2020版高考英语新设计一轮复习人教全国版精练：选修八 Unit 1 课下语篇提能练 含答案.doc

选修八 Unit 1 课下语篇提能练Ⅰ.阅读理解(2019·广东省百校联盟第二次联考)Many people wrongly think that cities don't have farms and that fruits and vegetables are only grown in the country.Believe it or not, there are more and more urban farms popping up in cities all over the world.Alexandra Sullivan, a food system researcher in New York City, studies urban agriculture.Urban agriculture is another name for farming and gardening in a city environment.Ms.Sullivan studies everything from tiny gardens in empty lots between buildings to bigger fields that have been planted and grown.According to Ms.Sullivan, “Urban agriculture has existed since cities have, across the world.”The number of humans living in urban areas, or cities, is increasing.The amount of people who want to garden in urban areas is also rising.Ms.Sullivan says, “In small gardens, on rooftops and indoors, they grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and herbs, and raise animals to produce milk, eggs, honey, and meat.They use these foods as supplements to food produced by rural agriculture.” Even though some people who live in urban areas grow crops, urban residents still need to rely on food grown in rural areas.This is because a city doesn't have enough space to grow enough food for everyone living in it.In New York City, urban farmers have come up with many different ways to grow their own produce, even though there isn't a lot of room.For example, Brooklyn Grange is a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City.All together, the farms are made up of 2.5 acres of rooftop space.This makes Brooklyn Grange one of the largest rooftop farming operations in the world.Brooklyn Grange grows all kinds of things.The farming company sells its vegetables to local residents and restaurants.And because the farms are on rooftops, they are specially adapted to their urban location.They use available space that is not needed for anything else.As more urban farmers find ways to grow food in cities, urban residents will be better able to get fresher materials for their meals.语篇解读：许多人认为城市里没有农场，水果和蔬菜仅生长在农村。

实际上，越来越多的都市农场在世界各地的城市里流行起来1．Which of the following is Ms.Sullivan's opinion according to the text?A．The number of people living in cities is increasing slowly.B．Urban residents still rely on food grown in rural areas completely.C．Urban agriculture has a history as long as cities.D．Urban agriculture can provide huge income.解析：选C　细节理解题根据第二段最后一句“According to Ms.Sullivan, ‘Urban agriculture has existed since cities have, across the world.’”可知，Sullivan女士认为都市农业拥有与城市一样长的历史，故选C2．What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A．Farmers.　　　　　　　　 B．City residents.C．Rural residents. D．Companies.解析：选B　代词指代题。

根据第三段前两句可知，住在城市里的人的数量在增长，想要在城市里从事园艺的人的数量也在增长，并结合该段Sullivan所说的话可推断they指的是“城市居民”，故选B3．What can we learn about Brooklyn Grange in New York City from the text?A．It has large farming areas.B．It can only grow single products.C．It produces enough food for citizens.D．It makes use of rooftop space to grow vegetables.解析：选D　细节理解题根据第四段第二句“For example, Brooklyn Grange is a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City.”可知，Brooklyn Grange利用屋顶上的空间种植蔬菜，故选D4．What may be the best title for the text?A．Farms in CitiesB．Future Food SystemC．Food Grown in CitiesD．Agriculture of New York City解析：选A　标题归纳题。

纵观全文可知，文章主要讲述城市里的都市农场，城市居民利用有限的空间，充分利用屋顶，花园和室内种植蔬菜、水果、谷物和药草，并饲养动物文章就是围绕城市农场这一中心展开的，因此A项作为标题最合适Ⅱ.完形填空On June 23, 1970, I had just left the Army after completing my one­year duty in Vietnam. I was on __1__returning home in Texas. I had been warned about the __2__of our fellow countrymen. There was no __3__ welcome for us when we came home from that unpopular war.I sat, in uniform, in a window seat，__4__eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting next to me, which added to my __5__. A little girl suddenly appeared in the passage. She __6__ and, without saying a word，__7__handed me a magazine. I accepted her __8__， her quiet “welcome home.” All I could say was, “Thank you.” Her small gesture of __9__was the first I had experienced in a long time.I always believe in the connection between __10__ when they reach out to one another.That girl __11__ has no memory of what happened years ago. She might have been told to do that by her mother. It doesn't __12__ why she gave me the magazine. The __13__ thing is what she did.Since then, I have followed her example and tried in different ways for different people, to do the __14__ for them. Like me on that plane ride long ago, they will __15__ know why a stranger gave a hand. But I absolutely know that my __16__ since then are all because of that little girl. Her kindness of offering a magazine to a __17__， scared and lonely soldier has been __18__ throughout my life. I have to believe that my small __19__ have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a __20__， I would like to say again: thank you.语篇解读：作者在越南服役一年后回到美。