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课时提升作业 二十一
必修5 Unit 1 Great scientists
(限时35分钟)
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
A
(2018·河南八市联考)
Many of the world’s most well-known people were once successful failures. Here are the stories of a few of them.
Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln was one of America’s greatest leaders, taking the country through the Civil War(from 1860 to 1865). However, his life was never easy. He started numerous businesses that failed. He went bankrupt twice, and was defeated in 26 campaigns for public office. He later said, “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ”
Vincent Van Gogh(1853-1890)
Van Gogh is one of the most famous and influential painters in the history of Western Art. He’s renowned for paintings such as The Starry Night, The Potato Eaters and Sunflowers. However, during his
lifetime, Van Gogh sold only one painting for a very small amount of money. Despite this, he carried on painting, sometimes even going without food so he could complete his collection of over 800 known works.
Albert Einstein(1879-1955)
Albert Einstein won the Noble Prize in Physics in 1921. However, he wasn’t always considered as a “genius”. He didn’t speak until he was four, and couldn’t read until he was seven. His teachers and parents thought he was slow, so he was expelled from school and couldn’t get into the Zurich Polytechnic School. He later famously said, “Success is failure in progress. ”
Stephen King(born 1947)
Stephen King is one of the best-selling authors of all time, but his first book, Carrie, was rejected by about 30 publishers. Eventually, Stephen threw it in the bin, but his wife fished it out and encouraged him to resubmit it, which he did successfully this time!
【文章大意】这篇文章主要讲了世界上的许多人在成功之前都遭遇了失败, 并且为我们列举了几个非常有名的人物的例子。 1. Which statement is true about Abraham Lincoln? A. He led the American War of Independence. B. He never succeeded in his business. C. He was full of courage and perseverance.
D. He is the greatest president of the United States.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第二段中的However, his life was never easy. He started numerous businesses that failed. He went bankrupt twice, and was defeated in 26 campaigns for public office. He later said, “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ” 可推断出亚伯拉罕·林肯充满勇气, 坚持不懈, 选C。
2. Who became famous all over the world after his death? A. Abraham Lincoln. B. Vincent Van Gogh. C. Albert Einstein.
D. Stephen King.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第三段中的However, during his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only one painting for a very small amount of money. 可推断出梵高是在去世之后, 才闻名于全世界的。 3. What was the most likely reason for Albert Einstein’s dropping out of school?
A. He was too slow to learn. B. He couldn’t speak or read. C. His teacher thought he was stupid. D. He didn’t obey the school rules.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。由倒数第二段中的His teachers and parents thought he was slow, so he was expelled from school and couldn’t get into the Zurich Polytechnic School. 可推断出爱因斯坦被退学, 最可能
的原因就是老师认为他很笨。
4. What do the people in the passage have in common? A. They are all Americans.
B. They are known for their writings. C. They were born in the same century.
D. They all suffered failure before they succeeded.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第一段中的Many of the world’s most well-known people were once successful failures. Here are the stories of a few of them. 可推断出这些人们的共同之处在于他们在成功之前都遭遇了失败。 B
Since Brandon was a kid, he has loved playing baseball. For him, baseball, was and still is his life and his impetus and drive for staying in school.
But as Brandon got older, he started making bad choices. He cut classes, hung out with the wrong friends and got suspended(被停学)often. His grandmother took care of the family and his mom worked 12-hour shifts at a car lot, doing everything she could to provide for the family. Dr. Decmona Warren, a teacher of a Communities In Schools(CIS), saw the signs but when she tried to help, Brandon wouldn’t take it. “When I heard her call my name, I would nearly run away. ”Brandon said later.
His GPA(平均成绩)fell to a 1. 4 and Brandon was kicked out of the baseball team. He knew if he wanted to play baseball, he had to stop acting like that. Determined to become successful both on the field and in the classroom, Brandon decided to embrace the support from Communities In Schools. He turned to Dr. Warren, who welcomed him as a CIS student with open arms. From tutoring to parent-teacher conferences, he allowed Dr. Warren to become his“school mom”, and slowly, things started to turn around.
“CIS of Atlanta has made a big difference in my life. This program has taught me to think before I act and make better choices in choosing friends. Before CIS it seemed like every week I was either out of school or in school suspension. Once when I was an honor student in middle school, I found myself failing miserably in almost all of my classes as a freshman in high school. But with the help of CIS I am now back on track, more focused and determined to do better in my academics and behavior. ”
He’s back on the team now playing in the Catcher position, with a 2. 8 GPA. He is already looking at colleges for baseball scholarships. 【文章大意】本文写了Brandon因为成绩不好而被踢出棒球队, 由于对棒球的热爱, Brandon通过努力学习提高了学习成绩而重返球队。 5. What does the underlined word “impetus” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?