unit 3 Going places
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Passage A
阅读理解
Last year I went to Nepal (尼泊尔) for three months to work in a hospital.
I think it's important to see as much of a country as you can, but it is difficult to travel around Nepal. The hospital let me have a few days holiday, so I decided to go into the jungle (丛林) and I asked a Nepalese guide, Kamal Rai, to go with me. We started our trip at six in the morning with two elephants carrying our equipment. It was hot, but Kamal made me wear shoes and trousers to protect me from snakes.① In the jungle there was a lot of wildlife, but we were trying to find big cats, especially tigers. We climbed onto the elephants backs to see better, but it is unusual to find tigers in the afternoon because they sleep in the daytime.
Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and Kamal told me to be very quiet. We moved nearer and found a dead deer. This was the tiger s lunch! I started to feel very frightened.
We heard the tiger a second before we saw it. It jumped out suddenly, five hundred kilos plus and four meters long. It grabbed (咬住) Kamal's leg between its teeth, but I succeeded (成功) in pulling Kamal away.② One of our elephants ran at the tiger and made it go back into the grass, so we quickly escaped to let the tiger eat its lunch. That night it was impossible to sleep.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The writer of the passage must be____ .
A. a Nepalese doctor
B. a foreign tourist
C. a Nepalese traveler
D. a foreign doctor
2. What made the writer suddenly start to feel very frightened?
A. He heard the noise of the tiger.
B. He saw the tiger in the distance.
C. He realized that they were in danger.
D. He knew that the tiger was in danger.
3. What was unusual about the tiger?
A. It hunted a deer on a hot afternoon.
B. It was 500 kilos plus and four meters long.
C. It was afraid of an elephant.
D. It almost killed the Nepalese guide.
难句注释
① It was hot, but Kamal made me wear shoes and trousers to protect me from snakes.
尽管天很热，但Kamal却让我穿上了长裤和鞋以保护自己不受蛇的伤害。
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② It grabbed Kamal s leg between its teeth, but I succeeded in pulling Kamal away.
它紧紧咬住Kamal 的腿，可我还是成功地将Kamal 拉走了。
Passage B
阅读理解
From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax (放松) and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports. It depends on individual interests. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.
Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars.
A short time ago he bought a rare (稀有的) fifty cent piece worth S｜250! He was very happy about his buying and thought the price was reasonable (合理的). On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes.① He has
almost 600 of them but I doubt (怀疑) if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.②
That s what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The underlined word “individual” i n the first paragraph most probably means____ .
A. different
B. strange
C. secret
D. one's own
2. In the writer's opinion, ____.
A. all hobbies are very expensive
B. some hobbies don't cost anything
C. hobbies are worthless
D. hobbies are valuable to everybody
3. Something that one enjoys doing in one's spare time is a____ .
A. job
B. pleasure
C. hobby
D. habit
4. Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT true?
A. The writer's brother has a large collection of matchboxes, which makes him very happy.
B. We collect a subject in our spare time simply for the fun of it.
C. The pleasure that a hobby can give is important.
D. To have a hobby means to spend a lot of money.
难句注释
① On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes.
与之相反，我最小的弟弟收集火柴盒。
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②Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
没有什么比找到一个供收藏的新火柴盒更使他开心的了。
Passage C
阅读理解
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that were also enjoyed by the inhabitants (居民) of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help a country's economy (经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination (目的地) country and how tourism affects(影响)them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the well being of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country s economy will suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs.
① Businesses will also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, broad roads, and other things needed by places of interest. For example, a five star tourism hotel needs as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities (支撑设施) as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, and sewers to handle waste and water② .All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the part that goes before this passage?
A. It is very important to develop tourism.
B. Building roads and hotels is necessary.
C. Support facilities are highly important.
D. Planning is very important to tourism.
2. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ____.
A. a bad effect on other industries
B. a change of tourists customs
C. over crowdedness of places of interest
D. pressure (压力) on traffic
3.Not enough tourism can lead to ____.
A. an increase of unemployment (失业)
B. a decrease(减退)in tourist attractions
C. the higher cost of support facilities
D. a rise in price and a fall in pay
难句注释
① On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs.
另一方面，如果旅游业不能得到充分的发展，那么许多人将会面临失业的问题。
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② There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, and sewers to handle waste and water. 还需要一些配套设施，包括交通，电力和处理垃圾、废水的卫生设施等。
Passage D
完形填空
I arrived in the United States on February 6, 1996, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o clock in the afternoon. The weather was very 1 and it was snowing, but I was too excited to 2 . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my 3 . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the 4 time and I looked in astonishment (惊奇) at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man made 5 . My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.
6 my friend had left, I went to a
7 near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't speak a single
8 of English, I couldn't tell the
9 what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some 10 , but the waiter didn t 11 me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was 12 .① After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway② 13 I came to Times Square with its cinemas, theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people.
I did not feel tired, so I 14 to walk around the city. I wanted to see 15 on my first day. I knew it was 16 , but I wanted to try.
When I returned to the hotel, I was 17 , but I couldn't 18 because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens (警笛) during the night. I lay 19 and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of 20 and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. warmB. hotC. coldD. cool
2. A. look B. listen C. enjoy D. mind
3. A. school B. hotel C. home D. office
4. A. first B. second C. last D. only
5. A. parks B. satellitesC. beauty D. lakes
6. A. Long before B. Shortly after
C. Sooner or later
D. Then
7. A. restaurant B. sailor s shop
C. bookstore
D. post office
8. A. sentence B. little C. word D. phrase
9. A. boss B. cook C. waiter D. man
10. A. sounds B. noise C. voices D. gestures
11. A. listen to B. understand C. see D. serve
12. A. reading B. writingC. ordering D. eating
13. A. untilB. when C. before D. after
14. A. stopped B. tired C. decidedD. continued
15. A. something B. everything C. some thingsD. anything
16. A. necessary B. important C. impossible D. right
17. A. tired B. excited C. surprisedD. pleased
18. A. go out B. eat C. have a bathD. fall asleep
19. A. afraid B. awake C. aloud D. asleep
20. A. noiseB. streets C. places D. rivers
难句注释
① Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating.
最后，我点了邻桌顾客吃的东西。
② Broadway 百老汇大街。
Passage A
本文描述了作者和向导在尼泊尔丛林遭遇老虎的经历。
1. D. 据首句得知。
2. C. 由第二段得知，作者感到害怕的原因是意识到处境危险。
3. A. 由第一段末句“...it is unusual to find tigers in the afternoon” 推知。
Passage B
人们喜欢根据自己的爱好在业余时间做一些自己喜欢的事情，也就是文中所说的hobby。
1. D. 根据文意，此处指“个人的兴趣”。
2. B. 由第三段“集火柴盒”的例子可知。
3. C. 这是对hobby的解释。
4. D. 据第二段可知，并非所有的爱好都需要花钱。
Passage C
本文叙述了旅游业对一个地区的重要性以及如果缺乏科学规划旅游业会产生的诸多问题。
1. D. 根据首段首句，可判断本文之前部分应叙述“规划对旅游业的重要性”。
2. B. 由第一、二段可知，旅游业的泛滥并不能改变旅游者的习惯。
3. A. 由第三段“On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs.”可知答案为A。
Passage D
本文叙述了作者美国纽约之行第一天的经历和感想。
1. C. 根据下文可知天气很冷。
2. D. 太激动了，也就不在乎天气的寒冷了。
3. B. 下文有暗示，可知是去宾馆。
4. A. for the first time 意为“第一次”。
5. C. 看到了摩天大楼等人造景观的美。
6. B. shortly after 意为“不久以后；不一会儿”。
7. A. 根据下文“...to get something to eat”，可知“我”去了宾馆附近的一家饭店。
8. C. 根据最后一句可知“我”一个英语单词都不会说。
9. C.根据文意可知，应是服务员或侍者。
10. D. make some gestures 意为“做手势”。
11. B. 服务员还是不明白“我”的意思。
12. D. 点了邻桌顾客吃的东西。
13. A. 沿着百老汇大街一直走到时代广场。
14. D. 继续在纽约市区徜徉。
15. B. 根据下文可知，此句意为“我想在第一天看到纽约的一切”。
16. C. 第一天就把纽约看个遍是不可能的，但“我”想试一试。
17. A. 回到宾馆，感觉肯定是累的。
18. D. 虽然很累，但因为窗外警笛声和火警声无法入睡。
19. B. awake为表语形容词，意为“清醒的；醒着的”。
20. A. 根据上文可知纽约市区喧嚣、嘈杂。
1. We started our trip at six in the morning with two elephants carrying our equipment. 早上六点钟我们开始了旅途，两头大象驮着我们的设备。(Line 8, Passage A)
trip 是非正式用语，强调一次往返的短途旅程。journey 则比较正式，常指时间和距离都较长的陆路旅行，不一定最终要回到出发地。而travel 则泛指旅行、游历，尤指国外旅行，但无路程之义。如：
Mother took me downtown on a shopping trip. 妈妈带我进城买东西了。
We made a journey to the Northeast of China. 我们在中国的东北做了一次旅行。
He has just returned from his travels. 他旅行刚回来。
2. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is. 金钱的价值并不重要，重要的是它(业余爱好)给我们带来的快乐。(Last line, Passage B)
not...but... 意为“不是……而是……” 连接两个并列的成分，表示意思上的转折。如：
He went not to help his father but to borrow money from him. 他并不是去帮他父亲忙而是去向他父亲借钱。
注意：当not...but...连接两主语时，谓语动词要与紧靠它的主语在人称和数上一致。如：
Not he but I am a doctor. 不是他而是我是一名医生。
Not the teacher but the students are going there. 不是老师而是学生们将去那里。
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高一英语阅读理解训练 阅读理解（满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person. 21．When you do something wrong, _______________. A. you may correct it
高一英语阅读理解测试题及答案 阅读理解（3）（同步类） 故事类 1 (黑龙江省鹤北林业局高级中学09-10学年期末考）I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court. After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I?d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him. But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited
新闻报道类 （I）★★★ MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border（边界）to go to church on a Sunday （安全）rules. cost a US citizen ＄10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church. There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings. As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs（海关）station in this are is closed on Sundays, so be just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally（非法）. Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint. Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said. 1．We learn from the text that Richard Albert is . A．an American living in Township 15 B．a Canadian living in a Quebec village C．a Canadian working in a customs station D．an American working in a Canadian church 2．Albert was fined because he . A．failed to obey traffic rules B．broke the American security rules C．worked in St. Pamphile without a pass D．damaged the gate of the customs office 3．The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means . A．a drive through the town B．a race across the fields C．a roundabout way of travelling D．a journey in the mountain area 4．What would be the best title for the text? A．A Cross-country Trip B．A Special Border Pass C．An Unguarded Border D．An Expensive Church Visit 1-4 ABCD （II）★★ A young British sailor was missing at sea yesterday in similar circumstances(情况)to the way his father died five years ago．
高一英语阅读理解同步练习附答案 高一英语阅读理解同步练习附答案 阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Moscow,Russia(Space news)-The computer is a better chess player,insisted Viktor Prozorov,the loser. It seemed as if it were laughing after every good move.I know I should have beaten it for the sake of mankind(为人类着想），but I just couldn't win, he announced and shook his head sadly. Prozorov's disappointment was shared by several grand masters who were present,some of whom were so upset that they shouted at the machine.Many chess players said that this meant the end of chess championships(锦标赛）around the world,since the fun had been taken out of the game. The computer walked－or rather,rolled-away with 5,000 dollars in prize money and limited its remarks to a set of noises and light. 56.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this newspaper article? A.5,000 dollars goes to a computer! B.New invention a laughing computer! C.World's best chess player beaten! https://www.doczj.com/doc/3c11243423.html,puter defeats man in chess! 57.How did some of the grand masters feel about the chess game between Prozorov and the computer? A.They thought that the game was no fun. B.They thought that the game wasn't fair. C.They agreed that Prozorov didn't play well. D.They were unhappy that the computer had won. 58.What was it that Prozorov felt most bitter(懊恼)about? A.That he didn't win the$5,000. B.That he hadn't tried his best. C.That he had lost to a machine. D.That this was the end of the chess game. 59.After winning the game,the computer_____. https://www.doczj.com/doc/3c11243423.html,ughed B.walked away C.made some remarks D.gave out some lights and sounds 60.Many chess players felt that playing with a computer would_____. A.make the game tougher B.make the game less interesting C.make man appear foolish D.make man lose lots of B Extract 1 A computer A computer is an information processor.It is given information,called data,instructed to do certain things and then show us the results.The data put into the computer is called theinput and the results which come out are the output.Some people say the circle of large standing stones at Stonechenge is a kind of computer.Prehistory people worked out their calendar from the position of the shadows made by the sun shining on the stones.
高中英语阅读理解练习1（共2篇） A Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is not different. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I'm sorry to say that the men in the family — my dad, my younger brother and myself — rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over. Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it's not yet time to eat. First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances, I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren't wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university. But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose. Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig_in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights — visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in. 1．The purpose of the text is to__________. A．tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day B．tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day C．introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day D．introduce the American Thanksgiving Day 解析：主旨大意题。作者开门见山点明美国每家每户都有自己的感恩节传统，然后详细描述他们一家人这一天的活动，因此B项“讲述这一家人如何过感恩节”能概括全文大意。 答案：B 2．On Thanksgiving Day the author's family do the following except__________. A．watching a movie B．making visits C．having a big meal D．watching football 解析：细节理解题。文章前四段描述作者一家人准备感恩节大餐，最后一段首句Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig_in.说明一家人终于开吃了，首先