1、刷题课时练刷题课时练 5Unit 2Section Discovering Useful Structu res .阅读理解 A What a day! I started at my new school this morning and had the best time. I made lots of new friends and really like d my teachers. I was nervous the night before, but I had no r eason to be. Everyone was so friendly and polite. They
2、made me feel at ease. It was like Id been at the school for a hundr ed years! The day started very early at 7：00 am. I had my breakfa st downstairs with my mom. She could tell that I was very ne rvous. Mom kept asking me what was wrong. She told me I h ad nothing to worry about and that everyone was
3、 going to lov e me. If they didnt love me, Mom said to send them her way for a good talking to. I couldnt stop laughing. My mom dropped me off at the school gates about five minutes before the bell. A little blonde (金发的) girl got dropp ed off at the same time and started waving (招手) at me. She ran o
4、ver and told me her name was Abigail. She was very ni ce and we became close straight away. We spent all morning t ogether and began to talk to another girl called Stacey. The thr ee of us sat together in class all day and we even made our way home together! It went so quickly. Our teacher told us t
5、h at tomorrow we would really start learning and developing new skills. I cannot wait until tomorrow and feel as though I am real ly going to enjoy my time at my new school. I only hope tha t my new friends feel the same way too. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在文中主要描述了 自己新学期的第一天。 1How did the author feel the nigh
6、t before her new scho ol? ATired.BExcited. CWorried.DRelaxed. 答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据首段中的“I was nervo us the night before”可知，作者在开学前夕感到紧张不安。故 选 C 项。 2What did the author think of her mothers advice? AClear.BFunny. CReasonable.DExcellent. 答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Mom sai d to send them her way for a good talking
7、to. I couldnt stop laughing”可知，作者觉得妈妈说的话很好笑。故选 B 项。 3What happened on the authors first day of school? AShe met many nice people. BShe had a hurried breakfast. CShe learned some new skills. DShe arrived at school very early. 答案与解析： A推理判断题。 根据首段中的“I made lots of new friends and really liked my teache
8、rs”和“Everyone wa s so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease”以及下 文作者详细介绍自己遇到的朋友可知， 作者在开学第一天遇到很 多友好亲切的人。故选 A 项。 4What can we infer about Abigail? AShe disliked Stacey. BShe was shy and quiet. CShe got on well with the author. DShe was an old friend of the author. 答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“She wa
9、s very nice and we became close straight away. We spent al l morning together”和“we even made our way home togethe r”可知，Abigail 和作者相处得非常好。故选 C 项。 B Researchers in Australia, who studied 1,500 people and the ir lifestyles, have found that having good friends can help you live longer. An American study
10、 of 10,000 students, over a per iod of 35 years, also found that if you make more friends tha n the average (普通的) person at school, youll receive a highe r salary (工资) in later life. People need good social skills at work to manage people and work in a team successfully. Thes e are the same skills w
11、e use to make friends at school. On average, teenagers aged between 15 and 17 have 500 “friends” on their favourite social networking site. Adults (成年人) have 130. So if you believe this research, you might live for a long time and be very rich. However, according to Professor Robin Dunbar from the U
12、niversity of Oxford, it probably wont make any difference. D unbar studied the number of messages between users of a pop ular social networking website, each of whom had between 200 and 2,000 friends. He found that they always communicate wi th a maximum (最大量) of 150 people. Among these 150, Dunbar
13、believes that around five people are close friends. Youve most likely known them for a long t ime; they are probably old friends and you share all your goo d and bad experiences with them. Then there are ten more frie nds. Although theyre close to you, you may not keep in touch with them every week.
14、 Next there are 35 people who you mi ght spend time with because of a shared interest. You arent cl ose. And finally, theres a large group of 100. You see or spea k to these people at least once a year, but you dont know the m well. Beyond (超过) this_number,_Dunbar says, its impossib le to make any r
15、elationship meaningful. If you have a lot of online “friends”， try this experime nt: First take away anyone you havent been in touch with for a year. Then remove people you cant remember and, finally, take away friends who you wouldnt mind losing touch with. How many do you have left? How many of th
16、ese people are actually good friends? According to the research, these are the only people that really matter. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。研究表明，朋友的质量 比数量更重要。 5What are the studies mentioned in the first paragraph mainly about? AThe number of friends you should have. BThe advantages of having a lot of friends. CS
17、ome social skills you may need at work. DSome useful advice on how to make friends. 答案与解析：B推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Researche rs in Australia. found that having good friends can help you l ive longer”和“American study. found that if you make mor e friends. youll receive a higher salary in later life”可知，交 友可以对人的
18、身心健康和财富产生正面的影响， 故这两项研究是 有关拥有好友的好处，选 B 项。 6According to the American study, the most popular stud ents at school _. Aare likely to spend more money Bmay not be as popular at work Cseem to get betterpaid jobs Dwill work harder in later years 答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据第一段中的“if you ma ke more friends.youll receive
19、 a higher salary in later life. Peo ple need good social skills at work. the same skills we use t o make friends at school”可知，美国一项研究发现在校受欢迎 的人具有较强的社交能力，他们在今后可能会获得高薪工作。故 选 C 项。 7What does the underlined part “this number” in Para graph 4 refer to? A10.B35. C100.D150. 答案与解析：D篇章结构题。文章第三、四段是对 Dunba r 教授
20、关于交友数量研究的介绍。 根据第三段中的“they always communicate with a maximum of 150 people”和第四段中的 “Among these 150”可知，Dunbar 教授认为人们通常能与最多 150 个人进行交流，超过这个数，有些联系则无实际意义了。故 选 D 项。 8What does the text mainly want to show? AYou need to spend more time with your friends. BThere is a lot of research on the influence of frie
21、nds. CFriends are sometimes more important than family. DIts more important to have good friends than lots of f riends. 答案与解析：D主旨大意题。根据最后一段作者的建议“t ry this experiment. these are the only people that really matte r”可知，本文通过研究告诉读者，朋友的质量要比朋友的数量 更重要。故选 D 项。 .七选五 Selflove is the key to a happy life. After
22、we have l earned how to love ourselves, we will be able to love others. _1_ You have to learn some steps to develop selflove. Accept yourself the way you are. Every person has his or her own advantages and disadvantages. Our advantages make us proud but our disadvantages make us unhappy. This i snt
23、the right attitude towards life._2_In fact, no one on this earth is perfect. The key is to achieve a better balance (平衡) and try to be as happy as possible. Stop worrying._3_It wont help you get the so lution (解决办法). In fact, it will make you very unhappy. So, dont let your worries influence you. Th
24、is will help you face the difficulties of life more positively. Enjoy life. Take part in activities that you love and develop a hobby._4_ Take some time to enjoy them at lea st once a week. This way you are doing something that you a re good at, which will make you feel good about yourself，and make
25、you start loving life and everyone and everything in it. _5_If your body is weak and suffering from some h ealth problems，you arent going to like anything about it. So you must take good care of your health. It includes eating fres h healthy food, taking enough rest and doing exercise. ALive a healt
26、hy lifestyle. BMake efforts to improve yourself. CIt will hold you back from loving yourself. DThey can be anything that makes you happy. EWorrying about a problem wont let you think clearly. F However, learning to love yourself isnt going to be eas y. GThe correct thing to do is accept the fact tha
27、t you are nt perfect. 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文， 主要介绍了如何爱自己。 1答案与解析：F该空上一句提到爱自己对拥有快乐的人 生很重要，但学会爱自己也是一件不容易的事，你需要掌握一些 方法，故选 F 项。 2答案与解析：G该空前一句说这不是对待生活的正确 态度，后一句说世界上没有一个人是完美的，所以 G 项“正确 的做法是接受你并不完美这一事实”符合语境。 3答案与解析：E根据该段的主题句和该空后的“It wo nt help you get the solution”可知，担忧会让人的思维受阻。 4答案与解析：D该空前一句提到了参加自己喜欢的活 动或培养一个爱好， 该空在解释应该参加什么样的活动和培养什 么样的爱好，再结合本段的主题句可知，只要是能让你开心的活 动和爱好，什么都可以。 5答案与解析：A该空为该段的主题句，根据该段中出 现的“take good care of your health”及“eating fresh healthy food, taking enough rest and doing exercise”可知，该段内容 与拥有健康的生活方式有关，故选 A 项。
