Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.话题分析本单元以“难以预料的事情（Unexpected events）”为话题，与这一话题关系密切的话题主要有：1.意外（Accidents）2.经历（Experiences）在以上两个话题中，“意外”是各地中考中最常考的话题之一。
在本单元的阅读训练中,阅读材料多是叙述生活中发生的出乎意料的事情。
体裁多以记叙文为主，利用一般过去时描述过去发生的意外事件等。
背景导读天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
在我们的生活中，谁难免会发生一些无法预料的事情，但要记住这不是世界末日，不必太在意。
读读Kate Smith和Mr. Black的故事，你就会明白祸福相依的道理。
当你遇到倒霉的事情时，也许会有意想不到的转机哦！你是否有在一大早发生一连串倒霉的事情的经历？比如睡过头导致跑着去赶公交车，然后错过公交车导致上学迟到……面对这些看似倒霉的经历你是如何应对的？你小时候是否有玩火的经历？本单元中十一岁的主人公玩火差点酿成大锅。
你是怎样度过每年的愚人节的？你曾经有被人愚弄或者愚弄别人的经历吗？James和他的妻子在愚人节那天到底发生了什么事情？带着这些问题，赶紧开启本单元的阅读之旅吧！完形填空链接课文体裁：记叙文词数：199 难度：★☆☆建议用时：5分钟正确率：__/10 Every day something unexpected happens in our life. But not all bad things will go bad all the time.Have you ever heard that the World Trade Center 1 by terrorists on September 11, 2001 in America? Kate Smith was an office 2 at the World Trade Center then. At around 8:30 a.m. she 3 thebuilding. She was about to go up when she decided to get a coffee first. As she was waiting 4 line with others, she heard a loud sound. A p lane hit her office building. She didn’t believe her eyes at first. But when she saw the black smoke rising 5 the burning building, she realized it was true. She was 6 scared that she could hardly think clearly after that. But she felt lucky to be 7 Sometimes bad luck can 8 turn into a good thing. On March 8, 2014, Mr. Black from Malaysia planned to spend his first holiday in a year in China. But he 9 because his alarm clock didn’t go off. When he hurried to the airport, his plane 10. “What bad luck!” He thought to himself. Later on that day, he knew MH370 was missing on TV. It was exactly his flight.( )1.A. was taken down B. took downC. was taking downD. have taken down( )2.A. teacher B. doctorC. studentD. worker( )3.A. arrived at B. arrived inC. gotD. reached to( )4.A. on B. atC. inD. to( )5.A. above B. onC. underD. below( )6.A. very B. soC. tooD. such( )7.A. living B. livelyC. liveD. alive( )8.A. really B. hardlyC. nearlyD. unexpectedly( )9.A. woke up B. sleptC. oversleptD. stayed up( )10.A. had taken off B. have taken offC. took offD. takes off阅读理解A 体裁：记叙文词数：222+122 难度：★☆☆建议用时：5分钟正确率：__/5 Molly had a bad day today. This morning, when she got out of bed, shestepped on her favorite doll and broke its head off. When she went to brush herteeth, she dropped her toothbrush.At breakfast, Molly dropped her breakfast plate on the floor. One of herpancakes even flew up to the ceiling and didn’t fall back down①!After breakfast, Molly looked at her watch and found she was already late. She usually takes the school bus to school, but today she missed it and had to take a taxi to school.When Molly arrived at school, she found she had forgotten to bring her math homework. And in the P.E. class, she tripped②and her knee③was hurt badly.“I had a bad day,” Molly cried, throwing herself on her bed after she came home.“What’s the matter, Molly?”her mom asked. Then Molly told her mom about what had happened in the day.“I know what will make you e with me.”her mom said. They walked down the street to the park. Mom pushed Molly on a swing（秋千）.“Whee! It’s fun,” Molly laughed. Swinging is always her favorite thing.“This is for you,”her mom said and handed Molly a pretty red flower. “Do you feel better now?”( )1.When Molly got out of bed, ______.A. her favorite doll was lostB. she broke off her favorite doll’s headC. she made her favorite doll dirtyD. she dropped her favorite doll on the ground( )2.Molly had ______ for breakfast.A. nothingB. some riceC. some pancakesD. some bread( )3.How does Molly usually go to school?A. She walks to school.B. She goes to school by school bus.C. She goes to school by taxi.D. She goes to school in her father’s car.( )4.Molly hurt ______ in the P.E. class.A. her headB. her armC. her footD. her knee( )5.Molly’s mother ______ to make her feel better.A. pushed her on a swingB. bought her a swingC. gave her a pretty flowerD. both A and C阅读理解B 体裁：记叙文词数：218+140 难度：★★☆建议用时：6分钟正确率：__/5 Four years ago when I was a boy of 11, I got into the biggest trouble as akid. It was a Saturday morning. Both my parents were out, leaving me andmy 10-month-old sister home alone. Anyway, my sister was still asleep in herroom. In fact, I had the house to myself. 1 decided to do some drawing. Soon1 gave up. Nothing was on TV, so I felt bored and touched the candles on theshelf ... I had an idea! What would happen if I set fire to some kitchen paper? Well, of course it went on fire, but it wasn’t the tiny flame①I’d expected, and I couldn’t blow it out. 1 threw it on the floor, and then luckily got my dad’s boots②and stamped it out.I thought I was safe until there was a huge hole in my room. When my mom came home later,she smelt the smoke immediately③. She dropped the shopping bag, luckily for me, over the hole, I thought this meant she would never see it. However, after running round the house checking for a fire, she of course picked up the bag and saw the hole. Next I was grounded（关禁闭）and in trouble for months. Even worse though, the hole was still there, reminding me of what 1 did.( )1.The writer was when he wrote the passage.A. 11 years oldB. 13 years oldC. 15 years oldD. 17 years old( )2.The underlined words “stamped out” mean “______” in Chinese.A. 吹灭B. 踩灭C. 杀灭D. 浇灭( )3.Put the sentences in the right order according to the passage.① The boy set fire to some kitchen paper.② The boy did some drawing.③ The boy was grounded.④ The boy stamped the fire out.⑤ His mother checked for a fire.A. ②④③①⑤B. ②①④⑤③C. ②①④③⑤D. ①③④②⑤( )4.______ put out the fire at last.A. The writerB. The writer and his sisterC. The writer’s motherD. The writer’s father( )5.What’s the main idea of the pas sage?A. It’s d ifficult to put out a fire.B. The boy didn’t look after his sister.C. The boy made a big trouble when he was 11.D. Don’t leave children home alone while shopping.James and his wife went to Beijing Restaurant for dinner at 7:00 p.m. on April 1st, 2005. While they were eating, a waitress came to tell them that the two men at the next table were film-makers and that they would like to have a talk with James.James agreed. One man came to sit down next to him and said that they were making a fim named The Magic Gloves. The story was like Harry Potter and they were looking for an actor to play a magician①. They would like to invite James to have a try.James was excited, “Many people think I look like Patrick Steward.” However, as he was going to leave China in 3 days, he wanted to try out②after dinner. The man agreed.At 9:00 p.m., when James asked for the bill so that he could go with the film-makers, the manager of Beijng Restaurant said sorry to him with a smile, “It’s an April Fool’s Day joke! Your meal is free. Thank you.”James completely③forgot about it but when he found that he was fooled, he didn’t leave at once. The waitress asked him if he needed some help. James said, “I was fooled once. I’m afraid the meal is not free. I am waiting for the bill to see if it is another joke.”( )1.James came to the restaurant ______.A. to have dinnerB. to meet the film-makersC. to celebrate April Fool’s DayD. to play a magician( )2.James agreed to act because ______.A. he was fullB. he thought he looked like Patrick StewardC. he wanted to make some moneyD. he liked Harry Potter( )3.The phrase “was fooled”in the last paragraph probably means“______”.A. was attackedB. was laughed atC. was disturbedD. was played a joke on( )4.Which of the following is TRUE?A. James stayed at the restaurant for less than two hours.B. The two men sitting next to James were really film-makers.C. James didn’t know it was April Fool’s Day until he was told so.D. James left the restaurant right after dinner.( )5.When the manager came to tell him the truth, James ______.A. was angry that he had been fooledB. was pleased that he had been given a free mealC. was still not sure if they were playing another joke on himD. decided to wait for another free meal阅读短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，每个选项只能用一次。
