【三維設計】2024版（江蘇專用）二輪復習練習：選修8 Unit 4《Films and film events》課時跟蹤檢測B卷（含解析）

　　Films and film events　課時跟蹤檢測B卷

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　(2024·泰州高三模擬)When I was young, I had a friend named Mark who loved to make friends.He always showed__1__how many friends he had at school.One day his grandfather said to him, “Mark, I bet you a big bag of popcorn that you don’t have as many friends as you __2__.I’m sure many of them are __3__more than companions.”

　　Mark accepted the bet without__4__.However，he wasnt sure how to test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, __5__he asked his grandfather.The old man answered, “Wait a minute.”Then the old man left, returning soon as though __6__something in his hands, but Mark could see nothing there.

　　“Take it.It’s a very special chair.Because it’s __7__，its rather hard to sit on it , but if you take it to school and manage to sit on it, you’ll activate(激活)its magic and youll be able to __8__who your real friends are.”

　　Mark, brave and determined, took the chair and __9__for school.At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he __10__himself in the middle, with his chair.Having difficulty seeing it, Mark tried to sit on it and fell straight onto his __11__.Everyone around him had pretty good__12__.

　　“Wait！Let me try again，”Mark said.But again, he __13__the seat, causing more surprised looks and a few catcalls.Mark didn’t give up and kept trying to sit on the __14__chair.But he kept falling on the ground ...__15__， suddenly, he tried again but didnt fall.Looking around, Mark saw three of his best friends holding him up.__16__， many others he had viewed __17__friends had done nothing but make fun of him.

　　And there, the show __18__to an end. Mark understood that true __19__were those who cared for him, and not just the companions that happened to be passing by.And someone who took joy in his__20__was even less of a friend.

　　1．A.around　 　B．up

　　C．off

　　D．out

　　2．A.know

　　B．think

　　C．hear

　　D．see

　　3．A.nothing

　　B．anything

　　C．anybody

　　D．nobody

　　4．A.expectation

　　B．imagination

　　C．permission

　　D．hesitation

　　5．A.but

　　B．so

　　C．or

　　D．for

　　6．A.carrying

　　B．fetching

　　C．grasping

　　D．catching

　　7．A.light

　　B．invisible

　　C．comfortable

　　D．small

　　8．A.explain

　　B．call

　　C．tell

　　D．prove

　　9．A.set off

　　B．set about

　　C．set on

　　D．set up

　　10．A.threw

　　B．put

　　C．stood

　　D．raised

　　11．A.back

　　B．side

　　C．stomach

　　D．face

　　12．A.impression

　　B．interest

　　C．laugh

　　D．experience

　　13．A.held

　　B．seized

　　C．left

　　D．missed

　　14．A.hard

　　B．comfortable

　　C．magic

　　D．real

　　15．A.if

　　B．unless

　　C．as

　　D．until

　　16．A.Therefore

　　B．Otherwise

　　C．Meanwhile

　　D．Somehow

　　17．A.on

　　B．to

　　C．for

　　D．as

　　18．A.lasted

　　B．added

　　C．came

　　D．led

　　19．A.friends

　　B．companions

　　C．rivals

　　D．schoolmates

　　20．A.pleasures

　　B．misfortunes

　　C．successes

　　D．experiences

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2024·江蘇啟東中學5月綜合練習)It is safe to say that George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the Irish-born writer, is more famous for being George Bernard Shaw than he is for his writings today. Few of Shaw?s more than 60 plays, novels and essays are performed or read anymore. And yet Shaw genuinely helped make our modern world. Although you?d be lucky to get a chance to see one of his dramas today, in his time he turned the theater into a vehicle for the discussion of social issues, not only in Britain but on the stage of the world. In a way Shaw was someone who created the modern culture of Britain.

　　Where the theater had been dominated by entertainment, Shaw used it to teach people the importance of paying attention to the issues of their day. The plight (苦難) of the poor and the working class, the situation of women and the institutions of society, such as the education system — Shaw was among the most well-known figures making these topics central to public debate. His first play，Widowers’ Houses(1892)，deals with the question of slum (貧民窟) housing. His Mrs Warrens Profession(1893)brought a controversial topic to the stage.

　　Shaw was an important mover and shaker in new political movements too. He was an early member of the Fabian Society, which argued for the socialist cause in the UK. Shaw was also the founder (in 1895) of one of the now most famous colleges in the world, the London School of Economics.

　　If few of his works have really stood the test of time, many of his quotations have become part of the furniture of the English language. “Youth is wasted on the young，”he wrote. He also knew how to sum up a political philosophy (哲學) in a few memorable words. For instance：“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

　　1．Shaw’s influence on the modern world comes mainly from ______.

　　A．the changes he brought to the British culture

　　B．his philosophies on the role of government

　　C．his awareness of social problems of his day

　　D．the support for the London School of Economics

　　2．Widowers’ Houses is a play that mainly focuses on ______.　

　　A．the failure of the UK education system

　　B．the housing problems of poor people

　　C． robbery incidents in slum areas

　　D．socialist movements in the UK

　　3．By describing Shaws quotations as “part of the furniture of the English language”， the author means that Shaws words ______.

　　A．have become the best part of English

　　B．have greatly developed the English language

　　C．have made the English language philosophical

　　D．have become an inseparable part of the English language

　　4．Which of the following about George Bernard Shaw’s works is TRUE?

　　A．They should be adapted for modern readers.

　　B．They are mostly about the lives of working class.

　　C．They deal with important social issues of their day.

　　D．Most of them are still performed on the stage of the world today.

　　B

　　(2024·鹽城三模)An Australian film company has halted the preproduction of its upcoming film Deep Water because of eerie similarities the plot has to the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

　　MH370 disappeared from radar screens less than an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board on March 8.No confirmed sighting of the plane has been made since.

　　The action horror film, from Arclight Films, tells the story of a flight bound for China that mysteriously crashes in a remote stretch of ocean.The survivors then have to fight against hungry sharks as the plane is starting to sink.

　　“Out of sensitivity to the Malaysia flight situation，we’ve decided to put it on pause for now，”Arclight Films managing director Gary Hamilton told the Hollywood reporter Monday.

　　The news comes as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stated at a press conference that new analysis suggested the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean，and that all those on board are now dead.

　　The eerily similar film plot had been promoted with the tagline (宣傳詞)：“Survivors of a plane crash face terror beyond imagination as the plane is starting to sink and soon discover they are surrounded by the deadliest natural born killers on earth.”

　　It’s not the first time Alister Grierson, the film’s director, has had a preference for film subjects of real-life disasters.Two weeks before the 2011 release of his best known film Sanctum, about an underwater cave diving expedition, Australia was hit by disastrous floods.

　　Grierson began preproduction on Deep Water at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland weeks before the real-life incident of MH370.

　　The Queensland-based filmmaker said he couldn’t deny the strange timing between his project and MH370.

　　Despite saying it was

　　“mysterious” , he insists that his film is vastly different.

　　“In simple terms, Deep Water is about an accident that happens on an airplane which goes down in the ocean, and the survivors trying to stay alive afterwards.”

　　“It’s more complicated as there are villains (反面角色) and sharks, but its a fun adventure with thrills and scares. ”

　　It is unclear when the preproduction will restart, but it will be at least two years before the film makes it to cinemas.

　　5．Why has the preproduction of Deep Water been stopped?

　　A．Because MH370 mysteriously disappeared after take-off on March 8.

　　B．Because the plot of the film is similar to the real-life incident of MH370.

　　C．Because Malaysian Prime Minister was very sensitive at a press conference.

　　D．Because the film wont make it to cinemas until two years later.

　　6．Which of the following statements about Alister Grierson is TRUE?

　　A．He is a film director on the missing flight MH370.

　　B．He is interested in film subjects of real-life disasters.

　　C．He is well-known for his best film Deep Water.

　　D．He worked with Arclight Films to make Sanctum.

　　7．The underlined word “eerie” in the first paragraph means “________”．

　　A．strange

　　B．funny

　　C．deadly

　　D．sensitive

　　8．Where will you most probably read this article?

　　A．In a popular science magazine.

　　B．In Queensland Financial Daily.

　　C．In an entertainment special column.

　　D．In a disaster report of MH370.Ⅰ.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。Mark一直認為自己有很多朋友，但是他的祖父卻不這么認為，兩人打賭通過一個測試來證明他是否有那么多朋友，結果證明祖父的想法是對的。這個故事告訴我們真正的朋友是那些關心在乎我們的人。

　　1．選C　根據下文中的“I bet you a big bag of popcorn that you dont have as many friends as you ...”可知，此處表示他總是炫耀他有很多朋友。故選C。

　　2．選B　根據上文可知，他喜歡交朋友，總認為自己有很多朋友。故選B。

　　3．選A　nothing more than是固定搭配，意為“僅僅，只不過”。故選A。

　　4．選D　根據上文描述他總認為并炫耀自己有很多朋友以及下文中問祖父如何證明可知，他毫不猶豫地接受了這個打賭。without hesitation“毫不猶豫”，符合語境。

　　5．選B　空格前后句表示因果關系。

　　6．選A　根據下文中的“Its a very special chair.”可知，祖父手里面的是椅子，椅子應該是搬著的。所以carry更符合語境。

　　7．選B　根據上文中的“but Mark could see nothing there”可知，這個椅子是看不見的。

　　8．選C　Mark和祖父打賭是為了弄清楚Mark真正的朋友有哪些，所以這個測試是為了辨別出真朋友。故選C。

　　9．選A　根據下文可知，Mark 去了學校，所以此處表示動身去學校。set off for意為“動身去……”，符合語境。

　　10．選B　空格后面有“himself”，所以此處用put。put oneself in ...“把自己放在……”。故選B。

　　11．選A　Mark是要坐在那把椅子上，而事實上并不存在椅子，所以根據常識可知，他肯定會仰面跌倒，即背部朝地。

　　12．選C　根據第五段中的“make fun of him”可知，看到Mark跌倒，周圍的人都大笑起來。故選C。

　　13．選D　根據下文中的“... causing more surprised looks and a few catcalls”可知，Mark又沒能坐到椅子上，所以miss符合語境。故選D。

　　14．選C　根據第三段中的“youll activate (激活) its magic ...”可知，Mark認為這是把有魔力的椅子。

　　15．選D　根據語境可知，Mark試了一次又一次，直到他沒有再跌倒為止。故選D。

　　16．選C　根據上文中的“Mark saw three of his best friends holding him up”可知，Mark三個最好的朋友把他撐住，再根據空格后的內容可知，其他人只是在取笑他。此處表示一種對比，meanwhile符合語境。故選C。

　　17．選D　句意：……剩下那些他當作朋友的人只是在取笑他。view sb.as ...“把某人看做……”，符合語境。

　　18．選C　句意：表演到此結束了。come to an end“結束”，為固定搭配，符合語境。

　　19．選A　根據下文中的“and not just the companions that happened to be passing by”可知，關心在乎他的人才是真正的朋友。

　　20．選B　上文提到Mark坐椅子跌倒在地上，而其他人都取笑他的不幸，這些人都不算朋友，所以，misfortunes符合語境。

　　Ⅱ.語篇解讀：本文是一篇人物傳記，主要介紹英國著名的作家George Bernard Shaw以及他的作品對英國文化的影響。

　　1．選A　細節理解題。根據第一段的最后一句可知，他對現代的影響主要源于他對英國現代文化的影響。

　　2．選B　細節理解題。根據第二段的第三句可知，這本書反映了窮人的住房問題。

　　3．選D　推理判斷題。根據第四段中的“If few of his works ... Youth is wasted on the young， he wrote. ”可知，假使他的作品沒能真正經得住時間的挑戰，許多引用他的作品的話已經成為英語的一部分了。由此可推斷他對英國文化影響較大。

　　4．選C　正誤判斷題。根據第二段第一句可知，他的作品通常教育人們要關注所在年代的一些重大事件，也就是關注他那個年代的重要的社會問題。

　　語篇解讀：澳大利亞一家電影公司已經緊急叫停了一部名為《深水》?Deep Water?的驚悚動作電影的拍攝，因為影片里出現了與馬航MH370事件相似的劇情。

　　5．選B　細節理解題。根據第一段內容可知，電影公司已經緊急叫停電影的拍攝，因為影片里出現了與馬航MH370事件離奇相似的劇情。故B項正確。

　　6．選B　正誤判斷題。根據第七段第一句可推知，導演對于災難片很感興趣。故B項正確。A、D兩項文章均未提及C項與第七段中的“his best known film Sanctum”不一致，可排除。

　　7．選A　詞義猜測題。已開拍的電影情節和現實驚人相似，這件事本身就很離奇(strange)。 funny意為“有趣的”；deadly意為“致命的”；sensitive意為“敏感的”。故A項正確。

　　8．選C　推理判斷題。文章主要談論被叫停的電影，和娛樂有關。故C項正確。