2021-2022學年高二英語同步Unit 2 Topic Talk（備作業(yè)解析版）

1、選擇性必修第一冊練習unit 2 part i topic talki .閱讀理解ajohn, a very thin boy, loved football with all his heart when he was very young. practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. but being half the size of the other boys, he could only sit on the bench and hardly ever played in games. even thoug

2、h the son was always on the bench, his father was always standing with cheers and encouraging him.when john went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a “walk-on” . everyone was sure he could never make_the_cut,_ but he did. the coach thought he could provide the other members w

3、ith the spirit they needed.the news that he had survived the selection excited him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. his father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games.it was the end of the last football season. one day john receiv

4、ed a telegram and asked one week off. nobody knew what happened except the coach. the coach said, u don't plan to come back to the game on saturday.,saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. when the team was ten points behind, john came back. "coach, please let me play. i've j

5、ust got to play today, ” said john. the coach pretended not to hear him. but john persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in.before long, everyone could not believe their eyes. john was doing everything to fight. the opponent could not stop him. he ran, he passed and blocked

6、 like a star. and at last his team won the game.after the game, john looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, “well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind? ” john swallowed hard and forced a smile, “dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could

7、see me play, and i wanted to show him that i could do it."1. why did john hardly have any chance to play in games?a. because he had no time to practice.b because he was too young to play games.c. because everyone looked down upon him.d. because his body condition was not good.2. the underlined

8、phrase “make the cut” in the second paragraph can be replaced bya，.a make progressb be allowed to join the teamc. cut himselfd. be refused by the coach3. from the text we can know that.a john felt very depressed as a " walk-on ”b , john's father always taught him how to playc. john's fa

9、ther went to all his college gamesd. the coach was sure john would be the best player one day4. this story tells us that.a. a burden of one's choice is not feltb , better to do well than to say wellc all roads lead to romed. where there is a will, there is a wayb“i went skydiving at 84!"as

10、a young girl growing up in the 1930s, i always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of a woman to do that. i got a taste of that dream in 2001, when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. but the experience turned out to be very dull. around th

11、at time, i told my husband that i wanted to skydive. so when our retirement community announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, i decided to write about my dream.in the essay, i wrote about my desire to skydive, statin

12、g that george bush sr. did it at age 80. why not me? i was just 84 and in pretty good health. a year went by and i heard nothing. but then at a community party in late april 2009, they announced that i was one of the winners. i just couldn't believe it. inspired by this, i decided to realize my

13、dream, even though some of my family members and my doctor were against it.on june 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where i would land while i headed up in the airplane. my instructor, jay, guided me through the experience. the plane was the noisiest one i h

14、ad ever been in, but i wasn't frightened一i was really just looking forward to the experience. when we reached 13,000 feet, jay instructed me to throw myself out of the plane. when we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that i could hardly breathe. for a second i thought, “what have i gotte

15、n myself into? " but then everything got calmer. we were in a free fall for about a minute before jay opened the parachute （降落傘），and then we just floated downward for about five minutes. being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything i have ever felt一much better than t

16、he hot air balloon. i was just enjoying it.skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. i hope other people w川 look at me and realize that you don't stop living just because you are 84 years old. if there's something you want to experience, look into it. if it's somet

17、hing that is possible, make it happen.5 what happened to the author in 2001 ?a. she flew an airplane.b , she entered a competition.c. she went on a hot air balloon ride.d. she moved into a retirement community.6. the author mentioned george bush sr. in her essay to.a. build up her own reputationb sh

18、ow her admiration for himc compare their health conditiond make her argument persuasive7. how did the author feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane?a. excited. b. scared.c. intense. d. regretful.8. what did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving?a. the beautiful clouds.b the wonder

19、ful view.c the company of jay.d. the one-minute free fall.ii .完形填空one summer weekend, my wife, my son and i entered a running race on mountain trails. when the race started, our son took offbut my wife and i stayed back, enjoying thescenery. after some time, while running down a narrow, 2_ trail, i

20、walked on a big stone and had a 3 . i realized i'd got my toe 4 , but i didn't check my damage. instead, we kept running.5 ， after going half the course, i realized my watch on my wrist was 6 i encouraged my wife to go on ahead, and returned to see if i could find it. later, i 7 my broken wa

21、tch and quickly put it into my pocket. then i 8 down the trail. in the end, i saw my son, who had finished 30 minutes earlier, had run back up the trail to 9 me. he ran with me to the end.10 it turned out, both my wife and son had won first place in their age groups, but i had no chance of placing.

22、after the race, i took off my shoe and found that my sock was in blood.luckily, the race 11 had a special award for the most injured runner.although everyone wants to live a life of comfort, the 12 is that we often face pain and13 . however, the key to happiness is 14 pain into something positive. i

23、n other words,15 can make us stronger if we face them bravely.1. a.easily b. suddenlyc. calmly d. quickly2. a.rocky b. dirtyc. smooth d. unknown3. a.break b. discoveryc. fall d. pain4. a.injured b. shotc. destroyed d. knocked5. a.hopefully b. thereforec. luckily d. however6. a.broken b. slowc. wrong

24、 d. gone7. a.placed b. hidc. noticed d. missed8. a.jumped b. walkedc. drove d. hurried9. a.visit b. meetc. push d. welcome10. a.if b. soc. as d. but11. a.organizers b. winnersc. owners d. supporters12. a.hope b. ideac. reason d. truth13. a.success b. strugglesc. happiness d. competitions14. a.includ

25、ing b. turningc. throwing d. dividing15. a.difficulties b. exercisesc. efforts d. skills詳解答案i .閱讀理解a語篇解讀本文是一篇記敘文，主要敘述了盡管約翰只是一名板凳球員，但父親一 直在鼓勵著他。上大學之后，約翰積極努力爭取成了一名臨時球員，這讓每個人都很吃驚。 足球賽季末，他收到了家里的電報，父親去世了。但是比賽當天約翰返回了球場，最終他幫 助球隊力挽狂瀾，獲得了勝利，同時向去世的父親證明自己能行。1. 答案與解析：d 細節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的but being half the size of the

26、 other boys, he could only sit on the bench and hardly ever played in games.可知，由于他的體形幾乎是其他 男孩的一半大小，所以他只能成為板凳球員，很少參加比賽，所以約翰幾乎沒有機會參加比 賽的原因是他的身體條件不好。故d選項正確。2. 答案與解析：b 詞義猜測題。由第二段中的“when john went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a 'walk-on'".可知，當約翰上大學時，他決定參加足球 隊的選拔

27、賽，成為一名臨時球員。所以判斷出第二段中帶下劃線的短語“make the cut"可 替換為 be allowed to join the teamo 故 b 選項正確。3. 答案與解析：c 推理判斷題。由最后一段中的uwell, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind? ” . . “dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play.”可知，約翰的父親去世了，他的父親是個盲人，生前參加了他所有 的比賽

28、，今天是他第一次“看到"約翰上場踢足球賽，他想讓父親知道他能行。故c選項 正確。4. 答案與解析：d主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文講述了盡管約翰受到身體條件 的限制，只是一名板凳球員，但是父親一直在鼓勵著他，上大學之后，他努力爭取成了一名 臨時球員。足球賽季末，家里的電報告訴他父親去世了。但是比賽當天約翰求教練能給予他 上場的機會，教練最終同意了。他幫助球隊力挽狂瀾，獲得了勝利，同時向死去的父親證明 自己能行，所以這個故事告訴我們“有志者，事竟成”的道理，同時也是短文的主旨大意。 故d選項正確。b【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了作者在2009年時實現(xiàn)了她少女時代的夢想跳傘，并

29、講述了當時的經(jīng)歷。5 .答案與解析:c 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二句i got a taste of that dream in 2001, when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday.可知 2001 年在 “我"生日那天坐上了丈夫為“我"安排的熱氣球，所以c項正確。6. 答案與解析：d 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段開頭in the essay, i wrote about my desire to skydive, stating that george bush

30、sr. did it at age 80. 知，在競賽短文中，“我”寫到了 自己 想跳傘的渴望，提及了老喬治布什曾在80歲時這樣做過，把自己和他進行對比，來說明自 己身體健康，跳傘的想法是可行的，所以d項正確。7. 答案與解析：d 推理判斷題。由文章第三段中的“ when we hrst hit the air, the wind was so strong that i could hardly breathe. for a second i thought, 'what have i gotten myself into? but then everything got calme

31、r.可推知，作者跳出飛機那一剎那是后悔的，她很期 待這次經(jīng)歷，但是如此強烈的風讓她無法呼吸，她后悔將自己陷入如此危險的境地。所以d 項正確。8. 答案與解析：b 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后兩句being叩in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything i have ever feltmuch better than the hot air balloon. i was just enjoying it.可知作者在空中跳傘時最欣賞的是美景。所以b項正確。ii .完形填空【語篇解讀】 作者記敘了自己一家三口參加賽跑

32、的經(jīng)歷，雖然遇到了一些困難，但是 也得到了回報。作者想通過這樣的經(jīng)歷告訴讀者，生活中總要面對一些痛苦與掙扎，關鍵是 把它們轉(zhuǎn)換成積極的事情，把挫折當成是對自己的考驗，讓自己變得更加強大。1. 答案與解析：d 考查副詞詞義辨析。easily簡單地；suddenly突然地；calmly鎮(zhèn) 靜地；quickly 快地，迅速地。根據(jù)下文 but my wife and i stayed back, enjoying the scenery（但 是“我"的妻子和“我”跟在后面欣賞風景）可知，比賽開始時，兒子迅速地跑了出去。2. 答案與解析：a 考查形容詞詞義辨析。rocky巖石的，多巖石的；dirty臟的；smooth 光滑的；unknown不知名的。聯(lián)系下文i walked on a big stone可知，此處指狹窄的、多巖石 的小路。3. 答案與解析：c考查名詞詞義辨析。break打破；中止；休息；discovery發(fā)現(xiàn)； fall 下落；pain 疼痛。聯(lián)系下文 i didn't check my damage 可推知，“我”摔了一跤o have a fall 跌了 一跤，摔倒。根據(jù)語境可知選c。4. 答案與解析：a 考查動詞詞義辨析