1、Unit 1 Women of achievement课时作业.阅读理解(2020河南省高三阶段性考试(三)Twelveyearold Amanda Clement raced to the ballpark across the street from her house in Hudson, South Dakota. She couldnt wait to join her brother, Hank, and the boys for a game of baseball.Would they let her play? She could throw, run and bat as
2、well as any of them, but they let her play only when they needed her. She would have to umpire again. At least she could be part of the game. Amanda knew all the rules, and the boys could count on her.Over the next few years, local teams began asking her to judge their games，too. One summer day in 2
3、018, Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden, Iowa, to watch Hank play in the championship semiprofessional game. Two local teams decided to play a game before the semiprofessional teams. Amanda agreed to be the judge. As Amanda finished the morning game, she saw two men walking toward her. To he
4、r surprise, they were the managers of the semiprofessional teams and were impressed with her judge and wanted her to judge the afternoon championship game. They would even pay her. The 16yearold girl was about to become the first female paid to be a judge of a baseball game. Amanda was calm and conf
5、ident and judged fairly. She was right on the spot, watching closely.Newspaper reporters said that she was absolutely fair. Managers began to ask for her first when they needed a judge. Amanda was popular with the fans, too. In one game, the audience werent happy with the judge and insisted on repla
6、cing him with Amanda.Being a judge was hard work. Amanda judged for the whole game, and she worked in all kinds of weather. She said, “It isnt as easy as it looks, but for all that, there is a good deal of enjoyment in the work. You have got to have confidence in your ability or you wont do well in
7、anything.”篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了Amanda Clement如何成为一名深受大家喜欢的棒球赛裁判的故事。她告诉人们自信和勤奋是做好任何事情的关键。1What can we learn about twelveyearold Amanda?AShe always competed directly with boys.BShe showed much enthusiasm for baseball.CShe was the best player of a baseball game.DShe played baseball better than her brot
8、her.答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，Amanda迫不及待地想参加棒球赛，由此可见她对棒球有很大的热情，故选B项。2What does the underlined word “umpire” in Paragraph 2 mean?AAct as a judge. BJoin the local team.CWin a game. DPlay baseball.答案：A词义猜测题。根据画线词的后一句“至少她能够成为棒球队的一分子”可知，此处指她常常不得不当裁判。3What was the audiences reaction to Amandas judgement?AThey
9、doubted it. BThey were angry with it.CThey showed no interest in it. DThey were favorably impressed by it.答案：D细节理解题。根据第三段第六句“令Amanda惊讶的是，他们是半职业球队的经理，对她的裁判表现印象深刻，希望她能在下午的锦标赛中担任裁判”和第四段最后一句“在一场比赛中，观众对裁判不满意，坚持要用Amanda代替他”可知，观众对Amanda的印象很好，故选D项。4Which of the following words best describe Amanda?ARude and
10、 unjust. BSilent and thoughtful.CProud and narrowminded.DConfident and hardworking.答案：D推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，尽管裁判工作困难，但她仍然会在各种天气下工作；并且从她的话中可以推断出，她对自己能力的自信，故选D项。(2020河南省八市重点高中联盟高三上期“领军考试”试题)As much as seventy years ago, in the city of Boston, there lived a small girl who had the naughty habit of running awa
11、y.Her parents, Mr and Mrs Alcott, from first to last, had had a good many frights about this flyaway Louisa. Once when she was only two years old they were traveling with her on a steamboat, and she darted_away,_in some moment when no one was noticing her, and crawled into the engineroom to watch th
12、e machinery. Of course her clothes were all grease and dirt, and she might have been caught in the machinery and hurt.Except for this one fault, Louisa was a good child, so she felt much ashamed that she had caused her mother, whom she loved dearly, so much worry. She made up her mind that she would
13、 never frighten her so again. Noshe would cure herself of the runningaway habit!After that, whenever she felt the least desire to slip out of the house without asking permission, she would hurry to her own little room and shut the door tight. To keep her mind from bad plans she would shut her eyes a
14、nd make up storiesthink them all out, hers, you know. Then, when some of them seemed pretty good, she would write them down so that she would not forget them. By and by she found she liked making stories better than anything she had ever done in her life.Her mother sometimes wondered why Louisa grew
15、 so fond of staying in her little chamber at the head of the stairs, all of a sudden, but was pleased that the runaway child had changed into such a quiet, liketostayathome girl.It was a long time before Louisa dared to mention the stories and rhymes she had hidden in her desk but finally she told h
16、er mother about them, and when Mrs Alcott had read them, she advised her to keep on writing. Louisa did so and became one of the best American storytellers. She wrote a number of books, and if you begin with Lulus Library, you will want to read Little Men and Little Women and all the books that dear
17、 Louisa Alcott ever wrote.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作家路易斯奥尔科特小时候喜欢“逃跑”，父母为此饱受惊吓。后来她下定决心改正这个习惯，每当想“逃跑”时，她就把自己关起来，编写故事，这为她后来成为作家打下了基础。5What does the underlined word “darted away” in Paragraph 2 mean?ADisappeared. BLeft quickly. CLost herself. DHid herself.答案：B词义猜测题。根据下文“in some moment”可知路易斯是在某个瞬间就不见了，可以推断行
18、动很迅速，故选B。6Why did Louisa crawl into the engine room?ABecause she wanted to watch the machinery.BBecause she wanted to make her parents frightened.CBecause she liked to make jokes.DBecause otherwise, she might have been hurt.答案：A细节理解题。根据文章第二段倒数第二句中的“crawled into the engineroom to watch the machinery”
19、可知，正确答案为A。7How did Louisa cure herself of runningaway habit?AShe asked permission before going out of the house.BShe found making stories more interesting and gave up her runaway plan at once.CHer mother made her enter her own room and shut the door tight.DShe made up stories and then wrote them dow
20、n.答案：D细节理解题。根据文章第五段可知，每当Louisa想“逃跑”时，她就把自己关在屋子里，编故事，把它们写下来。故正确答案为D。8Which of the following can best describe Louisa?ACaring. BAmbitious. CStrongminded. DDemanding.答案：C推理判断题。Louisa下定决心改正缺点，把自己关在房间里，编故事写故事，说明她是一个意志坚强的人。故选C。.七选五What makes people successful? Take a look around and talk to your friends a
21、nd seniors who are very successful, you will see all of them have adopted certain values which have proved important for their success.It is evident that successful people take initiative (主动性). When they find something that needs to be done, they never hesitate to do it. _1_ They weigh immediately
22、what has to be done and then do it with pleasure, thus strengthening their reputation.Successful people do things with great enthusiasm, especially when they believe in what they are doing. They are motivated by their own satisfaction and the joy they get from doing their work. _2_They do not fear f
23、ailure. Failures and disappointments in life are unavoidable. _3_ Successful people pick themselves up after a fall and try again with more determination and commitment and learn from each failure. They associate with those they can learn from and enjoy the company of those appreciating their achiev
24、ement.Having a good IQ often gets a person what he wants but its really the EQ that keeps him there and helps him enjoy a high reputation. _4_ By giving respect to others, they command respect for themselves. _5_ Its better to praise others and win favor with them. So instead of complaining about a
25、situation, successful people always try to solve it.ASuccessful people never complain.BSuccessful persons dont make excuses.CThey work hard even when no one is watching.DThey believe that responsibility is taken, not given.EIts failure that teaches us much more than success.FIts hard to be successfu
26、l if you dont trust the people around you.GSuccessful people are polite to everyone and treat others with respect.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了成功人士所具有的共同特征。1D根据本段第一句“It is evident that successful people take initiative (主动性)”可知，成功的人往往积极主动，所以D项“他们认为责任是承担，而不是给予”符合语境，故选D项。2C根据上文中的“They are motivated by their o
27、wn satisfaction and the joy .”可知，因为成功人士能够从工作中得到满足和乐趣，所以他们会自己努力，不需要别人监督，故选C项。3E根据下文中的“Successful people pick themselves up after a fall and try again with more determination and commitment and learn from each failure.”可知，E项“正是失败教会我们更多，而不是成功”符合语境，故选E项。4G根据下文中的“By giving respect to others, they command
28、 respect for themselves.”可知，G项“成功人士礼貌待人，尊敬他人”符合语境，故选G项。5A根据下文中的“So instead of complaining about a situation, successful people always try to solve it.”可知，成功人士不抱怨，总是努力解决问题，故选A项作本段的主题句。.语法填空(2020安徽省六安市毛坦厂中学东城校区高三模拟)The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August. Brooke Astor was one
29、hundred and five years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life _1_ (help) the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier _2_ (marry), she married Vincent Astor in 1953
30、 again. He came from a family _3_ had been rich for at least one hundred years. Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the _4_ (rich) women in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization _5_ (found) by her hu
31、sband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving _6_ his money. And apparently she did. Miss Astor gave tens of millions of dollars _7_ (main) to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was _8_ the money had been made. She gave financial suppor
32、t to the citys cultural centers, the poor and disabled as _9_ as to many smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today _10_ her support.1_2._3._4._5_6._7._8._9_10._篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位乐善好施的女士给予了纽约文化中心、穷人、残疾人和其他小的慈善团体很多资金上的支持。纽约市长对她给予了高度评价。1helpi
33、ng考查非谓语动词。spend时间段(in) doing sth. “花时间做某事”。应用动名词形式helping。2marriages考查名词。空前为two earlier，故应用名词复数形式marriages。3that/which考查定语从句的引导词。“_ had been rich for at least one hundred years”为定语从句，修饰family，从句中缺主语，指物，故应用that或which。4richest考查形容词最高级。句意：当Vincent Astor去世的时候，Brooke Astor成为世界上最富有的女性之一。根据句意及空前the可知，本空应用形
34、容词最高级richest。5founded考查非谓语动词。found和charity organization为被动关系，故应用过去分词形式founded。6away考查副词。句意：他多次对她说，她会很乐意把他的钱捐出去。give away “分发；捐献”，故应用副词away。7mainly考查词性转换。修饰动词give应用副词mainly。8where考查名词性从句。句意：她说这是一个明智的选择，因为钱就是在这里挣的。“_ the money had been made”为表语从句，根据句意可知从句缺地点状语，故应用where。9well考查固定短语。句意：她给予城市文化中心、穷人、残疾人和
35、其他小的慈善团体资金上的支持。as well as “也”，故本空应用well。10without考查介词。句意：当去世的时候，纽约市长说没有她的支持这个城市不会是现在的样子。根据句意应用介词without。.书面表达假设某英文网站正在征集读者心目中最崇拜的杰出女性，请你根据以下提示信息介绍20世纪杰出的女性之一海伦凯勒(Helen Keller)。内容要点如下：1海伦凯勒(18801968)在19个月大时，因疾病导致双目失明，双耳失聪，从此她便生活在无光、无声的世界里。27岁时，她的父母给她找了一位老师Miss Sullivan。Miss Sullivan在教海伦的过程中遇到了许多困难。由于
36、海伦的坚强意志和智慧以及老师的技巧和耐心，她们克服困难，取得了成功。3海伦完成了大学教育，取得了英语文学学位；此后她致力于帮助盲聋儿童的工作。注意：1.必须包括以上所有内容要点，但不能逐条翻译；2可以适当增加细节，使内容连贯；3词数100左右。参考词汇：意志和智慧will and intelligence；技巧和耐心skill and patience；英语文学学位a degree in English literature 精彩范文Helen Keller was one of the greatest women in the 20th century. She was born in 1
37、880 and died in 1968. When she was 19 months old, she became blind and deaf because of a serious illness. From then on she lived in darkness and silence.When she was seven, her parents found a teacher, Miss Sullivan, for her. Miss Sullivan had a lot of difficulty in teaching Helen. With Helens strong will and intelligence, combined with Miss Sullivans skill and patience, they overcame all the difficulties. Helen became a capable student and finally she received a university degree in English literature. Later on she devoted herself to helping the blind and deaf children.
