Unit 1 Women of achievement
Period One Warming Up，Pre-reading & Reading
Ⅰ.语境填词
A．根据汉语提示，写出所缺单词
1．Ihavethegreatest________(尊敬) foryourbrother. 2．Therewasno________(联系) betweenthetwoevents. 3．Heisa________(专家) inwomen’sdiseases.
4．Sheandher________(组织) weregiventheNoblePeacePrizein2010. 5．Somechildrencouldbenoisyandbadly____________(表现)． B．填写空白处所需的内容(1个单词)或用所给词的正确形式填空 6．Mostofherlifewasspent________(care) forothers.
7．Idon’tknowwhytheyoungcouplearegettingintoan________(argue)． 8．Thepatientwassenttothehospitalandundercareful________(observe)． 9．________(hear) thenews，theyimmediatelysetoffforBeijing. 10．Weusedtowalktotheplace________themonkeyfamilyslept. Ⅱ.选词填空
crowdin，intheshade，moveoff，beoutspokenabout，leada...life
11．She________always________________myshortcomings，soIregardherasmybestfriend. 12．Thetroops________________atdawntowardstheirdestination.
13．Theoldcouple____________hard________inthepastthoughtheyworkedhard. 14．Wesat________________andateourlunchonsunnydays. 15．Thethoughtofmissinghome________________onthelittlegirl. Ⅲ.完成句子
16．Onlybythismeans________________________. 只有用这种方法你才能解决问题。
17．____________________________，Ididn’tgotoherweddingparty. 因为不知道她的地址，我没有去她的婚礼。
18．Whenflubreaksoutinwinter, drink________________________________. 冬季流感爆发时要尽可能多喝些水。
19．Thescene________whatwehavedone________. 这个场景使得我们所做的一切很值得。
20．____________________________________，it’shardforhimtochangehismind. 一旦他决定了，他就不会轻易改变主意。 Ⅳ.阅读理解
Didyouknowthatwomen’sbrainsaresmallerthanmen’s
？
Theaveragewomen’sbrainweighs10%lessthanmen’s.Sinceresearchhasshownthatthebiggerthebrain
，
thecleverertheanimal
，
menmustbemoreintelligentthanwomen.Right
？，
Afteryearsofstudy
，，
Wrong.Menandwomenalwaysscoresimilarlyonintelligencetestsdespitethedifferenceinbrainsize.Why
？
researchershaveconcludedthatit’swhat’sinsidethatmatters
notjustthesizeofthebrain.Thebrainconsistsof“greymatter”and“whitematter”．Whilemenhavemoreofthelatter，theamountof“thinking”brainisalmostexactlythesameinbothsexes. Ithasbeensuggestedthatsmallerbrainappearstoworkfaster
，
perhapsbecausethetwosidesofthebrainarebetterconnectedinwomen.Thismeansthatlittlegirlstendtolearntospeakearlier
，
andthatwomencanunderstandsortsofinformationfromdifferentsourcesatthesametime.Whenitcomestotalkingtothebossonthephone，cookingdinnerandkeepinganeyeonthebabyallatthesametime，it’swomenwhocomeoutontopeverytime.
Thereareotherimportantdifferencesbetweentwosexes.As“whitematter”isthekeytospatial(空间的) tasks
，
menknowbetterwherethingsareinrelationtootherthings.“Agreatfootballeralwaysknowswhereheisinrelationtotheotherplayers
，
andheknowswheretogo，”saysoneresearcher.Thatmayexplainoneoflife’sgreatmysteries：whymenrefusetoaskfordirectionandwomenoftenneedto! Thedifferencesbeginwhenfetuses(
胎
儿
)
areaboutnineweeksold
，
whichcanbeseenintheactionofchildrenasyoungasone.Aboywouldtrytoclimbabarrierbeforehimorpushitdownwhileagirlwouldattracthelpfromothers.Thesebraindifferencesalsoexplainthefactthatmorem
entakeupjobsthatrequiregoodspatialskills
whilemorewomenspeechskills.Itmayallgobacktoourancestors
，，
amongwhomwomenneededspeechskillstotakecareoftheirbabiesandmenneededspatialskillstohunt，accordingtooneresearch. Ifallthisdisappointsyou
，
itshouldn’t.“Thebrainchangesthroughoutourlivesaccordingtowhatwedowithit，”saysabiologist. 21．Thepassagemainlytellsus________.
A．thedifferencebetweenmen’sandwomen’sbrains B．thechangesinbrainthroughoutourlives C．thatmenarebetteratspatialtasks
D．thatbraindifferencesarerelatedtoourancestors
22．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothefirstparagraph? A．Women’sbrainis10%lessthanmen’s.
B．“Greymatter”playsthesameroleas“whitematter”． C．“Greymatter”controlsthinkinginthebrain. D．Bothsexeshavethesameamountof“whitematter”． 23．Whatcanweinferfromthesecondandthirdparagraphs? A．Womenpreferdoingmanythingsatatime. B．Mendobetterdealingwithonejobatatime. C．Womendonotneedtotelldirections. D．Menhaveweakerspatialabilities.
24．Whatisthewriter’sattitudeinwritingthispassage? A．Defensive. C．Supportive. Ⅴ.完形填空
IwasinvitedtoattendapresentationattheKentuckySchool.ThateveningIfoundgratitudehadamazing__25__tochangeourattitudeandourlife. TheyoungmusicianMr.Patrickwas__26__ontothestageinhiswheelchairandbegantoplaythepiano.Hisfingersdancedacrossthekeysashe__27__beautifulmusic.Hethenbegantosingasheplayedanditwaswonderful.Butwhatshockedmemostwashis__28__smile. ，
B．Persuasive. D．Objective.
Patrickwasbornwithnoeyesandanillnessinthelegs，which__29__himlameforlife.However，asachild，hewas__30__withartificialeyesandplacedinawheelchair.Beforehisfirst__31__hediscoveredthepiano.Whenhismomhitanynoteonthepianohe’dgetit.Byhissecondbirthday
，
，
andwithinoneortwo__32__，
Twinkle
，，，
hewasplaying“Twinkle
LittleStar”．Hisfatherwas__33__.“Wemightnotplaybaseball，butwecanplaymusictogether.” WhenPatrickwasattheUniversityofLouisville
，
hisfather__34__classeswithhim.Hewasalsoapartofthe214-membermarchingband! Hewasablind，wheelchair-boundtrumpetplayer；andheandhisfatherdidittogether.Hisfather__35__thenightshift(夜班)inordertoaccompanyhisdaytimebandpractice.Patricksays，“Mydad’smy__36__.” Butevenmorethanhis__37__musicaltalentitwasPatrick’s“attitudeofgratitude”that__38__mysoul.Onstage，
betweensongs
，，
hetalkedtotheaudienceabouthislifeandabouthow__39__hewaswithagreatfather.Whenhisperformancewasover
，
Patrickandhisfatherwereonthestagetogether.Thecrowdrosetotheirfeetand__40__foroverfiveminutes.
Weallfacemisfortuneinourlives.__41__，
it’snotthehardshipbuthowwe__42__toitthatwilldeterminethejoyandhappinessinourlives.During__43__times，dowespendtoomuchtimefeeling__44__forourselves，orcanwe，withgratitude，learnhowtodanceintherain? 25．A.knowledge C．wisdom 26．A.rolled C．allowed 27．A.wrote C．made
B．quality
D．power
B．held
D．dragged
B．provided D．gave B．magic D．friendly
B．led D．left
28．A.strange C．bitter
29．A.took C．forced
30．A.fitted B．connected
C．associated 31．A.place C．performance
32．A.memories C．tries
33．A.confused C．interested 34．A.listed C．attended 35．A.worked C．refused
36．A.dream C．music
37．A.unbearable C．unconditional 38．A.touched C．freed
39．A.satisfied C．blessed
40．A.cheered C．shouted
41．A.Therefore C．However 42．A.see C．agree
43．A.happy C．tough
44．A.great C．hopeful
D．filled B．birthday D．attempt
B．words
D．notes
B．amused
D．overjoyed B．found D．organized B．found
D．cancelled
B．hero
D．song
B．unbelievable D．unreasonable
B．calmed
D．felt B．concerned D．laughed B．whispered D．laughed
B．Otherwise
D．Besides
B．react
D．put B．modern D．usual B．sorry
D．proudPeriod
答案精析
Unit 1 Women of achievement
Period One Warming Up，Pre-reading & Reading
Ⅰ.A.1.respect 2.connection 3.specialist 4.organization 5.behaved B．6.(in) caring 7.argument 8.observation 9．Hearing 10.where
Ⅱ.11.is outspokenabout 12.movedoff 13.leda life 14.intheshade 15.crowdedin
Ⅲ.16.canyousolvetheproblem 17.Notknowingheraddress 18.asmuchwateraspossible 19．made worthwhile 20.Oncehehasmadeuphismind
Ⅳ.21.A [主旨大意题。第一段即交代了文章的主要内容：男人和女人的大脑结构存在差异。] 22．C [推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句可知，男人大脑中的“白质”比女人多，而两者大脑中负责思考的部分(“灰质”)则是一样的。]
23．B [推理判断题。由第二段和第三段可推知，女人善于同时处理多个任务，而男人由于大脑中“白质”较多，空间思维能力较好，更善于一次处理一个任务。]
24．D [观点态度题。由全文可知，作者在文中以客观的态度说明了男人和女人由于大脑结构的不同而在行为和能力上的差异。]
Ⅴ.25.D [那天晚上，我发现感恩拥有改变我们的态度和人生的神奇“力量”。power力量。] 26．A [此处意为：年轻的音乐家Patrick先生被“推到”舞台上，开始弹奏钢琴。roll滚，推到。]
27．C [此处意为：在他“弹奏”美妙音乐的时候，他的手指在琴键间来回翻飞。make the music弹奏音乐。]
28．B [但是最令我震惊的是他的“神奇的”微笑。magic神奇的。]
29．D [此处意为：腿上的残疾“使他”变成了瘸子。leave此处意为：使处于……状态。故选D项。]
30．A [此处意为：小时候，他被“安上”了假眼，坐在了轮椅上。fit安装。]
31．B [根据下文中的“By his second birthday，he was playing ?Twinkle，Twinkle，Little Star?．”可知选B项。]
32．C [此处意为：尝试了一两次，他就学会了。try 尝试，符合题意。]
33．D [overjoyed欣喜若狂的，从下文的“We might not play baseball，but we can play music together.”可知父亲“欣喜若狂”。故选D。]
34．C [此处意为：他爸爸和他一起上课。attend class上课。]
35．A [从下文的“...in order to accompany his daytime band practice.”可知他爸爸上夜班。] 36．B [此处意为：父亲是我的偶像。hero英雄，偶像。]
37．B [此处意为：除了他的令人难以置信的音乐天赋外，他的感恩态度感动了我。unbelievable令人难以置信的。]
38．A [此处意为：他的感恩态度感动了我。touch感动。]
39．C [此处意为：有这样一位父亲真是很有福气。blessed神圣的，有福气的。] 40．A [此处意为：观众站起来欢呼。cheer欢呼。]
41．C [此处意为：我们一生都会遭受不幸。但是，不是苦难而是我们应对苦难的方式会决定我们一生的幸福和快乐。however然而。] 42．B [见上题解析。react应对。]
43．C [此处意为：在苦难的时期，我们是否花了太多的时间顾影自怜。tough困难的。] 44．B [feel sorry for...对……感到难过。sorry难过的。]