1、Lesson 2Brain Power课时过关即时巩固一、单词拼写1.Its said that our exam has been p until next Monday.答案:postponed2.He s her face but there were no signs of emotion.答案:scanned3.There is a evidence to prove his guilt.答案:ample4.He t his friends in his country cottage last week.答案:treated5.He folds the table flat for
2、 easy s.答案:storage二、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式完成句子build uptreatwork outgo overcome up get throughconsist in1.A lot of unexpected questions at the meeting yesterday.答案:came up2.I tried again and again,but still couldnt .答案:get through3.Youd better all the papers before you hand them in.答案:go over4.The beauty o
3、f the city its magnificent buildings.答案:consists in5.It was an easy problem and even children could it .答案:work;out6.Dont worry about the cost its my .答案:treat7.He has a very successful business.答案:built up三、七选五阅读理解根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How fit are you?Do you look after yourself?D
4、o you eat healthily or do you eat anything you like?Premier League football club Aston Villa is encouraging its players and local children to eat healthy food.1.How fit is a footballer?Could you run ten kilometers in 90 minutes?2. Footballers have to be strong,quick,skillful and creative in their mo
5、ves.Every Premier League club makes sure it has a good coaching scheme and a well-planned fitness program.They also make sure that players have the practice and training that will prepare them for matches.3.A good diet is the most basic and important part of sport these days.Aston Villa manager Mart
6、in ONeills sport and health experts have chosen a secret weaponorganic food.Fitness manager Jim Henry eats with his players and says,“I chose to switch to organic food for Aston Villa because Ive read studies showing that organic food has higher levels of vitamins,minerals and antioxidants.”What sho
7、uld a footballer eat after the match?Head chef at Aston Villa feeds players with the best food as soon as they finish an away match.He says,“4.There is an hour of opportunity when they need to eat to get the best muscle strength,so I hand out meals on the coach on the way home.If we can make one per
8、cent difference to the players by using organic food,then it is worth it.”Teach the footballers healthy eating.Everyone at Aston Villa enjoys organic food at their training ground.5. As part of their work in the community,Aston Villa has opened up its kitchen and invited children from local schools
9、to come and learn how to cook with the help of the Villa head chef.A.A professional footballer can.B.Take a lot of exercise to keep fit.C.Footballers should choose and eat the right thing.D.Diets play a very important role in peoples health.E.That is because they know what you eat is the key to succ
10、ess.F.Food is very important to sports stars particularly after a game.G.But the club is also worried about the unhealthy diet among local children.答案:15 EACFG四、完形填空We humans experience two kinds of limitations:physical and mental.I had a remarkable 1with Nancy,who was a 2 of M.S.(多发性神经硬化症),about ph
11、ysical limitations.She could no longer 3and spent her waking hours in a wheelchair.“Im not confined(限制) to a wheelchair,”she insisted.“It doesnt confine me.It sets me 4.”“Before I got my wheelchair,”she continued,“I had trouble 5.Now I can go to many places!People confined to a room or a bed are usu
12、ally 6.They spend their lives with a 7 heart.So what I want to do is set them free.”Because of her 8,Nancy now helps people find ways of 9 more physical freedom.But we humans suffer from other kinds of limitations,too.We need free ourselves from 10 attitudes.Almost everybody walks around with a vast
13、 burden(负担) of imaginary limitations inside their 11.While the burden remains,personal success is difficult to 12.What burden of limiting beliefs and attitudes are you walking around with?Do you ever say,“I cant 13this?”Do you believe other people can 14the good things of life or simply be happy,but
14、 not you?The patterns of 15 are as much of a burden as a bag of rocks tied to your back.Okay,certain limitations are a part of our 16.You may be more able to see those that are 17.After all,mental limitations can be 18hidden.But when you 19 limiting attitudes and beliefs,youll discover 20you never d
15、reamed of.Youll do things you never thought you could do and youll be truly free!1.A.partyB.competitionC.conversationD.agreement解析:下文就是作者跟Nancy “谈话(conversation)”的内容。答案:C2.A.reporterB.doctorC.scientistD.sufferer解析:由下文谈到的Nancy的状况可知,她是一个多发性神经硬化症“患者(sufferer)”。答案:D3.A.sleepB.walkC.listenD.talk解析:从下文的in
16、 a wheelchair可知,她无法“走路(walk)”。答案:B4.A.freeB.naturalC.comfortableD.relaxing解析:由下文“Now I can go to many places!”可知,Nancy认为有了轮椅后她更“自由(free)”了。答案:A5.A.staying upB.turning aroundC.getting aroundD.waking up解析:由下文“Now I can go to many places!”可知,没有轮椅前,Nancy无法“来回活动(getting around)”。答案:C6.A.cruelB.strangeC.c
17、almD.depressed解析:卧病在床的那些人情绪应该是比较“低落的(depressed)”,他们怀着“沉重的(heavy)”心情度日。答案:D7.A.hardB.heavyC.warmD.big解析:情绪低落,心情自然也就很“沉重”。答案:B8.A.diseaseB.faultC.failureD.carelessness解析:因为Nancy有患“病(disease)”的经历,她现在正帮助人们“获得(gaining)”更多的自由。答案:A9.A.lovingB.wantingC.gainingD.demanding解析:“获得”自由,gain“获得”,符合语境。答案:C10.A.corr
18、ectB.casualC.publicD.negative解析:我们需要把自己从“消极的(negative)”态度中解放出来。答案:D11.A.handB.headC.homeD.coat解析:思维的缺陷应该是在“大脑(head)”中。答案:B12.A.loseB.measureC.achieveD.remember解析:只要这种负担存在,成功就很难“实现(achieve)”。答案:C13.A.changeB.reviewC.forgetD.guess解析:此处是举几个消极无奈的表现的例子,由此可知,这里是说“我”无力“改变(change)”这件事。答案:A14.A.understandB.e
19、xperienceC.preventD.damage解析:你相信别人能够“经历(experience)”美好的事情或纯粹地快乐,而你却不行吗?答案:B15.A.discussingB.speakingC.writingD.thinking解析:上文举的例子都是一个人的消极“想法(thinking)”。答案:D16.A.lifeB.journeyC.challengeD.program解析:有些缺陷是“生活(life)”的一部分。答案:A17.A.perfectB.exactC.physicalD.simple解析:“生理(physical)”缺陷与下文的mental limitations构成
20、对比。答案:C18.A.reallyB.easilyC.accidentallyD.eventually解析:思维上的缺陷“容易(easily)”隐藏。答案:B19.A.get rid ofB.make fun ofC.come up withD.live up to解析:但是,当你真的能“克服(get rid of)”这种思维缺陷时,你就能获得巨大的“力量(powers)”。答案:A20.A.friendshipB.knowledgeC.dutiesD.powers解析:由下文的“Youll do things you never thought you could do.”可知,你能获得巨
21、大的力量(powers)。答案:D五、语篇填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。3-D printers 1.(be) around us for some time.There is a lot you can do and 2.(imagination) with a 3-D printer.Now add “building a house in a day” 3. the list.A company in China has 4.(recent) used 3-D printers to make ten full-size houses in just
22、 24 hours.And each of the houses covers an area of 200 square meters.These houses are printed with special “ink”5. has been made from industrial construction waste.The using of cheap material makes 6. possible to print each house under $5,000.The CEO of the company says,“They are both environmentall
23、y 7.(friend) and cost-effective.”He plans to set up 100 recycling factories across China and continue 8.(change) waste into cost-effective “ink” for 3-D printers.He also hopes his printers can be used to build tall 9. (build).However,at present,multi-storey 3-D printed buildings are not allowed in China.So its impossible that the 3-D printing technology will be 10.(wide) used to build homes any time soon.Maybe there is still a long way to go.答案:1.have been2.imagine3.to4.recently5.that/which6.it7.friendly8.changing/to change9.buildings 10.widely7