Unit13 People第2课时Ⅰ.完形填空(2011·南昌调研)Inthedepthsofmymemory，manythingsIdidwithmyfatherstilllive.Thesethingshavecometorepresent，infact，whatIcall__1__andlove.Idon’tremembermyfatherevergettingintoaswimmingpool.But hedid__2__thewater.A nykindof__3__rideseemedtogivehimpleasure.__4__helovedtofish；sometimeshetookmealong.ButIneverreallylikedbeingonthewater，thewaymyfather__5__.Ilikedbeingatthewater，movingthroughit，__6__itallaroundme.Iwasnotastrong__7__，oronewholearnedtoswimearly，forIhadmy__8__.ButIlovedbeingintheswimmingpoolclosetomyfather’sofficeand__9__t hosesummerdayswithmyfather，who__10__comebyonabreak.IneededhimtoseewhatIcoulddo.Myfatherwouldstandthereinhi ssuit，the__11__personnotinswimsuit.Afterswimming，Iwouldgo__12__hisofficeandsitonthewoodenchairinfrontofhisbigdesk，whereheletme__13__anythingIfoundinhistopdeskdrawer.Sometimes，ifIwasleftaloneathisdesk__14__heworkedinthelab，anassistantorastudentmightcomeinandtellmeperhapsIshouldn’tbeplayingwithhis__15 __.Butmyfatheralways__16__andsaideasily，“Oh，no，it’s__17__.”Sometimeshehandedmecoinsandtoldmetoget__18__anicecream...Apoetoncesaid，“Welookatlifeonce，inchildhood；therestis__19__.”AndIthinkitisnotonlywhatwe“lookatonce，inchildhood”thatdeterminesourmemories，__20__who，inthatchildhood，looksatus?1．A.desire B．joyC．anger D．worry2．A.avoid B．refuseC．praise D．love3．A.boat B．busC．train D．bike4．A.But B．ThenC．And D．Still5．A.expected B．desiredC．wished D．did6．A.having B．leavingC．making D．getting7．A.swimmer B．riderC．walker D．runner8．A.hopes B．faithsC．rights D．fears9．A.spending B．savingC．wasting D．ruining10．A.should B．wouldC．hadto D．oughtto11．A.next B．onlyC．other D．last12．A.awayfrom B．outofC．by D．inside13．A.putup B．breakdownC．playwith D．workout14．A.themoment B．thefirsttimeC．while D．before15．A.fishingnet B．officethingsC．woodenchair D．labequipment16．A.stoodup B．setoutC．showedup D．turnedout17．A.fine B．strangeC．terrible D．funny18．A.thestudent B．theassistantC．myself D．himself19．A.memory B．wealthC．experience D．practice20．A.as B．butC．or D．andⅡ.阅读理解(2010·深圳二模)In“Relax，We’llBeFine”，columnistDavidBrookswrites，“Thefactis，despitealltheproblems，America’sfutureisextremelybright.”MrBrooksacknowledgesthe“Accordingtor ecentsurvey,60percentofAmericansthinkt hecountryisheadinginthewrongdirection.ThesamepercentagebelievethattheUSisinlong termdecline.Thepoliticalsystemisnotfunctional.Afinancialcrisislooksunavoidable .Thereareplentyofreasonstobesad.”But，hewrites：“Demographers(人口统计学家)predictthatoverthenext40years，theUSpopulationwillincreasebyanadditional10millionpeople，to400millionoverall.Thepopulationwillbedetermined，hardworkingandrelativelyyoung.In2050，onlyaquarterwillbeover60，comparedwith31percentinChinaand41percentinJapan.”Astherisinggenerationleadsaneconomicrecovery，itwillalsoparticipateinacommunal(ofcommunity)one.Wearelivinginaglobalageofsocia lentrepreneurship(创业精神)．Insum，theUSisontheedgeofademographic，economicandsocialrecovery，builtonitshistoricstrengths.TheUShasalwaysb eengoodatdestructivechange.Andit’sa lwaysbeengoodatdecentralizedcommunitybuilding，too.Surelyacountrywiththismuchgoingforitisnotgoingtowaitaroundpassivelyandletar ottenpoliticalculturedragitdown.1．Inhisarticle“Relax，We’llBeFine”，DavidBrooksintendsto________.A．encourageAmericanstobeoptimisticabouttheirfutureB．giveAmericanscouragetofacetheirfinancialcrisisC．persuadeAmericanstolivehappilyandgenerouslyD．inspireAmericanstoleadaneconomicrecovery2．ThereareallthereasonsforAmericanstobeunhappyexcept________.A．t hefunctionfailedpoliticalsystemB．theincreasingpopulationC．thedecliningeconomyD．thewrongdirectionandfinancialcrisis3．Overthenext40years，accordingtoDavidBrooks，Americanswillbe________.A．moreoptimisticandhumorousB．morepessimisticandstrongerC．moreenergeticandpromisingD．moreconsiderateandaggressive4．Intheauthor’sopinion，America________.A．hasalwaysbenefitedfromwarsB．hasdonewellbyitspoliticalsystemC．hascontributedalottohumanprogressD．hascontributedtoworld’seconomy5．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat________.A．AmericanpoliticalsystemandculturearebackwardB．AmericaisnotanationtogiveintodifficultiesC．AmericansareverydestructiveandaggressiveD．Americahasbeeninaneconomicandsocialrecovery(2010·南京三模)Wetypicallyassoc iatetheword“science”withapersoninawhitecoatdoingexperimen tsinalaboratory.Ideally，experimentsshouldplayasbigaroleinthehumansciencesastheydointhenaturalsciences；butinpracticethisisnotusuallythecase.Thereareatleastthreereasonsforthis.1．Humanscientistsareoftentryingtomakesenseofcomplexrealworldsituationsinwh ichitissimplyimpossibletoruncontrolledexperiments.2．Theartificialityofsomeoftheexperimentsthatcanbeconductedmaymakethebehavi oroftheparticipantsabnormal.3．Therearemoralreasonsfornotconductingexperimentsthathaveanegativeeffecton thepeoplewhoparticipateinthem.Facedwiththeabovedifficulties，whatarehumanscientiststodo?Onesolutionistowaitfornaturetoprovidetheappropriatee xperimentalconditions.Wecan，forexample，learnsomethingabouthowanormalbrainfunctionsbylookingatpeoplewhohavesufferedbrai ndamage;andwecangainsomeunderstandingintotherolesplayedbygenesandtheenvironment bystudyingtwins，whohavebeenseparatedatbirthandbroughtupindifferentfamilies.Inthecaseofeconomics ，economichistorycanprovideuswithabankof—admittedlynotveryw ellcontrolled—exper imentaldata.However，humanscientistsdonotjustsitaroundwaitingfornaturalexperimentstoarise.Theyalsoth inkofsomeexperimentsoftheirown.Supposeyouwanttoknowhowababyseestheworld.Wecanno t，ofcourse，askthebabysinceithasnotyetlearnttospeak.Soitmightseemthatallwecandoisguess.Peop leusuallywon’tchangetheirminduntilitwasfoundoutthatbabiestendtostareatsurprisi ngthingslongerthanatunsurprisingones.Thiskeyunderstandingwaslikeopeningawindowo ntothedevelopingmind.Therewasnowawayoftestingbabies’expectationsan dgettingsome ideaofhowtheyseetheworld.Theresultingexperimentalevidencesuggeststhat，beforetheyaresixmonthsold，babiescanalreadydothefollowingthings:figuringoutthatobjectsconsistofpartsthatmo vetogether，beingawareofthedifferencebetweenlivingandnonlivingthingsa ndevendoingsimplearit hmeticwork.6．Whatistrueaboutthenaturalsciencesandthehumansciencesaccordingtothispassa ge?A．Bothhumanscientistsandnaturalscientistscanruncontrolledexperiments.B．Experimentsdonebyhumanscientistsandnaturalscientistsareartificial.C．Bothhumanandnaturalscienceexperimentsshouldbeofthesameimportance.D．It’snotmoraltoconducthumanscienceexperiments.7．Whatdoweknowabouthumanscientistsfromthispassage?A．Theyarewhitecoatscientists.B．Theyhavemoreexperimentalsourcesthannaturalscientists.C．Theyconductexperimentspassively.D．Theyfacemoredifficultiesincarryingouttheirresearch.8．Whichofthefollowingexperimentsbelongstohumanscienceexperiment?A.Vinegar_VolcanoVinegarandbakingsodamakeforafunandeasyscienceexperiment.Trycreat ingavinegarvolcano.B. TasteWithoutSmellPutyoursensestothetestwiththissimpleexperimentthatshowstheimpo rtanceofyoursenseofsmell.C.错误!D. MakeaRainbowUsesunlightandwatertomakeyourownrainbowwiththiscoolexperimentthatwi llteachkidshowrainbowsworkwhiletheyenjoyafunactivity.9．Whatdoestheauthortellusinthispassage?A．ABCsaboutthescienceexperiment.B．Someknowledgeofscience.C．Somedifferencesbetweenthehumansciencesandthenaturalsciences.D．Thesimilarityofthenaturalsciencesandthehumansciences.课时作业(二十六)答案Ⅰ.完形填空[语篇解读] 本文讲述了作者在童年时与父亲一起享受的快乐。