Juan Vucetich, a police officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was developing his own version of a fingerprinting system. In 1892, Vucetich was called in to assist with the investigation of the two boys murdered in Necoche, a village near Buenos Aires. Their mother, Francisca Rojas, accused a neighbour named Velasquez. But when Vucetich compared the fingerprints found at the murder scene to those of both Velasquez and Rojas, they matched Rojas' exactly. She admitted her crime. This was the first time fingerprints had been used in a criminal investigation. Vucetich called his system comparative dactyloscopy (指紋鑒定法). It's still used in many Spanish-speaking countries.

　　Sir Edward Henry, in charge of the Metropolitan Police of London, soon became interested in using fingerprints to catch criminals. In 1896, he added to Gallon's technique, creating his own classification system, the Henry Classification System. It is the primary method of fingerprint classification throughout most of the world.

　　1．Herschel had people record their fingerprints so as to ________.

　　A．develop a fingerprinting system

　　B．prevent illegal business

　　C．put them on pieces of clay

　　D．collect and study fingerprints

　　2．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to “________”．

　　A．the fingerprints