1、Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Section Reading and Thinking (1) 阅读理解 A Whatever you want to do to help people in need the United Nations may have the ideal job for you. Competition for most positions in the UN is fierce, but with preparation and a little luck, you may land your dream job with the UN. * Re
2、search career options(选择) at the UN. First of all, visit the United Nations website to get a feel for the different types of work at the UN. Which areas interest you most? Are there areas you are already qualified for? Are there areas you would like to work in but for which you still need qualificat
3、ions? * Decide what staff category you want to pursue. UN careers are divided into different staff categories, each of which requires a specific educational background and area of expertise. The categories are further broken down into jobs at different levels. Considering your skills, interest and e
4、xperience, decide which category and level is proper for you. * Make sure you have the required education and experience. Each career option has specific education and experience requirements. Here are some requirements for many positions at the UN: Fluency in English or French, the working language
5、s of the UN. Its essential. Fluency in additional languages, particularly Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, or Russian, is helpful for most positions. A bachelors degree or higher. Most positions in the UN require at least a bachelors degree. Many specialist positions require advanced degrees in specialty.
6、Work experience in a related field. Depending on the position for which you are applying, you might need anywhere from 1- 7 years of work experience. 1. What should you do first before starting job application? A. Decide what staff category you want to pursue. B. Get the required education and work
7、experience. C. Learn about choices on the United Nations website. D. Decide which type of work of the UN interests you most. 2. What is extremely important for positions in the UN? A. Years of work experience. B. A doctors degree. C. Fluency in the working languages. D. A good knowledge of culture.
8、3. Whats the purpose of the text? A. To give tips on applying for jobs in the UN. B. To explain the process of applying for jobs in the UN. C. To cl for more people to apply for positions in the UN. D. To introduce what jobs in the UN are open to application. 答案答案 1 3 CCA B America is a mobile socie
9、ty. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, t
10、hey pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their
11、holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they dont show their politeness to us if it
12、requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Amer
13、icans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we
14、 arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home! 1.
15、 The writer of this passage must be _. A. an American B. a Chinese C. a professor D. a student 2. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be _. A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home C. treated fr
16、iendly at his home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant 3. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean _. A. strict with time B. serious with time C. careful with time D. willing to spend time 4. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “_”. A. Friendships b
17、etween Chinese B. Friendships between Americans C. Americans hospitality D. Americans and Chineses views of friendships 答案答案 1-4 : BCDD Reading and Thinking (2) 基础基础运用运用 单句语法填空 1. I think he is likely (visit) us if he knows where we live. 2. Every time I had a problem, I would turn Mr Wang for help.
18、 3. I am sure your suggestion will contribute to (solve) the problem. 4. The (disappear) of language is the loss of our culture. 5. I am glad to say that your (donate) can bring us one step closer to finding this cure. 6. Of course, doing something could lead mistakes, but mistakes are part of life.
19、 答案：答案：1. to visit 2. to 3. solving 4. disappearance 5. donation 6. to 10. balanced 语法填空 When the Aswan Dam project was proposed by the Egyptian government, it led to 1. (protest). People were worried about the destruction of temples and cultural relics. After 2. (listen) to the scientists 3. had st
20、udied the problem, the government turned to the United Nations 4. help in 1959. A committee was set up 5. (limit) damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for contributions from different departments and 6. (raise) funds within the international commu
21、nity. The project brought together governments 7. _ environmentalists from around the world. Over the next 20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 8. (temple) and countless cultural relics. When the project was 9. (success) ended in 1980, many countries regarded it 10. the best examp
22、le of keeping the balance between progress and protection. 答案：答案： 1. protests 2. listening 3. who 4. for 5. to limit 6. raised 7. and 8. temples 9. successfully 10. as 能力提升能力提升 How to Adjust to a New School School is a place for students, where they learn to succeed . 1 When you go to a new school,
23、you might worry that you dont know anyone. You worry that you might get lost, or that the teachers are strict. Here are some ways to help you adjust to a new school. Get to Know the School Before you start the school, go with your parents to visit the school . 2 Prepare for the First Day 3 Being wel
24、l rested will help you remove(去除) any nervousness you may be feeling. Try to get at least 8 to 9 hours of sleep if youre between 7 and 17 years old. Leave early for school . Make sure you leave lots of time in the morning to get to school. 4 Arriving early may also give you a chance to chat with a f
25、ew other students and hopefully make a few new friends. Make friends Take part in activities. Sign up for activities like drama, sports or chess club. This will put you into smaller groups with people who have the same interests as yours. 5 You might even be able to teach some other kids about how t
26、o do something. A. Find out where your classroom will be, as well as other important places. B. Start off your first day of school with a good nights sleep. C. Learning the rules of the school will help you adjust to it and will keep you out of trouble. D. But adjusting to a new school can be diffic
27、ult. E. You dont want to rush into your classroom after the bell rings. F. This will also give you a chance to show your skills at a sport or other activities. G. Go shopping for your supplies (日用品) and make sure you have them all ready to take to school. 答案答案 1-5 DABEF 完形填空 I arrived at my mothers
28、home for our Monday family dinner.The smells of food 21 from the kitchen.Mother was 22 out quilt(被子) after quilt from the boxes, 23 showing me their beauties.She was 24 for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church.When we began to 25 and put them back into the boxes,I noticed something at the 26 of one b
29、ox.I pulled it out.“What is this?”I asked. “Oh?” Mum said,“Thats Mamas quilt.” I 27 the quilt.It looked 28 a group of school children had pieced it together;irregular designs, 29 pictures,a crooked line on the right. “Grandmother made this?” I said, 30 .My grandmother was a 31 at making quilts.This
30、32 didnt look like any of the quilts she had made. “Yes,right before she died.I brought it home with me last year and 33 some changes,” she said. “Im still working on it.See,this is what Ive done so far.” I looked at it more closely.She had made a 34 line.At the centre of the quilt,she had stitched(
31、缝) a piece of cloth with these 35 :“My mother made many quilts.She didnt get all lines straight. 36 I think this is beautiful.I want to see it finished.Her 37 quilt.” “Oh,this is so nice,Mum,” I said.It occurred to me that by 38 my grandmothers quilt,my mother was honouring her own mother.I realised
32、,too,that I 39 in my hands a family treasure.It started with the loving hands of one woman,and 40 with the loving hands of another. 21.A.flew over B.flew back C.flew off D.flew out 22.A.pushing B.putting C.pulling D.pumping 23.A.shyly B.proudly C.angrily D.calmly 24.A.demanding B.creating C.meeting
33、D.preparing 25.A.fold B.hold C.clipped D.ripped 26.A.surface B.bottom C.edge D.center 27.A.opened B.turned C.moved D.spread 28.A.as so B.so as C.as if D.if as 29.A.childish B.beautiful C.refined D.accurate 30.A.excited B.ashamed C.worried D.surprised 31.A.manage B.chief C.master D.teacher 32.A.gener
34、ally B.certainly C.simply D.actually 33.A.gave B.took C.had D.made 34.A.straight B.fair C.smooth D.sliding 35.A.signs B.signals C.words D.chapters 36.A.So B.But C.If D.Though 37.A.first B.new C.last D.later 38.A.following B.comparing C.competing D.completing 39.A.held B.failed C.brought D.lifted 40.
35、A.finished B.continued C.concerned D.stayed 答案解析答案解析 21.答案 A 解析这里指食物的香味从厨房飘出来。flyover 意为“飘荡”,符合此处语境。 22.答案 C 解析由后面的 out 可推知,用 pull 意为“拉,拖”,符合此处语境。 23.答案 B 解析从 showingmetheirbeauties 可知,被子很漂亮,因此母亲应是很“自豪地”给“我”看。 24.答案 D 解析这里指母亲正在为教堂的被子展览做准备。bepreparingfor 意为“正为做准备”。 25.答案 A 解析根据常识判断,把被子装进盒子里自然要先叠好。fol
36、d 意为“折叠”。 26.答案 B 解析由于被子都被取出来了,所以看到的应是箱子的“底部”。 27.答案 D 解析由常识可知,把被子取出来后必须先展开才能看。spread 意为“伸展,展开”。 28.答案 C 解析这里是形容被子看起来好像是什么。asif 意为“好像”。 29.答案 A 解析由上文 children 等的描述可知,被子做工并不好,故选 childish。 30.答案 D 解析从前面的问句以及后面作者认为这被子不像是外婆做的,可知作者是十分“惊讶的”。 31.答案 C 解析此处指作者的外婆是制作被子方面的行家。master 意为“能手,大师”。 32.答案 B 解析此处用 cer
37、tainly 意为“当然”,表示强调。 33.答案 D 解析此处指母亲将被子做了一些改变。应选 made。 34.答案 A 解析由于缝的线以前是歪歪扭扭的,把它改好应是直的了,故选 straight。 35.答案 C 解析由后面引号的内容可知,此处指母亲在被子上缝的“字”。 36.答案 B 解析前面说有些线没有缝直,后面又说非常漂亮,显然两者之间是转折关系。故选 But。 37.答案 C 解析从前文可知,这是外婆临终前缝制的“最后”一床被子。 38.答案 D 解析这里是指将会进一步完成外婆的被子。complete 意为“完善”。 39.答案 A 解析此处指“我”意识到,握在“我”手中的是一件家庭的珍宝。hold 意为“握住”。 40.答案 B 解析此处与前面的 started 相对,故应选 continued,意为“继续,延续”。
