Unit2 Starting out and Understanding ideas
能力提升练
I. 阅读理解
(2020黑龙江大庆铁人中学高二期末)
The morning after an evening struggle to ca-old daughter. I couldn’t to school. I, as a mother, was tired of the anger and her inability to communicate because of her abnormal language development.
As I accompanied her into the car, I was in deep been born around the same time when the nation was witnessing the birth of another Great Recession. My job and my house had been victims. Then this happened. Since my child’s language delay was identified, I had been pessimistic but doctors struggled to properly help her. I felt as if we both needed to be rescued.
I returned that afternoon as disenchanted with the little girl I loved as when I left. Walking slowly toward the school’s playground gate, I found her preschool teacher racing to greet me.
“Madame, you should have seen her today!” His breathy words were supported by excitement. I didn’t interrupt. “See that climber. ” He pointed to a wooden piece of playground equipment that looked like a rock wall. I nodded “Well, every day since she started school. She’s tried and failed to make it to the top. ” He took a breath “And today she did it!”
He expressed his joy just as he’d seen her conquering Mount Everest! “She cheered and celebrated! I wish I’d recorded it!” His words comforted me. My daughter had conquered her mountain.
As she ran toward me, I recognized something I hadn’t before I saw her perseverance(毅力). I saw her strength. I saw a hero.
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1. Why did the author rush her daughter to school
A. She was busy with her work as a doctor.
B. She had a fight with her daughter last night.
C. She broke down when dealing with her daughter.
D. She had to sell their house due to the Great Recession.
2. Which of the following best explains “disenchanted” underlined in Paragraph 3
A Happy.
B Concerned.
C. Careful.
Disappointed.
3. Why did the little girl’s preschool teacher feel excited
A. She succeeded in standing on Mount Everest.
B. She managed to climb up the wooden equipment.
C. She got the first place in the school sports meet.
D. She began to communicate with others normally
4. From which is the text most probably taken
A. The radio.
B A magazine.
C. A newspaper.
D. The Internet.
B
（2020湖南师范大学附属中学高二期末）
Even the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better person. Feeling down Consider these things to remember when you’ re having a bad day.
No one promised life would be perfect. If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content. Don’t build your happiness on meeting every expectation you set for yourself. It is good to be ambitious, but you’ll never be perfect. If you anticipate otherwise your life will be crammed with disappointments.
Success doesn’t happen overnight. Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Don’t kid yourself that success will come quickly. It isn’t easy to b patient, but anything worth doing requires time. If you get frustrated, remind yourself why your goal is important.
There is a lesson in every struggle. And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through or how you managed to survive. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storms all about don’t complain about how terrible your life is. If you search for the lesson in your present struggle, you’ll be able to make positive changes that would prevent similar situations in the future.
Without hard times, you wouldn’t appreciate the good ones. Strength does not come from winning Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardships and decide not to give in, that strength. It is hard to find much to smile at when you fail, but how else would you improve yourself If you look at failure as a part of your evolutionary process, you’ll not be pessimistic but pursue your goals for as long as it takes.
5. Which of the following summarizes this passage best
A. Every person has to go through hard times.
B. Perfection doesn’t exist in life.
C. We should accept the fact that life is not perfect.
D. There are things to remember when you are having a bad day.
6. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Success will come quickly.
B. Hard work leads to success.
C. Success calls for patience.
D. Confidence is the first step to success.
7. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that.
A. lessons from struggles make us stronger.
B. all things are difficult before they are easy.
C. we should forget how we managed to survive.
D. similar situations in the future will never appear
8. Which statement agrees with the passage
A. Hard times make us lose heart and be short of courage.
B. Perseverance in time of hardships develops our strength.
C. Smiles when you fail will not help to improve yourself.
D. We should try to avoid failure in the evolutionary process.
II. 七选五
(2019山东省实验中学高二期中)
Hope is the most powerful motivating force (驱动力) that helps people to overcome the difficulties 1 you need the guiding force to keep you moving toward your goals. Hope keeps you on your feet and makes you much stronger
Hope is your strength and inner faith in the battle of your life. 2 you lose everything. You do hard work and make a great effort to succeed in life but fail. That makes you upset and depressed. You do not know what to do. At that time hope comes to your rescue and gives you encouragement. 3
Hope increases the productivity ty, efficiency and creativity of people. A hopeful person is a positive person who can succeed in any field of his choice 4 The best service we can do to mankind is giving hope to hopeless people.
5 Yes, hope gives meaning to life as without hope there is no reason to live. Give hope to people and they will become more creative and more poroductive. Hope is vital to the life of every person. Besides, hope is necessary not only for life but also for living a healthy life. Hope is the best medicine that keeps away from tension, depression, despair high blood pressure and other health problems. I had two big heart attacks and while at the edge of death, I had hope that I would survive. And the hope of getting well kept me alive.
A. a hopeless person is a failed person who can never succeed in life.
B. Have you ever lost hope and felt sorry for yourself
C. Since you’re full of hope for the future.
D. You try one more time and succeed.
E. In the ups and downs of life F Is hope necessary for life
G. If you lose hope
1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______
参考答案：
I. A
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者的女儿有语言障碍，尽管应对女儿使作者精疲力竭，但是女儿的坚韧终于让她成为作者心中的英雄。
l. C 细节理解题。根据第一段及第二段最后一句 I felt as if we both needed to be rescued. 可知，作者迫不及待地把女儿送到学校，因为女儿有语言障碍，所以应对女儿使作者感到崩溃。故C选项正确。
2. D 词义猜测题。根据第二段中 As I accompanied her into the car，I was in deep despair和第三段的第一句可知，作者送孩子上学的感受和接孩子时的感受应该是一样的。由此可推断，画线词与 disappointed意思最为接近。故D选项正确。
3. B 细节理解题。根据第四段可知，作者的女儿从开学第天起就一直在努力攀登这个木制的设备，但是一直没有成功，那天她终于成功了，所以老师很激动。故B选项正确。
4. D 推理判断题。根据最后一段，尤其是 We encourage you to click these brief accounts可推断，本文最有可能来自网络。故D选项正确。
B
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。作者论述了人在失意时要记住几件事：1. 生活本来就不完美；2成功不是一蹴而就的；3. 困难让我们成长；4没有困境，我们就不会珍惜好时光。
5. D 主旨大意题。结合全文理解，特别是第一段的最后一句Consider these things to remember when you’re having a bad day. 可知，本文告诉我们，当我们过得不愉快时，要记得去考虑几件事。故D选项正确。
6. C 细节理解题。根据第三段中 Success doesn’t happen overnight. requires time. （成功不会一夜之间发生，长得慢的树结最好的果实，不要欺骗自己，认为成功很快到来，有耐心并不容易，但是任何值得做的事情都需要时间）可以推知，画线句句意为“成功需要耐心”。故C选项正确。
7. A 推理判断题。根据第四段中 There is a lesson. . who walked in（每一次挣扎都有一个教训。当暴风雨过去，你不记得自己如何度过、如何幸存，但有一点确定无疑，当你走出暴风雨的时候，你不再是走进暴风雨的那个人）可知，A选项“从挣扎中吸取的教训使我们更加坚强”符合文意，故A选项正确。
8. B 细节理解题。由最后一段中 Without hard times…your strength. 、（没有困境，你就不会珍惜好时光。力量不是来自胜利，你的挣扎会形成你的力量）可知，B项 Perseverance in time of hardships develops our strength. （在困难时期，不屈不挠的精神会形成我们的力量）符合本文主旨。故B选项正确。
Ⅱ.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讨论希望对于人的重要性：希望是最强大的驱动力，帮助人们克服困难。
1. E 根据后面 you need the guiding force to keep you moving toward your goals（你需要引导力量，让你朝着目标前进）可知，前半句提及的应是困难的情境，需要引导力量帮助前行。E选项 In the ups and downs of life（在人生的起起落落中）符合语境。故选E项。
2. G 根据前一句 Hope is your strength and inner faith in the battle of your life. （希望是你在人生奋斗中的力量和内心的信念。）可知，希望是很重要的。因此，失去希望就失去了切。G选项 f you lose hope（如果你失去希望）与后面you lose everything可结合在一起表达此意。故选G项。
3. D 根据前一句 At that time hope comes to your rescue and gives you encouragement. （那时，希望会来搭救你，鼓励你。）可知，希望鼓励人们再次努力尝试。D选项 You try one more time and succeed. （你再试一次就成功了。）为希望鼓励人们成功的结果，符合语境。故选D项。
4. A 根据后一句 The best service we can do to mankind is giving hope to hopeless people. （我们能为人类做的最好的事就是给绝望的人希望。）可知，设空处应提及绝望的人为什么需要被给予希望。A选项 A hopeless person is a failed person who can never succeed in life. （一个没有希望的人是一个在生活中永远不会成功的失败的人。）符合语境。故选A项。
5. F 根据设空处后的回答Yes，hope gives meaning to life as without hope there is no reason to live. （是的，希望赋予生命意义，因为没有希望就没有生活的理由。）可知，设空处在对希望是否重要提问。F选项 Is hope necessary for life？符合语境，故选F项。

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