Unit 1 Olympic History
Period One Getting Ready and Reading(Ⅰ)
基础落实
Ⅰ.课文理解
1．What were the first ancient Olympic Games closely connected to?
A．Glory.
B．Money.
C．The worship of the gods and heroes.
D．Medals.
2．What suggested that the athletes competed for honour，not for material goods?
A．Medals. B．Mascots.
C．Prize. D．An olive wreath.
3．Which kinds of Olympics are not mentioned in the passage?
A．Paralympics.
B．Youth Olympic Games.
C．Winter Olympic Games.
D．World University Games.
4．In which year were the Paralympics born?
A．1948. B．1952.
C．1950. D．1960.
5．Which of the following is not the aim of the Summer Youth Olympics?
A．To bring together talented athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 to participate in high-level competitions.
B．To prepare for the Olympic Games.
C．To learn about the Olympic values and the benefits of sport.
D．To share their experiences with other communities around the globe.
Ⅱ.课文缩写
The first 1.________ ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC and were closely connected to the 2.________ of the gods and heroes.It was considered one of the greatest 3.________ to win a victory at Olympia.There were a lot of games in the ancient Olympics.Many of those games were the 4.________ of our modern Olympic Games and had rules and playing conditions modern athletes would not be unfamiliar with.
Women had to wait until the second modern Olympics to 5.________，but only in tennis and golf.As early as 1908,6.________ sports were added to the Olympic Games.In 1948，Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition 7.________ World War II disabled soldiers in England.Olympic-style games for athletes with a 8.________ were organized for the first time in Rome in 1960.On February 21,2008，the decision for Singapore to host the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was 9.________.The Games were 10.________ with the current Olympic Games format.One of its aims is to learn about the Olympic values and the benefits of sport.
能力提升
阅读理解
A
If the Olympic Games are a history of mankind，wrestling(摔跤) is the
prologue(序幕)．When the ancient Games of the Olympiad were born，
wrestling was already an ancient game.Widely recognized as the world’s
oldest competitive sport，wrestling appeared in a series of Egyptian wall paintings as early as 5,000 years ago.When the ancient Olympic Games began in 776 BC，more than two thousand years later，it included wrestling and in the years that followed，wrestling featured as the main event.
The sport would return in a similar role when the Olympic Games returned after a 1,500-year absence in 1896.Organizers，seeking direct links to ancient times，found wrestling was very popular across much of the ancient world，from Greece，Assyria and Babylon to India，China and Japan.Greco-Roman wrestling，a style which was believed to be passed down from the Greek and Roman wrestlers of old was brought back into use.
In Greco-Roman wrestling，the wrestlers used only their arms and upper bodies to attack.They could hold only those same parts of their opponents(对手)．It worked nicely from a historical attitude，but another cheerful and relaxing style was sweeping across Great Britain and the United States by then.Known as “catch as catch can”，it had become popular at fairs and festivals in both countries.
In 1904，the Olympic Games added the second wrestling event and called it “freestyle”．Now，wrestlers could use their legs for pushing，lifting and tripping，and they could hold opponents above or below the waist.
1．The first ancient Games of the Olympiad were held almost ________ years ago.
A．776 B．1,500
C．3,000 D．5,000
2．What does the writer want to tell us by saying wrestling is the prologue?
A．The ancient Olympic Games have a long history.
B．Wrestling was an important game in the ancient Olympic Games.
C．Wrestling is popular all the time.
D．Wrestling has a really long history.
3．Why was Greco-Roman wrestling brought back into use in 1896 when the Olympic Games returned?
A．Organizers wanted to find direct links to ancient times.
B．Wrestling was very popular across much of the ancient world.
C．People believed it was passed down from the Greek and Roman wrestlers of old.
D．All of the above.
4．Another style of wrestling became popular across Great Britain and the United States，because it was ________.
A．competitive
B．difficult
C．cheerful and relaxing
D．interesting
B
A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time.Hobbyists raise pets，build model ships，weave baskets，watch birds，hunt animals，climb mountains，raise flowers，fish，ski，skate and swim.Hobbyists also paint pictures，attend concerts and plays，and perform on musical instruments.They collect everything from books to butterflies and from shells to stamps.
People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment，friendship，knowledge，and relaxation.Sometimes they even give financial profit.Hobbies help people relax after periods of hard work，and provide a balance between work and play.
Hobbies also offer interesting activities for persons who have retired.Anyone，rich or poor，old or young，sick or well，can follow a satisfying hobby，regardless of his age，position，or income.Hobbies can help a person’s mental and physical health.Doctors have found that hobbies are valuable in helping patients recover from physical or mental illness.Hobbies give bedridden or wheel-chair patients something to do，provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves.Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies or pastimes (娱乐)．
In early times，most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies.But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies.The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood，pottery.People today have more time than ever before for hobbies.
Machines have reduced the amount of time they must spend on their jobs.Hobbies provide variety for workers who do the same unchanging tasks all day long.More people are retiring than ever before，and at an earlier age.Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found spare time hours.
Sir William Osier，a famous Canadian doctor expressed the value of hobbies by saying，“No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.”
5．Which of the following is RIGHT?
A．Hobby is one’s regular business in his office.
B．Hobby is not one’s regular business in his spare time.
C．Hobby is a kind of business only for young people.
D．Hobby is a kind of business only for old people.
6．Who may spend more time enjoying their hobbies?
A．Persons who have little money.
B．Persons who have much money.
C．Persons who have given up their work.
D．Persons who have left school.
7．The underlined word “recover” in the third paragraph means “________”．
A．get back
B．become well
C．become calm
D．supply with a new cover
8．Which of the following don’t hobbies offer according to the second paragraph?
A．Entertainment. B．Learning.
C．Relaxation. D．Health.
答案
基础落实
Ⅰ.1.C 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.B
Ⅱ.1.recorded 2.worship 3.honours 4.ancestors 5．participate 6.winter 7.involving 8.disability 9．announced 10.consistent
能力提升
1．C 2．D 3．D 4．C 5．B 6．C 7．B 8．D
Period One Getting Ready and Reading(Ⅱ)
基础落实
Ⅰ.单词检测
1．n.平等________
记录；唱片________
竞争者________
观念；概念________
祖先；祖宗________
残疾；无能________
安排；格式；设计；形式________
2．v.竞争；比赛________
使残废________
爱慕；崇拜________
3．adj.竞争的________
运动员的________
不熟悉的________
象征的________
残废的________
一致的________
Ⅱ.短语检测
1．与……相连________________
2．信仰；信任________________
3．当作中心或重点________________
4．在……的统治下________________
5．复苏；苏醒过来________________
6．符合；与……一致________________
Ⅲ.用课文中的词语替换划线部分
1．You may use the words in the box to help you. ____________
2．The first ancient Olympic Games had_something_to_do_with the worship of the gods and heroes. ____________
3．What sports do these pictures mean？ ____________
4．Many of those games are the earlier_forms of our modern Olympic Games. ____________
5．But the symbolic power of the Games continued. ____________
6．Women had to wait until the second Olympics to take_part. ____________
7．Share their experiences with other communities all_over_the_world. ____________
8．Winter sports were part_of the Olympic Games as early as 1908. ____________
Ⅳ.句型转换
1．She is believed to have finished the task.
________ ________ ________ ________ she has finished the task.
2．His readers are familiar with certain basic concepts.
Certain basic concepts ________ ________ ________ his readers.
3．In 1976，other disability groups were added and the Paralympics were born.
In 1976，other disability groups were added and the Paralympics ________ ________ ________.
4．They organized a game involving many disabled people in the city.
They organized a game and many disabled people ________ ________ in the city.
5．The aim of the organization is to help the poor people in the district.
The organization ________ ________ ________ the poor people in the district.
Ⅴ.单项填空
1．As we join the big crowd I got ________ from my friends.
A．separated B．spared
C．lost D．missed
2．—Do you think Mary’s coming to the English evening?
—________.
A．I believe not B．I don’t trust
C．I believe not so D．I don’t trust it
3．Although Martha had been away from home for a long time，when she came near her house everything suddenly became ________.
A．clear B．similar
C．anxious D．familiar
4．In the evening the car broke down suddenly and the heavy rain ________ the helplessness of the girl driver on the country road.
A．resulted from B．made up
C．turned out D．added to
5．—________ does he make a trip here?
—Every five days.
A．How five days B．How far
C．How long D．How often
6．—I’m sorry I’m late.I got held up in the traffic on my way here.
—________.
A．Don’t be late next time
B．You should be blamed
C．It doesn’t matter.I’m also late
D．Never mind.Come and sit down
7．Tom has________the record of the 1,000-meter race since 2008.
A．kept B．held
C．broke D．set
8．What you say now doesn’t seem to be________with what you said last Saturday.
A．constant B．consistent
C．equal D．common
9．This new machine is technically far ________ to the previous type.
A．superior B．junior
C．senior D．equal
10．So far nobody has claimed the money________in the library.
A．discovered B．to be discovered
C．discovering D．having discovered
11．When the injured ________ to the hospital，they came to ________.
A．was rushed；life B．were rushed；life
C．rushed；lives D．were rushed；lives
12．The police have collected some information ________ the murder.
A．connected by B．connected with
C．connecting with D．was connected with
能力提升
阅读理解
Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas.I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took_off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.I stopped and wondered what I should do.A car pulled up behind me.It was the couple who I had spoken to at the gas
station.They said they would take me to my friend’s.We chatted on the way into the city，and when I get out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me.Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them.Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning.In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead.Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door.I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？”I asked and explained my trouble.They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it.They would accept no payment.So when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks.I received a letter back from one of the salesmen.“No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，”he said.“Thank you”—two powerful words.They’re easy to say and mean so much.
1．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City________.
A．to visit a friend
B．to see his parents
C．to pay or the cash register
D．to have more gas for his car
2．The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．
A．turned off B．moved off
C．put up D．set up
3．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
4．The battery of the author’s car was dead because________.
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．the meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
答案
基础落实
Ⅰ.1.equality；record；competitor；concept；ancestor；disability；format 2.compete；disable；worship 3.competitive；athletic；unfamiliar；symbolic；disabled；consistent
Ⅱ.1.be connected to 2.believe in 3.center on/upon/round 4.under the rule of 5.come to life 6.consistent with
Ⅲ.1.refer to 2.were connected to 3.stand for 4．ancestors 5.lived on 6.participate 7.around the globe 8.added to
Ⅳ.1.It；is；believed；that 2.are；familiar；to 3.came；into；being 4.were；involved 5.aims；to；help
Ⅴ.1.A 2．A 3．D 4．D 5．D 6．D 7．B 8．B 9．A 10．A 11．B 12．B
能力提升
1．A 2．B 3．C 4．C
Period Three Grammar
基础落实
Ⅰ.短语翻译
1．英语口语________________
2．书面英语________________
3．一颗破碎的心________________
4．灾区________________
5．一位著名的艺术家________________
6．预定的座位________________
Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1．The ____________ news made us ____________.(disappoint)
2．A ________ dog seldom bites.(bark)
3．Be brave.You look like a __________ bird.(frighten)
4．The __________ mother went to visit Einstein.(puzzle)
5．The suggestion ________ to the committee was adopted.(send)
6．A man ________ up as soon as the cock crows is a hard-working man.(getting)
7．The shop sells ________ food.(freeze)
8．Can you see the star ________ in the sky？(move)
9．Money ________ is more than money ________.(spend，earn)
10．All __________ people must stay here.(suspect)
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ________ on his own farm.
A．grown B．being grown
C．to be grown D．to grow
2．The government plans to bring in new laws ______ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children.
A．forced B．forcing
C．to be forced D．having forced
3．There is a great deal of evidence ________ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.
A．indicate B．indicating
C．to indicate D．to be indicating
4．Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV；there are pictures ________ in your mind instead of before your eyes.
A．to form B．form
C．forming D．having formed
5．The flowers ________ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of name.
A．to smell B．smelling
C．smelt D．to be smelt
6．The disc，digitally ________ in the studio，sounded fantastic at the party that night.
A．recorded B．recording
C．to be recorded D．having recorded
7．When the first English settlers arrived in the New World，the Indians ________ jewellery made of animal bones greeted them warmly.
A．wearing B．to wear
C．worn D．having worn
8．The manager，________ it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us，left the meeting room.
A．who has made B．having made
C．made D．making
9．The repairs cost a lot，but its money well ______.
A．to spend B．spent
C．being spent D．spending
10．There have been several new events ________ to the program for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
A．add B．to add
C．adding D．added
能力提升
阅读理解
A
I am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起)an emotion，a visual image，a complex idea，or a simple truth.Language_is_the_tool_of_my_trade.And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California，I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks.Like others，I have described it to people as “broken” English.But I feel embarrassed to say that.It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”，as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed，as if it lacked a certain wholeness.I’ve heard other terms used，“limited English，”for example.But they seem just as bad，as if everything is limited，including people’s perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact，because when I was growing up，my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her.I was ashamed of her English.I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.That is，because she expressed them imperfectly as if her thoughts were imperfect.And I had plenty of evidence to support me：the fact that people in department stores，at banks，and at restaurants did not take her seriously，did not give her good service，pretended not to understand her，or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fictions in 1985.And for reasons I won’t get into today，I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with：the English she used with me，which for lack of a better term might be described as“broken”；and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese，her internal(内在的)language，and for that I sought to preserve the essence，but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show：her intention，her feelings，the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
1．By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”，the author means that________.
A．she uses English in foreign trade
B．she is fascinated by languages
C．she works as a translator
D．she is a writer by profession
2．The author used to think of her mother’s English as ________.
A．impolite B．amusing
C．imperfect D．practical
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A．Americans do not understand broken English.
B．The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.
C．The author’s mother had positive influence on her.
D．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
4．The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is ________.
A．well structured B．in the old style
C．easy to translate D．rich in meaning
B
At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have.I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us.About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special.He told me that it was Elvis’ wavy hair and the way he moved his body.
About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院) were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut.That_is_when_I_got_this_big_idea，which_hit_me_like_a_ton_of_bricks.If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get.
On the way to town I told everybody，including the matron(女管家) from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day，just like him.
When I got my new Buster Brown shoes，I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Buster Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.
We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)．I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut.Can you make my hair like Elvis？”I asked him，with a big smile on my face.“Let’s just see what we can do for you，little man，”he said.I was so happy when he started to cut my hair.Just as he started to cut my hair，the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing.She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her “No”．Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts.Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor.
5．In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was________.
A．disgusting B．admirable
C．ambitious D．dynamic
6．From the passage，we can know that________.
A．buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley
B．an Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money
C．the author was fascinated with the stars Buster and Elvis
D．the barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut
7．We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was________.
A．excited to have an Elvis hair cut
B．worried to think about the secret
C．anxious to remove the ton of bricks
D．careful to seize the chance
8．How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?
A．Delighted. B．Guilty.
C．Self-satisfied. D．Depressed.
答案
基础落实
Ⅰ.1.spoken English 2.written English 3.a broken heart 4．the stricken area 5.a well-known artist 6.reserved seats
Ⅱ.1.disappointing；disappointed 2.barking 3.frightened 4．puzzled 5.sent 6.getting 7.frozen 8.moving 9.spent；earned 10.suspected
Ⅲ.1.A 2．B 3．B 4．C 5．B 6．A 7．A 8．D 9．B 10．D
能力提升
1．D 2．C 3．B 4．D 5．B 6．C 7．A 8．D
Period Two Integrating Skills
基础落实
Ⅰ.判断正误
1．The Olympism is a philosophy of life. ( )
2．The rings on the Olympic flag now only represent the union of the five continents. ( )
3．The Olympic torch is lit from the sun’s rays at the place which hosts the Games. ( )
4．The torch relay symbolizes the passing of Olympic traditions from ancient games to modern games，from one generation to another. ( )
5．From the beginning，gold was awarded to the first place winner. ( )
6．The host city has the right to design the two sides of the medal. ( )
7．The original flame burned continuously on the altar of the goddess Hera. ( )
8．The Olympic oath was introduced in 1936. ( )
9．The torch relay was first organized at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. ( )
10．The colours on the Olympic flag were chosen because every nation of the world has one of these colours in its flag. ( )
Ⅱ.单词检测
1．adj.令人振奋的________
普遍的________
基本的________
迅速的________
最初的________
纯洁的________
完美的________
伦理的________
2．n.种族________
宇宙________
联合；联盟________
箴言________
荣誉 ________
火把________
起源________
运动场________
一代________
符号________
传说 ________
3．v.寻找________
努力 ________
Ⅲ.短语检测
1．在某些方面________________
2．和谐________________
3．由……组成________________
4．基于……________________
5．把……连在一起________________
6．以……的名义，凭________________
7．坚持，遵守________________
8．为……而拼搏________________
Ⅳ.选词填空
1．The cottage is surrounded by the most ________ countryside.
2．The view from our hotel room was simply ________.
3．Dreams are a rich source of ________ for some writers.
4．The proposal has not met with ________ agreement.
5．There was a ________ and a peace in his life.
Ⅴ.单项填空
1．Many graduates in China do their best to go abroad to seek their ________.
A．luck B．chance C．fortune D．fate
2．The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds ________ his arguments in favor of the new theory.
A．on which to base B．which to base on
C．to base on D．to be based on
3．The ________ of the flood，which caused thousands of people to lose their houses，was 3 weeks of torrential rain.
A．source B．origin C．root D．resource
4．They promised to abide ________ the rules of the contest.
A．on B．at C．by D．for
5．They said they came ________ peace.
A．by name B．by the name of
C．under the name of D．in the name of
6．I have never sought ________ my views.I hope you will not misunderstand me.
A．hiding B．to hide
C．hidden D．to be hidden
7．This is the ________ piano which the composer created some of his greatest works.
A．true B．original C．real D．genuine
8．He left home with all the doors and windows ________.
A．fastened B．fastening
C．having fastened D．to be fastened
9．The arms ________ is the competition between countries in building up their stocks of weapons.
A．race B．rush
C．movement D．expansion
10．All of the students were ________ by the ______ speech given by the headmaster.
A．inspired；inspired B．inspiring；inspiring
C．inspired；inspiring D．inspiring；inspired
Ⅵ.微写作
写作素材
1．这位出生于瑞典的残疾人运动员一直是马拉松运动的世界纪录保持者。
2．他把奥林匹克格言始终放在心中。
3．他的不屈精神和顽强意志将激励一代又一代人奋勇向前。
提示：黑体部分用本单元词汇表达。
连句成篇(将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文)
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能力提升
完形填空
A
One Saturday morning a careless car driver threw a cigarette out of his car ten miles west of the small Canadian town of Stanton.The forest at the __1__ of the road was __2__ because there had been no rain for many days.Within a few minutes the trees were on fire.
A truck driver saw the __3__ when he was on his __4__ to Stanton.As soon as he reached the town he told the police about it.Soon firefighters were __5__ westwards.When they reached the fire，they saw it was very big.It could not __6__ to the north because of a lake or to the south because of a wide river.But a (an) west wind was carrying the fire towards Stanton and the firefighters could not __7__ it.Then，one of the firefighters __8__ a message back to the town by radio.
The chief fire officer and __9__ of people hurried to a place about a mile of the town.There they used dynamite(炸药)to blow down the trees and to __10__ a wide path through the forest.When the fire reached the path，it began to __11__ down because there was nothing left to burn.After several hours they __12__ to put out the fire and save the town.
1．A.end B．beginning
C．side D．turn
2．A.wet B．dry C．thick D．dusty
3．A.cigarette B．fire C．car D．forest
4．A.way B．path C．road D．street
5．A.hurrying B．reaching
C．arriving D．getting
6．A.develop B．spread
C．increase D．return
7．A.save B．help C．stop D．treat
8．A.got B．sent C．took D．carried
9．A.many B．most
C．hundreds D．a hundred
10．A.clear B．clean C．build D．complete
11．A.put B．go C．die D．get
12．A.tried B．succeeded
C．managed D．decided
B
We got back into our car and before I started it，we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building.I could __13__ that he was a homeless man.His clothes were worn and it looked like he had gone in and gotten himself some __14__ or something warm to drink since it was cold this time of year.He couldn’t have had enough money to get something to eat.That is not something I remember too well，because that is not what “moved” me.
The next thing I remember is a dog that __15__ up to the front of the building.Being a dog lover，I could tell she was a she，and I could tell that she had been feeding puppies(小狗)．She was __16__ in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her.
My wife and I sat there and looked at her.We __17__ that people walked by and didn’t even pet her.And we also did not do anything.But someone did.The homeless man，who I __18__ did not buy himself anything to eat，went back into the store.And what he did brought tears to me and my wife.He had gone into the store and with what __19__ he may have had，bought a can of dog food and fed that dog.
I know that this story isn’t as inspirational as most __20__，but it plays a great part in our lives.You see，that was Mother’s Day weekend.
13．A.say B．speak C．promise D．tell
14．A.beef B．coffee C．chicken D．clothes
15．A.jumped B．walked
C．climbed D．flew
16．A.terribly B．probably
C．perhaps D．seriously
17．A.watched B．noticed
C．looked D．checked
18．A.thought B．wanted
C．guessed D．judged
19．A.things B．cost C．expense D．money
20．A.books B．novels C．stories D．articles
答案
基础落实
Ⅰ.1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.F 10.T
Ⅱ.1.inspiring；universal；fundamental；swift；original；pure；perfect；ethical 2.race；universe；union；motto；glory；torch；origin；stadium；generation；character；legend 3．seek；strive
Ⅲ.1.in spots 2.in harmony 3.consist of 4.(be) based on 5.join sth. together 6.in the name of 7．abide by 8.struggle for
Ⅳ.1.glorious 2.perfection 3.inspiration 4．universal 5.purity
Ⅴ.1.C 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．D 6．B 7．B 8．A 9．A 10．C
Ⅵ.参考范文
This disabled athlete born in Sweden has been world record-holder in marathon.He always puts the Olympic motto in his heart，his unyielding spirits and toughness will encourage generation after generation to move forward courageously.
能力提升
1．C 2．B 3．B 4．A 5．A 6．B 7．C 8．B 9．C 10．A 11．C 12．C 13．D
14．B 15．B 16．A 17．B 18．A 19．D 20．C
单元检测(一)
一、听力(共三节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What is the matter with the calculator?
A．It is broken.
B．It needs a new battery.
C．The battery is incorrectly installed.
2．How did the man get the tickets?
A．He bought them in the cinema.
B．He ordered them on the Internet.
C．He asked the woman to buy them.
3．What does the man think of computer games?
A．They are bad for students.
B．Some of them are good for study.
C．All of them are a waste of time.
4．Why didn’t the woman call the man back?
A．She forgot to do it.
B．Her telephone was broken.
C．She didn’t get his messages.
5．Where does the conversation take place?
A．At home. B．At a store. C．At an office.
第二节(共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分)
听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6．What do we know about the man?
A．He became unreasonable.
B．He didn’t listen to Amy.
C．He had a big fight with Amy.
7．What does the woman advise the man to do?
A．Call Amy.
B．Apologize to Amy.
C．Talk to Amy face to face.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．How does the woman feel at first?
A．Worried. B．Curious. C．Disappointed.
9．What is the probable relationship between the woman and Andrew?
A．Mother and son.
B．Wife and husband.
C．Boss and employee.
10．How will the man help the woman?
A．By calling Andrew.
B．By looking after her baby.
C．By doing the typing.
听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。
11．Why doesn’t the woman want to buy fish?
A．It isn’t fresh.
B．Mary doesn’t like it.
C．She eats too much fish.
12．What does the man suggest buying for Mary?
A．Steaks. B．Yogurt. C．Cereals.
13．What does the woman think of the man’s present for Mary?
A．It’s beautiful.
B．It’s too expensive.
C．It isn’t to Mary’s taste.
14．What do we know about Mary?
A．She is against wearing fur coats.
B．She loves leather bags best.
C．She is on a diet.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15．What are the speakers talking about?
A．The woman’s landlord.
B．The woman’s apartment.
C．The woman’s neighbours.
16．Where does the woman live?
A．On the first floor.
B．On the middle floor of the building.
C．On the top floor.
17．Why did the woman sleep badly last night?
A．There were annoying noises.
B．Her nephew called around midnight.
C．The Whites held a party.
第三节(共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分)
请听下面一段独白，用所听到的独白中的词或数填空，每空限填一个词或一个数。在听本段独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。本段独白读两遍。
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
Information on Our Conference Facilities
The size of the conference and dining space
18.________m2
The number of meeting rooms including the Grand Hall ballroom
19.________
The number of people each dining room can hold
20.________
二、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．The officer gave orders that anyone________a gun should be reported to the police station.
A．saw take B．seen taking
C．seeing take D．seen taken
22．The opening province which ________ thirteen counties and three coastal cities will quicken its pace of economic development.
A．consists of B．makes up
C．is included D．is contained
23．Mrs.White showed her students some old maps________from the library.
A．to borrow B．to be borrowed
C．borrowed D．borrowing
24．The president is visiting New York________ the trade talks.
A．in contrast with B．in connection with
C．in consequence of D．in accordance with
25．Once upon a time, there lived a man known________Joe Beef.
A．by name B．by the name of
C．in the name of D．with the name of
26．—Is that the project you often refer to?
—Right，it is three years ________ it has lasted.
A．that B．since C．before D．when
27．She was named Sophia________her grandmother.
A．from B．after C．by D．with
28．—If we take a plane，we’ll of course have arrived in Paris by the next weekend.
—Don’t be sure，we should________the weather factors.What shall we do if it is foggy?
A．leave alone B．allow for
C．look over D．take advantage of
29．Have you heard ________ news？The price of ________ petrol is going up again!
A．the；the B．/；the C．the；/ D．/；/
30．You have the________of working hard and being successful or of not working hard and being unsuccessful.
A．selection B．choice
C．alternative D．option
31．—It’s a long time ________ I last saw you.
—Yes，and it will be another month ________ we can meet again.
A．before；since B．when；before
C．since；when D．since；before
32．His views ________ greatly from those of his parents so they often quarrel.
A．slip B．differ C．separate D．depart
33．The money we made last year ________ 150 million yuan.
A．added up B．added to
C．added up to D．added
34．After suffering a heart attack，Michael Jackson was announced dead，________ a tragic end to the world’s most popular entertainer.
A．marking B．to mark
C．marked D．having marked
35．—Where shall the guests have their lunch?
—I’ll________them.
A．host B．hold C．wait D．have
三、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
请阅读下面两篇短文，掌握大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Many people think it is safe to use a cellphone while they are driving.Yet scores of studies suggest that real multitaskers—those who can__36__out multiple tasks equally well，make up just 2 percent of the population.More surprisingly，the so-called “supertaskers”__37__have differently structured brains to the other 98 percent.
The brain areas that make supertaskers__38__from the rest of the population are the same parts that are most different between__39__and nonhuman primates，according to David Strayer，director of the applied cognition lab at the University of Utah.Scientists are__40__of the reason why some brains are different.
In fact，we could all benefit from doing just a(n)__41__task at once.In most of us，scientists have located a “bottleneck in the brain” that may explain why we find it__42__to do two things at once.
The__43__appears to be caused by a logjam of nerve messages.Faced with two almost simultaneous tasks less than 300 milliseconds apart，the brain’s ability to deal with the second one slows down.The__44__response to the second task was postponed until the response to the first was completed.This means that with e-mails，phone calls，text messages and online social media all competing for our__45__，often against a background of television，radio or music，our brains can__46__information overload.
Scientists made the discovery after scanning the brains of__47__attempting to multitask on a computer.The task was deliberately designed to involve the use of different senses and motor responses.
36．A.carry B．put C．turn D．think
37．A.interestingly B．strangely
C．actually D．normally
38．A.result B．separate C．conclude D．differ
39．A.humans B．animals C．plants D．monkeys
40．A.conscious B．unsure
C．aware D．skeptical
41．A.single B．simple C．complex D．important
42．A.easy B．hard C．handy D．comfortable
43．A.reason B．problem C．result D．conclusion
44．A.mental B．neural C．proper D．possible
45．A.energy B．effort C．information D．attention
46．A.acquire B．achieve C．make D．reach
47．A.volunteers B．patients
C．students D．workmen
B
An emperor decided to travel by sea with some of his favorite courtiers(朝臣)．However，when the ship got into the open sea，a courtier，who spent most of his __48__ in the mountains before，began to be overcome with fear.He cried，shouted and refused to eat or sleep.Everyone tried to make him __49__ down，saying that the voyage wasn’t as __50__ as all that，but it didn’t work.
So the fine voyage upon calm seas and under blue skies became a torment(折磨)，for no one could sleep because of his cries.The emperor did not know what to do.Then one wise minister suggested throwing the man into the sea.The king __51__ and the courtier struggled in the water，sank，swallowed plenty of seawater，returned to the surface again，and screamed louder than ever.Just before he was nearly drowned，he was pulled back on board.
Form then on，no one __52__ a single complaint from the man.He spent the rest of the voyage quietly.The voyage，which had before been a torment to all those on board，became a pleasurable，__53__ experience.Later the emperor asked the minister how he guessed that，by throwing that poor man into the sea，he would calm down.The minister answered，“The man had never __54__ salt water，and had never known the great pain of a drowning man.When he felt that，he could understand how __55__ it could be to feel the board of a ship under his feet and therefore didn’t fear any longer.”
48．A.trip B．vacation C．life D．money
49．A.calm B．pull C．put D．sit
50．A.pleasant B．normal C．safe D．dangerous
51．A.refused B．agreed C．left D．waited
52．A.made B．heard C．felt D．got
53．A.peaceful B．careful C．fortunate D．unexpected
54．A.gained B．smelt C．watched D．tasted
55．A.wonderful B．necessary
C．slow D．useful
四、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age.There are only a few men in all of the history，who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light.But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“There is no such thing as genius，” Edison said.He said that what people called genius was mostly hard-working.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker.From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.Nature，he often said，is full of secrets.He tried to understand them; then，he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking.He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking，especially if they do not think very often.But he knew，too，that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life.As he loved to think，he also loved to work.On the day he became 75 years old，someone asked him what ideas he had about life.“Work，” he answered.“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
56．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Edison invented the electric light.
B．Many other people have changed Edison’s life.
C．Edison has changed the lives of many other people.
D．Few men in history can change other people’s life.
57．Edison thought ________.
A．he could be happy if he was a genius
B．genius plays the most important part in one’s success
C．hard work could do better than genius
D．genius could do better than hard work
58．Edison was ________.
A．very much interested in nature
B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature
C．interested in changing people’s ideas
D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature
59．In Edison’s opinion，________.
A．thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help
B．people’s success lies mostly in genius
C．hard work is the second important thing in making people successful
D．there are few secrets for him to discover later
B
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned.Fortunately，such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners.Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say.They hear only what the speaker does say.If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no_one_will_be_any_the_wiser.When such moments occur, don’t worry about them.Just continue as if nothing happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter.If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a Dream”， you may notice that he stumbled (结巴) over his words twice during the speech.Most likely, however, you don’t remember.Why？Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication.They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition.But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance.They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly.Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect.Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
60．The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ________.
A．be smarter than you
B．notice your mistakes
C．do better than you
D．know what you are talking about
61．You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ________.
A．your attention is on the content
B．you don’t fully understand the speech
C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say
D．you find the way of speech-making more important
62．It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A．giving a speech is like giving a performance
B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad
C．listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made
D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be
63．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker
B．How to Make a Perfect Speech
C．Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech
D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech
C
I will always remember my mother’s last few days in this world.
On February 14th, 2000, my class went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we returned to school, my teacher told me to go to the headmaster’s office. When I entered the office, I saw a police officer. Suddenly I realized something was wrong. The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that, we went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally, we got to see our mother. It was terrible.
On the next day, the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I wished that she had gotten better. When my teacher took me outside, my sister ran up to me. She started crying, “She’s gone. Teresa, mommy’s gone. She’s dead.” I couldn’t believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my families were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye.
Today when I look back, I still miss my mother very much, but I know that I will live. My mother was a strong mother, who had the biggest heart in my eyes. My mother was an angel walking on the earth. I will always remember her as living. When someone is asked who their hero is, they usually say someone famous, like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is, I tell them, my mother. My mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.
64．Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill?
A．On the beach. B．In the hospital.
C．At school. D．At home.
65．Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?
A．Her sister. B．The headmaster.
C．Her teacher. D．The police officer.
66．What did the headmaster tell the two teachers on the next day?
A．Her mother had been very ill.
B．Her mother had been dead.
C．Her mother had gotten better.
D．Her sister came to see her.
67．From the last paragraph of the passage we know that ________.
A．the writer is afraid of her mother
B．the writer is proud of her mother
C．the writer feels sad about her mother
D．the writer feels sorry for her mother
D
Edwin Hubble made his most important discoveries in the 1920s. Today, other astronomers continue the work he began. Many of them are using the Hubble Space Telescope that is named after him.
Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri. He spent his early years in the state of Kentucky. Then he moved with his family to Chicago, in Louisville. He attended the University of Chicago. He studied mathematics and astronomy. Hubble was a good student. He was a good athlete, too. He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909. He also was an excellent boxer. Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college. Instead, he decided to continue his studies. He went to Queen’s College at Oxford, England.
At Oxford, Hubble studied law. He was interested in British Common Law, because his family had come to America from England many years before. He spent three years at Oxford. In 1913, Hubble returned to the United States. He opened a law office in Louisville, Kentucky. After a short time, however, he decided he did not want to be a lawyer. He returned to the University of Chicago. There, once again, he studied astronomy. Edwin Hubble was the first person to use the Hale Telescope. He died in 1953 while preparing to spend four nights looking through the telescope at the sky.
Hubble’s work led to new researches on the birth of the universe. One astronomer said scientists have been filling in the details ever since. And, he said, there is a long way to go.
68．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Edwin Hubble’s Life
B．Edwin Hubble’s Discoveries
C．The Hubble Space Telescope
D．Edwin Hubble—a Famous Lawyer
69．According to this passage Edwin Hubble was most interested in________.
A．sports B．law
C．astronomy D．mathematics
70．Edwin Hubble returned to the University of Chicago because________.
A．he was interested in British Common Law
B．he was eager to be a famous judge in future
C．his parents had been to Britain a few years before
D．he wanted to go on with the study of astronomy
71．From this passage we can know that________.
A．The Hubble Space Telescope was made by Hubble himself
B．Edwin Powell Hubble went to Oxford, England in 1910
C．Edwin Powell Hubble grew up in Marshfield, Missouri
D．Hubble died while he was looking at the sky
E
The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city’s employment problems.
The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year,1,000 more than last year，to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.
People interested in jobs in Beijing’s rural villages and townships can submit applications to Beijing Personnel Bureau or online at www.bjbys.com from February 1 to March 15.
“We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers，” Sun Zhenyu，deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau，told Xinhua News Agency.
“The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan ($250) in the first year，2,500 yuan ($320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($385) the third year，provided their performance is up to the required standards，” Sun said.
Wang Lina，who graduated from Beijing Union University last year，was one of the first graduates to find work in the city’s countryside.After majoring in industrial and commercial administration，Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing’s Pinggu District.For one project，Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting.Her efforts paid off.The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.
Nationwide，about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year，according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.
The ministry predicts that 4.95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year，820,000 more than last year.About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.
In Beijing,200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year.Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs，according to the personnel bureau.
72．The underlined word “recruit” in the first paragraph probably means ________.
A．employ B．force C．encourage D．persuade
73．We can see from the passage that ________.
A．once you are hired as a junior official，you can get an endlessly rising salary
B．the government guarantees a relatively high salary for the successful candidates
C．working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful
D．the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce
74．From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that ________.
A．the sooner you go to the countryside，the sooner you will be successful
B．local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge
C．university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas
D．Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers plant organic strawberries
75．The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that ________.
A．more and more graduates will work as junior officials
B．the universities should not have so many students
C．there are more and more graduates in recent years
D．it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays
五、写作(共两个写作任务，满分35分)
写作一(满分15分)
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于60。
In your English class，you are asked to describe the following picture and explain to your classmates how you understand it.
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写作二(满分20分)
假如你是李华，请就本校食堂服务(canteen service)的状况给校长写一封信。
内容包括：
优点
不足
建议
食堂干净
价格偏高
尽快解决问题
饭菜可口
种类偏少
服务态度好
等候时间较长
注意：1.词数不少于80。
2．书信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr.Principal，
I am a senior student of our school.I’d like to say something about the canteen service in our school.
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Thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely yours，
Li Hua
答案
1．C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.A 9.B 10．C 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.C 16.C 17.A 18.700 19.nine 20.fifty
21．B 22．A 23．C 24．B 25．B 26．A 27．B 28．B 29．C 30．C 31．D 32．B 33．C 34．A 35．A 36．A 37．C 38．D 39．A 40．B 41．A 42．B 43．B 44．B 45．D 46．D 47．A 48．C 49．A 50．D 51．B 52．B 53．A
54．D 55．A 56．B 57．C 58．B 59．A 60．B 61．A 62．B 63．C 64．C 65．D 66．B 67．B 68．A 69．C 70．D 71．B 72．A 73．B 74．C 75．D
写作一
参考范文
As can be seen in the picture，a tree is broken by the strong wind，while the grass still stays as it is.Weak and small as the grass is，it can stand the strong wind.
It is the same with human beings.Some people look very strong，but they are easily defeated by difficulties.Weak as some people may seem，they are actually strong in mind，just like the grass in the picture.This kind of people can adapt easily to changing situations and achieve more.They are ready to face challenges and never give up in time of difficulty.So a person’s inner strength is much more powerful than physical strength.
写作二
参考范文
Dear_Mr.Principal，
I_am_a_senior_student_of_our_school.I’d_like_to_say_something_about_the_canteen_service_in_our_schoo1.
In general，the service is satisfactory.The hall is clean and tidy.The dishes look inviting and taste delicious as well.What’s more，the workers there treat us as their friends，which makes us feel very happy.
However，we feel the price of the meals is a little too high.Besides，we can only have a limited variety of dishes with little change every week.In addition，we often have to stand in line for a long time before we can get the meal.You could understand how precious time is to us students.Therefore，may I suggest something be done to solve the problems so that we can all enjoy our meals at school?
Thanks_for_your_consideration.
Sincerely_yours，
Li_Hua
