1、选修 Unit 1 单元主题语篇训练.阅读理解AMy son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldnt know he had a prob
2、lem when you saw him walk.The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldnt be able to run as well as the other children, so he didnt know.In seventh grade he decided to go out f
3、or the crosscountry team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the po
4、tential to score points for the school. We didnt tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didnt know.He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day even the day he had a 39 degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. When
5、I asked him how he felt, he simply replied “OK”. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldnt run four miles with a 39 degree fever, so he didnt know.Two weeks later, the
6、names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade the other six team members were all eighthgraders. We never told him he shouldnt expect to make the team. We never told him he couldnt do it, so he didnt know. He just made it.语篇解读
7、：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了作者的儿子Joey生来双脚畸形，经过治疗，医生认为他像常人一样跑步的可能性微乎其微。然而，他一直不知道自己的病情，经过不断努力，他最终恢复到了正常状态。1According to the passage, we can describe Joey as a/an _ person.AambitiousBdeterminedCindependent Dcourageous解析：选B推理判断题。根据文章内容尤其是第四段第一句可推知，Joey是一个有决心的人。故选B。2The author repeats the sentence “so he didnt know
8、” in order to _.Acriticize the ignorance of JoeyBimpress the readers with Joeys optimismCshow the over protection of Joeys parentsDemphasize the unlimited potential of human beings解析：选D推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句、第三段最后一句、第四段最后一句及最后一段最后两句可知，Joey做到了那些他不能做的事情。由此可推知，作者重复这句话是为了强调人的无限潜能。故选D。3Which of the following pr
9、overbs is best conveyed in the story?APractice makes perfect.BRome was not built in a day.CNothing is impossible to a willing heart.DThe longest journey begins with the first step.解析：选C推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章主要叙述了作者的儿子Joey生来双脚畸形，经过治疗，医生认为他像常人一样跑步的可能性微乎其微。然而，他一直不知道自己的病情，经过努力，他恢复到了正常状态。由此可推知，本文传达了“功夫不负有心人”的精神
10、。故选C。BSince the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. That ambition nearly ended one night in 2010. Hill, then a 17yearold high school senior in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. For most people, that would have dashe
11、d any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. “I wanted to prove to my community and to myself that I was stillnormal，”she told Teen Vogue.“Whatever normal meant.”Normal for her meant dancing, so Hill did it in the wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team.
12、“It definitely took a lot of learning and practice，” Hill told Today.After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered various injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance with her.Hoping to reach more
13、people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes, “I want to break down the stereotype of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether youre walking or youre rolling，” she told CBS News. Dancing on wheels, the
14、 Rollettes discovered, can be just as fastpaced, artful, and fulfilling as the footbased variety. Theyre having fun, and the fun is touching.Hill has attained what many of us never will：her childhood dream. But the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as fulfilling. Every year she hold
15、s a dance camp for wheelchair users of all ages and abilities with an eye to helping them find their inner Ginger Rogers or Julianne Hough.The dancers arent the only ones feeling inspired. One woman saw a YouTube video of the team competing and commented, “You guys are so awesome! To be in a wheelch
16、air and still be so beautiful makes me know I can be beautiful too! Thank you！”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了因遭遇意外而下半身瘫痪的女孩Chelsie Hill身残志坚、乐观向上，坚持追求舞蹈梦想，并且通过自己的行动影响更多残疾人的励志故事。4What can we learn about Chelsie Hill?AShe was born with disability.BShe experienced a car accident in 2014.CShe dreamed to be a danc
17、er since childhood.DHer dancing career stopped when she was 17.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，Chelsie Hill自幼就梦想成为一名舞蹈家。故选C。5How did Chelsie Hill prove herself to be normal?ABy graduating with honor.BBy dancing in a wheel chair.CBy refusing to use a wheelchair.DBy starting a high school dance team.解析：选B细节理解题。
18、根据第二段第一句可知，她通过坐在轮椅上跳舞以证明她是正常的。故选B。6Why did Chelsie Hill start Rollettes?ATo satisfy her own ambition.BTo better understand achievement.CTo accomplish both success and fame.DTo inspire more disabled women to dance.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第四段第一句及最后一段第二、三句可推知，她组建此舞蹈队是为了鼓励更多的残疾女性来跳舞。故选D。7Whats the best title of th
19、e passage?AChase Your Dreams Even in a WheelchairBForm a Dance Team a Big BonusCBecome a Dancer a Challenging DreamDDance on Wheels a New Trend解析：选A标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要叙述了主人公Chelsie Hill因遭遇意外而下半身瘫痪却身残志坚、乐观向上，坚持追求舞蹈梦想，并且通过自己的行动影响更多残疾人的励志故事。A项“追逐你的梦想即使在轮椅上”符合文章主旨，适合作本文的标题。故选A。tips 根据段落大意，提炼文章大意文章是由段落组成的。
20、段落的主题就是段落的中心思想，具体段落的中心思想又是为文章整体中心思想服务的。理解整篇文章的中心思想的方法是建立在理解具体段落中心的基础上的。找出每小段的主题句，各段的主题句常在该段的首句或尾句，各段主题句的整体归纳便是文章的中心思想。有的文章无明显主题句，主题句隐含在段意之中，这就需要进一步加工概括。根据全文的结构安排，理解文章的“重心”和支撑性细节。例如上文B篇阅读中主题句不明显，但是每段的中心很明显，把每段中心意义连接起来，便很容易得出整篇的文章的中心为“Chase Your Dreams Even in a Wheelchair”。 .读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续
21、写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。Tenyearold Sami loved to visit his grandfathers house. The house was near the beautiful blue sea. At the seaside stood thick and tall palm_trees with green coconuts hanging from them. When the coconuts fell down, Sami would break them open and drink the coconut water. Sami liked to p
22、lay under the trees. It was always great fun to spend the holidays at Grandpas place.This winter vacation, Sami was surprised when he came to his grandfathers village. There were hardly any trees left. He saw houses built near the sea. People had cut down many palm trees and there was hardly any gre
23、enery left.Grandpas house was different. He never allowed his trees to be cut. He hugged each palm tree in his courtyard. He also named the two big trees near the front door one was Petu, and the other Betu. He had planted them with his own hands and today they had become large, massive trees with t
24、hick trunks. They were tall and green and gave the sweetest, juiciest coconuts.One night, Sami was awakened by a strange sound. He could not sleep. He tossed (辗转) and turned in bed. Suddenly, the ground shook as if the earth was splitting. He sat up straight and then ran to Grandpa. He clung (附着) to
25、 his grandpa tightly. Grandpa cried out, “Its an earthquake! Its an earthquake！” They ran outside the house. They thought that would be safe.Suddenly, there was a loud sound, the earth was not splitting but the sea was roaring. People were shouting, screaming and crying, “The sea is rising! The sea
26、is rising！” The villagers started running away from the beach. Sami watched dumbstruck (呆若木鸡)The waves were rising higher and higher. Sami thought, “How big the waves are！” He went into the house again and saw water coming in from all sides. He was scared.Sami remembered his mother telling him long
27、ago, “You must always get out of the house if the floods come too near.” He ran outside the house with Grandpa. But the water came surging (汹涌) in.Waves about twelve meters high came rushing in, drowning everything. Water was all around and everywhere.注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2请按如下格式作答。Paragraph 1：Grandpa h
28、eld Samis hand tightly but a huge wave separated them. Paragraph 2：“Sami, Sami！” Grandpa cried.“Dont be scared, little one, come to me, quickly.” 参考范文： Paragraph 1：Grandpa held Samis hand tightly but a huge wave separated them. Grandpa fought the waves and strived to catch Sami,_but failed. Sami was
29、 drifted away! He struggled to keep his head above the water. The water pushed him ahead. Fortunately, he caught a palm_tree in his courtyard. He panicked and screamed out to Sami but could not see him. He clung to tree tightly while the sea was all around. In hope of seeing Sami. Grandpa climbed hi
30、gher up the tree. The water carried Sami round and round.Paragraph 2：“Sami, Sami！” Grandpa cried.“Dont be scared, little one, come to me, quickly.”“But Grandpa. I cant swim！” Another wave came with terrifying speed and force. Sami cried in despair. Suddenly, Sami felt himself thrown onto the top of a tree. He immediately held it! Looking around, he saw everything was terribly destroyed, but in the near distance, his grandpa was on another tree! Soon it was calm, both Grandpa and Sami came down the trees and rushed to hug each other, then they hugged the trees with tears of gratitude.
