1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Wildlife protection . 阅读理解 Living among trees, plants and flowers can fill your life with beauty. If you are a woman, it can also help you live longer. Researchers found that women who live in homes surrounded by plants appear to have lower death rates than women who live in are
2、as with less greenery. James and his team looked at information from one of the largest and oldest investigations of womens health: the Nurses Health Study. The study began 40 years ago and expanded in 1989. It now has information on nearly 200,000 women. For the new study, the Harvard team looked a
3、t the death rates of more than 100,000 women between the years 2000 and 2008. Then the researchers compared the death rates of these women to the greenery around their homes. The researchers considered other risk factors things such as the age of the women, their economic status, race and ethnicity.
4、 They also looked at whether or not the women smoked. The study found that the death rate among women who lived in the greenest spaces was 12 percent lower than those from the least green areas. Peter James said he and his team were surprised to find such a strong link between high vegetation levels
5、 and low death rates. He adds they were also surprised to find how high levels of plant life can affect a womans mental health. The study suggests that living among vegetation lowered levels of depression. Researchers say women in greener areas spent more time with other people, exercised more and w
6、ere less exposed to air pollution. One of the biggest effects of greenery appeared to be a lowered risk of _respiratory_disease_ and cancer. The study found that women living in areas with the most greenery had a 34 percent lower rate of dying from a respiratory disease and a 13 percent lower rate o
7、f dying from cancer. 语篇导读 本文为说明文。人们一直以来都认为植物对环境有益，却很少有人知道植物对延长人类的寿命也有效果。本文简要介绍了一项研究报告，该报告发现植物可以有效地延长女性寿命。 1 What is the text mainly about? A Plants may help women live longer. B Greenery plays a significant role in peoples life. C The Nurses Health Study has studied the information on nearly 200,000
8、 women. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 D Living among vegetation can lower peoples levels of depression. 解析 A 主旨大意题。浏览文章特别是根据第一段第一、二句可知，本文主要是有关植物可以延长女性寿命的话题，故选 A 项。 B 项范围太大， C、 D 两项都只是文章的部分内容。 2 What do the underlined words “respiratory disease” refer to? A Lung disease. B Breathing disease. C Nervous system disease
9、. D Mental disease. 解析 B 词义猜测题。结合第四段最后一句可知，研究人员发现生活在植被多的地方的女性锻炼更多，接触被污染的空气较少，可以推测出染上呼吸系统疾病的可能性较小，故选B 项。 3 Which part of newspaper does the text belong to? A Sports news. B Healthy report. C Science and technology. D Economics report. 解析 B 推理判断题。本文介绍了植物有助于延长女性寿命，与健康相关。所以最可能是报纸上的健康报道版块，故选 B 项。 4 How d
10、oes the author convince the readers of the importance of plants? A By examples. B By analyzing the data. C By reasoning. D By comparing. 解 析 D 推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句和最后一段最后一句可知，研究人员对比了生活在植被较多的地区的女性和植被较少的地区的女性的死亡率数据，故选 D 项。 . 完形填空 I lived in Dallas, Texas nearly all my life with my mom, dad and older sister
11、. We were _1_ to respect others, value education, and get all that we could out of life. My parents always say, “_ 2_ hard and the world is yours.” They are never without a_3_ word of advice or a bit of encouragement when life gets tough. My parents always_4_ me to go to college. However, when I_5_
12、at 16 years old that Id rather get married to a man than go to college, they_6_ stopped telling me they loved me and I could do anything I wanted to._7_,_they persuaded me. I graduated from high school and currently_8_the University of Oklahoma studying medicine. I want to make the_9_ a better place
13、 to live in. Every time I call home to tell them about a_10_ I received in Chemistry Lab or Microeconomics or_11_ class it is that Im working hardest for at the moment, they tell me how_12_ of me they are. I know there are college kids out there that have no one to call home to when they get an “A”
14、on a project and I feel 【 精品教育资源文库 】 incredibly_13_ to have my parents. Dont get me wrong: weve had our share of_14_. I was the angry teenager and they were the awful_15_ that wouldnt let me stay out all night or let me get my tongue pierced. But somehow, we _16_ to work through those issues. They
15、never _17_ loving me or believing in me. I_18_ everything I am to my parents. Without their constant love and_19_,_I wouldnt believe I can change the world. My parents taught me to always_20_ for what I believe in. So Im working toward something really great and only hope I can continue to make them
16、 proud. 语篇导读 本文为夹叙夹议文。在父母对子女的教育过程中，对子女的爱和鼓励是极其重要的。作者用自己的亲身经历证明了这一点。 1 A.brought B raised C introduced D produced 解析 B 从全文可以看出本文的主题是父母对子女的教育。 raise 养育，故选 B 项。 2 A.Educate B Train C Work D Practise 解析 C 句意：父母总是教育我们：努力工作，世界是你们的，故选 C 项。 3 A.meaningful B harmful C stressful D helpful 解析 D helpful 有益的，有用的
17、，与后面的 a bit of encouragement 照应，故选 D项。 4 A.reminded B expected C supposed D designed 解析 B 从下文的 they persuaded me 可知，他们期望 “ 我 ” 上大学。 expect 期望，期待，故选 B 项。 5 A.hesitated B judged C fixed D decided 解析 D 从语境可知此处应用 decided，作者在 16 岁时决定结婚而不是上大学，故选 D项。 6 A.never B ever C seldom D hardly 解析 A 虽然 “ 我 ” 作出了违背他们
18、意愿的决定，但他们从来没有停止告诉 “ 我 ” 他们【 精品教育资源文库 】 爱 “ 我 ” ，而且 “ 我 ” 可以做任何 “ 我 ” 想做的事，故选 A 项。 7 A.Carefully B Hopefully C Thankfully D Delightfully 解析 C thankfully 幸亏，谢天谢地。由下文作者在学业上取得成绩，并且很感激父母的支持和爱让她能为理想而奋斗可知，作者很庆幸父母用无条件的支持感化了她，说服了她不放弃学业，从而能有机会为理想而奋斗，故选 C 项。 8 A.serve B attend C admit D join 解析 B 从 persuaded
19、一词可以看出作者 没有放弃学业，因此此处表示她高中毕业了，目前在上大学。 attend a university 上大学，故选 B 项。 9 A.neighbourhood B planet C globe D world 解析 D 作者主修医学，她希望使这个世界成为一个更适合人们生活的地方。 globe 指地球或地球仪， world 指世界，故选 D 项。 10 A.grade B problem C failure D value 解析 A 从本段不难看出作者时常把学业上取得的成绩告诉父母。 grade 成绩，等级，故选 A 项。 11 A.whenever B wherever C wh
20、ichever D however 解析 C whichever 修饰 class，无论哪一门课，故选 C 项。 12 A.modest B proud C ashamed D nervous 解析 B 本句含有一个感叹句式的宾语从句，父母对子女取得的成绩当然会感到高兴和自豪。 be proud of 以 ? 自豪，故选 B 项。 13 A.annoyed B praised C relaxed D blessed 解析 D 此处作者把自己在这方面的情况和那些得了 A 而无人可告知的同学相比，认为自己有这样的父母是非常幸福的。 blessed 幸福的，故选 D 项。 14 A.lessons
21、B problems C moments D experiences 解析 B 从本段首句 Dont get me wrong(不要误解 “ 我 ”) 可知，作者与父母之间也并不是一点问题或矛盾都没有的。这一点从本段的 work through those issues 也可以知晓，【 精品教育资源文库 】 故选 B 项。 15 A.teachers B directors C parents D couples 解析 C 不难看出句中的 they 指的就是作者的父母，故选 C 项。 16 A.managed B tried C succeeded D conducted 解析 A 但是 “ 我们 ” 设法成功地解决了那些问题。联系 But 的转折含义可以看出应该用 manage to do sth(成功地做了某事 )。 succeed 后接
