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1、Unit 5 单元主题语篇训练.阅读理解AIM.Pei, the ChineseAmerican, who was regarded as one of the last great modernist architects, has died at the age of 102.Although he worked mostly in the United States, Pei will always be remembered for a European project: His redevelopment of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the 19
2、80s.He gave us the glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard, along with three smaller pyramids and a vast subterranean (地下的) addition to the museum entrance.Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre in its long history, and initially his designs were fiercely opposed.But in the
3、end, the French and everyone else were won over.Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20th century “some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms.His_talent_and_skill_in_the_use_of_materials_approach_the_level_of_poetry.”After studying archi
4、tecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955.Designing the John FKennedy Presidential Library & Museum in 1964 established him as a name.His East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978 changed p
5、eoples ideas of a museum.The site was an odd trapezoid (梯形) shape.Peis solution was to cut it in two.The resulting building was dramatic, light and elegant one of the first crowdpleasing cathedrals of modern art.Though known as a modernist, and notable for his forms based on arrangements of simple g
6、eometric (几何的) shapes, he once urged Chinese architects to look more to their architectural tradition rather than designing in a western style.In person, IM.Pei was goodhumored, charming and unusually modest.His working process was evolutionary, but innovation (创新) was never an intended goal.“Stylis
7、tic originality is not my purpose，” he said.“I want to find the originality in the time, the place and the problem.”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了被认为是最后一批伟大的现代主义建筑师之一的美籍华人贝聿铭的生平贡献。1What can we learn about the result of redevelopment of the Louvre Museum?AIt was criticized by the French.BIt turned out to be a
8、 success.CIt made the Louvre Museum look strange.DIt changed the function of the Louvre Museum.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，人们认可了他的设计，他的设计最终证明是成功的。2What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?AHe is a master in applying materials.BHe is skilled in writing poems.CHe often combines poetry
9、and construction.DHe gets inspiration from poetry in designing.解析：选A句意理解题。根据前一句内容“he was thought as giving the 20th century some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms”可知，画线句子是对前一句的进一步解释，即他的建筑风格像诗歌那样优美。此句赞颂了他高超的建筑造诣。3Whats the correct order of the following events?aDesign the John FKe
10、nnedy Presidential Library & Museum.bStudy architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.cDesign the National Gallery of Art.dWin the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize.AabcdBbacdCbcad Ddacb解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四至六段的内容可知，a、b、c、d事件发生的时间分别为1964年、1955年、1978年和1983年，因此正确的排序为：bacd。BAlthoug
11、h the idea of “zero emission and sustainable (可持续的) development” was promoted worldwide, most cities are at a loss what to do or even some have objected to it. But in Liuzhou, a city in southern China, attitudes could not be more different.The Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning Bureau has signed up
12、 Italian architect Stefano Boeri, the father of the forest city movement, to build a selfcontained community for up to 30,000 people. He is the goto man for such projects thanks to the success of his “vertical forests”， two residential(住宅的) towers. Completed in 2014, they remove up to 17.5 tons of s
13、oot (煤烟) from the air each year, and a year later one of them was named Best Tall Building Worldwide.The Liuzhou project is a much more ambitious undertaking, however. Its homes, hospitals, hotels, schools and offices will be build on a 340acre site in what Boeri calls the first attempt to create an
14、 “unban environment that is really trying to find a balance with nature”. Its 100 species of plant life are expected to absorb almost 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide and 57 tons of pollutants per year, while at the same time producing 900 tons of lifegiving oxygen.Although the architects havent publis
15、hed the cost of the forest city, the Milan towers cost only five percent more than traditional skyscrapers.The construction of his forest city at Liuzhou was set to begin in 2020, and there is still a great deal of planning and research required before a projected completion date can be set. However
16、, Boeri remains optimistic about the project and has confidence in the soundness of his vision: “I really think that bringing forests into the city is a way to deal with global warming.”语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。为了改善环境，响应“可持续发展”的号召，柳州市聘用了著名建造设计师Stefano Boeri建设低碳环保的城市小区。4Whats Liuzhous attitude towards the susta
17、inable development?AApproving. BCautious.CUnfavorable. DDoubtful.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段的内容并结合下文介绍的柳州市引进“城市森林”的小区设计可推知，对于可持续发展，柳州市的态度是赞同的。5Why is Stefano Boeri employed for the Liuzhou project?AHe volunteered to do the project.BHe is a famous architect in the world.CHe is the father of the forest recovery.
18、DHe has gained experience in similar projects.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，由于设计“垂直森林”的成功，柳州市邀请Stefano Boeri设计类似的项目。6What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AThe architects. BThe two towers.CForests in the city. DThe residents of the city.解析：选B代词指代题。根据上文可知，Boeri成功设计了“垂直森林”，两个住宅塔楼；结合画线词所
19、在句可推知，they指代上文中的“two residential towers”。7Whats the purpose of Liuzhou project?ATo provide more jobs.BTo bring forest into city.CTo solve house shortage.DTo improve the environment.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第三段尾句以及本文最后一句可知，Boeri认为把森林引入城市是应对全球变暖的一种方式。据此可推知，柳州的城市项目旨在改善环境。.短文改错That night was extremely hot, so I ope
20、ned all the windows and doors.Gradually, I fall asleep.It suddenly rained heavy in the midnight and I felt cold.The next morning I was ill.Mother took me to the hospital, but the doctor said I had a fever and that I must stay in bed in a couple of days.Back at home, I took some medicine and soon fel
21、t much well.Feeling bored, I walked to the balcony and stood there watching people come and going in the street.The wind was cool before the rain.In a while I felt so cold my body was trembling.I was rushed to the hospital again.That time I stayed there until I was fully recovered.答案：第二句：fallfell第三句
22、：heavyheavily第五句：butand; 第二个infor第六句：wellbetter第七句：comecoming第八句：beforeafter第九句：cold后加that第十一句：ThatThis; 去掉was.书面表达假定你是李华，你的朋友英国交换生David生日将至，你打算送他一幅中国画腊梅，并附一封信，内容包括：1表达生日祝福；2简述梅花的寓意。注意：1.词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：腊梅wintersweetDear David，Yours，Li Hua参考范文：Dear David，Hearing that your birthday is c
23、oming, Id like to give you a Chinese painting Wintersweet as a birthday gift. Happy birthday to you!As an exchange student from the UK, you may be curious about the meaning behind the gift. Let me introduce it to you in brief. In China, the wintersweet is not only a kind of flower, it also means a lot in the culture. It blooms in winter when most flowers cant come out because of coldness, so it symbolizes purity, nobility, determination and so on, which makes it popular among people. Hope you can enjoy it too.Yours，Li Hua