2014届高考英语一轮复习 unit21 指导课时作业b卷（含解析） 北师大版

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1、Unit21B卷一、阅读理解AIcelandhasthehighestbirthrateinEurope，thehighestdivorcerate，andthehighestpercentageofwomenworkingoutsidethehome.Suchstatisticsareoftenevidenceofamiserable，chaotic(混乱的)society，withloadsofchildren，brokenhomesandabsentmothers.ButIcelandistheexception—itsciti

2、zensarethehappiestintheworld.Perhapsthecountry'sgeographiclocationcontributestoIcelanders'happiness.LocatedinthemiddleoftheNorthAtlantic，withGreenlandasitsnearestneighbor，Icelandisfreefromthetaboos(禁忌)thatcausesomuchtroubleelsewhere.Forinstance，peoplewhodivorcearenotloo

3、keddownuponbythesociety.Icelandersareoffsprings(后代)oftheVikings，anorthEuropeanpeoplewhoinvadedEuropeancoastsfromthe8ththroughthe10thcentury.ThistraditionofgettingoutintotheworldlivesoninmodernIceland.PracticallyallIcelandershavestudiedorworkedabroad，andmostspeakEnglish.

4、Perhapsasaresult，Iceland'seconomicpoliciesblendthebestofthosefromEuropewiththeUStocreateitsownwelfaresystem.“ManyofushavelivedintheUS，andstudiedthere，”saidtheIcelandicPrimeMinisterGeirHaarde.“Wehavebothtakenfromthemandfoundthatnaturallywesharethecandoattitude—thatifyouw

5、orkhard，anythingcanbedone.”Indeed，thecountryisrichinwriters，painters，filmmakersandmusicians.There'sSigurRos，apostrockband，andalsoanationalsymphonyorchestrathatplaystothehigheststandardsallovertheworld.Halfthepopulationappearstohavewrittenabook.“Icelandhasharsh(恶劣的)natur

6、e，withitsbittereverchangingweather，”saidHaraldurJonsson，apainter，sculptorandvideoandperformanceartist.“Wecannotescapeit.Sowefindways______.Wehavetohavearichinternal(内在的)lifetofilltheemptyspaces.”1．Itiscommonlybelievedthathighbirthrateanddivorceratewillbringabout______.A

7、．socialproblems　　　　　B．happinessC．auniquewelfaresystemD．modernwayoflife62．Theunderlinedword“blend”inthefourthparagraphmeans“______”．A．combineB．correctC．compareD．compete3．WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasthereasonforIcelanders'happiness?A．Geographiclocation.B．Arichinter

8、nallife.C．Nationalpride.D．Freedomfromtaboos.4．Themostsuitablephrasetofillintheblankinthelastparagraphis______.