Unit 3 Under the sea
Section Ⅰ Warming up and Reading—Pre-reading
Ⅰ.完形填空
When I was in first grade，doctors found a cancer in my head.It changed my__1__.After an operation，I spent a whole year getting treatment.The__2__medicine that cured the cancer made my stomach hurt.One day，when I found out about a program that trains dogs to be friends with people，I__3__my parents to let me have one.They knew it had been a(n)__4__year for me and they said yes.I was really happy，but I didn’t__5__that my life was about to change again.
We went to visit a few dogs to see if any seemed__6__for me.We went outside to play with them，and I found there was__7__magical about one dog.Instead of running around and playing like the other dogs，Coco just__8__with me on the grass.Since I felt so__9__，taking a rest was all I wanted to do.Coco seemed to__10__it.Right then，I started to feel better with Coco sitting next to me.I knew she was the right dog，and she came home with us.
Coco was__11__there for me and with the help of her__12__，my cancer was cured.That was when I realized that I __13__to help someone else get a dog like Coco.I__14__that if I could do that，another kid with cancer could start to feel better，too.
I needed to__15__enough money for one__16__dog.I sold home-made dog biscuits and after a summer of sales，I had enough money to pay for a(n)__17__.My first adopted dog，Lucky Bug，went to Krysta，who had lost most of her__18__when she got cancer.She couldn’t see the dog，__19__she could get to know him by touching and smelling him.
I__20__cancer，and I knew Lucky Bug would help Krysta the way Coco had helped me.
语篇解读 作者上小学一年级就得了癌症，但她很坚强并且在一条狗的陪伴下战胜了病魔，也因此开始帮助一些像她一样得癌症的小朋友。
1．A.habits C．character
B．hobbies D．life
解析： 根据本段末my life was about to change及下文内容可知，癌症改变了作者的生活(life)。
答案： D
2．A.terrible C．expensive
B．traditional D．efficient
解析： 由本空后made my stomach hurt可推测，此处是作者在抱怨治癌症的药很糟糕(terrible)。
答案： A 3．A.advised C．allowed
B．begged D．helped
解析： 由下文and they said yes可知作者请求(begged)父母给她买一条小狗。 答案： B 4．A.strange C．new
B．tough D．exciting
解析： 因为得了癌症，一年的治疗是很难熬的，故tough(艰难的，艰辛的)符合语境。 答案： B 5．A.believe C．realize
B．remember D．understand
解析： 父母答应给自己买一条小狗作伴，作者很高兴，但她此时还没有意识到(realize)自己后来的生活会因此而改变。
答案： C 6．A.beautiful C．right
B．friendly D．gentle
解析： 作者一家去看了很多狗，是想为作者选一条合适的(right)。下文的I knew she was the right...为提示。
答案： C 7．A.everything C．anything
B．something D．nothing
解析： 由下文Coco与其他狗的不同可知，作者觉得Coco身上有些东西(something)很神奇。
答案： B 8．A.played C．ran
B．lay D．sat
解析： 由下文with Coco sitting next to me可知，Coco没有和其他狗一起奔跑玩耍，而是坐在(sat)作者身旁。
答案： D 9．A.sick
B．sad
C．bored D．lonely
解析： 由作者身患癌症及“只想休息”可知，作者感觉不舒服(sick)。 答案： A 10．A.enjoy C．share
B．sense D．keep
解析： 由下文Coco呆在作者身旁，因此作者感觉好多了及最后作者带Coco回家可知，作者觉得Coco似乎能感觉到(sense)她不舒服。
答案： B 11．A.always C．seldom 答案： A 12．A.care C．medicine
B．effort D．friendship B．sometimes D．never
解析： 由上下文不难得知，Coco总是(always)陪着作者，并且在她友谊(friendship)的帮助下，作者战胜了癌症。
答案： D 13．A.planned C．wanted 答案： C 14．A.admitted C．figured
B．doubted D．discovered B．prepared D．offered
解析： 作者在Coco的陪伴下，战胜了癌症，因此意识到自己想要(wanted)帮助其他患有癌症的孩子也能有一条像Coco一样的狗，因为她认为(figured)自己能做到的事情，其他孩子也能做到。
答案： C 15．A.borrow C．save
B．raise D．receive
解析： 由下文作者出售自己家做的狗饼干可知，作者在为别的孩子可以拥有一条像Coco这样的狗而筹集(raise)善款。
答案： B 16．A.abandoned C．cured
B．trained D．lost
解析： 由文章第一段I found out about a program that trains dogs to be friends with people可知，这些狗都是经过训练(trained)的。
答案： B 17．A.adoption C．project
B．treatment D．biscuit
解析： 由本空后的My first adopted dog可知，作者经过一个夏天的辛苦筹钱，终于筹足了钱可以领养第一条狗，此处adoption指具体领养的东西。
答案： A 18．A.patience C．eyesight
B．energy D．hearing
解析： 由下文的She couldn’t see the dog可知，Krysta因为患上癌症而失明(eyesight)。
答案： C 19．A.as C．if
B．or D．but
解析： “她看不见狗”和“能够通过抚摸和嗅觉来了解狗”之间是转折关系，故选but。
答案： D 20．A.forgot C．ignored
B．survived D．hated
解析： 由上文my cancer was cured可知，作者最终战胜了癌症，故survived(幸存)符合语境。
答案： B Ⅱ.阅读理解
Robert Ballard was born in 1942.From an early age，he loved the sea.Ballard grew up in Southern California.He spent his free time at the beach near his home.He enjoyed fishing and swimming.He even learned to scuba dive.
When Ballard wasn’t at the ocean，he loved reading about
it.At age 10，he read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.That was one of the first science-fiction books.It describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo.
Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up.His parents helped him follow his dream.
Ballard was a hardworking student.He spent many years learning all he could about the ocean.By the age of 28，he was an expert.In 1970，he took a job as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts.There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean.He came up with ways to predict volcanoes under the oceans.Working with other scientists，Ballard also found previously unknown sea animals.These animals lived far below the ocean’s surface，where scientists had believed no animals could live.
By the 1980s，Ballard’s interests changed.He developed unmanned vehicles to explore the ocean’s depths.His first find，the well-known ship Titanic，made Ballard famous.He was not happy with just one big find，however.He looked for—and found—other well-known ships.One was the German battleship Bismarck.Another was the U．S.S.Yorktown，an aircraft carrier (航空母舰) that sank during World War Ⅱ.
Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer.He also heads an organization that encourages students to learn about science.Ballard hopes that some of the students will follow in his footsteps.After all，the world’s huge oceans are mostly unexplored.Who knows what remains to be discovered under the sea?
语篇解读 本文是记叙文。文章介绍了著名的海洋学家Robert Ballard。他也是“泰坦尼克号”巨轮的发现者与研究者。
1．What was Ballard’s dream when he was young? A．To be a science teacher. B．To be an underwater explorer. C．To be an animal expert. D．To be a science-fiction writer.
解析： 细节理解题。第三段提到Ballard想长大以后像尼莫船长一样探索海底世界。下文他为此而做的努力也证明了这一点。最后一段中的Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer是提示。
答案： B
2．When Ballard worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute，he________. A．explored the undersea world by ship
B．thought of ideas to predict underwater volcanoes C．found some unknown sea animals alone
D．set up an organization to teach students science
2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 3 Under the sea Section Ⅰ W
