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选修8Unit 3 Inventors and inventions.阅读理解Oliver and the Seawigsby Philip ReevePublished by OUP PressISBN: 978-0-192-73455-6Oliver grew up in a family of explorersbut his biggest adventure is about to begin! Along with his new friends, Oliver goes off to look for his missing parents.I really like this book because its not one of those short stories that are over too quickly, but a longish book that takes time to read. I remend this book and give it 5 stars.Ginny, age 8Lady Lydia: Read Me a Storyby Anne LavisPublished by A H StockwellISBN: 978-0-722-34327-2Lady Lydia is old and eccentric (古怪的), but she is never lonely. She shares her home with bats and mice and spiders, and all the animals round about are her friends too.My lovely daughter Alice likes all the pictures of the animals in this book, but she doesnt like it when the pages have lots of writing on with no pictures. Alice rates this book 2 out of 5.Alice, age 4I Am a Woolly Hat (EARLY READER)by Salma KoraytemPublished by Orion BooksISBN: 978-1-444-00844-9Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together.This book makes my sweetheart Lucie feel lovely inside and the drawing are not as good because the colors are not bright like other books. Lucie rates this book 3 out of 5.Lucie, age 4A Royal Fairytaleby Ink RobinPublished by EgmontISBN: 978-1-405-26843-1See Kate and Wills romance develop from their studying days at Edinburgh through to their happy wedding at Buckingham Palace with the royal family, even the queen, in tow.My little angel Amy likes the book. The best parts are the wedding and fireworks as she likes fireworks and the colors on the page are really bright. Amy rates it 4 out of 5.Amy, age 41.Which book might an animal lover prefer?A. A Royal Fairytale.B. Oliver and the Seawigs.C. Lady Lydia: Read Me a Story.D. I Am a Woolly Hat (EARLY READER).2.Who likes bright colors?A. Ginny and Alice. B. Lucie and Amy.C. Ginny and Amy. D. Alice and Lucie.3.Whose book shows romance and happiness?A. Philip Reeve. B. Anne Lavis.C. Salma Koraytem. D. Ink Robin.【文章大意】这篇文章为读者推荐了一些书。1.C 【解析】细节理解题。由Lady Lydia is old and eccentric (古怪的), but she is never lonely. She shares her home with bats and mice and spiders, and all the animals round about are her friends too.可知一位动物爱好者更喜欢阅读Lady Lydia: Read Me a Story.选C。3.D 【解析】细节理解题。由See Kate and Wills romance develop from their studying days at Edinburgh through to their happy wedding at Buckingham Palace with the royal family, even the queen, in tow.可知Ink Robin的书表现了快乐和浪漫，选D。二、完形填空Im sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.A woman is running, in circles trying to gather family members together for a _1_. When the final moment es before _2_， she wraps her arms around her son, giving him a _3_ hug that should protect him until he _4_. I sit with a book in my hands, waiting my turn to leave _5_ because the ones I love have a different _6_ from mine. I think of other departures and arrivals. I _7_ seeing my daughter. I wrapped myself around her as if shed been _8_. That year she was in her first year at university, ing home for the first time. Today my flight is two hours late. When my flight is _9_ called, I gather my book and luggage. _10_ there is no one to see me off, I do not _11_ to see where I have e from. _12_， I think of my husband at work _13_ if I have left yet. As I head towards the plane, I find myself _14_ yet another arrival and departure. That year, my 91yearold grandfather died. After returning from his funeral, I arrived at the airport _15_. My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms. Because of my tears, _16_ was looking at us, but I didnt _17_. Life needs the important _18_ all the time. I wish that all the people who went on a _19_ could e back to find someone _20_ them. I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.【文章大意】作者在机场看到迎接与送行的场景，回忆起与女儿和丈夫的温馨往事，意识到人生中需要欢聚与离别这些重要的时刻。1A.lecture Bgoodbye Cdinner Dparty答案与解析：B结合上文中出现的“arrive or depart”和下文中的“the final moment”可知，空处应该是一个告别(goodbye)的场景，故选B。2A.gathering Bboarding Cannouncing Dlanding答案与解析：B根据语境可知，此处表示登机(boarding)前最后的时刻，故选B。3A.powerful Bgentle Cwarm Dmon答案与解析：A结合下文中的“protect him”可知，母亲在儿子登机前给他一个强有力的(powerful)拥抱，故选A。gentle“温柔的”；warm“温暖的”；mon“共同的，普遍的”。4A.leaves Bsurvives Creturns Drecovers答案与解析：C根据语境可知，快要登机的时候，母亲给了儿子一个强有力的拥抱，自然是盼望儿子能一路平安并平安归来，故选C。leave“离开”；survive“幸存，艰难渡过”；recover“恢复”。5A.frightened Banxious Crelaxed Dalone答案与解析：D根据空后的“. because the ones I love have a different 6 from mine.”和下文中的“there is no one to see me off”可知，作者是一个人(alone)，没有人来为她送行，所以选D。frightened“害怕的，受惊的”；anxious“焦虑的，渴望的”；relaxed“放松的”。6A.schedule Battitude Cposition Dtarget答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者一个人离开是因为所爱之人都有不同的日程安排。schedule“日程安排，计划表”符合语境，故选A。7A.imagine Benjoy Crecall Dconsider答案与解析：C结合语境可知，作者回忆起(recall)女儿上大学第一次回家的往事，所以选C项。8A.stolen Bcheated Clost Dpunished答案与解析：C根据语境可知，作者一把抱住女儿，好像她走失了很久。lost“丢失的，遗失的”符合语境。故选C。9A.punctually Bfinally Cabruptly Drepeatedly答案与解析：B结合语境可知，作者等待很久之后，所乘的航班终于(finally)通知登机了，故选B。punctually“准时地”；abruptly“突然地”；repeatedly“反复地”。10A.Although BWhile CTill DSince答案与解析：D根据语境可知，“10there is no one to see me off”和“I do not 11 to see where I have e from”是因果关系，所以空处应用Since“因为，既然”。11A.slow down Bget off Clook back Drun away答案与解析：C既然没有人来送行，作者不需要回头张望(look back)。slow down“放慢，减速”；get off“下车，离开”；run away“突然离开，逃离”。12A.However BBesides CInstead DTherefore答案与解析：C结合语境可知，作者没有回头张望，相反地，作者想的是，还在上班的丈夫不知道作者是否已经离开。故选C项。13A.doubting Basking Cpredicting Dwondering答案与解析：D参见上题解析。wonder if.“不知道是否”符合语境，故选D。14A.remembering BforgettingCplanning Drejecting答案与解析：A结合语境可知，作者发现自己记得(remembering)另一件以前的迎接与送行，故选A。15A.shouting Bcrying Claughing Dwhispering答案与解析：B结合下文中的“Because of my tears”可知，此处应用crying。shout“大喊，喊叫”；laugh“大笑，笑”；whisper“低语，悄声说”。16A.someone Beveryone Cnone Danyone答案与解析：B此处指的是，因为作者哭泣，每个人(everyone)都在看着作者和她的丈夫。故选B。17A.care Brespond Cscold Dflee答案与解析：A虽然大家都在看，但是作者并不在意(care)，故选A。respond“回复，作出反应”；scold“训斥，责骂”；flee“逃离”。18A.arrival Bchance Cdeparture Dmoment答案与解析：D根据语境可知，人生中一直需要这样重要的时刻(moment)，故选D。arrival“到达”；chance“机会”；departure“离开”。19A.journey Bdiet Cpicnic Dholiday答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者希望所有出行(journey)的人回来时都能看到有人在等待(waiting for)他们。故选A。20A.worrying about Bsmiling atCtalking of Dwaiting for答案与解析：D参见上题解析。三、七选五The book A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind Obesity and How We Can End It by Deborah Cohen, a senior natural scientist, is very popular now. 1 But according to this book, the following are some misunderstandings of obesity or being overweight.1. If youre obese, blame your genes. 2 Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible. At restaurants, a dollar puts more calories on our plates than ever before, because restaurant meals usually have more calories than what we prepare at home, so people who eat out more frequently have higher rates of obesity than those who eat out less.2. If youre obese, you lack self-control.Research shows that if we are faced with too much information, we have a tendency to make poor choices on diet. 3 Even the most vigilant(警觉的) people may not be good controllers of themselves.3. 4 Although the US Department of Agriculture estimates that fewer than 5 percent of Americans live in the food deserts, about 65 percent of the nations population is obese. For most of us, obesity is not related to access to more fresh fruits and vegetables, but to the choices we make in supermarkets.4. The problem is not that we eat too much, but that we dont exercise.Michelle Obamas Lets Move campaign is based on the idea that if kids exercise more, childhood obesity rates will decrease. 5 In fact, although a drop in work-related physical activity may explain up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased.A. Lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is a cause of obesity.B. Obesity rates have increased.C. Fresh fruits and vegetables we choose in a supermarket are related to obesity.D. But there was no obvious decrease in physical activity levels as obesity rates climbed in the 1980s and1990s.E. People hold different views on obesity.F. People benefit a lot from physical activities.G. Our world has bee so rich in food that we can be led to consume too much in ways we cant understand.【语篇解读】肥胖是现代社会的主要问题之一。Deborah Cohen 的A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind Obesity and How We Can End It一书中，作者介绍了人们对肥胖问题的几种误解。1.E 【解析】根据下句由转折意义的内容But according to this book, the following are some misunderstandings of obesity or being overweight.（但该书认为下面几点是关于肥胖的几点误解）可知，人们对肥胖问题观点不一，故E项正确。2.B 【解析】根据下句内容Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible.（然而，在1980年到2000年，美国肥胖的人数就翻了一番。该速度太快，可见肥胖并非遗传因素所致）可知，此处表示肥胖比例有所增加，故B项正确。3.G 【解析】根据上句Research shows that if we are faced with too much information, we have a tendency to make poor choices on diet.（研究表明，如果我们面临太多信息，我们很可能会就节食作出糟糕的选择）可知，该句应表示我们现在的食物如此丰富以致于我们会被引导以自己难以想象的方式去消耗食物，故选G项。5.D 【解析】根据下句although a drop in work-related physical activity may explain up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased.（尽管跟工作相关的体力活动减少导致人们少燃烧多达100卡路里，但休闲体力活动似乎有所增加）可知，在二十世纪八十年代和九十年代，人们的体力活动并未明显减少，故选D项。四、短文改错The day before Mothers Day，everybody around me was talking about what was most suitable gift they would buy for their mothers. Buying flowers were what most students would do.However，I wanted to do something differently.As then I lived in school and couldnt go back home on Mothers Day，so I decided to call her and sent her my best wishes.I searched the Internet for suggestions，what were very useful，and I read it carefully.When I called my mother，however，I had the feel that someone elses words would have no meaning to her.So I gave in and just told my mother I loved her and thanked her to all she had done for me.【答案】The day before Mothers Day，everybody around me was talking about what was most suitable gift they would buy for their mothers. Buying flowers what most students would do.However，I wanted to do something .As then I lived in school and couldnt go back home on Mothers Day， I decided to call her and her my best wishes.I searched the Internet for suggestions， were very useful，and I read carefully.When I called my mother，however，I had the that someone elses words would have no meaning to her.So I gave and just told my mother I loved her and thanked her all she had done for me.第一处：most前加the。考查冠词。母亲节前一天，我周围的所有人都在谈论什么是他们将为母亲买的最合适的礼物。根据句意可知，此处为形容词的最高级，故在most前加the。第二处：werewas。考查主谓一致。动名词短语Buying flowers作主语时谓语动词需用单数形式，故将were改为was。第三处：differentlydifferent。考查形容词。修饰不定代词something需用形容词。注意：different在此作后置定语。第四处：去掉so。考查连词。as“因为”，引导原因状语从句，故后面的so多余。第五处：sentsend。考查动词。and连接的不是并列的谓语动词，而是不定式，第二个不定式前的to承前省略了。第六处：whatwhich。考查定语从句。先行词为suggestions，非限制性定语从句缺主语，故用关系代词which引导。注意：what不可引导定语从句。第七处：itthem。考查代词。指代前面的suggestions，需用复数代词them。第八处：feelfeeling。考查名词。feel作名词表示“触觉，印象”，而feeling作名词表示“想法，意见，感觉”，显然此处要用feeling。第九处：inup。考查动词短语。give in是“让步，屈服”的意思，与语义不符。give up意为“放弃”，符合语境要求。第十处：tofor。考查介词。此处表示我感谢妈妈为我做过的一切。thank sb.for sth.“为某事感谢某人”为固定用法。
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