1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 20 New Frontiers(B) . 阅读理解 (2017 湖南长沙高三年级统一模拟考试 ) Gregory Talley used to sleep in a park or under a bridge.The 50yearold has been homeless for more than 10 years. “ It is hard.Its hard to live homeless.You filled every day trying to find out where you are going to get something to
2、 eat.If I hadnt found the wonderful Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter in Virginia， I wouldnt know where I would be by now.I might be dead，” Talley said. The Kennedy Shelter is one of the facilities New Hope Housing provides for homeless people. Pam Michell has devoted her life to making the lives of th
3、is vulnerable(易受伤的 ) population better as executive director of the nonprofit organization. “ I went to Africa in 1985.And I saw a huge amount of poverty， but I saw so much hope.And I decided that I should try to do something that would bring hope to people，”Michell said. When Michell began working
4、with New Hope Housing 25 years ago， its three shelters had about 80 beds.Now， it has 350 beds and serves about 1， 500 homeless people every year.She has expanded the program beyond just providing beds for the night. “ We do outreach(外展服务 )； we do prevention； we do permanent housing； we do transition
5、al housing.We have an education program with all sorts of different things to move people to end their homelessness，” she said.“ Our Out of Poverty program is not just about money.Its about you could be spiritually poor， you could be relationship poor.you could be educationally poor.So it is focusin
6、g on how you get out of this poverty that has brought you to being homeless.”The program tries to teach the shelter residents selfreliance(自立 ) and work values， and includes courses on planning and personal responsibility. “ I learned I still have opportunities to change it and I can change it，” sai
7、d shelter resident Lewis Webster.“ It is just about going forth in doing necessary work to do it.I mean if you really want better， you would do better and thats the frame of mind of me now.” 【 精品教育资源文库 】 【语篇解读】 本文主要 介绍了一个帮助流浪者的非营利组织。这个组织为流浪者提供住处 ，教育他们自立。 1 Gregory Talleys story is told at the begin
8、ning of the text to A tell readers the situation for the poor in the US are getting worse B introduce a nonprofit organization that is trying to help the poor in the US C disclose the truth that more and more homeless people are dying from hunger D remind readers that the homeless people in the US h
9、ave no trouble getting food B 考查目的意图。文章第一、二段介绍了 五十岁的 Talley 流浪了十多年 ， 如果没有Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter， 他可能已经死去；接着下文介绍 Kennedy Shelter是非营利性组织 New Hope Housing 为无家可归者提供的住处之一 ， 并由此引出该组织对穷人的帮助。据此可以判断 ， B 项正确。 2 According to Paragraph 6， Pam Michell started to bring hope to the homeless by A providing
10、clothes for them B offering food to them C building new houses for them D offering them shelters for the night D 考查细节理解。根据第六段的第一句 “When Michell bega n working with New Hope Housing 25 years ago， its three shelters had about 80 beds” 和第三句中的“providing beds for the night” 可知 ， Michell 的慈善工作是通过为无家可归者提供住
11、处开始的 ， 故 D 项正确。 3 What is the final purpose of the education program? A To tell the homeless people the ways to make money. B To help the homeless people find the causes of their poverty. C To encourage the homeless to work and rely on themselves. D To teach the poor how to live a better life in the
12、 shelters. C 考查细节理解 。根据第七段的最后一句“ The program tries to teach the shelter residents selfreliance(自立 ) and work values， and includes courses on planning and personal responsibility” 可知 ， 教育项目的最终目的是鼓励无家可归者依靠自己的双手生活 ， 故 C 项正确。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 4 What may be the best title for the text? A Comfort in the Kenn
13、edy Shelter B Ways to Achieve Success C An Opportunity to Fight Homelessness D An Organization to End Homelessness D 考查标题判断。通读全文可知 ， 本文主要介绍了一个旨在帮助流浪者并最终让他们自食其力的非营利组织 ， 故 D 项最能概括文章。 . 阅读七选五 (2017 贵州省普通高等学校招生适应性考试 ) Many arguments teenagers have with their parents are about one thing ：independence.As
14、you get older， youll want to do more stuff on your own， without your mom and dad tagging along with you.The arguments generally start when your parents think you arent ready for extra responsibility while you think you are.Arguing with your parents isnt the best solution at all， but the best solutio
15、n is gaining trust from your parents. 1 Understand that its not your parents who do not want you to have independence.They want the best for you and think youre not ready or youll hurt yourself if you have the freedom to do whatever you want.Show your parents you can be sensible. 2 If you cant get h
16、ome by 9： 30， theyll never let you out after 10： 00. Agree with them some“ friends time” and some“ family time” so that they know you wont be spending your whole weekend out with your friends. 3 They wont imagine you getting into trouble if they know how they are. 4 They wont feel much worried letti
17、ng you go off on your own if they know what youre up to.Call in and tell your parents that youre OK from time to time.The less they worry about you， the more independence youll gain. 5 If they find out， all that trust will be destroyed and then youll never get the extra independence you ever wanted.
18、 A Show your parents how independent you are. B Never lie to your parents about where youre going. C Remember to ask for your parents help if you need it. D Always tell your parents when you are， and who youre with. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 E Generally speaking， they wont be worried about increasing your indep
19、endence. F And before you enjoy the“f riends time” ， introduce your friends to your parents. G Agree a time youll be home with your parents， and always make sure you keep to it. 【语篇解读】 本文论述了解决青少年想要独立而经常和父母发生矛盾这一问题的四个方法。 1 E 根据该空位置可知 ， 该空承上启下 ， 既总结第一段大意 ， 又引出下文；而第一段主要陈述 “ 青少年想要独立 ， 但经常和父母发生矛盾 ， 解决这一问
20、题的关键是取得 父母的信任” ， 再结合下文的整体内容可知 ， E 项符合文章。 2 G 根据空处后一句 “If you cant get home by 9 ： 30， theyll never let you out after 10： 00” 可知 ， 如果你无法在 9： 30 之前回家 ， 他们将不会让你在 10： 00 之后外出；据此可知 ， 空处陈述 “ 和父母商定一个你到家的时间 ， 一直保证按时到家 ” ， 故 G项正确 。 3 F 根据空处前一句中的 “Agree with them somefriends time” 可知 ， 空处讲述在享受和朋友在一起的美 好时光之前 ，
21、 你可以向父母介绍朋友以免父母担心 ， 故 F 项正确。 4 D 根据空处所在位置可知 ， 空处是该段的主题句；通读该段内容可知 ， 该段主要说要告知你的父母你的情况 ， 据此可知 ， D 项符合文意。 5 B 根据空处后一句 “If they find out ， all that trust will be destroyed and then youll never get the extra independence you ever wanted” 可知 ， 一旦被父母发现 ，你们之间的信任会遭到破坏 ， 你便无法获得想 要的独立；据此可以判断 ， 空处表示 “ 不要在自己的行踪方面
22、向父母撒谎 ” ， 故 B 项正确。 . 语法填空 (2017 河南开封一模 )At the last weekend of November， I drove to Fragrant Hills Park to see red leaves with my wife.Although the park announced it closed 1 (it) yearly Red Leaf Festival early on November 13， it was still very crowded.It 2 (report) that it received more than one million visitors during the Red Leaf Festival. We were told four ways to the top of the mountain
