刷题课时练1 Unit 1 Section Ⅰ
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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My husband and I recently went to Disney World with our three children. We had a wonderful time. Besides, I experienced something that left a deep impression on me.
Our children were excited about the attraction where children could drive the cars. They were so delighted that I decided to stand beside the track to get pictures of everyone as they drove past on the track.
As I waited for them to drive by, I noticed a car with a father and his son who was about 7 years old. They rolled down the hill at the beginning, but suddenly the car stopped. The young driver looked nervous, “I can't do it.” His father quietly said, “Yes, you can.”
“No. I can't！”
“Yes, you can, son.”
The little guy was almost in tears, “I can't！” With deep patience, the father said, “Son, you can do this. I'm going to help you.” A moment later, with the father helping his son, the two went smoothly (顺利地) on their way down the track.
The scene brought tears to my eyes and it reminded (使想起) me of my dear father. Just like that little boy's dad, my father used to say the same words to me. Every time things got hard or when I experienced setbacks along the way, he would say, “Michelle, you can do this. I'm going to help you.”
Time and time again the words greatly encouraged me on the journey. I'm aware that I can't do things under my own power, but the words “Yes, you can” come beside me and give me wisdom and strength. As I benefited (受益) a lot from them, I often tell my children never to say “I can't” easily when they meet something difficult.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者一家去迪士尼游玩，途中遇到了一对父子，那位父亲教育儿子的话使得作者想
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起了自己的父亲。
1．Why did the author stand beside the track? A．She didn't dare to drive alone.
B．She wasn't interested in driving cars. C．She wanted to take photos for her family. D．She wanted to rest for a few minutes.
答案与解析：C 细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句“They were so delighted that I decided to stand beside the track to get pictures of everyone as they drove past on the track.”可知，作者站在轨道旁边是为了给家人拍照。
2．How did the author react to the father's helping his son? A．She was greatly moved.
B．She was impressed by the boy's patience. C．She decided to learn from the father.
D．She reminded the father not to be too strict. 答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的“The scene brought tears to my eyes and it reminded me of my dear father.”可知，作者看到这个场景后感动得哭了，并想起了她的父亲。
3．What does the underlined word in the last but one paragraph mean?
A．Disasters. B．Frustration. C．Fights. D．Pain.
答案与解析：B 词义猜测题。根据前文的“Every time things got hard or when I experienced...”可知，or前后要表达的意思相近，再根据后文父亲说的话可推测，此词意为“挫折”。
4．What can we infer from the passage? A．The author enjoys traveling very much. B．The author is patient with her children.
C．The author was greatly encouraged by the boy's father.
D．The author was greatly influenced by the words“Yes, you can”．
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答案与解析：D 推理判断题。根据最后一段的前两句可知，“Yes, you can”这几个词对作者的影响很大。
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I began smoking at 13, with a friend in the evenings when we were out. I never thought of the damage it brought me. But I had a bad cough after a cold, and my teeth weren't as white as my sister's, who never smoked. I no longer played any sports. Since all my friends smoked, I never felt different.
I met and married my husband Paul when we were 22，both smoking like chimneys (烟囱). I had two children by the time I was 26, and life went on as normal. We smoked around our children, never thinking it would be doing them any harm. They both begged us to stop when they learned about the hazards of smoking. We just rolled our eyes at each other.
My parents quit smoking, and my aunts quit smoking, but they were older. I had lots of time to quit in my life. Paul's mother died of a heart attack at only 55, after suffering two diseases caused by smoking. And still we smoked.
At the age of 36, I had a child with a breathing problem. We moved outside to smoke, as she had such trouble breathing, and we didn't want to add to that!
Then my father died a few years later of cancer throughout his body. Still I smoked, even as he asked me on his deathbed to try to stop. I did mean to, but I thought that I had too many worries to deal with. How would I face them without a smoke? Little did I know then that the smoking was only adding to my inability (无能) to deal with trouble, clouding my whole world in smoke.
Then Paul had an extremely serious problem in his heart because of a condition caused by smoking. Finally, I decided to quit smoking. I knew I'd suffer greatly too if I kept smoking. Paul decided to join me, of course. He had no choice if he didn't want to die.
Luckily, we made it. Now I have enough energy, a joy in living, and more confidence than ever before.
【语篇解读】 作者十三岁开始吸烟，一直认为没必要戒烟，后来她丈夫的心脏因为吸烟出了问题，她终于决定戒烟了。
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5．What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 1? A．She picked up the habit of smoking from her friends. B．Her sister once persuaded her to stop smoking. C．She knew smoking would damage her health. D．She felt she was different from others.
答案与解析：A 细节理解题。根据第一段的“I began smoking at 13, with a friend in the evenings when we were out.”及后面的“Since all my friends smoked, I never felt different.”可知，作者吸烟的习惯是跟朋友们学来的。
6．What does the underlined word “hazards” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Causes. B．Dangers. C．Steps. D．Rules.
答案与解析：B 词义猜测题。根据“They both begged us to stop...”可知，作者的孩子们知道了吸烟的“危害”，所以乞求父母停止吸烟。
7．Why didn't the author quit smoking when her parents and aunts did that?
A．Because they didn't ask her to do that. B．Because Paul didn't want her to do that. C．Because she was extremely healthy then.
D．Because she thought it was still early to do that. 答案与解析：D 细节理解题。根据第三段的“My parents quit smoking, and my aunts quit smoking, but they were older. I had lots of time to quit in my life.”可知，作者当时认为身边的亲戚戒烟是因为他们老了，而自己还有很多时间，戒烟还太早。
8．What does the author want to tell us? A．It's really dangerous to smoke. B．It's not easy to live a healthy life. C．It's really difficult to quit smoking. D．We should be confident about our life.
答案与解析：A 主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，作者
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的很多亲人都因为吸烟而患病去世了，作者丈夫的心脏也因为吸烟出了问题，所以作者写本文想告诉我们，吸烟的危害很大。
Ⅱ.完形填空
The Great Depression started in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. During that time, many people lost their __1__. My parents were __2__ them. It was 1935 when I was 10 years old. We still __3__ on relief (救济)．
A few days before Christmas, I was washing the __4__ after dinner when I looked out of a kitchen window and saw my father sitting on the stoop (门廊), wearing a(n) __5__ face. A mailman saw him and asked him what was wrong.
I heard my father say that he had __6__ his food vouchers (票券) and that the __7__ had gone beyond the time limit. He had tried to work as a laborer through the Works Progress Administration, but he __8__ because he wasn't a very __9__ man.The work was too hard for him.I was __10__， having seen newspaper pictures of people being __11__ out of the apartments with all their belongings. “How much do you need？” the mailman asked __12__. My dad said he needed $33 for the rent. Without thinking twice, the mailman took out $50 from his wallet and __13__ it to my father. My dad said, “I don't know when I'll be able to pay you back.” The mailman put an arm around my father and __14__ him by saying, “Things will not be this way __15__.It doesn't matter __16__ you will pay me back.”
The mailman __17__ me looking through the window and said, “There will be times in the future when someone __18__ your help. I hope you and your son __19__ today. Help them in your own __20__ and tell them what happened today. This will be my payback. Merry Christmas！”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。美国大萧条时期，作者一家靠救济生活。有一天，父亲正在为生计发愁时，一位邮递员无私的资助使他们得以摆脱困境。
1．A.skills B．jobs C．families D．houses
答案与解析：B 根据上文的“The Great Depression started
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