1、Unit 1 TEENAGE LIFE Part 1 Listening and Speaking & Reading and Thinking 课后课后提升练提升练 I.阅读理解 A （ 湖北黄冈中学高一期末） I can well remember the pain. My stomach was sick, my heart hurt, and my eyes were painful from holding back tears. “You know, Annie,” my friend John said. “Joanna and Andrea were just talking
2、about you.” I immediately got nervous. “They said that the only reason you start on the basketball team is that the coach likes you. Its not that youre good.” I thought I might be sick. “They said theyre tired of you always getting what you want.” I struggled to keep myself from crying, sinking to m
3、y knees on the cold floor. After John told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I was hurt. Joanna and Andrea came in, acting as if nothing had happened. Joanna was still my deskmate, and Andrea was still my partner for our history project. I was amazed at their abilities to pretend
4、 we had perfect friendship, especially since theyd said such hurtful things. I was a freshman in high school, and I felt like I didnt have a friend in the world, all because of gossip. The tongue can be our worst enemy. Gossips harm confidence and separate close friends. They are like sharp knives,
5、cutting ones self-respect into pieces. When we say unkind things about others, were sticking knives into their hearts. So how was I to act next? When Joanna and Andrea pretended our friendship hadnt changed, I thought of attacking them back. But instead, I told them directly that they had hurt me. J
6、oanna started crying and Andrea was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They apologized, and I forgave them. Sure, things were a little embarrassing at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still deal with gossip, sometimes as a recei
7、ver and sometimes as a sharer. But the more I learn about the friendship, the more I realize the importance of tolerating otherssomething gossip never does. 1. From the second paragraph, we can conclude that Joanna andAndrea _. A. were grateful that the writer was their friend B. did not think the w
8、riter was the coachs favorite C. were unhappy about the writer being on the team D. made fun of the writers basketball performances 2. How did the writer deal with her friendscomments about her? A. She decided to fight back immediately. B. She pretended that nothing had happened. C. She found it unc
9、omfortable to speak to them. D. She told them how she felt about their words. 3. The writers reaction to gossip is _. A. unconcernedB. positive C. negativeD. unclear B （ 四川棠湖中学高一上期末，） If you move to a new school, youll have to worry about whether or not youll make friends. Here are some simple sugge
10、stions which help you make new friends easily Try speaking to the people next to you in class. As theyre close by, it makes sense to communicate with them first. Have courage to speak to everyone in your class. You will probably stay with that class through your years at the new school, so it helps
11、if you get on with them. If you dont have many friends in your class, try and make new friends in your subject lessons. You can also talk with them at lunchtime and after school. Join an extra-curricular club. Youll get to meet kids of all years that way. Ask your teacher to pair you with another st
12、udent. Use your celebrity status! Since youre the new person, youll have gained celebrity status, which you can use for a couple of weeks. Talk to people, remember to smile and always be open and friendly. Listen carefully to what others have to say so as to make them feel important. As you grow old
13、er, its natural to make new friends and sometimes that means you grow apart from your old friends. So try and make time for all your friends. Why not introduce your different sets of friends so you can all go to the cinema or go bowling together? But what if a friendship group is pushing you out? If
14、 this is happening to you, try and ask someone youre friendly with what is happening. If the whole group is leaving you out, try to find new people to spend time with at lunchtime. 4.According to the passage, moving to a new school is _. A. interestingB. excitingC. worryingD. boring 5.According to t
15、he author, what should we do when we move to a new school? A. Sit close to friendly classmates. B. Try to study well to gain otherstrust. C. Try our best to help our new classmates. D. Take possible chances to communicate with others. 6. To make our classmates feel that they are important to us, we
16、should _. A. listen to them carefully B. be friendly and open C. smile while talking with them D. make use of our celebrity status .七选五 （ 甘肃会宁第一中学高二上期中，） _1_ You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however.Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants
17、to. Heres how: Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. _2_ A weekly sc
18、hedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time. Find a good place to study. Look around the house for an area suitable for study. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No
19、games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject. Make good use of your time in class.3Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says. Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes
20、, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, and read that material.4If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and youll remember it longer. Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have le
21、arned about a subject. This helps you remember your new knowledge. The world wont end if you dont pass test, so dont be over worried. _5You will probably discover many others after you have tried these. A. Maybe you are an average student. B. This will help you understand the next class. C. Dont for
22、get to set aside enough time for entertainment. D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard. E. There are other methods that might help you with your study. F. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. G. Make full use of class time to take notes of wh
23、at the teacher says in class. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ .语法填空 （ 河北辛集中学高一上期中，） Have you ever asked yourself why children go.to school? You will1（probable）say that they go to learn languages, history, science and some other knowledge. Thats quite true, but do you know why they learn these2（thing）? We s
24、end our children to school to prepare them3the future when they grow up and have to work for4（they）. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that only reason why they go to school? Actually, there is more in education than just6（learn） facts. We go to scho
25、ol to learn how to learn, so that when we graduate we can continue to learn. A man7really knows how to learn will always be8（success）, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able9（do）it well himself, but he will also be able to teach others how to do it in the10（good） way. So t
26、he purpose of schools is not to teach languages, history, science, etc., but to teach students the way to learn. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 参考答案参考答案 . A 1.C 2.D 3.B B 4.C 5.D 6.A . 1.A 2.C 3.G 4.B 5.E . 1.probably 2.things 3.for 4.themselves 5.the 6.learning 7.who / that 8.successful 9.to do 10.best
