1、Unit 4课下能力提升(十三)阅读理解AProduct Description Life Without Limits helps you clarify what you want in every area of your life. By using Bassetts powerful techniques you will change; therefore your life will change. You control your life. And only you can take steps to change it. Life Without Limits helps
2、you take back your power. Life Without Limits helps you to achieve satisfaction and fulfillment personally, professionally, and financially. Once you have defined what success means for you, you will clarify your dreams and start pursuing them.Product Details Published in: 200112Released on: 2001122
3、4 Original language: EnglishDimensions: 5.3 0.7 8 inchesBinding: Paperback 304 pagesAbout the Author Lucinda Bassett is the founder and CEO of one of the most successful selfhelp companies in the country, the Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety, Inc. As the author of the national bestseller From P
4、anic to Power, Lucinda Bassett produces and hosts the awardwinning infomercial, Attacking Anxiety and Depression. She has shared her techniques with such clients as McDonalds, Chrysler, and AT&T. She has appeared on numerous talk shows, including Opran and The View, and been featured in Family Circl
5、e, Readers Digest, and many more.Customer Reviews This book has helped me to gain hope and courage to cope with all my fear and worry. Lucinda writes with such a great understanding and sympathy. She herself had problems with panic and worry. Her positive thinking tips are easy to follow. I dont get
6、 lost in a lot of mental problems. Its as if she were holding your hand, sitting right beside you, cheering you on! I believe I can do anything I set my mind to after reading this book. However, there are some other readers holding the contrary views.1What is Life Without Limits about?AIt shows read
7、ers what Lucinda Bassett is.BIt encourages readers to realize their dreams.CIt describes how hard the actual life is.DIt implies it is hard to control your life.2Lucinda Bassett works as all the following EXCEPT a _.AhostessBteacherCwriter Dbusinesswoman3We can conclude from the last paragraph that
8、_.ALucinda has made a lot of money from the bookBall the customers have some mental problemsCLucinda talks with the customer face to faceDall the customers dont agree with what Lucinda wroteBIn 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an intern
9、ational festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交响乐团). It becomes a fixed even
10、t every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.So
11、on, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by littleknown writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.Tod
12、ay the“Fringe”， once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts.And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.A paid administrator (行政人员) was first
13、 employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself.In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries.More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.4What was the p
14、urpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?ATo bring Europe together again.BTo honor heroes of World War .CTo introduce young theatre groups.DTo attract great artists from Europe.5Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?AThey owned a public house there.BThey came to take u
15、p a challenge.CThey thought they were also famous.DThey wanted to take part in the festival.6Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?APopular writers.BUniversity students.CArtists from around the world.DPerformers of music and dance.7We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival _.Ahas become
16、 a nonofficial eventBhas gone beyond an art festivalCgives shows all year roundDkeeps growing rapidlyCThe earth provides us with almost everything that we need to eat, sleep, work and entertain. To do all this, we use the earths resources. Because some of us have more buying power, they end up using
17、 more resources than they usually need. At the same time, we also create a great deal of waste and pollution. So we also need to think about how much land we use to deal with that waste. Then two things happen: first, large numbers of the worlds population get much less resources than they need to l
18、ive; second, the earth is damaged.The amounts of resources we consumed are like footprints. They show whose lifestyles are a burden on the earth and whose lifestyles are not. Because a few people eat up most of the earths resources, the majority have to bear the consequences like pollution. This is
19、the ecological footprints that the earth keeps in its memory.Some years ago, a famous expert, called William Rees, developed this idea of the ecological footprints. Today, this idea has become like a magnifying glass (放大镜). It allows us to see whether we are living lives in a way that keeps the eart
20、h in a reasonably good shape. Once the earth goes out of shape, there is no hope for human beings.Countries like the United States and Canada have big ecological footprints. Rees calculated that the average amount of energy and materials consumed by a Canadian is what a land of 4.3 hectares can prod
21、uce. India has a footprint of 0.4. This means that the energy and materials consumed by an Indian is what 0.4 hectares of land can produce. But if we look more carefully, we will find that even within India, the footprints of the city Indian are much larger than the rural Indian.8According to the te
22、xt, rich people _.Ashould give more money to the poorBare using too many resourcesCare helping the poor to live better livesDshould live in rural areas with the poor9Our footprints on the earth refer to _.Athe cities we buildBthe cultures we createCthe marks we leave on roads behind usDthe resources
23、 we use and the waste we produce10We can learn from the text that Rees _.Aput forward the idea of the ecological footprintsBthought highly of the United States and CanadaCthought India was an extremely poor countryDthought rich people made great contributions to society11Which of the following is th
24、e best title for this text?AFootprints on the EarthBHow to Protect the EarthCFootprints of Wild AnimalsDHow to Reduce Pollution on the Earth课下能力提升(十三). 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了女作家Lucinda Bassett写的Life Without Limits。书中她用亲身经历告诉读者如何摆脱焦虑不安的情绪，积极地面对生活。1解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段“Life Without Limits helps you to achieve satis
25、faction . your dreams and start pursuing them”可知，这本书鼓励读者去实现自己的梦想。故选B项。2解析：选B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Lucinda Bassett is the founder and CEO of . and hosts the awardwinning infomercial”可知，Lucinda Bassett未当过老师。故选B项。3解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章的最后一句“However, there are some other readers holding the contrary views”可知，并不是所有的
26、读者都赞成书中的观点。故选D项。语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。1947年一群艺术界的著名艺术家在一位奥地利指挥家的带领下，决定在爱丁堡举办国际艺术节来使整个欧洲在二战后再团结起来。没想到这个艺术节得到了许多人的青睐，并迅速发展。4解析：选A细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知，举办爱丁堡艺术节的目的是让欧洲人民在二战后再团结起来。5解析：选D细节理解题。由第三段第二句可知，8个剧组于1947年在未受到邀请的情况下参加了这次音乐节，他们是带着每个人都有权表演的信念来的。D项符合文意。6解析：选B细节理解题。由第四段可知，先是爱丁堡大学的学生，后来是牛津、剑桥、达勒姆和伯明翰的大学的学生，他们纷纷来到苏
27、格兰首府表演。故本题选B。7解析：选D推理判断题。由倒数第二段可知，该节日曾经不被承认，但现在已经成为持续21天，每天都有约1 500种表演的盛大的艺术节了。语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。我们消费及浪费的能源数量就是留在地球上的脚印，脚印越多说明消费的资源越多，给地球造成的负担就越重。一旦把地球踩得变了形，那人类就没有了生存的希望。8解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段第三句“Because some of us have more buying power, they end up using more resources than they usually need.”可知，有更强购买力的人使用
28、的资源超过了他们的实际需要，即富人消耗的资源太多。故答案选B。9解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段的内容，尤其是第一句和最后一句可知，地球上的脚印指的是我们消费的能源数量以及我们所产生的浪费。故答案选D。10解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Some years ago . William Rees, developed this idea of the ecological footprints.”可知，答案选A。11解析：选A标题归纳题。纵观全文可知，第二段是本文的主题段。根据第二段第一句主题句“The amounts of resources we consumed are like footprints.”并结合下文中多次提到的“footprints”可知，A项“地球上的脚印”适合做标题。故答案选A。