课时跟踪练(一) Warming Up & Reading — Pre-reading
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Amber has a degree in business management and economics. She put her skills to good use when she spent eleven months in Cambodia (柬埔寨) through World Hope International as a volunteer working with a local micro-finance (小额信贷) company to help the poor get financial services.
Amber's first few weeks in Cambodia was busy and difficult as she tried to learn the language, understand the culture and get used to her new surroundings. Her volunteer service involved working
with a local micro-finance company. In addition to writing plans, preparing international marketing materials and building donor (捐赠人) relations, Amber met with company clients. During these visits she learned how the small loans they received transformed their lives. She learned first-hand the benefits of micro-finance, which by providing farmers and small-business owners with affordable working capital (such as money to buy a sewing machine) helped them to earn their way out of poverty (贫穷)．
“It never stopped amazing me when a client would show me a new home that was built because of a loan he received or the way a client's business had improved and thus allowed his children to be sent to school，” Amber said.
Amber recalled that one client called Paul walked her all around his house, pointing to what he had done with each of eight loans he'd received. He explained how every loan had improved his family's quality of life. Amber said he was one of the hardest-working men she had ever met. He had suffered greatly in the Cambodian Civil War and became disabled, but not once did he let it kill his dreams of realizing a better life for his family. His latest purchase, a sound system that he rented out for weddings and other parties doubled his income!
Amber said，“Living and working in Cambodia helped me see the world in new ways and made me aware of the hardship and suffering that many people around the world face every day. Those eleven months were some of the most meaningful months of my life.”
语篇解读：Amber作为志愿者在柬埔寨生活、工作了十一个月，并通过帮助当地人摆脱贫穷，对世界有了新的看法。
1．What's the best title for this passage? A．World Hope International B．Benefits of Micro-finance
C．Amber's Volunteer Experience in Cambodia D．Poverty in Developing Countries
解析：选C 标题归纳题。通读全文，本文主要介绍了Amber在柬埔寨的志愿者经历。 2．Amber's volunteer work in Cambodia included all of the following things EXCEPT______.
A．teaching the language B．meeting with company clients C．writing plans
D．building donor relations
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第二段的“In addition to writing plans ...company clients.”可知，文章没有提到Amber教当地人语言。事实是她本人需要克服困难学习语言，因此A项不符合文意，故选A。
3．It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A．Amber met with no difficulties after she arrived in Cambodia B．Amber is the leader of World Hope International
C．few children go to school because there aren't enough schools in Cambodia D．many local people in Cambodia changed their lives with the loans
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第二段的“how the small loans they received transformed their lives”和第三段内容可知，小额信贷项目让很多人受益，改变了他们的生活。
4．Which of the following statements about Paul is TRUE? A．Each of the loans he had received helped him a lot. B．He was poor because he didn't work as hard as others. C．He became disabled because of a car accident. D．He bought a sound system for his wedding.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第四段的“every loan had improved his family's quality of life”可知，每笔小额信贷都帮助他改善了他和家人的生活。
B
“Please read this，” my three-year-old Claire said one day, pointing to a page with an old children's song：“Do you know how to plant cabbages”. In blue ink, someone had crossed out cabbages and written “Watermelons！”
“Daddy! Did you do that？” Claire asked, looking up with an expression of shock. We had only recently asked her not to write in books, and suddenly here was proof that her parents weren't practicing what they asked. I told her it was written by my grandfather and sat down to tell the story.
I grew up on Grandad's farm in Nebraska, America. One afternoon, I decided to plant some watermelons.
“Hmm, there's a crop I haven't tried！” Grandad smiled. “Let's do it now！” With Grandad's help I planted the seeds.
The next morning, I found a big watermelon there. I knew it was Grandad that put a watermelon there and I thought he had played a joke on me.
Later that month, Grandad gave me a book.“For school，” he said seriously. I opened it to where he'd written “Watermelons！” and laughed at another of his jokes.
Claire listened quietly to the story and asked to plant seeds too, so I took her to buy some seeds. On the walk home, I realized for the first time that Grandad could have met my childish enthusiasm with some disappointing facts such as that watermelons don't grow well in Nebraska or that it was too late to plant them anyway. But instead of doing that, he had stolen back into town that afternoon and bought the biggest melon on the market. That night, after I was asleep, he had awkwardly unloaded it and, with a painful bend, placed it exactly above my seeds. He made sure I experienced the “Wow.”
I had always thought the midnight miracle (奇迹) was just one of Grandad's jokes. Now I realized he had planted hope that day. As Claire planted the seeds happily, I watched my grandfather's joy take fresh root in her life. And that was the biggest miracle of all.
语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者的爷爷为了不让作者失望，一夜之间把作者种下的种子变成了一个大西瓜。直到多年后，作者在与女儿一起种东西时才了解了爷爷当时的良苦用心。
5．Claire was shocked at the mark on the page because______. A．her great-grandfather did something her parents forbad B．she thought her parents didn't act as they said C．someone preferred watermelons to cabbages D．there should be a mistake in the book
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“We had only ... what they asked.”可知答案。
6．Why did Grandad put a watermelon where the author planted seeds? A．Because he didn't want to waste the watermelon. B．Because he didn't want to disappoint the author. C．Because he wanted to make fun of the author. D．Because he wanted the author to be a farmer.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“... Grandad could have met my childish enthusiasm with some disappointing facts ... But instead of doing that ... He made sure I experienced the ‘Wow.’”可推测，爷爷所做的一切都是为了不让作者失望。
7．Which of the following best describes Grandad? A．Talented and reliable. B．Generous and patient. C．Determined and happy. D．Caring and humorous.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据作者回忆与爷爷的往事可知，作者突发奇想想种西瓜，爷爷二话不说就帮作者种，为了不让作者失望，爷爷连夜让西瓜“长”了出来，这说明爷爷很关爱作者；另外根据文中的“Later that month ... of his jokes.”可以看出，爷爷也很幽默。
8．What's the best title for the text? A．Grandfather's great love B．The day we planted hope C．Set children a good example D．Happy memories of childhood
解析：选B 标题归纳题。最后一段是本文的主题段。多年前，爷爷为了不让作者失望，一夜之间把作者种下的种子变成了一个大西瓜。多年后，作者在与女儿一起种东西时了解了爷爷当时的良苦用心：种下希望。
C Mind control
Imagine looking at something and being able to move it just by using your brain! That is exactly what the new technology called BrainGate can do － with the help of a robotic arm, anyway.
BrainGate is the idea of Professor John Donoghue and his team of researchers at the Brown Institute for Brain Science, USA. BrainGate is attached directly to the brain. First of all, gold wires are put into the part of the brain that controls
movement. These are then connected to a small computer chip (芯片). When the person thinks about different movements, this creates electrical signals, which are picked up by the chip. After this, the signals that are created by the brain are sent back to a computer, which changes the signals into movements. Finally, the computer uses the robotic arm to carry out these movements. BrainGate can already be used to write an e-mail or play computer games, just by brain power.
The technology has already cost millions of dollars to develop and when it is available for use, it will probably cost thousands of dollars per person. There are still many challenges ahead for Donoghue and his team. They are currently planning a mini wireless version, which will allow people to be connected to the computer at all times. Donoghue also dreams of using this technology to help disabled people who can't move their arms or legs. He plans to connect BrainGate directly to their own paralysed limbs (瘫痪的胳膊或腿). This will mean that the person can control their own body again, without relying on a robotic arm.
This research is attracting the military's (军方的) attention as well. However, it is easy to understand why scientists might be concerned about how thought-controlled machines could be used by the military.
语篇解读：本文是说明文。文章介绍了思想控制器——大脑之门。利用该装置，人们可以通过大脑直接控制机械手臂的运动。
9．What does the underlined word “These” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A．Wires. C．Thoughts.
B．Brains. D．Movements.
解析：选A 代词指代题。根据第二段中的“gold wires are put into the part of the brain that controls movement ... then connected to a small computer chip”可知，首先是把一些金线跟控制运动的那部分大脑连接，然后再把“这些线”跟一个小的电脑芯片连接。
10．According to the text, what is one of BrainGate's disadvantages? A．It is too expensive. B．It needs improvement. C．It is difficult to control. D．It produces few movements.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The technology ... dollars per person.”不难看出，该技术十分昂贵，可能会限制它的使用。
11．How will Donoghue help disabled people?
2017-2018学年高中英语 Unit 4 Sharing课时跟踪练(一)新人教版选修7
