1、Unit 5 First aid Learning about language 第一节 阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Lake District Attractions GuideDalemain Mansion & Historic GardensHistory, Culture & Landscape(景观). Discover and enjoy 4 centuries of history, 5 acres of celebrated and award-winning gardens with park
2、land walk. Owned by the Hasell family since 1679, home to the International Marmalade Festival. Gifts and antiques, plant sales, museums & Mediaeval Hall Tearoom.Open:29 Mar-29 Oct，Sun to Thurs.Tearoom，Gardens & Gift Shop:10:30-17:00(16:00 in Oct).House:11:15-16:00(15:00 in Oct)Town: Pooley Bridge &
3、 PenrithAbbot Hall art Gallery & MuseumThose viewing the quality of Abbot Halls temporary exhibitions may be forgiven for thinking they are in a city gallery. The impressive permanent collection includes Turners and Romneys and the temporary exhibition programme has Canaletto and the artists from St
4、 Ives.Open: Mon to Sat and Summer Sundays. 10:30 -17:00 Sumner.10:30 -16:00 Winter.Town:KendalTullie House Museum & Art GalleryDiscover, explore and enjoy award-winning Tullie House, where historic collections, contemporary art and family fun are brought together in one impressive museum and art gal
5、lery. There are four fantastic galleries to visit from fine art to interactive fun, so theres something for everyone!Open: High Season 1 Apr 31 Oct: Mon to Sat 10:00 17:00, Sun 11:00 17:00.Low Season 1 Nov 31 Mar: Mon to Sat 10:00 16:30, Sun 12:00 16:30.Town: CarlisleDove Cottage & The wordsworth Mu
6、seumDiscover William Wordsworths inspirational home. Take a tour of his Lakeland cottage, walk through his hillside garden and explore the riches of the collection in the Museum. Visit the shop and relax in the caf. Exhibitions, events and family activities throughout the year.Open: Daily, 09:30 17:
7、30 (last admission 17:00).Town: Grasmere1. When is the Gift Shop at Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens open on Sundays in October?A. 09:30-17:30.B. 10:30-16:00.C. 11:15-16:00.D. 12:00-16:302. What can visitors do at Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery?A. Enjoy Ronneys works.B. Have some interactive f
8、un.C. Attend a famous festival.D. Learn the history of a family3. Where should visitors go if they want to explore Wordsworths life?A. Penrith.B. Kendal.C. Carlisle.D. Grasmere.BLaShenda Williams was a woman who had been sleeping in a parking lot for a year. It was a pity that she had been battling
9、alcohol addiction and had been spending the nights in her car at a Nashville Kroger after driving around different locations during the day. Williams was really poor, and she would lean her seat in the car all the way back so that no one would see her because she wasnt supposed to be there.At the en
10、d of last year, Jackie Vandal, a hiring manager at a Kroger grocery store, noticed Williams and encouraged her to attend an upcoming job fair. With some help from Vandal, Williams spent a few hours filling out the application. Once Vandal saw the message indicating she had successfully applied, Vand
11、al hired her on the spot.It became a great day! Williams was brimming with happiness and smiled from ear to ear. From then on，she loved her work and got excited every day to come in. She couldnt wait to see the workers who she worked with. She couldnt wait to see the customers. Her positive attitude
12、 had been a blessing to the staff, too.Even Jackie Vandal thought that they were so lucky to have Williams as part of their team members. Her uplifting spirit was inspiring. She had made such a positive impact on her fellow team members, and so many customers as well.Williams said it was easy to be
13、enthusiastic after everything that had happened. She was sleeping in a parking lot and looking for something to eat last year. However, now，all Williamss colleagues there love her. No one laughs at her, and no one calls her dumb and stupid. For the first time in her life, she gets peace and happines
14、s.4. How was LaShenda Williamss life last year?A. Enthusiastic and happy.B. Poor and hard.C. Peaceful but boring.D. Exciting but tough.5. What happened to Williams at the end of last year?A. She got a job with the help of Vandal.B. She gained financial assistance from Vandal.C. She helped Vandal wor
15、k for Kroger grocery store.D. She attended a job fair organized by a Kroger grocery store.6. Which can take the place of the underlined word “brimming in paragraph 3?A. uncoveredB. filledC. increasingD. relieving7. What can we know about Williams?A. She made her family members enthusiastic.B. She wo
16、n back the customers with her inspiring story.C. She loved her work and felt satisfied with her new life.D. She was so lucky that she made a good impression on customers.CPerhaps there is no sport in the world more connected to sneakers than basketball. Many NBA players wear them to send important m
17、essages and showcase their personalities on court.And now, thanks to a new policy, the NBA will strengthen its status as the most stylish sports league in the world. When the 2018-2019 NBA season kicked off in October, the NBA lifted its color restrictions on players sneakers. It is the first time i
18、n the leagues 72-year history that it has allowed shoes to be of any color a player likes, as long as no reflective material is included.In the past, the NBA required “uniformity of uniform”, meaning each players shoes had to match those worn by the rest of the team. Their sneakers had to be at leas
19、t 51 percent black or white, with an element of team color.This landmark rule change is part of the NBAs collective effort to support players “statements” on and off the court. “More and more people realize that limitation of the color of players shoes actually constrains their personal expression a
20、nd storytelling,” CNN News noted.Sometimes a shoe was worn in a memorable game, or the design of a shoe has meaning for the player.Before Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, nicknamed “the Black Mamba”, retired, it was said that he wore a new pair of sneakers to each game and stored his used s
21、neakers.Bryant brought the low-top style of sneaker with a Mamba print to the forefront in 2008 to symbolize the spirit of perseverance and bravery. In 2013, Bryant added nine red stitches(缝针) to the back of his shoe to represent the nine stitches from his Achilles tendon surgery. “It has become an
22、attitude. That is my Mamba personality,” Bryant told Sports Illustrated magazine.Kyrie Irving of the Boston, Celtics wears probably the most famous signature sneakers. Inspired by his mother, who died when he was four, he has a rose on one side of his shoe to represent her. All of his sneakers are a
23、lso inscribed(刻) with the words, “JBY(Just Be You)”. “Just Be You is the motto I live by every single day, because Im happy to be an individual. Its a beautiful thing,” Irving told UK media site GiveMeSport.There is no end to the stories about sneakers in basketball. Its certain that they will remai
24、n a platform for players who want to use them to express their ideas and personalities.8. According to the new policy, the NBA players .A. may choose sneakers they like without restrictionB. should wear sneakers in their own team colorC. have to choose sneakers either in black or in whiteD. have mor
25、e freedom in choosing personal sneakers9. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. Uniformity guarantees better results.B. The new rule leads to controversy.C. The NBA cares little about players statements.D. Players personal expression also counts.10. Which of the following is used to express family v
26、alue?A. A rose.B. JBY.C. A Mamba print.D. Nine red stitches.11. Whats the best title of the passage?A. The NBA lifts color restrictions.B. Our shoes have stories.C. Bryant has a unique dress style.D. The NBA players are particular about the colors of their sneakers.DIts already challenging enough fo
27、r environmentalists to keep beaches clear of washed up trash and plastic debris, but the most difficult problem lies in cleaning up all of the millions of tiny microplastics that are impossible to pick up and separate from the sand.Fortunately, a group of engineering students succeeded in developing
28、 a massive new vacuum cleaner that can collect microplastics without removing any of the sand from the beach. The 12 Canadian students from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec built their Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner as a class project.“We did some research and we realized there was no machin
29、e around the world to do this kind of job,” Hoola One co-founder Sam Duval told Hawaii Public Radio. “So we told each other, We will invent it, and we did it.”As a means of testing their machines efficiency, they recently used it on the sands of Hawaiis Kamilo Beach, which is also notorious for bein
30、g one of the dirtiest beaches in the world. Though their first prototype(原型) experienced a number of technical issues, the students managed to fix the problems and tidy up the beach.Using a handheld tube, the machine sucks up plastic and sand and dumps them all into a massive tank of water. Since ro
31、cks and sand are heavier than plastic, they sink to the bottom of the tank so they can be dumped back onto the beach. The plastic, on the other hand, floats to the top of the tank.According to Hawaii Public Radio, the team left the Hoola One vacuum on the island as a donation to the state department
32、They are now researching the ecological effects of the vacuum on the beach while they search for funding and sponsorships to produce more Hoola One vacuums.12. What is the hardest problem of keeping the beach clean?A. Picking up plastic debris.B. Removing trash on the sea.C. Separating plastics from
33、 the sand.D. Clearing up all the microplastics.13. What do we know about the Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner?A. It can collect plastics without removing sand from the beach.B. It has been used widely on the beaches around the world.C. The students tested its efficiency on Hawaiis Kamilo Beach.D. Th
34、e students gave up the first prototype due to several failures.14. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?A. The working procedure of the vacuum cleaner.B. The invention process of the vacuum cleaner.C. The ecological impacts of the vacuum cleaner.D. The special materials of the vacuum cleaner.15. What wo
35、rds can best describe the 12 Canadian students?A. Generous and stubborn.B. Confident and persistent.C. Devoted and wealthy.D. Admirable and humorous.第二节 七选五 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。Someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer every three minutes. And although
36、 about three in ten blood cancer patients can find a matching donor in their families, 70 percent of patients depend on a stranger to step in. That was enough for me to know I wanted to help.I registered online with Delete Blood Cancer. 16 Four years later I got an e-mail from the organization and i
37、t said I had a possible match. To make sure all systems were a go, I had a couple of extra blood tests. I needed to donate bone marrow (骨髓). 17 And my bone-marrow recipient was a little girl.Four months later, donation day arrived. At 9 a.m., the procedure started. By noon, I was already on my way h
38、ome from the hospital. 18 My butt (臀部) was sore, like I had bruised my tailbone or something. The doctors said the pain is worse the more sedentary (久坐的) you are, so I walked around my Long Island neighborhood several hours after the procedure. 19 The discomfort was secondary to the emotional high o
39、f helping a little girl with cancer. To me, it doesnt matter that Ive never met the girl who received my bone marrow that I dont even know her name. I still feel like I have such a powerful connection with her. 20 A year later, I havent heard how my bone-marrow recipient is doing. Delete Blood Cance
40、r hasnt come back to me asking for another bone marrow donation, so Im hoping thats a good sign. But if they do call me back, whether its for her or someone else, Id do it again.A. I wont lie for a while, I was in pain.B. I immediately broke down into tears on the phone.C. Theres something within ou
41、r DNA that brought us together.D. Thats most often the case with young blood-cancer patients.E. Even though the doctors gave me painkillers, I didnt take any.F. I met with all of the doctors who would be performing the procedure.G. Then my DNA was collected to see if I was a match for any patients in need.参考答案1-3 BBD4-7 BABC8-11 DDAB12-15 DCAB16-20 GDAEC
