1、课时作业10Starting out & Understanding ideasIn my life everything was going well until recently.I have always been a very positive thinking and _1_ person and I always used to believe that I could overcome any challenge.Unfortunately it _2_，and the cheat of my dearest friend hit me very hard.I went thro
2、ugh a very difficult phase.I wanted to seek _3_ to why he did this to me.I started losing my _4_ in humanity and decided to withdraw myself from society.But _5_ inside I had a deep feeling of serving needy people because in childhood I was very much _6_ by Mother Teresa and the work she was doing.So
3、 after 34 weeks of _7_，I decided to do community service every weekend to _8_ him from my memory completely.I was _9_ by the project to teach some poor children in remote village in Mumbai.On the first day _10_ I reached the location with difficulty，I found that it was really far from civilization.I
4、 could see people living in very difficult conditions _11_ electricity but still enjoy their life and happy with their surroundings.My _12_ with the kids and parents had taught me important lessons about suffering and learning to _13_ daily gifts of life.After that _14_，there was no looking for me.I
5、 think I celebrate my setback every day and thank my friend who _15_ me because of whom I chose this path of _16_ the needy.I have met some wonderful and beautiful souls in this _17_.They have made me believe that there are many more such _18_ around us.Slowly but _19_ one step at a time we are maki
6、ng _20_ and touching the lives of many.Now I gain the faith in humanity again.文章大意：本文讲述了作者在被朋友欺骗之后，开始对人性失去信心。后来去孟买贫困村庄支教的经历让他遇到了美好的灵魂，从而重新相信人性之美。1A.careful B.popularChonest Doptimistic答案：D解析：根据前文“I have always been a very positive thinking”可知“我”是一个乐观的人，故选D。careful仔细的；popular流行的；honest诚实的；optimistic乐
7、观的。2A.worked B.affectedCfailed D.left答案：C解析：根据空前Unfortunately(不幸地)，和空后“and the cheat of my dearest friend hit me very hard”可知此句与上文内容相反，而it指代的是“I could overcome any challenge”，故此处意为“不幸的是，我未能做到”。故选C。3A.methods B.answersCsuggestions Dsupport答案：B解析：根据空后“why he did this to me”可知“我”要寻求答案，故选B。method方法，方式；a
8、nswer答案，回答；suggestion建议；support支持，维持。4A.faith BconfidenceCcourage D.sense答案：A解析：根据下文“Now I gain the faith in humanity again.”可知，此处是“我”开始失去对人性的信仰，故选A。faith信仰，信念；confidence信心，信任；courage勇气，胆量；sense感觉。5A.somewhere B.somewhatCsomehow D.sometime答案：A解析：在“我”内心深处的某一个地方，故选A。somewhere某个地方；somewhat有点；somehow以某种
9、方式；sometime某时。6A.praised B.inspiredCadmired Drequired答案：B解析：因为在“我”的童年时代，“我”深深地受到特蕾莎修女和她的工作的鼓舞，故选B。praise称赞，表扬；inspire激发，鼓舞；admire羡慕，赞美；require需要，要求。7A.practice B.progressCsuffering D.relief答案：C解析：根据上文的“I went through a very different phase.”可知，此处是指在经过三四周的痛苦之后，故选C。practice实践，练习；progress进步；suffering受难
10、，苦楚；relief救济，减轻。8A.hate B.upsetCignore D.wipe答案：D解析：“我”决定每周做社区服务活动，从“我”的记忆中彻底清除他。故选D。hate憎恨；upset使心烦；ignore忽视，不理睬；wipe消除。9A.attracted B.assistedCannounced D.assigned答案：D解析：“我”被分配去孟买的偏远小村庄支教。故选D。attract 吸引；assist援助；announce宣布；assign分配。10A.when B.thatCwhere Dwhat答案：A解析：when引导定语从句修饰先行词day表示“当时候”，故选A。11
11、A.from B.withoutCfor D.over答案：B解析：生活在没有电的艰苦环境里。故选B。12A.choices B.requestsCinteractions D.decisions答案：C解析：“我”与孩子和父母的交流教会了“我”一些关于痛苦和学习如何珍视生命的礼物的经验。故选C。choice选择；request请求；interaction交流；decision决策。13A.value B.observeCwelcome D.expect答案：A解析：参见上题解析。value重视，珍视；observe观察；welcome欢迎；expect期待。故选A。14A.plan B.pr
12、ojectCsightseeing D.express答案：B解析：根据前文“I was _9_ by the project to teach some poor children in remote village in Mumbai.”可知，此处是在项目结束后，故选B。plan计划；project工程，项目；sightseeing观光，游览；express快车。15A.recognized B.realizeCcheated D.comforted答案：C解析：根据上文“the cheat of my dearest friend hit me very hard”，故选C。16A.sp
13、onsoring B.cheeringCsatisfying D.serving答案：D解析：根据上文“I had a deep feeling of serving needy people”可知选D。sponsor赞助，发起；cheer欢呼，喝彩；satisfy使满足；serve服务。17A.experience B.adventureCperformance Dexploration答案：A解析：在这段经历中，“我”遇到了一些美好的灵魂。experience经历，经验；adventure冒险；performance性能，绩效；exploration探测，探究。故选A。18A.habits
14、 B.hobbiesCthoughts Dsouls答案：D解析：根据上文“I have met some wonderful and beautiful souls”可知，此处是我们周围还有更多这样的灵魂，故选D。19A.cautiously B.steadilyCstrangely Dtightly答案：B解析：缓慢而稳定地一步一步地。故选B。cautiously慎重地；steadily稳定地；strangely奇怪地；tightly紧紧地。20A.faces B.troublesCchanges Dadjustments答案：C解析：通读全文可知作者由不相信人性的美好到最后又重新相信，可
15、知他内心发生了改变。故此处是指我们正在做着改变。故选C。face脸；trouble烦恼，麻烦；change改变，变化；adjustment调整。ATwo good friends, Sam and Jason, had a car accident. The next morning, Sam woke up blind. His legs were broken. When Dr Smith saw Sam awake, he smiled at him and asked, “How are you feeling today？” Sam smiled back and said，“Won
16、derful! Promise me you wont tell Jason anything.” Dr Smith was moved by Sams words and said, “You are a very brave man. You know I wont do that. Trust me.”Months later Jason recovered. He stopped hanging out with (与出去玩) Sam. He felt unhappy to spend time with a disabled person like Sam. Sam was lone
17、ly and heartbroken. One day Sam died in despair (失望). When Jason was on his burial (葬礼), Dr Smith gave Sams letter to him.The letter read, “Dear Jason, I have kept my promise to give you my eyes if anything had happened to them. Now there is nothing more than I can do. You will see through my eyes t
18、hat you will always be my best friend.Sam.”When he finished reading, Dr Smith added, “I had promised Sam to keep it a secret.”Jason stood there with tears on his face.文章大意：这篇短文记述了一对朋友在车祸中受伤，残疾的萨姆把自己的眼睛给了杰森，但是后来杰森因为萨姆的残疾而疏远了他，在萨姆死后杰森得知真相，后悔不已。1In the first paragraph, Dr Smith promised Sam to _.Amake
19、friends with himBtake good care of JasonCgive Jason the letterDkeep a secret from Jason答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Promise me you wont tell Jason anything.”许诺我你不会告诉Jason任何事情可知选D项。2Why did Jason stop hanging out with Sam?AHe recovered but still couldnt move freely.BHe felt upset to be with a disabled man li
20、ke Sam.CHe just found another friend.DHe didnt know what had happened to Sam.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“He felt unhappy to spend time with a disabled person like Sam.”可知和一个像Sam这样的残疾人在一起玩耍，他感到不高兴。所以选B项。3When Jason finished reading the letter, he felt so _.Aheartbroken BworriedCdiscouraged Dcalm答案：A解析：推理判断题
21、。根据文章最后一句“Jason stood there with tears on his face.”Jason满脸泪水站在那里可知选A项。4What can we learn from the passage?ALeave your friend when he is in trouble.BTrust a friend when he has changed.CBrave people are the best friends.DBe faithful to your friend forever.答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Dear Jason, I have kept
22、my promise to give you my eyes if anything had happened to them. Now there is nothing more than I can do. You will see through my eyes that you will always be my best friend.Sam.”亲爱的Jason，我已经许诺把我的眼睛捐献给你，现在我没什么更多要做的了。你将通过我的眼睛看到你将永远是我最好的朋友可知选D项。BAs more people opt for the single life，adult friendships
23、 also grow more important.For people in relationships，having a reliable group is important，tooyour mate will be much happier if youre spreading your anxieties beyond his or her ears and you will also feel better.In a recent study，researchers made some fascinating findings about how “who we are” info
24、rms the friendships we hold.The study was based on the most popular personality construct in contemporary psychology，the Big 5 personality traits(特征)：extraversion，or how much you love attention and interacting with people；neuroticism，or how easily worried you are by things; agreeableness，or how warm
25、 and kind you are; conscientiousness，or how careful you are about lifes many duties; and openness to experience，or how much youre into discovering new things，whether theyre ideas，people，or places.For their study，the research team recruited 434 students.They took a personality questionnaire in the la
26、b，then rated how satisfied they were with their friends and their life overall，and then researchers asked them to recommend half a dozen friends to rate their personality.Gathering these ratings together，the researchers found that openness to experience didnt have anything to do with friendship sati
27、sfaction，at least in this study.Neuroticism was linked to lower satisfaction (probably because emotionally unstable people may be dramatic or hard to please，at least in my personal experience)But having high scores in the three remaining sunny traitsconscientiousness，extra version，and agreeablenessp
28、redicted higher friendship satisfaction.However，its a pretty intuitive(直觉的) result，since its easy to be friends with someone whos always on time，always saying that youre right，and always up to hang out.But if you dont exactly identify with all that，fear not：Your personality is so much more than your
29、 traits.5What does the author think of the friendship?AIt is helpful to dating and work.BIt can relieve your negative emotions.CIt has nothing to do with personality.DIt is based on the 5 popular personality traits.答案：B解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“your mate will be much happier if youre spreading your anxieties
30、beyond his or her ears and you will also feel better”可知作者认为友谊可以减轻你的负面情绪。选B。6What did the recent study find?AThe biggest 5 personality traits.BThe methods of informing the friendships.CThe ways to form the most popular personality.DThe relationship between personality and friendships.答案：D解析：细节理解题。由第二
31、段中的“In a recent study，researchers made some fascinating findings about how who we are informs the friendships we hold.”可知最近这次调查是为了发现性格和友谊之间的关系。选D。7What does the underlined word “neuroticism” in Paragraph 2 mean?ADetermination. BNervousness.CHesitation. D.Optimism.答案：B解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的“or how easily
32、worried you are by things”可推断出“neuroticism”的意思是“神经过敏”。选B。8What opinion does the author hold?AIts hard to please emotionally unstable people.BA punctual person can surely make more friends.CFriends are more important than families for single persons.DThe five traits are equally demanded in getting hi
33、gher friendship satisfaction.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“(probably because emotionally unstable people may be dramatic or hard to please，at least in my personal experience)”可知作者认为很难让情感不稳定的人高兴。选A。在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。I was walking with a friend yesterday 1.when I found an iPhone 5s in a pile of sno
34、w. I picked 2.it up and it still worked! I started looking through the name list and dialing numbers to see whether I could figure out whose phone it was. 3.Unluckily/Unfortunately/However, only one person answered and she didnt recognize the number.Since that lady didnt know whose phone it was, my
35、friend suggested that we go back to 4.the house in front of which we found the iPhone 5s.I knocked on the door and two collegeage persons answered.They 5.hadnt lost (lose) their phones, but as I told them the story and mentioned some 6.names on the name list, the young man said that he also had thos
36、e names and it 7.must be the phone of their friends.I really didnt have anything to say, because in my mind I was just doing the right thing. I 8.immediately (immediate) tried to find the owner, because that is exactly 9.what I would want someone to do if either I or any of my family members lost phones.The purpose of helping others is not for return. 10.Helping/To help (help) others is more than enough for me and it is the most endless joy of life.
