1、 - 1 -Unit 2 The Olympic Games Period 4 Using Language课后阅读训练.阅读理解APaula Radcliffe, won a third London marathon champion(冠军)on Sunday in 2005,says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,
2、000m last August, said, “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism(批评).”“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”She didnt care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe sho
3、uld have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasnt spoken to me last year and if she really cared for me, Im sure she would have contacted(联系)me.”Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.“In New York I wa
4、snt in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”Radcliffe insisted her only goal in New Yorks race would be winning the champion and not breaking the world record. After 9 weeksrest, she won the London marathon champion again.However, Radcliffe has not ruled out(排除)in the futu
5、re chasing her “final” world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.“I dont think thatalthough I cant put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”Radcliffe is sure she can
6、better her winning London performances in 2002 and in 2003 some points in the future. Radcliffe clocked a time 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre - 2 -race three years ago. Afterwards she set a mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London
7、 event.【语篇概述】文章讲述了拉德克里夫的故事。1.Radcliffes failure in Athens made her_.A. face criticism calmlyB. rest for five monthsC. love people around her moreD. develop respect for Liz【解析】选 A。细节理解题。根据第二段可知,雅典奥运会使拉德克里夫更坚强了,使得她能平静地面对批评,故答案选 A。2.By saying “I cant put a number on it”, Radcliffe means shes not sure_.
8、A. if she has the ability to set a new world recordB. if she can win another race though she has won many timesC. how many times a marathon runner can set the world recordD. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times【解析】选 C。句意猜测题。根据第九段可知,拉德克里夫对一个马拉松运动员只能获得 4 到 5 次世界级的冠军这一说法提出疑问
9、,她对此不确信,认为因人而异,故答案选 C。3.According to the text, Radcliffe has won _London marathon title(s).A. one B. twoC. three D. four【解析】选 C。推理判断题。拉德克里夫分别于 2002、2003 和 2005 年获得了伦敦马拉松冠军,故答案选C,根据文章的第一句也可以得知答案。4. What can we learn from Radcliffes story?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Well begun is half done.C. A frien
10、d in need is a friend indeed.D. Where there is a will, there is a way.【解析】选 D。主旨大意题。文章讲述了拉德克里夫从雅典奥运会的失败中走了出来,获得了一次次的冠军,而且还要在将来超越自己,说明了有志者事竟成,故答案选 D。B- 3 -The blue tits(山雀)have been inspecting the nest-box again this year. The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice. He lan
11、ds at the hole and turns his head to expose his white cheeks as a signal to attract the female from where she has been feeding.Among many birds that nest in holes, the male has a light-colored patch on its plumage(鸟羽)which acts as signal for drawing the females attention to a suitable nesting-place.
12、 Unlike the blue tit, the redstart(红尾鸲)may be only the male that strikingly colored and the female is not beautiful.A few years ago I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in action in a Walsh wood. The male was leading an interested female to holes that he had previously(先前)checked out. He s
13、at at the entrance of each hole and put his head on to show off his white forehead, or his head in to reveal(显露)his tail.If the female failed to react to his visual signals, the male sometimes sang for extra effect, while gliding towards her on spread wings and tail. Once the female accepts by follo
14、wing the male through the hole the displays stop, you must be at the right place at the right time to watch them.【语篇概述】本文主要是讲雄鸟是怎样使出浑身解数吸引雌鸟入巢的。5. How do the blue tits choose their nest?A. They choose their nest together. B. The male chooses their nest.C. The house-hunter chooses their nest.D. The f
15、emale chooses their nest.【解析】选 D。细节理解题。从第一段第二句话 The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice 可知。6. The writer was lucky to see_.A. how the male made his tricksB. how an interested female played with the male happilyC. how the male displayed and won the femaleD. that the mal
16、e tried his best but failed to attract the female【解析】选 C。推理判断题。从第三段第一句 I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in - 4 -action in a Walsh wood 和文章第三、四段的内容可知答案为 C。7. You can spot a pair of redstarts in a Walsh wood_.A. at any time B. regularlyC. in April D. occasionally【解析】选 D。细节理解题。根据 A few ye
17、ars ago I was lucky enough to.和.you must be at the right place at the right time to see them 可知答案为 D。8. The writer is probably_.A. a bird expert B. a bird-hunterC. a bird raiser D. a scientist【解析】选 A。推理判断题。从文章内容来看,文中不仅提到了鸟的一些习性,而且对雄鸟如何吸引雌鸟入巢了解得很清楚,可见作者可能是一位研究鸟类的专家。.完形填空When I joined a private footba
18、ll league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential(潜力),and I became captain of my 1 .That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 .At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all it
19、s games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when he didnt give them more playing time in our 6 .The coach was replaced.The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game. All we did during practice was 7
20、.I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 .Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 .But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 .Younger people shouldnt be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-olds.I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this te
21、am I wouldnt eat much, because I was afraid of beginning too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 .Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and they stopped playing football comple
22、tely. Thats 16 ,because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.- 5 -I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me
23、 I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, its a lot easier to do it well.【语篇概述】作者通过加入足球队踢足球的经历,学到了快乐和放松可以让一件事做得更好。1. A. class B. club C. team D. board【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。根据上一句话可知,我成为足球队队长,故答案选 C。2. A. playing B. livingC. learning D. working【解析
24、】选 A。背景常识题。全文讲足球运动的情况,而不是生活、学习或工作的情况。3. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra【解析】选 B。词语辨析题。根据上下文可知,起初每个人有平等的训练和比赛时间。4. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure【解析】选 D。词汇复现题。出名后,球员开始有压力,根据倒数第二段的第一句话也可以猜测出答案。5. A. free B. private C. good D. basic【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。因多付了钱而希望得到教练的私下训练。6. A. matches B. cou
25、rsesC. lessons D. programs【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。多付钱的父母生气的原因是教练在比赛中没给其孩子更多的比赛时间。7. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot【解析】选 C。词汇复现题。根据后文“all teams run drills”可知。8. A. duty B. meetingC. operation D. training【解析】选 D。背景常识题。希望天下雨就不需要参加训练。9. A. necessary B. boringC. scientific D. bored【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。跑步训练有必要。10. A. spe
26、aking B. movingC. sleeping D. breathing【解析】选 D。背景常识题。过多的跑步导致球员呼吸困难。- 6 -11. A. used B. intendedC. made D. described【解析】选 B。短语搭配题。这里是指教练将为成年人准备的高强度训练运用到少年女子足球训练当中,故选 B。intend sth. for sb.为某人准备某物。12. A. till B. sinceC. before D. because【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。作者加入球队前就很瘦。13. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big【解析】选
27、A。背景常识题。成为球员后不愿多吃是担心吃得太饱而不能跑步。14. A. size B. shareC. space D. state【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。根据上下文可知这种额外的压力使我比平时出的错误更多。因为球队有很多队员,所以一个队员的“mistake”只是其中的一部分,故选 share“份额” 。15. A. gave B. keptC. ended D. picked【解析】选 C。短语搭配题。最终以离开球队而结束。end up doing sth.结束做某事,故答案选 C。16. A. sad B. shamefulC. silly D. serious【解析】选 A。逻辑推
28、理题。很有潜力的女孩完全放弃踢球是很可惜的,令人难过。17. A. received B. sufferedC. brought D. felt【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。她们感到来自父母和教练的压力太大而放弃了踢球。18. A. reconsidered B. rediscoveredC. reformed D. replaced【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。作者在学校里重新找到了自己的所爱踢球。19. A. at B. by C. for D. around【解析】选 C。词语辨析题。考查介词 for 的用法。为他踢球,在他的球队踢球。20. A. fell B. stepped C. sl
29、owed D. calmed【解析】选 D。短语搭配题。 “我”心情平静下来时就踢得更好。calm down 平静下来,故答案选 D。.短文改错- 7 -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。This morning at about ni
30、ne oclock, I was on my way the supermarket. Suddenly I see heavy smoke rising about several hundreds meters away. “There must be a fire!” I thought. Getting nearer, I saw a shop was on fire. There was many people standing by the roadside watched. Six firefighters were struggling to put out the fire.
31、 I heard someone say they had fought for about an hour and two firefighters had rushed into the shop to rescue a woman. After a while, they rushed out support the woman. But one firefighter got injured serious. All the people and I whom saw what happened were deeply moved by their bravery. About twe
32、nty minutes late the fire was finally put out.答案: 1.【解析】第一句中 way 后加 to。on ones way to 固定短语,表示“在去的路上” 。2.【解析】第二句中 seesaw。本文主要使用了一般过去时。3.【解析】第二句中 hundredshundred。当 ten, hundred, thousand 等词前有具体数字时不加 s。4.【解析】第五句中 waswere。根据后面的 many people 可知应把 was 改为 were。5.【解析】第五句中 watchedwatching。有很多人正站在路边看。此处为现在分词作伴
33、随状语。6.【解析】第七句中 an hour and 后加 that。此处为 and 连接的两个并列的由 that 引导的宾语从句,第一个宾语从句中的 that 可以省略,但第二个宾语从句中的 that 不能省略。7.【解析】第八句中 supportsupporting。此处为现在分词作伴随状语,两名消防员跑出来的时候搀扶着这名女士,故 support 改为 supporting。8.【解析】第九句中 seriousseriously。一名消防员严重受伤,修饰形容词用副词。9.【解析】第十句中 whomwho/that。定语从句中缺主语,应用关系代词 who/that,故 whom 改为who/that。- 8 -10.【解析】第十一句中 latelater。About twenty minutes later 大约 20 分钟之后,later 后来,以后,故late 改为 later。
