1、1Unit 2 Poems .阅读理解(2017浙江)When I was in fourth grade,I worked part-time as a paperboy.Mrs.Stanley was one of my customers.Shed watch me coming down her street,and by the time Id biked up to her doorstep,thered be a cold drink waiting.Id sit and drink while she talked.Mrs.Stanley talked mostly about
2、 her dead husband,“Mr.Stanley and I went shopping this morning,” shed say.The first time she said that,soda (汽水) went up my nose.I told my father how Mrs.Stanley talked as if Mr.Stanley were still alive.Dad said she was probably lonely,and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile,and
3、 maybe shed work it out of her system.So thats what I did,and it turned out Dad was right.After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地). I finally quit delivering newspapers and didnt see Mrs.Stanley for several years.Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser (募捐
4、活动).She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy.Four years before,shed had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with.Now she had friends.Her husband was gone,but life went on.I live in the city now,and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids.She asks me how Im doing.
5、When I dont say “fine”,she sticks around to hear my problems.Shes lived in the city most of her life,but she knows about community.Community isnt so much a place as it is a state of mind.You find it whenever people ask how youre doing because they care,and not because theyre getting paid to do so.So
6、metimes its good to just smile,nod your head and listen.【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者小时候当报童的时候经常倾听一位丧偶邻居的倾诉,帮助邻居克服孤独,重新融入社会。作者长大后感悟到邻里之间应该多表达善意,多倾听彼此的烦恼。1.Why did soda go up the authors nose one time?A.He was talking fast. B.He was shocked.C.He was in a hurry. D.He was absent-minded.答案 B解析 推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“Mrs.S
7、tanley talked mostly about her dead husband,Mr.Stanley and I went shopping this morning, shed say.”可推知,当作者听到 Mrs.Stanley讲述她和亡夫一起购物时,必然会很震惊。故选 B项。2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs.Stanley according to Paragraph 3?A.He enjoyed the drink. B.He wanted to be helpful.C.He took the chance to rest.
8、 D.He tried to please his dad.2答案 B解析 推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“Dad said she was probably lonely,and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile”可推知,作者坐下来倾听是为了帮助Mrs.Stanley排解孤独。故选 B项。3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system”?A.recover from her sadnessB
9、.move out of the neighborhoodC.turn to her old friendsD.speak out about her past答案 A解析 词义猜测题。根据文章第三段内容,尤其是“After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery.”可知,在作者的帮助下,Mrs.Stanley 逐渐从失去丈夫的悲痛中恢复过来了。故选 A项。4.What does the author think people in a community should do?A.Open up
10、to others. B.Depend on each other.C.Pay for others help. D.Care about one another.答案 D解析 推理判断题。根据全文内容,尤其是文章最后一段中的“You find it whenever people ask how youre doing because they care,and not because theyre getting paid to do so.Sometimes its good to just smile,nod your head and listen.”可知,邻里间应该相互关心。故选
11、D项。.七选五From my experience,there are three main reasons why people dont cook more often:ability,money,and time.1. Money is a topic Ill save for another day.So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen.Here are three tips for great cooking on
12、a tight schedule.Think ahead.The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when Im already hungry and theres nothing ready to eat.So think ahead of the coming week.When will you have time to cook?Do you have the right materials already?2.Make your time worth it.When you do find time to cook a meal,
13、make the most of it and save yourself time later on.Are you making one loaf of bread?3. It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.So save yourself the effort for a future meal.4. This may surprise you,but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimenta
14、tion.It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule.The more you learn and the more you try,the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.3Hopefully that gives you a good start.5. And dont let a busy schedule di
15、scourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!A.Try new things.B.Ability is easily improved.C.Make three or four instead.D.Understand your food better.E.Cooking is a burden for many people.F.Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.G.A little time plannin
16、g ahead can save a lot of work later on.答案与解析【语篇导读】本文为说明文,题材是介绍说明类。紧张的生活节奏并不妨碍你为自己或家人做上一顿可口的饭菜,看看作者为我们提供的建议吧。1.B 上文提到三个不常做饭的理由:能力、钱和时间。下文提到钱是下一个话题,这里主要谈论如何利用花费在烹饪上的时间,故选 B项(能力是容易改进的)。2.G 该段建议提前做出烹饪计划,故选 G项(提前一点制订计划会省去很多后面的工作)。3.C 根据下文“It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something
17、.”可推断出,这里指把制作一条面包改为制作三到四条面包。4.A 根据下文“It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes.”可推断出,本空应选 A项(尝试新事物)。5.F 根据下文“And dont let a busy schedule.”可知,作者认为不要让繁忙的日程妨碍你在饮食和生活方式上做出美好的改变,应选 F项(让烹饪和生活仅仅是快乐而非负担)。.完形填空(2018浙江宁波 5月模考)One small mistake changed Sonias life.Now she is 1 and tries not to
18、 miss any opportunities that come to her way. One day,Sonia 2 a little boy,who wanted to buy crayons,but he couldnt 3 them.He looked sad when he saw the money in Sonias hand. 4 she didnt realize he was in 5 of help at all.Sonia ignored him and 6 on her way home. After reaching home,she told everythi
19、ng to her brother Gur.“God has given you a(n) 7 to help a boy,but you 8 it.Theres possibility that God was 9 you;maybe today would have become the big day of your life.” Gur told Sonia.Hearing Gurs words,Sonia 10 back to the shop to find the boy but time never 11 for anyone.Sonia got disappointed an
20、d returned home,continuously 12 at herself.Why didnt it come into her mind what Gur had 13 ?“Chances are everywhere.All you need to do is 14 them because they dont always show up,” said Gur.Now what Sonia has missed is a chance that she can only 15 . On that day Sonia learnt that biggest 16 in her l
21、ife.Actually not only Sonia,but many of us ignore the chance of helping in 17 ways because we always 4run after bigger ones.However,big opportunities do come but not every day.Therefore, 18 small ones so that you cant miss big ones.Sonia also 19 to wait for big opportunities,but now she knows that w
22、ith small opportunities she can make big 20 in her life. 【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。Sonia 通过一次小事件学会了人生大道理:做善事要善于主动发现身边的机会,从小事做起。1.A.attentive B.optimistic C.enthusiastic D.fortunate答案 A解析 根据上下文可知,Sonia 曾因一时不留意而错过了一次做善事的机会,故她现在很注意(attentive),尽量不错过身边任何的机会。optimistic“乐观的”;enthusiastic“热心的”;fortunate“幸运的”。2.A.loo
23、ked after B.came acrossC.called on D.thought of答案 B解析 Sonia在讲述她曾经的一次经历:有一天,她偶然遇见(came across)一个小男孩。look after“照顾”;call on“看望”;think of“想起”。3.A.arrange B.afford C.offer D.gain答案 B解析 根据下文中的“He looked sad when he saw the money in Sonias hand.”可知,小男孩买不起(couldnt afford)蜡笔。arrange“安排”;afford“有足够的钱来支付”;off
24、er“提供”;gain“获取”。4.A.Thus B.Besides C.But D.And答案 C解析 此处为转折关系。Sonia 遇到小男孩想买蜡笔,却(But)没有意识到他钱不够,需要帮助。thus“因此”;besides“而且”。5.A.favor B.honor C.need D.search答案 C解析 in need of 为介词短语,此处意为“需要”。句意:但是她根本就没有意识到他需要帮助。in favor of“支持,赞同”;in honor of“向表示敬意”;in search of“寻找”。6.A.remained B.hurried C.hesitated D.con
25、tinued答案 D解析 句意:Sonia 忽略了小男孩并继续(continued)往家走。remain“留下”;hurry“匆忙赶路”;hesitate“犹豫”。7.A.guidance B.duty C.urge D.opportunity答案 D解析 句意:上帝已经给了你一次机会(opportunity)来帮助那个男孩,但是你错过(missed)了。guidance“指导”;duty“责任”;urge“冲动”。8.A.doubted B.missed C.passed D.mistook5答案 B解析 解析同上。doubt“怀疑”;pass“传递”;mistake“弄错”。9.A.pun
26、ishing B.saving C.testing D.frightening答案 C解析 句意:可能上帝当时正在考验(testing)你,今天本来会成为你一生中的重要日子。punish“惩罚”;save“保护”;frighten“使害怕”。10.A.stepped B.moved C.jumped D.rushed答案 D解析 Sonia听完 Gur的话就后悔了,所以快速跑(rushed)回商店去看小男孩是否还在。step“迈步走”;move“移动”;jump“跳”。此处表达 Sonia急迫的心情,故选 D项。11.A.longs B.answers C.allows D.waits答案 D
27、解析 根据下文可知,Sonia 跑回商店发现小男孩已经不见了,所以,时间不等(waits for)人。long for“渴望”;answer for“对负责”;allow for“考虑”。12.A.angry B.hard C.surprised D.crazy答案 A解析 Sonia因为自己的原因错过了一次帮助他人的机会,所以她对自己当时的行为感到生气(angry)。hard“严厉的”;surprised“惊讶的”;crazy“疯狂的”。13.A.accepted B.ordered C.realized D.declared答案 C解析 根据上下文可知,Sonia 还在懊悔和生气:Gur
28、认识到(realized)的道理,为什么自己当时就没有想到呢?accept“接受”;order“命令”;declare“宣布”。14.A.increase B.grab C.enjoy D.ignore答案 B解析 句意:机会无处不在。你需要做的就是抓住(grab)机会,因为机会不会自己主动出现。increase“增加”;enjoy“享受”;ignore“忽视”。15.A.regret B.upset C.experience D.forget答案 A解析 根据上文可知,现在 Sonia知道自己错过了一次机会,并且她除了后悔(regret),什么都做不了。upset“苦恼”;experienc
29、e“经历”;forget“遗忘”。16.A.problem B.chance C.wisdom D.lesson答案 D解析 句意:在那一天,Sonia 学到了人生中最大的教训(lesson)。wisdom“智慧”。17.A.precious B.small C.easy D.efficient答案 B解析 根据全文内容以及下文中的“big ones”可知,我们中很多人都忽略了一个道理:帮助他人应该从小(small)事做起。precious“珍贵的”;efficient“高效的”。18.A.add B.supply C.observe D.practice6答案 D解析 根据该句中的“Ther
30、efore”可知,此句和上文有因果关系。巨大的机会不会每天都出现,所以,要践行(practice)小事才能不错过大事。add“增加”;supply“提供”;observe“观测”;practice“练习,践行”。19.A.needed B.wished C.used D.refused答案 C解析 句意:Sonia 过去常常(used to)等待大机会的出现,此处和下文中的“but now”形成对比。used to do sth.“过去常做某事”;refuse to do sth.“拒绝做某事”。20.A.sense B.changes C.fortunes D.deals答案 B解析 此句总结全文,意为:现在她终于明白了,通过抓住小的机会也能给她的生活带来大的改变(changes)。make sense“有意义”;make changes“改变”;make fortunes“挣钱”;make deals“达成交易”。
