Unit 5 Canada The True North李仕才*閱讀理解。Do you hear that birds of a feather flock together? It certainly appears that they do. We are likely to hang around with individuals who are similar to ourselves. Poor people like to surround themselves with other poor people, and rich people with other rich people. Intelligent people associate with like-minded people, and artists typically seek out other artists.It appears that we all have comfort zones we attempt to stay within. Very stressed and poor people dont feel comfortable associating with rich people. We owe it to each other to be successful because success breeds more success. And if we are not feeling successful, looking at who we have as friends and associates can tell us and others a lot about ourselves and why. The longer we associate with a group of individuals, the more our thinking processes become like theirs.A few years ago, a doctor friend of mine began associating with a new group of people. At the time, he had a successful practice and a positive and grateful attitude to life. However, within the first six months of his association with these individuals, his attitude and goals changed , he was angry at how things were and was dissatisfied with those whod become his opposition. He became very stubborn. As a result his practice dropped in quality of service. His facial expressions often showed anger and stress.After about two years of association with this group, he learned some valuable lessons. He realized that always focusing on problems or being dissatisfied with others doesnt lead to a rewarding life, nor does it solve as many problems as it creates. He decided that hed rather get back into serving his patients.This doctor put his heart and soul into his practice, and his life changed again. He began to attract people who focused on solutions instead of problems. His success was now more obvious than his stresshis achievement more obvious than his frustration.Whom we hang out with does make a difference. The old saying If you want to soar (翱翔) with the eagles, dont flock with the turkeys. has a point.1.What does the underlined part birds of a feather flock together in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Birds like to take a risk to fly high in the sky.B. Birds are more likely to fly together than other creatures.C. People are more likely to have different attitudes to life.D. People of the same kind are found together.2.We can infer from the passage that the individuals the doctor hung out with were _.A. stressedB. successfulC. patientD. rich3.The author uses the old saying in the last paragraph to _.A. show his great literary talentB. make his article more persuasiveC. raise another similar questionD. suggest the end of his article4.The author uses the doctors example to prove that _.A. bad luck never comes aloneB. success breeds more successC. someone has no control over his own lifeD. people are likely to become like those who they associate with【語篇解讀】俗話說：物以類聚，人以群分，人們往往會和相處的人相似，所以我們要和積極的人在一起。1.D【解析】句意理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的句子We are likely to hang around with individuals who are similar to ourselves.可知，birds of a feather flock together 指的是同樣的人會在一起。故選D。3.B【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的句子Whom we hang out with does make a difference.我們和誰在一起很重要，然后用諺語If you want to soar (翱翔) with the eagles, dont flock with the turkeys.證明他的觀點。故選B。4.D【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段的句子The longer we associate with a group of individuals, the more our thinking processes become like theirs.可知，人們可能變得和交往的人一樣。故選D。*語法填空 Once upon a time, there was a king in a big, rich country. The king was quite fond of _1_(travel). However, he didn't like to travel in his own country. Instead, he went to other _2_(country). One day, he gathered his army to go to a _3_(distance) country. After walking for the whole morning in the forest, the king and his soldiers made camp _4_(have) a rest. The horses were also tired, so they _5_(feed) on peas. A monkey saw the peas, so he jumped down from the tree to get some of them. While he _6_ (eat), one pea fell from his hand to the ground. The greedy monkey dropped all the peas he had and ran down to look for the pea, _7_ he failed.The king was watching the monkey from the camp and said to _8_(he), “I should not be like this stupid monkey_9_lost so much to gain so little. I will go back to my own country and enjoy what I have.” Thus, the king and his army marched_10_to their own country.1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章導(dǎo)讀：本文是一篇記敘文。全文通過記敘古代的一位喜歡遠(yuǎn)赴他國旅游的國王在一次境外野營時發(fā)生的故事，告訴讀者應(yīng)珍惜自己所擁有的一切，不應(yīng)好高騖遠(yuǎn)。1travelling考查非謂語動詞。介詞of后邊要跟動詞­ing形式作賓語。2countries考查名詞復(fù)數(shù)。other countries “其他國家”。3distant考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。此處形容詞distant “遙遠(yuǎn)的”修飾名詞country。4to have考查非謂語動詞。此處動詞不定式表目的。5were fed考查動詞的時態(tài)和語態(tài)。“馬”應(yīng)是“被喂豆子”，因此用被動語態(tài)，且本句描述過去發(fā)生的事情，應(yīng)用一般過去時。6was eating考查動詞的時態(tài)。由句意可知，此處表示“它正吃的時候”。7but考查連詞。由句意可知此處應(yīng)表轉(zhuǎn)折。8himself考查代詞。say to oneself “自言自語”。9who/that考查定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞。先行詞是monkey，用關(guān)系代詞who/that引導(dǎo)定語從句，并在從句中作主語。10back考查副詞。由上一句中的“go back”知此處用back。march back “行軍返回到”。*完形填空。For me，two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”I _1_ them years ago as a college student，sitting in the library，_2_，working on a paper.Out of nowhere，those words came _3_ off the page in a quote(引語)：“In the midst of death life persists，in the midst of _4_ truth persists，in the midst of darkness light persists.”Suddenly I wasn't unhappy and impatient any more.Then I _5_ my granddad.I loved to talk with him.And I was _6_ to hear what he'd think of it.He had poor hearing，so I had to _7_ it a few times，but once he _8_ it，he laughed.“All I can say to that is totally _9_，” he said on the phone.I told him how glad I was，after a long winter，to finally see spring and _10_ to find that quote.“Why is that？” he asked.“Well，spring is a sure _11_ that life persists.And it just makes me _12_.”He laughed again，and then _13_ his lovely voice，he recited for me his _14_“spring time” words：“The desert shall rejoice(高興)，and _15_ as the rose does.even with joy and singing.”Many years later，_16_ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛開的)cactuses，I could _17_ hear my granddad laughing：“The desert shall rejoice.”Life persists，and so do we，in the silence of _18_ and the blooming of cactuses；and in the dead of _19_ and the green of spring.Spring _20_ us that we're alive forever.1A.looked for Bhappened onCpicked out Dmade up2A.bored BconcentratedCtired Dconfused3A.running BdancingCrushing Dmoving4A.fear BaccusationCsuspicion Duntruth5A.called BvisitedCconsulted Dinformed6A.patient BconfidentCupset Ddesperate7A.copy BprintCrepeat Drecite8A.got BmadeCundertook Dmanaged9A.puzzlement BscepticismCagreement Ddisapproval10A.practically BespeciallyCobviously Dnaturally11A.way BinspirationCremark Dsign12A.astonished BenergeticCmerry Dalive13A.in BwithCof Dbeyond14A.impressive BsuperbCclassical Dfavorite15A.exist BflowerCsurvive Dsow16A.after BwhenCuntil Dalthough17A.hardly BalwaysCalmost Dmostly18A.journeys BwordsCworld Ddesert19A.winter BspringCsummer Dautumn20A.convinces BassuresCreminds Dstrikes【解題導(dǎo)語】本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，講述的是作者有感于春天的活力，從偶然讀到的一段話聯(lián)想到生命的意義與堅持。生命長存于漫漫沙漠的植物中，長存于冬去春來的綠意中。冬去春來，生命依然長存，而我們也要繼續(xù)前行。1B根據(jù)語境可知，幾年前坐在大學(xué)的圖書館里作者偶然遇到這兩個單詞“Life persists”。happen on“偶然遇到或發(fā)現(xiàn)”，符合語境。pick out“挑選，辨別出”；make up“編造”。2A根據(jù)下文中的“Suddenly I wasn't unhappy and impatient any more”可知，作者當(dāng)時在圖書館里的心情是很煩悶的。故選bored“厭倦的，煩悶的”。3B這兩個詞突然從書頁上的引語中躍入作者的眼簾。dancing在此形象生動地描述了這兩個詞所富含的美好活力以及作者遇到它們的偶然性。4D在死亡中，生命依然堅持；在謊言中，真理依然長存；在黑暗中，光明依然永駐。根據(jù)句中的death與life, darkness與light的對應(yīng)關(guān)系可知，此處應(yīng)填truth的反義詞。untruth“虛假，不真實”，符合語境。accusation“控告”；suspicion“懷疑”。5A根據(jù)下文中的“on the phone”可知，作者給爺爺打電話。call“(給)打電話”，符合語境。visit“看望，拜訪”；consult“咨詢”；inform“告知”。6D根據(jù)語境及上文中的“I loves to talk with him”可知，作者很想聽到爺爺(對這句話)是怎么看的。desperate“極想，渴望”。patient“耐心的”；upset“不安的”。7C根據(jù)上文中的“He had poor hearing，so I had to”和下文中的“a few times”可知，爺爺?shù)穆犛X不靈，所以作者不得不多次重復(fù)(repeat)這句話。copy“抄寫”；print“打印”；recite“背誦”。8A但是一旦作者的爺爺明白(got it)了，他就笑了起來。make it“獲得成功，準(zhǔn)時到達(dá)”。9C根據(jù)上文中的“l(fā)aughed”和下文中作者的爺爺所背誦的語句與該句話的主題的一致性可知，作者的爺爺對這句話所表達(dá)的主題是完全同意的。puzzlement“疑惑”；scepticism “懷疑”；agreement“贊同，同意”；disapproval“反對，不贊成”。10B作者告訴爺爺她在漫長的冬天過后，最終看到春天，特別是偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)這句引語，自己是有多高興。especially“特別，尤其”，符合語境。practically“實際地，差不多”；obviously“明顯地”；naturally“自然而然地”。11D春天就是一個可信的跡象，它表明生命是長存的。sign“跡象，征兆”符合語境。inspiration“鼓舞人心的人(或事物)”。12C根據(jù)上文中的“I wasn't unhappy”，下文中的“rejoice(高興)”“joy”及文章的主題可知，這句話使作者感到開心(merry)。astonished“震驚的”；energetic“精力充沛的”。13A作者的爺爺又笑了笑，然后用他那悅耳的嗓音為作者背誦了他最喜歡的語句。in.voice是固定搭配，表示“以的嗓音”。14D參見上題解析。impressive“給人印象深刻的”；superb“極佳的，質(zhì)量極高的”；classical“經(jīng)典的”；favorite“最喜歡的”。15B沙漠應(yīng)該高興，像玫瑰一樣盛開。根據(jù)空后的“as the rose does”可知，flower“開花”符合語境。16B多年后，當(dāng)作者和丈夫驅(qū)車穿越一個有很多野花和盛開的仙人掌的沙漠時，她幾乎又聽到了爺爺笑著說“沙漠應(yīng)該高興”。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空處在此引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，且在從句中作時間狀語，故選when。17C參見上題解析。almost“幾乎，差不多”，符合語境。18D根據(jù)空后的“the blooming of cactuses.”和上文中的“a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛開的)cactuses”及“The desert shall rejoice”可知，生命長存，同樣的，我們也要堅持。生命長存于寂靜的沙漠(desert)中和盛開的仙人掌里。19Ain the dead of winter“在隆冬，在嚴(yán)冬”?？涨暗膁ead形象地表現(xiàn)出了冬季萬物蕭條的景象，與春季的綠意及萬物復(fù)蘇的景象形成鮮明的對比。20C春天提醒我們，我們永遠(yuǎn)充滿活力。convince“使相信”；assure“使確信”；remind“提醒”；strike“突然想到”。*短文改錯。Living without an aim is like sailing without compass. If there is no aim in our lives, we will get lose. Last term, I couldn't accept the truth which I failed in my math examination. I decided to give it up, so I skipped from classes frequently. Considered my case, my teacher offered me several detailed approach and advised me to set a short­term goal to improve my math. Finally, I work harder than ever and made great progress in her math. In my opinion, success lies in a series of goals. However, we should remember to make our targets clearly and spare no effort to realize our dreams.答案：Living without an aim is like sailing without compass. If there is no aim in our lives, we will get . Last term, I couldn't accept the truth I failed in my math examination. I decided to give it up, so I skipped classes frequently. my case, my teacher offered me several detailed and advised me to set a short­term goal to improve my math. Finally, I harder than ever and made great progress in math. In my opinion, success lies in a series of goals. ， we should remember to make our targets and spare no effort to realize our dreams.難項分析：第一處：compass前加a考查冠詞。compass為可數(shù)名詞，表示泛指要用不定冠詞。第三處：whichthat考查同位語從句的連接詞。名詞truth后的句子為同位語從句，從句中不缺少成分，且從句意義完整，故用that。第九處：HoweverTherefore考查副詞。根據(jù)語境可知，此處為因果關(guān)系；后面有逗號隔開，故應(yīng)改為副詞Therefore。* 8