英语选择性必修 第三册Unit 2 A life’s work练习

这是一份英语选择性必修 第三册Unit 2 A life’s work练习，共6页。

Like many new graduates, I left university full f hpe fr the future but with n real idea f what I wanted t d. My degree, with hnurs, in English literature had nt really prepared me fr anything practical. I knew I wanted t make a difference in the wrld smehw, but I had n idea hw t d that. That's when I learned abut the Lighthuse Prject.
I started my jurney as a Lighthuse Prject vlunteer by reading as much as I culd abut the experiences f previus vlunteers. I knew it wuld be a lt f hard wrk, and that I wuld be away frm my family and friends fr a very lng time. In shrt, I did nt take my decisin t apply fr the Lighthuse Prject lightly. Neither did my family.
Eventually, hwever, I wn the supprt f my family, and I sent in all the paperwrk needed fr the applicatin. After cuntless interviews and presentatins, I managed t stand ut amng the candidates and survive the test alne. Several mnths later, I finally received a call asking me t reprt fr the duty. I was ging t a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had n idea. But I was abut t find ut.
After cmpleting my training, I was sent t the village that was small and desperately in need f prper accmmdatin. Thugh the lcal villagers were pr, they ffered their hmes, hearts, and fd as if I were their wn family. I was asked t lead a small team f lcal peple in building a new schlhuse. Fr the next year r s, I taught in that same schlhuse. But I smetimes thught I learned mre frm my students than they did frm me. Smetime during that perid, I realised that all thse things that had seemed s strange r unusual t me n lnger did, thugh I did nt get anywhere with the lcal language, and returned t the United States as a different man. The Lighthuse Prject had changed my life frever.
1．Accrding t Paragraph 2, it is mst likely that the authr ________.
A．discussed his decisin with his family
B．asked previus vlunteers abut vluntary wrk
C．attended special training t perfrm difficult tasks
D．felt frightened abut having t leave his family and friends
2．In his applicatin fr the vlunteer jb, the authr ________.
A．participated in many discussins
B．went thrugh challenging survival tests
C．wrte quite a few papers n vluntary wrk
D．faced strng cmpetitin frm ther candidates
3．What can we infer frm the authr's experiences in Nigeria?
A．He fund sme difficulty adapting t the lcal culture at first.
B．He had learned t cmmunicate in the lcal language.
C．He had vercme all his weaknesses befre he left fr hme.
D．He was chsen as the mst respectable teacher by his students.
B
I must have lked deep in thught, r as deep in thught as an 11­year­ld by can, when my grandmther glanced up frm her weeding t ask, “Yu have smething n yur mind, dn't yu？”
“Yes, I am thinking that smeday I will be an Olympic speed skating champin like my her, Eric Heiden, and I want t be a dctr like my father t help children in Africa.”
I immediately knew I had the right persn when a knwing smile flashed acrss her face. “Jhann, f curse! Yu can d anything yu want t d！” she said simply. And with my grandmther's supprt, I set ut t pursue my passins.
14 years later, I was well ready t realize my first dream: becming an Olympic champin. The Olympics in 1994 were in my hme cuntry, Nrway. As I entered the Olympic stadium, I wasn't the best athlete, and many had dubts abut in my ability t perfrm well. But I had smething special wrking fr me. I had a wman in the first rw wh believed that I wuld fllw my passins just as much as I did. Fr the first time ever, my grandmther was ging t see me skate.
It happened. Breaking the wrld recrd, I wn the gld.
As I std n the pdium (领奖台) that I had dreamed abut in my entire life, a curius questin ppped int my head. Why me? Why did I win, given all the ther incredible cmpetitrs ut there? The reasn had t be mre than a grandmther wh shared a belief in her grandsn's dream. The questin led me t nly ne answer: because I wanted t make a difference in the wrld, and with all the media attentin n my success, I culd.
I immediately knew what that difference had t be: hpe in the lives f the children in Africa. Six mnths earlier, I'd been invited t Eritrea as an ambassadr fr Olympic Aid.
4．Hw did his grandmther react when the authr spke what was n his mind?
A．His grandmther laughed at him.
B．His grandmther supprted him.
C．His grandmther had n cnfidence in him.
D．His grandmther felt quite surprised.
5．When did the authr prbably realize his first dream?
A．At the age f 20. B．At the age f 22.
C．At the age f 25. D．At the age f 28.
6．What will the authr tell us in the part fllwing the passage?
A．His effrts t help the African children.
B．His hard training in preparing fr the next Olympics.
C．His successes at ther Olympic games.
D．His grandmther's attitude twards him.
7．What's the passage mainly abut?
A．A yung by wh had many dreams.
B．The encuragement frm a grandmther.
C．A sprtsman wh realized his first dream f helping African children.
D．An Olympic her wh made a difference in the wrld.
C
Scientists have lng wndered whether we are brn with ur musical taste. A team f researchers wanted t find ut. Team leader Jsh McDermtt is a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy in Cambridge.
McDermtt's team wrked with five grups f adults. Tw f the grups live in the United States. They listen t Western music. Peple in ne f the tw grups have each played a musical instrument fr an average f 7.7 years. Thse in the ther grup have studied music fr less than a year. This allwed the researchers t study whether playing an instrument changed the kinds f sunds peple like t hear.
All f the ther members live in Blivia, a Suth American cuntry. One grup live in the capital city, La Paz. They hear Western music, but prbably nt nearly as much as d peple living in Nrth America. Anther grup cme frm the small twn f San Brja. Its residents prbably hear even less Western music than d the peple in La Paz.
The final grup—the Tsimané—live in a village within the Amazn rainfrest. It is s far away that utsiders can reach it nly by bat. When they sing r play instruments, they d it by themselves. This sets their music apart frm the kinds f sunds typical in Western music.
The peple in all five grups listened t recrdings f chrds (和弦). Sme chrds were cnsnant. That term refers t musical sunds that mst peple cnsider pleasant t hear. Others were dissnant. As expected, U．S. residents strngly preferred cnsnant chrds. Peple in La Paz and San Brja als preferred cnsnance t dissnance. But the Tsimané liked them equally. What's mre, hw strngly peple preferred cnsnant chrds was linked t their expsure t Western music. U．S. residents wh had played a musical instrument preferred cnsnant chrds mst. Thse in San Brja preferred them least. And the Tsimané？ They shwed n preference fr either.
8．What d the peple in the first tw grups have in cmmn?
A．They all lve varius kinds f music.
B．They are all ften expsed t Western music.
C．Nne f them has listened t freign music.
D．They have played music fr less than a year.
9．Why did the researchers wrk with the Tsimané？
A．Because they were gd at music.
B．Because they had their wn music.
C．Because they were very difficult t reach.
D．Because they hadn't been expsed t Western music.
10．What d dissnant chrds refer t?
A．New musical sunds.
B．Musical sunds frm abrad.
C．Unpleasant musical sunds.
D．Well­knwn musical sunds.
11．What did the researchers mst prbably cnclude in the end?
A．Musical preferences are dependent n the envirnment.
B．Musical instruments help peple knw abut music.
C．Peple are brn with their musical taste.
D．Peple lve music fr different reasns.
课时作业(六)
阅读理解
A
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了作者在尼日利亚当志愿者的经历。作者大学毕业后，报名参加了灯塔项目活动，经过激烈的竞争，他被选中了。然后，他被派往尼日利亚的一个村庄，在那儿他带领当地人建校舍，然后第二年在那所学校教书。作者在尼日利亚学到很多东西，灯塔项目完全改变了他的生活。
1．答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据第二段中“In shrt, I did nt take my decisin t apply fr the Lighthuse Prject lightly. Neither did my family.”可知，作者很可能和他的家人讨论了他的决定。故选A项。
2．答案与解析：D 推理判断题。根据第三段中“After cuntless interviews and presentatins, I managed t stand ut amng the candidates and survive the test alne.”可知，作者在申请成为志愿者的过程中，面对了来自对手的强大竞争。故选D项。
3．答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“I realised that all thse things that had seemed s strange r unusual t me n lnger did，”可推断作者已经适应了，但当初不适应时要适应这些是有困难的。故选A项。
B
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在祖母的支持下，努力追求自己的梦想并最终圆梦的故事。
4．答案与解析：B 细节理解题。根据第三段中祖母的话可知，当作者说出他的梦想时，祖母很支持他。故B项正确。
5．答案与解析：C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I must have lked deep in thught, r as deep in thught as an 11­year­ld by can，”及第四段中的“14 years later, I was well ready t realize my first dream: becming an Olympic champin.”可知，11岁时作者说出了自己的梦想，14年后，作者准备好实现他的第一个梦想——成为奥运会冠军，由此可知，作者在25岁时实现了他的第一个梦想。故C项正确。
6．答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“t help children in Africa”可知，作者还有一个梦想——帮助非洲儿童，再由文章最后一句“Six mnths earlier, I'd been invited t Eritrea as an ambassadr fr Olympic Aid.”可知，接下来作者会讲述自己为帮助非洲儿童而作出的努力。故A项正确。
7．答案与解析：B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了作者在祖母的支持与鼓励下，努力追求自己的梦想并最终圆梦的故事，祖母的支持与鼓励对作者实现梦想起到了重要作用。故B项正确。
C
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。一个研究发现，人们对某种音乐的偏爱跟他们所处的环境有关。
8．答案与解析：B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Tw f the grups live in the United States. They listen t Western music.”可知，这两组人在美国居住，经常听西方音乐。
9．答案与解析：D 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“When they sing r play instruments... apart frm the kinds f sunds typical in Western music.”可知，主要是因为他们没有接触过西方音乐。
10．答案与解析：C 词义猜测题。根据第五段中的“That term refers t musical sunds that mst peple cnsider pleasant t hear. Others were dissnant.”可知，这里是在进行对比，故dissnant chrds是人们认为不悦耳的音乐。
11．答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，人们对音乐的偏爱受周围环境影响。