Unit 4 Earthquakes李仕才*閱讀理解At 23， my career got going. I was midway through a masters degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science and had been hired as a part­time reporter for a finance website. I got a great one­month review and my boss asked if I was interested in staying at the company after graduation.However， balancing graduate studies with work was challenging. To deal with it， I checked my real self at my office door. I came in to work， greeted my colleagues and listened more than I contributed in each morning meeting. The small team I worked with often seemed busy， so rather than giving ideas that might get turned down， I stayed back.After four months， my boss called me into his office. The meeting was going well until he told me that despite the great work I had produced， the team had held a meeting and decided， “We dont think its the right fit.”I must have looked confused. “Youre ambitious， intelligent and will be very successful，” my boss said. “But you havent made enough effort to join the team. You lost the enthusiasm you showed in your interview. That wont work long term， and if I could give you one piece of advice， it would be to get your guard down.” I couldnt believe that performing well at my job wasnt enough to keep it. But I knew my boss was right. They knew that when they hired me， I had no experience in finance reporting， yet they took a chance on me. In meetings I usually contributed last， after I had heard everyone elses suggestions. I did it to show that I was a listener， but also to hide my fears. They liked the person who walked into the interview， and they didnt respect me when I hid that person from them.“Dont leave before you leave.” That advice is essential for women at all stages of our careers. Because we work so hard for success， we dont like to think that we hurt ourselves sometimes. But each of us must change when necessary. In trying to earn a full­time job， I “l(fā)eaned back” in order not to show too much of myself or my lack of expertise（專門知識）. I learned that the hard way wasnt the way to achieve our goals.【解題導語】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。“我”在公司工作，在團隊里，“我”辛苦勤奮，所在的團隊也緊張忙碌，但是“我”害怕表達自己的主張和建議。老板在肯定了“我”的成績的同時，建議“我”勇于表達自己的主張，分享個人的建議。1.Why was the author offered a job at the company at first？A.She just got her masters degree in finance.B.She greatly impressed her boss in her first month.C.She had quite a lot of experience in finance reporting.D.She showed her special financial talent while working there.B解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句可知，在第一個月的工作中，“我”獲得了很高的評價，給老板留下了深刻的印象，故老板決定聘用“我”。故B項正確。2.During her next four months at the company， the author_.A.performed well enough to earn the teams respectB.didnt balance her graduate studies with work very wellC.was a good listener and contributed a lot in the meetingsD.was afraid to offer her ideas because of her lack of confidenceD解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第四句并結合第四段倒數(shù)第二句可知，“我”工作所在的團隊常?？雌饋砗苊β?，“我”擔心自己的建議或想法遭到拒絕，所以只愿做一個傾聽者。據(jù)此可知，由于缺乏自信，“我”害怕表達自己的想法，故D項正確。3.What does the author intend to tell us in the passage？A.We should always keep up our enthusiasm at work.B.Expertise and experience are greatly valued in the workplace.C.We should not shy away from sharing our ideas when working in a team.D.Its unwise of women to show themselves off when they are taking part in teamwork.C解析：寫作意圖題。文章第二段描述了“我”辛苦勤奮，所在的團隊緊張忙碌，第三、四段講述老板對“我”工作的評價：雖然辛苦努力，但是“我”缺乏在團隊中建言獻策的自信和勇氣，并不能贏得團隊的尊敬。據(jù)此可以判斷，本文旨在告訴讀者在團隊工作中不要畏懼表達自己的觀點，故C項正確。*語法填空The wives who lived within the walls of the Weinsberg Castle in Germany were well aware of the riches it held: gold, silver, jewels, and wealth beyond belief. Then the day came in 1140 AD when all their _1_ (value) treasure was threatened. Welf, the Duke of Bavaria, sat _2_ (trap) inside his Weinsberg Castle. Outside the castle walls lay the army of Frederick, the Duke of Swabia, _3_ his brother, the Emperor Konrad, _4_ army had surrounded the castle and demanded the fortunes and the lives of the men within. Although the conquering commander had set a condition for the safe release of all the women and children, the wives in Weinsberg refused _5_ (leave) without having their own condition met. They demanded that they be allowed to fill their arms _6_ as many possessions as they could carry out. Thinking that the women couldn't _7_ (possible) take much, they met their request.When the castle gates opened, the army outside was brought to _8_ (tear): every woman was carrying her husband! Konrad assured the women of their husbands' complete _9_ (safe) and freedom. He invited them all to a banquet and _10_ (make) peace with the Duke of Bavaria on terms much more favorable than expected.Afterwards, the castle was known for women's loyalty.1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章導讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章介紹了德國Weinsberg城堡，該城堡以婦女的忠誠聞名于世。1valuable/invaluable考查詞性轉換?？仗幮揎椕~treasure且表示“(極)寶貴的”，故用value的形容詞形式valuable或invaluable。2trapped考查非謂語動詞。動詞trap和主語之間是邏輯上的動賓關系，表示“(已經)被困城堡之內”，故用過去分詞trapped作主語補足語，表明主語的狀態(tài)。3and考查連詞。根據(jù)語境可知，該句中的“Frederick, the Duke of Swabia”和“his brother, the Emperor Konrad”之間是并列關系，故用and。4whose考查定語從句的引導詞。分析該句結構可知，該句為非限制性定語從句，army和先行詞之間是所屬關系，故用whose引導該定語從句。5to leave考查非謂語動詞。refuse to do sth.為固定短語，表示“拒絕做某事”，此處表示，城堡里的婦女要求滿足她們的條件，否則就拒絕離開。6with考查介詞。fill (sth.) with sth. 為固定用法，意為“用填滿”，故填with。7possibly考查詞性轉換。空處修飾動詞take，故用副詞形式。8tears考查名詞的復數(shù)。tear為可數(shù)名詞，此處構成固定搭配bring sb.to tears，意為“使某人流淚”，故用tear的復數(shù)形式tears。9safety考查詞性轉換。根據(jù)該句中的“complete . and freedom”可知，形容詞complete修飾空處所填詞，空處與名詞freedom為并列關系，故用名詞形式safety。10made考查動詞的時態(tài)。根據(jù)該句中的“He invited them”及全文時態(tài)可知，此處陳述的是過去發(fā)生的事情，故用一般過去時。*完形填空As an older student at your school，do you sometimes feel a kind of responsibility? I was lucky enough to be named one of our prefects(級長)My_1_ has so far meant that I've had to help with school meetings，events，and many_2_ across the school.One of the events was a soccer tournament for 7th and 8th year prefects in September.We had to _3_ a soccer team made up of several prefects for the tournament._4_ at the soccer field on the day of the tournament，we were full of_5_ that our_6_ and age would be enough for us to win._7_ ，we had underestimated(低估)the situation.The younger students quickly started dominating us，and_8_ beat us.We were_9_ of the competition after the first game!Having been_10_ ，we realized that our size and age really didn't _11_ ，as the younger students were not intimidated(威脅)However, although we were defeated，we were able to talk to the _12_ students afterwards，which was quite _13_.After our pitiful attempt at_14_ soccer，we had to help referee(裁判)the final few_15_.Refereeing was a difficult task，as a bad_16_ could cost a team the game._17_ for me，there were no extremely difficult decisions.After refereeing，we were all given dinner and the student leaders and the younger kids all _18_ together.At that moment I_19_ the true job of a prefectwe are here to _20_ the school.1A.job BcureCenquiry Dopportunity2A.activities BteachersClibraries Dprofessors3A.suspect BformCquarrel Dchallenge4A.Attending BAimingCGuiding DArriving5A.curiosity BpossibilityCpity Dconfidence6A.mask BstrengthCspeed Dsize7A.Besides BThereforeCAlthough DHowever8A.previously BhardlyCeventually Dfirstly9A.knocked out Bknocked atCknocked on Dknocked off10A.scolded BdefeatedCblamed Dpraised11A.rise BclarifyCmatter Dgo12A.senior ByoungerCcleverer Dsmarter13A.anxious BpleasantCupset Ddelighted14A.playing BgivingCoffering Dhelping15A.problems BdealsCissues Dgames16A.movement BsignalCdecision Dsuspect17A.Sadly BCalmlyCPrivately DLuckily18A.sat BseatedCjumped Dleaped19A.neglected BrealizedCtolerated Ddreamed20A.adjust BreformCunite Dchange【解題導語】本文是一篇記敘文。作為學校的一名級長，作者參加了學校舉行的足球比賽，由此獲得了一些感悟。【核心詞匯】confidence n信心eventually adv.最后，終于knock out淘汰1A根據(jù)下文中的“help with school meetings, events”可知，這些是級長的工作內容。job “工作，職責”；cure“治愈”；enquiry “詢問”；opportunity“機會”。2A根據(jù)上文中的“meetings, events”可知，此處表示學校里的許多活動。故選A。3B根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示我們(作為級長)不得不組成一支球隊參加比賽。suspect“懷疑”；form“形成，組成”；quarrel“爭吵”；challenge“向挑戰(zhàn)”。4D此處表示比賽那天我們來到足球場上。arrive at“到達，抵達”。5D根據(jù)下文中“that our _6_ and age would be enough for us to win”的提示可知，我們充滿信心。curiosity“好奇心”；possibility“可能性”；pity“憐憫”；confidence“信心”。6D根據(jù)下文中的“we realized that our size and age”可知，應選D項。mask“面具”； strength“力量”；speed“速度”；size“大小，尺寸”。7D根據(jù)下文中的“we had underestimated(低估)the situation.The younger students quickly started dominating us”可知，此處與上文提到的有信心贏得比賽形成轉折關系，故選D。8C根據(jù)語境可知，年輕的學生很快控制了比賽并最終取得了比賽的勝利。previously“先前”；hardly “簡直不”；eventually “最終”；firstly“首先”。9A根據(jù)上文中的“The younger students quickly started dominating us, and _8_ beat us”可知，我們被淘汰(knocked out)了。10B根據(jù)上文中的“and_8_ beat us”和下文中的“we were defeated”可知，此處表示我們被擊敗。scold“責罵”；defeat“擊敗”；blame“責怪”；praise“表揚”。11C在被擊敗之后，我們意識到體型和年齡并不重要。rise“升起”；clarify“澄清”；matter“重要”；go“去”。12B根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示我們賽后和那些年輕的學生交流。13B賽后和那些年輕的學生交流，那是令人愉快的。anxious“焦慮的；擔心的”；pleasant“令人愉快的”；upset“沮喪的”；delighted“(人感到)高興的”。14A在踢足球的嘗試失敗后，我們不得不協(xié)助為最后的幾場比賽擔任裁判。playing soccer符合語境。15D參見上題解析。problem “問題”；deal“交易”；issue“議題”；game “比賽”。16C根據(jù)下文中的“there were no extremely difficult decisions”可知，此處表示一次不恰當?shù)呐卸?，即裁判做出的決定(decision)會影響比賽的結果。movement “移動”；signal “信號”；decision “決定”；suspect“嫌疑人”。17D上文提到“Refereeing was a difficult task”，下文提到“there were no extremely difficult decisions”，由此可知，上下文之間存在轉折關系，再結合句意可知，Luckily符合語境。sadly“不幸地”；calmly“鎮(zhèn)靜地”；privately“私下地”；luckily“幸運地”。18A根據(jù)上文中的“After refereeing, we were all given dinner.together”可知，賽后大家坐在一起吃飯交流。19B根據(jù)上文中的“After refereeing, we were all given dinner and the student leaders and the younger kids all _18_ together”可知，作者處于這樣的場景之中不由得有所思考，所以此處為“意識到”。neglect“忽略”；realize“意識到”；tolerate“忍受”；dream“夢想”。20C句意：那一刻，我意識到級長真正的職責在于使學校(所有人)都團結起來。adjust“調整”；reform“改革”；unite“使團結”；change“改變”。*短文改錯I'm writing this e­mail to ask you for help. As an English song lover, I have a strong desire to taking part in the English song contest to be held in next month. The song I've decided to sing was Skyfall. To sing this song better, I am wondering if you could tell me anything about the background informations of the song. What's more, could you spend some time listening to the song and giving myself some advice? Since you're native English speaker and expert in singing, I sincere hope you can give me a hand.I would appreciate it whether you could send me a reply at your earliest convenient. Thank you in advance.答案：I'm writing this e­mail to ask you for help. As an English song lover, I have a strong desire to part in the English song contest to be held next month. The song I've decided to sing Skyfall. To sing this song better, I am wondering if you could tell me about the background of the song. What's more, could you spend some time listening to the song and giving some advice? Since you're native English speaker and expert in singing, I hope you can give me a hand.I would appreciate it you could send me a reply at your earliest . Thank you in advance.難項分析：第二處：去掉next前的in考查介詞。表示時間的名詞前面有l(wèi)ast, next等修飾時，前面不用介詞。故將in去掉。第四處：anythingsomething考查代詞。根據(jù)句意可知，應該是告訴“我”“一些事情(something)”，而不是“任何事情(anything)”。故將anything改為something。第九處：whetherif考查連詞。whether和if作“是否”講，有時可以互換，但是此處應表示的是條件，意為“如果”，這時只能用if。故將whether改為if。* 8