1、Week 2ThursdayTask 1：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。(2015安徽，B)When her five daughters were young，Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结)To show this，she held up one chopstick，representing one person.Then she easily broke it into two pieces.Next，she tied several chopstick
2、s together，representing a family.She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California.However，when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in
3、Vietnam in 1975，they didnt have much money.They moved their family to San Francisco.There they joined Dannys mother，Diana，who owned a small Italian sandwich shop.Soon afterwards，Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant
4、when they were young.However，Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves，but one by one，the daughters returned to work in the family business.They open
5、ed new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other，they worked together to make the business successful.Daughter Elizabeth explains，“Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity，and to have unity we must have peace.Without th
6、e strength of the family，there is no business.”Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996，with three generations of Ans working together.Now the Ans corporation makes more than 20 million each year.Although they began with a small restaurant，they had big dreams，and they worked toget
7、her.Now they are a big success.【语篇解读】文章通过讲述一个家庭企业的发展历程来强调家庭团结的重要性。Helene和丈夫离开越南时，他们并不富有。Helene 给她的女儿讲述了一个关于团结的故事。几双筷子被绑在一起将会很难被折断，家庭亦是如此。1Helene tied several chopsticks together to show_Athe strength of family unityBthe difficulty of growing upCthe advantage of chopsticksDthe best way of giving a le
8、sson答案A推理判断题。由文章第一段第一句“.Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结)”可知，Helene总是告诉她们团结就是力量。她用几双筷子捆起来难以折断这个事例来说明家庭团结的力量，故选A。2We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family_Astarted a business in 1975Bleft Vietnam without much moneyCbought a restaurant in San FranciscoDopened a sa
9、ndwich shop in Los Angeles答案B细节理解题。由文章第二段中的“However，when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975，they didnt have much money.”可知，An一家离开越南的时候，并没有多少钱，故选B项。3What can we infer about the An daughters?AThey did not finish their college education.BThey could not bear to work in the f
10、amily business.CThey were influenced by what Helene taught them.DThey were troubled by disagreement among family members.答案C推理判断题。由第三段中的“Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity，and to have unity we must have peace.”可知，孩子们受母亲的影响，知道团结的力量，故C项正确。4Which of the following can be the best ti
11、tle for the passage?AHow to Run a CorporationBStrength Comes from PeaceCHow to Achieve a Big DreamDFamily Unity Builds Success答案D标题归纳题。全文讲述了An一家人团结一致，将家族生意越做越大的事情，因此D项“家族团结铸就成功”最能概括文章主旨。Task 2：词汇积累1unity n团结；一致 2chopstick n筷子3grow up 成长 4graduate from 从毕业5one by one 一个一个地6even though 虽然；尽管_ 7eventua
12、lly adv.最终 8corporation n公司 Task 3：单句语法填空1However，when Helene and her husband Danny _ (leave) their home in Vietnam in 1975，they didnt have much money.2There they joined Dannys mother，Diana，_ owned a small Italian sandwich shop.3However，Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family
13、business _ she thought it was too hard.4Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves，_ one by one，the daughters returned to work in the family business.5Even though family members sometimes disagreed _ each other，they worked together to make the business succe
14、ssful.答案1.left2.who3.because4.but5.withTask 4：单句改错1Then she easy broke it into two pieces.2Our mother taught us that succeed we must have unity，and to have unity we must have peace.3Without the strength of the family，there is not business.4Although they began with a small restaurant，but they had big
15、 dreams，and they worked together.答案1.easyeasily2.succeed前加to3.notno4.去掉butTask 5：攻克长难句(分析句子结构，尝试翻译成汉语)Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other，they worked together to make the business successful.分析：本句含有一个以even though引导的让步状语从句，主句是they worked together。译文：尽管家庭成员有时彼此意见不一致，但是他们共同努力把生意做得很成功。
