Unit3 Starting out and Understanding ideas
能力提升练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
（2019重庆十一中高二上月考）
I had been working for a company in Australia for more than ten years. I had just found a better job and I knew that the manager would be disappointed when I was leaving. I recently became friends with a young man who had just migrated（移民）to Australia to escape war in his homeland. He was unskilled and was finding life difficult as he was unemployed
The manager asked me to introduce someone who I thought could do the job just as well as me，so I took this opportunity to arrange an interview for my new friend. However in the end. he was not offered the job after the interview.
Later I asked the manager why my friend was turned down. The manager thought that his English was not good enough for the position，but I suggested that my friend would be a good choice for the company since I could train him. I believed that once given the time to learn，he could do the job. After a week’s training，he was employed and was happy with his position.
I knew how the terrible war had forced him to leave his homeland and what price he had paid for doing so. I appreciate being asked to live in Australia and believe that this appreciation is best proved by offering acts of kindness to people in need of help. The smile of appreciation from this man continues to motivate me to be kind.
1. The reason why the manager would be disappointed when the author left may be that _______.
A. they were close friends and he didn’t want him to leave
B. his leaving might cause more workers to leave
C. the author had never disagreed with him
D. the author was an excellent worker for the company
2. His new friend was refused in the interview because _______.
A. he was weak in English
B. they were afraid he wouldn’t work there long
C. he had just migrated from another country
D. he was introduced by the writer who was about to leave the company
3. How did the man get the job in the end
A. He insisted that he could do the job well.
B. The manager knew him better and felt pity for him.
C. He showed his confidence and patience during the interview.
D. The author helped train him for the job.
4. Which of the following statements might the author agree with
A. The appreciation from a person you’ve been kind to is the best gift you can get.
B. If someone migrates to a foreign country knowing English is important.
C. People who live in other countries have difficult getting good jobs.
D. People should work hard and not give up when they can’t find a job.
B
（2020江苏启东中学高二上学期期中）
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the branches of an old tree，with good reason to frown，for the world was dragging me down. At this time，a boy approached me. He stood right before ore me and said with great excitement Look what I found.
In his hand was a flower，and what a pitiful sight，with its petals（花瓣）all worn. Wanting him to take his flower and go off to play，I faked a small smile and then turned to the other side.
But instead of leaving，he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared, “It really smells pretty and it’s beautiful，too. That’s why I picked it. Here，it’s for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I must take it，or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower，and replied, “Just what I need.”
But instead of placing the flower in my hand，he held it in mid-air it was then that I noticed that the boy was blind.
Eyes misty，I heard my voice quiver（轻微颤抖），and at the same time my tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one he smiled and said. “You’re welcome.” And then he ran off to play，unaware of the impact he’d had on me.
I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old tree amongst all those in the park. Perhaps from his heart，he’d been blessed with true sight .
Through the eyes of the blind boy，I could see the problem was not with the world；the problem was me. And for all of those times I had been blind. from now on，I vowed to see beauty and appreciate every second. Then I held the flower up to my nose and breathed its fragrance and smiled as that young boy.
5. When she sat down to read on the bench. the author ______.
A. felt relaxed and peaceful
B. felt upset about her life
C. wanted to have a friend keeping her company
D. felt proud to have overcome the difficulties in life
6. The author decided to take the flower after the boy sat next to her because ______.
A. she was really moved by the boy
B. she didn’t want to hurt the young boy
C. she thought the flower was really beautiful
D. she didn’t like being bothered by the boy any more
7. Which of the following can best describe the boy
A. Kind and optimistic.
B. Independent and active.
C. Handsome and intelligent.
D. Warmhearted and sensitive.
Ⅱ. 七选五
(2020山东潍坊高二检测)
If someone tells you to remember a phone number or address it feels like an easy task at first. You repeat the numbers to yourself, either aloud or in your mind. But after just a few seconds you might find yourself starting to doubt our own memory. 1 Thus, it will try to throw away information that seems old or irrelevant. There are ways of helping our minds retain（记住）information, however, and in this activity you will explore ways that we lose and keep memories.
Short-term or working memory, is a way of describing most people's abilities to store a small amount of information for a brief period of time in a readily accessible form. 2 People don’t have to stop and think to remember something in short-term memory.
3 Such techniques include visualizing（使形象化）the information in a surprising way and linking pieces of information together so that one reminds you of the other. In the case of visualizing information this could be as simple as remembering you parked your car on the fifth floor in the D section by picturing five dogs sitting in your car！ 4 If you need to purchase cereal（谷物），milk，fruit，cheese and eggs，you could imagine the cereal in a bowl with milk pouring over it and pieces of fruit on top. Then imagine cracking an egg over everything, and it’s full of melted cheese！These may seem simple or even silly. 5 In this activity you’ll test the recall of a few friends or family members，and learn a few tricks for improving memory！
A. There are many techniques for improving memory.
B. Our brain is always seeking new and useful information.
C Short-term memory has the short duration but is quickly and easily accessed.
D. In addition, linking information could help you remember your grocery list.
E. Retaining the information over longer periods of time becomes difficult yet.
F. Your short-term memory has a limited amount of space to store information.
G. However, they are proved to be good ways of improving memory by scientists.
1.__________ 2. _________ 3.__________ 4.__________ 5.__________
参考答案：
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
语篇解读: 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者帮助自己的朋友应聘工作，不求回
报，因为作者认为一个人对你的感激是你能得到的最好的礼物.
1. D 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The manager asked me to introduce someone who I thought could do the job just as well as me”可知，因为作者是公司的优秀员工，所以当作者离开时，经理会很失望。故选D。
2. A 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The manager thought that his English was not good enough for the position"可知，他的朋友由于英语不够好，所以面试被拒绝了。故选A。
3. D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“but I suggested that my friend would be a good choice for the company since I could train him”可知，作者对他的朋友进行训练，最终他的朋友应聘上了。故选D。
4. A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“The smile of appreciation from this man continues to motivate me to be kind.”可知，作者的朋友感激的笑容激励作者继续做善事由此推断A项“一个你曾善待过的人对你的感激是你能得到的最好的礼物。”符合作者的认知。故选A。
B
语篇解读: 这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了当作者感到很郁闷的时候，一个盲人男孩出现了，送了作者一束花，他的善良和乐观让作者重新点燃对生活的热爱。
5. B 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，当她坐下来在长凳上阅读时，眉头紧锁，她对自己的生活感到不安。故选B。
6. D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 The flower before me was lying or dead.But I knew I must take it，or he might never leave.可知，作者决定把花拿去，因为她不喜欢再被这个男孩打扰。故选D。
7. A 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，作者感到很郁闷的时候，一个盲人男孩出现了，送了作者一朵花，他的善良和乐观让作者重新点燃对生活的热爱。故选A。
Ⅱ.七选五
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了帮助提高记忆力的方法和技巧。
1. B 根据下文“因此，它将试图丢弃看起来过时或无关紧要的信息。”可知，B项（我们的大脑总是在寻找新的、有用的信息。）符合语境，故选B
2. C 根据下文“在短期记忆中人们不需要停下来想，来记住些东西。”可知，C项（短期记忆的持续时间很短，但使用起来迅速且容易。）符合语境，故选C。
3. A 根据下文“这些技巧包括以一种令人惊讶的方式将信息形象化和将信息碎片联系在一起，从而一个片段让你想起另一个片段。”可知，A项（有许多提高记忆的技巧。）符合语境。A项中的 techniques与空后的 Such techniques相呼应，故选A。
4. D 根据下句“如果你需要购买谷物、牛奶、水果、奶酪和鸡蛋，你可以想象谷物在碗里，牛奶倒在上面，上面有几块水果。”可知，D项（此外，将信息联系在一起可以帮助你记住你的购物清单。）符合语境，故选D。
5. G 根据上句“这些看起来很简单，甚至有些愚蠢。”推断下句是与上句构成转折的内容，G项“然而，它们被科学家证明是提高记忆力的好方法。”符合语境，故选G。
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