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Unit8 Lesson3课时作业

Period Three Lesson 3 Marco Polo

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

A

Were you into skateboarding，surfing or snowboarding when you were a kid? We

can remember our first (less than successful) go at skateboarding，as well as the first

time we managed to stand up on surfboards.

It was so much fun that we were hooked on extreme sports. However，not

everyone thinks that introducing children to extreme sports is a good idea.

Writer Jon Lackman considers whether sports like snowboarding，climbing and

skateboarding can be dangerous to the growing bodies of young children. Lackman

also looks for advice from medical professions. ”

“Kids aren’t mentally ready for these activities，” says a doctor，Vani Sabesan.

“They cannot realize the risks，and their parents can’t always be trusted to stop

them. ”

Sabesan is particularly worried about the influence of extreme sports on TV and

the Internet on children. “What we’re seeing is that a lot of kids think they can do

what the professional athletes can do. ”

If someone，who was encouraged to go surfing at the age of five，was presented

with a surfboard when he/she was seven，I think these worries are a little

overstated(夸大的)，if not misplaced.

Extreme sports can be dangerous，but there’s as much chance of falling off your

bike or your roller skates(四轮滑冰鞋鞋) as off a skateboard or surfboard.

My own experience of extreme sports leads me to think that I’ll allow my own

kids to try them in the same way my parents allowed me.

In sports such as surfing and snowboarding，there’s a sense of adventure and

courage. It is important to tell young children about it.

Did I fall off my surfboard? All the time. Did I get back on? Every time.

语篇解读 是否该把极限运动介绍给儿童？对此，不同的人有不同的看法。

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1．What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the topic of the text.

B．To tell us what are extreme sports.

C．To encourage people to play sports.

D．To tell us what kind of sports the author liked.

答案 A

解析 推理判断题。本文讨论的话题是极限运动对儿童的影响。第一段叙述的是当你还是个孩子的时候，玩滑板、冲浪和滑雪的情景。所以第一段是为了引出本文的话题。故选A。

2．Which of the following can replace the underlined part “hooked on” in Paragraph

2?

A．Attracted by.

C．Disappointed at.

答案 A

解析 词义猜测题。根据第二段“It was so much fun that we were hooked on

extreme sports. However，not everyone thinks that introducing children to extreme

sports is a good idea. ”它是如此有趣以至于我们被极限运动 。然而，并不是所有人都认为把极限运动介绍给儿童是一个好主意。由此可知，此处表示“我们被极限运动吸引”。故答案为A。

3．What do Vani Sabesan’s words mean?

A．Kids who are mentally ill should not play extreme sports.

B．Parents are responsible for kids’ safety in extreme sports.

C．Kids are too young to realize the danger of extreme sports.

D．Kids should be encouraged to do what professional athletes do.

答案 C

解析 推理判断题。根据第四段“‘Kids aren’t mentally ready for these

activities，’says a doctor，Vani Sabesan. ‘They cannot realize the risks，and their

parents can’t always be trusted to stop them. ’”可知，Vani Sabesan认为孩子们太小了，意识不到极限运动的危险。故选C。

B．Shocked at.

D．Worried about.

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4．What’s the author’s attitude to kids playing extreme sports?

A．He/She is against it.

B．He/She supports it.

C．He/She is doubtful about it.

D．He/She is unconcerned about it.

答案 B

解析 观点态度题。根据倒数第三段“My own experience of extreme sports leads

me to think that I’ll allow my own kids to try them in the same way my parents

allowed me. ”可知，作者对极限运动是支持的。故选B。

B

What do Tom Sawyer and Jumping Frogs have in common？Stories about both

of them were created by one man：Mark Twain. Twain was four years old when his

family moved to Hannibal，Missouri，located on the west bank of the Mississippi.

Twain grew up there and was fascinated with(使……入迷) life along the river—the

steamboats，the giant lumber(木头) rafts，and the people who worked on them.

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of Twain’s best loved

short stories，and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels.

Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days，which originated in the late 1950s and became national in the 1960s. Children enter

their frogs in the jumping contest during National Tom Sawyer Days. There’s also a

fence painting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes

from a scene in Tom Sawyer，in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front

of the house he lives in. It’s a beautiful day，and he would rather be doing anything

else. As his friends walk by，he makes them believe that it’s fun to paint，and they join

in the “fun”．By the end of the day，the fence has three coats of paint!

Although the story of Tom Sawyer is a fiction，it’s based on facts. If you go to

Hannibal，you’ll see the white fence，which still stands at Twain’s boyhood home.

语篇解读 本文介绍了马克吐温写的两部小说《卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》和《汤姆·索亚历险记》以及与此有关的汤姆索亚日。

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5．Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is TRUE?

A．He was born in Hannibal.

B．He enjoyed his life in Hannibal.

C．He spent most of his childhood on the Mississippi.

D．He often went rafting on the Mississippi with his parents.

答案 B

解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“Twain was four years old when his

family moved to Hannibal，Missouri，located on the west bank of the Mississippi.

Twain grew up there and was fascinated with(使……入迷) life along the river. . . ”可知，马克·吐温很喜欢在Hannibal的生活，故选B。

6．Tom Sawyer Days were created .

A．about forty years ago

B．in memory of a great writer

C．shortly after Twain’s death

D．to improve kids’ interest in reading

答案 B

解析 推理判断题。根据文章第二段前两句可知，汤姆索亚日举办不同的活动是为了颂扬《卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》和《汤姆·索亚历险记》这两本小说，由此可推断这是为了纪念这两部作品的作者马克·吐温，故选B。

7．Who will win the fence painting contest?

A．Bob，painting the longest.

B．Julia，painting most carefully.

C．Jim，painting in the newest way.

D．John，painting in the shortest time.

答案 D

解析 推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“There’s also a fence painting contest to

see who can paint the fastest. ”可知，涂得最快的人获胜，故选D。

8．From the white fence at Twain’s boyhood home，we know that .

A．the story of Tom Sawyer is based partly on Twain’s experiences

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B．the story of Tom Sawyer is based totally on Twain’s imagination

C．Twain’s old house is painted by the fence painting competitors

D．Twain’s old house is visited by people from all over the country

答案 A

解析 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的内容可知，这表示书中的内容有一部分是根据作者自己的经历写的，故选A。

Ⅱ. 七选五

(2017·江西吉安一中高一期中)

If you are hungry，what do you do？Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after

that？ 9 But you don’t realize it，because your mind is busy thinking about your

friends or favorite stars. If your mind is always hungry，it doesn’t grow. When your

mind fails to grow，creativity stops. This might be the reason why we all sometimes

think “What happens next？”，“Why can’t I think？”

10 Why reading but not watching TV？It is because reading has been the

most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it helps with other parts of

our life，we have to get help from reading.

Once you read a book，you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to

explain something to you. 11 Now this seed is used by you to develop new

ideas，although you don’t realize it. If it is used many times，the same seed can give

you great help to create a lot of things，which you would have never thought of in

your wildest dreams!

This is nothing but creativity. 12 When you’ve read widely enough，you can

start talking with your friends in English or any other language and find yourself able

to freely use plenty of good right words.

So dear friends，do give food for your mind by reading，reading and more

reading. 13 Go and get a book!

A．Now what are you waiting for?

B．Reading can help you make more friends，too.

C．Just like your stomach，your mind is also hungry.

D．Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

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E．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.

F．The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.

G．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.

答案 9. C 10. G 11. F 12. E 13. A

Ⅲ. 短文改错

It’s reporting that there are eighty million disabled people in our country. Since

our government has done a lot for them，it’s not enough.

As student，what should we do for the disabled? To begin with，we should

respect them and treat them good. We shouldn’t look up on them or ignore their value

to society. Additionally，we should care for them and try our best to help them，make

their life easier. Lastly，it’s necessary for us to help develop our confidence，which is

first step to success. In conclusion，if everyone does his or her best，that the disabled

are sure to live a happy life but they will make a great contribution to our society.

答案

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