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Unit 2 课时跟踪检测（二）
Warming Up & Reading — Language Points
Ⅰ.单词拼写或用所给单词的正确形式填空
1．The witness's statement was contradictory (引起矛盾的) to the one he'd made earlier.
2．A bird rested on a branch (枝条) of the pine tree.
3．He is such a person that he likes teasing (取笑) his colleagues.
4．He felt a great sorrow (悲伤) inside him.
5．—Mr. Smith is no longer the man who he used to be.
—So he is. Success and wealth have transformed (改变) his character.
6．When in Qingdao, I didn't like the salty (salt) sea air.
7．Let your child learn to be independent; for eventually (eventual) he will leave home to lead his own life.
8．In everyday communication, information conveyed (convey) by gestures is often misinterpreted.
9．—How did the film you saw yesterday
—Oh, it had a happy ending. The boy killed the monster and saved all his family in the end.(endless)
10．While translating the book, the translator tried to give the book an accurate translation.(translate)
Ⅱ.选词填空
stay up， be popular with， in particular， take it easy， make sense， run out of， be made up of， make up
1．The teacher asked the students to make_up a poem about friendship.
2．Society is_made_up_of people of widely different abilities.
3．If we continue to destroy and waste the natural resources like this, we will run_out_of them sooner or later.
4．This passage just didn't make_sense to me, no matter how I read it.
5．I wasn't feeling too good, so I thought I'd take_it_easy for a couple of days.
6．Is there anything in_particular you'd like for dinner
7．What has made us puzzled is that why this pop star is_popular_with the young.
8．There is no time left, so I am going to stay_up late to finish my paper.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．Take_it_easy! This test may not be as difficult as you imagined.
放松！这次考试可能没你想象得那么难。
2．This book has_been_translated_into more than 30 languages since it came out in 1945.
自从它于1945年出版以来，这本书已经被译成了30多种语言。
3．His books are_popular_with young readers, and they enjoy the invented words and beautiful pictures.
他的书受到了年轻读者的欢迎，他们喜欢这些被创造出来的话语和美丽的图片。
4．Does it make_sense to let your child attend so many classes on weekends
让你的孩子周末上那么多的课有意义吗？
5．Unable to find words to express_themselves,_they silently grasped me by the hand.
他们想不出话来表达自己的感情，就默默地握着我的手。
6．Because he went against the regulations, Jack was taken_off the school football team.
由于违反规定，杰克被校足球队开除了。
7．This boy was so ill that the nurse had to stay_up to look after him.
这个男孩病得很重，护士只好整夜不睡照顾他。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
Poetry Reviewing Contest
Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful poetry reviews. D|S100 prize for the winner of this writing contest.
Deadline: Sept. 4th
Summertime Poetry
For our Summertime Poetry Contest we are looking for the poems that praise the season. D|S100 prize for the winner of this contest.
Deadline: Sept. 10th
Your Favorite Poet
Write out your favorite modern poet. Give the list to us.
Deadline: Sept. 10th
Use These Words in a Poem
The challenge of this contest is to write a poem using the words provided in the contest announcement.
Deadline: Sept. 16th
Poem of the Month
Each month one poem is selected to be the Poem of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All poems posted during the month are automatically considered. The winner of this contest will take away a D|S100 prize.
Deadline: Sept. 16th
Quatrain Poetry (四行诗)
Write a quatrain poem — see details, click_here：
Deadline: Sept. 19th
Faith Poetry
The theme for this poetry contest is “faith”. We are looking for poems that in some way match this theme. It doesn't matter if it's spiritual, political, intellectual or emotional as long as faith is clearly represented. This is a contest for poets with a D|S100 prize.
Deadline: Sept. 25th
The Words Are the Same
Write a poem that uses the words listed in the contest announcement. D|S100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest.
Deadline: Sept. 29th
Poetic Art
This poetry contest challenges people in our city to write a poem that describes the artwork provided. Your poem can become part of this artwork. View the announcement to see the image. D|S100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest.
Deadline: Oct. 3rd
语篇解读：本文是一篇广告类应用文，主要写的是有关几个诗歌比赛的相关相息。
1．Besides writing poems, this passage also asks you to ________.
A．write a poetry review or an interesting story
B．write a poetry review and list your favorite poet
C．vote to determine the most famous poet in history
D．list your favorite poems and the most famous poet
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据小标题“Poetry Reviewing Contest”的内容可知，可以写诗歌评论；根据小标题“Your Favorite Poet”的内容可知，可以列举自己最喜欢的诗人。故选B。
2．If you want to write a quatrain poem, you must hand it in by ________.
A．September 10th B．September 25th
C．September 19th D．October 3rd
解析：选C 细节理解题。题干提到参赛内容是四行诗，因此结合小标题“Quatrain Poetry (四行诗)”中“Deadline: Sept. 19th”可知，答案为C。
3．What is the theme for the poetry contest in late September
A．Faith. B．Success.
C．Courage. D．Feelings.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据题干提到的时间可以确定答案应从倒数二、三、四个比赛中找，所以根据“Faith Poetry”中的第一句“The theme for this poetry contest is ‘faith’．”可知，答案为A。
4．For whom is the advertisement written
A．Professional poets. B．School students.
C．Poem amateurs. D．The public.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据“Poetic Art”中的第一句“This poetry contest challenges people in our city ...”可知，答案为D。
B
Claudio Viera de Oliveira is from Brazil. He was born with an upside down head and deformed (畸形的) legs. His mother was told by doctors that she should allow him to die, but she ignored their advice. Oliveira grew up and now he has written a book about his life after the age of 40.
Since he was a child, Oliveira has liked to keep himself busy. He didn't like to depend totally on others. He learned to do things all by himself. At eight, Oliveira began to walk on his knees. His family had to change the floor of the house, so he could walk without injuring himself. His bed, plugs and lights had to be made lower so that he could do things for himself.
He couldn't use a wheelchair because of his unusual shape, making it hard for him to be independent outside the home, but he begged his mother to allow him to go to school and learn with other children. He learned to use a pen with his mouth to type words and even use his lips to operate a mouse or a phone. He also went on to qualify as an accountant and gave speeches at special events. Now Oliveira has published his first book, called O mundo esta ao (The world is the wrong way around)．
Oliveira said, “Throughout my life I was able to adapt my body to the world. Right now, I don't see myself as being different. I am a normal person. I don't see things upside down. Nowadays I can say that I am a professional, international public speaker and that I receive invitations from all over the world.”
语篇解读：本文主要讲述了天生残疾的Oliveira获得成功的励志故事。
5．What was the doctors' attitude towards Oliveira's disease
A．Concerned. B．Hopeless.
C．Confident. D．Doubtful.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段的第三句“His mother was told by doctors that she should allow him to die”可推知，医生对Oliveira的病不抱任何希望，故选B。
6．What do we know about Oliveira
A．He adapted himself to society.
B．He managed to walk on foot at eight.
C．He used a normal bed and lights at home.
D．He controlled a wheelchair with his mouth.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Throughout my life I was able to adapt my body to the world”可知，Oliveira成功地适应了社会。
7．What does Oliveira do at present
A．A doctor. B．A publisher.
C．An accountant. D．A professor.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第三段的第三句“He also went on to qualify as an accountant and gave speeches at special events”可知，目前Oliveira的职业是会计，故选C。
8．Which saying can best describe Oliveira's experiences
A．All that glitters is not gold.
B．Where there is a will, there is a way.
C．Health is not valued till sickness comes.
D．It is more blessed to give than to receive.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据全文的整体内容可知，本文主要讲述了一个天生残疾的人克服生活中的重重困难，最终成功地适应社会的励志故事，启迪读者：有志者事竟成。故选B。
Ⅴ.阅读七选五
We Are the World, We Are the Future
Someone said, “We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book, whose pages are infinite.” __1__ We are all in the position of the farmers. If we plant a good seed, we will reap a good harvest. If we plant nothing at all, we will harvest nothing at all.
We are young. How to spend the youth It is a meaningful question. __2__ Youth is not a time of life; it's a state of mind. It's not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips or supple knees. __3__ It's the freshness of the deep spring of life.
A poet said “To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour”．Several days ago, I had a chance to listen to a lecture. I learnt a lot there. __4__ Let's show our right palms. We can see three lines that show how our love, career and life will be. I have a short line of life. What about yours __5__ Well, let's make a fist. Where is our future Where are our love, career and life Tell me. Yeah, They are in our hands. They're held in ourselves.
A．I don't know how to spend youth.
B．It's the matter of the will.
C．To answer it, first I have to ask, “What do you understand by the word ‘youth’？ ”
D．I don't know who wrote these words, but I've always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want it to be.
E．I think our youth will be colorful in the future.
F．I'd like to share it with all of you.
G．I wondered whether we could see our future in this way.
语篇解读：本文是一篇充满激情的演讲稿。我们是世界，我们是未来，未来掌握在自己手中，奋力拼搏，创造美好未来！
1．选D 根据前面句子中的“Someone said”可知，作者不知道是谁说的，故选D。
2．选C 根据空前的“It is a meaningful question.”以及空后内容可知，空白处应该是：要回答这个问题，我首先要问，“‘青春’这个词你是怎么理解的？”因此选C。
3．选B 从空后面的句子“It's the freshness of the deep spring of life.”的句式结构看，空白处应该是：It's the matter of the will。故选B。
4．选F 根据空后面的内容可知，这是作者跟大家分享的内容，故选F。
5．选G 根据空处前后句子的意思可知，G项符合语境。
Ⅵ.课时微写作(根据提示完成小作文)
The team 1.made_up_of (由……组成) four members were to 2.convey_the_goods (运送货物) to the neighboring city, which 3.has_been_transformed_into (变成了) a famous fishing port in the past few years. Before they left, the manager told them they should 4.take_it_easy (不要紧张) in case the petrol 5.ran_out (用完). If so, they should turn to the local people, the local police 6.in_particular (尤其). But they 7.eventually (最后) got to the destination successfully. 8.The_reason_why_they_succeeded (他们成功的原因) was that they took a short cut.PAGE
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Unit 2 课时跟踪检测（三）
Learning about Language & Using Language
Ⅰ.单词拼写或用所给单词的正确形式填空
1．Fill in the blanks (空格) with articles where necessary.
2．The two teams will compete for the championship(冠军)．
3．The librarian (图书管理员) asked me to replace the book on the shelf after reading.
4．Life is like a bus loaded (装载) with passengers, each man to his destination.
5．We need to take a compass (指南针) with us while we're travelling.
6．His bright clothes were hardly fit for such a solemn occasion while she was dressed appropriately (appropriate)．
7．I would like to have my watch exchanged (exchange) for a bike.
8．As far as I'm concerned, his reception of us is lacking in warmth (warm)．
9．The violinist is playing the violin beautifully.(violin)
10．It was dark in the room and we couldn't see much at first, but after a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.(darkness)
Ⅱ.选词填空
1．By_chance,_he found the place where his brother had hidden the treasure.
2．—Excuse me, Dad, but I am going to the club to meet my friends in the football team.
—OK. Have_fun.
3．I can tell you the truth, but you must promise not to let_out the secret.
4．I could hardly wait to try_out my new car.
5．We will hold_on another minute; then we'll have to go.
6．His dirty face is not appropriate_for a photo to be taken.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．Do you remember any poems you have read in high school, either_in_Chinese or_in_English (要么用汉语或是英语)
2．It_is_not_appropriate_for_you (对你来说不合适) to ask me such a question.
3．The poems may not make sense and even seem contradictory, but they_are_easy_to_learn_and_recite (它们很容易学习和背诵)．
4．It seems to me that he's_likely_to_know (他很可能知道) the answer.
5．He keeps a file of letters so he can get his hands on one whenever_he_needs_it (无论他什么时候需要它)．
Ⅳ.完形填空
For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “life persists”．
I __1__ them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, __2__， working on a paper. Out of nowhere, those words came __3__ off the page in a quote (引语)：“In the midst of death life persists; in the midst of __4__ truth persists; in the midst of darkness light persists.”
Suddenly I wasn't unhappy and impatient any more. Then I__5__ my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was __6__ to hear what he'd think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to __7__ it a few times, but once he __8__ it, he laughed.“All I can say to that is totally __9__，” he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and __10__ to find that quote.“Why is that？” he asked.“Well, spring is a sure __11__ that life persists. And it just makes me __12__.”
He laughed again, and then __13__ his lovely voice, he recited for me his __14__ “spring time” words：“The desert shall rejoice (高兴), and __15__ as the rose does ... even with joy and singing.”
Many years later, __16__ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming (盛开的) cactuses, I could __17__ hear my granddad laughing：“The desert shall rejoice.”
Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of __18__ and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of __19__ and the green of spring. Spring __20__ us that we're alive forever.
语篇解读：本文是夹叙夹议文。文章讲述的是作者偶然读到一段话从而联想到生命的意义与坚持。生命长存于漫漫沙漠的植物中，长存于冬去春来的绿意中。冬去春来，生命依然长存，而我们也要继续前行。
1．A.looked for B．happened on
C．picked out D．made up
解析：选B 根据语境可知，几年前坐在大学的图书馆里作者偶然遇到这两个单词“life persists”。happen on“偶然遇到或发现”，符合语境。pick out“挑选，辨别出”；make up“编造”。
2．A.bored B．concentrated
C．tired D．confused
解析：选A 根据下文中的“Suddenly I wasn't unhappy and impatient any more”可知，作者当时在图书馆里的心情是很烦闷的。故选bored“厌倦的，烦闷的”。
3．A.running B．dancing
C．rushing D．moving
解析：选B 这两个词突然从书页上的引语中跃入作者的眼帘。dancing在此形象生动地描述了“life persists”这两个词所富含的美好活力以及作者遇到它们的偶然性。
4．A.fear B．accusation
C．suspicion D．untruth
解析：选D 在死亡中，生命依然坚持；在谎言中，真理依然长存；在黑暗中，光明依然永驻。根据句中的death与life, darkness与light的对应关系可知，此处应填truth的反义词。untruth“虚假，不真实”，符合语境。accusation“控告”；suspicion“怀疑”。
5．A.called B．visited
C．consulted D．informed
解析：选A 根据下文中的“on the phone”可知，作者给爷爷打电话。call“(给……)打电话”。符合语境。visit“看望，拜访”；consult“咨询”；inform“告知”。
6．A.patient B．confident
C．upset D．desperate
解析：选D 根据语境及上文中的“I loved to talk with him”可知，作者很想听听爷爷(对这句话)是怎么看的。desperate“极想，渴望”。patient“耐心的”；upset“不安的”。
7．A.copy B．print
C．repeat D．recite
解析：选C 根据上文中的“He had poor hearing”和下文中的“a few times”可知，爷爷的听觉不灵，所以作者不得不多次重复(repeat)这句话。copy“抄写”；print“打印”；recite“背诵”。
8．A.got B．made
C．undertook D．managed
解析：选A 但是一旦作者的爷爷明白(got it)了，他就笑了起来。make it“获得成功，准时到达”。
9．A.puzzlement B．scepticism
C．agreement D．disapproval
解析：选C 根据上文中的“laughed”和下文中作者的爷爷所背诵的语句与该句话的主题一致性可知，作者的爷爷对这句话所表达的主题是完全同意(agreement)的。puzzlement“疑惑”；scepticism“怀疑”；disapproval“反对，不赞成”。
10．A.practically B．especially
C．obviously D．naturally
解析：选B 作者告诉爷爷她在漫长的冬天过后，最终看到了春天，特别是偶然发现这句引语，她有多高兴。especially“特别，尤其”，符合语境。practically“实际地，差不多”；obviously“明显地”；naturally“自然而然地”。
11．A.way B．inspiration
C．remark D．sign
解析：选D 春天就是一个可信的迹象，它表明生命是长存的。sign“迹象，征兆”符合语境。inspiration“鼓舞人心的人(或事物)”。
12．A.astonished B．energetic
C．merry D．alive
解析：选C 根据上文中的“I wasn't unhappy”，下文中的“rejoice (高兴)”“joy”及文章的主题可知，这句话使作者感到开心(merry)。astonished“震惊的”；energetic“精力充沛的”。
13．A.in B．with
C．of D．beyond
解析：选A 作者的爷爷又笑了笑，然后用他那悦耳的嗓音为作者背诵了他最喜欢的语句。in ... voice是固定搭配，表示“以……的嗓音”。
14．A.impressive B．superb
C．classical D．favorite
解析：选D 参见上题解析。impressive“给人印象深刻的”；superb“极佳的，质量极高的”；classical“经典的”；favorite“最喜欢的”。
15．A.exist B．flower
C．survive D．sow
解析：选B 沙漠应该高兴，像玫瑰一样盛开。根据空后的“as the rose does”可知，flower“开花”符合语境。
16．A.after B．when
C．until D．although
解析：选B 多年后，当作者和丈夫驱车穿越一个有很多野花和盛开的仙人掌的沙漠时，她几乎又听到了爷爷笑着说“沙漠应该高兴”。分析句子结构可知，空处在此引导时间状语从句，且在从句中作时间状语，故选when。
17．A.hardly B．always
C．almost D．mostly
解析：选C 参见上题解析。almost“几乎，差不多”，符合语境。
18．A.journeys B．words
C．world D．desert
解析：选D 根据空后的“the blooming of cactuses ...”和上文中的“a desert with many wildflowers and blooming (盛开的) cactuses”及“The desert shall rejoice”可知，生命长存，同样的，我们也要坚持。生命长存于寂静的沙漠(desert)中和盛开的仙人掌里。
19．A.winter B．spring
C．summer D．autumn
解析：选A in the dead of winter“在隆冬，在严冬”。空前的dead形象地表现了冬季万物萧条的景象，与春季的绿意及万物复苏的景象形成鲜明的对比。
20．A.convinces B．assures
C．reminds D．strikes
解析：选C 春天提醒我们，我们永远充满活力。convince“使相信”；assure“使确信”；remind“提醒”；strike“突然想到”。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
A
Robert Frost (1874－1963) is one of America's most beloved poets. He was a contemporary of many modernist poetic movements, but he wasn't associated (与……有联系) with any particular group of poets. He stuck to his own literary beliefs, and as a result, he attracted a good deal of criticism from the literary world. But, it is just because he was such a person and his voice was so original that Frost became so beloved. If you are to choose one of his poems and read it aloud on a busy street, we are sure that many people will recognize the poem immediately as Frost's.
Mending Wall, which is the first poem in North of Boston, Frost's second book of poetry, is one of his most popular poems. It is a poem about two neighbors who fix a rock wall that lies between their homes. “I” want to destroy the wall, and the “neighbor” wants to leave it standing.
We just can't get enough of walls, can we People love boundaries (界线). We love them when we're little, protecting our precious toys from our troublesome (令人烦恼的) brothers and sisters. As we get older, we begin to throw around the gentle term “personal space”， as in “GET OUT OF MY ROOM！” In college, we really learn how the idea of “My house is your house” doesn't always result in happy roommate relationships. After we become adults with good jobs and a lot of cool things, we often put up fences, gates, walls, or doors to protect our stuff and keep the peace.
Walls help us protect ourselves, but their downside is that they often keep people from communicating with each other. Mending Wall makes us take a look at how we use our walls and boundaries, and why we use them the way we do. This poem sends a wake up call to the universe.There are walls between our hearts.
语篇解读：本文是一篇诗歌评论。文章介绍了美国著名诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特并赏析了他的名作《修墙》。
1．What can we learn about Robert Frost
A．His writing style is special.
B．His first poem is about life.
C．He often criticized other poets.
D．He joined many poetic movements.
解析：选A 细节理解题。由第一段末“If you are to ... as Frost's”可知，随便拿一首弗罗斯特的诗到街上去朗读，就会有人认出是他的诗。这说明他的写作风格特别，容易辨认。
2．In Paragraph 3, what does the author want to show
A．Sharing with others brings us happiness.
B．There seem lots of walls in our life.
C．Walls let people know about themselves.
D．Personal space is important to everyone.
解析：选B 推理判断题。作者对弗罗斯特的名作《修墙》进行简单介绍后，在第三段描述了这样一个事实：人们从小到大不断地树立各种围墙。
3．The third paragraph is developed by ________.
A．space B．example
C．time D．comparison
解析：选C 写作手法题。在第三段作者按照时间顺序展开全段，指出了人们从孩童时期到长大成人，不断地建立“心墙”。
4．The underlined word “downside” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “________”．
A．true use B．old way
C．negative part D．major difference
解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据最后一段but一词的转折可知，第四段讲墙可以保护人的同时，也阻止了人们的交流。因此downside此处有“不足之处”的意思。
B
A decade ago, secondary and higher education was prized above all else. Apprenticeships (学徒工作) were viewed as an option for dropouts rather than a daring career choice. And the young men and women who didn't fit into the school system, preferring to create start ups and focus on making a living in the business world, were dismissed as wheeler dealers (投机者)．
Now there're_no_birds_of_this_year_in_last_year's_nests. Young people are being encouraged to think carefully about whether academia is right for them — this trend has been fuelled by rising university fees and a global shortage of many skills that were passed over in schools in recent years, ranging from web development to sales.
Young people are required to stay in some kind of education or training until they are 18, but this learning may now take many forms. The Government runs its own platform to help interested youths find an apprenticeship that suits their skills and ambitions.
Tom Hartley, who runs a high end performance and classic car business based in Derbyshire, founded his first company at just 12 years old. “I had no school education，” he says. “Business was how I learned everything. I call it the Hartley University of Life.”
His business, 43 years on, turns over ￡ 200m, and sells cars to high net worth individuals across the globe, from Hollywood celebrities to foreign royalty. Many years ago, Hartley was asked to explain why he had chosen to be self educated and why he had supported his son Carl's decision to leave school and join the family business instead.
“I got a lot of criticism at the time，” he says. “I tried to explain that you can't teach gut feelings on a blackboard and that school is fine if you want to be a doctor or fly a rocket to the moon but otherwise it's all about experience in business.”
语篇解读：十年前，人们很重视中高等教育，学徒工作被认为是辍学者的一种选择，而不是一种大胆的职业选择。而如今，情况已发生了改变，年轻人被鼓励认真思考学术是否适合他们，如若不适合，他们可以放弃教育而开始创业。
5．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate
A．The situation above has changed.
B．Education is no more important nowadays.
C．Things change for the worse for dropouts.
D．University fees are becoming higher and higher.
解析：选A 句意理解题。根据第一段的内容及第二段中的“Young people are being encouraged to think carefully about whether academia is right for them ... ranging from web development to sales”可知，此处指的应是第一段中所讲述的情况随着时间的推移发生了变化。所以A项正确。
6．Which statement may the author agree with
A．Education is the only way to success.
B．Education systems change from time to time.
C．School dropouts could be future business stars.
D．School dropouts were common among youngsters.
解析：选C 推理判断题。文章第二、三段告诉我们，如今不擅长学术的年轻人被鼓励放弃学业转而开始创业。第四、五段指出，Tom Hartley没受过什么教育，12岁就开始创业，并且他的汽车生意经营得很成功。由此可知，昔日的辍学者未来可能会在商界取得成功。所以C项正确。
7．What does the author say about Tom Hartley
A．He attaches more value to experience than to education.
B．He was supported in founding his first company.
C．He is well educated and far sighted.
D．He is brave and open minded.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“founded his first company at just 12 years old”可知，小小年纪就创业，Tom应该是很勇敢的；再根据第五段中的“he had supported his son Carl's decision to leave school and join the family business instead”可知，支持自己儿子辍学经商的Tom是开明的，故选D。
8．How does the author prove his view
A．By giving an example.
B．By making a comparison.
C．By analyzing causes.
D．By listing figures.
解析：选A 写作手法题。通读全文可知，作者主要是通过列举Tom Hartley的成功故事来说明他的观点的。所以A项正确。PAGE
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Unit 2 课时跟踪检测（一）
Warming Up & Reading — Pre-reading
阅读理解
A
For about three years now, I have been writing poetry. It was not until my junior year in high school that I developed an interest, love, and skill for writing poetry.
Back in elementary school, I loved to write stories. I would write stories on post?it notes and anywhere I could. Yet when I had to write a limerick (五行打油诗) for an assignment, I could not wrap my head around poetry. I had a very hard time figuring out how to rhyme words and have the words make sense. I eventually tossed the paper with the attempted limerick in the trash. I did not try my hand at poetry again until several years later.
Many years later in my freshman year of high school, my English teacher gave my class a poetry project as an assignment. I still remember my limerick assignment and was afraid of doing the poetry project. For the project, we had to analyze a poem and write a response to it. I chose to respond to Robert Frost's poem Fire and Ice. I also wrote my own poem first. I became really excited when writing the poem.
Two years later, I started writing poetry as a hobby and for fun. To learn how good or bad my poems were, I handed them in to some magazines and contests. I won second place in the North Carolina Poetry Society's Sherry Pruitt Award Contest with a poem called The Ocean, and had my two poems published as high merit (优等) poems. I have continued to write poetry, and have even self?published three collections of poetry in both print and e?book formats, which can be found at my store on Lulu.
Now, I love writing poetry, but I don't hate writing short stories. I just find it more difficult and not my style of writing, even though I still write short stories occasionally.
语篇解读：本文作者叙述了自己写诗的经历。
1．When the author was a pupil, he ________.
A．liked writing stories
B．was good at writing poetry
C．could understand poetry well
D．was often praised by his teacher
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第二段“Back in elementary school, I loved to write stories.”可知，答案为A。
2．When given the poetry project in high school, the author was ________.
A．excited B．annoyed
C．confident D．worried
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第三段“I still remember my limerick assignment and was afraid of doing the poetry project.”可推断，答案为D。
3．The author took up writing poetry as a hobby when he ________.
A．was in Grade Three in high school
B．worked as a storekeeper
C．was in Grade One in high school
D．was at college
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段“Many years later in my freshman year of high school”及第四段第一句“Two years later, I started writing poetry as a hobby and for fun.” 可推断，答案为A。
4．How did the author increase his confidence in writing poetry
A．He wrote a lot of poems and asked advice from his teacher.
B．He published three collections of poetry by himself.
C．He submitted his poems to magazines and contests.
D．He gave up writing stories and only wrote poetry.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第四段“To learn how good or bad my poems were, I handed them in to some magazines and contests.”可知，答案为C。
B
A recent Stanford study found that America's students are shockingly bad at telling fact from fiction in this digital age. It's apparent that something has to change in the nation's classrooms. That something, according to Professor Sam Wineburg, one of those Stanford researchers, is “practice.”
“How do they become prepared to make the choices about what to believe, what to forward, what to post to their friends，” Wineburg asked on NPR's All Things Considered, “when teachers give no practice to them？”
Patricia Hunt, an experienced teacher at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., is doing something she has never done before: helping to pilot a new, digital course called the checkology virtual classroom. It comes from the nonprofit The News Literacy Project.
Hunt's students, most of them seniors, work in threes or fours. They're presented with a series of stories that are rapidly and broadly spread via the Internet. Some are false information. Some are ads. And some are pure fact.
“We don't know which is which at this point，” laughs student Kahder Smith. “We actually have to sit down, take our time, and actually read them. And probably Google some stuff to see if it's real or not.”
A post claims that more than a dozen people died after receiving the flu vaccine (疫苗) in Italy and that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) is now telling people not to get a flu shot.
“I mean, I've heard many unconfirmed reports that the flu shot's bad for you，” student Autumn Cooper says. But instinct (直觉) tells her the story's wrong. “It just doesn't look like a reliable source. It looks like this is off Facebook and someone shared it.” Cooper labels the story “fiction”. And she's right.
Instead of teaching students the fundamentals of fact checking, many schools simply ignore the problem, blocking social media sites on school computers.
“It's like teaching students to drive in the parking lot and then sending them out on the highway and saying ‘Good luck！’” says Audrey Church, president of the American Association of School Librarians.
语篇解读：本文是议论文。美国的一些学校开设了教学生如何鉴别网络消息真假的课程，很多专家学者表示赞同。
5．What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to
A．Stanford researchers. B．Media people.
C．Students. D．Teachers.
解析：选C 代词指代题。根据第一段中的“America's students are shockingly bad at telling fact from fiction in this digital age”可知，在电子时代，美国的学生缺乏辨别真假消息的能力，由此可推测，这里是问“这些学生”怎样才能做好准备选择相信、传递、发布哪些消息呢？另外，根据第二段末的“when teachers give no practice to them”也可推测，这里的they指的是学生。
6．According to Church, what should schools do
A．Help students improve driving skills.
B．Teach students how to spot false news.
C．Allow students to drive on the highway.
D．Ask students to avoid using social media.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后两段内容可知，Church认为学校屏蔽社交媒体的做法就像是在停车场教会学生们开车后让他们直接上高速，这样做无疑风险很大。由此可推测他反对学校屏蔽社交媒体的做法，而是希望学校能够教孩子们如何识别假新闻。
7．What does the text mainly discuss
A．The findings of a recent Stanford study.
B．An educational issue in the digital age.
C．The influence of a widely spread post.
D．An experienced high school teacher.
解析：选B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文讨论了在电子时代，老师如何帮助学生们学会鉴别网络消息的真假，这是一个教育问题。
C
Public libraries have had another bad year. They are like local railways. People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, there is so little time these days.
To the US historian Matthew Battles the library is a metaphor (隐喻) for the land of chance, a place where, lost in the piles, new Americans could “dream of personal success, unaided by unnamed others, a stage with a mirror for backdrop (背景幕布) that reflects only the reader”. In Britain, the library was a grammar school, a teach yourself academy, a way of learning.
Digitization has changed everything. The public library is no longer a place sacred to knowledge. Its walls have been bombed open. So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying. Print was yesterday, one more victim of the great digital wipeout. But Waterstones last year stopped selling Kindles and changed the shelf space to physical books. It saw a 5% rise in sales. Though the bookshop has suffered, the book has not.
But these are buyers, not borrowers. The library must rediscover its specialness. This strength lies not in books, but in its readers, in their desire to gather, share with each other, hear writers and experience books with a group. It is in plays, concerts, comedy, lectures, debates, quizzes, performances of every sort. It should combine coffee shops, book exchanges, playgroups, art galleries, museums and performances.
Ever since the days of Alexandria, the library has been the palace of the mind, the “University of All”. The Internet has removed its complete control of knowledge, but cannot copy its sense of place, its joy of human gathering.
语篇解读：本文是议论文。文章讨论了图书馆的数量虽然减少了，借书的人少了，但是书却并没有消失。
8．What is stressed by mentioning Matthew Battles
A．The meaning of the American Dream.
B．The role of libraries in Americans' life.
C．The things people can learn in a library.
D．The decrease in the number of libraries.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第二段可知，Matthew Battles强调了图书馆是机会之地，人们可以在图书馆中寻求自己的个人成功等，说明了图书馆对于人们的影响。
9．What did people use to think about books
A．Digital technology left books dying.
B．A lot of books were becoming rubbish.
C．Physical books took up too much space.
D．Books in libraries were better than ebooks.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying”可知，过去人们认为数字技术的出现，使得实体书快要灭亡了。
10．What might be the most suitable title for the text
A．Libraries are dying but not for books
B．Libraries will have no physical books
C．Libraries are not about books any more
D．Libraries play new roles in modern times
解析：选A 标题归纳题。本文主要讨论了随着数字技术的发展，图书馆的作用似乎越来越小了，但是书并没有消亡。
