1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。阅读提升作业(一)Module 1Period 1阅读理解AAt first glance Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old girl. She loves dressing up as Elsa from Frozen, playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping. But what makes the British youngster
2、stand out is the fact that shes also a university undergraduate. Esther, from Walsall, an industrial town in the UKs West Midlands area, is one of the countrys youngest college freshmen. The 10-year-old girl enrolled(注册)at the Open University, a UK-based distance learning college, in January and is
3、already top of the class, having recently scored 100% in a recent exam. “Its so interesting. It has the type of maths I love. Its real mathstheories, complex numbers, all that type of stuff, ”she smiles. “It was super easy. My mum taught me in a nice way. ”She adds, “I want to finish the course in t
4、wo years. Then Im going to do my PhD in financial maths when Im 13. I want to have my own bank by the time Im 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people. ”“I actually wanted to start when I was seven. But my mum disagreed. ”“Youre too young, calm down. ”Aft
5、er three years of begging, mother Efe finally agreed to explore the idea. Esther has always jumped ahead of her peers. She sat her first Math GSCE exam, a British high school qualification, at Ounsdale School in Wolverhampton at just six, where she received a C-grade. A year later, she got the A-gra
6、de she wanted. Then last year she scored a B-grade when she sat the Math A-level exam. Esthers mother noticed her daughters flair for figures shortly after she began homeschooling her at the age of three. “In the UK, you dont have to start school until you are five. Education is not compulsory until
7、 that age. ”Efe started by teaching basic number skills but Esther was miles ahead. And Esther isnt the only maths talent in the family. Her younger brother Isaiah, 6, will soon be sitting his first A-level exam in June. 【语篇概述】文章讲的是一个十岁就上大学的英国数学天才女孩Esther的情况。1. What is the passage mainly about? A. A
8、 10-year-old talented University girlB. A Clever British girlC. The importance of homeschoolingD. A talented family【解析】选A。主旨大意题。纵观全文可知文章讲的是一个十岁就上大学的英国数学天才女孩Esther的情况。2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Esther began to learn from her mother at five. B. In the UK,
9、 children dont have to start school until five. C. Esthers younger brother has taken his first A-level exam. D. Esther doesnt have the same interest in life as a normal 10-year-old. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句话可知A项错误; 根据最后一段第二句话可知B项正确; 根据最后一段最后一句话可知C项错误; 根据第一段前两句话可知D项错误。故选B。3. The underlined word “flair”
10、 in the last paragraph refers to _ . A. studyB. trainingC. adviceD. talent【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据最后一段倒数第二句中的maths talent可知应选D。4. The author of the passage aims to _ . A. tell us an interesting story about a 10-year-old girlB. persuade parents to homeschool their childrenC. tell us Esther has a talent for ma
11、ths and is a 10-year-old university studentD. tell us Britain has a good educational system allowing parents to homeschool their children【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章可知本文是为了告诉读者十岁的英国女孩Esther有数学天赋, 现在是这个国家年龄最小的大学新生之一。5. What can we infer from the passage? A. Esthers mother homeschooled her for two years. B. The
12、Open University is a US-based distance learning college. C. Esther wants to finish her university course when she is 13 years old. D. Esther scored A-grade in all her exams. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段前两句话可知A项正确; 根据第二段第二句话中的a UK-based distance learning college可知B项错误; 根据第三段中I want to finish the course in two
13、 years结合文章前两段中提到的10-year-old可知Esther想在12岁时上完课程, 故C项错误; 根据第五段最后三句话可知D项错误, 故选A。BFor many years, artists have flocked to Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the citys beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad, tree-lined streets, the great ch
14、urches, and the graceful river bridges. The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art. Paris had great art museums, filled with famous paintings and statues(雕像)from many countries. And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas. In this city, arti
15、sts felt free to experiment with new ways of painting. As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn from them. People came to buy paintings. People called art dealers set up galleries where paintings were bought and sold. Others kept shops that sold artists paints and supplies.
16、 Students and artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another. They held art fairs, hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets. Today, New York City and Florence, Italy, are also f
17、amous art centers. But the worlds main art exhibits are still held in Paris. Important judges of art live there. Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris. So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the worlds leading art center. 【语篇概
18、述】本文阐述了世界最著名的艺术中心巴黎。6. In Paris artists can make progress in art by doing lots of things EXCEPT _ . A. painting the beautiful scenes of Paris. B. visiting museums, churches and fairs. C. trying out their new ideas in the way of painting. D. buying or selling paintings in the fair. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第一段最
19、后一句可知A、B两项符合。由第二段第三、四句可知C项符合。由第二段最后几句可知, 买卖油画的不是艺术家们。故选择D项。7. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that _ . A. Paris is famous for its artists paints and suppliesB. there is more than one way to paintC. art fairs are held in galleriesD. Florence is the center of world art exhibits【解析】选B
20、。推理判断题。由第二段中的“In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting”可知B项正确; 本文主要讲述的是巴黎的艺术, 所以A项不对; 由第二段后半部分和第三段可知C项不正确; 从最后一段可知D项不对。8. Which of the following statements is not a reason why so many artists prefer to stay in Paris? A. Paris is a beautiful city. B. The French are will
21、ing to accept any new things. C. All the museums are free of charge in Paris. D. Artists can make an easier life in Paris. 【解析】选C。由第一段第二句可知A是原因之一; 由第二段第三句可知B也是原因之一; 由第三段第一句可知D也是原因之一。而文中并未说所有的巴黎博物馆都是免费的。故选C。9. On the whole, this story is about _ . A. the worlds most famous art centerB. how to buy a painting in ParisC. the famous art centers of New York and FlorenceD. where to set up galleries【解析】选A。主旨大意题。文章重点介绍了世界最著名的艺术中心巴黎。其余几项都不是文章重点描述的。关闭Word文档返回原板块