Unit 5 Theme parks*閱讀理解。Two of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only ” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a puter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (襯墊) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.I dont only avoid those “if only” moments when it es to safety. Its equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they hadforegonean opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you”. When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my pany and I wouldnt be there. But then I thought about the fact that hes 84 years old and I realized that I shouldnt give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality(可能發(fā)生的事). And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that Im doing the right thing. Im buying myself peace of mind and thats the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.1.Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule ?A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone.2.The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to _.A. keep her appointment with the eye doctorB. meet her father who was already an old manC. join in the holiday celebration of the panyD. finish her work before the deadline approaching3.The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closed in meaning to “_”.A. abandonedB. lackedC. avoidedD. wasted4.What is the best title for the passage ?A. The Emotional Well-beingB. The Two Saddest WordsC. The Most Useful RuleD. The Peace of Mind【文章大意】這篇文章主要講解的是作者對(duì)于最悲哀的兩個(gè)單詞if only 的理解及看法。1.D 【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的句子“When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an if only moment,”可知，“extra minute”指的是“在發(fā)生意外之前防患于未然”，D項(xiàng)（在一個(gè)東西絆倒某人之前將它拿走）符合。故選D。3.A 【解析】猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)foregone 所在句子“We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they hadforegonean opportunity to say I love you or I forgive you.”中的lost及regretted 可知此詞與opportunity 搭配翻譯成“放棄機(jī)會(huì)”，故選A。4.B 【解析】標(biāo)題判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句話(huà)“Two of the saddest words in the English language are if only.”及文章大意，可知本文主要針對(duì)最悲哀的兩個(gè)單詞if only 展開(kāi)話(huà)題進(jìn)行講解，故選B。*語(yǔ)法填空。 There is a tradition in my school that when the College Entrance Examination is less than a month away, students in the _1_(low) grades, from Senior 1 to Senior 2, all gather together on the ground in front of the teaching building and cheer on the Senior 3 students who are standing upstairs. It wasnt until I _2_(person) took part in the activity that I understood the real _3_(mean) of it. I was in Senior 2 at the time. _4_that special night, all the Senior 3 students stood in the corridors (走廊) and looked down at the younger students below. _5_(vary) cheers started to resound throughout the school, wave after wave. “Believe in yourself! You deserve to win！” _6_(see) everyones smiling faces around me, I thought of _7_famous quote from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau: What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you bee by achieving your goals. Soon it will be my turn to _8_(bless) in this way,_9_also means I will have to say goodbye to my school. Sad as it will be, being cheered on by so many students will still be one of the brightest _10_(time) of my life.1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章導(dǎo)讀：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者講述了自己學(xué)校為即將參加高考的高三學(xué)生加油鼓勵(lì)的獨(dú)特傳統(tǒng)。作者認(rèn)為這種祝福方式讓他倍受鼓舞，且當(dāng)時(shí)的場(chǎng)景成為他記憶中最為閃亮的時(shí)刻之一。1lower考查形容詞比較級(jí)。此處暗含了對(duì)比。對(duì)于高三的學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)，高一和高二的學(xué)生就是較低年級(jí)的學(xué)生，所以要用比較級(jí)，故填lower。2personally考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。設(shè)空處修飾動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)took part in，應(yīng)用副詞，故填personally。3meaning考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。設(shè)空處作understood的賓語(yǔ)，應(yīng)用名詞形式，故填meaning。4On考查介詞。此處表述：在那個(gè)特殊的晚上。在具體的某一天晚上要用介詞on，句首單詞注意首字母大寫(xiě)，故填On。5Various考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。此處應(yīng)用形容詞作定語(yǔ)修飾名詞cheers，故填Various “各種各樣的”。6Seeing考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)用非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，動(dòng)詞see和其邏輯主語(yǔ)I之間是主動(dòng)關(guān)系，所以要用現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語(yǔ)，故填Seeing。7a考查冠詞。quote是可數(shù)名詞，意為“引語(yǔ)；引文”，而且此處表示泛指概念，故填不定冠詞a。8be blessed考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。此處表述很快就輪到“我”收到這種方式的祝福。It is ones turn to do sth.為固定句型，意為“輪到某人去做某事”，根據(jù)句意可知，此句中“我”和bless之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，應(yīng)用不定式的被動(dòng)形式，故填be blessed。9which考查定語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞。兩個(gè)句子中沒(méi)有連詞，該空指代前面一句話(huà)的內(nèi)容，而且在從句中作主語(yǔ)，所以此處應(yīng)用which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，故填which。10times考查名詞的復(fù)數(shù)。當(dāng)作“時(shí)光；歲月”講時(shí)，time為可數(shù)名詞；“one ofthe形容詞最高級(jí)可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)”意為“最的之一”。故填times。*完形填空。閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。I was a shy kid.Nothing seemed harder than talking to people.I didnt even like to answer the phone for fear that Id have to talk to somebody I didnt know._1_ ，at school I had to spend all day in the pany of others.My _2_ was studying.It was something I could do _3_ and by myself.I spent a lot of time studying and was _4_ with good grades.Eventually I went to college.I came to realize that some people were rather fun to _5_ with.Yet my childhood _6_ carried over and I found myself tonguetied and _7_ whenever I found myself in a conversation.One day while on campus，I _8_ an advertisement for a position on the local classical music _9_ station.I had grown up listening to classical music，and I loved it.In order to get the job，applicants needed to be interviewed.I had absolutely no background in radio，and the idea of talking to thousands of listeners _10_ me.I didnt really want the job.I just wanted to prove that I could talk to a(n) _11_.Two weeks _12_ ，I was even more terrified to discover that I had actually landed the job.It was a _13_ job，but I grew to enjoy it.I announced music to thousands of _14_ in the city，sometimes answering their calls and _15_ to their requests.I began to feel fortable talking to these people，these strangers who I couldnt even _16_.Although I now spend much time talking with people，Im still basically a _17_ person.My former shyness is a gift，as I can _18_ people who feel disfort when they talk to strangers.I still enjoy moments of being _19_.But Im also glad I decided to make a _20_ in my life that had opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.1A.However BThereforeCOtherwise DBesides2A.advice BpracticeCtask Descape3A.obviously BsimplyCquietly Dpoorly4A.filled BrewardedCdecorated Dfaced5A.help out Bcatch upCput up Dhang out6A.happiness BshynessCkindness Dgoodness7A.excited BastonishedCembarrassed Dinterested8A.noticed BpostedCrealized Dbelieved9A.fire BgasCTV Dradio10A.terrified BpleasedCsatisfied Damazed11A.child BsingerCinterviewer Dapplicant12A.ago BlaterCbefore Dsince13A.wellpaid BpuzzlingCfortable Dchallenging14A.listeners BfollowersCviewers Ddancers15A.referring BrespondingCoffering Dparing16A.feel BmoveChear Dsee17A.busy BwarmCquiet Dsmart18A.look into Brelate toCbine with Dworry with19A.alone BaliveCactive Dawake20A.plan BmistakeCchange Ddream【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】該文主要講述了害羞的作者通過(guò)應(yīng)聘電臺(tái)工作而實(shí)現(xiàn)自我突破的故事。1A根據(jù)上下文可知，此處表示邏輯上的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。然而，作者在學(xué)校里不得不和同學(xué)們相處。2D根據(jù)上文的“I was a shy kid”可推知，害羞的作者在學(xué)校用學(xué)習(xí)來(lái)逃避與人交流。3C與語(yǔ)境“by myself”呼應(yīng)可推知，作者一個(gè)人安安靜靜地做功課。4B與語(yǔ)境“with good grades”呼應(yīng)可推知，作者在學(xué)習(xí)上的付出得到了豐厚的回報(bào)，成績(jī)突出。5D由“Eventually”的提示可推知，作者最終意識(shí)到了和朋友相處是有趣的。hang out“常去某處”。6B根據(jù)上文的“I was a shy kid”并結(jié)合“I found myself tonguetied”可推知，作者童年時(shí)代的害羞個(gè)性還存在。7C根據(jù)“I found myself tonguetied”可推知，和他人交流時(shí)溝通不順暢是令人尷尬的。8A根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，作者在校園里注意到了一則讓他感興趣的廣告。9D根據(jù)下文的“I had absolutely no background in radio”可推知，這是一則電臺(tái)的招募廣告。10A根據(jù)“I had absolutely no background in radio”并結(jié)合下文的“I didnt really want the job”可推知，作者因自己沒(méi)有廣播方面的背景而打退堂鼓，與下文的“I was even more terrified to discover that I had actually landed the job”呼應(yīng)。11C作者害怕與成千上萬(wàn)的聽(tīng)眾交流，只想證明自己能夠和面試官交談。12B根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可推知，時(shí)間已經(jīng)過(guò)去了兩周。13D根據(jù)上文可知，這項(xiàng)工作需要與成千上萬(wàn)的聽(tīng)眾交流，這對(duì)作者來(lái)說(shuō)有一定的挑戰(zhàn)性，且與語(yǔ)境“but I grew to enjoy it”形成呼應(yīng)。14A與上文的“and the idea of talking to thousands of listeners _10_ me”呼應(yīng)可推知，此處表示作者給聽(tīng)眾播放音樂(lè)。15B與語(yǔ)境“answering their calls”呼應(yīng)可推知，作者回應(yīng)聽(tīng)眾的要求。16D根據(jù)上文可知，作者應(yīng)聘的是電臺(tái)工作，和聽(tīng)眾們基本上是不見(jiàn)面的。17C根據(jù)“still”的提示并結(jié)合上文的“I was a shy kid”可推知，作者盡管現(xiàn)在花費(fèi)很多時(shí)間和人們交流，但是本質(zhì)上還是一個(gè)不多說(shuō)話(huà)的人，與下文的“My former shyness is a gift”呼應(yīng)。18B結(jié)合“My former shyness is a gift”可推知，作者能夠理解那些和他相同的人。relate to“理解，認(rèn)同”。19A根據(jù)上文的“My former shyness is a gift”可推知，作者仍舊喜歡獨(dú)處。20C根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可推知，作者通過(guò)做電臺(tái)工作有了重大改變，從而人生有了更多的可能性。*短文改錯(cuò)。Recent years have seen a tendency in China that tour is growing faster. According to a recently survey made by some experts, about 47% urban residents traveled regularly. More people will join in the army of travelers in the future.Facing this tendency, we cant help explore some underlying factors that are responsible. In the very first place，as the further development of reform and opening up, Chinese peoples living standards have been greatly improved, and therefore, most of whom can afford to travel around. Whats more, it is believed that people now take more positive attitude to tourism, and regard it as a lifestyle. In additions, tourism facilities are being better and better. For example, transportation develops fast, but many scenic spots are available now.答案：Recent years have seen a tendency in China that is growing faster. According to a survey made by some experts, about 47% urban residents regularly. More people will join the army of travelers in the future.Facing this tendency, we cant help some underlying factors that are responsible. In the very first place, the further development of reform and opening up, Chinese peoples living standards have been greatly improved，and therefore, most of can afford to travel around. Whats more, it is believed that people now take more positive attitude to tourism, and regard it as a lifestyle. In ， tourism facilities are being better and better. For example, transportation develops fast, many scenic spots are available now.難項(xiàng)分析：第一處：tourtourism考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指中國(guó)的旅游業(yè)，應(yīng)用tourism，而tour一般指一次具體的觀光旅游。故將tour改為tourism。第七處：whomthem考查代詞。此句中and連接并列分句，因而其后不可以接定語(yǔ)從句；后一分句缺少主語(yǔ)，of后的代詞指代上文提到的Chinese people，故將whom改為them作介詞of的賓語(yǔ)。第十處：butand考查連詞。transportation develops fast與many scenic spots are available之間為并列與遞進(jìn)的關(guān)系，而不是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用連詞and連接。*