1、Unit 2Section Starting out & Understanding ideas.阅读理解AMy Favourite BooksJo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and coauthor of the This Book Will series (系列) of lifestyle books.Here she picks her top reads.MatildaRoald DahlI once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahls writing an
2、d it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful worlds.Matildas battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, are equally funny and frightening，but theyre also aspirational.After DarkHaruki MurakamiIts about two sistersEri, a model who either wont or cant
3、 stop sleeping, and Mari, a young student.In trying to connect to her sister, Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world of diverse “night people” who are hidingsecrets.Gone GirlGillian FlynnThere was a bit of me that didnt want to love this when everyone else on the planet did，but the horr
4、or story is brilliant.Theres tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust.Its a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise whats going on is horribly enjoyable.The StandStephen KingThis is an excellent fantasy novel from one of the best storytellers around.Aft
5、er a serious flu outbreak wipes out 99.4% of the worlds population, a battle unfolds between good and evil among those left.Randall Flagg is one of the scariest characters ever.1Who does “I” refer to in the text?AStephen King. BGillian Flynn.CJo Usmar. DRoald Dahl.2Which of the following tells about
6、 Mari and Eri?ACosmopolitan. BMatilda.CAfter Dark. DThe Stand.3What kind of book is Gone Girl?AA folk tale. BA biography.CA love story. DA horror story.BIt is often said that Western Europeans speak English. From traveling all through Europe, I know that this is not entirely true. Some regions of Eu
7、rope have a 90% of English speaking rate, while in other parts, English is generally a tongue which is impossible to understand. The divide, it seems, lies with the Romance languages.In Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the rest of the Western European nonRomance language speaking
8、regions, English seems to be understood and spoken just like the peoples first tongue. In Iceland, I have never experienced English was spoken so well and so widely by a nonnative speaking country. And I have almost never met a Dutch person who did not speak English almost as well as my countrymen.B
9、ut when you move to the south of Western Europe a little, something happens. English becomes a less useful language for traveling. You just cross over the Romance language barrier (障碍) and into Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy, where English is spoken at a rate that does not seem to be much higher
10、 than in China, Latin America, or Southeast Asia.Traveling through Europe and working in hotels around the world that are popular with Europeans have given me a deeper view of their usage of foreign languages. The northern Europeans can often speak five or six languages, while the Romance speakers h
11、ardly know more than their birth tongue. And if you think that Spanish and Italian are so similar that their speakers can understand each other, I tell you that this is completely wrong. Spaniards and Italians dont even understand each other. It is also not a fact that people from both of these coun
12、tries can communicate in French; only those who put a large amount of effort into learning English or have lived abroad for years can speak English well.People often say that French people really understand English but refuse to speak it, but from watching hundreds of French travelers over the years
13、 struggle with English abroad as well as friends in France trying in vain (徒劳无益) to communicate with me, I know that this is not true. English is simply not widely spoken there outside the large cities.4What can we learn from the passage?AIn Iceland, English is not spoken very well.BA Dutch person c
14、an almost speak English as well as the author himself.CSpanish and Italian are so similar that their speakers can understand each other easily.DEnglish is as widely spoken as French in France.5The author is probably a(n) _.AFrenchman BDutchmanCAmerican DChinese6What does “this” in the last paragraph
15、 mean?AWestern Europeans speak English.BFrench people really understand English but refuse to speak it.CHundreds of French travelers struggle with English abroad.DFriends in France try in vain to communicate with me in English.7Where is the passage most probably taken from?AA travel journal.BA fashi
16、on magazine.CA geography textbook.DA news report.阅读七选五Being a superhero to othersEwan Drum has always liked superheroes. He likes how they help people. At age seven, he told his parents, “I want to dress up like a superhero and help the homeless.” _1_ Wearing his red superhero cape (斗篷), Ewan helped
17、 pass out 70 packed lunches to hungry people in a park in Detroit, Michigan. Thats how Super Ewan was born._2_ People donated (捐赠) money and supplies, and Ewan took them to those in need. When someone donated jugs of water, Ewan and his family drove their car to get even more. They took the water to
18、 Flint, Michigan, a city that had unsafe drinking water. Another time, a businessman donated six turkeys. _3_ “In the end”， he says, “we gave 64 turkey dinners to families all around Detroit.”Ewan has a motto：Everyone can be a superhero to someone. At an event called the Hero Round Table, Ewan says，
19、“Its not hard to help people. You can keep some socks and food in your car to help people in need. You can help a neighbor garden. _4_”Its been several years since Super Ewan started his task. Every month, he still visits the same park to hand out clothes, food, and supplies to people who are hungry
20、 or homelesshis Super Friends. _5_“No matter what happens，” Ewan says, “I will always keep helping people.”AThis superhero says hell never take off his cape.BNews spread (传播) about Ewans act of kindness.CA few months later, Ewans family planned a day of giving.DEvery little thing helps and can make
21、someone feel happy.EEwan says he wants more adults to act like superheroes.FSeveral days later, his parents drove to Flint and helped him raise a lot of money.GWith his parents help, Ewan asked for more turkeys through the Internet, plus side dishes.课时作业(四).阅读理解A【语篇解读】本文介绍了Jo Usmar最喜欢的四本书。1答案与解析：C考查
22、代词指代。由标题My Favourite Books以及第一段最后一句话“Here she picks her top reads”可知，文章是以Jo Usmar的口吻进行写作的。故选C。2答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据After Dark部分中的“Its about two sistersEri, a model who either wont or cant stop sleeping, and Mari, a young student”可知答案为C。3答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据Gone Girl部分中的“but the horror story is brilliant”可知答
23、案为D。B【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了作者在旅行中发现的英语在西欧的使用情况。4答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“And I have almost never met a Dutch person who did not speak English almost as well as my countrymen”可知，荷兰人能把英语说得跟作者说得一样好。故选B。5答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据第二段的描述可推知，作者不是荷兰人或中国人；根据第五段的描述可推知，作者也不是法国人。故选C。6答案与解析：B推理判断题。根据文中的“People often say that French pe
24、ople really understand English but refuse to speak it, but from watching hundreds of French travelers over the years struggle with English abroad as well as friends in France trying in vain(徒劳无益)to communicate with me, I know that this is not true”可知，人们常说法国人真懂英语，但拒绝说它，但作者通过多年的观察发现，成百上千的法国游客在说英语的国家里艰
25、难地使用英语，他的法国朋友试图用英语跟他聊天，但无法沟通，因此作者发现这不是真的。由此可推知this指的是“French people really understand English but refuse to speak it”。故选B。7答案与解析：A出处判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了英语在西欧的使用情况，同时我们会发现这些情况来自作者在旅行中的发现。因此本文最可能出自旅游杂志。故选A。.阅读七选五【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。Ewan Drum一直有一个超人梦，他从七岁的时候就开始帮助他人。1答案与解析：C根据空后一句“Wearing his red superhero cap
26、e(斗篷), Ewan helped pass out 70 packed lunches to hungry people in a park in Detroit, Michigan”可知，Ewan把70份盒装午餐分发给饥饿的人，这种慈善行为是要事先计划的，故C项符合语境。2答案与解析：B根据空后一句“People donated(捐赠)money and supplies, and Ewan took them to those in need”可知，他的善举为人们所熟知，人们开始捐钱捐物。B项符合语境。3答案与解析：G根据空前句“Another time，a businessman donated six turkeys”可知有一个商人捐了六只火鸡，而空后的“we gave 64 turkey dinners to families all around Detroit”则表明Ewan通过自己的努力得到了更多的火鸡，而G项讲述的正是此内容，故选G项。4答案与解析：D空前两句所列举的都是日常生活中我们可以做的帮助他人的小事，这些微不足道的小事会让别人感觉幸福。D项与语境相符。5答案与解析：A根据空后内容可知，无论发生什么事情，Ewan都会一直坚持帮助他人。A项符合语境。