Unit 4 Starting out & Understanding Ideas
一、填空
1.You can take a s_____(自拍照) with a hand-held digital camera or mobile phone and later share it on the Internet.
2.I care these because my mother was a painter, who was a p_____(肖像) painter.
3.We b_____(播送) the news to the local population every morning.
4.At the mall, we spotted another Santa g_____(招呼) young believers.
5.Don't f_____(折起) down the comers of the page; it damages the book.
6.We saw _____(直播的) TV broadcast of the volleyball match.
7.现在,是时候靠近历史上最伟大的艺术家之一——伦勃朗了!
And now, it's time to get up _____ _____ _____ _____ one of history's greatest artists—Rembrandt!
8.当你和别人交流时,你需要看着对方的眼睛来表达你的真诚。
When you communicate with others, you _____ _____ _____ _____ their eyes to show your sincerity.
9.我无法理解这幅画中的符号代表什么,因为它们真的超出了我的想象。
I can't understand what the symbols stand for in this painting as they are really _____ _____ _____.
10.这场直播将会带您来到世界上最大的博物馆——卢浮宫!
This broadcast is _____ _____ _____ _____ from the largest museum on Earth—the Louvre!
11.我和他已经在一起工作了几年了,那就是我对他比较熟悉的原因。
He and I have worked together for a couple of years. _____ _____ _____ I know him pretty well.
12.他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。
It took them about one month _____ _____ _____ how to start the equipment.
13.It seemed incredible _____ she had been there a week already.
14.Get a load _____ that beautiful girl over there. I wonder what her name is.
二、阅读理解
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth. "I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me," she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, "Some lady up ahead already paid your fare."
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend's refrigerator: "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty." The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed in her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. "I thought it was beautiful," she said, explaining why she'd taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, "like a message from above." Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
"Here's the idea," Anne said. "Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly." Her fantasies included painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne said, "Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can."
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!
1. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her
A. Because she knew the car drivers well.
B. Because she wanted to show kindness.
C. Because she hoped to please others.
D. Because she had seven tickets.
2. Why did Judy Foreman copy down the phrase
A. Because she thought it was beautifully written.
B. Because she wanted to know what it really meant.
C. Because she decided to write it on a warehouse wall.
D. Because she wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom.
3. Which of the following statements is the closest in meaning to the underlined sentence
A. Kindness and violence can change the world.
B. Kindness and violence can affect one's behaviour.
C. Kindness and violence can shape one's character.
D. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.
4. What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.
B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.
C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.
D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:selfie
解析:句意:你可以用手持数码相机或手机自拍,然后在网上分享它。selfie n.自拍照。
2.答案:portrait
解析:句意:我关心这些是因为我母亲是一名画家,她是一名肖像画家。
3.答案:broadcast
解析:句意:我们每天早上向当地居民播送新闻。
4.答案:greeting
解析:句意:在购物中心,我们看到另一位圣诞老人在招呼年轻的信徒们。
5.答案:fold
解析:句意:别把书角折起来,这会把书弄坏。
6.答案:live
7.答案:close and personal with
8.答案:need to look into
9.答案:beyond my imagination
10.答案:being brought to you
11.答案:That is why
12.答案:to figure out
13.答案:that
解析:考查主语从句。句意:真让人难以置信,她已经在那里待了一个星期了。此处that引导主语从句,It为形式主语。
14.答案:of
解析:考查介词。句意:看那边那个漂亮的女孩。我想知道她叫什么名字。get a load of意为“注意;仔细看(常用于表示惊讶或羡慕)”。
二、答案:1-4 BADB
解析:1.推理判断题。结合文章第二段可知, Natalie Smith在朋友的冰箱上看到这句话,非常感动。因此推测,她为后面的六辆车付费,是因为她想要依照这句话去帮助别人、表达善意。故正确答案为B。
2.细节理解题。由文章第三段第二、三句“When it stayed in her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. 'I thought it was beautiful,' she said...”可知, Judy Foreman把那句话抄录下来是因为她觉得那句话写得很美。故正确答案为A。
3.推理判断题。结合文章最后一段第一、二句“The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later.”可知,善意是会传播的,如果你是那其中的一名司机,发现有人为你付了钱,你就会被影响,从而去帮助其他人。由此推测,画线句子的意思是“善意可以像暴力一样在本身的基础上发展”,即善意会衍生出更多的善意,暴力会带来更多的暴力。故正确答案为D。
4.推理判断题。结合最后一段第一、二句“The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later.”可知,善意是会传播的,如果你是那其中的一名司机,发现有人为你付了钱,你就会被影响,从而去帮助其他人。因此,接受善意帮助的人更有可能去帮助别人。故正确答案为B。
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