Unit 3 Amazing people李仕才一、閱讀理解。As my husband，Doug，stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a cab, I angled the stroller(嬰兒車)away from the cold December wind and rain.I knelt down and kissed my daughter on her cheek where veins crept up(靜脈突出)the side of her tiny face.Frustrated and wet，my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a cab.I knew the feeling.Just after her first birthday，our daughter Katie was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder.Since that moment，Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing.We knew Katie was running out of time.It had taken months before we finally had a name for the disorder，vein of Galen malformation，but we were told only a handful of specialists in the world were qualified to perform the precise surgeries.Now，as we finally found a brilliant doctor to save our girl，we were trapped in a strange city in the cold rain.Just at the moment，a middle­aged woman pulled over and said，“Pardon me？May I offer you a ride？”Before we could say anything，she continued，“It's really no trouble for me.Just get on.”It was then that I noticed her thick Irish tongue，an accent that warmed me like hot soup.We could simply say，“Thanks！Roosevelt Hospital，please，” and settled in her car for the ride.I don't know how she knew，maybe she noticed the veins and asked，“Are you going for the baby？”I nodded my head，choking back a tiny sob.At the hospital we thanked her a dozen times for the ride.The woman hugged me and I noticed her face was wet with tears in worry.She promised to pray for us before she left.After three more visits to New York and two more brain surgeries，Katie is cured.But the voice of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared on our darkest days.1What were the family doing on the street?AWatching a marathon race.BProtecting their daughter from cold.CTrying to ride a taxi.DPlaying with their daughter.2What was the trouble with Katie's illness?AIt was a terrible brain cancer.BIt was impossible to be cured.CIt was hard to name the disease.DIts surgeries were hard to perform.3Why was the woman driver in tears when leaving?ABecause she knew the girl had run out of time.BBecause she had sympathy for the family's misfortune.CBecause the family promised to pray for her.DBecause there were veins on the little girl's face.4What's the best title for this passage?AAn Irish Angel in New YorkBAn Adventure in New YorkCAn Angel of Roosevelt HospitalDAn Unforgettable Cab Ride【解題導語】本文是一篇記敘文。作者的女兒患了一種罕見的腦紊亂，可世上能做這種精準手術的醫(yī)生屈指可數(shù)。作者一家來到紐約求醫(yī)，卻在雨天打不到出租車。后來在一名素不相識的帶有愛爾蘭口音的好心人的幫助下趕到了醫(yī)院。最終經(jīng)過幾次手術女兒康復了。長難句分析：It had taken months before we finally had a name for the disorder, vein of Galen malformation，but we were told only a handful of specialists in the world were qualified to perform the precise surgeries.(第二段倒數(shù)第二句)譯文：過了幾個月我們才最終得知這個病的名字是Galen靜脈畸形，但是世上能夠具備做這種精準手術資歷的醫(yī)生屈指可數(shù)。詞匯積累：frustrated adj.沮喪的，絕望的precise adj.精準的 a handful of一小部分，少量的1C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句中的“trying to stop a cab”及第二段第一句“Frustrated and wet，my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a cab.”可知，他們在街頭努力打一輛出租車。故選C。2D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第二句中的“but we were told only a handful of specialists in the world were qualified to perform the precise surgeries”可知，治療Katie的病的手術很難做。故選D。3B推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第二、三句“The woman hugged me and I noticed her face was wet with tears in worry.She promised to pray for us before she left.”可推知，這位女司機了解了孩子的病情后，對這一家人的不幸遭遇表示同情。故選B。4A標題概括題?？v觀全文，從開頭描寫在紐約街頭作者一家攔車無果到最后孩子的得救，中間的一個核心人物就是素不相識的愛爾蘭女人。在作者夫婦眼中，這個女人就是他們的天使。故“紐約的愛爾蘭天使”符合題意。故選A。二、單項填空1.Little children ask endless questions because they are _ about everything.A. skeptical             B. aware                C. capable             D. curious【答案】D2.Nowadays teenagers are not _ to stand and appreciate works of art; they prefer to participate in them.A. content B. optimisticC. confident D. outgoing【答案】A【解析】content滿足的，滿意的，符合句意。optimistic樂觀的，抱有樂觀看法的；confident自信的；outgoing 愛交際的，友好的，外向的。句意：如今，青少年不滿足于只是站著欣賞藝術作品；他們更喜歡參與到藝術作品中。3.As is known to us all, failure usually _ laziness while diligence can _ success.A. results from, lie inB. results in, result fromC. leads, lie inD. results from, result in【答案】D【解析】result from因而發(fā)生，后接原因；lie in存在于，后接原因；result in 產(chǎn)生，后接結果；lead to導致，后接結果。失敗是因為懶惰，而勤奮則導致成功，故選D項。4.Many university graduates _ to work in first-tier cities, which are attractive to them.A. inspire B. desireC. risk D. arrange【答案】B【解析】desire to do sth.渴望做某事。inspire常用于 inspire sb. to do sth.; risk 后接動名詞。句意：許多大學畢業(yè)生渴望到一線城市工作，這些城市對他們很有吸引力。5.When reading English novels, I often _ idiomatic expressions that I can't understand. A. come across B. go overC. get across D. take over【答案】A【解析】come across偶然遇見；go over復習；get across橫跨；take over取代。句意：在讀到英文小說時，我經(jīng)常會遇到一些我不能理解的成語似的短語。根據(jù)句意，故選A。6.The word “track” _ a path which is made of earth _ having a surface covered with other materials.A. adds to; rather than B. leads to; other thanC. refers to; rather than D. replies to; other than【答案】C【解析】refer to意為“引用，指”，rather than意為“而不是”，符合語境。add to增加，lead to導致，reply to回復，other than除了。句意：“小路”這個詞指的就是土路，而不是表面覆蓋著別的什么材料的路。7.The children who are crazy about playing computer games are all driven by _ at first.A. discount B. beliefC. curiosity D. satisfaction【答案】C【解析】discount折扣；belief信念；curiosity好奇心；satisfaction滿意。句意：那些熱衷于玩電腦游戲的孩子們一開始都是被好奇心所驅使。8.The carbon content of steel largely determines its usefulness for specific _ applications.【答案】D【解析】typical典型的；tough艱苦的；fantastic較好的，很大的；specific明確的，具體的。句意：鋼的碳含量(的多少)很大程度上決定了它具體的用途。9. The top technologies have been brought to the local farms. _, the crop output has been increased a lot. A. In particularB. On the contraryC. As a resultD. In addition【答案】C【解析】句意：當?shù)氐霓r(nóng)場已經(jīng)引進了一些先進的技術。結果，農(nóng)作物產(chǎn)量增加了很多。從句意可知，前后表示“因果”關系，所以選as a result，表示“結果”。10.We desire that immediate help _ to the local people who were in trouble.A. be given B. will be givenC. should give D. is given【答案】A【解析】desire和suggest，request等表示請求建議的詞后的從句用“should動詞原形”表示虛擬語氣，should可以省略。句意：我們期望立即給予那些遇到了麻煩的當?shù)厝藥椭?1.So far, only one man has _ a theory that seems to fit all the facts.A. come up withB. put up with C. lined up withD. caught up with【答案】A12.Youd better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future _.A. purposeB. referenceC. progressD. memory【答案】B【解析】for future reference以備日后參考。句意：你最好寫下這個餐館的號碼以便日后參考用。13.Anxiously, she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only _ it didnt fitA. to find B. found C. finding D. having found【答案】A【解析】不定式和only連用，表示意料之外的結果?，F(xiàn)在分詞doing常常表示順理成章的結果。句意：她著急地把裙子從包裝里拿了出來，結果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)裙子不合適?！暗侨棺硬缓线m”說明這是意料之外的結果。14.Success is not final, and failure is not deadly. It is, you know, the courage to continue _ counts in life.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. when【答案】A 【解析】It is the courage to continue that counts in life為強調句型，強調的是句子的主語the courage to continue。故選A。句意：成功不是最終目的，失敗也不是致命的。你知道，生活中，繼續(xù)下去的勇氣才最重要。you know為插入語，做題時可刪除，以免影響思考。15.Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.Oh! I thought they _ without me.A. wentB. are goingC. have goneD. had gone【答案】D【解析】句意：“快點！愛麗絲和蘇正在學校門口等你呢！”“噢！我原以為她們不等我就走了呢?！薄白摺焙汀跋搿边@兩個動作有時間上的先后關系，故用過去完成時。三、完形填空。I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so 1 ， but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her 2 nobody could.I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3 . She practiced dribbling(運球) and 4 over and over.One day I asked Sally why she 5 so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a 6 . Im going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am 7 enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts dont 8 ”I 9 her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to 10 . One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head 11 in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I 12 and sat down beside her. “Whats wrong？” I asked. “Oh, nothing，” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The 13 told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top teamstill less she would be 14 a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming about college.I felt she was extremely 15 . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 16 . They didnt understand the 17 of a dream.The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was 18 offered a scholarship and 19 to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had 20 and worked toward for all those years.Its true: if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count. 【解題導語】本文主要講述了Sally在自身條件不好的情況下不懈努力最終實現(xiàn)夢想的故事。1A.silentBsmall CstrongDhugeB解析：根據(jù)but的轉折意義并結合上文的“I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys”可推知，Sally個子很小，與下文的“I am just too short.”呼應。2A.butBandCsoDforA解析：由空前的“The boys always tried to stop her”和空后的“nobody could”可知，前后表示邏輯上的轉折關系。3A.stillBagainCwellDaloneD解析：根據(jù)語境可知，作者經(jīng)?？吹絊ally獨自打球。4A.passing Brunning Cshooting DstrugglingC解析：由上文的“but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net”和空前的“dribbling(運球)”可知，Sally反復練習運球和投球(shooting)。5A.studied Bpracticed Cexpected DimprovedB解析：由上文的“She practiced dribbling(運球) and over and over.”可知，作者問Sally為什么要大量地練習球技。6A.title Bprize Cscholarship DrewardC解析：根據(jù)下文“she would probably never play for a top teamstill less she would be a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming about college”可知，Sally努力練球是想拿到獎學金去上大學。7A.goodBbrave Ccareful DactiveA解析：由上文的“I want to be the best one”可知，Sally認為只有當自己的球技足夠好的時候，才可以拿到獎學金。8A.lack Btalk Cappear DcountD解析：由下文的“Its true：if the dream is big enough，the facts dont count.”可知，當夢想足夠強大的時候，事實并不那么重要。count意為“重要”。9A.encouraged BrespectedCwatched DhelpedC解析：由上文的“I watched in wonder”和“I began to notice Sally at other times”可知，作者一直關注著Sally。10A.victory Bconfidence CresponsibilityDprofessionA解析：根據(jù)上文Sally成功投籃和反復練習球技可推知，她帶領自己的球隊獲得了勝利。11A.dropped Bburied Ccovered DsunkB解析：結合下文的“Whats wrong？I asked.”及“I am just too short.”可推知，當時Sally情緒不高，把頭埋在胳膊里。12A.walked off Bwalked outCwalked around Dwalked upD解析：根據(jù)“Slowly and quietly”和“and sat down beside her”可知，作者當時靜靜地走過去，坐在了Sally旁邊。walk up意為“走近”。13A.coach Bteacher Ccaptain DleaderA解析：根據(jù)下文的“She told me that her father said those coaches were ”可知，教練告訴她，她太矮了。14A.suggested Bsent Cpromised DofferedD解析：根據(jù)下文的“She was offered a scholarship”可知，教練認為Sally不會獲得獎學金。15A.worried Bexcited Cdisappointed DsurprisedC解析：根據(jù)上文教練的話可知，Sally感到很失望。16A.great Bwrong CstrictDcruelB解析：由上文的“My father has told me.the facts dont ”可推知，Sally的父親認為教練是錯的。17A.pressure Bvalue Ccause DpowerD解析：根據(jù)下文Sally拿到獎學金并接受大學教育可推知，此處表示“他們不明白夢想的力量”。18A.exactly Bnaturally Creally DnormallyC解析：結合下文的“She was going to get the college education”可知，Sally確實獲得了獎學金。19A.takenBadmitted Cintroduced DappointedB解析：Sally獲得了獎學金并且還加入了大學籃球隊。be admitted to 意為“考入，進入”。20A.dreamed of Bpicked upCbenefited fromDcarried outA解析：根據(jù)上文可知，Sally一直夢想上大學。四、短文改錯。As is often the case, when people are attending meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find it addicted to their phones, completely ignore others.This is really a common phenomenon in our life. The reason is because smartphones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games but keep in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. However, too many exposure to phones is bad for people in term of health. Moreover, people who were engaged in phones fail to communicate well those around them.As far as Im concerned, people should wise make use of their phones to help with their work and study. In addition to, they should care more about their family members and friends rather than smartphones.答案：As is often the case, when people are attending meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find addicted to their phones, completely others.This is really a common phenomenon in our life. The reason is smartphones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games keep in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. However, too exposure to phones is bad for people in of health. Moreover, people who engaged in phones fail to communicate well those around them.As far as Im concerned, people should make use of their phones to help with their work and study. In addition ， they should care more about their family members and friends rather than smartphones. 10