Unit 6 The Unexplained. Lesson 17 True Stories.同步练习（含答案）

Unit 6 The Explained
Lesson 17 True Stories
同步练习
1. --- Miss Lin ? my desk-mate with her lessons when I left school.
--- She is really a nice teacher.
A. helps B. is helping C. was helping
2. What ? you ? when the captain came in?
A. are; doing B. did; do C. were; doing
3. We heard a cry when we ? TV last night.
A. were watching B. would watch C. watch D. watched
4. While I ? dinner last night, Angela called me and asked about homework.
A. have B. will have C. was having D. am having
5. --- I called you this morning, but nobody answered it.
--- Oh, we ? some running in the park.
A. are doing B. were doing C. have done D. did
1. Chen Li and her classmate are ?(普通的) children.
2. He is too young to ?(认识到) his mistakes.
3. The boy was ?(恐惧的) when he heard the terrible story.
4. If you find anything ? (异常), please tell the police at once.
5. They will never forget these ?(令人惊奇的) animals they saw yesterday.
1. Don’t make any n ? when you are in the library.
2. I’m tired. I want to r ? myself(我自己).
3. Miss. Tang has no s ? of humour. We dislike her.
4. The weather is very s ?. In the morning, it is full of sunshine, but now it becomes freezing cold.
5. When we get old, it’s n ? to forget things.
6. The talent show is a ?. I like it a lot.
7. He wants to be a doctor for animals, and not for h ?.
A
How do you remember the way to your house? Where do dreams come from? It is your brain(大脑) that does these things. A British scientist showed that “sleep can improve one’s memory”. It’s not a dream for students to study when they sleep. In fact, your brain is working day and night. If you learn words before bed, a certain part of the brain may help you to remember the words while you are sleeping. What’s more, another scientist in the U.S.A. found that there was a “talent button (天才按钮)” in the human brain. It might make a person more talented.
There are more interesting things about the brain. Your brain uses less energy than a fridge light. Just two bananas can give the brain enough energy to work for a whole day. According to some scientists, yawning(打哈欠) keeps our brain “cool”, which makes us think quicker.
Here are some pieces of advice to keep a good brain:
● Eat healthy foods.
● Get a lot of playtime or exercise.
● Don’t drink or smoke.
● Use your brain a lot.
1. A British scientist found out that ? could improve our memories.
A. drink B. dreams C. sleep D. bananas
2. According to the passage, if we want to have a good brain, we should ?.
A. use our brains more B. sleep fewer hours
C. work longer hours D. remember fewer things
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Our brains only work in the daytime.
B. Our brains need much energy every day.
C. Smoking can keep our brains healthy.
D. Getting exercise is good for our brains.
B
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas(海外的) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood(血统). Their parents, grandparents or even great grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous pop singer Leehom Wang (王力宏). Chinese people love him, especially young people. But he is an American citizen.
4. “ABCs” in this passage means ?.
A. three English letters B. a kind of banana
C. Chinese born in America D. Americans born in China
5. Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because ?.
A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B. they think like Westerners but look like a Chinese
C. they were born in China but go to study in America
D. they like to eat bananas
6. Which of the sentences is WRONG about ABCs?
A. They are Chinese citizens.
B. They are overseas Chinese.
C. They may speak little Chinese.
D. ABCs may know little about China.
7. This passage mainly talks about ?.
A. different kinds of bananas B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize D. the story of Leehom Wang
One of America’s biggest circuses(马戏团) will soon end elephants in its shows. The circus said it would stop by 2018. All its elephants will move to an animal conservation center. They will retire there. The circus is doing this because of public protests(抗议). One hundred years ago, it was OK for animals to perform for humans. However, not today. People are worried about animals. The circus will continue to use other animals, such as camels, dogs, horses, lions and tigers.
Animal rights groups have told the circuses not to use the elephants. They said that circus elephants have a bad life, said many elephants have painful bones and lung diseases. They want the elephants to retire now. Many places in the USA were asked not to use the elephants. This makes it hard for circuses to go around the country. The owners of the circus said it was hard to stop using their elephants. They understand the people love watching the elephant’s show.
根据短文内容，完成下列小题。
1. When will the circuses end elephants in its shows?
? ? ? ? ?
2. Why did the circuses stop using the elephants?
? ? ? ? ?
3. How did the people think of the animals’ perform for humans 100 years ago?
? ? ? ? ?
4. Why are people worried about animals in the circuses?
? ? ? ? ?
5. What makes it hard for the circuses to go around America?
? ? ? ? ?
The wolf(狼) and the fox(狐狸) want to eat the rabbit, but they can’t catch him.
The wolf says to the fox, “You go home and lie in bed.1. ? When he comes to see you, you can catch him.” “That’s a good idea,” says the fox and he goes back home.
The wolf goes to the rabbit’s house and knocks at the door.2. ? asks the rabbit. “It’s the wolf. The fox is dead.” Then the wolf goes away.
3. ? He looks in through the window and sees the fox lying in bed. The rabbit thinks for a while. He says, “The mouth of a dead fox is always open.”4. ?
The rabbit knows that the fox isn’t dead, and he runs away quickly.
A. The wolf and the fox are good friends.
B. “Who is it?”
C. When the fox hears this, he opens his mouth.
D. The rabbit goes to the fox’s house.
E. I’ll tell the rabbit that you are dead.
参考答案
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. B
1. noise
2. relax
3. sense
4. strange
5. natural
6. amazing
7. humans
1. common
2. realize
3. scared
4. strange
5. amazing
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. B
1. By 2018.
2. Because of public protests.
3. It is OK.
4. Because they have a bad life.
5. People love watching the elephant’s show.
1. E 2. B 3. D 4. C