1、Enjoy Reading M7 Unit 1 (3)Today s Proverb: God helps those who help themselves.11如果无法看清现状，能力没有价值During a research experiment a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small bait fish into the tank.As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around the tan
2、k, attacked and ate the smaller fish.The marine biologist then inserted a strong piece of clear fiberglass into the tank, creating two separate partitions. She then put the shark on one side of the fiberglass and a new set of bait fish on the other.Again, the shark quickly attacked. This lime, howev
3、er, the shark slammed into the fiberglass divider and bounced off. Undeterred, the shark kept repealing this behavior every few minutes to no avail. Meanwhile, the bait fish swam around unharmed in the second partition. Eventually, about an hour into the experiment, the shark gave up.This experiment
4、 was repealed several dozen times over the next few weeks. Each time,the shark got less aggressive and made fewer attempts to attack the bait fish, until eventually the shark got tired of hitting the fiberglass divider and simply stopped attacking altogether.The marine biologist then removed the fib
5、erglass divider, but the shark didnt attack. The shark was rained to believe a barrier existed between it and the bait fish, so the bait fish swam wherever they wished, free from harm.The moral: Many of us, after experiencing setbacks and failures, emotionally give up and stop trying. Like the shark
6、 in the story, we believe that because we were unsuccessful in the past, we will always be unsuccessful. In other words, we continue to sec a barrier in our heads, even when no real barrier exists between where we are and where we want to go.在一个研究实验中，一个海洋生物学家把一条鲨鱼放进一个大的水箱中，然后投放了些小 的诱饵鱼进去。你可能己经预料到了，
7、鲨鱼快速地在水箱里四处游动，攻击并吃掉了那些较小的鱼。然后海洋生物学家将一而强韧的透明纤维玻璃插入到容器中，创建了两个单独的分区。然后， 她把鲨鱼放在纤维玻璃的一边，另一边是一组新的诱耳鱼。再次，鲨鱼迅速攻击。然而，这一次，鲨鱼撞上了玻璃纤维隔板弁被弹了回来。每隔几分钟，鲨鱼就不信邪地重复这徙劳的行为。同时，那些作为诱铒的鱼在另一个区域里毫发无伤地游来游去。最后，经过大约一个小时的实验，鲨包放弃了。在接下来的几个星期里，这个实验重复了几十次。每一次，鲨鱼的攻击性都变得更弱，并较 少尝试攻击诱饵鱼，直到最终鲨鱼厌倦了冲击纤维玻璃隔板，并完全停止攻击。海洋生物学家然后拿走了纤维玻璃隔板，但鲨鱼没有
8、攻击。鲨鱼被训练得相信了它和诱饵之间存在一道屏障，所以鱼儿游到任何地方，都不会受伤害。寓意：我们中的许多人，在经历挫折和失败后，会从情感上选择放弃，并停止尝试。好比这个故事中的鲨鱼，因为过去失败过，所以就觉得永远不会成功。换句话说，我们经常会在我们的脑中看到一个障碍， 即使我们所在的位置和我们想要达到的位罝之间并没有“真正的”障碍。 完形练习：Mr. Bagget, the cashier in a branch office of the Paris Bank, was Enjoy Reading M7 Unit 1 (3)Today s Proverb: God helps those w
9、ho help themselves.22a very1man who was always reliable in his work . But one day the president of the bank 2a letter saying that Mr Bagget was _3_ money. So he put some 4 to check Mr Baggets books and the 5 _showed that not a single cent was_6_ : However, another letter came to7_desk, still saying
10、that Mr. Baggets was stealing money from the bank. This time the president sent 8 inspectors to check Mr. Baggets books and the9result was got in the end.The day after the second time of _10 , Mr. Bagget went to see the president and said, “Ive been working too 11 without asking for a bit of 12 ，but
11、 you think that Ive been 13 and put the inspectors to check me twice. 14 the result showed that I had done nothing 15 .my reputation has been damaged, therefore Ive come to 16 my resignation (辞呈)”“No, no. Mr. Bagget，“ the president said, “ youve been working very hard and the result of checking also
12、 proves this”. “But what can help 17 my reparation?” Mr. Bagged asked. “Well.“ the president said,“the post of the branch manager is 18_empty, and I think nobody else can be better than you to take that 19 .” After returning home that evening. Mr. Bagget said to his wife,”Successful! Without the two
13、 20_. no one in thebranch office would pay attention to me. Thank you, my dear! “1.A. foolish B. strange C. honest D. clever2. A. received B. wrote C. sent D. showed3. A. spending B. wasting C. exchanging D. stealing4. A. policemen B. inspectors C. officials D. students5. A. reason B. idea C. result
14、 D. truth6. A. missing B. left C. found D. needed7. A. Mr. Baggets B. Mrs. BaggetsC. the inspectorsD. the presidents8. A. most B. few C. fewer D. more9. A. direct B. poor C. same D. expected10. A. interviewing B. watching C. checking D. mentioning11. A. carelessly B. pleasantly C. slowly D. hard12.
15、A. advice B. praise C. complaint D. assistance13. A. dishonest B. ordinary C. excellent D. proud14. A. Because B. Although C. Since D. As15. A. good B. wrong C. useful D. great16. A. give up B. think about C. take back D. hand in17. A. mend B. correct C. lose D. enjoy18.A. forever B. still C. often
16、D.never19.A. seat B. position C. branch D.form 20.A. letters B. cashiers C. workers D.books阔读来两篇AEnjoy Reading M7 Unit 1 (3)Today s Proverb: God helps those who help themselves.33Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred (给. 留下症痕
17、)her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burned, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of
18、 Ammie抯 body had been burned and all o flier burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammies body, doctors performed complex skin transplants to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent
19、 twelve more operations to repair her body.When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age four, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldnt play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school， ” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends becaus
20、e of that.“Today, aged 17. Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two furl her skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.She is a member
21、of the Scottish Burned Childrens Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charitys first summer camp. “Ill show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fash
22、ionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars, ” she says, “I gave up wondering: how other people would react years ago.”1.How many operations has Ammie already had?A. Twelve.B. Thirteen.C. Fou
23、rteen.D. Fifteen.2.What did oilier children do when Ammie first went to school?A.They were friendly toher.B.They showed sympathyto her.C.They were afraidof her.D.They looked downupon her.3.Which of the following words cant properly describe Ammie?A.Courageous.B.Confident.C.Generous. D.Outgoing.4.Wha
24、t can be the best title of the passage?A. A Seriously Burned Girl Survives B. Ways to Get Rid of Unkind StaresC. Permanent Scars and Pain fora GirlD. A Seriously Burned Angel of HopeB“Just ate chicken feet for lunch.”These were the words I wrote on my blog yesterday. By the next ;day there were hund
25、reds of comments from my friends. They ranged from “OH MY GOD! That is so disgusting! ”to “What were they Enjoy Reading M7 Unit 1 (3)Today s Proverb: God helps those who help themselves.44like?” to “Why cant you eat sandwiches like everyone else?“To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. T
26、o my friends in Britain, the thought of eating a chickens foot is well，weird (古怪的). As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog, scorpion(蝎子)，snake, or turtle.But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are: trying new things and food.I arrived in Beijing five months ago. Si
27、nce then, Ive searched for the “weirdest” foods so I can try them, then treat my friends to some “virtual (虚拟的）eating” on my blog. One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijings “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog material. “I chose a stick with three live，wriggling( 扭动的) scorpions on it,” I
28、wrote. “ And it was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. The legs did have a tendency to get stuck between ones teeth, however. Whats more. I am sure scorpion number two stung me with its tail in revenge(报复 ). ”Next came snake: “ A bit like a cross between fish and chicken, with a slightly
29、 rubbery texture and meaty taste.”Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soupespecially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guyshead staring sadly up at us from the bowl.“I am never speaking to you again,” wrote one (former) friend.Still,I will continue mv culinary quest. Next
30、on my list is starfish, though I feel I should have somevegetables tooalgae, maybe.So what am I earing, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girls gottahave a break sometimes.5.What does the writer like most in life?A. Trying new things and food. B. Traveling.C. Walking.D. Shopping.6.Where did the w
31、riter get her blog material?A. From his friends. B. From Wangfujing, Beijings “snack street”C. From Shopping. D. From the Internet.7.What is the writer抯 friends* attitude toward her trying “weird” foods?A. They are satisfied.B.They are happy.C. They are surprised and even angry.D.They are sorry.8.Which of the following “weirdest” foods is the one writer hasnt tried?A. Chickens feet.B.Bullfrog.C. Scorpion.D.Chickens head.完型：CADBC ADDCCDBABB DABBA阅读：1-4: BDCD 5-8:ABCD
