1、第 1页（共 13页） Unit1 Life Choices Section B Understanding and Coping with Stress 一、完成句子 1.这是他的原意而不是他的原话。 It was. 2.穿着合适的鞋子和衣服,再加上健康的体魄,情况会大不相同。 Wearing the right shoes and clothes can make all the difference. 3.这些练习意图在于加强你对教材的理解度。 These exercises . 4.女孩们都很无聊,似乎渴望新的体验。 The girls were bored and. 5.他对母亲的怀
2、念给了他灵感,从而创作出他最伟大的诗篇。 The memory of his motherhis greatest poetry. 二、完形填空 第 2页（共 13页） My 9-year-old daughter is reading in her room before bed.Every now and then I hear her1at a funny line.Sometimes she calls out to ask2she can read us something.Its3and she should be asleep by now,but we say yes. “Li
3、sten!” she reads us the4.“Isnt that wonderful?” My husband and I5.It is wonderful.I cant help feeling a little6,too. Not that long ago,wed read to her nightly before she went to sleep.We did so even as she7reading on her own.As a result,we were often8by what was going on in her books, 9wed miss chap
4、ters as she speeded ahead.No matter.Bedtime was10reading aloud as a family,and we11it. After almost ten years of reading together,shes ready to step away from that12.Its tough for my husband and me to13the tradition,even as we delight in the to-be-read pile growing next to her bed. But we still talk
5、 to her about14.Shes aware that reading isnt everyones favourite thing,and that some find it harder to get into a15than she does.It was frustrating for her once too,though she doesnt remember that16.These 第 3页（共 13页） days,she keeps a blog of her17,and begins to talk to others about what she loves to
6、 read.Shes outgrown our18 rituals(习惯) because shes falling in love with books on her own.I19this makes me happiest of all. We all used to read together,but my 9-year-old daughter has taken it to a new level.What a20from one bedtime reading tradition towards another! 1.A.laughB.jump C.whisperD.shout
7、2.A.whenB.though C.ifD.until 3.A.pleasing B.enough C.noisyD.late 4.A.exercise B.passage C.requirementD.blog 5.A.pretendB.hope C.agreeD.shake 6.A.easyB.safe C.patientD.sad 7.A.beganB.finished C.imaginedD.minded 8.A.excitedB.disturbed 第 4页（共 13页） C.confusedD.controlled 9.A.beforeB.because C.sinceD.unl
8、ess 10.A.withB.beyond C.againstD.for 11.A.understoodB.treasured C.escapedD.managed 12.A.occasionallyB.entirely C.unwillinglyD.regretfully 13.A.give up B.figure out C.carry onD.begin with 14.A.changes B.lessons C.moralsD.books 15.A.careerB.college C.storyD.debate 16.A.againB.now C.eitherD.before 17.A
9、.collectingB.saying C.studyingD.reading 18.A.newB.old C.secretD.special 19.A.doubtB.accept 第 5页（共 13页） C.admitD.argue 20.A.shiftB.surprise C.pityD.chance 三、阅读理解 Sarah came running in.“Look what I found.” Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy long object that caused me to jump.It was
10、a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden snakes. “Isnt it beautiful?” said my wide-eyed seven-year-old daughter. I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really wasnt that beautiful,but I have learned never to appear uninterested with children.They see only good
11、 quality and excellence in the world until educated otherwise. “Why does it do this?” Sarah asked. “Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves,” I explained.“Why do they need to renew themselves?” Sarah asked. I suddenly remembered an article on this page many years ago where the w
12、riter was expressing her concept of renewal.She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves,and said that by peeling away those layers one by one,we 第 6页（共 13页） see the original beneath.“We often need to shed our skins and those coatings that we cover ourselves with,
13、” I said to my now absorbed daughter.“We outgrow some things and find other ones unwanted or unnecessary.This snake no longer needs this skin.It is probably too crinkly(起皱的)for him,and he probably doesn t think he looks as smart in it as he once did.” Sarah was getting the point.As we talked,I knew
14、that she began to understand,although slightly,that renewal is part of progress;that we need to take a good look at ourselves,our rooms,schoolwork and creativity,and see what we need to keep and what we need to cast off.I was careful to point out that this is a natural consequence of their growth. “
15、I see,Dad,” said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran off. I hoped she would remember this.That often,in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year,we need to start examining these layers.We need to gently peel some away,
16、as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary;or at best,store the ones thrown away as mementoes(念想)of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit. 1.At the first sight of the snake skin,the author was. A.scaredB.puzzled 第 7页（共 13页） C.uninterestedD.excited 2.Sarah learned from her father that
17、 renewal is. A.to recover the layers inside B.to review what has been done C.a natural part of getting mature D.the process of finding the unwanted 3.It can be inferred from the passage that the author. A.dislikes the snake skin at all B.shows concern for nature and culture C.can grasp the chance to
18、 educate children D.often encourages his daughter to raise questions 4.The author mainly tells the reader that. A.snakes cast off the layers to look smarter B.we should renew ourselves to get improved C.snakes shed their skins to renew themselves D.we should explore our original nature underneath 四、
19、七选五阅读理解 1One of the best things you can possibly do is to start your own club.Its great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels theres never anything to do during the school holidays. 第 8页（共 13页） The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club.2Pets,clothes,pop music
20、 or dancing groups,sports,making things?The list is endless. Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. 3All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same things as you. 4You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every
21、 name you can think up.That will keep you busy for ages. At your first meeting you should make up a rule book.And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret! Now you have just almost everything you need,except membership cards.These are
22、very important and again you can spend a lot of time making them.5Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself?That will make the membership card really look like it. So there you areget clubbing! Once you get started you ll think of loads of more interesting things to do! A.Thats easy. B.Enjoy
23、your own club! C.Invite a designer to join you. 第 9页（共 13页） D.What are you interested in? E.Summer vacation is just around the corner. F.Then you need to pick a name for your club. G.Use bright thick pens to make a special design. 第 10页（共 13页） 一、完成句子 1.what he meant rather than what he said 2.as wel
24、l as being fit 3.are intended to improve your understanding of the textbook 4.seemed eager for new experiences 5.inspired him to write 二、阅读理解 1.A句意:我不时地听到她在读到有趣的地方时会笑出声来。 由后面 的 funny 可推知选 A 项。 2.C这里表示有时候她会大声喊,问是否可以给“我”们读点什么。 由后面的 wesayyes 可知这里是在发问。 3.D根据后文的“sheshouldbeasleepbynow”可知已经很晚了。 4.B此处指的是作者
25、的女儿所读的文章。 5.C句意:我丈夫和我都同意文章很棒。 由后面的 “Itiswonderful.” 可推知他们赞成女儿的说法。 6.D此处表示但是“我”也禁不住感到有些忧伤(感慨时间过得真 快)。 7.A此处表示不久之前,每晚在她入睡前“我”们都会给她读书,甚 至在她开始独立阅读之后。 8.C由下文的 “we dmisschaptersasshespeededahead” 可知, “我” 们有时对书的内容感到很困惑。 第 11页（共 13页） 9.B因此,有时候因为错过了一些她自己已经读了的章节,“我”们 对于书中的内容会感到困惑。 10.D此处表示睡前的时间是用于全家人一起读书的,故选
26、for。 11.B此处表示“我”们非常珍惜这样的时刻。 12.B这样的阅读进行了差不多十年之后,“我”的女儿已经准备好 完全停止这个传统了。 13.A即使看着女儿床边越来越多的书“我”们感到很开心,对“我” 和丈夫来说要放弃这样一个传统也是很难的。 14.D但是“我”们仍然和她谈论书。 15.C她意识到阅读并非每个人的最爱,有些人感到融入故事中更加 困难。 16.B曾经有一段时间她也很困惑,虽然现在已经不记得了。now 和 前文的 once 相对。 17.D根据后文的“.talktoothersaboutwhatshelovestoread.” 可知,她的博客是关于读书的。 18.B她已经长大
27、了,爱上了读书,不再需要“我”们的老规矩了。全 家人一起读书是一个旧的传统。 19.C“我”承认这让“我”感到最开心。admit“承认”。 20.A此处表示从一个睡前阅读传统到另一个阅读传统的转变。 shift 意为“转换” 。 三、阅读理解 第 12页（共 13页） 1.A细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “OverthetopofthepaperIwasreadingcameacrispylongobjectthatc ausedmetojump.”一句可知,作者看到这个长长的、易碎的东西的时 候吓得都跳起来了,故选 A 项。 2.C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的 “Sarahwasgettin
28、gthepoint.Aswetalked,Iknewthatshebegantound erstand,althoughslightly,thatrenewalispartofprogress”以及 “Iwascarefultopointoutthatthisisanaturalconsequenceoftheir growth.” 可知 Sarah 开始慢慢理解蛇蜕皮也是一种进步,并且作者继 续指出这是它们成长的很自然的一种结果。故选 C 项。 3.C推理判断题。本文作者的女儿问作者关于蛇为什么会蜕皮的问 题,作者抓住这个机会给女儿进行了一次教育。 因此可推知,作者很善 于抓住生活中的小事对孩子进行教育。故选 C 项。 4.B推理判断题。 作者在文中针对蛇为什么会蜕皮这一问题,把蛇的 蜕皮和人的进步作了类比,借机给女儿进行了一次教育。也是在向我 们大家讲述这一道理:人要进步也需不断反省自己,这样才会发现自 己的缺点并不断进步。故选 B 项。 四、七选五阅读理解 15. EDAFG 第 13页（共 13页）
