1、1Unit 3 Amazing people李仕才一、阅读理解。As my husband，Doug，stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a cab, I angled the stroller(婴儿车)away from the cold December wind and rain.I knelt down and kissed my daughter on her cheek where veins crept up(静脉突出)the side of her tiny face.Frustrated and wet，
2、my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a cab.I knew the feeling.Just after her first birthday，our daughter Katie was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder.Since that moment，Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing.We knew Katie was running out of ti
3、me.It had taken months before we finally had a name for the disorder，vein of Galen malformation，but we were told only a handful of specialists in the world were qualified to perform the precise surgeries.Now，as we finally found a brilliant doctor to save our girl，we were trapped in a strange city in
4、 the cold rain.Just at the moment，a middleaged woman pulled over and said， “Pardon me？May I offer you a ride？”Before we could say anything，she continued， “Its really no trouble for me.Just get on.”It was then that I noticed her thick Irish tongue，an accent that warmed me like hot soup.We could simpl
5、y say， “Thanks！Roosevelt Hospital，please， ” and settled in her car for the ride.I dont know how she knew，maybe she noticed the veins and asked， “Are you going for the baby？”I nodded my head，choking back a tiny sob.At the hospital we thanked her a dozen times for the ride.The woman hugged me and I no
6、ticed her face was wet with tears in worry.She promised to pray for us before she left.After three more visits to New York and two more brain surgeries，Katie is cured.But the voice of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared on our darkest days.21What we
7、re the family doing on the street?AWatching a marathon race.BProtecting their daughter from cold.CTrying to ride a taxi.DPlaying with their daughter.2What was the trouble with Katies illness?AIt was a terrible brain cancer.BIt was impossible to be cured.CIt was hard to name the disease.DIts surgerie
8、s were hard to perform.3Why was the woman driver in tears when leaving?ABecause she knew the girl had run out of time.BBecause she had sympathy for the familys misfortune.CBecause the family promised to pray for her.DBecause there were veins on the little girls face.4Whats the best title for this pa
9、ssage?AAn Irish Angel in New YorkBAn Adventure in New YorkCAn Angel of Roosevelt HospitalDAn Unforgettable Cab Ride【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的女儿患了一种罕见的脑紊乱，可世上能做这种精准手术的医生屈指可数。作者一家来到纽约求医，却在雨天打不到出租车。后来在一名素不相识的带有爱尔兰口音的好心人的帮助下赶到了医院。最终经过几次手术女儿康复了。长难句分析：It had taken months before we finally had a name for the disor
10、der, vein of Galen malformation，but we were told only a handful of specialists in the world were qualified to perform the precise surgeries.(第二段倒数第二句)译文：过了几个月我们才最终得知这个病的名字是 Galen 静脉畸形，但是世上能够具备做这种精准手术资历的医生屈指可数。词汇积累：frustrated adj.沮丧的，绝望的precise adj.精准的 a handful of 一小部分，少量的1C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的“trying
11、to stop a cab”及第二段第一句“Frustrated and wet，my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a cab.”可3知，他们在街头努力打一辆出租车。故选 C。2D 细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句中的“but we were told only a handful of specialists in the world were qualified to perform the precise surgeries”可知，治疗 Katie 的病的手术很难做。故选 D。3B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第二、三句“The wom
12、an hugged me and I noticed her face was wet with tears in worry.She promised to pray for us before she left.”可推知，这位女司机了解了孩子的病情后，对这一家人的不幸遭遇表示同情。故选 B。4A 标题概括题。纵观全文，从开头描写在纽约街头作者一家拦车无果到最后孩子的得救，中间的一个核心人物就是素不相识的爱尔兰女人。在作者夫妇眼中，这个女人就是他们的天使。故“纽约的爱尔兰天使”符合题意。故选 A。二、单项填空1.Little children ask endless questions be
13、cause they are _ about everything.A. skeptical B. aware C. capable D. curious【答案】D2.Nowadays teenagers are not _ to stand and appreciate works of art; they prefer to participate in them.A. content B. optimistic C. confident D. outgoing【答案】A【解析】content 满足的，满意的，符合句意。optimistic 乐观的，抱有乐观看法的；confident 自信
14、的；outgoing 爱交际的，友好的，外向的。句意：如今，青少年不满足于只是站着欣赏艺术作品；他们更喜欢参与到艺术作品中。3.As is known to us all, failure usually _ laziness while diligence can _ success.A. results from, lie in B. results in, result fromC. leads, lie in D. results from, result in【答案】D【解析】result from 因而发生，后接原因；lie in 存在于，后接原因；result in 4产生，后接
15、结果；lead to 导致，后接结果。失败是因为懒惰，而勤奋则导致成功，故选 D 项。4.Many university graduates _ to work in first-tier cities, which are attractive to them.A. inspire B. desire C. risk D. arrange【答案】B【解析】desire to do sth.渴望做某事。inspire 常用于 inspire sb. to do sth.; risk 后接动名词。句意：许多大学毕业生渴望到一线城市工作，这些城市对他们很有吸引力。5.When reading En
16、glish novels, I often _ idiomatic expressions that I cant understand. A. come across B. go over C. get across D. take over【答案】A【解析】come across 偶然遇见；go over 复习；get across 横跨；take over 取代。句意：在读到英文小说时，我经常会遇到一些我不能理解的成语似的短语。根据句意，故选 A。6.The word “track” _ a path which is made of earth _ having a surface c
17、overed with other materials.A. adds to; rather than B. leads to; other thanC. refers to; rather than D. replies to; other than【答案】C【解析】refer to 意为“引用，指” ，rather than 意为“而不是” ，符合语境。add to增加，lead to 导致，reply to 回复，other than 除了。句意：“小路”这个词指的就是土路，而不是表面覆盖着别的什么材料的路。7.The children who are crazy about playi
18、ng computer games are all driven by _ at first.A. discount B. belief C. curiosity D. satisfaction【答案】C【解析】discount 折扣；belief 信念；curiosity 好奇心；satisfaction 满意。句意：那些热衷于玩电脑游戏的孩子们一开始都是被好奇心所驱使。58.The carbon content of steel largely determines its usefulness for specific _ applications.【答案】D【解析】typical 典型
19、的；tough 艰苦的；fantastic 较好的，很大的；specific 明确的，具体的。句意：钢的碳含量(的多少)很大程度上决定了它具体的用途。9. The top technologies have been brought to the local farms. _, the crop output has been increased a lot. A. In particular B. On the contrary C. As a resultD. In addition【答案】C【解析】句意：当地的农场已经引进了一些先进的技术。结果，农作物产量增加了很多。从句意可知，前后表示
20、“因果”关系，所以选 as a result，表示“结果” 。10.We desire that immediate help _ to the local people who were in trouble.A. be given B. will be given C. should give D. is given【答案】A【解析】desire 和 suggest，request 等表示请求建议的词后的从句用“should动词原形”表示虚拟语气，should 可以省略。句意：我们期望立即给予那些遇到了麻烦的当地人帮助。11.So far, only one man has _ a the
21、ory that seems to fit all the facts.A. come up with B. put up with C. lined up with D. caught up with【答案】A12.Youd better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future _.A. purpose B. reference C. progress D. memory【答案】B【解析】for future reference 以备日后参考。句意：你最好写下这个餐馆的号码以便日后参考用。613.Anxiously,
22、 she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only _ it didnt fitA. to find B. found C. finding D. having found【答案】A【解析】不定式和 only 连用，表示意料之外的结果。现在分词 doing 常常表示顺理成章的结果。句意：她着急地把裙子从包装里拿了出来，结果却发现裙子不合适。“但是裙子不合适”说明这是意料之外的结果。14.Success is not final, and failure is not deadly. It is, you know, the
23、courage to continue _ counts in life.A. that B. which C. where D. when【答案】A 【解析】It is the courage to continue that counts in life 为强调句型，强调的是句子的主语 the courage to continue。故选 A。句意：成功不是最终目的，失败也不是致命的。你知道，生活中，继续下去的勇气才最重要。you know 为插入语，做题时可删除，以免影响思考。15.Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the sc
24、hool gate.Oh! I thought they _ without me.A. went B. are going C. have gone D. had gone【答案】D【解析】句意：“快点！爱丽丝和苏正在学校门口等你呢！” “噢！我原以为她们不等我就走了呢。 ”“走”和“想”这两个动作有时间上的先后关系，故用过去完成时。三、完形填空。I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd
25、 of boys on the playground. She seemed so 1 ， but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her 2 nobody could.I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3 . She practiced dribbling(运球) and 4 over and over.One day I
26、 asked Sally why she 5 so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a 6 . 7Im going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am 7 enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big
27、 enough, the facts dont 8 ”I 9 her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to 10 . One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head 11 in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I 12 and sat down beside her. “Whats wrong？” I asked. “Oh, nothing， ”
28、 came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The 13 told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top teamstill less she would be 14 a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming about college.I felt she was extremely 15 . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me tha
29、t her father said those coaches were 16 . They didnt understand the 17 of a dream.The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was 18 offered a scholarship and 19 to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had 20 and worked toward fo
30、r all those years.Its true: if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count. 【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了 Sally 在自身条件不好的情况下不懈努力最终实现梦想的故事。1A.silent Bsmall Cstrong DhugeB 解析：根据 but 的转折意义并结合上文的“I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys”可推知，Sally 个子很小，与下文的“I am just too short.”呼应。2A.but
31、BandCso DforA 解析：由空前的“The boys always tried to stop her”和空后的“nobody could”可知，前后表示逻辑上的转折关系。3A.still Bagain8Cwell DaloneD 解析：根据语境可知，作者经常看到 Sally 独自打球。4A.passing Brunning Cshooting DstrugglingC 解析：由上文的“but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net”和空前的“dribbling(运球)”可知，Sall
32、y 反复练习运球和投球(shooting)。5A.studied BpracticedCexpected DimprovedB 解析：由上文的“She practiced dribbling(运球) and over and over.”可知，作者问 Sally 为什么要大量地练习球技。6A.title Bprize Cscholarship DrewardC 解析：根据下文“she would probably never play for a top teamstill less she would be a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming a
33、bout college”可知，Sally 努力练球是想拿到奖学金去上大学。7A.good Bbrave Ccareful DactiveA 解析：由上文的“I want to be the best one”可知，Sally 认为只有当自己的球技足够好的时候，才可以拿到奖学金。8A.lack Btalk Cappear DcountD 解析：由下文的“Its true：if the dream is big enough，the facts dont count.”可知，当梦想足够强大的时候，事实并不那么重要。count 意为“重要” 。9A.encouraged BrespectedCwa
34、tched DhelpedC 解析：由上文的“I watched in wonder”和“I began to notice Sally at other times”可知，作者一直关注着 Sally。10A.victory BconfidenceCresponsibility Dprofession9A 解析：根据上文 Sally 成功投篮和反复练习球技可推知，她带领自己的球队获得了胜利。11A.dropped Bburied Ccovered DsunkB 解析：结合下文的“Whats wrong？I asked.”及“I am just too short.”可推知，当时 Sally 情
35、绪不高，把头埋在胳膊里。12A.walked off Bwalked outCwalked around Dwalked upD 解析：根据“Slowly and quietly”和“and sat down beside her”可知，作者当时静静地走过去，坐在了 Sally 旁边。walk up 意为“走近” 。13A.coach Bteacher Ccaptain DleaderA 解析：根据下文的“She told me that her father said those coaches were ”可知，教练告诉她，她太矮了。14A.suggested Bsent Cpromise
36、d DofferedD 解析：根据下文的“She was offered a scholarship”可知，教练认为Sally 不会获得奖学金。15A.worried Bexcited Cdisappointed DsurprisedC 解析：根据上文教练的话可知，Sally 感到很失望。16A.great Bwrong Cstrict DcruelB 解析：由上文的“My father has told me.the facts dont ”可推知，Sally 的父亲认为教练是错的。17A.pressure Bvalue Ccause DpowerD 解析：根据下文 Sally 拿到奖学金并
37、接受大学教育可推知，此处表示“他们不明白梦想的力量” 。18A.exactly Bnaturally10Creally DnormallyC 解析：结合下文的“She was going to get the college education”可知，Sally 确实获得了奖学金。19A.taken BadmittedCintroduced DappointedB 解析：Sally 获得了奖学金并且还加入了大学篮球队。be admitted to 意为“考入，进入” 。20A.dreamed of Bpicked upCbenefited from Dcarried outA 解析：根据上文可
38、知，Sally 一直梦想上大学。四、短文改错。As is often the case, when people are attending meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find it addicted to their phones, completely ignore others.This is really a common phenomenon in our life. The reason is because smartphones nowadays can be used for peo
39、ple to play mobile games but keep in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. However, too many exposure to phones is bad for people in term of health. Moreover, people who were engaged in phones fail to communicate well those around them.As far as Im concerned, people should wise make use of their
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