2020-2021学年高中英语 Unit 2 The Olympic Games reading课时作业1 新人教版必修2

1、2020-2021学年高中英语 unit 2 the olympic games reading课时作业1 新人教版必修22020-2021学年高中英语 unit 2 the olympic games reading课时作业1 新人教版必修2年级：姓名：unit 2 the olympic games reading课时作业.阅读理解adear mary，it was so nice to read your letter the other day. i have always dreamed about having a pen friend. hopefully, we can lea

2、rn from each other and grow to be the very best of friends. it is my wish that our letters will let us get to know each other and share parts of our lives.your horse shannon sounds beautiful. i am very jealous (羡慕的) that you get to live on a farm. i cannot imagine how much fun it is to ride a horse

3、through endless fields and i would love to come and visit you one day. your siblings (兄弟姊妹) also sound lovely. i am an only child, so i can only imagine what it is like to have older brothers and sisters.life in new york is so busy and it is difficult to find the time to get to know people. even bec

4、oming close to my classmates has proved to be quite difficult over the years. however, at times it can be the most amazing city in the whole wide world. at night it is so bright and lively and the whole place is full of things to do.i love reading too! i have never read any books by your favorite au

5、thor enid blyton though. i will have to go to my local library and find some. i also enjoy dancing and often enter competitions. my other favorite hobby is ice skating. in winter, i skate in central park. in the other seasons, i go to an indoor rink (溜冰场). i am hoping to start entering ice skating c

6、ompetitions next year.anyway, i have to go now and do my homework. i really hope that i hear from you soon!lots of love，megan语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。作者通过这封信向对方介绍了一些自己的情况并表示非常高兴能和对方成为好朋友。1what can we infer from the letter?amegan has pen friends all over the world.bmary plans to visit megan in new york.cmegan h

7、as been writing to mary for years.dmary and megan have just become friends.解析：选d推理判断题。由第一段中的“it is my wish that our letters will let us get to know each other and share parts of our lives.”可知，玛丽和梅甘是刚刚结识的一对朋友，故选d项。2what is mainly described in paragraph 3?amarys family.bmegans hobbies.cmarys life in n

8、ew york.dmegans opinion of new york.解析：选d段落大意题。梅甘在本段中主要谈论了自己对纽约这个城市的看法，故选d项。3how is mary similar to megan?ashe likes reading.bshe loves horse riding.cshe has an older brother.dshe lives in the countryside.解析：选a细节理解题。由第四段中的“i love reading too！”可知，玛丽和梅甘都喜欢读书，故选a项。4what do we know about megan?aher favo

9、rite author is enid blyton.bshe goes ice skating all year round.csome of her classmates are her best friends.dshell enter a dancing competition next year.解析：选b细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的“my other favorite hobby is ice skating. in winter, i skate in central park. in the other seasons, i go to an indoor rink(溜冰场)”

10、可知，梅甘一年四季都去滑冰，故选b项。b(2018成都摸底测试)“hungary？”i looked at my school headmaster in confusion.“i never mentioned wanting to go to hungary.” and with that, my adventure started.my name is jonathan diamond and i just finished an amazing school exchange year in hungary.going on an exchange had always been my

11、 dream.when my high school offered an allyear program, i jumped at the opportunity.it would pay for almost everything and all i had to do was buy a plane ticket.i knew where i wanted to go: spain, the country of dancers wearing flowing red dresses.so when i heard that i was going to hungary, i was p

12、retty shocked.but i decided to make the best of it, since it was, after all, a onceinalifetime opportunity.before i knew it, i was on the airplane, leaving for budapest ferenc liszt international airport, hungary.i had difficult times when i almost gave up.hungarian is the hardest language on the pl

13、anet. cultural differences occasionally embarrassed both my peers and me.i had to give up eating carrots, my beautiful favorite, for hungarians think carrots are rubbish in their country.the change in the landscape was amazing, looking nothing like skyscrapers, bullet trains, cars, and people in tin

14、y houses that i had been accustomed to.gradually, i fell in love with the relaxing lifestyle, the warmhearted people, and getting home at 2：30 pm.at the latest from school.and i was sad to leave on my very last day.having the host family who took me as one of their own members was the best thing ive

15、 ever experienced.from my little sisters, i learned how to embrace life to its fullest.from my brothers i learned that its ok for a boy to run around the house.from my host parents i learned to stay positive, to smile and that when you pick the right people and take their hands, suddenly, you become

16、 friends.5how did jonathan feel when he was told to go to hungary?aexcited and satisfied.bconfused and shocked.camazed and embarrassed.ddelighted and interested.解析：选b细节理解题。根据首段中的“i looked at my school headmaster in confusion.”可知，作者听到这个消息很迷惑；再结合第三段中的“so when i heard that i was going to hungary, i was

17、 pretty shocked.”可知，选项b正确。6why did jonathan still decide to go to hungary instead of spain?ahe didnt like spain.bhe wanted to learn hungarian.cit was a rare chance.dgoing to hungary was much cheaper.解析：选c细节理解题。根据第三段中的“but i decided to make the best of it, since it was, after all, a onceinalifetime o

18、pportunity.”可知，作者决定充分利用这次机会，因为毕竟这是一次千载难逢的机会，所以选项c正确。a rare chance“一次罕见的机会”。7what can we learn about jonathan during his stay in hungary?ahe fell in love with eating carrots.bhe couldnt wait to leave.che was surprised by the landscape.dhe quickly got used to the life there.解析：选c推理判断题。根据第四段中的“the chan

19、ge in the landscape was amazing”可知选项c正确。8according to jonathan, the host family _.achanged him completelybtaught him how to dance wellctreated him as equally as a studentdshowed him the good things of life解析：选d推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，作者从寄宿家庭那里学到了很多人生哲学，他们向作者展现了生活中美好的事情，故选项d正确。cmy friend emily has three ama

20、zingly wellbehaved children.they put their toys away when she tells them to, go to bed without making any noise, and even settle their own disagreements or quarrels.i actually witnessed her 3yearold son john calmly asking for a truck back from a friend who had pulled it out of his hands suddenly.emi

21、ly admits that her children have their moments “they are kids after all！” but she says that real discipline (纪律) challenges are not very often.“whats your secret？” i once asked, hoping she could impart some muchneeded wisdom.“do you threaten them with punishment, give them timeouts or praise them wi

22、th prizes？” i asked.emily shook her head and said, “nothing like that.if ive done anything right, its that ive made it clear what i expect from them from the beginning.now, all i have to do is set them an example and shoot them a look, and they know to control their behavior and obey rules.”it may s

23、ound too good to be true, but experts agree that emily has the right idea about teaching kids to behave.“when you make your expectations clear from the time your children are old enough to learn to walk, they accept or absorb those expectations and begin to expect the same thing from themselves，” sa

24、ys sharon khall, author of raising kids in the 21st century.in other words, since kids naturally want to please their parents, theyll try to behave in the way that youve taught them to.in fact, experts say that kids as young as 18 months can understand and respond to their parents expectations.there

25、 is good news: teaching selfcontrol to a young child isnt as worrying as it sounds.“if you set out firm rules, tell them why, offer lots of praise and follow rules yourself at around age 2, your child will catch on faster, resist less, and finally behave better，” says sharon.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。作者向朋友询问如何让

26、孩子行为举止优秀，朋友的回答看似简单，其实蕴含着很深的道理。9why does the author mention john in the first paragraph?ato explain why he is so violent.bto indicate he behaves well.cto describe his dislike of quarrels.dto show his unwillingness to share.解析：选b推理判断题。第一段主要描述了朋友的孩子所表现出的优秀的行为举止，作者具体列举的john的例子正是要说明这一点。10what does the un

27、derlined word “impart” in paragraph 2 mean?aoffer.bprove.caccept. dquestion.解析：选a词义猜测题。由画线词的上下文内容可知，作者希望朋友可以透露自己是如何让孩子的行为变得如此优秀。11what leads children to meet parents expectations according to sharon?abeing taught selfcontrol.blonging for parents praise.choping to make parents happy.dworrying about b

28、eing punished.解析：选c细节理解题。由第三段的“in other words, since kids naturally want to please their parents, theyll try to behave in the way that youve taught them to.”可知，孩子会为了取悦父母而遵守父母制定的规则。12what may be the best title for the text?awhat rules should parents set out for kids?bwhen should kids be taught selfco

29、ntrol?cthe key to getting along well with kidsdthe secret to raising wellbehaved kids解析：选d标题归纳题。综合全文内容可知，文章是就“如何培养孩子优秀的行为举止”展开的。dfor most of us, when we think of sports, we think of playing basketball at a neighborhood court or taking tennis classes at a local fitness club.but for some, sports mean

30、something different: skydiving (跳伞) from an airplane thousands of feet above ground or snowboarding down the steepest of hills.such sports are called extreme sports.extreme sports are activities, mostly practiced by young people that involve great speed or height, present a certain element (元素) of d

31、anger, and require specialized equipment.and they are practiced by individuals who, rather than helping a team to win victory, push themselves to their own physical limits, overcoming personal and environmental obstacles (障碍) to achieve a personal goal.extreme sports give people the chance to do wha

32、t they want.for example, instead of going scuba diving, which focuses on safety and the proper use of equipment, why not try and reach great underwater depths without the assistance of breathing equipment, a sport known as “freediving”？the x games, held every summer and winter, are the olympics of e

33、xtreme sports.they are viewed by millions of people worldwide, and some of the athletes faces might also be seen in olympic events, like snowboarding or ski jumping.fewer young people take up baseball or football, and many are in favor of sports like cave diving, kite surfing, or bungee jumping.extr

34、eme sports are big business, because they have become so popular.corporations have realized that they can make a lot of money by buying expensive advertising time during the x games or hiring a wellknown athlete to advertise a product.extreme sports fashion has also become a huge moneymaker for corp

35、orations.the loose clothing by bigname designers, along with the accessories (装饰品) such as sunglasses, hats, and gloves, are expensive, lending weight to the argument that extreme sports have gone with the greed of large companies.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。极限运动是一项可以最大限度地发挥自我身心潜能，向自身挑战的娱乐体育运动，悄然成为都市青年最流行、最持久的时尚运

36、动。13what do we know about extreme sports?athey are popular with every age group.bthey are friendly to the environment.cthey can guarantee peoples safety.dthey are generally not team sports.解析：选d推理判断题。根据第一段的最后一句可知，极限运动不是一项团体运动。14what is stressed in paragraph 3?athe great rise in popularity of extreme

37、 sports.bthe reasons why many people choose extreme sports.cthe fight between extreme sports and traditional sports.dthe difference between the x games and the olympics.解析：选a推理判断题。根据第三段可知，本段主要讲的是极限运动越来越受人们的欢迎。15whats the authors attitude to extreme sports fashion?aunconcerned. bapproving.cunfavorabl

38、e. doptimistic解析：选c作者态度题。根据最后一段的“lending weight to the argument that extreme sports have gone with the greed of large companies”可知，作者对极限运动风气并不赞同。.阅读七选五closed circuit television (闭路电视监控系统), called cctv for short, is everywhere in todays society._1_ if you take a bus to school, there will be a camera

39、on it.when you go to the supermarket to buy some bread, a camera will be watching you walk around the shop.if you look up, youll see cameras on many street corners, at bus stops and even in some public toilets.in 2016, an article published in the guardian stated that there was one camera for every 11 people in britain._2_cctv is a vital tool for the police and can help the police catch people who committed crime._3_ someti