1、Unit15LearningSectionWarm-up&Lesson1Life-longLearning课后篇巩固提升一、根据汉语意思写单词/短语1.What is in the young mans hand?A long (箭).答案arrow2.What is the boy doing there?He is (打勾做记号)the important sentences.答案ticking3.What did the manager tell you just now?He asked me to (简化)my suggestion.答案simplify4.What is the o
2、ld man busy doing now?He is busy studying the (字母表).答案alphabet5.What is the old mans hope?He hopes that his son can find a (稳定的)job.答案secure6.The old man was (解雇)because of age.He was (专心于)in (指导)the little children to make some (改正)in their spelling.He managed to (简化)his explanation so that the chi
3、ldren could understand.Sometimes there was something wrong with his (嗓子),but he didnt give up.答案laid off;buried;instructing;correction;simplify;throat二、写出画线部分的汉语意思The woman has a secure 1.job and she earns a lot every month.However,she never swells 2.with pride.She often helps those who were laid of
4、f 3.She often writes to encourage them using some sayings 4.She never minds what the postage 5. for an airmail 6.is.答案1.稳定的2.膨胀3.解雇4.谚语5.邮资6.航空邮政三、完成句子1.这个留着长头发的年轻男子看起来好像是个女人。(as if)The young man with long hair looks .答案as if he were a woman2.他太疲倦不能再往前走了。(too.to.)He was go any farther.答案too tired to
5、3.你早该回家看看父母了。(It is time that.)It is high time that .答案you went home to see your parents4.这个婴儿太小还不能辨别是非。(distinguish)The baby is too young to .答案distinguish between right and wrong5.当时爷爷正在指导我怎样改善书法。(instruct)At the time my grandpa .答案was instructing me how to improve my handwriting6.如果他来参加会议,我们对他说什么
6、?If he to the meeting,what we say to him?答案were to come;would7.如果你在这儿生活一段时间,你就会对此改变看法的。If you here for a while,you your mind about it.答案lived;would change8.你要是处在我的位置,你也会做同样的事的。 you my position,you the same.答案Were;in;would do9.如果我们早十分钟出发,我们现在就到那儿了。If we ten minutes earlier,we there now.答案had started;
7、would arrive/be/get10.你若早点来,你就已经赶上公共汽车了。 you earlier,you the bus.答案Had;come;would have caught四、阅读理解AWhen I was a child,I had to go to church and obey many other rules,though these rules at times caused resentment(怨恨).Perhaps the most extreme parenting decision my parents made for my four brothers an
8、d sisters and me was to create a home environment without a television.We hated this decision at that time,because there was seemingly no way to keep this embarrassing fact a secret at school.Naturally,simple pleasures like cartoons,football games,and movies became huge novelties(新奇事物).I would go ov
9、er to friends or relatives houses for that access alone.When I reached high school,my parents bought a television,though it had no cable.However,I did spend most of my childhood in a home without a television.In fact not having a television did contribute a great deal to my skills,and it also forced
10、 me to develop other valuable interests.We grew up in a small town,so my brothers and sisters and I spent time exploring streets,fields and woods.And of course I read and wrote and studied,which pushed me toward a career path.So would I give a similar situation to my own children if I had them?I dou
11、bt it,at least not in the most extreme sense.Im too much of a football fan,not to mention the TV serials(连续剧)like TheWire.But television or almost anything for that matter is unhealthy for kids.It can prevent them from living a full life.So maybe a reasonable answer is no cable or no video-game syst
12、ems or simply setting the time limit,but I havent exactly worked out how to confine it yet.Although some people are against my idea,we do need limits after all.1.From the text we can learn that .A.the author didnt like watching TV as a childB.the authors family seldom went to churchC.not having a TV
13、 set brought the author many benefitsD.few homes had a TV set when the author was a child答案C解析推理判断题。根据文中的“Infactnothavingatelevisiondidcontributeagreatdealtomyskills,anditalsoforcedmetodevelopothervaluableinterests.”可知,没有电视带给了作者很多好处。2.From the last paragraph we can learn the author thinks that .A.ch
14、ildren shouldnt watch TV too muchB.children should be forbidden to watch TVC.children should only watch serials and sports on TVD.watching TV is unhealthy for both adults and children答案A解析推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Buttelevisionoralmostanythingforthatmatterisunhealthyforkids.Itcanpreventthemfromlivingafulllife.
15、”可知,作者认为孩子不应该看太多电视。3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “confine” in the last paragraph?A.Limit.B.Punish.C.Reject.D.Support.答案A解析词义猜测题。根据上文的“Somaybeareasonableanswerisnocableornovideo-gamesystemsorsimplysettingthetimelimit”可知,此处意思是:我还没有确定怎样来限制。故选A项。BIn a moment of personal crisis
16、,how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver?I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.One morning I got into three different taxis and announced: “Well,its my first day back in New York in seven years.Ive been in prison.” Not a single driver replied,so I tried ag
17、ain.“Yeah,I shot a man in Reno,” I explained,hoping the driver would ask me why,but nobody asked.The only response came from a Ghanaian driver: “Reno?That is in Nevada?”Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said Id just been fired.“This is America,” a Haitian driver said.“One door is closed
18、.Another is open.” He argued against my plan to burn down my bosss house: “If you do something silly and they put you away,you cannot look for another job.” A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope:he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge
19、,a $20 trip.“Why do you want to go there?Go home and relax.Dont worry.Take a new job.”One very hot weekday in July,while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it,I tried hailing a taxi five times outside different banks.The driver picked me up every time.My
20、ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.“Is anyone following us?”“No,” said the driver,looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me.“Lets go across the park,” I said.“I just robbed the bank there.I got $25,000.”“$25,000?” he asked.“Yeah,you think it was wrong t
21、o take it?”“No,man,I work 8 hours and I dont make almost $70.If I can do that,I do it too.”As we approached 86th and Lexington,I pointed to the Chemical Bank.“Hey,theres another bank,” I said,“Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”“No,I cant wait.Pay me now.” His reluctance may have had so
22、mething to do with moneytaxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too lowbut I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber cant expect unconditional support.4.From the Ghanaian drivers response,we can infer that .A.he showed no concern to the killingB.he was afraid of the authorC.he lo
23、oked down upon the authorD.he thought the author was crazy答案A解析推理判断题。从第二段最后一句可得出答案。5.Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?A.Because he didnt want to help the author get over his career crisis.B.Because he wanted to go home and relax.C.B
24、ecause it was far away from his home.D.Because he suspected that the author was going to commit suicide(自杀).答案D解析推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知,此处司机以为作者要到华盛顿桥去自杀。6.Which of the following statements is TRUE about New York taxi drivers?A.They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.B.They refuse to pick up tho
25、se who would kill themselves.C.They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.D.They work only for money.答案C解析细节理解题。答案可从第三段第一句话中找到,C项是该句的同义替换。A项中的“dowhateveryouwantto”过于绝对;B项不符合逻辑,因为司机不可能先问乘客是否要自杀再决定是否让这个乘客坐车;第三段中司机的例子表明司机不都是为了钱,因此D项不正确。7.What does the passage mainly discuss?A.How to make taxi
26、riders comfortable.B.How to deal with taxi riders.C.The attitudes of taxi drivers towards the taxi riders having personal trouble.D.The attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders.答案C解析主旨大意题。文章开篇第一句话就是整篇文章的主题句,接下来的各段内容都是围绕此主题展开的,只有C项最能概括文章大意。五、七选五TipsforCookingonaTightScheduleFrom my e
27、xperience,there are three main reasons why people dont cook more often:ability,money and time.1 Money is a topic Ill save for another day.So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen.Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:
28、1.Think ahead.The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when Im already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat.So think about of the coming week.When will you have time to cook?Do you have the right materials ready?22.Make your time worth it.When you do find time to cook a meal,make the most
29、of it and save yourself time later on.Are you making one loaf of bread?3 It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.So save yourself the effort for a future meal.3.4 This may surprise you,but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation.It gives
30、you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule.The more you learn and the more you try,the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.Hopefully that gives you a good start.5 And dont let a busy schedule discourage you fro
31、m making some great changes in the way you eat and live!A.Try new things.B.Ability is easily improved.C.Make three or four instead.D.Understand your food better.E.Cooking is a burden for many people.F.Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.G.A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.答案15 BGCAF
