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。课后阅读训练 三Unit 1Period 3. 阅读理解AJack Ma, whose Chinese name is Ma Yun, became the richest man in China, when the company he founded floated on the stock market last year with a value of around140 billion. Here are some interesting stories ab
2、out him. 1. “Beer”was the first word that Jack Ma searched for on the Internet. In 1995 Ma made his first trip to the US and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer” and then “China”, he saw that no results came up relating to China. He decided to set up a Chinese websitethe
3、seed for Alibaba had been sown. 2. Jack Ma applied to study at Harvard 10 times and was rejected each time. Ma failed the entry exams for colleges in China three times and was also rejected for many jobs in China, including one at KFC. He was turned down by Harvard 10 times after applying. 3. Jack M
4、a learnt English by giving tourists free guidesevery day for nine years. Limited resources meant it was difficult to learn English when Ma was young. However, he found that he could learn the language by giving tourists free tours around his hometown of Hangzhousomething that he did during his teena
5、ge years every morning for nine years. He found everything they said and did was so different from what he had been taught at school and by his parents, which opened his mind. 4. Jack Ma named his company Alibaba because its a globally known story. Ma simply wanted his company to have a global and i
6、nteresting name, and realised that Alibaba is a story known across the world and it begins with A, appearing top of lists. The company was founded in 1999 and since then has grown from 15 employees to more than 30, 000. Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China. 【语篇概述】阿里巴巴公司上市以后, 马云成了中国最富有
7、的人。本文讲述了马云的一些小故事。1. Ma Yun determined to set up a Chinese website when_. A. he applied to HarvardB. he visited America for the first timeC. he began to learn EnglishD. he wanted to make a fortune【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据1. “Beer”was the first word that Jack Ma searched for on the Internet. 中的内容可知, 是他在第一次访问美国期
8、间发生的事情让他下决心要建立一个中文网站。2. Which of the following is not mentioned about Ma Yun in the passage? A. He took the entry exams for colleges three times. B. Some employers didnt offer him a job. C. Harvard turned down his application for his poor English. D. He once wanted to work at KFC. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据2.
9、Jack Ma applied to study at Harvard 10 times and was rejected each time. 中的内容可知, 没有提到C项的内容。3. Ma Yuns experience of learning English tells us that_. A. he is a man with strong willB. he made a lot of money as a guideC. he accepted the value of foreignersD. what he had been taught at school was wrong
10、【解析】选A。推理判断题。马云为学英语每天给外国游客做免费导游, 坚持九年。这说明他是一个意志坚强的人。4. From the passage we can conclude that Ma Yun will_. A. make more profit abroadB. settle in AmericaC. merge with other companiesD. expand his business in China【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China. 可知, 马云希望阿里巴巴
11、能继续开拓海外市场, 故选A。BDo you look like your name? Scientists say theres a good chance you do. This comes from a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers from Israel found that our given names may carry social stereotypes(成见), which can be seen in our facial appe
12、arance. Lead author Yonat Zwebner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, along with her team, carried out eight separate studies involving hundreds of participants in Israel and France. The different experiments were set up to answer two main questions: whether people can accurately guess a persons
13、name based only on a headshot and what is behind this matching effect. During the experiments, researchers asked students to look at photos of peoples faces and guess each persons name from a list of four choices. The participants correctly guessed the right name 38 percent of the time, which was be
14、tter than the 25 percent rate of a random one-in-four guess. Whats more, the students were able to best match the faces to the names when the faces they looked at came from within their own culture. French students were better at matching only French names and faces while Israeli students were bette
15、r at matching only Hebrew names and Israeli faces. Researchers believe it is possible that people change their appearance without being aware of it, to match social norms(规范)carried by their names. One study in particular backed up this idea, showing that a hairstyle, something that can be changed b
16、y individuals easily, was enough to guide people in accurately guessing their names. The results of the experiments may even make parents think twice when choosing a name for their child. 【语篇概述】“人如其名”是中国的一句老话, 而近期科学家的一项研究表明,名字或许真的能改变人的容貌。5. Whats the main idea of the text? A. Our facial appearance c
17、an be changed quickly. B. We should change our name to fit our appearance. C. Our given names may carry social stereotypes. D. To introduce a new study published in a journal. 【解析】选C。根据第二段中Researchers from Israel found that our given names may carry social stereotypes, which can be seen in our facia
18、l appearance. 可知选C。6. Which of the following statements is NOT right? A. The participants were good at matching the faces to the names of their own culture. B. The participants mainly came from Israel and France. C. The different experiments were set up to answer two main questions. D. Yonat Zwebner
19、 carried out separate studies by herself. 【解析】选D。根据第三段第一句中的along with her team. . . 可知选D。7. What does the underlined words “backed up” in the sixth paragraph mean? A. Approved of. B. Went against. C. Was enthusiastic about. D. Was annoyed with. 【解析】选A。根据第六段中的. . . showing that a hairstyle, something
20、 that can be changed by individuals easily, was enough to guide people in accurately guessing their names. 可知back up为“赞同、支持”的意思。8. What can we learn from the text? A. we all look like our namesB. parents should be careful when they give their chidren namesC. thousands of participants took part in th
21、e studyD. the random choice of the participants is 38 percent【解析】选B。根据最后一段的. . . parents think twice when choosing a name for their child. 可知选B。CChina has announced its abolishing its one-child policy. What difference has it made, statistically speaking? 400 million births were preventedThe one-chil
22、d policy, officially in place since 1979, has prevented 400 million births. Parents have faced fines and other punishments for having more children. The majority of the decrease in Chinas fertility rate(生育率)happened in the 1970s. It dropped from 5. 8 children per woman in 1970 to 2. 7 in 1978. Despi
23、te the one-child policy the rate had only fallen to 1. 7 by 2013. 2128-baby deaths rateSince the one-child policy was introduced, baby girls have become more likely to die than boys. In the 1970s, according to the United Nations, 60 males per 1, 000 live births died under the age of one. For girls t
24、he figure was 53. In the 1980s, after the one-child policy became official, the rate for both was 36. By the 1990s, 26 males per 1, 000 live births died before the age of one - and 33 girls. The 2000s saw 21 boys per 1, 000 live births dying and 28 girls. 1. 16 boys born for every girlSexually selec
25、tive abortions have been considered as a major cause of Chinas unusual imbalance. Gietel-Basten, associate professor in social policy at Oxford University, says the births of many girls are not registered if parents have broken the rule by having two children, adding officials often turn a blind eye
26、. Its estimated there are now 33 million more men than women in China. 421familiesWith the aging of Chinas population and the continuation of the one-child policy, a “421” home is the description given to households in which there are four grandparents, cared for by two working age parents, who them
27、selves have one child. By 2050, its predicted that a quarter of Chinas population will be 65 or older. The predicted decline in the number of people of working age is thought to have persuaded the government to drop the one-child policy. 【语篇概述】本文通过四组数字来回顾我国的独生子女政策。9. When was the baby deaths rate fo
28、r both boys and girls equal? A. In the 1970s. B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1990s. D. In the 2000s【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二部分的第二段中In the 1980s, after the one-child policy became official, the rate for both was 36. 可知选B。10. What makes the one-child policy abolished according to the passage? A. The decline of bi
29、rth rate. B. The rise of baby deaths rate. C. The change of family structure. D. The decline of working age people. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章的最后一句The predicted decline in the number of people of working age is thought to have persuaded the government to drop the one-child policy. 可知选D。11. The passage sums u
30、p the one-child policy by_. A. numberB. exampleC. contrastD. analysis【解析】选A。推理判断题。从全文分析尤其是每部分的小标题且文章的第一段中statistically speaking可知, 本文是通过数据回看我国的独生子女政策的。故选A。. 语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Many teachers believe that hands-on experience is the 1. _(good)way to learn. A group of students in the U
31、nited States are putting that belief to the test. They 2. _(success)designed and built a robot for discovering unexploded mines 3. _the bottom of the sea. Students made the robot 4. _ (answer)a challenge from the U. S. Department of Defense. The students recently tested the underwater vehicle 5. _(c
32、all)Perseusin a 95-meter-long tank of water at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The robot costs about $15, 000 to build. The students use a video game controller to direct its 6. _(move)in the tank. Whats more, devices known as Japters 7. _(able)the robot to go up, down and toward its target in
33、the water. Video cameras on the robot send images back to a computer through a 13-meter-long cable. Perseusalso has 8. _set of lasers(激光), which are used to measure the size of an object. The robot is the creation of five undergraduate students. For over six months, they worked up 9. _20 hours a wee
34、k to design and build Perseus. DeLome supervised the project from the 10. _(begin)to the end. He says the specialized requirements of robot were demanding. 【语篇概述】许多老师认为实践操作是最好的学习方式, 一群美国学生对此进行了检测。1. 【解析】best。考查形容词最高级。根据题意可以推测最好的学习方法是实践操作, 故填good的最高级形式best。2. 【解析】successfully。考查词性转换。根据此句看出, 所填词用来修饰动词
35、design, 故用副词successfully。3. 【解析】at。考查介词。at the bottom of为固定短语, 意为: 在底部。4. 【解析】to answer。考查不定式。根据上下文, 此处不定式表示目的状语, 意为: 为了响应美国国防部的一个挑战。5. 【解析】called。考查非谓语动词。此处为过去分词作后置定语修饰the underwater vehicle。6. 【解析】movements。考查词性转换。由its可知需加一个名词, 故填move的名词形式movements。7. 【解析】enable。考查动词。该句主语为devices, known as Japters为过去分词短语修饰主语, 故所填词为句子谓语, 将able变成动词形式enable意为: 使能够做。8. 【解析】a。考查固定短语。a set of意为: 一套。9. 【解析】to。考查固定短语。up to多达。10. 【解析】beginning。考查名词。此处the冠词后需加一个名词, 另外from the beginning to the end为固定短语, 意为: 从开始到最后。关闭Word文档返回原板块
