1、Unit 3 Assessing your progress课后练Part I基础部分一、核心词汇训练1._ adj.先前的; 优先的_n.优先考虑的事2._ adj.精美的; 讲究的; 文雅的_ n.高雅; 典雅; 优雅3._ adj.特别的; 罕见的_ n.例外; 异议4._ vt.吃; 喝; 饮; 消耗_ n.消耗; 消耗量; 消费_ n.消费者5._ n.菜肴;烹饪6._ n.餐厅7._ n.卡路里8._ n. 厨师9._ 烤羊肉串10._ 红烧肉11._ 减少12._删去13._ 吃光二、完成句子1. 这取决于你决定想如何生活，并对你的饮食做出正确的决定。It is _ _ _ to
2、 decide how you want to live, and to make the right decisions about your diet.2. 这意味着咀嚼太快的人最终会吃太多的食物，因为他们仍 然感到饥饿。What this means is that people who chew too quickly _ _ _ too much food because they still feel hungry.3. 从你开始吃东西到大脑告诉你的身体你已经饱了大约需要20分钟。_ _ about twenty minutes from the time you start ea
3、ting for your brain to tell your body that you are full.4. 虽然人们继续争论脂肪食物是否危险，但我们已经知道糖是一个杀手。.while people continue to argue over _ _ _ fatty food is dangerous, we already know that sugar is a killer.5. 现在关于健康饮食的构成有很多争论。There is much debate nowadays as to _ _ _ a healthy diet.6. 那些菜含有很高的卡路里。The dishes
4、have _ _ .7. 你应该尽量避免(吃）诸如烤羊肉串和红烧肉那样的菜。You _ _ _ _ the dishes, such as lamb kebab and red braised pork.8. 当你跟伙伴们在中餐厅吃饭的时候，你最好 少点菜。You _ _ _ fewer dishes when you have dinner with your companions in Chinese canteen.9. 主菜分量经常很大。_ _ _ are often quite large.10. 中餐是最受欢迎、最健康的饮食之一，但是可能油盐含量高。Chinese cuisine
5、is one of the most popular and healthiest diets, but it can _ _ _ oil and salt.三、选词填空regardless of, be covered with, warm up, combine. with, cut down, be high in, get rid of, in cash1.Mr Smiths garden _ so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers.2.To learn English well, we must _ intens
6、ive reading _ extensive writing.3.The Internet makes surveying and voting easy and convenient, _time and space.4.If we fail to sell enough goods, compared with last year, we will have to _ production.5.The best way to _ a negative self-image is to realize that your image is far from objective.6.Make
7、 maximum use of the whole fruit, including the pulp which _ fibre.7.The manager insisted on paying _ on delivery without allowing any discount.8.Scientists predict that the world is likely to _ over the next few decades.Part II 提高部分一、阅读理解 Boston wants to be smarter. The city has taken advantage of t
8、echnologies to become more responsive to its residents needs. But technology alone is not sufficient to make todays cities liveable. Boston has discovered that it also needs to reach the old-fashioned low-tech community and integrate that technology with city life. Kris Carter rolled out Bostons sma
9、rt city program in 2014. It started with an App that residents could download to report locations where sidewalks needed repair. The city sorted out those reports and ranked them in a database, which repair crews used to prioritize their work. The system worked beautifully, except for one problem: m
10、ost of the alerts (警报) came from wealthier neighborhoods, where the concentration of smartphone-equipped residents was highest. “The complaints from the App didnt always correlate with the greatest community need for repairs,” explains Carter. Carters group has moved away from the model common to ma
11、ny smart city initiatives of letting tech-savvy (精通技术的) residents drive the process. Instead, they run meetings to find out what problems people in different neighborhoods care about solving. When it came to sidewalks, Boston introduced a second method of collecting repair tips, hiring people to get
12、 out and walk the citys 1,700 miles of sidewalks to take notes on their condition. Whether using low-tech or high-tech approaches, says Carter, to stay smart, a city needs to continually reassess its options to spot opportunities to improve residents lives. Take the sidewalk repair program, walking
13、on the streets was proved a useful, if inefficient way to prioritize repair needs. But last year the group found that walkers mobile phones could be tracked as they moved along the streets, and that data could be analyzed to identify sidewalk routes which are most often used by neighborhoods. “Combi
14、ned with our other sidewalk information, that gave us an even better way to predict where faster repairs would do the most good,” says Carter, “Were really always looking for whatever mix of approaches best solves the problem.”1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. The citizens life.B. The ci
15、tys reputation.C. The citys management.D. The benefits of technology.2.What problem did Kris Carters team meet when carrying out their program?A. They faced many technical obstacles.B. They couldnt serve all residents well.C. They were not supported by residents.D. They were annoyed by being short-s
16、taffed.3.Which of the following might Kris Carter most agree with?A. Maximizing the benefits of technology.B. Giving full play to the power of residents.C. Mixing approaches to solving problems.D. Letting tech companies be a leading role.4.What can be a suitable title for the text?A. A Smart City: M
17、ore Than Just TechB. A City with Intelligent FacilitiesC. Joint-effort in City ConstructionD. The Modernization of a City二、七选五When you are paying attention to what someones saying, its a sign of caring and respect. The difficulty is that attending requires an act of will, which sometimes goes agains
18、t what our minds naturally do wandering around aimlessly. _1 _Thats why its important for everyone to learn how to be a better listener.Pay attention.A good listener is attentive. Theyre not looking at their watch, phone, or thinking about their dinner plans. Theyre focused and take notice of what t
19、he other person is saying. This is called active listening. As I mentioned, its normal for the mind to wander. Were human, after all. _2_3_You can infer a lot from a persons body language. Are they interested, bored or anxious? A good listeners body language is open. They lean (倾斜) forward and expre
20、ss curiosity in what is being said. Their facial expression is either smiling, showing concern, conveying understanding, etc. Theyre letting the speaker know that they are being heard.Avoid interrupting the speaker.I am certain you wouldnt want to be in the middle of a sentence only to see the other
21、 person holding up a finger or their mouth open, ready to step into your unfinished sentences. It is rude and causes anxiety. _4_, which will make the speakers feel frustrated (沮丧的), hurried and unimportant. Whatever you have to say can wait until the other person is done.Keep confidential informati
22、on confidential.Being a good listener means being trustworthy and sensitive with shared information. _5_. Make sure your speakers that their information is safe with you. They will feel relieved that they have someone with whom they can share their burden without fear of it getting out.A. Cutting in
23、 is a sign of disrespect.B. Use positive body language.C. Wait your turn to ask clarifying questions.D. Whatever is told to you in confidence is not to be leaked.E. But a good listener will rein those thoughts back in the minute they notice their attention weakening.F. Keeping someones confidence he
24、lps to deepen your relationship.G. Without active listening, people often feel unheard and unacknowledged.三、完形填空 The COVID-19 distances people from each other. However, it also 1 friendships between people who would have otherwise never become friends. In the case of 92-year-old Mary, that friend ha
25、ppens to be her two-year-old neighbor, Ben. The lockdown in 2020 was particularly 2 for Mary, who has been living 3 . With nobody around her, she had to spend most of her time watching TV. Ben was also 4 at home, unable to play with other kids. Their unusual friendship developed 5 . At first, Mary w
26、ould 6 at Ben from her window whenever she saw the boy in the yard. Then, she began going outside to 7 him in person. The 8 eventually expanded to daily gatherings by the fence that separated the two homes. The pair even invented a socially distanced 9 that Mary called “stick ball”. Ben threw his ba
27、ll towards the fence and Mary got her walking stick, 10 over the fence and hit the ball back. When the two were unable to meet in the yard in bad weather, Bens mother kept the friendship 11 by calling at Marys porch (门廊) with the baby. The bond has blossomed even further since Mary got vaccinated (打
28、疫苗) earlier this year. Mary 12 Ben with a colorful toy truck collection that had once belonged to her grandson. The boy returned the 13 with a gift of his owna pile of sand that he carefully carried in his small hands and dropped at her door. Now the pair are often seen high-fiving across the fence
29、or sitting outside Marys house, blowing bubbles (泡泡). What a 14 scene! Friendship really knows no 15 .1. A. draws onB. wears outC. brings backD. results in2. A. dangerousB. hardC. unfairD. strange3. A. wellB. outC. aloneD. nearby4. A. stuckB. lockedC. leftD. deserted5. A. suddenlyB. graduallyC. secr
30、etlyD. randomly6. A. stareB. pointC. waveD. shout7. A. hugB. contactC.welcomeD. greet8. A. routineB. traditionC. appointmentD. exercise9. A. deviceB. gameC. ruleD. concept10. A. jumpedB. turnedC. reachedD. knocked11. A. pureB. preciousC. aliveD. formal12. A. giftedB. remindedC. convincedD. guided13.
31、 A. trustB. serviceC. companyD. favor14. A. heart-warmingB. bitter-sweetC. familiar-lookingD. hard-won15. A. backgroundsB. boundariesC. strategiesD. consequences四、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。At its most basic, stress _1_(see) as any change or pressure in the environment. Most people think of
32、 stress _2_ a bad thing, but in reality most people need some of it. A little stress can be_3_(help) to high schoolers in so many ways. It makes them want to study much _4_(hard). It helps push them, says Mary Alvord, a psychologist(心理学家) in Maryland. Adolescence(青春期) is an important time_5_(learn)
33、to cope with stress because teens can then cope with it better in college.But too much stress will influence both the body _6_ mind, Alvord says. In the short term it can cause anxiety(焦虑); over long periods of time, too much stress can cause heart problems. Thats bad for anyone, but it can be _7_(e
34、special) bad for high schoolers: Colleges are complaining(抱怨) that more and more kids are not paying much attention to _8_(they) studies, and they are dropping out and taking a long time to graduate. Its not developmentally good for them to work so hard, says Alvord. And since everyone has a differe
35、nt psychological capacity(能力) for stress, _9_ is hard to know when a student is pushed to the point of _10_(influence) his or her health.五、读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文It was my first day of school. I loved school: the smell of chalk and colored crayons and having my own desk that was jus
36、t my size. However, there was one big problem with school: Mildred.Daily when I walked the short distance home after school, Mildred would hit me and scare me. I was absolutely terrified of her. She had failed first grade and was a year older than me. Mildred didnt have any friends, so she seemed to
37、 concentrate on making enemies. Because I was one of the smallest children in first grade, she had selected me as her number one enemy.As soon as the dismissal bell rang each day, my heart started to pound and I blinked fast so I wouldnt cry.Pretty soon my mother figured out something was wrong at s
38、chool. I didnt want to tell her about Mildred. Mother continued to question me, and I finally sobbed out the whole story. I begged not to go to school and didnt sleep much that night. The next morning she said, “Marion, Im going to walk up the hill with you today. I believe well see Mildred.” Mildre
39、d walked from way across down to school. She never bothered me on the way to school, only afterward.“Oh, mama, please dont do that! Dont say anything to Mildred. It will just make her mad. Let me stay home by myself. Please, mama.”“Hurry and get dressed, Marion.” Her voice was gentle, but quite firm
40、.“Ple-e-ease, mama.”“Trust, Marion. I have a plan.”We bundled up against the bitter cold wind and stared out. Maybe we wouldnt see Mildred, I hoped. But my mother had this confident look. I knew the look well, and I had a sinking feeling that we would see Mildred and that mother would use her “plan”
41、.Just as we were turning around at a corner when we spotted Mildred. We waited a few moments as she approached us. “Hello, Mildred.” my mother said.1. 所续写的短文词数应为150左右;2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好。Paragraph 1:Mildred stopped, frozen as still as a statue._Paragraph 2:Mildred chewed on her bottom lip and th
42、en nodded._参考答案Part I一、1.prior; priority 2.elegant; elegance 3.exceptional; exception 4.consume; consumption; consumer 5.cuisine 6.canteen 7.calorie 8. chef 9.lamb kebab 10.red braised pork 11.cut down 12.cut out 13. eat up二、1.up to you 2.end up eating 3.It takes 4.whether or not 5.what makes up 6.h
43、igh calories7.should try to avoid 8.had better order 9.Main dish portions 10.be high in三、1. is covered with 2. combine, with 3. regardless of 4. cut down 5. get rid of 6. is high in 7. in cash 8. warm upPart II 一、1-4.CBCA二、1-5.GEBAD三、1-5.DBCAB 6-10.CDABC 11-15.CADAB四、1.is seen2.as 3. helpful 4. hard
44、er 5. to learn 6.and 7.especially 8. their 9. it 10.influencing五、答案： Paragraph 1:Mildred stopped, frozen as still as a statue. Her hands and face were bright red and the oversized coat hung open with only two buttons. Mother stooped down, rapidly buttoning her coat. “Im Marions mother. I need your h
45、elp, Mildred.” Mildred looked intently at my mother. “Marion doesnt have any sisters. She sort of needs a special friend at school. Would you be her friend?”Paragraph 2:Mildred chewed on her bottom lip and then nodded. “Oh, thank you! I just know you are someone I can depend on.” Then she hugged Mil
46、dred long and hard. I found Mildred smiling! Id never seen her smile before. We walked up the hill each day after school together, and pretty soon we were talking, laughing and sharing secrets. I started calling her “Mil”, and then others did too, even Miss Edna. She always sat with me at lunch. My
47、mother usually included something in my lunch especially for Mil-even notes of gratitude. Mildred smiled a lot now. She was getting good grades too, and didnt stuff her papers inside her desk anymore. I knew my mothers plan had worked and Ive learned that the plan works in all kinds of impossible situations: “Love is patient and love never fails.”
