1、Unit 3 单元主题语篇训练 （课时作业一）ARead the following passage about four apps.Start Walking PathThis app was created by the American Heart Association to encourage people to walk more to stay fit.It makes it easy for you to find or create and then share nice walks wherever you are.For example, imagine you take
2、 a walk through a park on your way home from work one day.You can map your walk using this app and share it with your friends and coworkers so they can enjoy it too.Or you can search a new area to see if anyone else has posted a nice walk.Weigh What MattersThis app was created by the American Medica
3、l Association to make it easy for patients to set healthy goals and then keep track of their progress.The app tracks three areas: weight, nutrition, and physical activity.Users record what they weight, what they eat, and how much exercise they get.From this information, a progress report is created
4、and emailed to the patients doctor.If patients are not getting enough exercise, their doctors can encourage them to work out more often.My Fitness PalThis app allows you to easily keep track of everything you eat and shows you the calories you are consuming.You can also keep track of or find recipes
5、 for healthy meals.And it has links to discussion boards where you can get support from other people who are trying to lose weight.Sleep CycleThis app watches you while you sleep.It then teaches you about your sleep patterns.You can then use the information to change your pattern if necessary in ord
6、er that you can sleep better.Heres how it works.You places your phone on your bed, near your pillow.Then just go to sleep your phone keeps track of your movement and breathing during the night.It records this information in an easytoread graph that shows you how much you move and how often and when
7、you wake up during the night.It also choose the best time to wake you up so that you have a peaceful start to your day.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四个有益于人身体健康的应用软件。1What do the four apps have in common?AThey are all apps to enable users to socialize.BThey are all apps to help users become healthier.CThey ar
8、e all apps to ensure users have a good sleep.DThey are all apps to encourage users to take exercise.解析：选B细节理解题。由Start Walking Path中的“stay fit”， Weigh What Matters中的“set healthy goals”， My Fitness Pal中的“healthy meals”，还有Sleep Cycle 中的“sleep better”，可知这四个软件有利于人的身体健康，故选B。2Which pair of apps allow users
9、 to record what they eat?AStart Walking Path and Weigh What Matters.BWeigh What Matters and My Fitness Pal.CSleep Cycle and Start Walking Path.DMy Fitness Pal and Sleep Cycle.解析：选B细节理解题。根据Weigh What Matters中的“Users record what they weight, what they eat”和My Fitness Pal中的“This app allows you to easil
10、y keep track of everything you eat”可知，Weigh What Matters 和 My Fitness Pal可以记录用户吃了什么。故选B。3Which of the following is a function of Sleep Cycle?AIt can serve as an alarm clock.BIt is connected to the users doctor.CIt keeps track of the users brain activity.DIt wakes the user up if he doesnt sleep well.
11、解析：选A细节理解题。根据Sleep Cycle中的最后一句“It also choose the best time to wake you up so that you have a peaceful start to your day.”可知，它可以充当闹钟叫用户起床，故选A。BMay Day, the first day of May, is celebrated as a spring festival in many countries.It marks the approach of summer.The English developed their May Day festi
12、vals from the Roman festival called Floralia.In the festival of Floralia, the Romans gathered flowers to honor the goddess of spring Flora.In the Middle Ages, May Day became the favorite holiday of many English villages.People gathered flowers to decorate their homes and churches, sang spring songs
13、and chose a king and a queen of May.Villagers danced around a tall pole fixed upright in the ground, called a maypole, each holding the end of a ribbon attached to the top of the pole.They tied the ribbons around the pole until it was covered with bright colors.They collected dew (露水) on May Day mor
14、ning and washed their faces with it because they believed that the dew on the day had the magic power to regain youth.Nowadays in Britain people no longer attach great importance to the day, but in some towns and villages people still celebrate it by choosing the May Queen and dancing around the may
15、pole.May Queen is a girl selected as being the most beautiful on May Day.She is usually crowned with flowers and often driven in procession through the street.In the United States, the day has never been celebrated with the same enthusiasm as in Britain.But in many American towns and cities, childre
16、n celebrate the day with dancing and singing.They often gather flowers in handmade paper baskets and hang them on the doorknobs of homes of friends and neighbors on May Day morning.At May Day parties, children select May Queens, dance around the maypole, and sing May Day songs.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了很
17、多国家都会庆祝五一节，以及美国和英国两国人民庆祝这个节日的不同方式和对待这个节日截然不同的态度。4What do we know about the May Day in Britain in the Middle Ages?APeople wore bright colours.BPeople celebrated it with enthusiasm.CPeople presented flowers to the goddess of spring.DPeople stayed at home instead of going to churches.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段内容
18、可知，在中世纪，英国人庆祝这一节日的形式多种多样，由此可推断人们庆祝这个节日时带着极大的热情，因此选B。5Why did people wash their faces with dew on May Day?ATo bring good luck.BTo become prettier.CTo get magic power. DTo get young again.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“They collected dew .to regain youth.”可知，人们之所以用露水洗脸，是因为他们相信那天的露水有神奇的力量，可以使他们重新焕发青春，因此D 项正确。6Pa
19、ragraph 3 is mainly developed _.Aby comparison Bby spaceCby process Dby classification解析：选A写作手法题。阅读第三段可以得知，本段主要讲述了今天的英国人和美国人对待五一节的截然不同的态度，因此本段主要是通过对比的方法来写的，故选A项。CDesigning a ballistic missile (弹道式导弹) is no easy task in fact, it takes a rocket scientist.But equally important are the teams working in
20、the background, making it function properly.Xu Liping leads a team of propellantprocessing (推进剂处理) engineers at the Xian Aerospace Chemical Propulsion Factory in Shaanxi Province.Every working day, he and his workmates deal with one of the most dangerous materials on earth highly explosive propellan
21、t designed for use in rocket engines.Nowadays, a large part of the work they do is automated, but the most skillful part must still be done by hand.Using small tools, they carefully clean the surfaces of the propellants.Xu and his team must also always be mindful that even the smallest mistake of th
22、e hand at the wrong moment could result in a great explosion which can destroy their whole workshop.“We must all be familiar with the propellants characters.Our work requires an extremely high level of concentration because the things we work with are highly explosive.We also have to work together，”
23、 he said.Xu, who has been in the business for 30 years, is still considered the master, and is always called upon first when propellant for a newly developed rocket needs to be processed.The proudest moment for the team came in 2015, Xu said, when they watched on television as the important ballisti
24、c missiles they had worked on were paraded in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.“In addition to professional knowledge and a sense of pride, we also have the spirit of innovation (创新) among our young people，” he said.Zhang Kangzhu, Xus leader, said Xus devotion to his work was an inspiration to a
25、ll.He said the younger employees could learn much from Xu.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了有“大国工匠”之称的航空人徐立平。7What do we know about Xu Lipings work?AInteresting.BDangerous.CBoring. DExciting.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句及第四段第二句可知，徐立平的工作是危险的。8What does Xu and his workmates work require?ACarefulness and strength.BCarefulne
26、ss, skills and energy.CProfessional knowledge, carefulness and a sense of satisfaction.DProfessional knowledge, carefulness, team spirit and innovation.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段和第五段第二、三句及倒数第二段最后一句可知，徐立平的工作要求他和他的同事们有专业知识、小心谨慎、团队协作和创新精神。9What does Zhang Kangzhu think of Xu?AHe thinks highly of him.BHe encourag
27、es Xu to do more.CHe thinks Xus work is very easy.DHe thinks Xu sets a bad example to the young.解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，张康助认为徐立平对工作的奉献对他们来说是一种鼓舞，年轻的工作人员应该向徐立平学习。由此可推知，张康助高度评价了徐立平。tips “两定位，一排除”解决细节概括题细节概括题要求通过思维分析将原文中比较分散或复杂的信息进行归纳概括，即要“综合事实定答案”。这种题型出错率较高，主要是因为考生没有全面分析所涉及的相关信息，只是单一地、孤立地参照文中某句话的内容，从而不能做出
28、符合题干条件的选择。解这种题时可参考“两定位，一排除”的方法。 (1)通过关键词定区间。就是说我们在阅读题干的时候迅速把题干中的关键词标记出来，然后根据关键词回到原文当中定位相关的段落、语句。(2)通过概括定选项。细节概括题可能涉及文章某一段或几段，甚至贯穿全文的各个位置，需要考生寻找文章中的多个细节。然后尝试用自己的语言去归纳文中的信息或事实，最后再看选项，挑选出和自己所归纳的信息最接近的选项作为正确答案。(3)兼用排除法解题。在遇到模棱两可、难以做出选择的答案时，也可采用排除法，将“无此细节”和“与此细节相反”的选项排除。例如上文第8题，根据第四段的“Using small tools,
29、they carefully clean the surfaces of the propellants.Xu and his team must also always be mindful that .”、第五段的“Our work requires an extremely high level of concentration .We also have to work together”及倒数第二段的“In addition to professional knowledge and a sense of pride, we also have the spirit of innovation .”这些细节综合分析可知，徐立平的工作要求他和他的同事们有专业知识、小心谨慎、团队协作和创新精神。
