外研版（2019） 选择性必修第三册 Unit2 A life’s work 拓展阅读专项训练（含解析）

Unit2 拓展阅读专项训练
刷阅读理解
A
体裁：应用文 题材：介绍说明 词数：259 难度：易 建议用时：6分钟
[皖北名校2021高二联考]Walter Peak High Country Farm on the western shores of Lake Wakatipu is famous in history. Its sheltered bays were used as camping sites by the Maori travelling to the Mararoa and Oreti Rivers on Moa hunting and gathering expeditions.
Things to do
Situated on picturesque Lake Wakatipu's western shores，the farm is the perfect place to spend a few relaxing hours. The Farm Tour itself is a wonderful experience for the whole family，with something to keep everyone entertained and happy. Our rural host will meet you after you leave the steamboat and take you for a walking tour of the farmyard. The first stop is to help feed the sheep and deer，and even get up close to the Scottish highland cattle. Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the charming Colonel's Homestead for morning or afternoon tea. Afterwards the farmer will lead you over to the shearing shed（剪羊毛棚）where you can watch the farm dogs rounding up sheep on the hills，and see the farmer cut the wool off a sheep. You will then board the steamboat for your cruise back to Queenstown.
Ticket Information
Child Ticket $22.00
Adult Ticket $77.00
Visitor Information
Opening Time：10am
Closing Time：4pm
Additional Information
All tickets purchased at MyFun must make a booking at+64-3441-8166.Please mention your MyFun barcode（条形码）number when making your booking. Please print out your voucher（收据）and take along with you to the attraction. Tickets are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.
1. What can tourists do during the Farm Tour
A. Have morning tea.
B. Cut the wool off a sheep.
C. Hunt on the rivers with your family.
D. Run a steamboat by yourself.
2. How much should parents with an adult son pay for the Farm Tour
A. $99.
B. $176.
C. $231.
D. $253.
3. What should the visitors do if they have bought tickets at MyFun
A. Use the tickets after a year.
B. Tell the Farm your MyFun barcode number.
C. Call +64-3441-8166 to print out your voucher.
D. They can't use the tickets unless they have made a booking.
B
体裁：记叙文 题材：人物故事 词数：306 难度：中 建议用时：7分钟
[浙江大学附属中学2021高二期中]James Harrison is called “The Man with the Golden Arm”. The Australian man has saved the lives of more than 2.4 million babies by donating blood nearly every week for 60 years.
At the age of 14，Harrison had an 11-hour operation to remove a lung. "I received 13 units（litres）of blood and my life had been saved by unknown people，"Harrison said. “When I'm old enough，I'll become a blood donor.”
That is exactly what Harrison did. Soon afterwards，doctors told him that his blood contains a rare antibody that could help mothers who have a hemolytic disease，a condition where a pregnant woman's blood attacks the blood cells of her foetus（胎儿）.In worst cases，it can result in brain damage or death of the baby，and until about 1967，thousands of babies were dying each year in Australia.
Before long，researchers had developed an injection（注射剂），called Anti-D，using Harrison's donated blood. Because about 17 percent of pregnant women in Australia require the Anti-D injections，the blood service estimates Harrison has helped 2.4 million babies in the country. At age of 81, he had already passed the age limit allowed for donors, and the blood service had decided Harrison should stop donating to protect his health.
Harrison was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of his extraordinary efforts and generosity, but he doesn't consider himself a hero. He's now donated his blood 1,173 times, which gained him a Guinness World Record. But in all those times of giving blood, he's never once watched. "I look at the ceiling or the nurses, maybe talk to them a bit. I can't stand the sight of blood, and I can't stand pain."
1. What contributed to Harrison's becoming a blood donor
A. The rare antibody in his blood.
B. His gratitude to the blood donors.
C. The request from the blood service.
D. His pain during the removal of his lung.
2. What's Anti-D used to do
A. Save babies by giving them injection.
B. Protect babies from common illness.
C. Cure pregnant mothers with a hemolytic disease.
D. Prevent women's blood from being attacked.
3. What does Harrison hold the Guinness World Record for
A. The age among blood donors.
B. The amount of blood he donated.
C. The number of donations he made.
D. The number of babies he saved by donating.
4. What does the author think of Harrison
A. He is kind and curious.
B. He is generous and modest.
C. He is selfless and shy.
D. He is sympathetic and cautious.
刷7选5
体裁：说明文 题材：介绍说明 词数：316 难度：难 建议用时：8分钟
Don't you just love ice-skating every winter？I am sure that since winter is approaching，your skates are set to come out，just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice-skate backwards with the help of these tips.
Stand straight
The first thing that you need to do is，stand straight.1.If you feel that you are falling backwards，don't worry；this happens to all.
Confidence is what you need
The most important step while learning how to skate backwards，is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this？By practice. One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance，then scissor（做剪式运动）your skates.2
Maintain speed
Try sculling（划）with one skate while rolling ina straight line with the other.3.Now bring the skate which you are using to scull，and then again，repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now，try the same thing using the other foot.
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Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot，the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.
Scull and be aware
While you keep one foot straight，keep sculling with the other. You can do that with both feet at the same time.5，but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back，you might just bang against something or someone.
A. Increase your speed now
B. Concentrate on what you are doing
C. Keep practising this till you are confident about it
D. One must be brave enough to learn to ice-skate backwards
E. Just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees
F. That is，keep pushing yourself backwards with an outward stroke（滑动）
G. While going backwards，just get used to the feeling of moving backwards
刷完形填空
体裁：记叙文 题材：个人经历 词数：296 难度：中 建议用时：13分钟
The winter had been long and boring. I 1 needed a break, so I decided to book a trip. I was planning my trip when I was informed of the news that I was fired.
2 my trip wasn't a good option, as I needed it now more than ever. The night before my trip, I had a dream that I had two suitcases at the door-one was 3 and the other was empty. When I reached the airport, I 4 I'd brought the empty one.
When I woke up, I interpreted this dream to mean that I was leaving all of my "baggage" behind-and I did. I enjoyed my 5 more than any others I'd taken. Having had time and distance from my work break-up, I was looking forward to starting the next chapter of my life.
I knew I wasn't going to obtain a 6 right away, so I attempted to do one of the things I loved but never had time to do: writing. I'd never published anything before, but I wanted to have a 7.I wrote a few pieces. Most amateurs would 8 smaller publications, but I sent them to the bigger, well-known ones. After several non-responses and 9, my efforts paid off. The most-read newspaper in Canada 10 to publish one of my travel stories. Now I work full-time as a(n)11 and have published articles in a number of magazines. Getting unemployed was a life-altering experience for me that could have been 12. I'll be the first to admit that it was difficult to 13. But that dream, in which I 14 carried on with an empty suitcase, helped me put everything behind me and made me 15 to pursue new careers.
1. A. abruptly B. slightly C. desperately D. frequently
2. A. Cancelling B. Enjoying C. Arranging D. Continuing
3. A. marked B. equipped C. packed D. decorated
4. A. suspected B. realized C. announced D. remembered
5. A. sleep B. hobby C. work D. vacation
6. A. position B. certificate C. promotion D. compensation
7. A. favour B. chance C. lesson D. try
8. A. approach B. grasp C. evaluate D. recognise
9. A. recreations B. restrictions C. rejections D. regulations
10. A. afforded B. agreed C. managed D. compromised
11. A. speaker B. amateur C. designer D. writer
12. A. disastrous B. invalid C. ridiculous D. meaningless
13. A. leave off B. go through C. figure out D. keep back
14. A. ambitiously B. happily C. stubbornly D. deliberately
15. A. proud B. lucky C. confident D. curious
参考答案
刷阅读理解
A
【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了瓦尔特峰高原农场，包括参观农场的票价、时间等相关事宜。
1.A细节理解题。根据Things to do部分中的Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the charming Colonel's Homestead for morning or afternoon tea.可知，在参观农场时可以到“上校之家”喝早茶。故选A项。
2.C细节理解题。根据 Ticket Information部分中的Child Ticket $22.00Adult Ticket $77.00，可知，成人票价为77美元，儿童票价为22美元，所以父母带成年的儿子需支付3×77=231美元。故选C项。
3.D细节理解题。根据Additional Information部分中的All tickets purchased at MyFun must make a booking at+64-3441-8166.可知，在MyFun购买的所有门票必须拨打+64-3441-8166预订。故选D项。
B
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了被称为“金臂人”的詹姆斯·哈里森几十年来一直献血，挽救了无数婴儿的生命。
1.B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I received 13 units（litres）of blood and my life had been saved by unknown people，"Harrison said .“When I'm old enough，I'll become a blood donor.”可知，哈里森因为接受了陌生人的输血才得以活命，因此他决心长大后也要成为一名献血者。由此可知，他对献血者的感激之情促使他成为一名献血者。故选B项。
2.C细节理解题。根据第三段中的 Soon afterwards，doctors told him that his blood contains a rare antibody that could help mothers who have a hemolytic disease，a condition where a pregnant woman's blood attacks the blood cells of her foetus.及第四段中的Anti-D可知，该注射剂被用来治疗患有溶血性疾病的孕妇。故选C项。
3.C细节理解题。根据最后一段中的He's now donated his blood 1，173 times，which gained him a Guinness World Record.可知，他现在已献血1，173次，这使他获得了吉尼斯世界纪录，也就是说哈里森保持着献血次数最多的吉尼斯世界纪录。故选C项。
4.B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Harrison was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of his extraordinary efforts and generosity，but he doesn't consider himself a hero.可知，哈里森被授予澳大利亚勋章，但他并不认为自己是英雄。由此可推知，哈里森既慷慨又谦逊。故选B项。
刷7选5
【语篇导读】本文介绍了练习向后滑冰的方法——要遵循步骤、有足够的自信心。
1.E由小标题Stand straight可知第一个建议是站直，E选项意为“抬起下巴，膝盖稍微弯曲”，也是站立时需要保持的姿势，符合此段的大意，故选E项。
2.C第二个小标题 Confidence is what you need提到的建议是你需要有信心。C项意为“不断练习，直到你对此有信心”，符合本段主题，confidence与confident照应，故选C项。
3.F根据上下文可知此处应表示对滑冰动作的指导，F项是对设空处前一句的解释，故答案为F项。
4.A根据设空处下的the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed可知，当你有信心可以用任何一只脚滑冰时，接下来要做的事情就是提高速度。由此可知，选择A项。
5.B根据空后的but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going可知，不要过于专注，以至于不知道自己会滑到哪里去。本句含有but，说明设空后的内容与设空处是转折关系，由此可推知设空处说的应该是，滑的时候需要集中注意力，故选B项。
刷完形填空
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者正计划去旅行时却突然被解雇了，去旅游的前一天晚上作者做了一个梦，暗示作者要甩掉包袱，勇往直前，追求新的事业。
1.C句意为：我非常需要休息一下，所以我决定去预定一场旅行。根据前文The winter had been long and boring.可知，作者非常需要休息，所以决定去旅行。故选C。
2.A根据后文I needed it now more than ever可知，作者需要旅行来放松，所以不想取消旅行。故选A。
3.C根据the other was empty可知，此处与另一个空箱子应是相反的，故此处应表示有一个行李箱是收拾好了的。故选C。
4.B结合后文中I'd brought the empty one可知，作者意识到自己带的是空箱子。故选B。
5.D根据上文可知，作者准备去旅行，再结合When I woke up，I interpreted this dream to mean that I was leaving all of my “baggage" behind—and I did.可知，作者做到了把“包袱”抛在脑后，所以作者应是十分享受自己的这次旅行。故选D。
6.A根据第一段中I was fired可知，作者被解雇了，因此此处指作者不可能马上找到一份工作。故选A。
7.D根据前文I'd never published anything before以及后文I wrote a few pieces.可知，作者想尝试开始写作。have a try意为“尝试”。故选D。
8.A结合后文smaller publications可知，此处指业余写作爱好者找小出版社接洽出版的事情。故选A。
9.C结合上文several non-responses可知，此处指作者的作品没有收到出版社的回应或是遭到了拒绝。故选C。
10.B根据后文to publish one of my travel stories可知，加拿大读者最多的报纸同意刊登作者的一篇旅行故事。故选B。
11.D根据后文published articles in a number of magazines可知，作者现在的职业是全职作家。故选D。
12.A根据后文I'll be the first to admit that it was difficult可知，失业对作者的生活来说原本是灾难性的。故选A。
13.B根据上文I'll be the first to admit that it was difficult可知，作者承认经历失业是很困难的事情。故选B。
14.B结合后文helped me put everything behind me可知，那个空箱子的梦，让作者放下了包袱，快乐前进。故选B。
15.C根据后文to pursue new careers可知，这个梦让作者有了追求新事业的信心。故选C。
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