1、UNIT 3 SPORTS AND FITNESS.阅读理解Elephants might be the most wellknown and wellloved animal in African wildlife. But conservation (保护) of the African elephants still faces special difficulties. While the elephant population is half of what it was 40 years ago, some areas of Africa have more elephants t
2、han populated areas can support. Thats why AWF scientists are studying elephant behavior, protecting habitats and finding ways for humans to live peacefully with elephants in Africa.Years ago, overhunting and the ivory trade were the biggest threats to elephants survival. Luckily, ivory bans (禁令), h
3、unting rules and protected areas protect elephants from these dangers today.The 21st century brings a different challenge to elephant conservationlanduse. Elephants walk across borders and outside parks and other protected areas. So they often destroy crops, causing conflicts (冲突) between local farm
4、ers and these big animals.Successful conservation strategies (策略) must allow elephants to walk freely in their natural habitats while reducing conflicts between elephants and local people.AWF researchers are searching for a way to give both elephants and people the space they need. The AWF is collec
5、ting information on elephant habitats and behavior. The information they gather will help to develop the widest possible space for elephants.The AWF is helping elephants by protecting their habitats. And they also work with local farmers to improve their life in order to encourage them to protect ra
6、ther than destroy elephants.21世纪非洲大象的保护面临着一些挑战，AWF的研究人员正在寻找方法去解决矛盾。1The first paragraph of the text is mainly to tell readers .AAfrican elephants are endangered nowBthere remains a lot to do to protect African elephantsCAfrican elephants are popular animalsDthe number of African elephants has increa
7、sed over the years答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据第一段的描述尽管目前大象的数量是40年前的一半，但是非洲有些地方的大象数量超过了此地区的供养数量。这就是AWF的科学家在非洲研究大象行为，保护大象栖息地，以及找到人与大象和平相处的方法的原因了。可推断第一段主要想告诉读者保护非洲大象还有很多事要做。故选B。2What is the biggest difficulty in protecting African elephants now?AThey are still being killed.BTheir habitats are being destroyed.CThey
8、dont have enough food.DThey cant live in peace with farmers.答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的The 21st century brings a different challenge to elephant conservationlanduse. 和they often destroy crops, causing conflicts (冲突) between local farmers and these big animals。可知21世纪非洲大象的保护面临的新挑战是土地使用，大象经常破坏庄稼，导致当地农民和大象的冲突。
9、所以这里D是正确答案。3To protect elephants, the AWF does all the following EXCEPT .Akeeping elephants Bprotecting elephants habitatsCdoing research on elephants Dhelping farmers improve their life答案：A解析：细节理解题。由最后两段可知，为了保护大象，AWF的研究者研究大象(搜集大象栖息地和行为的信息)，保护大象栖息地以及改进农民的生活。他们并没有饲养大象。可知本题选A。4What is the best title f
10、or the text?AAfrican elephants conservationBLiving with African elephantsCAfrican elephants situationDAfrican elephants being endangered答案：A解析：标题判断题。通读全文内容，可看出本文介绍非洲大象的现状及保护。故选A。.七选五Tips for Cooking on a Tight ScheduleFrom my experience，there are three main reasons why people dont cook more often：ab
11、ility，money，and time. 1 Money is a topic Ill save for another day.So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen.Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule：1Think ahead.The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when Im alre
12、ady hungry and theres nothing ready to eat.So think ahead of the coming week.When will you have time to cook？Do you have the right materials already? 2 2Make your time worth it.When you do find time to cook a meal，make the most of it and save yourself time later on.Are you making one loaf of bread?
13、3 It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.So save yourself the effort for a future meal.3. 4 This may surprise you，but one of the best tools for making cooking is to try new things.It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appeti
14、te and schedule.The more you learn and the more you try，the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.Hopefully that gives you a good start. 5 And dont let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!ATry new things.BAbility is
15、 easily improved.CMake three or four instead.DUnderstand your food better.ECooking is a burden for many people.FLet cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.GA little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.现代生活中人们不经常做饭。但是做饭对我们的生活有很好的影响。本文中提出了一些在紧凑的时间表里做饭的建议。1B解析：根据 后句Mone
16、y is a topic Ill save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen提到了money和 time。只有ability没有叙述。又根据横线前面的句子From my experience, there are three main reasons why people dont cook more often: ability, money and time.与之有关的只有带有abil
17、ity这一信息了，所以选择B项。2G解析：根据本段中心思想Think ahead.预先思考。根据此段开头的关键词ahead，可以判断出此段与ahead有关，所以答案为G项 “A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.” 提前计划可以节省后来的很多工作。3C解析：根据横线前句Are you making one loaf of bread? 可以判断出要make one loaf of bread那就是与数量有关，根据后一句It takes around the same amount of time to make
18、 more of something.在同样的时间里可以做出更多的东西。所以应该选择C项。4A解析：根据It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.这两句，提到了new ideas和try 可以判
19、断出要尝试新鲜事物，也就是要与new有关，所以选择A项。5F解析：本段是全文的总结，根据最后一句And dont let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live！不要让忙碌阻止你的生活方式和饮食方式产生变化。要让做饭成为快乐的事情而不是负担。所以选择F项。.语法填空Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar pai
20、ntings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a 1 (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38yearold craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to 2 (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After 3 mine closed down, Li turned 4 housing decoratio
21、n until he 5 (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by 6 (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li
22、 loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make 7 (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with 8 (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman 9 (basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the sy
23、rup(糖浆). When the sugar cools down, 10 appears is a piece of sugar art.这是一篇说明文。本文介绍传统的中国民间工艺糖画以及它的传人李江忠。1distant解析：考查形容词。后文memory为名词，形容词修饰名词，应该使用distance的形容词形式，故填distant。2keeping解析：考查非谓语动词。固定搭配：be devoted to“致力于”to是介词，后跟动词ing作宾语，故填keeping。3the解析：考查冠词。此处特指Li所在的矿井关闭之后，他转向房子装修。根据句意可知此处用定冠词the。4to解析：考查介
24、词。短语turn to “转向；致力于”后跟介词to，故填to。5was forced解析：考查被动语态。句意：由于伤了一个手指，他被迫放弃房子装修。根据上文turned可知此处用一般过去时，且谓语force与主语he之间构成被动关系，故填一般过去时的被动语态was forced。6himself解析：考查反身代词。句意：他通过大量的网上视频和信息自学。短语by oneself “独自地；单独”可知此处用反身代词，故填himself。7varieties解析：考查名词的单复数。句意：他很快掌握了这项技能并能制作多种多样的糖画。variety为可数名词，此处表示“多种多样”故用复数形式varieties。8melted解析：考查形容词。sugar为名词，需要形容词修饰，表示“融化的糖”，故填melted。9basically解析：考查副词。paint为动词，需要副词修饰，故填basically。10what解析：考查连词。此处是what引导的主语从句，从句中缺少主语，指物，故使用引导词what。