1、Unit 5-What an adventure! 单元基础巩固单元基础巩固places with the wildest animals.Friends always ask why I,a middle-aged woman with no athletic talent,go to such places.I never know how to answerJust I want to put my toes in the mud of adventure. I stopped traveling nine years ago after I suffered a stroke ( 中
2、风)caused by a disease,APS.To prevent another stroke,my doctors told me that traveling to remote places without medical help would be risky.A slip on a damp temple step,even a slight traffic accident,would no longer be mere annoyances. My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps a feast in
3、 Texas,a visit to my mom in Virginia.They all came back,the freedom,the excitement and the fresh air. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband in visiting China.After we had toured a temple,Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan (平底雪橇).Before
4、 the stroke it would have seemed like fun for me.But now I stepped back.I feared.My mind screamed warnings of a fall or a crash.Then gathering confidence from nowhere,I lowered myself and took the flying toboggan ride,which marked my adventure travels coming back.Since then,Ive dared to take challen
5、ges and have challenged many places. But I watch my medicine like an eagle.I get my blood tested.I weigh the risks.Then,if I decide its okay,like that toboggan ride down the mountain,I just jump in,let go and enjoy the ride.I think I travel for hoping to broaden my world and keep me connected with f
6、riends and families.Most of all,saying “yes” to travel is related to my APS.If I let myself be afraid to travel,then myAPS will win. 1.What do we know about the authors return to travel? A.She followed her doctors advice. B.She gradually overcame challenges. C.She was encouraged by her husband. D.Sh
7、e got more enthusiastic about toboggan. 2.How do the authors friends react to her adventures? A.They try to stop her. B.They dont understand her. C.They admire her. D.They are inspired. 3.Whats the main reason for the author to continue her adventures now? A.To relax herself. B.To broaden her mind.
8、C.To keep herself connected. D.To fight her disease. 4.What does the visit in China mean to the author? A.Aturning point. B.Afun experience. C.Ahealth alarm. D.Alife-and-death test. 参考答案： 【单句语法填空】 1. 答案 on 2. 答案 at 3. 答案 waiting 4. 答案 a 5. 答案 to find 6. 答案 what 【选词填空】 1. 答案 referring to 2. 答案 stands
9、 for 3. 答案 benefit from 4. 答案 by way of 5. 答案 focus on 6. 答案 is up to 7. 答案 be brought into focus 8. 答案 in search of 9. 答案 figure out 10. 答案 to take risks 【补全句子】 1. 答案 is making an attempt to 2. 答案 focused on 3. 答案 It has been confirmed that 4. 答案 broadening her horizon 5. 答案 It is up to 6. 答案 What;
10、desire most 7. 答案 crowded in 【七选五】 1.E由该空前对极地和北极的介绍可知,画线处应该是对南极的介 绍。 2.FF 项中的 ships 与该空前的 ships 相呼应,且该项中的“This also was dangerous,as .”与上文中的“This was dangerous,as .”结构一致。 3.C该段主要讲述了早期人们进行极地探险的诸多原因,因此C项符 合此处语境。 4.B由该空前的“The first outsider to reach the Arctic”以及该空后的 By the 1500s可知,B项内容“他在公元前300年左右到达挪威
11、或冰岛一 带”符合此处语境。 5.G由该空前的“set up a base on Antarcticas coast”和该空后的 “scientists from several countries set up 50 bases throughout Antarctica for scientific research”可知,G 项内容“与此同时,很多国家对南极科考 也产生了兴趣”符合此处语境。 【阅读理解】 1. 答案 B 解析推理判断题。根据第三段中的“My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps.”以及第四段中的“The
12、first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband in visiting China.”中风之后,作者重新开始旅行是一步一步慢慢开始的, 而中风九个月之后,重新拾起对旅行的热爱则是与丈夫一起去中国开 始的,故可知作者重新旅行是逐渐地,一步一步地,故选 B 项。 2. 答案 B 解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Friends always ask why I,a middle-aged woman with no athletic talent,go to
13、such places.”可知朋友 们会好奇,为什么,作者作为一个中年妇女,没有体育天赋,要去那些地 方,可知,朋友们对作者的行为不理解,故选 B 项。 3. 答案 D 解析推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Most of all,saying yesto travel is related to my APS.If I let myself be afraid to travel,then my APS will win.”可知,最重要的是,旅行对我来说与我的 APS 疾病有关,如果我害 怕旅行的话,我的疾病就会战胜我,故可知作者旅行是为了与疾病做斗 争,故选 D 项。 4. 答案 A 解析推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“Since then,Ive dared to take challenges and have challenged many places.”可知,从那时开始,作者敢 于接受挑战,去挑战了很多地方,故可知中国之行对于作者来说就是一 个转折点,故选 A 项。
