1、Section The Language Points of Reading课时作业(一)对应学生用书P15完形填空During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits I _1_ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesnt want to _2_ a few dol
2、lars? More than that, Id always wanted to learn chess And, even if I werent _3_ enough about free credits, news about our _4_ was appealing enough to me He was an international grandmaster, which _5_ I would be learning from one of the games _6_ I could hardly wait to _7_ himMaurice Ashley was kind
3、and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this _8_ was no game for him: he meant business In his introduction, he made it _9_ that our credits would be hardearned In order to _10_ the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we planned to _11_ what we would learn in cla
4、ss to our future professions and, _12_， to our lives I managed to get an A in that _13_ and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the _14_ Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, Im still putting to use what he _15_ me, “The absolute most important _16_ that you learn when you pla
5、y chess is how to make good _17_ On every single move you have to _18_ a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and _19_ the best move from among all your options” These words still ring true today in my _20_ as a journalist篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了“我”在大二学的免费课程下棋，并讲述了它对“我”生活的指导意义。1Aput forw
6、ard Bjumped at Ctried out Dturned down答案：B根据上文的“a free course”和下文的“who doesnt want to _2_ a few dollars”推断，作者迫不及待地接受了上课的念头。jump at意为“迫不及待地接受”，符合语境。2Awaste Bearn Csave Dpay答案：C此处和上文的“a free course”呼应，指能省钱。save “节省”，符合语境。3Aexcited Bworried Cmoved Dtired答案：A根据上文可知，作者对免费上课能拿学分这件事很感兴趣，而且他想学国际象棋。此句是even i
7、f引导的让步状语从句，因此选择excited，表示即使对免费的学分不激动，教练也足以吸引他。4Atitle Bcompetitor Ctextbook Dinstructor答案：D下文紧接着介绍这位教练，由此可知，此处是指国际象棋课程的教练(instructor)。5Aurged Bdemanded Cheld Dmeant答案：D此空格后是对上文“an international grandmaster”的进一步解释说明，mean (that) 意为“意味着”，符合语境。6Afastest Beasiest Cbest Drarest答案：C根据上文“He was an internati
8、onal grandmaster”可知，作者能师从这个项目最好的选手之一，故选择best，意为“最好的人 (或事物)”，符合语境。7Ainterview Bmeet Cchallenge Dbeat答案：B根据上文，教练是国际象棋大师，作者能从他那里受益良多，因此作者迫不及待地想见到他，故选择meet。8Achance Bqualification Chonor Djob答案：D根据上文的“returning to teach”可知，教练回到母校任职。job “工作”，符合语境。9Areal Bperfect Cclear Dpossible答案：Cmake it clear that指“明确
9、表明，”，符合语境。10Aattend Bpass Cskip Dobserve答案：B根据下文的“criteria”以及“write a paper”可知，此处是说如何顺利学完课程。pass “通过”，符合语境。11Aadd Bexpose Capply Dcompare答案：C“what we would learn in class”和“our future professions”形成对比，把课堂所学应用于未来的职业中。apply sth to sth意为“把某事物应用于某事物”，符合语境。12Aeventually Bnaturally Cdirectly Dnormally答案：A
10、把课堂所学应用于职业中，最终再应用于生活中，因此选择eventually。13Agame Bpresentation Ccourse Dexperiment答案：C此处指作者的该课程(course)得了A。文章第一段中的“a free course”亦有提示。14Acriterion Bclassroom Cdepartment Dsituation答案：B根据下文的作者把课堂所学用于人生可知，作者学到的已经远远超越了课堂(classroom)的范围。15Ataught Bwrote Cquestioned Dpromised答案：A下文内容都是教练在课上教(taught)给作者的。16Afa
11、ct Bstep Cmanner Dskill答案：D作者学习的是国际象棋，再根据下文对下国际象棋的描述推断此处是在讲最重要的技巧(skill)。17Agrades Bdecisions Cimpressions Dcomments答案：B根据下文“下每一步棋你都要分析”推断，此处表示最为重要的是作出明智的决定(decisions)。18Aanalyze Bdescribe Crebuild Dcontrol答案：A此处是讲下棋时每一步都要分析(analyze)局势，考虑对手的下法。19Aannounce Bsignal Cblock Devaluate答案：D此处指通过分析局势，研究对手的下
12、法，从而评估(evaluate)最好的走法。20Arole Bdesire Cconcern Dbehavior答案：A空格后的“as a journalist”点明作者的社会角色(role)。阅读理解AThe first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 There are nine sports: cycling, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, weightlifting, rowing, wrestling and shooting Sailing was also to
13、have taken place, but had to be cancelled (取消) because of bad weather at seaIn the first Olympics there were no real team sports Then, slowly, a few team sports joined the program Football and hockey were the first team sports introduced into the Olympics in London in 1908 Then in 1936, at the Berli
14、n Olympics, the Germans brought in handball and the Americans had basketball accepted as an Olympic sportIt often happens that the country that introduces a new sport into the Olympics then goes on to win the gold medals In 1904, at the Olympics in St Louis, the Americans introduced boxing and won a
15、ll seven events Five horse riding events were introduced into the 1912 Stockholm (斯德哥尔摩) Olympics, and Swedish riders won four of them And in 1964, at the Tokyo Olympics, two sports which are popular in Japan were introduced: judo (柔道) and volleyball The Japanese won all three gold medals in the jud
16、o, and also won the first womens volleyball competition Some new sports have recently been added to the Olympics In Los Angeles, in 1984, baseball was introduced and became an Olympic sport In Seoul (汉城), Korea in 1988, table tennis was introduced for the first time， and tennis returned as an Olympi
17、c sport Unlike tennis, some sports, such as golf and rugby (橄榄球), have been tried in the Olympics but have never returned1The text is mainly about _Athe ancient Olympic GamesBthe modern Olympic GamesCthe ancient and modern Olympic GamesDhow many events there are in the Olympic Games答案：B主旨大意题。通读全文后，由
18、本文的第一句可知，此篇文章讲的是“现代奥运会”。2Football was first introduced into the Olympics in _A1908, London B1936, BerlinC1904, St Louis D1988, Seoul答案：A细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句可直接得到答案。3Which sport is different from the other three in the group?ABasketball BFootballCHorseriding DBaseball答案：C推理判断题。A、B、D三项都是集体项目，而horseriding 骑
19、马则是个人项目。4Which of the following statements is NOT true?AThe first modern Olympic Games were held in AthensBAt the time when the first modern Olympic Games were held, there were not so many sports as there are todayCThe Olympic Games are held every four yearsDThe country which introduces a new sport
20、into the Olympics usually cannot get the gold medal for that event答案：D细节理解题。A、B、C三项在文中都提到过，根据第三段内容可知，D项显然是错的。1wrestling n 摔跤 2introduce vt 引进；介绍1be added to 被加上 2for the first time 第一次BPlaying sports is a good way to have fun and stay active Children have lots of choices about which sports to do and
21、 whether to compete in sports or just play them for fun One child might be happy to shoot baskets at the park, while another child may prefer being on a basketball team that competes against other teamsCompetition can make sports more exciting But because somebody wins and somebody loses, competitio
22、n can also make children feel pressure (压力) A little pressure is good, but too much pressure is badDoes your mom or dad shout from the sidelines (场外)? Does your coach want you to practise every day instead of a few times a week? What if you used to like being on the football team, but now you want t
23、o stop? Read on to learn more about pressure in sportsWhat is competition?There are different kinds of competition in sports You may compete by yourself, as part of a team, or both For example, a swimmer might compete individually (个人), but the persons score may also contribute to the whole score of
24、 the team What all sports competitions have in common is that all of the players want to win But usually only one person or team doesWhy do I feel pressure?Do you ever have “butterflies” in your stomach? Its that nervous feeling some people get when going to a new school, or making preparations for
25、a big football match In sports, almost everyone worries about playing well and doesnt want to make a mistakeFeeling a little excited or nervous is okay, though This helps your body and mind get ready to compete But if youre getting so nervous that you arent having much fun, its time to find out why5
26、From the passage we learn that _Achildren play sports in order to win a gameBthere are different sports for children to choose fromCno one likes to shoot baskets at the parkDall children like to be on a sports team答案：B细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知，孩子们可以从多种运动中选择自己最喜欢的运动。6In the authors opinion, pressure _Ais bad f
27、or children and sportsBplays the most important part in a gameCis certain to make a player win a gameDis sometimes good and sometimes bad答案：D推理判断题。由第二段最后一句可推知，适当的压力是好的，但压力过大则是有害无益的。7Why can competition make children feel pressure? ABecause it helps children stay activeBBecause they have to choose on
28、e sport from different sportsCBecause somebody wins and somebody losesDBecause parents and other people make children nervous答案：C细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知，正是比赛中有输有赢才使得孩子们感受到了压力。8According to the passage, how many kinds of competition are there in sports?AOne BTwoCThree DFour答案：C推理判断题。由第五段第二句可推知，运动的竞争种类为：个人、团队、个人和团队。1compete vi 比赛；竞争 2competition n 竞争3score n 得分，比分1contribute to 有助于 2get ready to 准备
