課時作業(八)Unit2Heroes閱讀理解ATomsShoesfounder(創始人)BlakeMycoskieisanspendsagreatdealofhistimegivingoutshoesinSouthAmericaandAfrica，andgivingspeechesabouthisOneForOnebusinessmodel(buyapairofshoes，andapairisgiventosomeoneinneedforfree)．Nowhe’sexpectingonemillionpeopleworldwidetotakepartintheOneDayWithoutShoesevent—spendingadaywithoutshoestohaveabetterunderstandingofthosewhodonothaveachoice.ThelatestshoesofTomsShoeshaveamoreloftyinspiration(高尚的靈感)：greatteachers.“Theworld’sattentionhasbeenonclimatechangeinrecentthinkthateducationcanbethenextclimatechange，”Mycoskiesaid.“Notthatwedon’thavealongwaytogoonclimatechangestill，butIbelieveeducationwillbethenextthemeofpopculture.”Mycoskiewroteabooknamed“StartSomethingThatMatters”．“It’sthequestionIgetasked：Ihaveanidea，howdoIgetitstarted？AndIthinkIhavesomeideastohelppeoplewiththat，”hesaid.Partofthebookisaboutchallenging(富有挑戰性的)people—tovolunteeratahomelessshelterortostartagivingprogramattheirbusiness，heexplained.Thebookissimpleindesignandalsocallsonpeopletoleadasimplelife.“Peoplethinktheycan’tlivewithoutmanythings，”saidMycoskie，wholivesonahouseboattopreventhisstufffromincreasing.“Butinfact，theyalsounderstandhownothavingalotofstufftokeepletsyouleadamorefreelife.”However，hedoesn’twantyoutojustbuyonepairofshoes.“Thatisadilemma(兩難之境)”，hesaid.“Butnothingisperfect.”語篇解讀文章介紹了湯姆布鞋創始人BlakeMycoskie幫助他人的事跡。1．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttheOneDayWithoutShoesevent?A．ItispartoftheOneForOnebusinessmodel.B．ItisheldinSouthAmericaandAfricaeveryyear.C．Itmakespeopleexperiencewhatit’slikenotwearingshoes.D．Onemillionpeoplearoundtheworldhavealreadytakenpartinit.解析：細節理解題。根據第一段末的spendingadaywithoutshoestohaveabetterunderstandingofthosewhodonothaveachoice可知答案。答案：C2．BlakeMycoskiewantspeopletobuymoreshoesofhimbecause________.A．hewantstoproveheisasuccessfulbusinessmanB．noshoescanremainperfectforalongtimeC．hewantstoearnmoremoneytoimprovehislifeD．themoreshoeshesells，themorehesendstoothers解析：推理判斷題。根據第一段的OneForOnebusinessmodel(buyapairofshoes，andapairisgiventosomeoneinneedforfree)可知，湯姆的鞋賣的越多，BlakeMycoskie就會捐贈越多的鞋給需要的人。答案：D3．What’sBlakeMycoskie’sviewonclimatechange?A．Peoplestillneedtoworkhardonit.B．Ithassomethingtodowitheducation.C．Greatteachersshouldpaymoreattentiontoit.D．Itcouldbethenextinspirationforhisnewshoes.解析：推理判斷題。根據第二段中的Notthatwedon’thavealongwaytogoonclimatechangestill，butIbelieveeducationwillbethenextthemeofpopculture可知，BlakeMycoskie認為氣候變化仍然是現在流行文化的主題，人們仍然需要為之做很多努力。答案：A4．What’sthetextmainlyabout?A．BlakeMycoskie’sbusinessmodel.B．BlakeMycoskie’sloftyinspiration.C．BlakeMycoskie’sefforttohelpothers.D．BlakeMycoskie’sconfidencetotrynewthings.解析：主旨大意題。本文介紹了湯姆布鞋創始人BlakeMycoskie幫助他人的事跡。他不僅開創OneForOne的生意模式、舉辦OneDayWithoutShoes的活動幫助沒鞋穿的人，還出書激勵人們從事慈善事業。答案：CAsakid，FanYangwascrazyaboutthebeautyofbubbles(氣泡)．AwaterfallatarivernearhischildhoodhomeinVietnamcreatedhundredsoftinybubbles.“Isawanotherworldinbubbles，andIimaginedhowniceitwouldbeifIcouldcreateabigbubbleandbeinsideit，”hesays.Manyyearslater，Fanrealizedthathasformedbubblesaroundhundredsofpeople，madelargebubblesthathisdaughtercanwalkthrough，andevenmadesquarecallshimselfa“bubbleartist”and“bubblescientist”．“Sofar，Ihaven’tmetanyotherbubblescientists！”hesays.Toachievewhathewanted，Fanworkedhardforyears.“Aftermanyyearsoffailure，Ifinallycameoutwithabubblesolutionthatmadebigbubbleswithbeautifulcolors.”Fiveyearslater，afterlotsmorepracticeandexperiments，hecreatedtheworld’slargestbubble，whichwas156feetlong.FandesignedaprogramcalledtheGazillionBubblehasmanyperformancetipstosaysit’sgoodtomaketheaudiencefeeltension(緊張)sothattheyaresurprisedattheendofatrick(把戲)．Healsosuggestsdoingperformancesthatarefuntowatch，sothattheaudiencewillstayinterestedthewholetime.Toperformhistricks，Fanusesbubbleequipmentthathecreatedwantskidstoknowthatthey’renotlimited(受限制的)byanythingexcepttheirimaginations，andtheycancreatewhatevertheywanttohelpthemfollowtheirinterests.“Tomakeart，youneedtime，love，andhardwork，whichguidedmylifeandmademeamproudtosaythatIusedsomethingsimple—bubbles—andbroughtittoacompletelynewworld.”語篇解讀本文是記敘文。介紹了世界上著名的泡泡達人、藝術家、表演家——楊凡。5．FanYang’sbubbles________.A．areeasytobreakB．areofdifferentshapesC．comefromhishometownriverD．canchangeintodifferentcolors解析：細節理解題。根據第二段largebubblesthathisdaughtercanwalkthrough，andevenmadesquarebubbles可知楊凡制造的氣泡形狀各異。答案：B6．WhatcanweknowaboutFanYang?A．Hecreatedtheworld’ssmallestbubble.B．Hemadeallhisbubbleequipmentbyhimself.C．Heisoneofthebestbubblescientistsintheworld.D．Hisdaughterisstudyingbubbleperformancesunderhim.解析：細節理解題。由第五段的Toperformhistricks，Fanusesbubbleequipmentthathecreatedhimself可知答案。答案：B7．WhichofthefollowingcanNOTdescribeFanYang?A．Creative. B．Hard-working.C．Successful. D．Crazy.解析：推理判斷題。楊凡是一位有著想象力與創造力，勤奮并堅持不懈的氣泡藝術家。他對氣泡著迷，但他本人并不瘋狂。答案：D8．WhatdoesFan’sstorytellus?A．Helaughsbestthatlaughslast.B．Twoheadsarebetterthanone.C．Detailisthekeytosuccess.D．Wherethere’sawill，there’saway.解析：推理判斷題。楊凡為了實現兒時的夢想，即使失敗也不斷努力，最終成為了成功人士。他的故事告訴我們：有志者事竟成。答案：DBarbaraCooneywasborninNewYorkCityin1917anddiedinMarch,herlifetime，shewrotemanypopularchildren’sbooks，suchasChanticleerandtheCooneysaidthatthreeofherbookswereaboutherlife.OneiscalledIslandboyisnamedistheyoungestoftwelvechildreninafamilyonanislandingrowsuptosailaroundtheduringhislifetimehealwaysreturnstotheislandofhisalsotraveledaroundtheworld，butinherlateryearsshealwaysreturnedtoliveonthecoastofMaine.ThesecondbookaboutBarbara’slifeiscalledHattieandtheWildisbasedonthechildhoodofhergirlHattielivesinawealthydayshetellsherfamilymembersthatshewantstobeapainterwhenshegrowsmakefunoftheideaofagirlwantingtopaint，asthebookexplains，“Hattiewasnotthinkingaboutwasthinkingaboutthemooninthesky，thewindinthetreesandthewildwavesoftheocean.”Hattietriesdifferentjobsasshegrowslast，shefollowsherdreamanddecidestopaintherheartout.ThelastoneisMissallofBarbaraCooney’sbooks，theonethatseemstoinfluence(影響)peoplethemostisMisswontheAmericanBookAward.語篇解讀本文向我們介紹了美國一位著名的兒童小說家BarbaraCooney所寫的三本小說。9．Thewriterwrotethispassagemainlyto________.A．giveabriefintroductiontoBarbara’slifeB．telluswhichofBarbara’sbooksarepopularC．tellusaboutBarbara’sthreebooksaboutherlifeD．explainwhyBarbara’sbooksarepopularwithkids解析：作者意圖題。通讀全文，可知作者主要向我們介紹了三本BarbaraCooney所寫的跟她的生活有關的小說，故選C。答案：C10．FromParagraph2，weknowthatbothMatthiasandBarbara________.A．likewritingstoriesB．liketravelingaroundtheworldC．hatetoliveintheirhometownD．aretheyoungestchi