1、Unit 3 War and peace课时作业(九)Unit 3Section Developing ideas & Presenting ideas阅读理解AHoward Weistling wanted to be a comic strip artist. But when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army.After flight engineer training, Howard was shipped off to Europe. On his maiden flight, his plane was sho
2、t down over Austria. The entire crew of eight men landed safely. But a farmer found Howard hiding in his barn and turned him over to a prison of war camp in Barth, Germany. It was freezing and the men almost starved to death eating the guards garbage.Hungry and homesick Howard coped the only way he
3、knew how. He drew a comic strip. The book, made of cigarette wrappers bound together with scrap metal, was sent around the camp. Every couple of days he would add a new panel. One panel at a time would be passed around the whole camp. And theyd have something to look forward to.After an entire year
4、of this, they woke one morning to find their guards gone. They fled and Howard finally got to go home. Just lucky to get out alive, he left the book behind.Back home in California, Howard soon had a wife and kids to feed so he had to set aside his dream of becoming an artist. He took a job as a gard
5、ener instead.Morgan shared his fathers artistic gifts. At 15 his parents sent him to art school. And Howard got to see his son become a wellknown painter before he died in 2002. Thats how, seven decades after the war, when a stranger in New York googled the name “Weistling”， he found Morgan online.
6、“I get an email from a gentleman and he says, I think I may have some drawings your father did when he was a POW (prisoner of war) in World War ，” Morgan recalls. “Would you like them？ And I just stared at that email and started crying.”Luckily Howard had engraved his name on the comic book, which i
7、s how the man from New York City had connected with Morgan. A couple of days later when it arrived in California, Morgan couldnt believe it. “It was like getting my father back，” Morgan says. “It was like him being able to tell me the story over againonly this time it was real in my hands.”1The pass
8、age details Howards life as a POW to show that _.Awar cannot stop his pursuit of successBpassion for art helped ease his sufferingsCloss of freedom encouraged his creativityDmisery drove him to fight against his fate2What can we infer about Howards comic strip in prison?AIt satisfied prisoners curio
9、sity.BIt aroused the guards sympathy.CIt was popular among the prisoners.DIt raised prisoners confidence in freedom.3What contributes to the strangers success in finding Morgan?AThe email from a gentleman.BHowards experience in the war.CMorgans recalling of his father.DMorgans status in the field of
10、 art.4What can we infer about Morgan from the last paragraph?AHe didnt believe the strangers story.BHe was excited to get the comic strip.CHe couldnt wait to tell others his good news.DHe hadnt heard about his fathers war stories.BIn the last few weeks, I have suffered a mental breakdown unlike anyt
11、hing I had ever seen. Previously, I would have suffered this alone, doing everything I could to hide my mental problem. But this time, I did something differentI let my friends help me.They showed up in the middle of the night when I was drowning in fear and desperation, talking me through it until
12、I fell asleep. When it became worse, they drove me to the emergency room and talked with every nurse and every doctor that came into the room to be sure that I would get the best possible care.These friends of mine are heroes. I wrote about this experience publicly on a website. And unsurprisingly,
13、the most common response was something along the lines of “I could never let my friends in for that. Id be afraid of being too much of a burden”Hundreds of people conveyed the same fear that if they were to ever let someone in for while they struggled, it would do more harm than good. And I know thi
14、s fear well. It used to be my attitude. Even now, I still have feelings of guilt and worry over whether or not I put too many demands on my friends. Even so, I dont regret asking for help. I might not be alive right now if I hadnt.I used to be the one that pushed everyone away out of fear that I dem
15、anded too much from them. But Im finally at a place in my life where I understand just how important it is to lean on my friends. 5What did the author do this time during his mental breakdown?AHe asked for help online.BHe turned to his friends for help.CHe went to see the doctor himself.DHe managed
16、to hide it from others.6What did people online think of the authors behavior?ABrave. BStrange.CReasonable. DImproper.7Why did the author prefer to suffer alone?AHe feared to trouble others too much.BHe feared to be asked to tell the truth.CHe feared to make others frightened.DHe feared to be rejecte
17、d by others.CZachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military (军队的) medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet. But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals rightful owners, and returns them.His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift fr
18、om his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado AG. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Hearthe earned one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had to do.Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrados s
19、ister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: “Who are you? What antique shop？” However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call. So she called Zac back and apologized. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, NY. “At that point
20、, I knew she meant business，” Zac says. “To drive eight hours to come to see me.”The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, a translator for the Army during WW， was killed in action in Europe.Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadnt realized the medal was missing. L
21、ike many military medals, the one Zacs mother had found was a family treasure. “This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on special occasions (场合) would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands，” Adeline says.As a child, Adeline couldnt understand why the medal was so significant. “B
22、ut as I grew older，” Adeline says, “and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left.” Corrado Piccolis Purple Heart medal now hangs at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he fir
23、st reunited Corrados medal, Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.8Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself?AIn the army. BIn an antique shop.CFrom his mother. DFrom Adeline Rockko.9What did Zac realize when Adeline drove to meet him?AShe was very impolite.BShe was serious about the medal.CSh
24、e suspected his honesty.DShe came from a wealthy family.10What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart?AHer parents advice.BHer knowledge of antiques.CHer childhood dream.DHer memory of her brother.课时作业(九).阅读理解A【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了霍华德魏斯特林想成为一名连环画艺术家，但当日本轰炸珍珠港时，他参军了，霍华德在被空运去欧洲的途中，不幸被抓成为一名俘虏，在监狱中，他继续画画
25、，传递给其他俘虏看，对艺术的热情帮助他减轻了痛苦，也使其他俘虏对活下去充满了希望，最终俘虏得以从监狱逃跑，霍华德魏斯特林却把画落在了俘虏集中营。1答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据文章第三段中“Hungry and homesick Howard coped the only way he knew how. He drew a comic strip.”可知，这篇文章详细描述了霍华德作为战俘的生活是为了说明对艺术的热爱帮助他减轻了痛苦。故选B项。2答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“Every couple of days he would add a new panel. One pa
26、nel at a time would be passed around the whole camp. And theyd have something to look forward to.”可知，每隔几天，他就会增加一幅新的画。一次一幅画将被传递到整个营地。他们总会有一些可期待的东西。所以判断出霍华德在俘虏集中营画的连环画在俘虏中很受欢迎。故选C项。3答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据文章第六段中“And Howard got to see his son become a wellknown painter before he died in 2002. Thats how, seven
27、decades after the war, when a stranger in New York googled the name Weistling， he found Morgan online.”可知，霍华德在2002年去世前看到他的儿子成为一名著名的画家。这就是为什么战后七十年，当一个来自纽约的陌生人谷歌“魏斯特林”时，他在网上找到了摩根。可知，是摩根在艺术领域的地位促使陌生人成功找到摩根。故选D项。4答案与解析：B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“A couple of days later when it arrived in California, Morgan couldnt
28、 believe it. It was like getting my father back， Morgan says.”可知，几天后，当画到达加州时，摩根简直不敢相信。“这就像我父亲回来了一样，”摩根说。所以从最后一段我们能推断出，摩根很高兴能拿到连环画。故选B项。B【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者患有精神方面的疾病，病情发作时他总是尽量不让别人知道。但这次发病生死攸关，他请求朋友帮忙，最终渡过难关。5答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第一段中的“But this time, I did something differentI let my friends help me.”可知，与以
29、前不同的是，作者这次发病时请求了朋友的帮助。6答案与解析：D观点态度题。根据第三段中的“I could never let my friends in for that. Id be afraid of being too much of a burden.”可知，网上的人们认为作者的行为不恰当。7答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据第四、五段的内容可知，作者担心给别人添麻烦。C【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了扎卡赖亚菲克有一次收到的圣诞礼物为一枚刻有他人名字的紫心勋章，之后他将其归还给失主的妹妹，从此开始在古董店或网上收集军功勋章，并将其归还原主的故事。8答案与解析：A细节理解题。根据第二
30、段中的“Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Hearthe earned one himself in a war as a soldier.”可知，扎克当兵时在一场战争中获得过一枚紫心勋章，因此他是在军队中获得了自己的紫心勋章，故选A项。9答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, NY. At that point, I knew she meant business， Zac says. To drive eight hours to come to see me.”可知，扎克在得知阿德琳开车8小时来见他的时候，他意识到阿德琳对于勋章的态度是认真的。故选B项。10答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据第六段中的“But as I grew older， Adeline says, and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left.”可知，随着阿德琳年龄的增长，她越来越思念她的哥哥，她意识到紫心勋章是她哥哥留下的唯一的东西，由此可推知，阿德琳珍视这枚紫心勋章是由于她对哥哥的回忆，故选D项。
