Unit 5 The Value of Money Reading and Thinking
一、填空
1.I can make _________ bet with you that you must pass the exam.
2.I can __________ (honest) say that getting this job was like winning a prize.
3.I soon __________(spot) what the mistake was.
4.He photographed a wide range of street __________(scene).
5.Teaching young children is not easy but challenging, which needs great ________(耐心) and skill. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）
6.Mary enjoyed feeling the warm sand ________(在......下面) her feet. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
7.The game has already been p_________(推迟) three times. (根据中英文提示填空)
8.The people in the study lost an___________ (平均) of six pounds in six months.
9.Han’s artistic talent was discovered ___________ (偶然间) when he was sent on errands.
10.The first ________ (幕) of the play is so wonderful.
11.We decided to ______(推迟) the mid-term exam because of COVID-19.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）
12.The valley spread out b________ us. (根据首字母单词拼写)
13.The police are still working at the s______ of the crime to find out whether the victim was killed at the place where he was found.（根据首字母单词拼写）
14.The trials on patients were likely to be p____________ because they did not have sufficient safety data. (根据首字母单词拼写)
15.As ________ matter of fact, he is not keen on western opera. （用适当的词填空）
二、阅读理解
16. A family in Florida had a happy Christmas this year thanks to two local police officers, who answered a 911 call only to discover there was no emergency at all.
When they arrived at the house of a single mother with two children, the officers discovered the younger child, about two years old, was playing with the phone. There were no signs of Christmas or holiday cheer in the house. "They weren't smiling. It seemed like they weren't happy at all. They were missing something," Officer Paramore said. "The mother mentioned that they weren't going to have a Christmas that year. It was pretty obvious that the family was struggling," he said. "So we told each other that something had to be done."
Paramore and his partner, Barry Ward, left the house with a plan. The next day, they went to a supermarket and bought a tree, lights and some ornaments(装饰物) with their own money. Then they returned to the apartment to deliver some holiday cheer. "They hugged the tree," Paramore said. "I was glad to see that this family was going to have something to sit around and use." The police department posted the video on YouTube, hoping to share the happy news and inspire others.
The department has received tons of donations and phone calls from people around the country asking how they can help the family. "We are covered," said Stephanie Slater, public information officer for the Boynton Beach Police Department. "We're asking people to do good in their communities on behalf of our officers. We appreciate it very much that people are talking about this after watching the news on TV because they need to see and need to be reminded that police officers are good guys," she said. "They are human beings who have a kind heart and they do things that go unnoticed like this every day."
(1) Who most probably made the 911 call
A.The mother. B.The 2-year-old child.
C.A neighbor. D.Stephanie Slater.
(2) What can we learn from what Paramore said in Paragraph 2
A.The family was living quite a hard life.
B.The officers were angry about the wrong call.
C.The family never expected they would be helped.
D.The officers never expected there was such a poor family.
(3) What was the two officers' plan
A.To give the family some money. B.To spend Christmas with the family.
C.To post a video of the family on YouTube. D.To help the family spend a cheerful Christmas.
(4) We can infer from the passage that __________.
A.the family seldom had a Christmas before
B.the video was posted to show the officers' good act
C.some people used to misunderstand police officers
D.police officers didn't want to be considered as good guys
17. Jon Pedley is making a big change. He is giving up his life as a successful businessman for life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut in Uganda, East Africa.
Pedley admits that he has not always led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with the law. "I've always put the pursuit(追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn't care who I was hurting," says Pedley.
But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook (观点) on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the work he was doing. "I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing thanked me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them," he said.
Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive car—and moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a small Ugandan village. There he will help run an organization that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley will help to build doctors' offices, too.
Pedley's organization will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a "camp" in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health and education facilities(设备) for kids in Kigazi, many of whom have lost their parents due to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.
(1) Which of the following can best describe Pedley's life in the past
A.Positive. B.Colorful.
C.Independent. D.Selfish.
(2) What will Pedley do in the small Ugandan village
A.Grow potatoes with the local people. B.Teach English in the local school.
C.Assist villagers with construction work. D.Help to attract more tourists to the village.
(3) Why will Pedley work with English teenagers who are in trouble
A.To encourage them to make friends with the locals.
B.To encourage them to live a more positive life.
C.To train them to become doctors in the future.
D.To make them learn about different cultures.
(4) What can be a suitable title for the text
A.From a millionaire to living in a mud hut B.A life-changing adventure
C.A rich man becoming homeless D.A grateful businessman
答案以及解析
1.答案：a
解析：考查固定短语。句意:我可以和你打个赌,你一定通过了这次考试。make a bet打赌,是固定短语。
2.答案：honestly
解析：考查词性转换。句意我可以诚实地说,得到这份工作就像获得一份奖品。用副词修饰动词。
3.答案：spotted
解析：考查动词的时态。句意:我很快就看出错误之所在。根据句意及句子结构可知用一般过去时态。
4.答案： scenes
解析：考查名词的数。句意:他拍摄了许多街景。a wide range of大量的,scene是可数名词,因此用复数。故填scenes。
5.答案：patience
解析：考查名词。句意：教小孩子不容易，而且很有挑战性，这需要耐心和技巧。分析句子结构可知，空格处应填名词与“skill”一起作宾语，结合所给汉语提示，可知应填patience。故填patience。
6.答案：beneath
7.答案：postponed/ostponed
解析：考查动词。句意：比赛已经被推迟了三次。根据汉语及首字母提示可知，此处使用动词postpone；由句意可知，比赛是被推迟，应用过去分词，与前面的has already been构成现在完成时的被动语态，故填postponed。
8.答案：average
9.答案：by accident
解析：根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用介词短语by accident意为"偶然"。故填by accident.
10.答案：scene
解析：句意：第一场的比赛是如此的精彩。名词“一幕、一场”为scene，根据谓语动词is，可知此空用单数形式，故填scene.
11.答案：postpone
解析：考查动词。句意：因为疫情，我们决定推迟期中考试。根据句意及汉语提示可知，此处处使用动词postpone，固定搭配decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，故填postpone.
12.答案：beneath
解析：考查介词。句意：山谷在我们脚下展开。由“The valley spread out”可知，句子表示“山谷在我们脚下展开”，空格处意为“在……下面”，由首字母提示b可知，是beneath，故填beneath。
13.答案：scene/cene
解析：考查名词。句意：警方仍在犯罪现场调查受害者是否在发现他的地方被杀。由“to find out whether the victim was killed at the place where he was found”可知，警方在犯罪现场调查受害者是否在发现他的地方被杀，空格处意为“现场”，由首字母提示s可知，是scene,由“of the crime”可知，空格处用单数，故填scene。
14.答案：postponed/ostponed
解析：考查不定式的被动语态。句意：由于没有足够的安全性数据，对患者的试验可能会被推迟。由“because they did not have sufficient safety data”可知，由于没有足够的安全性数据，对患者的试验可能会被推迟，空格处意为“推迟”，由首字母提示p可知，是postpone,试验是被推迟，因此空格处是不定式的被动语态，即to be done,因此空格处是过去分词postponed,故填postponed.
15.答案：a
16.答案：(1).B; (2).A; (3).D; (4).C
解析：(1).细节理解题。根据第二段第一句When they arrived at the house of a single mother with two children, the officers discovered the younger child, about two years old, was playing with the phone.可知最有可能的是两岁的孩子拨打了91l。
(2).细节理解题。根据第二段中的The mother mentioned that they weren't going to have a Christmas that year. It was pretty obvious that the family was struggling可知这个家庭的生活很困难。
(3).细节理解题。根据文中第三段第二、三句The next day, they went to a supermarket and bought a tree, lights and some ornaments(装饰物) with their own money. Then they returned to the apartment to deliver some holiday cheer.可知第二天,他们去了超市,用自己的钱买了一棵(圣诞)树、一些灯和一些装饰品。因此他们计划帮这个家庭度过一个愉快的圣诞节。
(4).推理判断题。根据最后一段中的We appreciate it very much that people are talking about this after watching the news on TV because they need to see and need to be reminded that police officers are good guys 和They are human beings who have a kind heart and they do things that go unnoticed like this every day.可知一些人过去常常误解警察,这些人需要看到,也需要被提醒:警察是好人。
17.答案：(1).D; (2).C; (3).B; (4).A
解析：(1).推理判断题。根据第二段中的“I've always put the pursuit(追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn't care who I was hurting," says Pedley.可知,以前Pedley把金钱放在第一位,从不关心被他伤害的人,由此可知,以前Pedley是一个非常自私的人。故选D。
(2).细节理解题。根据第四段中的He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers.可知,他将帮助孩子们建造教室,并为村民们建造水罐去储存干净的水,由此可知,Pedley将帮助村民们做一些建筑工作。
(3).推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path. 可知, Pedley希望这些青少年看到生活的另一面,帮助他们改变自己的生活,让他们走上一条新的、更积极的道路,也就是鼓励他们更加积极地生活。
(4).主旨大意题。根据第一段中的He is giving up his life as a successful businessman for life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut in Uganda, East Africa可知,本文主要讲述了一个英格兰的百万富翁变卖了资产而搬到了乌干达的一个泥屋帮助当地村民的故事,故选A项(从百万富翁到搬进泥屋)。
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