1、Unit 4Section Developing ideas & Presenting ideas.阅读理解AGirls should take part in competitive sport to build confidence, and the leaders of a group of girls schools will argue this week. Helen Fraser, director of the Girls Day School Trust (GDST) , will tell the group that sport can help girls deal w
2、ith failure.“All girls, not just the sporty ones, should take physical exercise”, Ms Fraser says. Research that girls are far less active than boys is worrying, she argues. Ms Fraser will tell the group that she supports “sport for all”. “Thats why I love it when our schools have A, B, C and D teams
3、 and beyond,” she says.The GDST draws on research from the Womens Sport and Fitness Foundation which suggests only a quarter of girls in England meet basic levels of activity each week. One in five girls do no activity at all, twice the proportion (比例) of boys, the research suggests.Ms Fraser says o
4、ther research suggests that more than 80% of women business leaders played sports while growing up. She uses the examples of former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who once was a skater and tennis player, and the head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde was in the French nat
5、ional swimming team. Ms Fraser says Olympic medallists like Jessica Ennis and Katherine Grainger are excellent role models for young women but says womens sport needs more money and more news reports.Valerie Dunsford, head of Sheffield High School for Girls, part of GDST, said it was important to of
6、fer a large number of sports to attract different types of girls. “Not everyone wants to be out playing the hockey (曲棍球)”, said Ms Dunsford.1Which of the following ideas would Ms Fraser agree with?AThose taking part in the sport are always successes.BMore should be done to make girls do sports.CGirl
7、s are less confident than boys.D. Boys are born to be sport lovers.2Whats the proportion of boys who never take exercise ?A1/10. B1/4.C1/5. D2/5.3Ms Fraser mentions those famous women to show _.Ahard work will pay offBits not easy to be greatCsport can help girls to succeedDits necessary to balance
8、work and sport4Whats the purpose of the text?ATo explain the key to success.BTo show the importance of sport.CTo introduce more games to girls.DTo encourage more girls to do sports.BGrowing pains and gainsIts not easy to grow up. Actually its far from easy. Growing up can be a real “pain” for some o
9、f us. We are always doing things that someone else makes us do and arent allowed to do all the things we like. Sometimes we feel trapped, sometimes we are fearful, and sometimes we just dont understand why we cant stay young forever. When we look back on all the hardships in life with a positive att
10、itude (态度), we realize that all of our growing pains actually turn into growing gains!As a young girl my parents forced my sisters and me to do so many things that I never liked. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time I hated music, just because it was what they wante
11、d me to do. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched my life in so many ways. I realize that my parents and teachers were always pushing me along, not because they wanted me to suffer but because they wanted me to succeed in life. The
12、yve always wanted me to have a better life than they did themselves.Every moment of our lives we are either living or dying, so live life to_its_fullest! We are all going to experience growing pains, but they are just small pains in life. They might seem so huge at the time but we must be strong. Th
13、ink about how we would feel if we had no fear and lived life like that. The future is ours! A little hard work and sweat never hurt anyone! If we realize that these pains are just small bumps (凸块) on our road to success we will realize that our growing pains are actually growing gains!5According to
14、Paragraph 1, we learn that when we are young,_.Alife is full of joyBlife is easy for usCwe know we can stay young foreverDwe sometimes cant do things we like6When the author was young, she was forced by her parents to _.Atake music lessonsBturn gains into painsClook back on hardshipsDlive a successf
15、ul life by suffering a lot7What does the underlined phrase “to its fullest”mean?ADirectly. BCompletely.CCarefully. DTerribly.8What can be inferred from the last paragraph?AGrowing pains are necessary for us to grow up.BWe all have to experience growing pains.CA little hard work and sweat are harmful
16、 to us.DLife without fear is a better choice for us.读后续写阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。Several years ago, I was living in New York and working for an airline, so I never got back home for Christmas. My Christmas was happy too with some other colleagues around. But in my heart I was sad because I coul
17、dnt stay_with my family. Sometimes my colleagues would say our Christmas was filled with tears. But this Christmas was different. I was lucky. I had the whole day off, which meant I could stay with my family on Christmas Eve.When Christmas morning came, I awoke to a small hand rubbing my face. “Dad,
18、 Merry_Christmas!”was all my_younger_son had time to say. He seemed to be racing against time. I knew he was hunting for gifts with his brother eagerly. I got downstairs just to see the two little boys faces as they looked at the pocket rockets Santa Claus had left them. I realized that the real Chr
19、istmas was for the children who had deep belief in the amazing power of Santa Claus. At first, their fingers went almost shyly over their toys. When their inspection (检查) had been completed, the two boys ensured that the gifts were really delivered by Santa Claus and they dragged everything into the
20、 center of the living room.Delight flooded the room. As their mother began giving out gifts, I smiled to myself, wondering how my unexpected gifts this year would be received. With so many Christmas spent outside, I had prepared so many gifts for my children and together with my wife I hid them in s
21、everal secret places. But the children were excellent detectives and they found all of them. They were happily opening packages constantly thanking considerate Santa Claus for his kindness and ability to know their desires. But I had not received a single one. I knew they had forgotten my existence
22、with my absence from their Christmas these years.注意:1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;3续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;4续写完成的,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1:I had to admit that my disappointment was growing steadily._Paragraph 2:Suddenly my wife walked up to me._课时作业(十二).阅读理解A【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。研究表明,体育运动有助于女孩们建
23、立信心。文章鼓励女孩们多参加体育锻炼。1答案与解析:B考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“All girls,not just the sporty ones, should take physical exercise”以及第四段的内容可知,Ms Fraser认为所有女孩都应该参加体育锻炼,而且女性的运动需要更多的钱和新闻报道,即应该做更多的事情来让女孩做运动,故选B。2答案与解析:A考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“One in five girls do no activity at all,twice the proportion(比例)of boys,the research suggests
24、”可知,五分之一的女孩根本不参加任何体育锻炼,是男孩比例的两倍。由此可知不参加体育锻炼的男孩的比例是十分之一,故选A。3答案与解析:C考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Ms Fraser says other research suggests that more than 80% of women business leaders played sports while growing up”可知,超过80%的女性商业领导者在成长过程中都参加了体育运动,下文用具体例子进行说明。所以Ms Fraser举例的目的是说明运动能够帮助女性成功,故选C。4答案与解析:D考查写作目的。文章列举了女性参加体育
25、锻炼的好处和体育锻炼帮助许多女性成功的例子,是为了鼓励女孩们多参加体育锻炼。故选D。B【语篇解读】作者从自身的角度向我们讲述了成长中的一些烦恼,并告诉我们,如果我们意识到这些烦恼只是人生成功道路上的小障碍,它们就会变成收获。5答案与解析:D考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“We are always doing things that someone else makes us do and arent allowed to do all the things we like”可知答案。6答案与解析:A考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“At that time I hated music”和“But
26、looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons”可知答案。7答案与解析:B考查词义猜测。根据语境可知,我们的生活只存在两种状态生或死,因此我们要充分过好我们的人生。to its fullest“充分地”,故选B。8答案与解析:A考查推理判断。根据最后一段尤其是最后一句可知,成长中的烦恼是我们成功路上的一些小小的绊脚石,它们终将成为我们成长中的收获。因此这些烦恼对我们的成长是很有必要的。B项不是推论而是明示信息;C项与原文意思相反;D项表述与原文不符。.读后续写参考范文:Para
27、graph 1:I had to admit that my disappointment was growing steadily. I was wondering whether I could get a gift when my_younger_son ran to me, who was really kind enough to save my face. He asked me to admire his gift which he deeply believed was carefully chosen by Santa Claus. He said happily that
28、he would share some of the gifts of his and allow me to choose one from them. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart, still feeling disappointed.Paragraph 2:Suddenly my wife walked up to me. It seemed that she had guessed how I felt. She asked me to look at the Christmas tree which was decorated
29、with so many boxes. I thought she was showing off her efforts on the decoration but she took off a small box and passed it to me smiling and saying it was for me. I opened it and saw a letter which read “We will never forget you. Merry_Christmas!” Under the letter was a watch which was clicking with delight. I was moved to tears.