1、单元加餐练(五).阅读理解Are you at least 17 years old? Do you weigh more than 110 pounds? Do you consider yourself fairly healthy?If you answered yes to all of these questions, you should be donating blood every two months. In my survey of my schoolmates, I found that only 50 percent of them have ever donated
2、blood and that only 1 out of 13 of them donate regularly. The lack of blood donors is a serious problem that requires immediate action.According to the American Red Cross Web pages, in the United States alone someone receives a blood transfusion (输血) once every three seconds. People who benefit from
3、 donations include cancer patients as well as babies. The need for blood never takes a vacation and neither should donors.Let me tell you about Brooke, a threeyearold girl with cancer. Brooke has spent about half of her life in the hospital receiving treatments. Her treatment will require about 500
4、units of blood in total, of which only 250 units have been replaced. She still needs the other half of the total amount to continue her treatment. If she doesnt receive this blood, she will not live to start kindergarten.Examples like Brookes are becoming all too common these days, with only 1 in 20
5、 Americans donating blood and this number keeps dropping each year. These facts are extremely worrying considering that nearly half of us here will need blood sometime in our lives.You can now see the seriousness of the problem with the lack of blood donations. Fortunately, it is a problem that can
6、be easily solved. Each and every one of you can be part of the solution. All you have to do is go to the nearest Red Cross and donate your blood.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了义务献血的紧迫性。1How does the author explain the problem mentioned in Paragraph 2?ABy answering questions.BBy making comparisons.CBy presenti
7、ng research findings.DBy describing his own experiences.解析：选C写作手法题。根据第二段中的In my survey of my schoolmates, I found that可知，作者在第二段主要是通过陈述自己的调查发现来解释说明献血者少这一问题。2What can we learn from the American Red Cross Web pages?AThe suffering of patients.BThe strong need for blood.CThe efforts of the Red Cross.DThe
8、 benefits of taking vacations.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段中的in the United States alone someone receives a blood transfusion (输血) once every three seconds和The need for blood never takes a vacation不难看出市场对血液的强烈需求。3What is the purpose of the text?ATo persuade people to donate blood.BTo present some new medical resu
9、lts.CTo call on people to save a little girl.DTo explain the risks of blood donation.解析：选A写作目的题。通读全文可知，本文的目的是劝说人们义务献血。.完形填空Yesterday I learned about the death of a member of the Eisner Camp family, Jonah Dreskin. Jonah, a 19yearold freshman at the University of Buffalo, was found in a(n) 1 condition
10、 lying on a campus road Sunday night, and died on the way to the hospital. The police are still 2 the cause of his death.I didnt really 3 Jonah, but I heard of him. He was a rabbis (犹太教教士的) child and had spent many years at camp like I did. Although I didnt really know him, I wish I had. Ive been 4
11、peoples memories of him on the wall of a Facebook group, and he was really a(n) 5 person. Jonah clearly touched many people and will be greatly missed. Like Jonah, Ive always been the kind of person who enjoys making people feel 6 . I like to send cards to friends on birthdays or other 7 ， although
12、not to all of them every year. I hardly ever 8 any, but that doesnt matter because that is not the reason why I do it. I just think about my friends getting the 9 through email and their smiles on their faces when they open them, and thats all I need. 10 ， remember that life is valuable. You should
13、11 someone for doing good or 12 you out. Tell your friends that youre 13 to have them during your lifetime, and send email to a friend or relative that you havent 14 for a very long time. Tell some people that theyre 15 to you, that you love them, and that you miss them . because the truth is that y
14、ou never know what tomorrow will bring and how you are going to make the most of today.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了一位曾感动许多人的大一新生猝死于校园，这让作者感到生命的可贵。作者劝诫我们善待亲人、善待朋友，要懂得感恩。1A.excellentBnormalCterrible Dpeaceful解析：选C根据下文Jonah死在了去医院的路上可知他当时状况很不好。故选C项。2A.looking into Blooking afterClooking for Dlooking through解
15、析：选A从语境知，警方还在调查(looking into)Jonah的死因，故选A项。3A.tolerate BscareCinspire Dknow解析：选D结合下文可知，“我”真不认识(know)Jonah。本段第三句是提示。4A.desiring BlosingCsupplying Dreading解析：选D根据语境可知，“我”一直在看(reading)Facebook群组的留言墙上人们所写的对Jonah的追忆的内容。on the wall为提示。5A.frightening BrelaxingCamazing Dconfusing解析：选C根据下一句中的Jonah clearly to
16、uched many people可知Jonah确实了不起(amazing)。6A.embarrassed BspecialCuncomfortable Dhealthy解析：选B根据下文I like to send cards to friends on birthdays . 可知“我”是喜欢让人感到自己很特别的(special)那种人。7A.occasions BkingdomsCorganizations Dseasons解析：选A根据语境可知，“我”会在生日或其他场合(occasions)送给朋友们贺卡。8A.bring BreceiveCpay Dput解析：选B结合常识和下文可知
17、， “我”几乎不曾收到(receive)朋友的贺卡。9A.suggestions BbooksCplans Dcards解析：选D根据上文的send cards可知，“我”通过邮件给朋友发送贺卡(cards)。10A.However BInsteadCSo DFinally解析：选C结合上下文逻辑，因为Jonah英年早逝，因此(So)要记住生命宝贵。11A.thank BaffectCdescribe Drecognize解析：选A根据语境可知，你应该感谢(thank)做好事的人或帮助(helping)你摆脱困境的人，所以选A项。12A.working BgivingChelping Dfin
18、ding解析：选C参见上题解析。13A.similar BgladCsuperior Dnecessary解析：选B结合语境可知，此处表示告诉你的朋友们，你的一生中有他们你很高兴(glad)。14A.spoken to Bbelonged toCshouted to Dreturned to解析：选A根据上下文可知，给你长时间没交谈(spoken to)的朋友或亲戚发邮件，故选A项。15A.true BimportantCpolite Dthankful解析：选B根据下文that you love them可知，你应告诉某些人，他们对你来说很重要(important)。.概要写作阅读下面短文，
19、根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。Advertising plays a major role in the competitive business world.Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win customers away from their competitors.The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they dont wa
20、nt in the beginning.Advertising encourages people to buy things they dont want through misleading ideas.Advertising proves to be a successful tool to show the features of products even though some of the products are regarded undesirable such as cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and so on.For example, Dunh
21、ill, a cigarette company which sponsors many football teams seems to promote cigarettes to the public.Without the sponsorship, the company will be less known to the public, resulting in fewer sales of cigarettes.Besides that, advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by people in their
22、 everyday life.Many businesses use advertising as a form of promotion to create awareness about their products in the market.For example, in the fast food industry, the introduction of a new flavor (风味) of hamburgers needs advertising to reach the public while the other hamburgers require advertisin
23、g to increase sales.Children, especially, are easily influenced by advertisements and will have the desire to dine at fast food restaurants after that.Although fast food is bad for health, it has successfully become popular to the public through advertising.However, advertising plays a part in helpi
24、ng customers to compare products in terms of price, quality, reliability and so on.Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worth of a product.For example, advertisements delivered by various companies have given customers the opportunity to choose wisely when they a
25、re buying items.Without the power of advertising, customers will be stuck to a brand which may not offer the best choice.参考范文：It is essential that advertising helps companies win in their business and services as an instrument to appeal to customers.(要点1)Advertising also talks customers into buying some unwanted products, thus promoting the sales.(要点2) People, especially children, tend to be influenced by advertising to make decisions.(要点3) Whats more, advertising spreads overall information of products, which helps people buy wisely.(要点4)