1、Unit 3 Family matters阅读理解ADad worked extremely hard all his life, taking whatever jobs he could do to keep food on the table. He read all the time and was quite hardworking, but he was not given many opportunities. He worked mainly janitorial (清洁的) jobs at schools, restaurants and mailrooms. Once in
2、 a while I helped Dad clean these places, mostly to give him company. One of the most interesting jobs was in My Place Tavern, a bar we cleaned from 2：00 to 4：00 in the morning. I found loose change on the floor, which made me have chances to buy candies.In addition to these jobs, he always had a pa
3、per route (送报); not just a neighborhood route, but a whole city netone route was from midnight to six in the morning. He was always tired, falling asleep anytime he stopped moving. He fell asleep sitting, standing, eating, even driving, etc. On a night I helped him with his Wall Street Journal route
4、. He stopped at a stop sign and fell asleep. I watched him for about 20 minutes, and then woke him up. I felt pity for him; he was so tired.In high school he hung out with my friends and me，occasionally going to a theatre in West Seattle. At home, when he fell asleep, whoever was around would help m
5、e dress him up；then we turned off the lights, left the room and yelled his name out loud, “Dad, get up！” Or as my friends Carlos or Jay would yell, “Louis, get up ！” Then he stood up, completely losing the way, and walked around like a ghostit was so entertaining.作者介绍了自己的父亲父亲热爱家庭，为了养家糊口，任劳任怨，同时做很多份工
6、作。作者看在眼里疼在心里，父亲在作者眼中是一个可亲可爱又可敬的人。1Why did the author go to Dads working places?ATo get some food from other workers.BTo get more opportunities of jobs.CTo make some pocket money.DTo be a companion of Dad.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“Once in a while I helped Dad clean these places，mostly to give him company
7、.”可知，作者到父亲工作的地方去主要是为了和他做伴，故选D项。2How could the author buy some candies?ADad gave him some money as a reward.BHe himself worked in restaurants after school.CHe found some change in a bar where Dad worked.DHis mother gave him some money once in a while.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“I found loose change on the
8、 floor，which made me have chances to buy candies.”可知，作者在父亲工作的酒吧有时候能捡到一些零钱，可以买糖吃。3Why did the author feel pitiful for Dad?AHe had to change his jobs all the time.BHe was too tired with so much work to do.CHe could fall asleep at any time and any place.DHe could only sleep twenty minutes every day.答案：
9、B解析：推理判断题。通读第二段的内容，特别是“He was always tired，falling asleep anytime he stopped moving.”可知，父亲每天工作量大而且时间长，非常疲劳，几乎站着就能睡着，所以作者很怜惜父亲。4The authors friends dressed Dad up because they planned to _.Awake Dad up in a funny wayBguide him to a theatre in West SeattleCinstruct him to play the role of a ghostDfrig
10、hten him into allowing them to go to a theatre答案：A解析：推理判断题。通读最后一段特别是最后一句“Then he stood up，completely losing the way，and walked around like a ghostit was so entertaining.”可知，作者和朋友趁着父亲熟睡的时候将其装扮好，然后再将其叫醒，目的是捉弄父亲，故选A项。BBringing up children is hard work，and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of
11、your children. If so, Judith Rich Harris has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important longterm effects on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and neighborhood.Ms Harris takes to hitting the assumption，which has domina
12、ted (支配) developmental psychology for almost half a century.Ms Harriss attack on the developmental psychologists“nurture” argument looks likely to reinforce(加强) doubts that the profession was already having. If parents matter, why is it that two adopted children, brought up in the same home, are no
13、more similar in personality than two adopted children brought up in separate homes? Or that a pair of identical twins, brought up in the same home, are no more alike than a pair of identical twins brought up in different homes?Difficult as it is to track the clear effects of parental upbringing, it
14、may be harder to measure the exact influence of the peer (同龄人) group in childhood and adolescence. Ms Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak. But acquiring a language is surely a skill, rather than a characteristic of the s
15、ort developmental psychologists hunt for. Certainly it is different from growing up tensely or relaxed, or from learning to be honest or hardworking or generous. Easy though it may be to prove that parents have little impact on those qualities, it will be hard to prove that peers have vastly more.Mo
16、reover, Mum and Dad surely cannot be ignored completely. Young adults may, as Ms Harris argues, be keen to appear like their peers. But even in those early years, parents have the power to open doors: They may choose the peers with whom their young associate，and pick that influential neighborhood. M
17、oreover, most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age. So the balance of influences is probably complicated. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example, parents
18、are not completely off the hook.本文讲述了影响孩子成长的因素，不仅仅是父母，还有来自社会与邻居、朋友等的影响。5The developmental psychologists think_.Achildren are more influenced by their peersBidentical twins raised in the same home are different in personalityCtwins raised in two separate families are different in personalityDupbringi
19、ng has a less significant effect on childrens personality development答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容可知，成长心理学家强调父母在孩子成长中的作用，对孩子人格形成起重要作用。由此可知C项表述符合此观点。故选C项。6According to Paragraph 3, we know that _.Ait is easier for children to gain a language at homeBit is harder to follow the effects of parental upbringingC
20、immigrant children avoid speaking the same way as their parents at schoolDit is proved that peers have a greater effect on childrens qualities答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“Ms Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak.”可知，移民的小孩在学校不用父母说
21、话的方式说话。故选C项。7What does the author mean by saying parents are not completely off the hook at the end of the passage?AParents should control the situation.BParents should give their way to children.CParents should spend more time on children.DParents should take on their responsibility.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据文章所描述的孩子所受的影响不仅来源于父母，外界也会影响孩子，而父母还未摆脱的意思是指，父母仍有责任管教自己的孩子，引导孩子的成长方向。故选D项。
