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Unit 4 Astronomy- the science of the stars课时作业Using language阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AEVENTSAug.31Sept.4，Laughter Bus Cape Town, South Africa Lovely sightseeing tour with laughter, fun and festivities. The tour departs (启程) from Cape Town towards the Garden Route, stopping at beautiful and interesting places, enjoying lunch at the seaside and sharing laughter with local communities. Costs: $800. 27 722297454, infolaughterbus.co.za Sept.1718, Laughter Yoga 2day Certified Leader Training Irvine, California, USA 10 am5 pm daily at Irvine Valley College. Learn to laugh for health without the need of jokes. Start a laughter club, share laughter with elders and kids, and earn income sharing happiness. Includes practice with Jeffrey Briar. Costs: $295. (949) 3761939, JBriarLYInstitute.org Sept. 30, Laughter is Serious Business Workshop St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK A workshop for those who have completed Laughter Leader/Skills courses and want to get ideas and real advice on how to promote (提升) themselves. 10 am3 pm with lunch break. Costs：100 (includes a 25 DVD) 44(0) 1727741050，lotteunitedmind.co.uk Oct. 79, Laguna Laughter Club Mountain Retreat (静修) Angelus Oaks, California, USA Everyone is welcome on this threeday retreat in the pine forest of Redlands. Daily laughter yoga sessions, music, dancing, hiking, and visionsharing. Costs: $150 (includes meals) (949) 3761241, AnneLaughingAnne.com Oct. 29Nov. 5, Laughter Cruise in the Caribbean The tour departs from Miami, Florida, USA. Daily laughter sessions, onboard programs, easy yoga classes, creating new exercises, fun and friendship! Holland America Lines. Costs: $719. (941)3496069, amy.ferrellverizon.net【文章大意】本文是应用文。文章介绍了五个关于大笑的活动。21Where can you meet Jeffrey Briar?AOn a Caribbean island.BAt Irvine Valley College.CAt the seaside of Cape Town.DIn the pine forest of Redlands.解析：B细节理解题。由Sept.1718举办的活动介绍10 am5 pm daily at Irvine Valley College.Includes practice with Jeffrey Briar可知。22Which number should you call if you want to attend an advanced Laughter Yoga Leader course?A27 722297454. B44(0) 1727741050.C(949) 3761241. D(941) 3496069.解析：B细节理解题。由Sept.30举办的活动介绍A workshop for those who have completed Laughter Leader/Skills courses and want to get ideas and real advice on how to promote themselves可知，已完成大笑瑜伽导师课程的人若想参加高级研修班，可拨打该组织电话。23When can you take an easy laughter yoga class on a ship?AAug. 31. BSept. 17COct. 7. DOct. 29.解析：D细节理解题。由Oct.29Nov.5期间举办的活动介绍Daily laughter sessions, onboard programs, easy yoga classes.可知，该活动是一次巡航活动，参加者会在邮轮上参与简单的大笑瑜伽课。B Several years ago, I received an email from a total stranger a 17yearold girl named Monica Gottlieb, who lived in Vienna. In poor English, she explained that she was doing an online search for people who shared the same names as members of her family. She tried her 19yearold brothers nameMarcus, and that was how she hit upon me. Monica asked me to write back and tell her a little something about myself, which I did. Not long after our first exchanges, Monicas mother, Regine, wrote to me. Regines English was a little better than Monica, so she was able to provide more details about their life in Vienna. She also mentioned that she and her husband Michael were planning their first visit to the US. As motorcycle lovers, they intended to make a twowheeled tour of California and the Southwestern states. She wondered if I could tell her something that I thought they should know before they began their great adventure. I spent about an hour putting together what I considered reasonably practical advice and sent it along. Regine wrote back with thanks, and told me if I came to Vienna, I should consider the Gottlieb family home as my own. She even offered me both a room and a key to the house. The Gottliebs eventually made their motorcycle trip and enjoyed every minute of it. Eight months later, I was welcomed to Austria by the Gottlieb family. We got to know each other fairly quickly. Michael and I even seemed to hit it off particularly well. Almost the same age, and sharing a similar sense of humor, we were soon so comfortable with each other. A few days later, Michael, Regine, and I were walking off the big meal we had just had at an openair restaurant. As we walked and chatted, an older man coming toward us said something in German to Regine. She replied politely, laughing. After he passed by, I asked Regine if the man was a friend. “No，” she said. “He looked at you and Michael and said, Its nice to see two brothers out for a walk together.” Brothers? Wellnot quite. But perhaps longlost cousins after all.【文章大意】本文是记叙文。作者是美国人，共同的名字让他与维也纳的一家人成为了好朋友。24. Which of the following helped start the authors friendship with Monica?AA stranger. BNames.CHobbies. DA visit解析：B细节理解题。由第一段的search for people who shared the same names.tried her.brothers nameMarcus, and that was how she hit upon me可知，名字促成了作者与Monica之间的友谊。25. Why did Regine write her first email to the author?ATo invite him to join their twowheeled tour.BTo offer practical advice about his trip to Vienna.CTo ask for some useful information about the US.DTo provide him with information about California.解析：C细节理解题。由第二段的if I could tell her something that I thought they should know before they began their great adventure可知，Regine和丈夫打算骑着摩托车在美国旅行，于是她冒昧地给作者写邮件询问关于美国的信息。26. Why did the Gottliebs offer the author a key to their house?AThey wanted to thank him.BHe was the real owner of the house.CThey expected to see him immediately.DHe would look after the house for them.解析：A推理判断题。由第三段的I.putting together what I considered reasonably practical advice and sent it along和第四段The Gottliebs eventually.enjoyed every minute of it可知，作者耐心地向Gottlieb一家提供了帮助。作为答谢，他们向作者提供了家里的钥匙，欢迎他去维也纳旅行。27. Which can be used to describe the authors trip to Vienna?ATiring. BBoring.CFruitless. DPleasant.解析：D推理判断题。由最后四段作者去了维也纳与Gottlieb一家相处融洽、交谈甚欢可知，作者的维也纳之旅非常愉快。C There are lots of books designed to help us succeed in our weightloss efforts. One of the latest such books is entitled Maximise Your Body Potential: Lifetime Skills for Successful Weight Management, and is written by psychologist Joyce Nash, Ph.D. Dr. Nash presents some interesting statistics which show that, despite the fact that as a country we are growing fatter, at any given time, tens of millions of Americans are dieting. A quarter of all adult men and nearly half of all adult women are actively trying to lose weight. She categorizes(分类) the different stages that generally happen before the decision to try to lose weight. “Those who arent actively dieting and are just talking about it, are stuck in either whats called the contemplation stage or the preparation stage. The contemplation stage is the one in which you want to change, but you are not quite ready; you can think of both the pros and cons of changing, but they balance each other out. In the preparation stage, you know you want to take action, you realize the pros of weight loss outweigh the cons, but you arent sure how to begin.” Believe it or not, Dr. Nash even says that now is not always the right time to begin a weightloss program. “If you jump into the action stage before youve done enough thinking in the preparation stagedeciding when to do this, how to do this, and what the potential barriers arethen you can actually set yourself up for failure. Thats when people who start a diet fall off it, and pretty soon arrive at the notion, I cant do this. Im a failure. Ill never be able to do this.” Surprisingly, Dr. Nash says that about onethird of all the people who come to see a psychologist such as herself, for help with an eating disorder, are binge eaters, and they are usually overweight. Dr. Nash explains that binge eating is “eating an amount of food that is larger than most people would eat under similar situations, and an experience of not being able to stop it or control it.”【文章大意】本文是说明文。文章介绍了一本关于指导人们成功减肥的新书。28. According to Dr. Nash, more and more Americans _.Aare asking her for helpBare living a healthy lifeCrealize they need to lose weightDsucceed in their weightloss efforts解析：C推理判断题。由第二段的tens of millions of Americans are dieting.are actively trying to lose weight可知，越来越多的美国人意识到他们需要减肥。29. Which of the following descriptions is about the contemplation stage?AIt refers to how to balance the pros and cons.BIt usually happens before the preparation stage.CIts usually more important than the action stage.DIts a time when people always trust themselves.解析：B细节理解题。第四段解释沉思期时你可以考虑到改变的利弊，但无法权衡出孰重孰轻，而准备期时你已能意识到减肥的利大于弊但却不知如何开始，由此可知，沉思期一般发生在准备期之前。30. What can we learn about Dr. Nash?AShe has an eating disorder.BShe used to be overweight.CShe has a very small stomach.DShe offers psychological guidance.解析：D推理判断题。由倒数第二段的onethird of all the people who come to see a psychologist such as herself可知，很多暴饮暴食者向Nash博士这样的心理学家求助，故Nash博士提供心理咨询方面的指导。31. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?ATo help people start a diet.BTo show how to lose weight.CTo present a weightloss program.DTo introduce a new book on weight loss.解析：D写作目的题。文章首段即主旨段，再由下文提及Nash博士对于人们在减肥节食方面的观点可知，本文旨在介绍她写的这本关于指导人们成功减肥的新书。D Were you into skateboarding, surfing or snowboarding when you were a kid? We can remember our first (less than successful) go at skateboarding, as well as the first time we managed to stand up on one of those surfboards. It was so much fun that we were hooked for life. However, not everyone thinks that introducing children to extreme sports is a good idea. In the article from The New York Times, writer Jon Lackman considers whether sports like snowboarding, climbing and skateboarding could be dangerous to the growing bodies of young children and looks for advice from medical professionals. “Kids arent mentally ready for these activities，” says professor of orthopaedics (矫形外科), Dr. Vani Sabesan. “They tend to underestimate (低估) the risks, and their parents cant always be trusted to keep them in check.” Sabesan is particularly worried about the effects of extreme sports on TV and the Internet on children. “What were seeing is a lot of kids thinking maybe they can do what these professional athletes can do.”As someone who was encouraged to give bodyboarding a go by the age of five and then presented with a surfboard aged seven, I think these worries are a little overstated(夸大的), if not misplaced. Extreme sports can be dangerous, yes, but theres as much chance of falling off your bike or your roller skates as off a skateboard or surfboard. My own experience of extreme sports leads me to think that Ill allow my own kids to try them in the same way my parents allowed me.In sports such as surfing and snowboarding, theres a sense of adventure and courage that is important to instill(慢慢灌输) in young children. Did I fall off my surfboard? All the time. Did I get back on? Every time. Are the more extreme sports too dangerous for younger kids and better saved for teenagers? Are extreme sports a great experience for all children to have and a great way to make the most out of your childhood?【文章大意】 本文是议论文。文章探讨了儿童是否应该参加极限运动。32. What does the underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AWarned. BCheated.CAttracted. DConfused.解析：C词义猜测题。对比划线词后However一词的转折可知，此处指第一段提及的滑板、冲浪、滑雪这些运动带来的快乐终身吸引着我们。33. Whats Jon Lackmans attitude towards kids taking part in extreme sports?AAmazed. BDoubtful.CAdmiring. DSupportive.解析：B推理判断题。由第三段的considers.be dangerous to the growing bodies of young children and looks for advice from medical professionals可知，Jon Lackman对儿童是否应该参加极限运动持怀疑的态度。34. What did the authors parents expect him to do when he was very young?ATo have a spirit of adventure.BTo set a good example to others.CTo become a professional athlete.DTo get away from extreme sports.解析：A推理判断题。由第六段作者的父母在他五岁时就让他接触冲浪运动和倒数第三段作者认为极限运动有助于培养儿童的冒险意识可知，那时他的父母期望他能有一点冒险精神。35. What does the author think of extreme sports?AThey are really very dangerous for kids.BThey are as easy to learn as roller skating.CThey are helpful for kids to find their courage.DThey are more suitable for teenagers than kids.解析：C推理判断题。由倒数第三段的In sports such as surfing and snowboarding，theres a sense of adventure and courage that is important to instill in young children可知，作者认为极限运动有助于培养儿童的勇气和胆量。
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