Making the news一、閱讀理解Taylore is a kid who passes by to ride sometimes and help us with chores. Barely 15, shes never short of advice, and one of her favorite pastimes is teasing me about being afraid to go too fast on a horse.Last summer four of us rode down the trail behind our woods: my wife Karen, Taylore, Taylores friend Kendall and me. I was riding my 13-year-old, Tawny.We were two miles from home when, for some unexplainable reason,I pushed Tawny into a gallop（飛馳）. The other horses were anxious to catch up, and just like that, the race was on.Taylore brushed past my left leg and, seconds later, Kendall went by on my right. I realized Tawny was covering ground faster than Id ever seen her. She strained every muscle in her body to catch up with the girls. It was like a truck winding over a mountain road without brakes (閘). Part of me felt perfectly in control, while another part screamed that I wasnt.In half a mile I knew wed be crossing the highway, so I prayed that the girls would be fine. I gave up calculating how long it might take before my horse would be tried enough to want to slow down.I was just about out of answers when I saw the girls slowing in front of me. Their horses were relaxed and fortable, not even breathing hard. Taylores face glowed. She gave me a high five. Wow, you did well, she said. I knew youd go fast when you were ready.No one in the group had even broken a sweat, except me. I was still nervous from the crazy pace. My heart pounded too, but not from exercise. Karen claims I was showing off for the girls that day, and maybe shes right. But I think I had something to prove. Because despite my wrinkles (皺紋), glasses and gray hair, I was feeling young at heart. And, like a horse on a warm summer day, Im always ready to kick up my heels.1. How did the race between the girls and the author begin?A. His horses gallop made the other horses want to catch up.B. He wanted to show off his riding skills for the girls.C. They wanted to know whose horse could run fastest.D. They teased him about being afraid to go too fast on a horse.2. During the race, _.A. the authors horse outran the girls horses the whole timeB. the author was confident that Tawny was in controlC. the girls were so anxious to win that they sweated a lotD. the authors good performance took Taylore by surprise3. When the race ended, the authors heart pounded because _.A. he was feeling thrilled and youngB. it was really tough exercise for himC. he was worried that the girls might be in dangerD. he felt quite embarrassed that he had lost the race4. The phrase kick up my heels at the end can be replaced by _.A. devote myselfB. enjoy myselfC. accept my challengeD. take part in running petition【文章大意】文章描述作者和兩個(gè)女孩騎馬比賽，這讓作者感到興奮，也感到雖然自己上了年紀(jì)，但是有一顆年輕的心。1.A【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的We were two miles from home when, for some unexplainable reason,I pushed Tawny into a gallop(飛馳). The other horses were anxious to catch up, and just like that, the race was on.可知，作者的馬飛馳起來(lái)使得其它馬想要趕上。故選A。3.A【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的I was still nervous from the crazy pace. My heart pounded too, but not from exercise. Because despite my wrinkles (皺紋), glasses and gray hair, I was feeling young at heart.可知，比賽結(jié)束的時(shí)候，作者的心狂跳因?yàn)樗杏X興奮而且年輕。故選A。二、教材與語(yǔ)法填空根據(jù)教材課文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Zhou Yang will never forget his first assignment 1. a reporter of an English newspaper. At the office his talk with his new boss influenced his life 2. (strong). His boss told him not to go out 3. (cover) an event without a professional photographer.During the interviews, he had to listen to a lot of facts in detail when getting well 4. (prepare) for the next question based on 5. the person said. If the person 6. (interview) agreed, he could use a recorder to record what the interviewee said. The boss also gave him an example of the importance of a recorder. Once a footballer 7. (accuse) of taking money for deliberately not scoring goals. He admitted that someone 8. (try) to bribe him, but denied taking the money. With the recording, it was proved that he was 9. (guilt)He was angry and tried to stop it, 10. failed.答案：1.as2.strongly3.to cover4.prepared5.what6interviewed7.was accused8.had tried9.guilty 10But三、完形填空We have all heard of giant pandas, and know that they are endangered. When one has babies, it makes national news _1_， and pictures of their babies are _2_ circulated. But it now seems that the giant panda is not _3_ of itself.The lovely animals have _4_ a classic test of selfawareness. They cannot _5_ themselves in the mirror. Researchers use the mirror recognition test to _6_ whether children or animals have a _7_ of selfawareness.In the test, an animal is presented _8_ a mirror. Researchers then watch to see _9_ it notices a mark on its face, which is only _10_ in the mirror. If the animal notices the mark, it often _11_ it. Human children often pass the test when they are only two years old.Many other animals have passed the mirror test, including monkeys, Asian elephants and even pigeons. But when researchers tested pandas, _12_ of them did the same thing as those animals did. _13_， each panda behaved as if their _14_ in the mirror was another panda altogether. They acted as if they were _15_ by what they saw in the mirror, scratching their feet and walking _16_.The _17_ of this research will help design better areas for animals in captivity (圈養(yǎng)). For example, onedirectional glass sometimes used in the areas may _18_ pandas to feel stressed when they see their own image in the _19_. Thats because they might believe it to be another panda, _20_ themselves.1A.papersBcoversCheadlines Dpages2A.widely Bpopularly Cespecially Dpletely3A.shy BfondCconscious Dconfident4A.failed BignoredCfaced Dconducted5A.observe BdiscoverCrecognize Dunderstand6A.believe in Bfind outCpick out Dtake in7A.sense BquestionCopinion Dthought8A.for BwithCin Dbefore9A.how BwhenCwhy Dwhether10A.touchable BseeableCsensible Dpossible11A.dismisses BadmitsCfeels Dmoves12A.all BmostCone Dnone13A.Thus BHoweverCInstead DStill14A.reaction BreflectionCoperation Dimagination15A.trapped BamazedCthreatened Dteased16A.backwards BaloneCforwards Dalong17A.failure BouteCsuccess Dreview18A.cause BprepareCaccelerate Durge19A.eyes BcagesCzoo Dglass20A.other than Bregardless ofCbecause of Drather than【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。本文對(duì)大熊貓、兒童還有其他的動(dòng)物都做了有關(guān)自我意識(shí)感方面的研究，結(jié)果顯示大熊貓的自我認(rèn)知很差，即使照鏡子，它們也認(rèn)不出鏡子里的自己。1C考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上文中的“and know that they are endangered”可推知，當(dāng)一個(gè)大熊貓有寶寶后，很快就會(huì)上國(guó)內(nèi)新聞?lì)^條。C項(xiàng)意為“頭條(新聞)”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“報(bào)紙”；B項(xiàng)意為“封面”；D項(xiàng)意為“頁(yè)碼”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C項(xiàng)。2A考查副詞辨析。上文提到，當(dāng)一個(gè)大熊貓有寶寶后，很快就會(huì)上國(guó)內(nèi)新聞?lì)^條；由此可推知，大熊貓寶寶的照片會(huì)被廣泛傳閱。A項(xiàng)意為“廣泛地”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“流行地”；C項(xiàng)意為“特別地”；D項(xiàng)意為“完全地”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A項(xiàng)。3C考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)第二段第一句中的“a classic test of selfawareness”可知，這里指的是現(xiàn)在看起來(lái)大熊貓是沒(méi)有自我意識(shí)的。C項(xiàng)意為“有意識(shí)的”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“害羞的”；B項(xiàng)意為“喜歡的”；D項(xiàng)意為“自信的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C項(xiàng)。4A考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)下文中的“They cannot. have a _ of selfawareness.”可知，可愛的大熊貓沒(méi)有通過(guò)這種經(jīng)典的自我意識(shí)測(cè)試。A項(xiàng)意為“失敗”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“忽視”；C項(xiàng)意為“面對(duì)”；D項(xiàng)意為“指揮，引導(dǎo)”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A項(xiàng)。5C考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的“Researchers use the mirror recognition.”可知，此處指大熊貓認(rèn)不出鏡子中的自己。C項(xiàng)意為“辨認(rèn)出”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“觀察”；B項(xiàng)意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；D項(xiàng)意為“理解”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C項(xiàng)。6B考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指研究者的目的是弄清楚孩子或動(dòng)物是否有自我認(rèn)知。B項(xiàng)意為“找到，弄清楚”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“相信，信任”；C項(xiàng)意為“挑選出”；D項(xiàng)意為“吸收，欺騙”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B項(xiàng)。7A考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指自我認(rèn)知，是一種感覺。A項(xiàng)意為“感覺”，a sense of為固定搭配，意為“一種感”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“問(wèn)題”；C項(xiàng)意為“觀點(diǎn)”；D項(xiàng)意為“想法”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A項(xiàng)。8B考查介詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指在實(shí)驗(yàn)中，動(dòng)物在鏡子中呈現(xiàn)出來(lái)。表示使用某種工具，應(yīng)用介詞with。9D考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指研究者想觀察大熊貓是否能注意到它臉上的記號(hào)。故選D項(xiàng)。10B考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，在自己臉上的標(biāo)記，只有在鏡子中才能看到。B項(xiàng)意為“可見的”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“可觸摸的”；C項(xiàng)意為“可覺察的”；D項(xiàng)意為“可能的”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B項(xiàng)。11C考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的“Many other animals have passed the mirror test”可知，此處指如果動(dòng)物注意到臉上的標(biāo)記，它會(huì)感受到這個(gè)標(biāo)記的。C項(xiàng)意為“感受，感覺”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“解雇，解散”；B項(xiàng)意為“承認(rèn)”；D項(xiàng)意為“移動(dòng)”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C項(xiàng)。12D考查代詞辨析。根據(jù)上文及轉(zhuǎn)折詞“but”可知，此處指沒(méi)有一只大熊貓像其他動(dòng)物一樣能感受到臉上的標(biāo)記。故選D項(xiàng)。13C考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指“相反，每一只大熊貓表現(xiàn)得就像鏡子里的影像是其他大熊貓”。C項(xiàng)意為“代替，而不是”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“因此”；B項(xiàng)意為“然而”；D項(xiàng)意為“仍然”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C項(xiàng)。14B考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，鏡子中應(yīng)是映照出的影像。B項(xiàng)意為“映像，倒影”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“反應(yīng)”；C項(xiàng)意為“操作，手術(shù)”；D項(xiàng)意為“想象”。均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B項(xiàng)。15C考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)下文中熊貓的反應(yīng)可知，熊貓表現(xiàn)出好像受到鏡子中“自己”的威脅。C項(xiàng)意為“威脅”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“使陷入困境，卡住”；B項(xiàng)意為“使驚訝”；D項(xiàng)意為“取笑，戲弄”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選C項(xiàng)。16A考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，害怕會(huì)向后退。A項(xiàng)意為“向后”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“獨(dú)自地”；C項(xiàng)意為“向前”；D項(xiàng)意為“一起，沿著”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A項(xiàng)。17B考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處指研究的結(jié)果。B項(xiàng)意為“結(jié)果”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“失敗”；C項(xiàng)意為“成功”；D項(xiàng)意為“復(fù)習(xí)”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選B項(xiàng)。18A考查動(dòng)詞辨析。由語(yǔ)境可知，此處指可以成像的玻璃會(huì)讓大熊貓感到有壓力。cause sb. to do sth. 意為“導(dǎo)致某人做某事”，符合語(yǔ)境。B項(xiàng)意為“準(zhǔn)備”；C項(xiàng)意為“加速”；D項(xiàng)意為“督促”，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選A項(xiàng)。19D考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上文中的“onedirectional glass”可知，glass符合語(yǔ)境。故選D項(xiàng)。20D考查介詞短語(yǔ)辨析。由語(yǔ)境可知，此處指這就是因?yàn)榇笮茇埾嘈喷R子里是別的大熊貓而不是自己。D項(xiàng)意為“而不是”，符合語(yǔ)境。A項(xiàng)意為“除了”；B項(xiàng)意為“不管”；C項(xiàng)意為“因?yàn)椤?，均與語(yǔ)境不符。故選D項(xiàng)。四、教材與話題寫作()用本單元所學(xué)知識(shí)完成下列句子。1作為一名記者，李強(qiáng)不但有很好的新聞嗅覺，而且具有令人欽佩的專業(yè)技能。(not only.but also.; journalist; have a good nose for; admirable; professional) 答案：As a journalist，not only does Li Qiang have a good nose for news，but he also has admirable professional skills.2每一次采訪前，他都會(huì)全神貫注地做準(zhǔn)備。(concentrate) 答案：Before every interview，he concentrates on preparing for it.3在采訪過(guò)程中，他能夠獲得他所需要的信息。同時(shí)，他還能想起下一個(gè)問(wèn)題。(process; acquire; meanwhile) 答案：In the process of an interview，he can acquire the information he needs，and meanwhile es up with the next question.4采訪一結(jié)束，李強(qiáng)必須準(zhǔn)確迅速地寫出報(bào)道。最終由主編審讀批準(zhǔn)。(the moment.; accurately; approve) 答案：The moment the interview is over，Li Qiang must write out his story accurately and quickly. Last of all，the chief editor reads it and approves it.5再經(jīng)過(guò)后期的技術(shù)處理，一篇新聞稿就可以交付印刷了。(technical process; go to press) 答案：After the last stage of technical process，a story is ready to go to press.()將以上句子連成短文，要求銜接連貫、過(guò)渡自然。 五、下面是李華的一篇作文，文中有五處錯(cuò)誤，改正錯(cuò)誤并背誦該文。As a journalist，not only Li Qiang have a good nose for news，but he also has admirable professional skill. Before every interview，he concentrates on preparing for it. In the process of an interview，he can acquire the information he need，and meanwhile es up with the next question. The moment when the interview is over，Li Qiang must write out his story accurately and quick. Last of all，the chief editor reads it and approves it. After the last stage of technical process，a story is ready to go to press.答案：As a journalist，not only Li Qiang have a good nose for news，but he also has admirable professional . Before every interview，he concentrates on preparing for it. In the process of an interview，he can acquire the information he ，and meanwhile es up with the next question. The moment the interview is over，Li Qiang must write out his story accurately and. Last of all，the chief editor reads it and approves it. After the last stage of technical process，a story is ready to go to press.