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高三教案 第318期
发布时间:2008-05-05

Harry is a must read (P3)

Check your understanding:

1. What's the passage mainly about?

A. Harry Potter enjoys great popularity in Britain .

B. Harry Potter finds a place in the UK school curriculum.
C. Why Harry Potter is popular in Britain .

D. What inspired J. K. Rowling to create Harry Potter.

 

2. Why are the experts against accepting Harry Potter as part of an A-level?

A. It may lead students to play witches in school.

B. It will lower standards for students in literature.

C. Students may feel it's one more burden on their already busy lives.

D. It may reduce students' interest in works of Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.

 

3. From 2009, students in Britain are required to do all of the following EXCEPT ____.

A. write a story inspired by the book Harry Potter

B. write an essay comparing J. K. Rowling with another writer

C. grasp the plot, characters and the language of Harry Potter

D. get a good understanding of all the books in the Harry Potter series

 

1. B 。 主旨大意题。 本文主要讲述了《哈利▪波特》在英国已经被正式作为课程内容要求被学习,故 B 项正确。

2. B 。 细节理解题。 由第五段可知 “Children should be encouraged to read the great works of literature. Harry Potter may be what they want to read but that doesn't mean it should be part of an A-level,” said Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education. 只有 B 项符合题意。

3. D 。 细节 理解 题。 由第三段可知 A 、 B 、 C 都正确, D 项 all the books 不对,第二段提到了“ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J. K. Rowling's first novel in the series, is on the A-level English language syllabus of the AQA board ”可知英国课程里只要求学生掌握《哈利▪波特》第一册。

 

Anything can happen in sport (P4)

1. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. The Red Sox versus the Yankees

B. People believe in superstition

C. Curse of Babe Ruth

D. Superstition in sports

 

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Ray Allen was angry because he had no place to park his car.

B. Since 2004, the Red Sox has won many Baseball games.

C. The two American baseball teams mentioned can't be more superstitious.

D. America is the country that believes in superstition the most in the world.

 

3. Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are mentioned to ____.

A. prove they are the best baseball teams in the world

B. support the idea that athletes believe in superstitions

C. show us how long a rivalry the two teams have

D. prove sports teams can rely on superstition to win

 

4. In order to break the " Curse of Babe Ruth" and curse the Yankees, Red Sox fans did all of the following EXCEPT ____.

A. place a Boston cap atop Mount Qomolangma

B. hire a professional priest to "purify" Fenway Park

C. sell the player Babe Ruth to New York

D. bury a Red Sox jersey under the Yankees' new stadium

 

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Babe Ruth helped the Yankees win many chances.

B. It is not wise to sell a player to a team that is your rival.

C. Red Sox fans have succeeded in breaking the Yankees' curse.

D. Feeling cursed, the Red Sox teams never tried to improve their performance.

 

1. D 。 标题题。 根据全文可得知,本文介绍的重点为在美国的体育运动中,迷信之风盛行。故 D 项为最佳选项。

2. C 。 细节理解题和判断题。 根据全文可得知两只美国棒球队都非常迷信。

3. B 。 细节判断题。 根据全文可判断出此题答案为 B 。

4. C 。 细节理解题。 第五段提到了 A 、 B 两项,最后一段提到了 D 项,由第三段可知 C 项是 the owner of the Red Sox 所为,而非 Red Sox fans 所为,故选 C 。

5. A 。 推理判断题。 由第三段最后一句话“ While on the Yankees Babe Ruth became the greatest baseball player of all time. ”可知 A 正确 ; B 、 D 两项文章没有切实依据。 C 选项错在 Red Sox fans ,并不是他们破的咒语,是队员碰巧打中了一个孩子的牙齿。

 

Clones unleashed (P6)

1. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. The first cloned dog in South Korea .

B. How to train dogs to sniff out drugs and explosives.

C. Cloned dogs will be used to sniff out drugs and explosives.

D. Cloned drug-sniffing dogs will take the place of natural ones.

 

2. Which of the following is NOT the benefits of cloning drug-sniffing dogs?

A. It helps to reduce costs.

B. The training effect is much better.

C. It's easy to clone drug-sniffing dogs.

D. It can help to improve quality of drug-sniffing dogs.

 

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The dogs are cloned from Afghan hound.

B. The seven cloned dogs, male or female, are all healthy.

C. The cloned dogs are good at accepting the training but are a little passive.

D. It' difficult to find dogs that are qualified for the jobs to sniff out drugs and explosives.

 

4. Before the cloned dogs are put to work, they must pass the following tests EXCEPT ____.

A. physical strength test B. concentration test

C. behavior test D. mental test

 

1. C 。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了克隆狗即将用于反毒品和爆炸案中。

2. C 。细节判断题。根据全文可得知, C 项未提及。

3. D 。细节判断题。根据文章倒数第二段可得知此题答案。

4. D 。细节题。根据文章倒数第四五段可得知此题答案。

 

Permission to fail (P6)

1. The story is written mainly to ____.

A. tell us who influenced Donnie greatly

B. sing the praises of Mary Anne

C. show us the function of erasers

D. deliver a life lesson about failure

 

2. The word "baffled" in paragraph 3 most probably means ____.

A. encouraged B. confused

C. conquered D. impressed

 

3. The author seems to believe that ____.

A. failure is an embarrassing thing to be ashamed of

B. failure is an opportunity to learn and make progress

C. only excellent performance deserves appreciation

D. each of us should try our best to be a perfectionist

 

1. D 。主旨大意题。本文通过讲述 Donnie 在 Mary Anne 的帮助下,敢于直面错误与失败,也告诉我们失败就象橡皮,擦掉了重新开始,我们就可以成功,因此 D 项符合题意。

2. B 。词义猜测题。 baffled 在文中表达“感到困惑”,因此 B 项为最佳选项。

3. B 。细节判断题。由第一段可知作者认为失败是人生中一个必不可少的学习过程,因此 B 项正确。

 


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