1、课时跟踪练(一) Warm up & Lesson 1Prereading.阅读理解AUnshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbookby Tony Robbins (Author, Narrator)，Jeremy Bobb (Narrator)After interviewing 50 of the worlds greatest financial minds and penning the numberone New York Times best seller Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins retur
2、ns with a stepbystep playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this book will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals.The One Thing: The Surprisi
3、ngly Simple Truth来源:Zxxk.ComBehind Extraordinary Resultsby Gary Keller (Author), Jay Papasan (Author)YOU WANT LESS. You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The daily emails, texts, tweets, messages, and meetings distract you and stress you out. AND YOU WANT MORE. You want more productivi
4、ty from your work, and more income for a better lifestyle. You want more satisfaction from life, and more time for yourself, your family, and your friends. Now The One Thing can help you have both LESS AND MORE. It enables you to master what matters to you. WHATS YOUR ONE THING?Learn Like Einstein:
5、Memorize More, Read Faster，Focus Better, and Master Anything with Easeby Peter Hollins (Author)Wish you could learn and memorize more in less time? Learn Like Einstein is your scientifically proven field guide on using your brain to its fullest potential like Albert Einstein. This is NOT a boring te
6、xtbook full of common tips like “manage your time better and dont cram (临时死记硬背) at the last minute.” There are specific and actionable means to address every aspect of your learning.Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (Author)What if you couldnt touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe i
7、n the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl whos literally allergic (过敏的) to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . and becomes the greatest risk shes ever taken.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四本英文原版图书。1What do we
8、learn about Unshakeable?AIt was written by two authors.BIt is a reflection of collective wisdom.CIt is based on the authors personal experience.DIt was published before Money: Master the Game.解析：选B细节理解题。由Unshakeable介绍中的“After interviewing 50 of the worlds greatest financial minds”可知，该书是作者采访了50位世界商界名
9、流后创作的。2What message does The One Thing mainly convey?AThe benefits of having less.BThe philosophy of giving up.CThe power of achieving more.DThe importance of concentrating.解析：选D推理判断题。由The One Thing介绍中的“Now The One Thing can help you have both LESS AND MORE. It enables you to master what matters to
10、you. WHATS YOUR ONE THING？”可知，该书可以帮助读者抓住最关键的事，也就是专注的重要性。3Which book would be the best choice for people who like reading stories for teens?AUnshakeable. BThe One Thing.CLearn Like Einstein. DEverything, Everything.解析：选D推理判断题。由全文内容可知，只有第四本书Everything, Everything是一本适合给孩子读的故事类图书。BThroughout history sci
11、entists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist, was very smart, but that didnt stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing
12、 how light passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to see what would happen. Luckily, nothing longlasting did. On another occasion he stared at the sun for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have o
13、n his sight. Again he escaped suffering permanent damage, though he had to spend some days in a dark room before his eyes recovered.来源:Zxxk.ComIn the 1750s the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷). He in fact discovered eight more chemical element
14、s including chlorine (氯), though he didnt get any praise for them. He was a very clever scientist, but his one failing was a curious habit of tasting a little of every substance he worked with. This risky practice finally caught up with him, and in 1786 he was found dead in his laboratory surrounded
15、 by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist. He spent a large part of his life studying craters (火山口) on the moon, and how they were formed, and later did research into the comets of the planet Jupiter.
16、In 1997 he and his wife were in the Australian desert where they went every year to search for places where comets might have hit the earth. While driving in the Tanami desert, normally one of the emptiest places in the world, another vehicle crashed into them and Shoemaker was killed on the spot. S
17、ome of his ashes (骨灰) were sent to the moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft and left there he is the only person who has had this honor.语篇解读：本文是记叙文。文章描述了三位科学家冒着牺牲健康甚至是生命的危险在寻找真理的科学之路上所遭受的苦难。4What does the underlined word “permanent” in Paragraph 2 mean?ABrief. BSlight.CLasting. DOrdinary.解析：选
18、C词义猜测题。由第二段介绍牛顿把针插到眼睛里做实验的结果“Luckily, nothing longlasting did”和他盯着太阳看的实验结果“Again he escaped . damage”可知，两次危险的实验都没有让牛顿遭受持久性的伤害。与选项C中的Lasting意思相符。5What did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments?ATasting chemicals.BStaying in the empty lab.CExperimenting in darkness.DWorking together with
19、 others.解析：选A细节理解题。由第三段的“his one failing was a curious habit of tasting a little of every substance he worked with”可知，Karl Scheele有一个弱点是他喜欢做实验时品尝化学品的味道。6What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death?AHe was buried in the Tanami desert.来源:学科网ZXXKBSome of his ashes were placed on the moon.COn
20、e comet of Jupiter was named after him.来源:学科网ZXXKDA spacecraft carrying him traveled around Jupiter.解析：选B细节理解题。由最后一段的“Some of his ashes were sent to the moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft and left there he is the only person who has had this honor.”可知，Shoemaker是唯一死后其部分骨灰被放到了月球上的人。7The text
21、is mainly about three great scientists_.Aspecial honors Bgreat achievementsCfamous experiments Dsuffering in the job解析：选D主旨大意题。文章首段即本文主旨段，下文接着描述了三位科学家冒着牺牲健康甚至是生命的危险在寻找真理的科学之路上所遭受的苦难。CRagtime is a fast and complex kind of music that was popular around the beginning of the twentieth century. Scott Jop
22、lin is now considered to be the most important American ragtime composer (作曲家) and piano player. During his lifetime, Joplin only enjoyed a brief period of professional success in the early 1900s. However, his work had an important, lasting effect on audiences, as well as other composers.When ragtim
23、e first appeared in the late nineteenth century, it was considered a low form of cheap entertainment, not a serious musical movement. Then in 1899, Joplin wrote a ragtime song called Maple Leaf Rag. The song showed Joplins creative blend (融合) of AfricanAmerican rhythm and more established EuropeanAm
24、erican musical styles. It was a huge success and helped to make ragtime popular with the general public. Maple Leaf Rag was the first instrumental composition to sell over one million copies of sheet music. It was also the first music by an African American to find a large audience among European Am
25、ericans.Although the general ragtime style already existed before Joplin began composing, his work attracted a lot of attention from other ragtime composers of his time. Songs like Maple Leaf Rag influenced these composers mostly because they were very popular with the public. And many of them start
26、ed to add similar fast and complex rhythm to their music. Later, composers came to appreciate the high quality of Joplins music, which has continued to capture (引起) the imagination of many composers and musicians up to the present day. For example, many later jazz musicians were influenced by Joplin
27、s complex Africanstyle rhythm. Jazz, in turn, went on to influence many more popular music styles. These include the blues, rock and roll, soul, and even hiphop. As a result, many music historians now list Joplins work as an early basis of all modern popular music.语篇解读：本文是说明文。美国黑人作曲家斯科特乔普林创作的拉格泰姆音乐作
28、品对美国音乐产生了巨大影响。8What do we learn about ragtime?AIt originated in Europe.BIt was started by Joplin.CIt disappeared around the year 1900.DIt was most popular during Joplins time.解析：选D细节理解题。由第一段的描述可知，拉格泰姆在20世纪初非常受欢迎，斯科特乔普林是最有名的美国拉格泰姆作曲家。 9Which of the following is TRUE regarding Maple Leaf Rag?AIt was n
29、ot serious music.BIt made ragtime cheaper.CIt was a mix of musical styles.DIt failed to entertain audiences.解析：选C推理判断题。由第二段中的“The song showed Joplins creative blend of AfricanAmerican rhythm and more established EuropeanAmerican musical styles.”可知，斯科特乔普林在创作枫叶拉格这首歌曲时创造性地融合了非裔美国人的音乐节奏和更为成熟的欧美音乐风格。10Ho
30、w did other composers feel about Joplins music?AIt was topclass.BIt was hard to play.CIt was slow and soft.DIt lacked imagination.解析：选A推理判断题。由最后一段中的“Songs like Maple Leaf Rag influenced these composers”和“composers came to appreciate the high quality of Joplins music, which has continued to capture t
31、he imagination of many composers and musicians up to the present day”可知，作曲家深受乔普林的音乐的影响，并且他们逐渐开始欣赏他高品质的音乐。来源:Zxxk.Com11Whats the focus of this text?AThe life story of Joplin.BThe rise of ragtime composers.CThe development of jazz music.DThe influence of Joplins music.解析：选D主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了美国黑人作曲家斯
32、科特乔普林创作的拉格泰姆音乐作品对美国音乐产生的影响。.阅读七选五How to live life to the fullest“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre going to get.” But for those who take critical (关键的) decisions, life can be different. The meaning of your life is something you create day after day with your own actions and
33、 thoughts. Life is made up of choices and decisionmaking is critical as each choice has both consequences and benefits. _1_. Always ask what you can learn and how you can move forward, and stop yourself from blaming other people if things arent the way you would like them to be.Seize (抓住) the day. L
34、ive each day as if its your last day. _2_ thats why its called the present. Life presents us with a lifetime of opportunities, but the opportunities of a lifetime are got when right choices are followed. Be present to enjoy the moment. Each day is a fresh start with choices just waiting to be explor
35、ed, so what are you waiting for?Fully accept the present. This is a great way to live life. _3_. However, it does not mean not trying to change it. It means being truly yourself, accepting the present around you, and then trying to change it. Often ask yourself: “Has my resistance helped me in any w
36、ay？” Remember: “Life goes on.”Accept yourself. _4_. This is the very first step you must take if you really want to live life to the fullest. Why? Because if youre judging yourself or thinking part of you is wrong, youll limit yourself. And if you limit yourself, you cant live life to the fullest._5
37、_. No matter what the situation you find yourself in, always be focused on what you can be learning from it, how you can be growing, and what you can be taking away from it, so that you can respond to similar situations more effectively in the future.AAlways be learningBDont judge yourselfCBe honest with yourself and othersDPlease weigh the latter and always choose lifeEDo the right thing, so you can share in the futureFYesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a giftGIt means accepting your present the way it is, and offering no resistance to it答案：15DFGBA
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