Unit 1 Back to school
Period Ⅲ Extended reading & Project
拓展阅读训练
一、阅读理解
A
When I was young, my mother didn’t have the money to send me to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.
We need every one of you to develop your talents and your skills so that you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you quit on school— you’re not just quitting on yourself, but you’re quitting on your country. No one’s written your destiny (命运) for you, because you write your own destiny. You make your own future. That’s why today I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time reading a book.
But whatever you decide to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it. I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. No one’s born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You’re not a good athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You’ve got to practise.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph
A. The writer’s home was very rich.
B. The writer’s mother was a teacher.
C. The writer was born in a poor family.
D. The writer didn’t like reading books.
2. What does the writer want everyone to do by improving their talents and skills
A. To quit on their country to earn more money.
B. To help solve the most difficult problems.
C. To write their own new destiny by working as a TV star.
D. To spend some time writing books about their own life.
3. Why does the writer call on everyone to set his/her own goal
A. Because everyone’s future is determined by themselves.
B. Because everyone’s future is to do simple work.
C. Because everyone should do their homework.
D. Because everyone should pay attention in class.
4. How can people realize their great dreams
A. By rapping.
B. By playing basketball.
C. By being a reality star.
D. By working hard.
B
A bicycle may be seen by most people as just another vehicle(交通工具), but for many Londoners, cycling is a way of life. According to a UK government survey in 2017, about 570, 000 bike journeys were made every day in London. In fact, almost half of the vehicles that pass over London Bridge each day are bikes.
London introduced a public bike-sharing system in 2010. “There can be no doubt that our trusty bicycles have changed the way people get around our great city,” Johnson told The Guardian.
In London, bikes are used for more than just taking short trips to and from the subway. No matter where you want to go in the city, riding a bike is usually the quickest and easiest choice.
And it’s not just shared bikes that the government is encouraging people to ride. In many companies across the UK, the UK government’s Cycle to Work scheme(计划)allows workers to buy a brand new bike without having to pay any tax(税). This means that it’s common to see many people cycling to and from work, and some companies even provide showers and lockers in the workplaces for their workers. More importantly, a cycle-friendly boss may let you off for being late if you ride a bike to work.
Not only is it great for the environment and our body, cycling is also good for the mind. According to National Geographic, “Bike riding can improve people’s happiness.”
1. How does the author show the popularity of cycling in London
A. By using numbers.
B. By giving examples.
C. By making comparisons.
D. By using famous sayings.
2. What’s Johnson’s attitude towards the bike-sharing system in London
A. Disappointed. B. Concerned.
C. Supportive. D. Uninterested.
3. What can workers get from the government under the Cycle to Work scheme
A. Free bike-sharing services.
B. Showers and lockers in workplaces.
C. Shorter working hours.
D. Tax-free bikes.
4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage
A. Cycling, a healthy way of life
B. How cycling has become popular in London
C. Why Londoners are encouraged to ride bikes
D. London’s public bike-sharing system
二、完形填空
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument (争论) with a boy named Tom in my class. I can’t 1 what it was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learnt that day.
I was 2 that I was right and he was wrong, but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our 3 decided to teach us a very important lesson and came up with a good idea. She 4 both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object (物体). I could 5 see that it was black. She asked the boy what 6 the object was. “White,” he answered in a 7 voice.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, for it was obviously black! Another 8 started between my classmate and me, this 9 about the colour of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed 10 , and now she asked me what the colour of the object was. I had to answer, “White.” It was then 11 I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two 12 coloured sides, and from his side it was white. 13 from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 14 yourself in the other person’s shoes and look at the 15 through their eyes in order to truly understand their views.
1. A. think B. remember C. forget D. determine
2. A. sure B. told C. afraid D. persuaded
3. A. doctor B. parent C. partner D. teacher
4. A. woke B. brought C. advised D. came
5. A. clearly B. happily C. luckily D. nearly
6. A. height B. colour C. size D. shape
7. A. sweet B. loud C. fearful D. grateful
8. A. match B. fight C. argument D. conversation
9. A. day B. time C. chance D. month
10. A. desks B. seats C. attitudes D. places
11. A. when B. before C. that D. since
12. A. loosely B. frequently C. differently D. beautifully
13. A. Still B. Then C. Also D. Only
14. A. sit B. stand C. lie D. put
15. A. performance B. loneliness C. movement D. situation