1、UNIT 3 SPORTS AND FITNESS.阅读理解My wife and I went to this vegan(严格的素食主义者)restaurant to give it a try.As we were eating our pepper and salt tofu, a young lady named Debra walked in. She wasnt aware that the place is vegan and was looking for some meat. My wife and I talked up the place and invited her
2、 over to try some of our tofu. Debra tried it, nodded and went out.After a few minutes, she and her mother both walked back in. We were having the rest of our meal at that time, so we told her what we had ordered. Debra then asked the waitress to just repeat our order for them. Next, Debra said, “An
3、d we want to pay for their meal”， pointing to my wife and me. We tried to say no, but Debra wouldnt listen.That was not the end of it. Hugs were in order. Debra came over to our table and my wife got up to hug her. Debra hugged my wife and put $100 into her hand. My wife firmly said NO, but Debra in
4、sisted. Debra kept talking about our kindness, and we did the same about hers and her mothers. With tears in the eyes, the workers were blown away by this whole exchange between four strangers. I left the waiters a tip that would cover all of our meals and we were on our way.Ive been witnessing so m
5、uch kindness, especially over the last few years, as I began to pay more attention. We now have a new favorite restaurant and every time we go there my plan is to pay for someone elses meal.本文是一篇记叙文。作者与妻子在素食餐馆吃饭时遇见了Debra, 他们对她表现出的善意让Debra坚持为他们付饭钱。这件事之后，作者每到新的餐馆吃饭，就会把这种善意传递下去，请别人吃饭。1Why did Debra go
6、out after trying some tofu?ATo bring her mother in. BTo look after her mother.CTo get away from the food. DTo look for another restaurant.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第二段第一句话“After a few minutes, she and her mother both walked back in.”可知Debra出去几分钟后，和妈妈一起进了餐厅，由此可以推断Debra出去是为了将妈妈带过来。故选A项。2What did Debra insist on?
7、AHugging the authors wife.BOrdering a meal for the author.CTreating the author and his wife.DTipping the waiters and waitresses.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“Next, Debra said, And we want to pay for their meal， pointing to my wife and me. We tried to say no, but Debra wouldnt listen.”以及第三段的“Debra hugged my wif
8、e and put $100 into her hand. My wife firmly said NO, but Debra insisted”可知尽管作者和妻子拒绝了，但是Debra坚持要为他们付饭钱。故选C项。3How did the workers feel when seeing the exchange between four strangers?ACurious. BFunny.CSurprised. DTouched.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“With tears in the eyes, the workers were blown away by thi
9、s whole exchange between four strangers.”可知服务员看到作者他们之间的交流后流泪了，故选D项Touched(受触动的，感动的)。4What can we know about the author and Debra?ATheyve been friends. BThey were both vegans.CThey met for the first time. DThey once worked together.答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中“She wasnt aware that the place is vegan and was l
10、ooking for some meat.”可知这是Debra第一次进那个素食餐馆，后文“With tears in the eyes, the workers were blown away by this whole exchange between four strangers.”可知服务员感动于陌生人之间的善意，综合上下文可知这是作者和Debra第一次见面，故选C项。.完形填空Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a 1 old man who loved everything such as：animals, spiders,
11、insects.One day 2 walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly. He 3 it home.A few days later, a small 4 appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours 5 it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop 6 any progress. It app
12、eared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go 7 further.Then the man came up to help the 8 ， so he took a pair of scissors and 9 the remaining bit of the cocoon.The butterfly then came out 10 . 11 it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The man was 12 about the butterfl
13、y because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would 13 and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract(收缩) in time. However, neither happened! 14 , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.It never was able to 15 .What th
14、e man in his kindness and haste(轻率) did not understand was that the restricting (限制) 16 and the struggle required for the butterfly to 17 the tiny opening were Natures way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 18 from
15、 the cocoon.Sometimes 19 are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as 20 as what we could have been.And we could never fly.本文是一篇记叙文。一位善良的老人用剪刀帮助蝴蝶破茧而出，但他不知道这样做反而使蝴蝶再也不能飞翔。有时候，挣扎正是我们需要经历的，它会使我们变得更强壮。1A.c
16、old Bkind Cpolite Dupset答案：B解析：考查形容词辨析。A.cold 冷的；B.kind善良的；C.polite礼貌的；D.upset不安的。根据后面 “old man who loved everything”可知，有一位善良的老人，他热爱一切，如动物、蜘蛛、昆虫等。故选B。2A.unless Bif Cwhile Dbecause答案：C解析：考查连词辨析。A.unless除非；B.if如果；C.while当时候，然而；D.because因为。根据语境可知，“一天，当这位善良的老人在树林里散步时发现了一只蝴蝶的茧”，while意为“当时候”。故选C。3A.took B
17、moved Csettled Dbased答案：A解析：考查固定搭配及动词辨析。A.took拿；B.moved移动，搬家；C.settled解决，定居；D.based基于。根据下文可知，老人把它带(took)回家。take.home为固定搭配，意为“把某物带回家”。故选A。4A.bag Bskin Cpipe Dopening答案：D解析：考查名词辨析。A.bag袋子；B.skin皮肤；C.pipe管道；D.opening开幕，口子。根据下文“watched the butterfly for several hours 5 it struggled to force its body thr
18、ough that little hole.”可知，几天后，蝴蝶的茧上出现了一个小开口(opening)，老人坐着观察茧变蝴蝶。故选D。5A.and Buntil Cas Dthen答案：C解析：考查连词辨析。A.and和；B.until 一直到；C.as当时候；D.then然后。此处是指“当它把身体从那个小洞里挣扎着出来时，老人坐在那儿观察它”。故选C。6A.making Bcoming Cgetting Dsuffering答案：A解析：考查固定搭配及动词辨析。A.making制造；B.coming 来；C.getting得到；D.suffering遭受。根据“It appeared as
19、 if it had gotten as far as it could”后面老人帮助蝴蝶破茧可知，此处是指此时的蝴蝶没有任何进展。make progress为固定搭配，意为“取得进展”。因此选A。7A.any Bmore Cno Dmuch答案：C解析：考查副词辨析。A.any任何；B.more更；C.no不，一点也没有；D.much非常。根据语境可知，蝴蝶此时似乎没有进展，好像不能继续前进了。故选C。8A.bug Bbutterfly Canimal Dfly答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。A.bug小虫子；B.butterfly 蝴蝶；C.animal动物；D.fly苍蝇。根据上下文的内容可
20、知，老人决定帮助蝴蝶(butterfly)从茧中出来。故选B。9A.turn on Btake part in Ccut down Dcut open答案：D解析：考查动词短语辨析。A.turn on打开；B.take part in参加；C.cut down减少；D.cut open切开。根据“so he took a pair of scissors”可知，老人用剪刀把茧剩余的部分剪开(cut open)。故选D。10A.calmly Bpowerfully Ceasily Dhardly答案：C解析：考查副词辨析。A.calmly 冷静地；B.powerfully 有力地；C.easil
21、y 容易地；D.hardly几乎不。根据语境可知，因为老人把茧剪开了，所以蝴蝶很“容易(easily)”地出来了。故选C。11A.Gradually BEven CSo DBut答案：D解析：考查副词辨析。A.Gradually渐渐地，慢慢地；B.Even甚至；C.So 因此；D.But但是。根据“it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings.”可知，此处表示转折，即“蝴蝶很容易地出来了，但它的身体肿胀，翅膀小而干瘪”。故选D。12A.looked Blasted Cconcerned Dbegan答案：C解析：考查固定搭配。A.l
22、ooked看；B.lasted 持续；C.concerned关心的，关注的；D.began开始。根据后面的语境“老人盼着蝴蝶的翅膀会变大展开”，可知，老人非常关心蝴蝶。be concerned about为固定搭配，意为“关心”。故选C。13A.enlarge Bshorten Cfrighten Ddarken答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。A.enlarge 扩大；B.shorten缩短；C.frighten 使害怕；D.darken变暗。由上文对蝴蝶描写可知，此处是指老人盼望着蝴蝶的翅膀能变大(enlarge)展开，以支撑它的身体。故选A。14A.At present BIn ruins C
23、In fact DOn purpose答案：C解析：考查短语辨析。A.At present目前，现在；B.In ruins 成为废墟；C.In fact事实上；D.On purpose故意地。根据语境及常识可知，事实上(In fact)这只蝴蝶在它的余生中只能拖着肿胀的身体和皱缩的翅膀爬行。故选C。15A.run Bfly Cmove Dwalk答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。A.run 跑；B.fly飞；C.move 移动；D.walk 散步。根据前文内容“the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling”，可知，这只蝴蝶永远不能飞(fly)了。
24、故选B。16A.wing Btail Chead Dcocoon答案：D解析：考查名词辨析。A.wing 翅膀；B.tail 尾巴；C.head 头；D.cocoon蚕茧，茧。根据常识及前文的内容可知茧的束缚和挣扎是必要的。故选D。17A.go for Bgo through Cgo away Dgo into答案：B解析：考查动词短语辨析。A.go for追求；B.go through穿过，经历；C.go away走开；D.go into进入，调查。前文“it struggled to force its body through that little hole.”提示，可知此处是指蝴蝶穿
25、过(go through)小裂缝，破茧而出。故选B。18A.freedom Btrack Cloneliness Droute答案：A解析：考查名词辨析。A.freedom自由；B.track轨迹；C.loneliness孤独，寂寞；D.route路，路线。根据语境可知，蝴蝶一旦摆脱了茧的束缚，就获得了自由(freedom)。故选A。19A.struggles Bcares Ccracks Dinjures答案：A解析：考查名词辨析。A.struggles斗争，奋斗，努力；B.cares 关心，在意；C.cracks裂缝； Dinjures伤害。根据前文中 的“the restricting (限制) 16 and the struggle required”可知，“挣扎(struggles)在生活中是必要的 ”。故选A。20A.weak Bhopeful Cjoyful Dstrong答案：D解析：考查形容词辨析。 Aweak弱的；B.hopeful有希望的；C.joyful快乐的；D.strong强壮的。此处是指“如果我们的一生不经历任何的挑战，我们会变得软弱，就不可能变得我们本应有的那么强壮(strong)。故选D。
