2019秋高中英語 單元質(zhì)量評(píng)估（二）（含解析）新人教版必修5

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1、單元質(zhì)量評(píng)估(二) 時(shí)間：100分鐘　分?jǐn)?shù)：120分 第一部分　閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分) 第一節(jié)(共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C和D中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 A My elder brother Steve gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult after our father died when I was six. For instance，Steve taught me to face the results of my

2、behaviour.Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game，Steve took time to ask me what had happened.When I explained that my baseball had broken Mrs Holt's basement window，Steve encouraged me to confess to it.After all，I should have been playing in the park and not in the path between

3、buildings.Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs Holt，I offered to pay for the window if she would return my ball.I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred thing.After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom，I wanted to keep it，but Steve explained that it m

4、ight be important to someone else.I returned the pen to my teacher，Mrs Davids，and she praised me. Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me，his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind.When I was twelve，I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun.Excited with my accuracy，I screamed

5、 to Steve to come from the house to take a look.I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground.Then in a dead，quiet voice，he asked，“Did it hurt you first，Mark？”I didn't know what to answer.He continued with his eyes firm，“The only time you should even th

6、ink of hurting a living thing is whether it hurts you first.And then you think a long，long time.”I really felt terrible then，but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me. 【語篇解讀】　本文主要記敘了作者在哥哥的陪伴下成長(zhǎng)的經(jīng)歷：哥哥鼓勵(lì)作者勇于承擔(dān)打碎窗戶的責(zé)任，把撿到的鋼筆交給老師，哥哥還教育作者尊重生命。 1．What does the underlin

7、ed word “confess” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Cover.　　　　　　 B．Admit. C．Deny. D．Agree. 解析：詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段中的“When I explained that my baseball had broken Mrs Holt's basement window，Steve encouraged me to...I offered to pay for the window if she would return my ball.”可推斷，作者在打棒球時(shí)打碎了霍爾特夫人地下室的窗戶，哥哥鼓勵(lì)作者向霍爾特夫人承認(rèn)

8、錯(cuò)誤，故畫線詞意為“承認(rèn)”。 答案：B 2．How did the author feel when he faced Mrs Holt? A．He was unwilling. B．He felt frightened. C．He appeared challenging. D．He was light-hearted. 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs Holt，I offered to pay for the window if she would return my ball.

9、”可知，作者在向霍爾特夫人解釋情況時(shí)雙腿打顫，這表明作者當(dāng)時(shí)很害怕。 答案：B 3．Which was the most important lesson the author learned from his brother? A．Care for the property of others. B．The value of honesty. C．Responsibility for one's actions. D．Respect for living things. 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“Yet of all the instructions Steve gave

10、 me，his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind.”可知，在所有的教育中，最令作者難忘的是哥哥對(duì)生命的尊重。 答案：D B They are one of the best rugby teams in the world.The players of the All Blacks，New Zealand's national rugby team，are strong，smart and fast.But，in fact，they win many of their games before the first whistle

11、even blows. Before the game，during warm-ups，the All Blacks players gather in a semicircle.They stand with their captain in front of them and begin to dance.They hit their arms against their legs.They lift their feet into the air and slam them into the ground.They stick out their tongues and show sc

12、ream.You may think they're crazy.And that is just what they want you to think. The rugby players perform the haka，which is a traditional Maori(毛利人) dance.The Maoris are the native people of New Zealand and this dance has been used as a war dance since the 19th century. Warriors originally performe

13、d the war dance before battles to show off their strength in order to intimidate the enemy.Rugby is a violent game that many fans have compared to war.What better way is there to get excited before the game than doing a war dance? The 19th century French theorist Ernest Renan，one of the first real

14、theorists who looked into the idea of nationalism，described the “nation” as “l(fā)arge-scale togetherness，made up of the feeling of sacrifices that one has made in the past and of those that one is prepared to make in the future”． And New Zealand's haka is one of the world's most perfect acts of nation

15、alism.“The haka，in its intensity，reflects it all：first，the solidarity(團(tuán)結(jié)) of warriors—both of Maoris and non-Maoris backgrounds—fighting for a common future.And then a recognition of the almost sacred past，”The Washington Post noted. Today in New Zealand，the haka is still performed at many differen

16、t gatherings and celebrations，a connection to Maori ancestors that has continued despite colonization. 【語篇解讀】　本文主要介紹了新西蘭的哈卡舞，這是一種能夠展示力量和團(tuán)結(jié)的傳統(tǒng)舞蹈。 4．What is the main idea of the passage? A．Maori people，native New Zealanders. B．The popularity of rugby in New Zealand. C．A traditional dance goes on

17、today in New Zealand. D．The magic of warm-up before rugby matches in New Zealand. 解析：主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章關(guān)鍵詞haka可知，本文主要介紹了新西蘭的哈卡舞。 答案：C 5．The underlined word “intimidate” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “________”． A．threaten B．dissatisfy C．a(chǎn)maze D．revenge 解析：詞義猜測(cè)題。結(jié)合畫線詞所在句中的“show off their

18、 strength”和“enemy”可知，intimidate意為“恐嚇；威脅”。 答案：A 6．Why do the All Blacks players perform the haka before a rugby match starts? A．Because they are crazy. B．Because they want to please their fans. C．Because it can let them be in high spirits. D．Because it is a tradition passed from their ancestors

19、. 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句“What better way is there to get excited before the game than doing a war dance？”可知，新西蘭橄欖隊(duì)跳哈卡舞熱身是為了鼓舞士氣。 答案：C 7．What can we learn about the haka from the passage? A．The haka is only performed before rugby matches in New Zealand. B．The haka is a good way to show nationalism i

20、n New Zealand. C．The haka is a symbol of fighting in the past and future. D．The haka has helped the New Zealand's national rugby team win at all times. 解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段中的“And New Zealand's haka is one of the world's most perfect acts of nationalism.”可知，哈卡舞充分展現(xiàn)了新西蘭的民族精神。 答案：B C I was about 5 when

21、 I first heard the word “Greenland”，and my interest grew from there.Finally，after decades，I decided to go. When I finally arrived，the place，at first glance，was clearly misnamed：The east coast of Greenland was an expanse (寬闊的區(qū)域) of ice and snow，with no sign of human habitation. One of my purposes o

22、f going to Greenland was to make contact with some native Greenlanders.I didn't know how I would achieve this，but success came in an unexpected way. When I arrived at the Illunnguujuk Hostel，where I had reserved a bed，a young couple and their baby were out front，enjoying the sun and unusual warmt

23、h.Greenlanders speak their own Inuit language and learn Danish in school，and many also speak English well.The young woman，however，was not one of these.Her English turned out to be anticlimactic． When I identified myself，her eyes widened.Another traveller had arrived earlier and，mistaking him for me

24、，they had given him my bed.There was no more space in the hostel.“But don't worry，”she said，as she threw herself into cleaning a tiny house the family owned.“This is for you，”she said.And as if that weren't enough，she invited me to eat supper with her family.That evening I sat down to a dinner of fr

25、esh fish with a loving，happy native family. When I first set foot in Greenland I found myself all but shocked by the emptiness，the vastness，and the silence.I had decided that I would probably never return.And then I was taken into this Greenlandic home.I can now say that even cold，empty，and silent

26、scenery is worth visiting，so long as one has a warm and welcoming place to go to. 【語篇解讀】　本文是記敘文。文章講述了作者在格陵蘭島的旅行經(jīng)歷和感受。 8．What did the author intend to do in Greenland? A．Get a part-time job. B．Live with a native family. C．Make some native contact. D．Do business with the natives. 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段中

27、的“One of my purposes of going to Greenland was to make contact with some native Greenlanders”可知，作者希望能在格陵蘭島和當(dāng)?shù)厝擞兴佑|。 答案：C 9．What does the underlined word “anticlimactic” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Simple. B．Modern. C．Outstanding. D．Disappointing. 解析：詞義猜測(cè)題。由上文中的“speak English well... however，was

28、not one of these”可推斷，這位年輕女性的英語不好。由此推測(cè)該詞意為“令人失望的”。 答案：D 10．The author lost his bed in the hostel because of ________． A．the language barrier B．a(chǎn) misunderstanding C．a(chǎn) wrong address D．the high price 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段中的“Another traveller had arrived earlier and，mistaking him for me，they had given h

29、im my bed”可知，由于認(rèn)錯(cuò)人，作者的床位被他人占用。 答案：B 11．What made the author's visiting Greenland worthwhile? A．Tasting the local food. B．Helping a local family. C．Meeting friendly people. D．Enjoying the great scenery. 解析：推理判斷題。由最后兩段可知，由于床位的問題，當(dāng)?shù)丶彝サ臒崆樽屪髡咴诒└采w的格陵蘭島找到了溫暖，從而使他的格陵蘭島之行有了意義。 答案：C D It is widely

30、known that any English conversation begins with the weather.Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr Johnson's famous comment that “When two Englishmen meet，their first talk is of weather.”Though Johnson's observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago，most commen

31、tators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak. Bill Bryson，for example，concludes that，as the English weather is not at all exciting，the obsession with it can hardly be understood.He argues that “To an outsider，the most striking thing about the English weather i

32、s that there is not very much of it.”Simply，the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles. Jeremy Paxman，however，disagrees with Bryson，arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive.Bryson is wrong，he says，because the English preference fo

33、r the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.“The interest is less in the phenomena themselves，but in uncertainty.”According to him，the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider. Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconcep

34、tions about the weather-speak among the English.Both commentators，somehow，are missing the point.The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all.English weather-speak is a system of signs，which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to

35、 each other.Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data.Rather，they are routine greetings，conversation starters or the blank “fillers”．In other words，English weather-speak is a means of social bonding. 【語篇解讀】　本文是一篇議論文。由于英國的天氣是多變的，所以英國人談?wù)撎鞖獗徽J(rèn)為是見面或者搭訕的合理

36、開場(chǎng)白，本文就此從不同的角度進(jìn)行了解釋。 12．The author mentions Dr Johnson's comment to show that ________． A．most commentators agree with Dr Johnson B．Dr Johnson is famous for his weather observation C．the comment was accurate two hundred years ago D．English conversations usually start with the weather 解析：推理判斷題。

37、本文第一句話就給出了答案，作者提到Dr Johnson的評(píng)論旨在說明英國人見面總是以談?wù)撎鞖忾_始，故答案為D項(xiàng)。 答案：D 13．What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to? A．A social trend. B．An emotional state. C．A historical concept. D．An unknown phenomenon. 解析：詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句話句意“……那些不常見、難以預(yù)料的天氣在不列顛群島幾乎是不被人知道的”可知，英國的天氣根本不令人興奮，隨之而來

38、的一種情緒也是幾乎不能被理解的。obsession可以理解成是一種談?wù)撎鞖獾摹皬?qiáng)迫癥”，故它是一種情緒的狀態(tài)，所以答案為B項(xiàng)。 答案：B 14．According to the passage，Jeremy Paxman believes that ________． A．Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather B．there is nothing special about the English weather C．the English weather attracts people to the British Isle

39、s D．English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段杰里米所說的話可知，他反駁布賴森的觀點(diǎn)，他認(rèn)為英國的天氣是多變而又不確定的，這吸引著英國人和外來者，所以答案為D項(xiàng)。 答案：D 15．What is the author's main purpose of writing the passage? A．To explain what English weather-speak is about. B．To analyze misconceptions about the Eng

40、lish weather. C．To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman. D．To convince people that the English weather is changeable. 解析：意圖判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的介紹和最后一段的總結(jié)可知，本文主要是解析英國人的weather-speak到底是關(guān)于什么的。所以答案為A項(xiàng)。 答案：A 第二節(jié)(共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 Should schools allow H

41、alloween celebrations? Halloween is one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States.____16____Many schools also celebrate the holiday by having kids dress up in costumes (服裝)，take part in costume shows，and join in a variety of activities relating to Halloween.On October 31，the halls of sch

42、ools across the country will be filled with princes，princesses，and superheroes.In addition to costumes，school Halloween celebrations often include classroom parties and trick-or-treating. 17____They also say that dressing up in costumes allows kids to express themselves and show off their creativit

43、y. 18____Officials at many of those schools say the celebrations are too time-consuming (費(fèi)時(shí)的) and take away class time.They also point out that kids who can't afford costumes or who don't celebrate Halloween for cultural reasons feel left out.For example，Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood，N

44、ew Jersey，canceled its Halloween celebration last year.Officials at the school said that in the past，many students stayed home on that day. 19____Bree Picower，a Professor of Early and Elementary Education at Montclair State，said, “Maplewood is a wonderful example of a school being responsive to soc

45、iety.Many schools plan to learn from it.Schools are places where students should feel included.” Parents in Maplewood had different opinions of this policy.Some said that the new no-Halloween policy was a welcome change.____20____ A．It brings a lot of safety problems. B．Experts say Maplewood is n

46、ot alone. C．Many people dislike these costumes. D．Each year there're millions of Americans celebrating the holiday. E．But more and more schools have canceled Halloween celebrations in recent years. F．Many teachers，parents，and students see these celebrations as a fun break from the school day. G

47、．And others said that it was unfair that their children are now not allowed to celebrate Halloween in school. 【語篇解讀】　本文是議論文。文章主要討論了學(xué)校該不該取消萬圣節(jié)慶典活動(dòng)。 16．解析：根據(jù)下一句“Many schools also celebrate the holiday ”可知選D項(xiàng)。 答案：D 17．解析：根據(jù)下一句“They also say that dressing up in costumes allows kids to express themse

48、lves and show off their creativity ”可知，老師、家長(zhǎng)和學(xué)生們認(rèn)為萬圣節(jié)慶典活動(dòng)可以為學(xué)生帶來表露心聲、展示創(chuàng)造力的機(jī)會(huì)。 答案：F 18．解析：根據(jù)下一句“Officials at many of those schools say the celebrations are too time-consuming and take away class time”可知，這些學(xué)校的老師認(rèn)為萬圣節(jié)活動(dòng)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，所以他們?nèi)∠巳f圣節(jié)慶典活動(dòng)。 答案：E 19．解析：根據(jù)下文中的“Many schools plan to learn from it”可知，梅普

49、爾伍德在學(xué)校取消萬圣節(jié)慶典活動(dòng)的做法并不是個(gè)例。 答案：B 20．解析：根據(jù)上文中的“Parents in Maplewood had different opinions of this policy”可知，家長(zhǎng)們對(duì)取消萬圣節(jié)活動(dòng)的政策持不同的觀點(diǎn)。 答案：G 第二部分　英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分) 第一節(jié)　完形填空(共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分) 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 There was a little，but always strange girl.Everything was bad

50、 for her.She wished to meet an enchantress (女巫) that would turn her life a(n)____21____ tale. One day an enchantress came and said that one of her wishes would ____22____．The girl became very happy at first，but then she started to think that she had a lot of wishes and all of them were ____23____ f

51、or her.She could not ____24____ just one.Then the ____25____ enchantress said that she would help her realize one wish every day.The girl became ____26____ —now all her dreams will become realities. From that day on，she was waiting every morning with joy and ____27____．Then as days passed，the dream

52、s became real ones...But soon the little girl realized that ____28____ of the wishes didn't give her joy and happiness which she ____29____ for.Many wishes brought her disappointment，and some ____30____ a pain.Almost every dream was an empty little girl's caprice (任性)．Though being ____31____，she sud

53、denly found that she did not ____32____ this.Soon she started to ____33____ dreams.She was afraid to ____34____ every day，waiting for the realization of another wish.Crying，she asked the enchantress to ____35____ only one her dream—to live as she lived ____36____ and enjoy life. The good enchantres

54、s had ____37____ upon the little girl.She waved her magic wand (魔杖) and disappeared.The girl was happy ____38____ she knew that now she would carefully seek for her one big ____39____ dream，not wasting time with short-term，____40____，quite unnecessary wishes. 【語篇解讀】　本文是一篇寓言故事，講述了一個(gè)女孩希望讓其生活成為一個(gè)童話。一個(gè)

55、善良的女巫讓她實(shí)現(xiàn)了夢(mèng)想，但女孩這時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己并不快樂，請(qǐng)求女巫讓她回到以前。最終女孩又回到了以前的生活。她意識(shí)到，不要把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在短期、實(shí)際上并沒有必要的愿望上，而要認(rèn)真地去追求一個(gè)大而有價(jià)值的夢(mèng)想。 21．A.funny B．outstanding C．fairy D．extraordinary 解析：根據(jù)上文“She wished to meet an enchantress...”可知，小女孩希望能遇到一個(gè)女巫，能把她的生活變成童話故事(fairy tale)。 答案：C 22．A.give out B．come true C．come out D．give

56、off 解析：由句意可知，有一天來了一個(gè)女巫，并告訴女孩可以實(shí)現(xiàn)(come true)她的一個(gè)夢(mèng)想。 答案：B 23．A.mysterious B．humourous C．important D．private 解析：根據(jù)下文“She could not ____24____ just one.”可知，女孩認(rèn)為自己所有的愿望都很重要(important)。 答案：C 24．A.remind B．choose C．change D．guess 解析：根據(jù)上文可知，女孩認(rèn)為自己所有的愿望都很重要，所以她無法從中只選擇(choose)一個(gè)愿望。 答案：B 25．

57、A.kind B．strict C．magical D．optimistic 解析：根據(jù)下文“she would help her realize one wish every day”可知，女巫說她可以幫助女孩每天實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望，由此推斷這個(gè)女巫很善良(kind)。 答案：A 26．A.weaker B．prouder C．luckier D．happier 解析：由破折號(hào)后面的內(nèi)容“now all her dream will become realities”可知，得知女巫可以幫助她每天實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望，女孩更加高興(happier)了，因?yàn)?，這樣她所有的愿望就都可

58、以實(shí)現(xiàn)了。 答案：D 27．A.enthusiasm B．sorrow C．surprise D．doubt 解析：根據(jù)“with joy”可知，女孩自那天起每天早晨便滿心歡喜、滿懷熱情(enthusiasm)地等候著。 答案：A 28．A.doubt B．wonder C．a(chǎn)chievement D．requirement 解析：根據(jù)“but” 一詞的轉(zhuǎn)折意義可知，一天天過去，女孩的夢(mèng)想都變成了現(xiàn)實(shí)，但不久她意識(shí)到這些夢(mèng)想的實(shí)現(xiàn)(achievement)沒有給她帶來快樂和幸福。 答案：C 29．A.hoped B．took C．thanked D

59、．waited 解析：快樂和幸福是女孩希望(hoped)得到的。 答案：A 30．A.still B．ever C．indeed D．even 解析：此處承接前面一句“Many wishes brought her disappointment”，這些愿望給她帶來了失望，有些甚至(even)給她帶來了痛苦。 答案：D 31．A.annoyed B．satisfied C．confused D．excited 解析：根據(jù)下文可知，雖然她很滿意(satisfied)，但是她并不快樂。 答案：B 32．A.want B．do C．get D．decid

60、e 解析：女孩發(fā)現(xiàn)她并不需要(want)這些。 答案：A 33．A.suspect B．hate C．fear D．enjoy 解析：根據(jù)上文“Many wishes brought her disappointment，and some ____30____ a pain.”并結(jié)合下文“She was afraid to ____34____ every day，waiting for the realization of another wish.”可知，女孩發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不需要這些，不久便開始害怕(fear)夢(mèng)想。 答案：C 34．A.stand up B．wake

61、up C．go to sleep D．dress up 解析：女孩害怕每天醒來(wake up)就等待另一個(gè)夢(mèng)想的實(shí)現(xiàn)。 答案：B 35．A.understand B．remember C．a(chǎn)ccept D．realize 解析：根據(jù)“crying”可知，女孩由于害怕而哭泣，請(qǐng)求女巫只實(shí)現(xiàn)(realize)一個(gè)夢(mèng)想。 答案：D 36．A.before B．a(chǎn)lone C．later D．now 解析：女孩想要實(shí)現(xiàn)的這一個(gè)夢(mèng)想就是像她以前(before)那樣活著，享受生活。 答案：A 37．A.effect B．envy C．mercy D．

62、punishment 解析：根據(jù)下文“She waved her magic wand and disappeared.”可知，女巫對(duì)女孩產(chǎn)生憐憫(mercy)之心，答應(yīng)了她的要求。have mercy upon sb為固定短語，表示“同情某人，對(duì)某人有憐憫之心”。 答案：C 38．A.so B．because C．a(chǎn)s if D．even though 解析：下文講女孩高興的原因，應(yīng)用because引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。 答案：B 39．A.apparent B．delicate C．typical D．valuable 解析：女孩很高興，因?yàn)樗垃F(xiàn)在她可以尋

63、找一個(gè)大而有價(jià)值的(valuable)夢(mèng)想。 答案：D 40．A.by all means B．by coincidence C．a(chǎn)s a result D．in fact 解析：根據(jù)上文“...she knew that now she would carefully seek for her one big ____39____ dream...”可知，女孩知道她現(xiàn)在要認(rèn)真去追求一個(gè)大而有價(jià)值的夢(mèng)想，而不是把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在短期、實(shí)際上(in fact)并沒有必要的愿望上。 答案：D 第二節(jié)(共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分) 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1

64、個(gè)單詞)或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 I want you，my dear readers，to live a life like a dog.Am I crazy？No.What I tell you is really useful. Be yourself.When we adopted Rocky，I almost forgot to ask his name.The clerk said，“It's Rocky，but I might change it to Pierre，if I 41.________(be) you.” We soon learned this black b

65、oy was anything but a Pierre.He's athletic，funny，42.________ (society)，and free.The name Rocky suits him well.No matter 43.________ others think you should be like，it's always best to be your true self. Master the basics.Eat，sleep，exercise，and connect with your family.Rocky is never too busy to eat

66、，too distracted to sleep，or too tired for a walk，44.________ does he ever turn down an opportunity to connect.His wagging-tail greetings，kisses，and ability 45.________(land) directly in the middle of the sitting room 46.________(be) all powerful statements of just how basic the need to connect really is.And yet，in today's world，47.________ is often easy to forget that family and friends are 48.________(actual) basics. Explore，explore，explore.Curious and smart，Rocky always seems ready to explore