PAGEPAGE1Module5GreatPeopleandGreatInventionsofAncientChinaⅠ.話題延讀DidyouknowthatAlbertEinsteincouldnotspeakuntilhewasfouryearsold,andcouldnotreaduntilhewasseven?Hisparentsandteachersworriedabouthismentalability.Beethoven’smusicteachersaidabouthim,“Asacomposer(作曲家)heishopeless.”Whatifthisyoungboyhadbelievedit?WhenThomasEdisonwasayoungboy,histeacherssaidhewassostupidthathecouldneverlearnanything.Heoncesaid,“IrememberIusedtoneverbeabletogetalongatschool.Iwasalwaysatthefootofmyclass...MyfatherthoughtIwasstupid,andIalmostdecidedthatIwasastupidperson.”WhatifyoungThomashadbelievedwhattheysaidabouthim?Whenthesculptor(雕刻家)AugusteRodinwasyoung,hehaddifficultylearningtoreadandwrite.Today,wemaysayhehadalearningdisability.Hisfathersaidofhim,“Ihaveanidiot(白癡)forason.”Hisuncleagreed.“He’suneducable,”hesaid.WhatifRodinhaddoubtedhisability?WaltDisneywasoncefiredbyanewspapereditorbecausehewasthoughttohaveno“goodideas”.EnricoCarusowastoldbyonemusicteacher,“Youcan’tsing.Youhavenovoiceatall.”AndaneditortoldLouisaMayAlcottthatshewasunabletowriteanythingthatwouldhavepopularappeal.Whatifthesepeoplehadlistenedandbecomediscouraged?WherewouldourworldbewithoutthemusicofBeethoven,theartofRodinortheideasofAlbertEinsteinandWaltDisney?AsOscarLevantoncesaid,“It’snotwhatyouarebutwhatyoudon’tbecomethathurts.”Youhavegreatpotential.Whenyoubelieveinallyoucanbe,ratherthanallyoucannotbecome,youwillfindyourplaceonearth.1.Howmanysuccessfulpeoplearementionedasexamplesinthepassage?A.Six. B.Seven. C.Eight. D.Nine.2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisRIGHT?A.Whenhewasyoung,ThomasEdisonalwaysgotgoodgradesatschool.B.LevantthoughtLouisaMayAlcottcouldn’twriteanypopularworks.C.OnlyAugusteRodin’suncleregardedhimasaboyoflearningability.D.BothEnricoCarusoandBeethovenachievedtheirdreamsinmusic.3.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedsentence“He’suneducable”?A.Hecan’tbetaught. B.Heisveryclever.C.Heisdifferent. D.Heisalatesuccess.4.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A.WorkingHardforSuccess B.HavingDreamsC.BelievinginYourself D.Self-challenging語(yǔ)篇解讀:本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章列舉了愛(ài)因斯坦、貝多芬、愛(ài)迪生等七個(gè)名人勝利的故事,他們都曾得到別人較低的評(píng)價(jià),但最終勝利地實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的幻想;“信任自己”是他們勝利的關(guān)鍵。答案及剖析:1.B細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。文章第一段列舉了愛(ài)因斯坦的故事,其次段講解并描述了貝多芬的故事,第三段提到了愛(ài)迪生的故事,第四段講解并描述了奧古斯特·羅丹的故事,第五段提及了沃特·迪士尼、恩里科·卡魯索、路易莎·梅·阿爾科特的故事,共列舉了七個(gè)聞名人物,故B項(xiàng)正確。2.D細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)其次段的第一句、第五段的其次句及第六段的其次句可推知,貝多芬和恩里科·卡魯索都實(shí)現(xiàn)了他們的音樂(lè)幻想,故D項(xiàng)正確。3.A句意理解題。依據(jù)第四段他的父親和他的叔叔對(duì)他的評(píng)價(jià)“Ihaveanidiot(白癡)forason.”Hisuncleagreed.可知,他們都認(rèn)為他是白癡;據(jù)此可以推斷,該句意為“他是教不會(huì)的”,故A項(xiàng)正確。4.C標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文可知,本文前五段列舉了七個(gè)名人,他們的共同點(diǎn)是都曾得到別人較低的評(píng)價(jià),后來(lái)卻勝利地實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的幻想;本文的最終一句“Whenyoubelieveinallyoucanbe,ratherthanallyoucannotbecome,youwillfindyourplaceonearth.”為本文的主題句,據(jù)此可以推斷,C項(xiàng)“信任自己”最適合作為本文標(biāo)題。Ⅱ.七選五(2024安徽皖南八校聯(lián)考)SeveralthingsBeijingersdoduringwintertimeInwinter,Beijingoffersthecity’sfun-seekersmanyappealingoptions,fromroyalgardenstowinterresorts.Yoursweettoothandpalateforfineartcanalsobesatisfiedbytheabundantchoicesinfoodandartexhibitions.Herearesomerecommendationsforyou.1.

TheSummerPalacewasdesignedasasummerresortfortheEmperorDowagerCixiintheQingDynasty(1644—1911).RecentlyithasattractedthousandsoftouristshopingtocatchsightofthesettingsunshiningthroughtheSeventeen-ArchBridgeoverthefrozenKunmingMuttonhotpotwithfamilyandfriends.2.Eatingmutton,accordingtoChinesetraditionalmedicine,isabletodriveoutthecoldnessinsidethebodyandnourishyourvitality.

Aweekendaticeskating&skiresorts.Surroundedbyhistoricalmansionsandnaturalbeauty,Shichahaiisamust-goscenicareainBeijing.Inwinter,thefrozenlakebecomesagianticerink(溜冰場(chǎng)),offeringskating,sleighridingandicebicyclesforbeginnerswhodon’twanttomissoutonthefun.3.Youcanski,participateinsnowactivities,orjustsitinacozybarandappreciatethesnow-coveredlandscape.

Hotspringresortgetaway.Itissaidthatahotspringbathisgoodforthebodyandthesoul.4.GatheredinthenorthernpartofBeijing,especiallyXiaotangshantownintheChangpingdistrict,theseresortsofferagreatexperienceforaweekendgetaway.

Culturetoursatmuseums.Goingtoamuseumcertainlyismuchnicerandwarmerthanstayingoutdoors.Luckily,culturalagenciesliketheNationalMuseumandtheNationalArtMuseumrecentlydisplayedseveralimportantexhibitions.5.

A.SightseeingatSummerB.Addskiresortstoyourlistoffun.C.AswinterchilltakesholdinBeijing,hotpotbecomesmorepopular.D.Asthetemperaturegoesdown,swimmingturnsouttobeagoodchoice.E.Nomatterwhetheryouareanexperiencedskierornot,youcanmakeaperfectholidaythere.F.Formoreinformation,pleasegototheNationalMuseumandNationalG.Forthosewhosearchforrelaxationfromstressesandstrains,thecity’shotspringresortsarelife-savers.答案:1-5ACEGFⅢ.完形填空(21世紀(jì)學(xué)生英文報(bào)637期)“Don’tjudgeabookbyitscover.”Thisoldsayingisusefulwhenyouare1inhighschool.Nowlookaroundyouandcarefully2.Seethequiet,“strange”girlwhositsnexttoyou?Seethe“3”boywithhisheaddownwhositsatthelunchtableallbyhimself?Didyou4thinktheycouldbeyournewbestfriends?Whynot?Allyou’ve5aboutthemiswhatothersaretellingyou,butitmightnotevenbethe6.Thisiswherethewhole“Don’tjudgeabookbyitscover”thing7.

Tojudgeisto8anopinionorevaluation.Inschool,theactofjudginganotherpersonorbeingjudgedyourselfis9.

Here’ssome10beforeyougetintojudginganotherperson:11peoplebeforeyoutotally12themorkeepawayfromthem.And,whateveryoudo,donot13anythingotherssayaboutpeopleunlesstheyare14tothem.

Areyoubeingjudged?Ifyouarebeingjudged,15tothepersonwhoisdoingit.Thiswillgivethepersonno16buttogettoknowwhoyoureallyare.Afteryouhavedonethat,their17youwillchangeastimegoesby,forbetterorworse.18it’sforthebetter,great.Youmetsomeonenew.Ifit’sfortheworse,don’tget19.It’sonlyoneperson’sopinion.Beyourself,andtrynottobe20byotherpeople.

1.A.makingfriends B.doingprojects C.joiningclubs D.choosingpartners2.A.move B.act C.guess D.observe3.A.confident B.shy C.humorous D.popular4.A.usually B.ever C.instead D.again5.A.cared B.argued C.learned D.worried6.A.answer B.aim C.question D.truth7.A.givesin B.goesin Cesin D.putsin8.A.form B.explain C.express D.share9.Amon B.bad C.difficult D.wise10.A.rule B.advice C.requirement D.research11.A.Takecourseswith B.DosportswithC.Listento D.Gettoknow12.A.respect B.understand C.hate D.forgive13.A.believe B.receive C.check D.change14.A.strange B.close C.unknown D.near15.Aplain B.relate C.talk D.write16.A.choice B.chance C.excuse D.way17.A.wishfor B.plansfor C.thoughtsabout D.interestin18.A.If B.Because C.Unless D.Though19.A.surprised B.confused C.nervous D.upset20.A.denied B.doubted C.influenced D.persuaded語(yǔ)篇解讀:本文是一篇爭(zhēng)論文。闡述了不要以貌取人的道理。答案及剖析:1.A依據(jù)其次段可知作者在本篇文章中強(qiáng)調(diào)“不要以貌取人”這句古語(yǔ)在學(xué)校生活中是非常有用的,同時(shí)依據(jù)其次段中的“theycouldbeyournewbestfriends”可知A選項(xiàng)最符合語(yǔ)境。B、C、D選項(xiàng)文中均沒(méi)有涉及。2.D第三段引起下文,與后文內(nèi)容對(duì)應(yīng)。依據(jù)其次段中“See”可推斷D選項(xiàng)最符合語(yǔ)境。此外,后文內(nèi)容涉及對(duì)身邊人物的視察與結(jié)論,由此也可推想observe(視察)正確。3.B依據(jù)后文“withhisheaddownwhositsatthelunchtableallbyhimself”可知這個(gè)男孩低著頭,自己坐在午餐桌旁,略顯孤獨(dú)。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,B選項(xiàng)shy與此句的感情色調(diào)相符。confident自信的;humorous幽默的;popular受歡迎的。4.Bever曾經(jīng)。此句為作者對(duì)讀者的提示,“你曾經(jīng)想過(guò)他們會(huì)成為你的新的好摯友嗎”。此處ever可以表達(dá)出對(duì)某件事情或某種現(xiàn)象的回想與思索。5.C你所了解到的關(guān)于他們的一切都是別人告知你的,所以選C。learnabout了解,知曉;careabout關(guān)切,在意;argueabout為……爭(zhēng)辯;worryabout為……擔(dān)憂(yōu)。6.D此處強(qiáng)調(diào)“你所聽(tīng)到的可能不是事實(shí)”,因此D選項(xiàng)正確。7.C其次段是對(duì)“不要以貌取人”的初步闡述。comein在這里意為“起作用(haveaparticularroleorfunction)”,強(qiáng)調(diào)此