1、阅读强化训练(十六)学生用书P172(单独成册)(建议用时:25分钟) 阅读理解Become a volunteer and help those who need your help in your community! Volunteer work includes helping the poor, helping the families whose houses were destroyed by national disasters or creating green spaces for neighborhood families. Whichever service activ
2、ity you choose, you have the “power of one” to make a difference and create a real change in the community!Our holiday volunteer jobs are open to all Americans. You dont need any special skills to join and there are no age limits. With Biosphere Expedition(生物探险), you can be a wildlife and environmen
3、tal volunteer for anywhere from two weeks to two months. Youll work with local scientists, and the leaders from Biosphere Expedition will be by your side.We need students at the age of 16 and up who study at school and want a chance to use their talents, skills and knowledge to help the little kids.
4、 Most of them have enough patience and are warmhearted. Join the Volunteer Service Center today! Volunteers are the greatest people in the world. Lets work together to make the world a better place.【解题导语】本文主要目的是招募义工,用来帮助社区中需要帮助的人,和科学家一起进行探险以及有耐心地帮助小孩子们,每项活动对于招募义工的要求都有所不同。1The volunteers can _ in the
5、 community.Alook after pet animalsBhelp the people who are poorCbuild a house for the homelessDclean up the yardsB解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中 Volunteer work includes helping the poor.可知,志愿工作包括帮助穷人,故选B。2The Biosphere Expedition is likely to be held _Afor three monthsBduring a holidayConly by local scientistsDbet
6、ween America and ChinaB解析:细节理解题。根据第二段中Our holiday volunteer jobs are open to all Americans. 我们假期志愿者工作面向所有美国人。可知是在假期,要求美国人。故选B。3Which of the following is TRUE?AThe volunteer should create green spaces for all the families.BThe volunteer can choose any service activity in the community.CTo join the ho
7、liday volunteer work, special skills are required.DThe student who doesnt study at school can be a volunteer to help the little kids.B解析:推理判断题。根据第一段中 Whichever service activity you choose, you have the.无论你选择何种服务活动,可知选B。4What is the best title for this passage?AVolunteers WantedBA Job InterviewCAn Ex
8、pedition ClubDEducation ServiceA解析:标题归纳题。结合整篇文章可知,本文是招募志愿者的,所以应选A。 完形填空My heart story started when I was 13 years old. My father died of a heart attack while on a golf course at the young age of 45.Heart disease _1_ in my family. Like my father, I have astronomically high lipid(脂质) levels and the go
9、od news is that today there are some _2_ that can significantly reduce my lipid levels to _3_ normal ranges.In 2011, when I was 45 and my own son was 13, history _4_ itself. While skating with my son, I began to _5_ an “uncomfortable feeling”. I didnt think it was heartrelated. When we _6_ my wife g
10、ave me aspirin and we decided to go to see my _7_ the next day because my symptoms had _8_ decreased. My doctor sent us straight _9_ the hospital where I had my heart examined. Tests _10_ that I had trouble with my heart. After nine days at the hospital and a surgery, I went home on my 46th birthday
11、 with a _11_ life._12_ there was no evidence of any heart damage at all. My doctor told me that I must have been doing _13_ pretty good before my heart attack because patients didnt usually _14_ the kind of blockage (堵塞物) I had, or they encountered _15_ damage to the heart.I told them that I had bee
12、n _16_ walking for seven years before my heart attack, walking up to 20 miles a week.Several people in the medical profession told me that walking _17_ my life!This October, I will be walking at the Heart and Stroke Walk in Tacoma. Every step is a _18_ that life is fragile and can be taken from us a
13、t any moment. My _19_ to you is very simple:_20_ someone has heart disease in your family, there is something he can do about it.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者因心脏病发作住院,手术之后很快康复。事实证明,是他平时的走路运动对他身体的康复起着重要的作用。1A.runsBaffectsCjoinsDgetsA解析:下文表明,作者也像父亲那样患有心脏病,因此“在我们家,心脏病是遗传的”,run是不及物动词,表示“传播,延续”。2A.measuresBwaysCdrug
14、sDideasC解析:下文的“significantly reduce my lipid levels”表明,作者利用药物来降低自己的脂质水平。3A.aboveBbelowCnearDwithC解析:使用药物是为了让脂质达到正常的水平,故near“接近”符合语境。4A.coversBremainsCrepeatsDcontrolsC解析:和父亲一样,作者也是在45岁时心脏病发作,因此此处指历史又重演了。repeat“重演,再次发生”,符合语境。5A.expressBavoidCexpandDexperienceD解析:下文作者吃药、看医生表明此处指作者有不舒服的感觉,experience“经历
15、,感受”,符合语境。6A.set outBgot backCcalmed downDgot awayB解析:上文的“While skating with my son”表明作者没有在家,故此处指当他回到家时,他的妻子给了他阿司匹林。7A.sonBfriendCmotherDdoctorD解析:下文的“My doctor sent us straight.”暗示着作者和妻子决定一起去看医生。8A.hardlyBconsiderablyCcompletelyDpracticallyB解析:上文的“the next day”说明,作者没有马上看医生理应是因为他的症状大大减少了。considerabl
16、y“很,非常,相当大地”,符合语境。9A.forBtoCinDatB解析:句中的“the hospital where I had my heart examined”说明医生直接把我们送到医院,to表示“向,朝,到,往”,符合语境。10A.exposedBdeclaredCshowedDimpliedC解析:下文中的“a surgery”表明此处指测试显示作者的心脏有问题。show“说明,表明,显示”,符合语境。11A.specialBcommonCnewDcolorfulC解析:经过住院治疗,作者很幸运地康复了,得到了新的(new)生命。12A.AmazinglyBFortunatelyC
17、NaturallyDEventuallyA解析:令人惊讶的是,“我”的心脏没有任何损伤的痕迹。amazingly“令人惊讶地,惊人地”。13A.somethingBnothingCeverythingDanythingA解析:下文提到散步,说明作者一直在做对身体有益的事情。14A.sufferBabandonCunderstandDsurviveD解析:作者很快从突发心脏病中康复,和他相比,其他病人则不是那么幸运,没有幸免。survive“幸存,挺过”,符合语境。15A.significantBslightCpermanentDminorA解析:此处指这些病人即使康复之后,也会有明显的心脏损伤
18、。与上文中的“no evidence of any heart damage at all”形成对比。significant “显著的,重大的”,符合语境。16A.referring toBseeking forCwondering atDinsisting onD解析:下文中的“walking for seven years.”“walking up to 20 miles a week”说明,作者一直坚持走路。insist on“坚持”,符合语境。17A.improvedBsavedCtreatedDenrichedB解析:医疗界的人告诉作者是走路挽救了作者的生命。save“挽救”,符合语境。18A.signBbattleCdreamDreminderD解析:作者用运动的方式提醒自己,生命是如此脆弱,随时会被夺走。reminder “提示,提醒物”,符合语境。19A.planBmessageCthoughtDcourseB解析:作者用自己的经历想向读者传达一个有关健康的信息。message“信息”,符合语境。20A.unlessBthoughCifDwhetherC解析:如果你家中有人得心脏病,他可以试着做件事。if“如果”引导条件状语从句。