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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮总复习第一部分教材知识梳理Unit2Workingtheland练习新人教版必修一、阅读理解(共8小题;每小题2分,满分16分)AIt has happened to all of us.You want to talk about an object,but you forgot the name of it.Or you never knew the name at all.Maybe you are not even sure there is a word for it.For example,that thing,that you need to fi
2、x your bicycle.Or perhaps it is something you need for your puter.Or that part on your motorcycle that never,ever seems to work.What are these things?They are called “doohickeys”.A doohickey is a word you use when you do not know or you have forgotten the real name of an object.The Macmillan Diction
3、ary defines doohickey as “something such as a small object or tool that you cannot remember the name”.The American Heritage Dictionary says it is “something,especially a small device or part,whose name is unknown or forgotten”.Language experts say the word first started being used in the United Stat
4、es in the early 1900s.But other experts say they have seen examples of words like that in writings from the middle 1800s.The Merriam-Webster Dictionary for Learners of American English gives this example of how native speakers might use doohickey:“I need one of those doohickeys,you know,with the lon
5、g handle.”Merriam-Webster adds that doohickey may be a bination of two other words:“doodad” and “hickey”.Strange as it may be,both of the two words mean the same as doohickey.The dictionary lists a lot of strange words as synonyms for doohickey.The most mon are whatchamacallit,whatnot and whatsit.Yo
6、u will probably never see these words in official documents or newspaper reports.But you might hear them in informal American English,when people are talking to each other.“Hey,what does this doohickey do,anyway?”“Dude,bring me that thingamajig,willya?”“Janine,can you get me one of those whatchamaca
7、llits?”Most Americans will know what you are talking about if you use one of those words.Just point at the object,use one of these words,and they will bring it to you.1.When people need a doohickey,it means they need something .A.which can be used to repair a bicycleB.which can be used to fix a pute
8、rC.whose name is forgottenD.whose handle is very long2.The words similar to doohickey were most likely to be seen in .A.1800B.1850C.1900D.19503.You are sure to find the word whatchamacallit in .A.the Macmillan DictionaryB.the American Heritage DictionaryC.an official document or a newspaper reportD.
9、the Merriam-Webster Dictionary for Learners of American English4.The above passage is mainly about .A.a special wordB.American English dictionariesC.the development of American EnglishD.the way to learn and use American English【文章大意】本文为说明文,主要介绍了doohickey一词的来源、意思、同义词以及运用。1.C细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“A doohickey
10、 is a word you use when you do not know or you have forgotten the real name of an object.”可知,当你不知道或者忘记某个东西的名称时,你可以用doohickey来代替它。故选C项。2.B细节理解题。根据第六段第二句“But other experts say they have seen examples of words like that in writings from the middle 1800s.”可知,与“doohickey”类似的词最有可能出现在1850年。故选B项。3.D细节理解题。根据
11、第七段内容以及第八段最后两句可知,在韦氏词典 中肯定能找到whatchamacallit一词。故选D项。4.A主旨大意题。纵观全文可知,本文主要介绍了doohickey一词的来源、意思、同义词以及运用,故选A项。BFood festivals around the worldStilton Cheese RollingMay Day is a traditional day for celebrations,but the 2,000 English villagers of Stilton must be the only people in the world who include ch
12、eese rolling in their annual plans.Teams of four,dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes,roll a plete cheese along a 50-metre course.On the way,they must not kick or throw their cheeses,or go into their petitors lane(赛道)petition is fierce and the chief prize is a plete Stilton cheese weigh
13、ing about four kilos(disappointingly,but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones).All the petitors are served with beer or port wine,the traditional acpaniment for Stilton cheese.Fiery Foods FestivalThe hottest festival on earthEvery year more than 10,000 people head for the city
14、 of Albuquerque,New Mexico.They e from as far away as Australia,the Caribbean and China,but they all share a mon addictionfood that is not just spicy(辛辣),but hot enough to make your mouth burn,your head spin and your eyes water.Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival which is held over
15、a period of three days every March.You might like to try a chocolate-covered habanero pepperofficially the hottest pepper in the worldor any one of the thousands of products that are on show.But one things for sureif you dont like the feeling of a burning tongue,this festival isnt for you!La Tomatin
16、aThe worlds biggest food fightOn the last Wednesday of every August,the Spanish town of Buol hosts La Tomatinathe worlds largest food fight.A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the high-light of the weeks events.The early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoesofficial fight-starters get things going by casting tomatoes
