1、Unit 1 Food for thoughtstarting out一、根据汉语提示补全句子1., lets meet at 8:30 outside the school gate.如果你方便的话,我们八点半在学校门口外面碰面。2.The old man had difficulty the life in the city.这位老人难以适应城市生活。3.They are whats going on.他们还太小,不明白发生了什么事。4.He her the truth.他忍不住把实情告诉了她。5.Use the meeting to share feelings and .利用这次会议分
2、享感情和提出建议。二、阅读理解I know what youre thinking: Pizza?For breakfast?But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the morning if you want to.I know lots of women who skip breakfast,and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it.Some say they dont have time,others think theyre “saving
3、” calories(卡路里),and still others just dont like breakfast food.But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight.“Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking,R.D.,who developed th
4、e supereasy eating plan for this years “SELF CHALLENGE”And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables,and you stick to one small piece.Breakfast is one meal I never miss,and the same goes for most weight loss success stories.Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating
5、 later in the day.Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.So eat something in the morning,anything.I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether,and hav
6、e just coffee or orange juice.I say,try heating up last nights leftovers it may sound crazy,but if it works for you,do it!I find if I tell myself,“You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night.Try it.You may save yourself some prebedtime calories.And wat
7、ch your body gain the fatburning effects.1The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means _Aremaining food after a mealBthings left undoneCmeals made of vegetablesDpizza topped with fruit2What can we infer from the text?AWorking women usually have breakfast in a hurry.BMany people have wrong idea
8、s about breakfast.CThere are some easy ways of cooking a meal.DEating vegetables helps save energy.3According to the last paragraph,it is important to _Aeat something for breakfastBbe careful about what you eatCheat up food before eating itDeat caloriecontrolled food4The text is written mainly for t
9、hose _Awho go to work earlyBwho want to lose weightCwho stay up lateDwho eat before sleep三、语法填空(黑体为本单元生词)Healthy eating habits are very important for our health. We are used to 1(enjoy) typical Chinese food,such 2 hot pot, chicken feet,pigs ears and stinky tofu.It is a custom 3(drink) a cup of Chine
10、se oolong tea in 4 fine china cup.In others view,theres nothing 5(good) than English food.Eating sausages,toast with butter, roast beef and vegetables is a sort 6 enjoyment.Besides,we should focus on a balanced diet,7 assures us the necessary vitamins and nutrition.Most 8(important),cooking at home
11、and 9(make) our meals from fresh,seasonal fruit and vegetables give us a chance 10(relax).1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.四、读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。Laurie sat quietly in the empty dressing room at the iceskating rink(溜冰场)She had not been skating in any competition since her left knee was badly
12、 injured in an accident six months ago.As she waited for her return to skate,Laurie was very nervous.She knew that today was a very important day in her comeback.“If I can win today,” she thought,“I can skate in the World Cup next year and then maybe I can make it to the Olympics.”Laurie was just to
13、ld that she had a tough competition this year,a girl from Connecticut named Jinny Jordan who was really strong in everything.“She is the one you have to beat this year.” the coach said.Minutes later,the door opened and Laurie saw a young woman who was about her own age.The young woman dumped some of
14、 her belongings onto a chair.The bag fell to the floor with a thud (砰的一声)Laurie felt uncomfortable as she looked at Jinny.“So this is my competition,” thought Laurie.“Because of her,I may lose tonight.”“This costume(服装) was my moms idea,” Jinny started the conversation,looking down at her red,white,
15、and blue skating dress.“I look like a flag.”Laurie couldnt keep from smiling.She pointed to Jinnys skating bag.“Some stuff fell out of your bag.” Laurie said.Jinny looked at the clothing and equipment that lay scattered on the floor.As she began to gather her belongings,the door opened.“Jinny,” call
16、ed someone,“Youd better give the tape of your music to the sound engineer right away.”“I thought I gave him my music tape an hour ago,” said Jinny.“Tell him its the green box with my initials (姓名的首字母) written in white in the righthand corner.” “He said you never gave it to him and hes getting angry.
17、”“Then I dont know what I did with it,” said Jinny,hurrying out.Laurie knew that music was nearly as important to the program as skating itself.If she lost her music tape,she might as well forget about skating.Laurie stood up and walked to the chair to do a few more knee bends.注意:1.续写词数应为150左右;2请按如下
18、格式作答。Suddenly she saw something small and dark green behind the leg of the dressing table._Feeling relieved,Laurie skated quickly to the center of the rink after the announcer finally called her name._一、根据汉语提示补全句子1.If it is convenient for/to you。2.adapting himself to3.too young to understand。4.could
19、 not resist telling。5.bring up suggestions。二、阅读理解1.A词义猜测题。结合最后一段倒数第四句中的“instead of eating more that night”及画线词的构词(leftover)可推知,该词意为“剩饭菜”。2.B推理判断题。根据第二段及文章中强调的吃早餐的重要性及不应该不吃早餐可推知,现在很多人对早餐有错误的认识。3.A细节理解题。根据最后一段可知,吃早餐很重要。4.B推理判断题。根据第三段第一句、第四段第一句及最后一段最后两句可推知,本文的主要阅读对象是想要减肥的人们。三、语法填空(黑体为本单元生词)1.enjoying。b
20、e used to doing sth.“习惯于做某事”。2.as。such as 是固定短语,“例如,诸如之类”。3.to drink。It是形式主语,动词不定式是真正的主语。4.a。修饰可数名词cup,用不定冠词,表示任意“一个”。5.better。nothing better than.“没有比更好的了”,表示最高级含义。6.of。a sort of意为 “一种,一类”。7.which。which引导非限定性定语从句,指代先行词a balanced diet,在从句中作主语。8.importantly。Most importantly在句中作状语,用副词形式。9.making。and连接
21、并列主语,前一个主语是cooking at home,故本空也应该用动名词形式。10.to relax。本句已经有谓语give,所填单词应该是非谓语形式,give sb.a chance to do. “给某人做的机会”,动词不定式作宾语补足语。四、读后续写Suddenly she saw something small and dark green behind the leg of the dressing table. She pulled it out,and saw the white Initials JJ.in the top righthand corner.“Its Jinn
22、ys music tape!” She exclaimed.Lauries heart started beating fast.“All Id have to do is forget that I found this,” she thought.“If Jinny doesnt have her music,she might as well not skate.And then I would win.” Laurie shivered slightly as she thought about this.Then she wondered,“Does winning mean so
23、much to me that Id be willing to cheat for it?” She walked to the door and called Jinny loudly.Feeling relieved,Laurie skated quickly to the center of the rink after the announcer finally called her name.The music filled the stadium and she skated gracefully and beautifully.Her left knee was fine an
24、d she felt herself gliding on the ice.The audience applauded from time to time,enthusiastically supporting her in her comeback.When she finished,her coach ran up to her and hugged her.“You did it,Laurie!” She said.Laurie smiled and thought about Jinnys music tape.“No one will ever know how close I really came to losing.” She said softly to herself.第10页(共10页)