Unit 1 Starting out & Understanding Ideas
一、填空
1.如果你能在考虑自己感受的同时也考虑别人的感受,很快你就会发现情况将逐渐好转。
If you think about other people's feelings _____ _____ _____ your own, you'll soon find everything _____ _____.
2.这在当时的情况下可以理解,但我们在说话前应该先想清楚。
_____ _____ _____ in that situation, but we should always _____ _____ _____ _____.
3.如果你认为他们在那件事中没有尽责,你就大胆地给他们指出来。(pull one's weight)
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4.受到这样的待遇,你一定会感到受伤的,这是可以理解的。(It is understandable that…)
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5.我非常生我朋友的气,他让我在公共场合尴尬。(be angry with)
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二、阅读理解
In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids entered "The Thinking Laboratory." That was the name students voted for after deciding that "Room 104" was too dull.
Freddy was an average student, but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion(同情). He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone's misfortune.
Before the school year ended, I gave the kids a special gift, T-shirts with the words "Verbs Are Your Friends" on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs(动词) may seem dull, most of the fun things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.
Through the years, I'd run into former students who would provide updates on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before. Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he lent a friend money to buy a house.
Just last year, I was conducting a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and opened it up. Inside were the "Verbs" shirt and a note from Freddy's mother. "Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this."
I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn't help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all took something from Freddy.
1. What do the underlined words "The Thinking Laboratory" in paragraph 1 refer to
A. The elementary school where the kids studied.
B. "Rooml04" in which the kids studied.
C. The workshop in which the kids carried out experiments.
D. The high school which was fun as well as dull.
2. What can we learn about the author
A. She hardly kept in touch with her former students.
B. She wrote the passage in 2013 or so.
C. She was very strict with her students.
D. She gave the kids special gifts after the school year.
3. Which of the following words can best describe Freddy
A. Modest and daring. B. Outstanding and calm.
C. Generous and creative. D. Warm-hearted and caring.
4. What's the author's attitude towards Freddy
A. Cautious. B. Disapproving. C. Uninterested. D. Appreciative.
三、语法填空
A teacher gave his ① (pupil) some sunflower seeds to let them learn to look after a plant. One boy in the class, ② loved sunflower seeds, was very excited. He planted the seed and looked after it ③ great care for many days.
When the first shoot (嫩芽) finally appeared, the boy, ④ (fill) with impatience, went to see his teacher. The teacher said that he would still have to take care of the plant for quite some time ⑤ he was able to collect many seeds from just one sunflower. The boy was ⑥ (disappoint), but he kept ⑦ (look) after his sunflower.
However, he grew increasingly impatient, and did little else but pestered (纠缠) his teacher for wanting to take out the plant. As soon as the boy saw the sunflower's first seeds, he cut the plant. But the plant was still greensand of course the seeds couldn't ⑧ (eat).
The boy was annoyed. He had put so much effort into ⑨ sunflower, but in the end he wasted it all for his impatience. And he was even ⑩ (angry) when he saw how big his classmates' sunflowers grew. Finally, he decided not to be so impatient any more.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:as well as, works out
2.答案:It is understandable, think before we speak
3.答案:If you think they didn't pull their weight in that matter, you dare to point it out to them.
解析:本句中 if 引导条件状语从句,pull one's weight是固定搭配,意为“尽到责任”,在dare to do sth.中,dare是实义动词,后跟不定式作宾语; point out to意为“向……指出来”。
4.答案:It is understandable that you will feel hurt treated this way.
解析:本句中it是形式主语,that从句是主语从句,treated this way是过去分词短语作状语。
5.答案:I was very angry with my friend, who embarrassed me in public.
解析:本句是一个主从复合句,who引导非限制性定语从句,修饰my friend。
二、
答案:1-4 BBDD
解析:1.词义猜测题。根据第一段第三句可知,这个教室原来叫“104室”,因为同学们认为这个名字很无聊,所以通过投票得出一个新的名字“思维实验室”,因此B项正确。
2.细节理解题。根据第四段第二句可知,作者了解到 Freddy毕业后换了几个工作,但他是一个懂得关心别人的人,这跟作者四十年前见到他时的品行是一样的。根据作者当老师的时间1973年判断,作者写下这篇文章的时间大约是2013年,因此B项正确。
3.推理判断题。根据第四段中列举的两个例子“...he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he lent a friend money to buy a house.”可以判断,他是一个热心的人,一个关心别人的人,因此D项正确。
4.态度判断题。根据最后一段末句we all took something from Freddy可知,他们从Freddy身上学到了很多东西,由此判断,作者对于Freddy是赞赏的,由此可知D项正确。
三、
答案:1. pupils 2. who 3. with 4. filled 5. before 6. disappointed 7. looking 8. be eaten 9. the 10. angrier
解析:1. 考查名词复数。根据下文的them可 知,此处的学生不止一个,pupil要用复数形式。故填 pupils。
2. 考查定语从句。这是一个非限制性定语 从句,先行词是boy,指人,关系词在从句中做主语.故填 who。
3. 考查介词。分析句式结构可知,此处的 great care for many days是做伴随状语,要用介词短语 做状语,“with+名词短语”构成的介词短语可以做状语, 故填with。
4. 考查动词时态。分析句式结构.when引 导的时间状语从句中的主句和从句均有谓语动词,设空 处所给提示词要用其非谓语形式,fill常常用其过去分词 短语做状语,filled with充满.故填filled。
5. 考查连词。句意:老师说他还需要照料向日葵很长时间才能够收集很多的种子。before意为 “在...之前”,故填before。
6. 考查形容词。设空处位于be动 词后,常用形容词做表语,disappoint常常用其分词形式 充当形容词,现在分词修饰物,过去分词修饰人,此句的 主语是 boy,故填 disappointed。
7. 考查固定用法。keep doing sth.是固 定用法,意思是“继续做某事”,故填looking。
8. 考查动词语态。本句的主语seeds与谓语eat之间是被动关系,设空前是情态动词,其后用动 词原形,故填be eaten。
9. 考查冠词。单数名词前,常常需要冠词修 饰,sunflower在上文中提到,需用定冠词the,故填the。
10. 考查形容词比较级。上文中提到男孩 非常懊恼,看到其他学生的向日葵长得那么大,他感到更 生气了,此处要用形容词的比较级,故填angrier。
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