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1、课时作业(三十七)选修Unit 2Cloning.阅读理解A2019湖南长郡中学检测On Wednesday, nearly 300 kids will take part in the National Spelling Bee. Fewer will make it to the following days semifinals, where one mistake means elimination (淘汰). Id bet that many of them will be silently praying not on the first word. I knew it becau
2、se I was there 17 years ago.I was a 14yearold girl then. My mother and I had flown from Kentucky to Washington, but the capital was no strange to her. My older sister had already competed at the national level.When my sister was 14 and I was 12, we trained together. We began with the Suggested List
3、given out at school hundreds of words printed on a poster that could be folded up like a map. When the words along the creases (褶痕) began to disappear, we bought additional spelling lists.Sometimes my mother tested us, reading words most English teachers wouldnt know how to pronounce, let alone my I
4、ndianborn mother. When she pointed out the misspelled words, I blamed her accent for my errors!When it was my turn, I approached the microphone and waited for my first word.The announcer was somewhere to my left, a man who pronounced clearly. “Barbican，” he said.It seemed that my competitors were se
5、cretly complaining about the relative ease of my word. Would they laugh at me if I couldnt spell it? Would my mother be disappointed in me? That last syllable could go two ways: CAN or CON. Which one was right? Finally I decided on CON.Of course, I was eliminated and guided to the Comfort Room, wher
6、e parents couldnt enter. Inside, recent losers were sitting around a table abundant with junk food.We casually mentioned the words that defeated us, like a special ceremony to welcome each new arrival. Then we changed the subject if wed already moved on from missed words and lost opportunities.Event
7、ually, I went out and saw my mother.“Well，” she said, “I_guess_you_wont_be_doing_this_again.” Yes, next year I would be 15 and not allowed to take part in the competition.【语篇解读】本文为记叙文，主要叙述了“我”14岁时参加全国英文拼字大赛的经历。【难句分析】Sometimes my mother tested us, reading words most English teachers wouldnt know how
8、to pronounce, let alone my Indianborn mother.分析：该句为复合句。句中most English teachers wouldnt know how to pronounce为省略了关系词的定语从句，修饰先行词words；let alone为固定搭配，意为“更不用说”。译文：有时，我妈妈测试我们，她读的一些单词大多数英语老师都不知道怎么发音，更不用说我的出生在印度的母亲了。1What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?AThe difficulty of the first wo
9、rd.BThe fierce competition.CThe nervousness of the kids.DThe strict rules.答案与解析：C考查代词指代。根据第一段中的“Id bet that many of them will be silently praying not on the first word. I knew it because I was there 17 years ago”可知，参加比赛的孩子都很紧张，所以默默祈祷，千万别在第一个单词就被淘汰；而“我”知道孩子们紧张是因为“我”在17年前有过这样的经历。据此可知，it指代孩子们的紧张，故C项正确。
10、2The author failed probably because _.Ashe was unable to relaxBthe announcer had an accentCher competitors disturbed herDshe didnt practise hard enough答案与解析：A考查推理判断。根据第七段前三句“It seemed that my competitors were secretly complaining about the relative ease of my word. Would they laugh at me if I couldn
11、t spell it? Would my mother be disappointed in me”可以判断，“我”无法放松，心里想得很多，所以影响发挥而被淘汰，故A项正确。3What did the author do in the Comfort Room?AShe met her mother.BShe comforted new arrivals.CShe talked with other losers.DShe watched the competition.答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据第九段“We casually mentioned the words that defea
12、ted us. Then we changed the subject if wed already moved on from missed words and lost opportunities”可知，在the Comfort Room里，“我”在和其他淘汰者聊天，故C项正确。4Why did the authors mother say the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?AShe was disappointed in the author.BThe author would be beyond the age limit.CS
13、he didnt want the author to suffer again.DThe author had no interest in the competition.答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据最后一段的“Yes, next year I would be 15 and not allowed to take part in the competition”可以判断，“我”由于超过年龄限制，不能再参赛。B2019合肥市高三调研性检测The San Francisco Giants added a special pitcher (投球手) for the day. It was
14、small yet fierce Hailey Dawson, who has a 3Dprinted hand.The energetic 8yearold from Nevada was invited to throw out the first pitch at the Giants game on Sunday. Hailey was born with Poland syndrome, a disorder in which affected individuals were born with missing or underdeveloped muscles on one si
15、de of the body. It affected her hand.With a traditional prosthetic (义肢的) hand potentially costing thousands of dollars, Haileys mom, Yong Dawson turned to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for help. She emailed UNLV College of Engineering, and they accepted the challenge. Brendan OToole, chairman
16、of the mechanical engineering department, said he and his team had got a lot of requests, “but this one was different.” They got to work using a 3Dprinter. Several prototypes (原型) and fittings later, Hailey got her first hand about four years ago.Haileys mother said the hand had given her daughter a wonderful lift
