Unit 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas 提升练习 -（2019）新外研版高中英语选择性必修第二册.doc

1、Unit1 Section A Starting out & Understanding ideas一、完成句子1.您将与管理办公室签订初步租赁协议并支付押金。You will sign a preliminary rental agreement with the management office and .2.那个年轻人为了给新老板留下好印象而努力表现自己。That young man tries to project himself in order to the new boss.3.美国人比我们更加意识到技术应用在教育中的重要性。The Americans of technolog

2、ys uses in education than we are.4.对工作方式做一些小的改变会比较容易。Its quite easy to make quite small changes to you work.5.在美国,所有的妇女最终都有选举权。 All women finally in the United States.6.人们发现在除夕夜会因为兴奋而很难入睡。People fall asleep on Spring Festival Eve because of excitement.二、阅读理解When Shakespeare was twenty-one,he went to

3、 London to try his fortune in that great and interesting city.There was the famous London Bridge and St.Pauls Cathedral,and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops.Then,too,there were the daily crowds where could be seen people from all over the world.Knights,scholars and the highwayman(拦

4、路强盗) or thief,who had been infamous for his clever robberies,passed by each other.Here,also,were noblemen dressed in gold,from Italy and Spain and France;slaves from Spanish America,sea captains and ministers,soldiers and servantsall held by chance or interest within the gray walls which circled Lon

5、don,and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the world.Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare,quick to see and eager to learn.And before long all these strange sights were as familiar to him as the faces of his own towns residents.Each one told its story to him so pl

6、ainly that,as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods,so now he learned men and mens interests that make up the great world.And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays,he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since;for it is the use of

7、 this knowledge of the world,combined with his own genius,that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.1.What was London like in Shakespeares eyes when he first went there?A.Dirty and small.B.Strange and interesting.C.Infamous and terrible.D.Familiar and modern.2.Which of the fo

8、llowing best describes Shakespeare?A.Shakespeare got inspiration to write from his hometown,London.B.Shakespeare was eager to make friends with the noblemen in London.C.Shakespeare was good at observing and learning from the daily life.D.Shakespeare became the greatest dramatist owing to his own gen

9、ius.3.What does the word “one” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A.Crowd.B.Sight.C.Face.D.Resident.4.The passage probably comes from .A.a posterB.a textbookC.an advertisementD.an announcement三、阅读填句Stay on the brighter side of lifeOne very important component of optimism is gratitude or feeling grateful. In fa

10、ct, there is a strong connection between a grateful attitude and a heightened sense of well-being. Appreciate all the positives in your life by starting a gratitude journal in order to remember what youre grateful for. 1Feeling down? Instead of feeling sorry for yourself waiting for the universe to

11、throw you a bone, try acting like youre happyeven if you arent. A sincere smile and a forced smile will cause the same chemical reactions in your brain, so you can actually fool your mind into feeling better by making it react chemically as if things were going well. 2 Reassure yourself that everyth

12、ing is goodeven if you dont feel it. “3 If youre stuck in traffic, then everything else must be going horribly too, ” says Anne Parker, a wellness counselor. By blowing negative events out of proportion, youre setting yourself up for feeling down all day. Instead, acknowledge that youre stuck in tra

13、ffic, but also bring to mind something good, like the beautiful scenery outside the window. That way, youll get in the habit of forbidding negative circumstances from blanketing your whole day. Swearing to lose 20 pounds or to run a marathon seems like goals leading to happiness, but they take time

14、to achieve. 4 You may even end up admitting that you have been defeated. However, if you focus on the small milestones that occur along the way, you will feel positive about your progress, which will give you the strength to keep going. 5 Try making someone elses day better. A report by United Healt

15、hcare and Volunteer Match found that volunteers are 72% more likely to characterize themselves as optimistic compared with non-volunteers. Plus, 89% of volunteers say that volunteering has improved their sense of well-being, and 92% say that it enriches their sense of purpose in life. A. Try to help

16、 someone in need. B. Want to give your attitude a lift? C. People tend to think in an either-or way. D. Act in an optimistic waysmile, laugh, tell a joke. E. Youll fail to appreciate more important things in your life. F. By focusing on not having accomplished them yet, you will start to feel down o

17、n yourself. G. By remembering the pleasant things in your life, you can actually turn a negative attitude around. 一、完成句子1.pay the deposit2.make a good impression on3.are more aware of the importance4.the way that5.get the right to vote6.find it hard to二、阅读理解1.B 细节理解题。根据第一段以及第五段第二句可知莎士比亚刚到达伦敦时,在他眼中这是

18、一个奇怪而有趣的地方,故选B项。2.C 推理判断题。根据第五、六两段的内容可知年轻的莎士比亚善于观察,并且热衷于在生活中学习,故选C项。3.B 词义猜测题。本句承接上句,由此可知指代上一句中的sight,故选B项。4.B 推理判断题。本文介绍了莎士比亚初到伦敦时的经历,以及这些经历对于他的文学创作的影响,最有可能出自一本教科书,故选B项。三、阅读填句1. G。根据空前一句可知写感恩日记是为了记住你感恩的事, 可推知, 要记住一些愉快的事来获得幸福感。故选G项。2. D。根据空前一句可知你可以骗你自己的心装作很快乐, 就好像事情进展顺利一样。以及根据空后一句可知告诉自己一切都好即使你没有感觉到。可推知, 以乐观的态度行动。故选D项。3. C。根据空后一句可知如果你被困在交通堵塞中, 那么其他一切也会变得很糟糕。可推知, 人们倾向于非此即彼的思考方式。故选C项。4. F。根据空前一句可知发誓要减肥20磅或跑马拉松似乎是通往幸福的目标, 但实现它们需要时间。根据空后一句可知你甚至可能会承认自己失败。可推知集中于你不能完成的事情, 你会感到失落。故选F项。5.B。根据空后内容“试着让别人更高兴。”和“89%的志愿者说参加志愿活动提高了他们的幸福感。”可知, 别人快乐也会使得自己的生活态度得以提升。故选B项。第9页（共9页）