1、Unit 1阅读理解AI remember the first time I got on a horse. When I was a little boy aged two, my mom agreed to let me take a short ride and that was it! From then on, I drove my parents crazy begging for a horse.When I was four, I had mutism, in which children stop speaking in certain social situations.
2、I went days, weeks, months without a sound at school. At most, I might quietly whisper to a friend. I suffered silently through school until I was ten when a psychologist (心理学家) had an idea. He asked me what I wanted more than anything else in the world. He explained I was going to be given a chance
3、 to work for that. And I was permitted to whisper the answer in my mothers ear, “A horse.”I was to get a pony, but I had to live up to my end of the bargain (讲价). I had a list of weekly tasks I had to finish. I had to answer the phone five times per week, something I had never done before. I had to
4、say one word to my teacher at school and the list went on. For a child with mutism, saying one word to someone can be like climbing Mount Qomolangma. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came. His name was Sequoia, whom I fell in love with immediately. When I was in Sequoias presence, I
5、 forgot all about my problems and felt strong and secure.I am a fully participating member of society these days. My horse and I made it through a masters degree. I may have made it otherwise, but Im not sure. I feel I owe my life to the horse and I try to give it back to him. He has given me the be
6、st gift I could ever imagine, my life.本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述作者的亲身经历，作者在四岁的时候，语言沟通出现障碍，心理学家想到一个办法，让作者通过完成说话任务得到了他从小就梦想拥有的一匹小马，这匹小马的到来，治愈了作者，使作者感觉到强大和安全，作者十分感激这匹小马。1What was the situation like when the author was four?AHe didnt say a word at all. BHe learned how to ride a horse.CHe found his classmates unfrien
7、dly. DHe had difficulty in communicating.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“When I was four, I had mutism, in which children stop speaking in certain social situations. I went days, weeks, months without a sound at school. At most, I might quietly whisper to a friend.”可知，我四岁的时候在一些社交场合不说话，在学校几天，几周或者几个月也不发一声，最多同朋友说悄悄
8、话。可见，作者在语言沟通上出现了障碍，故选D。2What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3?AHe completed some tasks easily. BHe pushed himself extremely hard.CHe fell in love with Sequoia gradually. DHe found the psychologists idea useless.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据第三段可知，心理学家想出一个办法，让作者通过完成说话任务得到小马，而对于一个有不言症的孩子来说，说话是一件十分困难的事情
9、，而作者又特别渴望得到小马，因此推断作者应该是极其努力地逼迫自己去完成说话任务，故选B。3.What is the authors purpose of writing the text?ATo share his unfortunate childhood.BTo give tips on how to cure mutism.CTo show his deep gratefulness to his horse.DTo encourage kids struggling against mutism.答案：C解析：推理判断题。本题是根据文章来推断作者的写作目的。根据文章最后一段可知作者可以
10、完全地参与社会活动，这都归功于作者的马，并且作者认为这匹小马给了他生命，赋予他力量，因此作者写这篇文章的目的就是要感谢这匹小马，故选C。BWhos in control of your life? Whos pulling your strings? For the majority of us, its other peoplesociety, colleagues, friends, family or our community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were br
11、ainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it，“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions
12、a quotation.”So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drugwe are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we r
13、eally want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(成瘾物)we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedomthe freedom to be ourselves. The trut
14、h is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, theyre more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a
15、different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted (tired) and probably pleasing no one in the process.So how can we take back control? I think theres only one waymake a conscious decision to stop carin
16、g what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of valuesnot values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effec
17、tive, purposeful and happy life.本文是夹叙夹议文。文章阐述了我们不应该太在意别人的观点，得到别人同意的代价是我们自己的自由，不要让别人的想法来控制我们的生活。1What Oscar Wilde says implies that _.Amost people have a variety of thoughtsBwe have thoughts similar to those of othersCother peoples thoughts are more importantDmost peoples thoughts are affected by oth
18、ers答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中As Oscar Wilde puts it，“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”可知，Oscar Wilde所说的意味着大多数人的思想都受到他人的影响。故选D。2What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?AThe price of taking the drug is
19、 freedom.BWe may lose ourselves to win the approval of others.CWe need to pay for what we want to get.DChanging opinions may cost us our freedom.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will on
20、ly end up getting exhausted (tired) and probably pleasing no one in the process.可知第三段谈论的是“我们可能会为了赢得别人的认可而失去自己”。故选B。3It can be concluded from the passage that _.Aits better to follow others opinionsBits important to accept others commentsCwe shouldnt change our own decisionDwe shouldnt care too much
21、what others think答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中I think theres only one waymake a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of valuesnot values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within.可知，从这篇文章可以得出结论，我们不应该太在意别人怎么想。
22、故选D。4The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by _.Adiscussing questions Bmaking suggestionsCanalyzing causes and effects Dproviding examples and facts答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据作者的行文结构，先用Whos in control of your life? Whos pulling your strings？引发读者思考，再在第二段分析原因，第三段主要分析迎合他人观点对自己生活造成的后果，最后一段给出解决方法和意见。故文章主干部分通过分析原因和结果来说服读者接受文中观点。
