1、课时跟踪检测(十一) Warm-up & Lesson 1 Pre-reading阅读理解AOnce upon a time, when you first attended a youth sporting event, your parents probably werent expecting you to become a professional athlete.They signed up for a basketball, football or swimming course for you in the hope that you might learn lessons ab
2、out winning gentlemanly, losing with dignity (尊严) and insisting on it when things get hard.Yes, playing games is good exercise, but it is the life lessons that matter most.For many of us, instead of looking to improve our minds and spirits, we began judging progress only by the size of our muscles o
3、r the numbers on a weighing machine.The thought that athletic competition is about greater life lessons and the building of character has been further undermined (削弱) by headlines about professional athletes.“And yet theres still strong evidence that sports strongly improve certain personal qualitie
4、s，” says Angela Lumpkin, Professor of the Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas.And thats true for athletes of any age.Amateur sports (业余体育运动) provide a safe place for competition.They also provide a practice ground for managing stress.The advantages of taking
5、 part in a sport can seep (渗透) into your professional life, too.In basketball, for example, “Getting everyone to play the right role on the court is the key to success，” says Alan Arlt, the founder of the Life Time Fitness basketball program Ultimate Hoops.“That is certainly useful in the business w
6、orld, where everyone understands their role in the organization.”“In athletic events, you go through good and bad times often in the period of two hours，” says former NBA head coach Flip Saunders.“Do you have the calm manner to settle yourself down, or do you totally lose it and get thrown out of th
7、e game which hurts both you and your team? All of that oncourt experience has a real effect on how you deal with reallife situations.”语篇解读：参加体育运动不仅是为了强身健体，更重要的是为了提高人的智商和情商。1What would parents expect when their children joined in sports?ATo win as many games as possible.BTo improve their health.CTo m
8、ake more friends.DTo get through difficulties.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段的“.in the hope that you might learn lessons about winning gentlemanly, losing with dignity (尊严) and insisting on it when things get hard”可知，家长让孩子参加体育运动是希望孩子在运动的过程中学会如何面对困难。2What can we learn from Paragraph 2?APeople play sports to build t
9、heir character.BPeople still hold the idea that sports can keep us fit.CPeople keep playing sports to improve minds and spirits.DPeople pay more attention to the news of professional athletes.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第二段的“The thought that athletic competition is about greater life lessons and the building of ch
10、aracter has been further undermined (削弱) by headlines about professional athletes.”可知，运动对人性格的培养并没有被大家过多关注，反倒是专业运动员的一些花边新闻引起人们的更多关注。3Amateur sports are mentioned in Paragraph 3 in order to _.Asupport Lumpkins ideaBintroduce the next topicCshow another piece of evidenceDshow the main idea of the parag
11、raph解析：选A推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，列举业余运动是为了证明Lumpkin的观点。4According to the last paragraph, the sports experience has a real effect on _.Ahow to succeed in the futureBhow to keep calm in certain situationsChow to deal with reallife situationsDhow to understand the role on the court解析：选C细节理解题。根据最后一段的“All of tha
12、t oncourt experience has a real effect on how you deal with reallife situations.”可推知，运动体验对如何处理真实的生活情境有真正的影响。BMany people wake up feeling not rested in the morning. And many of us ignore this problem as the day goes on, forgetting that the restlessness we carry throughout the day might have a cause.
13、We simply do not give ourselves enough of a chance to sleep. A survey of over 74,000 people found that 35 percent reported sleeping less than seven hours per night on average. Even more, the amount of sleep we allow ourselves has changed greatly over the past 15 years.This lack (缺乏) of sleep can lea
14、d to many problems. One study found that simply limiting yourself to six hours of sleep a night for two weeks made performance on a task as poor as if you had stayed up all night on a single night. Now consider ruling out a few things.If you intend to try extending (延长) your sleep period, consider g
15、iving yourself a chance to sleep longer for a full week. My best advice is to try to sleep in for 34 consecutive (连续的) days. Start on the weekend to make it easier. Going to bed earlier doesnt always work, even if you are tired. Your body clock might be programmed in such a way that keeps you from f
16、alling asleep quickly, but it might let you sleep in longer.When you try this, you might find that your problems go away, you feel better, and you wake up feeling more rested. But you might also find that you simply dont need that much sleep and you may have got insomnia (失眠). You might say that thi
17、s advice is not exactly rocket science, but, given the bad influence of sleeping problems, it might at least be brain science.语篇解读：本文是说明文。作者在本文告诉我们如果有睡眠问题，可以尝试在某个阶段逼迫自己多睡会。5What do many people do with their restlessness?AThey think nothing of it.BThey receive treatment.CThey worry a lot about it.DTh
18、ey feel hopeless about it.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段的“And many of us ignore this problem as the day goes on .”可知，很多人早晨起床觉得没休息好，而大多数人对这个问题也不重视。6What is stressed in Paragraph 2?AWhat causes sleep problems.BHow serious sleep problems are.CHow dangerous sleep problems are.DWhat to do to avoid sleep problems.解析：选B
19、段落大意题。从内容上看，第二段主要用数据说明了人们睡眠时间的减少，说明了睡眠问题的严重性。7What are we advised to do to improve our sleep?AChange our body clock.BAvoid being tired in the day.CForce ourselves to sleep more.DSpend every weekend sleeping.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第四段的“. consider giving yourself a chance to sleep longer for a full week”可知，作者建议
20、人们强迫自己一周内多睡觉。8What does the author think of his suggestion?AIt is worth trying.BIt can solve sleep problems.CIt is the best way to keep healthy.DIt will certainly make people feel rested.解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段的“. but, given the bad influence of sleeping problems, it might at least be brain science”可知，作者觉
21、得自己提出的强制睡眠的建议是值得尝试的。CI know what youre thinking: Pizza？For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the morning if you want to.I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it.Some say they dont have time, others think theyr
22、e “saving” calories (卡路里), and still others just dont like breakfast food.But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight.“Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all，” says Katherine Brooking, RD., who
23、developed the supereasy eating plan for this years “SELF CHALLENGE”And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories.Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you f
24、rom overeating later in the day.Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.So eat something in the morning, anything.I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast alt
25、ogether, and have just coffee or orange juice.I say, try heating up last nights leftovers it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow，” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it . you may save yourself some pre
26、bedtime calories.And watch your body gain the fatburning effects.语篇解读：正在减肥的人们到底应不应该吃早餐？本文说明了吃早餐的重要性。吃早餐对健康有益，同时有助于减肥。9The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means _.Aremaining food after a mealBthings left undoneCmeals made of vegetablesDpizza topped with fruit解析：选A词义猜测题。结合最后一段的“. instead of e
27、ating more that night”及画线词的构词(leftover)可推知，该词意为“剩饭菜”。10What can we infer from the text?AWorking women usually have breakfast in a hurry.BMany people have wrong ideas about breakfast.CThere are some easy ways of cooking a meal.DEating vegetables helps save energy.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段及文章中强调的吃早餐的重要性及不应该不吃早
28、餐可推知，现在很多人对早餐有错误的认识。11According to the last paragraph, it is important to _.Aeat something for breakfastBbe careful about what you eatCheat up food before eating itDeat caloriecontrolled food解析：选A细节理解题。最后一段第一句话告诉我们：早餐吃什么都可以，但要吃。12The text is written mainly for those _.Awho go to work earlyBwho want to lose weightCwho stay up lateDwho eat before sleep解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段第一句、第四段第一句及最后一段最后两句可推知，本文的主要阅读对象是想要减肥的人们。
