Unit 3 Amazing people一、閱讀理解。Career criminals begin their antisocial behavior during their toddler (學(xué)步的兒童) years and may go on with a life of crime if their behavior isnt challenged, scientists have discovered. While most children grow out of their bad behavior by adulthood, a study found those who had “callous unemotional (冷漠無(wú)情的) characteristics” could grow up to have problems with the law later in life. Behavior characteristics such as a lack of sympathy and lying in childhood could have an impact years on.Luke Hyde, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, said, “These are signs for parents and doctors to watch out for, as they may signal more than just the terrible twos.” He said, “Parents both take care of their child and provide their childs genes so its been difficult to know if were seeing that parenting causes callous unemotional behaviors, or if it is just a sign of the genes being passed to the child.”The research also discovered that strict parenting is linked to the development of antisocial behavior. Scientists looked at 561 families in an adoption study that examined biological mothers antisocial behavior. The scientists found children of antisocial mothers were also more likely to exhibit the same behavior characteristics, despite having limited or no touch with them as they were adopted as babies.“The really exciting take-home message from this study is that small, day-to-day positive interactions (互動(dòng)) that parents have with their young children can make a huge difference in childrens development, said Leslie Leve, a professor at the University of Oregon who co-led the data collection.“Even when children have inherited (遺傳) a very challenging set of behaviors, hearing good job or receiving encouragement can help protect them from developing serious problems ing from their inherited difficulties,” he added. The study, worked on by scientists from the University of Michigan, Penn State University and the University of Oregon has been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers will follow the group of children through early adolescence to determine if these behaviors still continue to exist from the toddler years.1.Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Kids social behaviors are related to crime.B. Criminals begin their crimes during adolescence.C. Antisocial behaviors of kids could be on their way to a life of crime.D. Warmhearted kids are more likely to be criminals in the future.2.What conclusion might the scientists draw from the study?A. Antisocial behaviors might be inherited.B. The genes decide kids antisocial behaviors.C. Antisocial behaviors have nothing to do with crimes.D. Adopted babies surely have antisocial behaviors when they grow up.3.What can be inferred from the passage?A. Parenting is the main reason that causes kids antisocial behaviors.B. What causes career criminals to begin their crimes is their parents characteristics.C. Leslie Leve has a doubtful attitude to adoptive mothers active interactions with kids.D. Inherited antisocial behaviors of kids can be lightened by positive parenting.4.Why will researchers track kids process of growing?A. To make sure if kids behaviors will last.B. To make sure if praise will change kids.C. To determine if kids behaviors will be inherited.D. To determine if parents fort will protect kids. 【文章大意】研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子的反社會(huì)行為有可能使他們走向犯罪的道路，積極的育兒方式可以減輕孩子的反社會(huì)行為。1.C 【解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，特別是第一段中的“Career criminals begin their antisocial behavior during their toddler years and may go on with a life of crime if their behavior isnt challenged, scientists have discovered.”可知，本文主要介紹了孩子們的反社會(huì)行為有可能使他們走向犯罪的道路，故C項(xiàng)正確。3.D 【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段中的“Even when children have inherited (遺傳) a very challenging set of behaviors, hearing good job or receiving encouragement can help protect them from developing serious problems ing from their inherited difficulties”可知，積極的育兒教育可以減輕孩子遺傳的反社會(huì)行為，故D項(xiàng)正確。4.A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Researchers will follow the group of children through early adolescence to determine if these behaviors still continue to exist from the toddler years. ”可知，研究人員追蹤孩子的成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程是為了弄清楚孩子的反社會(huì)行為是否會(huì)持續(xù)下去，故A項(xiàng)正確。二、單項(xiàng)選擇。1. A society was set up to _ the endangered animals and plant life from dying out in this area.A. reserve B. preserveC. observe D. deserve【答案】B【解析】reserve儲(chǔ)存，儲(chǔ)備；preserve保護(hù)，保留；observe觀察；deserve應(yīng)受，應(yīng)得的，句意：成立了一個(gè)協(xié)會(huì)來(lái)保護(hù)瀕臨滅絕的動(dòng)植物，以避免它們從這一地區(qū)消失滅絕。2.At times the balance in nature is _, resulting in a number of possible unforeseen effects. A. troubled B. confused C. disturbed D. puzzled【答案】C【解析】trouble麻煩；confuse困擾；disturb打擾；puzzle困惑。可以說(shuō)disturb the balance in nature打擾自然界的平衡，其它動(dòng)詞不可與之搭配。句意：有時(shí)，自然界的平衡受到打擾，導(dǎo)致了許多可能的不可預(yù)見(jiàn)的影響。3.When _ a job, you should highlight your experience and skills.A. accounting forB. interviewing forC. applying forD. searching for【答案】C【解析】句意：求職時(shí)，你應(yīng)該突出你的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和技能。apply for“申請(qǐng)”，符合句意。account for解釋，說(shuō)明；interview for為面試；search for搜索。4.Most drivers have realized the significance of traffic safety and strictly followed the traffic laws, marking the fact that our efforts have _.A. paid offB. showed offC. put offD. let off【答案】A5.Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to _.A. put outB. go offC. go throughD. go out【答案】D【解析】go out熄滅。句意：沒(méi)人注意到小偷溜進(jìn)了房子里，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)燈剛好熄滅。6.A firm, dry handshake is generally regarded as an indication that someone is confident and _. A. in control B. in style C. in place D. in office【答案】A【解析】in control控制；in style有特色；in place在適當(dāng)位置；in office在辦公。句意：堅(jiān)定干練的握手通常被看作這個(gè)人很自信、能掌控局面的象征。7.Once you have put your hand to an under-taking, you should _ persevere until you have finished it. A. observe B. reserve C. preserve D. persevere【答案】B8.You needn t have _ the speaker when he was speaking; there was enough time afterwards for you to ask questions. A. affectedB. interrupted C. encouragedD. disturbed【答案】B【解析】affected影響；interrupted打斷；encouraged鼓勵(lì)；disturbed打擾。句意：當(dāng)他在說(shuō)話的時(shí)候，你沒(méi)有必要打斷他，后面有足夠的時(shí)候讓你提問(wèn)。9.It is clearly stated that these regulations _ everyone in the munity, without exception.A. appeal to B. adapt toC. apply to D. attach to【答案】C【解析】appeal to呼吁，上訴，要求，對(duì)有吸引力；adapt to 使自己適應(yīng)于；apply to適用于，應(yīng)用于；attach to依附，加入。句意：聲明很清楚，這些規(guī)則適用于社區(qū)的每一個(gè)人，沒(méi)有例外。10.We can ensure you regular supplies of these materials if you _pay for them in good time. A. pay offB. pay forC. pay backD. pay out【答案】B【解析】pay off還清，得到回報(bào)；pay for支付；pay back償還；pay out付出。句意：如果你們能按時(shí)付款，我們可以保證定期向你們供應(yīng)這些材料。11.She is still optimistic about her life in spite of the hard life she has _ in the past three years.A. gone through B. looked through C. put through D. seen through【答案】A【解析】go through經(jīng)歷；look through快速瀏覽；put through接通(電話)，實(shí)行，完成；see through看透(某人)。句意：盡管在過(guò)去三年中經(jīng)歷了生活的艱辛，但她依然對(duì)生活保持樂(lè)觀。12.The pany has been _ of President Smith for 20 years and who will _ it after his retirement?A. in the control; take overB. in the control; take downC. in control; take over D. in control; take down【答案】A【解析】句意：公司被斯密斯總裁控制20年了，退休后誰(shuí)會(huì)接管呢？第一空填in the control of是某物被人控制，in control of是某人控制某物，第二空填take over接管，take down記下，取下。13._ for his action on the playing field ,but he is also famous for the things that he does off the playingfield.A. Not he is only known B. Not only is he knownC. Only is he known not D. He is only not known【答案】B14.My father was so glad to meet his old friend again. You see, they _ with each other for nearly 30 years.A. lost contact B. had lost contactC. had been out of contact D. has been out of contact【答案】C【解析】根據(jù)句中出現(xiàn)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)for nearly 30 years可知，要用完成時(shí)。又因失去聯(lián)系這一動(dòng)作延續(xù)到他們這次見(jiàn)面之前，所以要用過(guò)去完成時(shí)。由于lose contact不能延續(xù)，故C項(xiàng)正確。句意：我的父親再次見(jiàn)到他的老朋友，是那么的高興。你知道的，他們幾乎有30年沒(méi)有聯(lián)系了。15.The wife _ a big dinner when the husband was aware of their eighth wedding anniversary that day.A. was still preparingB. had hardly preparedC. did carefully prepareD. would eagerly prepare【答案】B【解析】“hardly.when一就”句型中，主句中動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)用過(guò)去完成時(shí)。句意：妻子剛準(zhǔn)備好一頓豐盛的晚餐丈夫就意識(shí)到那天是他們結(jié)婚八周年紀(jì)念日。三、完形填空。In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The 1 is that countries around the world have growing mountains of rubbish because people are 2 more rubbish than ever before.How did we 3 a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to 4 an object than to spendtime and money to repair it. 5 modern manufacturing(制造業(yè))and technology, panies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and 6 .Another cause is our 7 of disposable (一次性的) products. As 8 people, we are alwayslooking for 9 to save time and make our lives easier. panies 10 thousands of different kinds ofdisposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.Our appetite for new products also 11 to the problem. We are 12 buying new things.Advertisements persuade us that 13 is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we 14 useful possessions to make room for new ones.All around the world, we can see the 15 of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To 16 the amount of rubbish and to protect the 17 , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. 18 , this is not enough to solve (解決) our problem.Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions 19 throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about 20 . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.語(yǔ)篇解讀：文章主要講的是堆積如山的垃圾給環(huán)境帶來(lái)的影響。隨著社會(huì)的發(fā)展，人們傾向于扔掉用舊了的東西，以新物品取而代之。 而且，包裝盒等一次性產(chǎn)品給人們帶來(lái)方便的同時(shí)，也給環(huán)境帶來(lái)很大的壓力。1. A. key B. belief C. project D. problem【答案】D【解析】A.答案，關(guān)鍵；B.看法，信念；C.項(xiàng)目；D.問(wèn)題。根據(jù)上下文可知：東西用壞了就把它扔了，再買新的。這就出現(xiàn)了垃圾堆積如山的問(wèn)題，故選 D。2. A. picking out B. throwing out C. running out of D. cutting out【答案】B【解析】throw out rubbish 扔掉的垃圾?！疤暨x，選擇，辨認(rèn)出”、“用完，耗盡”與“剪裁；剪下”不符文意。故選 B。垃圾堆積如山的問(wèn)題是因?yàn)槿藗內(nèi)拥舻睦纫酝魏螘r(shí)候都多造成的。3. A. face B. bee C. observe D. change【答案】B【解析】第二、三、四自然段講 a throwaway society 形成的 cause。因此此處問(wèn)了一個(gè)問(wèn)題：“我們是怎樣變成了一個(gè)愛(ài)浪費(fèi)的社會(huì)的呢？”。而不是怎樣去 face(面臨)、observe(觀察)或 change(改變)的。4. A. consume B. control C. replace D. withdraw【答案】C【解析】后半句說(shuō)我們不是花時(shí)間與金錢去修理壞了的東西，說(shuō)明我們是用另外的東西來(lái)“代替”它們，因此用“replace”，故選 C。consume 消耗，耗費(fèi)，消費(fèi)；control 控制；withdraw 收回。5. A. Thanks to B. In particular C. Except for D. Regardless of【答案】A【解析】A.多虧；B.尤其，特別；C.除了；D.不管。依據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系，公司能夠快速而廉價(jià)地生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)品出來(lái)是“因?yàn)椤爆F(xiàn)代的制造業(yè)和技術(shù)，故選 A。6. A. safe B. legal C. cheap D. powerful【答案】C【解析】與 inexpensively 相對(duì)應(yīng)，產(chǎn)品就“便宜”。其他選項(xiàng)與文章無(wú)關(guān)。故選 C。7. A. love B. lack C. prevention D. division【答案】A【解析】A.愛(ài)，喜歡；B.缺少；C.阻止；D.劃分。依據(jù) Another cause 知道產(chǎn)生更多垃圾的原因是我們“喜歡”使用一次性產(chǎn)品。與后文中的 appetite(嗜好)相照應(yīng)。故選 A。8. A. sensitive B. kind C. greedy D. busy【答案】D【解析】 依據(jù)后文 to save time and make our lives easier 可知是“繁忙”的人們， 而不是 sensitive (敏感的) 、kind(善良的) 、或 greedy (貪婪的)。故選 D。9. A. ways B. places C. jobs D. friends【答案】A【解析】A.方法；B.地方；C.工作；D.朋友。為了省時(shí)和生活更加舒適，人們就使用一次性產(chǎn)品，公司也就“生產(chǎn)”大量的一次性產(chǎn)品。使用一次性產(chǎn)品是一種 save time and make our lives easier 的“方式”。故選 A。10. A. conserve B. receive C. produce D. preserve【答案】C【解析】A.保護(hù)；B.收到；C.生產(chǎn)；D.保存。句意：企業(yè)生產(chǎn)大量的一次性產(chǎn)品，故選 C。11. A. adapts B. returns C. responds D. contributes【答案】D【解析】adapt to 適應(yīng)；return to 返回，歸還；respond to 反應(yīng)；contribute to 為做貢獻(xiàn)，促成，有助于。從“also”一詞可看出此處又是講我們對(duì)新產(chǎn)品的 appetite(嗜好)也“導(dǎo)致，促成”了上述問(wèn)題，故選 D。12. A. tired of B. addicted to C. worried about D. ashamed for【答案】B【解析】依據(jù)前文的 appetite(嗜好)，我們不會(huì)“厭倦”“擔(dān)心”和“羞于”購(gòu)買新產(chǎn)品，而是對(duì)此“上癮” ，因此選 B。13. A. newer B. stronger C. higher D. larger【答案】A【解析】A.更新的；B.更強(qiáng)壯的；C.更高的；D.更大的。前文 new things 提示。后文 new ones 與之照應(yīng)。句意：廣告使人們相信新的更好，故選 A。14. A. pick up B. pay for C. let off D. throw away【答案】D【解析】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A.撿起，學(xué)會(huì)，用車接；B.支付；C 排放；D.扔掉。我們不斷購(gòu)買新東西，于是就“扔掉”了還有用的東西，故選。15. A. advantages B. purposes C. conflicts D. consequences【答案】D【解析】垃圾成山是 throw away lifestyle(愛(ài)浪費(fèi)的生活方式)的“后果”，不是“優(yōu)點(diǎn)”、“目的”、和“沖突，矛盾”，因此選 D. consequence 結(jié)果。16. A. show B. record C. decrease D. measure【答案】C【解析】A.顯示，展示；B.記錄；C.減少；D.測(cè)量。并列的兩個(gè)不定式表目的，后文說(shuō)政府要求回收物品循環(huán)使用，因此是“減少”垃圾，故選。17. A. technology B. environment C. consumers D. brands【答案】B【解析】A.技術(shù)；B.環(huán)境；C.消費(fèi)者；D.品牌。全文都是談的與環(huán)境相關(guān)的話題，因此是保護(hù)“環(huán)境”。故選 B。18. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile【答案】A【解析】 A.然而； B.要不然； C.因此； D.同時(shí)。 依據(jù)上文可知回收是一種解決問(wèn)題的方法， 后文中 not enough與之相對(duì)，因此此處有轉(zhuǎn)折意味，故選。句意：然而，只是要求人們循環(huán)利用是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠的，故選 A。19. A. by B. in favor of C. after D. instead of【答案】D【解析】 A.通過(guò)； B.支持； C.在之后； D.代替， 而不是。 本段講除了上文中提到的回收外的 another way就是 repair our possessions(修理東西)，自然“代替”了扔掉，故選 D。20. A. spending B. collecting C. repairing D. advertising【答案】C【解析】A.花費(fèi)，度過(guò)；B.收集；C.修理；D.宣傳。句意：我們也需要重新考慮對(duì)修理的態(tài)度，根據(jù)下句“repairing.”可知答案，故選 C。四、七選五。Which is much more significant to you when you are finding a job？Working experience or an advanced degree？Well，I believe diverse people have different answers. 1 Here are some reasons：Above all，most of jobs dont require such a high degree，which means just some work，such as theoretical physics，archaeology，or literature，needs high academic qualification. 2 For example，when you are offering a department manager post，and there is a man who has already been a manager for three years but only has a masters degree and an inexperienced person with a doctors degree，which one would you choose？Definitely the first one for the manager who doesnt acquire a doctors degree but has rich working experience. 3 For instance，Bill Gates，who was the richest man in the world and one of the most successful merchants.What a wise choice when he decided to abandon studying so that he could gain more working experience instead of a doctors degree！Or Steve Paul Jobs，who discontinued his study at the age of nineteen in order to bee a member of a puter pany just like Bill Gates. 4 5 Maybe you shouldnt have to gain an advanced or high degree，but that doesnt mean nothing.Probably a bachelors degree is still necessary in this fiercely petitive society.All in all，I think rich working experience is much more important than an advanced degree.AHowever，a degree is still required for most people.BMeanwhile，rich working experience will draw more attention.CSecondly，plenty of experience will bring you success much earlier.DIn my view，either working experience or an advanced degree counts.EAs for me，I will say working experience without hesitation.FAs a matter of fact，more people with rich working experience bee successful.GFrom all of these，we can see that an advanced degree isnt so necessary as working experience.【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是一篇議論文。論述了工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)是工作成功的最重要的因素這一論點(diǎn)。1E根據(jù)空處位置可知，空處承上啟下，根據(jù)該段第二句“Working experience or an advanced degree？”可知，空處提出自己的觀點(diǎn)并引出下文，故E項(xiàng)與此處匹配。2B根據(jù)本段最后一句“Definitely the first one for the manager who doesnt acquire a doctors degree but has rich working experience.”并結(jié)合空后所列舉的例子可知，該例旨在證明豐富的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)在應(yīng)聘時(shí)更受歡迎，故B項(xiàng)與此處匹配。3C根據(jù)空處所在的位置可知，空處為本段的主題句；根據(jù)本段列舉的比爾蓋茨放棄學(xué)業(yè)創(chuàng)業(yè)成功和喬布斯在十九歲時(shí)輟學(xué)這兩個(gè)例子可以判斷，本段旨在說(shuō)明豐富的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)?zāi)艽偈谷嗽缛粘晒?，故C項(xiàng)正確。4G根據(jù)該空所在的位置可知，該空總結(jié)本段大意；由空前列舉的比爾蓋茨和喬布斯這兩個(gè)例子可以判斷，高學(xué)歷不如工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)重要，故G項(xiàng)正確。5A根據(jù)空處所在的位置可知，空處為本段的主題句；由本段最后一句“Probably a bachelors degree is still necessary in this fiercely petitive society.”可知，在這個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的社會(huì)中，學(xué)歷仍然是有必要的。據(jù)此可以判斷，本段主要陳述學(xué)歷對(duì)于大部分人來(lái)說(shuō)還是需要的，故A項(xiàng)正確。