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高三教案第434期

发布时间：2011-10-24

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I live in a Pratt’s Bottom (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. Strange or funny place names in Britain.

B. The history of British place names.

C. How the British named their towns and cities.

D. How British place names change over time.

2. The underlined phrase “a far cry from” in Paragraph 3 probably means ____.

A. closely related to

B. quite different from

C. in common with

D. in comparison with

3. With the example of Pratt’s Bottom, the author intends to show that in Britain ____.

A. many places were named after people

B. many place names don’t have any meanings

C. some place names come from everyday jokes

D. some place names sound silly and ridiculous

Halloween hell on British buses (P5)

阅读短文并回答问题，请注意问题后的词数要求。

1. What was the author dressed as the cartoon character the Pink Panther for? (No more than 4 words)

____________________________

2. What meant that the author and her friend had to wait for three hours for their bus that night? (No more than 3 words)

____________________________

3. How did the passers-by react to the author and her friend’s costumes? (No more than 8 words)

____________________________

4. What did the author and her friend do while waiting for the bus? (No more than 10 words)

____________________________

5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

You wake up on Sunday morning thinking that it is 8 am, then remember with relief that you actually have another hour in bed.

_________________________________________________________

Superfood or health scam? (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the article, the benefits of antioxidants are ____ by the health and wellness industry.

A. denied B. neglected

C. overstated D. misunderstood

2. According to a recent study published in the Chicago Tribune, antioxidants _____.

A. could bring about fertility problems in females

B. could decrease the benefits of exercise

C. could help athletes improve their performance

D. could reduce the risks of cancer and heart disease

3. What can we conclude from the article?

A. The fewer free radicals there are in our bodies, the healthier we are.

B. Regular exercise can stop free radicals being formed in the body.

C. Excessive antioxidants can be produced by smoking, aging and sunburn.

D. Antioxidants could prevent some of the good effects of free radicals.

4. Who might need to take antioxidant supplements according to the article?

A. Those with thinning blood vessels, to open them out.

B. Those who don’t take regular exercise.

C. Those who engage in heavy exercise.

D. Those who eat a diet rich in fruit and vegetables.

The mystery mail (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the first two paragraphs, it can be inferred that ____.

A. the author didn’t get many letters from home

B. the author adapted quickly to the new environment

C. the author’s family didn’t care about him/her

D. the author was very curious about his/her new environment

2. After reading several postcards, the author ____.

A. felt as miserable as before

B. grew bored with them gradually

C. tried to find out who the writer was

D. felt curious about what would happen next

3. What effect did these postcards have on the author?

A. The author completely forgot his/her home.

B. They made the author want to become a writer like this mystery one.

C. They helped the author gradually adapt to college life.

D. They were a good way for the author to kill time in college.

4. What is the article mainly about?

A. Helping others anonymously is a great virtue.

B. Adapting to a new environment is a long process.

C. The best way to help people is to make up stories.

D. A mystery writer got the author through a difficult transition.

答案详解：

I live in a Pratt’s Bottom (P4)

1. A。本文主要介绍的是英国一些有趣的地名，所以选A。

2. B。从上文“Clop” meant “short hill’, and “ham” originally meant “small village”可知，该地名的原义与现在的“a busy part of London”形成鲜明对照，所以这里a far cry意思是“大不相同”。

3. D。上文提到了“Even historically interesting British place names can seem comical (好笑的) or just plain silly”，这里Christmas Pie与Pratt’s Bottom都是举例说明，所以选D。

Halloween hell on British buses (P5)

1. For a Halloween party.

2. The clocks changed.

3. They stared, laughed, or made “funny” comments.

4. They made friends with local shop owners and a tramp.

5. 你周日早晨醒来时以为是八点钟了，然后你松了一口气，记起来实际上还可以再睡一小时。

Superfood or health scam? (P5)

1. C。由第五段“Yet “antioxidants” remain one of the great selling points of the health and wellness industry. ”以及第六段“Not only have the benefits of antioxidants been overestimated”可知C正确。

2. B。由第三段“On the contrary, antioxidant pills may reduce the good effects of exercise.”可知B正确。

3. D。由倒数第二段“The oxidant hydrogen peroxide (过氧化氢), for example, can help open blood vessels (血管). If we remove it by taking antioxidant pills, our body’s ability to get oxygen to muscles could be harmed.”可知有时候用抗氧化剂会妨碍free radicals的积极作用，故选D。

4. C。由最后一段“Probably 90 percent of all people who exercise will do fine with a fruit- and vegetable-based diet. But those who engage in more stressful exercise - marathoners and Ironman triathletes (三项全能运动员) - may need extra help.”可知C正确。

The mystery mail (P6)

1. A。根据第二段“… my mailbox was frequentlyempty, which did nothing to ease my unhappiness”可知，作者很少收到家里的来信，故选A。

2. D。根据第三段中“I began to really look forward to the next installment, interested to see what this mystery writer wouldcome up withnext”可知，答案选D。

3. C。根据文章可知，这些明信片对作者最大的影响就是，让作者在不知不觉中适应了大学生活，故答案选C。

4. D。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了一个神秘的作者连续寄了些明信片，让作者逐渐适应了大学生活，故答案选Ｄ。