1、1Module 3 Foreign Food My First Ride on a Train(建议用时 35 分钟). 阅读理解A(2017焦作模拟)Do you want to experience skydiving? Located in Los Angeles, we are within a reasonable driving distance of major cities. Situated on a private airport, Skydiving Club will offer you world-class training. We didnt start skyd
2、iving but we are Los Angeles oldest skydiving school which opened in 1961! Tandem SkydivingTandem Skydiving is required if it is your first time to go skydiving. After filling out paperwork and watching a short video, you will be ready to make your skydiving. Somewhere around 11, 500 feet you will b
3、e secured to your tandem instructor. The door will open and you exit the plane. Your free-fall with your instructor will last for approximately 4050 seconds. We can almost guarantee it will be the most exciting minute of your life. Dont forget to have a video taken of your skydiving to show to all t
4、hose who dont think you will jump from a plane. Static Line CoursesOnce you have made your tandem skydiving, you can move on to our Static Line Courses. Every student will be led through the entire day by a licensed instructor. Never does the student feel unattended. Once the training is over, the s
5、tudent will make their first jump on that very same day! If the weather doesnt cooperate, you can come back the next day, or we will reschedule a time to make your skydiving. BookingTo book your tandem skydiving or skydiving course, call us at(927)371-0600. 2We just ask for a call if you cant keep t
6、he scheduled appointment. Whats more, you must be at least 18 years old to make a skydiving at our club. Price$165. 00 Tandem Skydiving only. $175. 00 Static Line Courses only. Come to make a skydiving without hesitation! For further information about our club, please call at(927)371-0600 or visit o
7、ur website www. skydivingclub. com. 【文章大意】本文是一家洛杉矶的跳伞俱乐部介绍了它的一些活动, 并且鼓励大家报名参加这个俱乐部举行的跳伞运动。1. Which of the following is TRUE about Skydiving Club? A. It offers training in major cities in the world. B. It can offer every skydiver a free-fall experience. C. It is the oldest skydiving school in the USA
8、. D. It asks all the skydivers to receive one-day training before a fall. 【解析】选 B。细节理解题。根据 Tandem Skydiving 中的 Your free-fall with your instructor will last for approximately 4050 seconds. We can almost guarantee it will be the most exciting minute of your life. 可知, 每一位 skydiver 都会有一次 free-fall。2. W
9、hat will one probably do after training in Static Line Courses? A. Try the free-fall at once. B. Receive a skydiving license. C. Pay 165 dollars to the club. D. Make a tandem skydiving. 【解析】选 A。细节理解题。根据 Static Line Courses 中的 Once the training is over, the student will make their first jump on that
10、very same day! 可知, 你接受过训练后, 有可能会立即做 free-fall。3. In order to book a skydiving in the club, you must_. A. fill in some formsB. telephone the club3C. visit its websiteD. talk with the instructor【解析】选 B。细节理解题。根据 Booking 部分可知, 如果你要预订, 请打电话(927)371-0600。故选 B。BA 17-year-old boy, caught sending text messag
11、es in class, was recently sent to the vice principals office at Millwood High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher, not his cell phone. The boy listened politely and nodded, and thats when Mr Gallagher noticed the student
12、s fingers moving on his lap. He was texting while being scolded for texting. “It was a subconscious act, ”says Mr Gallagher, who took the phone away. “Young people today are connected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they close their eyes at night. Its compulsive. ”
13、A study this year by psychology students at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga. , found that the more time young people spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to have lower grades and weaker study habits. Heavy Facebook users show signs of being more sociable, but they are also more likel
14、y to be anxious, hostile or depressed. (Doctors, meanwhile, are now blaming addictions to night texting for disturbing the sleep patterns of teens. )Almost a quarter of todays teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day, according to a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that moni
15、tors medias impact on families. Will these young people get rid of this habit once they enter the workforce, or will employers come to see texting and“social-network checking”as accepted parts of the workday? Think back. When todays older workers were in their 20s, they might have taken a break on t
16、he job to call friends and make after-work plans. In those earlier eras, companies discouraged non-business-related calls, and someone who made personal calls all day risked being fired. It was impossible to imagine the constant back-and-forth texting that defines interactions among young 4people to
17、day. Educators are also being asked by parents, students and educational strategists to reconsider their rules. “In past generations, students got in trouble for passing notes in class. Now students are good at texting with their phones still in their pockets, ”says 40-year-old Mr Gallagher, the vic
18、e principal, “and theyre able to communicate with someone one floor down and three rows over. Students are just fundamentally different today. They will take suspension(暂停)rather than give up their phones. ”【文章大意】当今的年轻人发短信交流成瘾, 这已经影响到他们正常的学习、工作。4. The underlined words“a subconscious act”refer to an
19、act_. A. on purpose B. without realizationC. in secret D. with care【解析】选 B。词义猜测题。根据文中内容这个学生在因为发短信受老师批评的同时还在发短信可推知他们已经上瘾了, 发短信成为了他们的下意识行为。5. Young people addicted to the use of Facebook_. A. are good at dealing with the social relationships and concentrate on their studyB. have high spirits and posit
20、ive attitudes towards their life and workC. have been influenced mentally in the aspects of behaviors and habitsD. are always in bad mood and have poor performance in every respect【解析】选 C。细节理解题。根据第二段可知选 C 项。6. Through the situation of todays older workers in their 20s, it can be inferred that_. A. t
21、he employers will not accept young peoples sending text messagesB. a cell phone is a must for todays older workers instead of young peopleC. the employers prefer older workers to young peopleD. the employers will find it hard to control the interaction among young people【解析】选 D。推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知当时的年轻人
22、宁可冒着被解雇的危险也会用公司的电话和朋友家人联系。可想现在年轻人就更难控制了。57. Whats the best title of the passage? A. Teenagers and Cell phonesB. Teenagers Texting AddictionC. Employers and TeenagersD. Teenagers Education【解析】选 B。主旨大意题。根据文章的内容可知整篇文章提到的是学生发短信成瘾的问题。. 阅读填句根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Learning English can be
23、 a difficult task. While many people learn English in the classroom, the vast majority of English learning takes place outside of it. 1 , it is important to know how it is used in everyday life. One of the best things you can do is to read. First ask yourself what you enjoy reading in your native la
24、nguage. If the subject is interesting to you, you will be more likely to keep going. Read a variety of different media in English, from magazines to novels. 2 , New York Times is going to take a more formal approach to the English language than somebodys personal blog. Consider your English level wh
25、en selecting reading material. 3 , but do not frustrate yourself needlessly by selecting a complex text. You can choose to be a side-by-side reader, with the English text on one page and its translation on the other page, if you have only been studying English for a couple of years. 4 . So do not lo
26、ok up every word you dont know as you read. It will only slow things down and make the reading process much less fun. Instead, rely on what you have already known. When you come across a difficult word or phrase, use context clues to guess at its meaning. Write down or underline any words or phrases
27、 you cannot figure out. When you have finished reading, go to 6your list of new words. Now you can get your dictionary and look them up one by one. 5 . You will be more likely to keep reading the interesting subject. A. Challenge yourselfB. To better understand a languageC. When you want to learn En
28、glish, try New York TimesD. English usage will depend on the content and the audienceE. Turn them into flash cards, keep them in mind and use themF. Putting a dictionary at hand is a good way of learning EnglishG. Your reading goal is to briefly understand what the piece is saying【文章大意】本文为一篇说明文, 介绍了
29、如何更好地学习英语。1.【解析】选 B。根据该空后半句可知, 要知道在日常生活中如何使用一门语言, 就要更好地理解它。这样的表述衔接比较合理, 故选 B。2.【解析】选 D。根据该空前句可知, 阅读英语时选择面要广, 因为英语的使用会因内容和所面向的读者群体而有所不同。3.【解析】选 A。根据该空后的句子可知, 需根据自己的英语水平选择阅读材料, 可以挑战自己, 但不必选择复杂的文章而使自己沮丧, 故选 A。4.【解析】选 G。根据该空后面的信息可知, 阅读时查字典会减慢速度而且会使阅读无趣, 你要根据已有知识来阅读文章, 学会用上下文猜测生词, 重要的是了解文章大意。5.【解析】选 E。根据
30、该空前两句可知, 阅读后可以查阅和学习单词, 并把它们加以运用。. 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(), 并在其下面写出该加的词。删除: 把多余的词用斜线()画掉。修改: 在错的词下画一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改 10 处, 多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。During the summer holiday, I went on a journey to B
31、eijing. There I visit the Great Wall and the Palace Museum. Much to my surprise, there were so many 7tourists in all the scenic spots that I had to pushed my way through the crowd. To be honest, I had a hard time all the way but didnt find the visit enjoyable or worthwhile at all. As far as I concer
32、ned, a great many people has the same experience. So I think that a number of tourists in some popular place of interest should be limited. In addition to, its better for us to travel at different times. Only by this way can you tourists have fun with the beautiful scenery there. 答案: 1.【解析】第二句中 visi
33、tvisited。考查动词时态。纵观全文可知本文讲述了作者旅行的经过, 故应使用一般过去时态。2.【解析】第三句中 pushedpush。考查动词。have to do sth. 不得不做某事。3.【解析】第四句中 butand。考查并列连词。根据句意可知前后表示并列关系。故把8but 改为 and。4.【解析】第五句中 concerned 前加 am。考查短语。as far as I am concerned 就我而言。5.【解析】第五句中 hashave。考查主谓一致。根据 a great many people 判断, 主语表示复数, 应把 has 改为 have, 以保持主谓一致。6.
34、【解析】第六句中 athe。考查冠词。a number of 意为“许多的, 大量的”, 此处表示“游客的数量应予以限制”, 故使用 the number of, 意为“的数量” 。7.【解析】第六句中 placeplaces。考查名词。根据之前的 some 可知 place 应使用复数形式。8.【解析】第七句中去掉 addition 后的 to。考查介词。in addition to 意为“除此之外”, 后跟宾语。故应将 to 去掉。9.【解析】第八句中 byin。考查介词。in this way 意为“以这种办法” 。10.【解析】第八句中 youwe。考查代词。根据前后逻辑关系可知, 作者作为游客, 以第一人称讲述经历, 为保持前后人称一致, 应把 you 改为 we。
