1、Unit 2课下题型练(四)Extended reading & Project & Assessment.阅读理解Hospitals employ many therapeutic (治疗的) methods, such as medication (药物治疗), massage (按摩) therapy and music therapy.And music therapy is growing in popularity.Sandra Siedliecki is a Senior Scientist at the Nursing Institute of Cleveland Clinic
2、 in Ohio.She says music is a lowcost treatment.And she says scientists have done a lot of research on musics effect on pain.Dr.Marian Good did a lot of studies looking at surgery (外科) patients and the use of music.In her studies, patients just listened to relaxing music.Dr.Good found that her surger
3、y patients took fewer painkillers after they listened to music.Music had a good effect on shortterm pain.However, chronic pain, the kind that recurs (复发) continually, changed a little under the effect of music.Dr.Linda Chlan was studying something different.She was not interested in patients pain, b
4、ut instead, their anxiety.She spent a lot of time with people who were in the hospital because their anxiety was so great that they couldnt breathe.People with this condition often have to use breathing machines.Dr.Chlan said that the machines sometimes did little to improve their condition.Sometime
5、s they even made things worse.The patients would become more anxious.Dr.Chlan let nurses tell patients that music was a good choice to make them feel better.They also placed signs near the patients beds Listen to your music at least twice a day.The people who listened to music had a reduction (减少) i
6、n the amount of medication they received.In addition, their anxiety reduced by about 36 percent.Both doctors had similar explanations for why music was so helpful.Music can be a very powerful distracter (干扰) in the brain when were listening to music that is pleasing and then it interrupts stressful
7、thoughts.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。音乐疗法在许多医院越来越流行。研究表明，令人感到轻松愉快的音乐可以干扰人的大脑，由此减少痛感、减轻压力。1Dr. Marian Goods studies show that music therapy _.Acan help patients recover fastBcannot take the place of medicationCdoesnt work well on all patientsDis cheaper than massage therapy and medication解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，音乐疗法对
8、于短期疼痛疗效显著，但是对于慢性疼痛则收效甚微，即音乐疗法并不适用于所有的病人。2Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ADr.Good and Dr.Chlan didnt agree with each other on musics effect.BPatients will forget their illnesses completely while listening to music.CPatients with great anxiety would not recover after taking me
9、dicine.DListening to enjoyable music is a good way to relieve anxiety.解析：选D推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中所讲的Dr.Linda Chlan的研究结果以及最后一段中的“Music can be .stressful thoughts.”可知，愉快的音乐可以分散大脑的注意力，从而缓解人们的紧张情绪。3What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?AThe brain.BMusic.CStress.DMedicine.解析：选B代词指代题。画
10、线词it所在的句子的意思是“音乐是一种强有力的可以分散大脑注意力的东西，愉快的音乐可以缓解人们的紧张情绪”。由此可知it指代音乐。4What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?ATo show that music therapy is useful.BTo encourage all patients to listen to music.CTo tell how to reduce pain and anxiety.DTo explain how music reduces pain and anxiety.解析：选A写作意图题。作
11、者通过介绍两位医生的调查研究告诉我们音乐可以减轻病人的疼痛以及缓解人们的压力。.完形填空Chris Emch was a pretty unhappy guy.He _1_ years working as a police officer.After a careerending injury, hed opened a shop in Thousands Oaks, California, but the _2_ was struggling.And only months before a Scuba (潜水) trip, hed been diagnosed with skin can
12、cer and had endured a _3_ divorce.In desperation, Chris Emch joined in a group Scuba trip to Indonesia.About 11 meters _4_ water, he removed a borrowed earplug，causing damage to his ear drum.The injury forced Emch to _5_ the Scuba trip.He _6_ have packed up and gone home.Instead，the 41yearold man de
13、cided to have a look around the _7_ islands.So Emch hired a local _8_ named Fritz to show him around.He was attracted by the local attractive sights and unique cultures.But _9_ affected Emch most was his conversations with Fritz.Fritz earned about D|S140 a month，lived in a _10_ house and took on odd
14、 jobs to provide for his wife and son.But Emch realized that Fritz was _11_.Emch told Fritz that he wanted to see his family, so off they went to Fritzs home.Emch met Fritzs family members.He sipped sweet tea and chatted with them.They looked content though they were poor.“I had everything I could e
15、ver want and still _12_ all the time，”he said.“I realized how happy my life was and how _13_ I was to have the life I had been given.”From that point on, Emch had a new _14_ on life.“Things taste better and things smell better now，” he said.He always tries to see the good aspect in people and he has
16、 become confident and cheerful again.“Travel truly _15_ my life，” he said.“Compared to who I was a year ago, some of my closest friends dont recognize who I am any more.”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了遭受到一连串的挫折之后的Chris Emch 变得消沉，闷闷不乐。一次旅游彻底改变了他的人生态度，他重新获得了自信和乐观。1A.wastedBpaidCcostDspent解析：选Dspend time in doing
17、sth意为“花费时间做某事”，此处是指“他当了几年警察”。2A.serviceBaffairCbusinessDmatter解析：选C分析语境“hed opened a shop”可知，此处是指“小店的生意不太好”，business 生意，符合语境。3A.painfulBsmoothCwonderfulDchangeable解析：选A根据单词divorce的意思为“离婚”可知，此处是指“后来，他又经历了一次痛苦的离婚”。4A.beyondBunderCaboveDdown解析：选B根据前面的内容可知， “他参加了潜水团体旅游”，故可判断这里指“大约水下11米”。5A.watch out for
18、Bgive in toCput up withDdrop out of解析：选Dwatch out for当心，留心；give in to屈服；put up with容忍，忍受； drop out of退出。此处是指“受伤使Emch被迫退出了潜水之旅”。6A.couldBshouldCshallDwould解析：选A由后文可知他没有回家，故此处意为：他本来可以收拾行李回家(而没有回家)，分析语境可知，A符合题意。7A.strikingBsurroundingCrisingDdropping解析：选B根据语境可知，他想看一看附近的岛屿。8A.guardBfishermanCsailorDguid
19、e解析：选D由空后 “to show him around” 可知，他雇请了当地的一位导游(guide)。9A.thatBwhichChowDwhat解析：选D分析句子结构可知，本句为主语从句，从句中缺少主语，所以用what。10A.fashionableBbigCshabbyDmodern解析：选C由空格前后内容“Fritz earned about D|S140 a month .and took on odd jobs to provide for his wife and son.”可推知，Fritz 薪水少，做零工来养活妻儿，据此可推断出他居住的条件不好，应当是住在一所破旧的(sha
20、bby)房子里。11A.happyBpoorCsadDfriendly解析：选A由前文的转折连词but以及后文“They looked content though they were poor.”可推断出，他意识到Fritz过得很幸福。12A.liedBchattedCstruggledDcomplained解析：选D根据转折词still可知，此处是指“我已经拥有了我想要的一切，仍然一直抱怨(complain)”。13A.luckyBregretfulCsorryDhopeful解析：选A此处是指“过上这种幸福生活，我应该感到幸运(lucky)”。14A.attitudeBsenseCvie
21、wDexpression解析：选C根据语境可知，此处是指“从那时起，Emch对生活有了新的看法”。view 在此是“看法，观点”之意，符合语境。15A.changedBruinedCenrichedDinfluenced解析：选A根据上文语境可知，Emch对生活的态度发生了变化，所以才说“旅行真正改变了我的生活”。.读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。At first, Michael Surrell didnt see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neigh
22、bors home.He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own house in Allentown, Pennsylvania, when they got a call from one of his daughters：“The house next door is on fire！” He went to investigate.Thats when he saw a woman crying desperately on their porch.“The babys in there！” the w
23、oman cried.Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, instinctively ran inside.“The baby” was 8yearold Tiara Roberts, the womans granddaughter.“Entering the burning house was like running into a bucket of black paint，” Surrell says.The thick smoke caused him to stumble blindly aro
24、und, burned his eyes, and made it impossible to breathe.The conditions would have been dangerous to anyone, but for Surrell, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (慢性阻塞性肺病), they were lifethreatening.After a few minutes in the smokefilled house, he retreated outside to catch his breath.Surre
25、ll knew he couldnt hold his breath for long.Taking a deep breath, he went in a second time.The darkness was overwhelming.Yet because the house had a similar layout (布局) to his, he found the stairs and made it to the second floor.He turned to the right and was met by intense heat.He was already out o
26、f breath.His throat and lungs burned as if hed breathed in fire instead of the smoke and soot in the air.Every blink stung his eyes.All he could hear was the crackling and popping of burning wood.Then a soft but distinct moan (呻吟声) emerged.Still unable to see, Surrell fell to his knees on the hot wo
27、od floor.He crawled toward the sound, feeling around for any sign of the girl.注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2请按如下格式作答。Finally, he touched something a shoe, then an ankle. Surrell woke up in the hospital a couple of days later. 参考范文：Finally, he touched somethinga shoe, then an ankle.He pulled Tiara toward him.Her
28、 body was weak and she wasnt breathing.He hugged her into his arms and stood.He felt the heat of the flames on his cheeks.Turning, he fought through the smoke and ran blindly into the blackness.Surrell put Tiara down on the porch.He started CPRthe first time hed ever done so.Soon she opened her eyes
29、 and took a breath on her own.Surrels throat closed off.Surrell woke up in the hospital a couple of days later.He suffered severe burns to his windpipe and the upper portion of his lungs.He spent over a week in the hospital.The fire worsened Surrells pulmonary condition, and he feels the effects even two years later.As a result, he takes extra medication that helps open his airways.“Its a small price to pay，” he says.“Id do it again in a heartbeat.Wouldnt give it a second thought.”
