Unit 5 Canada The True North*閱讀理解。Do you hear that birds of a feather flock together? It certainly appears that they do. We are likely to hang around with individuals who are similar to ourselves. Poor people like to surround themselves with other poor people, and rich people with other rich people. Intelligent people associate with like-minded people, and artists typically seek out other artists.It appears that we all have fort zones we attempt to stay within. Very stressed and poor people dont feel fortable associating with rich people. We owe it to each other to be successful because success breeds more success. And if we are not feeling successful, looking at who we have as friends and associates can tell us and others a lot about ourselves and why. The longer we associate with a group of individuals, the more our thinking processes bee like theirs.A few years ago, a doctor friend of mine began associating with a new group of people. At the time, he had a successful practice and a positive and grateful attitude to life. However, within the first six months of his association with these individuals, his attitude and goals changed , he was angry at how things were and was dissatisfied with those whod bee his opposition. He became very stubborn. As a result his practice dropped in quality of service. His facial expressions often showed anger and stress.After about two years of association with this group, he learned some valuable lessons. He realized that always focusing on problems or being dissatisfied with others doesnt lead to a rewarding life, nor does it solve as many problems as it creates. He decided that hed rather get back into serving his patients.This doctor put his heart and soul into his practice, and his life changed again. He began to attract people who focused on solutions instead of problems. His success was now more obvious than his stresshis achievement more obvious than his frustration.Whom we hang out with does make a difference. The old saying If you want to soar (翱翔) with the eagles, dont flock with the turkeys. has a point.1.What does the underlined part birds of a feather flock together in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Birds like to take a risk to fly high in the sky.B. Birds are more likely to fly together than other creatures.C. People are more likely to have different attitudes to life.D. People of the same kind are found together.2.We can infer from the passage that the individuals the doctor hung out with were _.A. stressedB. successfulC. patientD. rich3.The author uses the old saying in the last paragraph to _.A. show his great literary talentB. make his article more persuasiveC. raise another similar questionD. suggest the end of his article4.The author uses the doctors example to prove that _.A. bad luck never es aloneB. success breeds more successC. someone has no control over his own lifeD. people are likely to bee like those who they associate with【語(yǔ)篇解讀】俗話(huà)說(shuō)：物以類(lèi)聚，人以群分，人們往往會(huì)和相處的人相似，所以我們要和積極的人在一起。1.D【解析】句意理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的句子We are likely to hang around with individuals who are similar to ourselves.可知，birds of a feather flock together 指的是同樣的人會(huì)在一起。故選D。3.B【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的句子Whom we hang out with does make a difference.我們和誰(shuí)在一起很重要，然后用諺語(yǔ)If you want to soar (翱翔) with the eagles, dont flock with the turkeys.證明他的觀點(diǎn)。故選B。4.D【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段的句子The longer we associate with a group of individuals, the more our thinking processes bee like theirs.可知，人們可能變得和交往的人一樣。故選D。*語(yǔ)法填空 Once upon a time, there was a king in a big, rich country. The king was quite fond of _1_(travel). However, he didnt like to travel in his own country. Instead, he went to other _2_(country). One day, he gathered his army to go to a _3_(distance) country. After walking for the whole morning in the forest, the king and his soldiers made camp _4_(have) a rest. The horses were also tired, so they _5_(feed) on peas. A monkey saw the peas, so he jumped down from the tree to get some of them. While he _6_ (eat), one pea fell from his hand to the ground. The greedy monkey dropped all the peas he had and ran down to look for the pea, _7_ he failed.The king was watching the monkey from the camp and said to _8_(he), “I should not be like this stupid monkey_9_lost so much to gain so little. I will go back to my own country and enjoy what I have.” Thus, the king and his army marched_10_to their own country.1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章導(dǎo)讀：本文是一篇記敘文。全文通過(guò)記敘古代的一位喜歡遠(yuǎn)赴他國(guó)旅游的國(guó)王在一次境外野營(yíng)時(shí)發(fā)生的故事，告訴讀者應(yīng)珍惜自己所擁有的一切，不應(yīng)好高騖遠(yuǎn)。1travelling考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。介詞of后邊要跟動(dòng)詞ing形式作賓語(yǔ)。2countries考查名詞復(fù)數(shù)。other countries “其他國(guó)家”。3distant考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。此處形容詞distant “遙遠(yuǎn)的”修飾名詞country。4to have考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。此處動(dòng)詞不定式表目的。5were fed考查動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)和語(yǔ)態(tài)?！榜R”應(yīng)是“被喂豆子”，因此用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，且本句描述過(guò)去發(fā)生的事情，應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。6was eating考查動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)。由句意可知，此處表示“它正吃的時(shí)候”。7but考查連詞。由句意可知此處應(yīng)表轉(zhuǎn)折。8himself考查代詞。say to oneself “自言自語(yǔ)”。9who/that考查定語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞。先行詞是monkey，用關(guān)系代詞who/that引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，并在從句中作主語(yǔ)。10back考查副詞。由上一句中的“go back”知此處用back。march back “行軍返回到”。*完形填空。For me，two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”I _1_ them years ago as a college student，sitting in the library，_2_，working on a paper.Out of nowhere，those words came _3_ off the page in a quote(引語(yǔ))：“In the midst of death life persists，in the midst of _4_ truth persists，in the midst of darkness light persists.”Suddenly I wasnt unhappy and impatient any more.Then I _5_ my granddad.I loved to talk with him.And I was _6_ to hear what hed think of it.He had poor hearing，so I had to _7_ it a few times，but once he _8_ it，he laughed.“All I can say to that is totally _9_，” he said on the phone.I told him how glad I was，after a long winter，to finally see spring and _10_ to find that quote.“Why is that？” he asked.“Well，spring is a sure _11_ that life persists.And it just makes me _12_.”He laughed again，and then _13_ his lovely voice，he recited for me his _14_“spring time” words：“The desert shall rejoice(高興)，and _15_ as the rose does.even with joy and singing.”Many years later，_16_ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛開(kāi)的)cactuses，I could _17_ hear my granddad laughing：“The desert shall rejoice.”Life persists，and so do we，in the silence of _18_ and the blooming of cactuses；and in the dead of _19_ and the green of spring.Spring _20_ us that were alive forever.1A.looked for Bhappened onCpicked out Dmade up2A.bored BconcentratedCtired Dconfused3A.running BdancingCrushing Dmoving4A.fear BaccusationCsuspicion Duntruth5A.called BvisitedCconsulted Dinformed6A.patient BconfidentCupset Ddesperate7A.copy BprintCrepeat Drecite8A.got BmadeCundertook Dmanaged9A.puzzlement BscepticismCagreement Ddisapproval10A.practically BespeciallyCobviously Dnaturally11A.way BinspirationCremark Dsign12A.astonished BenergeticCmerry Dalive13A.in BwithCof Dbeyond14A.impressive BsuperbCclassical Dfavorite15A.exist BflowerCsurvive Dsow16A.after BwhenCuntil Dalthough17A.hardly BalwaysCalmost Dmostly18A.journeys BwordsCworld Ddesert19A.winter BspringCsummer Dautumn20A.convinces BassuresCreminds Dstrikes【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，講述的是作者有感于春天的活力，從偶然讀到的一段話(huà)聯(lián)想到生命的意義與堅(jiān)持。生命長(zhǎng)存于漫漫沙漠的植物中，長(zhǎng)存于冬去春來(lái)的綠意中。冬去春來(lái)，生命依然長(zhǎng)存，而我們也要繼續(xù)前行。1B根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，幾年前坐在大學(xué)的圖書(shū)館里作者偶然遇到這兩個(gè)單詞“Life persists”。happen on“偶然遇到或發(fā)現(xiàn)”，符合語(yǔ)境。pick out“挑選，辨別出”；make up“編造”。2A根據(jù)下文中的“Suddenly I wasnt unhappy and impatient any more”可知，作者當(dāng)時(shí)在圖書(shū)館里的心情是很煩悶的。故選bored“厭倦的，煩悶的”。3B這兩個(gè)詞突然從書(shū)頁(yè)上的引語(yǔ)中躍入作者的眼簾。dancing在此形象生動(dòng)地描述了這兩個(gè)詞所富含的美好活力以及作者遇到它們的偶然性。4D在死亡中，生命依然堅(jiān)持；在謊言中，真理依然長(zhǎng)存；在黑暗中，光明依然永駐。根據(jù)句中的death與life, darkness與light的對(duì)應(yīng)關(guān)系可知，此處應(yīng)填truth的反義詞。untruth“虛假，不真實(shí)”，符合語(yǔ)境。accusation“控告”；suspicion“懷疑”。5A根據(jù)下文中的“on the phone”可知，作者給爺爺打電話(huà)。call“(給)打電話(huà)”，符合語(yǔ)境。visit“看望，拜訪(fǎng)”；consult“咨詢(xún)”；inform“告知”。6D根據(jù)語(yǔ)境及上文中的“I loves to talk with him”可知，作者很想聽(tīng)到爺爺(對(duì)這句話(huà))是怎么看的。desperate“極想，渴望”。patient“耐心的”；upset“不安的”。7C根據(jù)上文中的“He had poor hearing，so I had to”和下文中的“a few times”可知，爺爺?shù)穆?tīng)覺(jué)不靈，所以作者不得不多次重復(fù)(repeat)這句話(huà)。copy“抄寫(xiě)”；print“打印”；recite“背誦”。8A但是一旦作者的爺爺明白(got it)了，他就笑了起來(lái)。make it“獲得成功，準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)”。9C根據(jù)上文中的“l(fā)aughed”和下文中作者的爺爺所背誦的語(yǔ)句與該句話(huà)的主題的一致性可知，作者的爺爺對(duì)這句話(huà)所表達(dá)的主題是完全同意的。puzzlement“疑惑”；scepticism “懷疑”；agreement“贊同，同意”；disapproval“反對(duì)，不贊成”。10B作者告訴爺爺她在漫長(zhǎng)的冬天過(guò)后，最終看到春天，特別是偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)這句引語(yǔ)，自己是有多高興。especially“特別，尤其”，符合語(yǔ)境。practically“實(shí)際地，差不多”；obviously“明顯地”；naturally“自然而然地”。11D春天就是一個(gè)可信的跡象，它表明生命是長(zhǎng)存的。sign“跡象，征兆”符合語(yǔ)境。inspiration“鼓舞人心的人(或事物)”。12C根據(jù)上文中的“I wasnt unhappy”，下文中的“rejoice(高興)”“joy”及文章的主題可知，這句話(huà)使作者感到開(kāi)心(merry)。astonished“震驚的”；energetic“精力充沛的”。13A作者的爺爺又笑了笑，然后用他那悅耳的嗓音為作者背誦了他最喜歡的語(yǔ)句。in.voice是固定搭配，表示“以的嗓音”。14D參見(jiàn)上題解析。impressive“給人印象深刻的”；superb“極佳的，質(zhì)量極高的”；classical“經(jīng)典的”；favorite“最喜歡的”。15B沙漠應(yīng)該高興，像玫瑰一樣盛開(kāi)。根據(jù)空后的“as the rose does”可知，flower“開(kāi)花”符合語(yǔ)境。16B多年后，當(dāng)作者和丈夫驅(qū)車(chē)穿越一個(gè)有很多野花和盛開(kāi)的仙人掌的沙漠時(shí)，她幾乎又聽(tīng)到了爺爺笑著說(shuō)“沙漠應(yīng)該高興”。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空處在此引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，且在從句中作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)，故選when。17C參見(jiàn)上題解析。almost“幾乎，差不多”，符合語(yǔ)境。18D根據(jù)空后的“the blooming of cactuses.”和上文中的“a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛開(kāi)的)cactuses”及“The desert shall rejoice”可知，生命長(zhǎng)存，同樣的，我們也要堅(jiān)持。生命長(zhǎng)存于寂靜的沙漠(desert)中和盛開(kāi)的仙人掌里。19Ain the dead of winter“在隆冬，在嚴(yán)冬”?？涨暗膁ead形象地表現(xiàn)出了冬季萬(wàn)物蕭條的景象，與春季的綠意及萬(wàn)物復(fù)蘇的景象形成鮮明的對(duì)比。20C春天提醒我們，我們永遠(yuǎn)充滿(mǎn)活力。convince“使相信”；assure“使確信”；remind“提醒”；strike“突然想到”。*短文改錯(cuò)。Living without an aim is like sailing without pass. If there is no aim in our lives, we will get lose. Last term, I couldnt accept the truth which I failed in my math examination. I decided to give it up, so I skipped from classes frequently. Considered my case, my teacher offered me several detailed approach and advised me to set a shortterm goal to improve my math. Finally, I work harder than ever and made great progress in her math. In my opinion, success lies in a series of goals. However, we should remember to make our targets clearly and spare no effort to realize our dreams.答案：Living without an aim is like sailing without pass. If there is no aim in our lives, we will get . Last term, I couldnt accept the truth I failed in my math examination. I decided to give it up, so I skipped classes frequently. my case, my teacher offered me several detailed and advised me to set a shortterm goal to improve my math. Finally, I harder than ever and made great progress in math. In my opinion, success lies in a series of goals. ， we should remember to make our targets and spare no effort to realize our dreams.難項(xiàng)分析：第一處：pass前加a考查冠詞。pass為可數(shù)名詞，表示泛指要用不定冠詞。第三處：whichthat考查同位語(yǔ)從句的連接詞。名詞truth后的句子為同位語(yǔ)從句，從句中不缺少成分，且從句意義完整，故用that。第九處：HoweverTherefore考查副詞。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處為因果關(guān)系；后面有逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)，故應(yīng)改為副詞Therefore。*