Unit 3 Computers
李仕才
一、阅读理解
Mahendra, a former senior officer at the State Bank of India, talks about his disabled and wounded dogs like a father about his children—with the same love, affection, and warmth. He's a wellknown animal rights activist, the secretary at People for Animals (PFA). But nothing explains Mahendra better than his love for animals. It was this love that led him to establish India's first shelter home for dogs living with disabilities.
It all started in 1998 when, while taking a midnight walk, Mahendra came across a very weak dog on the street, whose bones were seen under its skin. Mahendra decided to feed it and for the next couple of days it became the centre of his life, until the night when he found it dead. Since then, Mahendra started providing treatment to all wounded and sick dogs he came across. After some time, somebody told Mahendra about PFA, India's largest animal welfare organization, chaired by Mrs Maneka Gandhi. Mahendra contacted her and, impressed by the work he was doing, Mrs Gandhi asked him to start a PFA chapter in Ahmedabad.
Thus, in 2014, he started the shelter. It took a long time for Mahendra to find land where the shelter could be set up. Finally, Ramesh Bhai Patel, a farmer from a village named Jundal, agreed to give his land for nothing. Along with a team of four doctors and many volunteers, the shelter now has twentyfive dogs that were unable to walk at all when they were brought in. Today, they're slowly healing. Dogs that have healed with proper treatment are sent back to where they came from if the environment there is safe. However, the shelter will be home to the blind dogs for all their lives, says Mahendra.
The shelter runs on the money coming from Mahendra's own pocket. There have been some financial crunches now and then but Mahendra is determined that no matter what challenges come their way, they'll fight through. 1.From Paragraph 1, what can we know about Mahendra? A.His affection for animals.
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B.His love for senior people. C.His care for disabled people.
D.His devotion to protecting his children.
2.Mahendra decided to do something for animals because of ________. A.the death of a homeless sick dog B.his meeting with a sick dog one night C.the encouragement of Mrs Gandhi D.his contact with the organization PFA
3.In his effort to build the shelter, Mahendra ________. A.spent much money hiring a land B.received little support from others C.got a free land from a farmer
D.was financially supported by the government
4.What does the underlined word “crunches” in the last paragraph mean? A.Aids. B.Markets. C.Services. D.Difficulties.
参考答案： 1.A; 2.A; 3.C; 4.D
解析： 1.[细节题。根据第1段“But nothing explains Mahendra better than his love for animals. It was this love that led him to establish India's first shelter home for dogs living with disabilities”可知,Mahendra热爱动物。]
2.[推断题。根据第2段可知,一只流浪狗的死亡让Mahendra决定为动物做些事情。]
3.[细节题。根据第3段“Finally, Ramesh Bhai Patel, a farmer from a village named Jundal, agreed to give his land for nothing”可知,Mahendra在找地方给狗建庇护所时得到了一块免费的地。]
4.[词义推测题。根据后文“...but Mahendra is determined that no matter what challenges come their way, they'll fight through”可知,他们时常碰到经济困难。]
二、单句语法填空
1．Every year a flood of farmers arrive in Shenzhen for the money-making jobs they ________(promise) before.
答案：have been promised 由主句谓语动词的时态及从句的时间副词before可知，本从句的谓语动词应用现在完成时，且they和promise之间存在被动关系，故填have been
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promised。
2．________(person), I think he is a very good man, but you may not agree. 答案：Personally 副词personally “就我个人而言”，相当于personally speaking。 3．It won't be long ________we know the result of the experiment.
答案：before It won't be long before ... “不久之后就……”，是固定句式。 4．He was ________(total) uninterested in sports.
答案：totally 应用副词修饰形容词uninterested，故填totally。
5．An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the ________(solve) clearly in mind. 答案：solution 由空前the可知此处应用名词solution “解决方法”。
6．A man stood up and crossed his arms over his head, ________ (signal) that he was strongly opposed.
答案：signalling 句中已有谓语动词stood和crossed，由空前逗号知应用非谓语动词形式，且signal与逻辑主语A man之间是主动关系，且signal和句子谓语stood up及crossed所表示的动作同时发生，因此填signalling。
7．Several problems like those ________(arise) at the power plant so far. 答案：have arisen 由“so far”可知应用现在完成时。
8．The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________(explore) society for real-life experience.
答案：to explore have an opportunity to do sth. “有机会做某事”。 9．The law needs to be ________(simple)．
答案：simplified need to do sth. “需要做某事”，由设空前的be动词及句意可知，此处需用动词的过去分词构成被动语态，故填simplified。
10．We received 400 ________(apply) for the job.
答案：applications 由修饰限定词400可知，此处应填名词，且用其复数形式。
三、完形填空
A taxi driver taught me a lesson in customer satisfaction and
expectations.Inspiring speakers __1__ thousands of dollars to give this kind of training to corporate directors and staff.It cost me only a $12 __2__ ride.
I had __3__ into Dallas just for the purpose of calling on a client.Time was precious and my __4__ included a quick round-trip from and back to the airport.A __5__ taxi pulled up.The driver rushed to __6__ the passenger door for me and made sure I was __7__ seated before he closed the door.As he got in the driver's seat，he __8__ that the neatly folded Wall Street Journal next to me was for my use.He
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then showed me several __9__ and asked me what type of music I would enjoy.
I could not believe the __10__ I was receiving！I took the opportunity to say，“__11__ you take great pride in your work.You must have a __12__ to share.”
“You bet，” he __13__，“I used to be in Corporate America.But I was tired of thinking my best would never be good enough.I __14__ to find my right position in life，where I could feel __15__ of being the best.I love driving cars，and feeling like I have done a full day's work and done it __16__.So I chose to become a __17__.One thing I know for sure，to be good in my business I just have to meet the expectations of my passengers.__18__，to be great in my business，I have to go __19__ the customer's expectations！”
The taxi driver taught me a great life __20__：Go an extra mile when providing any service to others.
1．A.offer B．charge C．pay D．afford 2．A.taxi B．bus C．car D．train 3．A.driven B．flown C．ran D．cycled 4．A.hope B．purpose C．plan D．choice 5．A.private B．rough C．slow D．clean 6．A.open B．lock C．push D．shut
7．A.silently B．comfortably C．tightly D．casually 8．A.declared B．concluded C．found D．mentioned 9．A.pictures B．maps C．tapes D．books 10．A.service B．gift
C．invitation D．advice 11．A.Actually B．Obviously
C．Gradually D．Suddenly
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12．A.chance B．secret
C．story D．ride 13．A.whispered B．argued
C．sighed D．replied 14．A.decided B．promised
C．happened D．hesitated 15．A.careful B．proud
C．afraid D．curious 16．A.early B．rapidly
C．cautiously D．well 17．A.driver B．director
C．client D．speaker 18．A.Besides B．Therefore
C．However D．Perhaps 19．A.against B．within
C．over D．beyond 20．A.method B．experience
C．lesson D．standard
【解题导语】本文主要讲述了一名出租车司机给作者上了一堂关于如何达到客户满意和期望的课。
【难句分析】One thing I know for sure，to be good in my business I just have to meet the expectations of my passengers.
分析：本句是一个复合句。I know for sure是定语从句。
译文：有一件事我可以肯定，那就是想要做好生意，我就必须要满足我的乘客的期望。 【核心词汇】corporate adj.公司的 client n．客户 precious adj.珍贵的 extra adj.额外的
1．B 根据空后的“thousands of dollars to give this kind of training to corporate directors and staff.It cost me only a $12”可知，励志演讲家的培训是要收费的。charge表示“收费”，符合语境。
2．A 根据文章第一句“A taxi driver taught me a lesson in customer satisfaction and expectations”可知，出租车司机收作者12美元。
3．B 根据第二段第二句的“Time was precious and my __4__ included a quick around-trip from and back to the airport”可知，作者当时是乘飞机去的。
4．C 根据语境可知，时间很珍贵，作者的计划中包括往返机场的旅程。
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