SectionⅡLesson2ProfessionalRescueTeam&Lesson3RacetothePole課后訓練一起提高一、單句語法填空1.IhadatoughstartinseniorhighschoolbecauseIhaddifficultylearningmathsandEnglish.

答案:in2.Itisimpossibletopersuadehimasheneverallowsanyonetogohim.

答案:against3.IfoundtheentrancewasclosedwhenIarrivedthemuseum.

答案:at4.Hewassoanxiousthecomingexamthathecouldn’tsleepatnight.

答案:about5.Ifyouareindoorswhenanearthquakestrikes,stayawayanythingthatcanbreakorfall.

答案:from6.Astormhithiswaybackhomefromtheisland.

答案:on7.Hewassolostreadingthathedidn’tevennoticemewalkingintotheroom.

答案:in8.Johniscollectinginformationpreparationforaspeech.

答案:in9.Hearingtheshockingnews,shebrokeandstartedtocry.

答案:down二、用所給短語的適當形式填空accountformakeprogressrunoutofatonetimecarryontakemeasurestoinsearchofatalossbetrappedinmakeanotherattempt1.Theystayedinthelibraryanymaterialrelatedtothereporttheywereworkingon.

答案:insearchof2.Whynotifthismethoddoesn’twork?

答案:makeanotherattempt3.Ifyouthebuilding,knockonawalltohelppeoplefindyou.

答案:aretrappedin4.Itistimethatthegovernmentreducewhitepollution.

答案:tookmeasuresto5.Hisparentsaresatisfiedtoseehimineverysubject.

答案:makeprogress6.Therocksprovedthatthisdesertwasanoceanfloor.

答案:atonetime7.Whenhersonfinallylefthome,Emilywascompletely.

答案:ataloss8.Itwasamazingtoseehowhewastryingtowhyhewaslateagain.

答案:accountfor9.Wearecurrentlybothmoneyandtime.

答案:runningoutof10.Howaboutdiscussingtheproblemsofthedisabled?

答案:carryingon三、七選五閱讀理解TheScienceofRisk-SeekingSometimeswedecidethatalittleunnecessarydangerisworthitbecausewhenweweightheriskandthereward,theriskseemsworthtaking.1Someofusenjoyactivitiesthatwouldsurpriseandscaretherestofus.Why?Expertssayitmayhavetodowithhowourbrainswork.

Thereasonwhyanyofustakeanyrisksatallmighthavetodowithearlyhumans.Risk-takerswerebetterathunting,fighting,orexploring.2Asthequalityofrisk-takingwaspassedfromonegenerationtothenext,humansendedupwithasenseofadventureandatoleranceforrisk.

Sowhyaren’twealljumpingoutofairplanesthen?Well,even200,000yearsago,toomuchrisk-takingcouldgetonekilled.Afewdaringsurvived,though,alongwithafewstay-in-the-cavetypes.Asaresult,humansdevelopedarangeofcharactertypesthatstillexiststoday.Somaybeyoulovecarracing,ormaybeyouhateit.3

Nomatterwhereyouareontherisk-seekingrange,scientistssaythatyourwillingnesstotakerisksincreasesduringyourteenageyears.4Tohelpyoudothat,yourbrainincreasesyourhungerfornewexperiences.Newexperiencesoftenmeantakingsomerisks,soyourbrainraisesyourtoleranceforriskaswell.

5Fortherisk-seekers,apartofthebrainrelatedtopleasurebecomesactive,whilefortherestofus,apartofthebrainrelatedtofearbecomesactive.

Asexpertscontinuetostudythescienceofrisk-seeking,we’llcontinuetohitthemountains,thewavesortheshallowendofthepool.A.Italldependsonyourcharacter.B.Thosearetherisksyoushouldjumptotake.C.Beingbetteratthosethingsmeantagreaterchanceofsurvival.D.Thus,thesewell-equippedpeoplesurvivedbecausetheywerethefittest.E.Thisiswhenyoustarttomoveawayfromyourfamilyandintothebiggerworld.F.However,wearenotallusingthesamereferencestandardtoweighrisksandrewards.G.Newbrainresearchsuggestsourbrainsworkdifferentlywhenwefaceanervoussituation.答案:1~5FCAEG四、完形填空OnAugust26,1999,NewYorkCitywasstruckbyaterriblerainstorm.Theraincausedthestreetsto1andthesubwaysystemalmostcametoastop.

Unfortunately,thishappenedduringthemorningrushhour.Manypeoplewhoweregoingtoworkwere2togohome.Stillothersfacedthe3bravely,walkingmilestogettowork.

I4tobeoneofthepeopleonthewaytoworkthatmorning.Iwentfromonesubwaylinetoanothersubwaylineonlytofindthatmostservicehadstopped.Aftermakingmyway5crowdsofpeople,Ifinallyfoundasubwaylinethatwas6.Unfortunately,thereweresomanypeoplewaitingto7thesubwaythatIcouldnotevengetdownthestairstotheplatform.SoItookthetraingoingintheoppositedirection,andthenswitchbacktothedowntowntrain.Finally,afterwhatseemedlikeforever,thetrain8mystop.ThenIhadtowalkseveralblocksintheincreasinglyheavyrain.WhenIfinallygottomyoffice,Iwaswetthrough,exhaustedand9.

Whenitwas5:00pm,Iwasreadytogohome.Iwasabouttoturnoffmycomputer10IreceivedanemailfromGarth,mydirector:

Iwouldliketothankallofyouwhomadetheeffortand11reportedtowork.Itisalwaysreassuring(令人欣慰的),attimeslikethese,whenemployeessoclearlyshowtheir12totheirjobs.Thankyou.

Garth’semailwasshort,butIlearnedmorefromthat13messagethanIeverdidfromatextbook.Theemailtaughtmethatafewwordsof14canmakeabigdifference.Therainstormandthetraffictroubleshadmademetiredandupset.ButGarth’swordsimmediately15meandputasmilebackonmyface.

1.A.break B.floodC.sink D.crash答案B解析此處表示暴風雨攻擊了紐約市,所以街道被雨水沉沒(flood)。2.A.forced B.refusedC.adjusted D.gathered答案A解析由常識可知,此處表示因為暴風雨,很多人被迫(forced)回家,不能去上班。3.A.climate B.sceneryC.storm D.burden答案:C解析:依據上下文可知,還有些人英勇地面對暴風雨(storm),步行數英里去上班。這里呼應文章首句的暴風雨攻擊紐約市。scenery“風景,景色”;burden“負擔”。4.A.used B.promisedC.deserved D.happened答案:D解析:那天早上“我”碰巧也是上班族中的一員。usedtodo“過去經常做”;promisetodo“承諾做”;deservetodo“理應做,值得做”;happentodo“碰巧做”。5.A.to B.throughC.over D.for答案:B解析:依據上下文可知,此處指“我”擠過人群。makeone’swayto后面加的是目的地,所以不選;makeone’swaythrough“在……中擠出一條路”;makeone’swayfor“為……讓步于”。故選B項。6.A.operating B.cyclingC.turning D.rushing答案A解析上文說很多地鐵已經停運,這里描述的是,從人群中擠出來后,“我”最終發覺了一條正在運行(operating)的地鐵。7.A.check B.carryC.find D.board答案D解析不幸的是,有那么多的人等待上車(可揣測,很多人也和作者一樣,走了很久才發覺這條線路還在運行)。board“登車,上車(船、飛機等)”。故選D項。8.A.paused B.crossedC.reached D.parked答案C解析最終過了好長時間,地鐵最終到達(reached)了“我”的那一站。9.A.ashamed B.discouragedC.surprised D.puzzled答案B解析依據前文可知,作者冒雨前行,周轉倒車,最終到達辦公室的時候已經乏累不堪了,所以此時作者的心情應當是“懊喪的,泄氣的(discouraged)”。10.A.wh