Unit 5 Poems Reading and Thinking
一、填空
1.So far, she ______(publish) more than 20 books including novels, poetry and literary criticism.
2.They hope this new evidence will prove her ______(innocent).
3.His interest in writing came from a long ______(correspond) with a close college friend.
4.There is a horizontal banner ______(respective) on both west and east side of the building.
5.The plum flower is proud, because it chooses ______(blossom) in the coldest moment.
6.As speech develops, the child starts ______(string) more words together.
7.Everything about the country seemed _____(utter) different from what I'd experienced before.
8.There are so many new words in the passage that I can hardly make sense _________ them at all.
9.The little boy gave a beautiful _________(recite) of some poems by Blake.
10.The area does not consist entirely _________ rich people, despite popular belief.
11.The manager was _________ a bad mood and was shouting at everyone.
12.The error and warning messages are shown in red and yellow _________(respective).
13.It is true that anything is possible for _________ who hang on to hope.
14.Don't be concerned about the intense schedule that appears ______(await) you this week.
15.The firm soon achieved complete ______(dominant) in the marketplace.
二、阅读理解
Some parents will buy any high-tech toy if they think it will help their child, but researchers said puzzles help children with math-related skills.
Psychologist Susan Levine, an expert on mathematics development in young children at the University of Chicago, found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition(认知) after controlling for differences in parents' income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said.
The researchers analyzed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during everyday activities at home and found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when assessed at 54 months of age.
"The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not, on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate(旋转) and translate shapes," Levine said in a statement.
The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would, and about half of the children in the study played with puzzles at one time. Higher-income parents tended to have children play with puzzles more frequently, and both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skills. However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language and were more active during puzzle play than the parents of girls.
The findings were published in the journal Developmental Science.
1.In which aspect do children benefit from puzzle play
A.Building confidence. B.Developing spatial skills.
C.Learning self-control. D.Gaining high-tech knowledge.
2.What did Levine take into consideration when designing her experiment
A.Parents' age. B.Children's imagination.
C.Parents' education. D.Child-parent relationship.
3.How do boys differ from girls in puzzle play
A.They play with puzzles more often.
B.They tend to talk less during the game.
C.They prefer to use more spatial language.
D.They are likely to play with tougher puzzles.
4.What is the text mainly about
A.A mathematical method. B.A scientific study.
C.A woman psychologist. D.A teaching program.
I was in the fifth grade and had just moved to Westminster from London when I met Ms. May. Most of my teachers seemed to ignore me: I was one more student among hundreds. Ms. May, however, took a special interest in me. "You can write," she said, explaining that she wanted to move me into the honors class(优等班).
A decade later, when my first novel was published, I went back to Ms. May's classroom, handing her a copy of my book and said, "I wrote this for you." Ms. May began to cry happily. She'd been considering early retirement, she said, because she felt she was having little effect on her students. I didn't know how to make Ms. May understand what she'd done for me: It was because of her that I fell in love with Shakespeare. I learned how to compose an essay. It was her belief in me that gave me the confidence to become a writer. Now I felt I owed her. I told her to forget her idea, and she did.
Fifteen years later, when I heard that she was finally ready to retire, I attended her going-away party. All Ms. May needed to do was say a few words thanking her colleagues for coming. Instead, she stood up and made an exciting speech that began like this, "Now you are always complaining(抱怨) that kids have changed and that it's harder to teach these days. You're getting old and lazy. The kids haven't changed. You have! Do not give up on these kids!"
When she finished her speech, everyone clapped hands! I went up to Ms. May and gave her a big hug. She smiled with tears rolling down her face. I came to realize that she would miss her teaching life.
5.How did most of the author's teachers treat him when he was in the fifth grade
A.They helped with his writing. B.They paid little attention to him.
C.They took a special interest in him. D.They encouraged him to make speeches.
6.What do the underlined words "her idea" in Paragraph 2 refer to
A.Retiring early. B.Influencing others.
C.Becoming a writer. D.Publishing a book.
7.Why did Ms. May make an exciting speech
A.To stress the important roles of teachers.
B.To leave a deep impression on her colleagues.
C.To inform people of necessary education reform.
D.To call on her colleagues not to give up on their students.
8.What's the author's attitude towards Ms May
A.Worried. B.Regretful. C.Appreciative. D.Sympathetic.
答案以及解析
一、填空
1.答案:has published
2.答案:innocence
3.答案:correspondence
4.答案:respectively
5.答案:to blossom
6.答案:to string
7.答案:utterly
8.答案:of
解析:句意:这篇文章有那么多生词,我根本不理解它们的意思。make sense of弄明白。
9.答案:recitation
解析:句意:这个小男孩优美地背诵了布莱克的几首诗。所填的词作宾语,所以用名词形式。
10.答案:of
解析:句意:这个地区并非全是富人,尽管大家普遍如此认为。
11.答案:in
解析:句意:经理情绪不好,对每个人都大声喊叫。in a bad mood情绪不好。
12.答案:respectively
解析:句意:错误和警告信息分别显示为红色和黄色。所填的词修饰动词show,所以用副词形式。
13.答案:those
解析:句意:这是真的,对于那些坚持希望的人来说任何事情都是可能的。此处表示“那些人”,所以用those作先行词。
14.答案:to await
15.答案:dominance
二、阅读理解
答案:1-4 BCDB
解析:1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的"...found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills"可知, 孩子们可以从智力游戏中发展更好的空间技能。故选B项。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的"Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition after controlling for differences in parents' income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said."可知, 莱文在设计这个实验时考虑了父母的收入、教育程度和父母谈话的次数。故选C项。
3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的"However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls"可知, 男孩比女孩更喜欢玩复杂的谜题, 即他们倾向于玩难度更大的智力游戏。故选D项。
4.主旨大意题。本文是关于孩子们玩智力游戏的研究, 介绍了研究考虑的因素、研究过程和结果。所以文章是关于科学研究的。故选B项。
17.答案:5-8 BADC
解析:5.细节理解题。根据第一段中的"Most of my teachers seemed to ignore me"可知, 很多老师都忽视作者。
6.词义猜测题。根据第二段中的"She'd been considering early retirement"可知, 作者劝她放弃提前退休的想法, 她答应了, 故her idea指代的就是提前退休的想法。
7.细节理解题。根据第三段中的"Do not give up on these kids!"可知, 梅女士演讲的目的是号召同事们不要放弃学生。
8.观点态度题。根据文章内容可知, 作者认为是梅女士让他有了自信, 从而成了一名作家, 因此作者对梅女士充满了感激之情。
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