人教版(新教材)高中英語選修1Unit5 Working the Land課時作業(yè)4：Reading and Thinking-Comprehending

1、UNIT 5 WORKING THE LANDReading and ThinkingComprehendingi .閱讀理解AI have a neighbor we call “ Happy ” . I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh word to anyone or about anyone.Happy and her husband Ben,70, have a huge garden.They spent many happy hours together working o

2、n it.Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden.As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben, s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden.As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her backyard.Last month

3、, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all day food festival, . We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning.We didn, t know what was about to take place.By 9 ： 00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash.By 10 ： 00

4、 am, there was lots of laughter.We shared a lot of stories.By five o clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer.After dinner, we played games.As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty of the day, already packaged and frozen.What a deligh

5、tful gift!Well, the point wasn, t so much about the food.The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another? s company.None of it would have happened if it had not been for Happy and Ben, s garden.Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden.And I am so proud of my

6、tomato plants!語篇解讀 這是一篇記敘文。作者有一個鄰居，大家都叫她Happy。鄰居有一個花園，里面 種植了很多瓜果蔬菜。上個月，Happy和丈夫Ben邀請鄰居們?nèi)ニ麄兊幕▓@里做客，并贈給 他們許多花園里種植的東西，從此很多鄰居也開始建設自己的小花園。According to Paragraph 2, people wished they also had a garden so that .they could spend happy times together with their family in itB they could grow vegetables and se

7、ll at the marketthey could invite their neighbors and hold parties in itthey didn t have to spend so much money on foodK答案5DK解 析 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第二句As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden可知，食物價格上漲太快，于是 大家都希望能有一個像Happy家那樣的大花園，來節(jié)約買食物的錢。應選D。For wh

8、at purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?A. To ask them to attend a birthday party.B To help them get to know each other.C. To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.D. To ask them to share some interesting stories.K答案X cK解析X細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的描述可知，他們主要是讓鄰居來提供他們在花園里種植的東西。應選c。W

9、hat did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden?A. He thought it was too short but enjoyable.B , He thought it was wonderful.C. He thought it was not as good as he thought.D. He thought it was too terrible.K答案BK解 析X 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，作者認為在這個花園里度過的時光好極了。 應選B。We can infer that

10、 .A. Happy and her husband Ben don t like spending time with othersB Happy and her husband Ben sometimes quarrel with each otherHappy and her husband Ben are a generous and warm-hearted coupleHappy and her husband Ben live on the food they grow in their gardenK答案U cK解 析U 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段的描述和最后一段中的uThe tr

11、ue gift was a day of friends enjoying one another? s company.None of it would have happened if it had not been for Happy and Ben, s garden.v可知,作者的鄰居待人非常慷慨、熱心。他們邀請人們到家里做客,并 且送給客人們很多自己種植的東西。應選C。BGuam is a beautiful, small island in the Pacific Ocean.You? 11 find happy songbirds, clear blue water, and

12、leafy forest there.But the small island has a big problem： snakes.There are about 2 million brown tree snakes living in Guam.The snakes likely arrived in the 1940s.They probably slipped（滑行）unseen onto ships and planes heading to Guam.Once there, the snakes laid eggs.Snake families grew.The snakes ha

13、ve no natural enemies to eat them on Guam.Soon, the island was covered with these snakes.The brown tree snake has had a devastating effect.The snakes eat birds.There used to be 12 kinds of birds on the island.But these snakes have killed off nine kinds of the birds.The snakes can grow to be 10 feet

14、long.They often bite humans.They climb onto power lines and make the electricity go out.This causes millions of dollars in damage.Scientists have tried many different ways to control the number of snakes.They have used snake traps and snake-sniffing dogs.Nothing seemed to work.Nothing, that is, unti

15、l they found a surprising secret weapon（武器）：killer mice.Scientists found out that there was one easy way to kill brown tree snakes.They could give them a medicine called Tylenol.People take Tylenol for headaches and other pains.Even a little bit of Tylenol can kill a brown tree snake.But how would s

16、cientists get the tree snakes to eat Tylenol ? They came up with a plan.First, the experts put the medicine into dead mice.Then they attached each mouse to a mini paper parachute（降落傘）.Planes dropped the mice over Guam.The parachutes got caught in the trees.The mice became dinner for the snakes that

17、live there.Has it worked? So far, research shows that there are fewer snakes because of the mice.The worry is that it may be too late to clear the snakes, but Mr Vice from Guam s Department of Agriculture says this should not stop the islanders from trying. Our long-term goal is to kill the snake of

18、f completely, “ he says.語篇解讀 本文是一篇說明文。棕樹蛇給關島上的居民和動物帶來了嚴重的困擾。為了除掉 它們，科學家使用了體內(nèi)裝有泰諾這種藥物的死老鼠。5 . What can we learn about the brown tree snakes?A. They were shipped to Guam on purpose.B - They were not native to Guam.They were at risk in the 1940s.They grew very slowly.K答案BK解 析I細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的 “The snakes

19、likely arrived in the 1940s.Snakefamilies grew.可知，棕樹蛇是關島的外來物種。What does the underlined word “devastating“ in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Magical.B. Damaging.C. Short-term.D. Interesting.C. Short-term.K答案5BK解析 詞義猜想題。根據(jù)第三段中的“There used to be 12 kinds of birds on the island.This causes millions of dollars in d

20、amage.”可知，棕樹蛇對關島上的動物具有毀滅性的 影響。Which of the following was a more workable way to kill the brown tree snakes?A. Letting them eat Tylenol carried by mice.B Putting Tylenol in the trees.C. Bringing in their enemies.D. Using snake traps.K答案H AK解 析I 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段、第六段以及最后一段前兩句內(nèi)容可知，科學家在關島 上投放了大量體內(nèi)含有泰諾藥的死老鼠，棕樹

21、蛇會把這些死老鼠當作食物吃掉，這樣死老鼠 體內(nèi)的藥物就會殺死這些蛇，這種方法有效地減少了棕樹蛇的數(shù)量。What does Mr Vice think of solving this snake problem?He is proud of it.He is hopeful of it.He is doubtful about it.He is unconcerned about itK答案U bK解 析I 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的Mr Vice from Guam s D叩artment of Agriculture. Our long-term goal is to kill the s

22、nake off completely, he says” 可我口， Vice 對 消滅關島上的棕樹蛇抱有希望。CImagine you re at the supermarket checkout.You pay the cashier, load your food into the cart, then take one third of your newly purchased items outside and throw them into the trash（廢 物）.This may sound unbelievable, but millions of us worldwid

23、e do this regularly, although in a more non-direct way.In the West, most of this food is thrown away by businesses that are unable to sell it, or by consumers who buy too much.And the majority of this food, despite being past its shelflife, is still perfectly fit for human consumption.So where do th

24、ese excess products end up?“We receive food from various sources, including food banks, restaurants, cafes, food photographers, and events, “ says Adam Smith, founder of The Real Junk Food Project.The British company recently made headlines in the UK after it became the country? s first u food waste

25、 supermarketv , offering products that would otherwise have ended up in waste.Most of its customers are low-income families, or even college students who find it difficult to afford food. We ask our customers to pay what they feel in time, money or skills.We do have people coming with the intention

26、of paying and if it carries on like it does, it will pay for the cost of the warehouse, “ Smith explains.Some shops across Europe are also taking action.France recently passed a law that says all supermarkets must now donate all of their unsold produce to charities, while the Italian government has

27、also put similar measures in place.Hundreds of cafes that serve meals made from surplus food have been set up across the continent too, selling dishes at bottom prices or even giving them away for free.So what can we do to prevent our dinner ending up in the bin? Buy less.Or at least shop smarter, “

28、 said Smith.After all, the best place for food is in our stomachs, not the trash.語篇解讀 這是一篇說明文。文章主要講述了全世界現(xiàn)在存在一種浪費現(xiàn)象：超市里有近三 分之一的東西淪為垃圾，而實際上這些商品還是可以使用的。針對這種情況，歐洲的一些國 家正在采取行動。What s the meaning of the underlined part “being past its shelf life“ in Paragraph 2?A. Being past its “sell-by” date.B , Being f

29、ar from enough.C. Being past the length of being eatable.D. Being out of date.K答案AK解 析U 詞義猜想題。由畫線局部所在句“And the majority of this food, despite being past its shelflife, is still perfectly fit for human consumption. 可知，大局部食物仍然是非常適合人 們吃的，盡管它們超過了它們的貨架壽命。由此可推知，“being past its shelflife”表示的是 超過了最正確售賣的日期。應

30、選A項。What do we know about The Real Junk Food Project?A. It gets food from the waste.B It wants to make a fat profit.C. It drew massive attention lately.D. Its main aim is to do charities.K答案U cK解 析U 推理判斷題。由第三段的 “The British company recently made headlines in the UK after it became the country? s fir

31、st food waste supermarket, , offering products that would otherwise have ended up in waste.v可知，這個英國公司的工程吸引了人們的注意力，成了頭 條。應選C項。What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A. Some countries in Europe are actively helping poor people.B Some countries in Europe are trying to address food waste.Related shops in Eu

32、rope are willing to give away their food.All the countries in Europe have made laws to handle food waste.K答案BK 解析 1 推理判斷題。由第四段第二句 uFrance recently passed a law that says all supermarkets must now donate all of their unsold produce to charities, while the Italian government has also put similar measu

33、res in place.v可知，歐洲的一些國家正在努力解決食物浪費問題。故 選B項。12 . What is the best title of the passage?A. Turning Trash into TreatsB , Buying Less and SmarterC. Food Trash IndustryD Warning Against Food WasteK答案AK解 析 標題歸納題。由全文內(nèi)容可知，整篇文章主要是針對被丟棄的食物的問題，介紹 了幾種將廢物轉變?yōu)楹梦锏姆椒ā＝Y合選項可知，選項A正確。H.七選五Here are five cooking habits th

34、at could be costing you important nutrients, causing you to overeat-or even making you sick.Boiling vegetablesA 2015 review showed that boiling vegetables resulted in a high loss of Vitamin C. “If you re not drinking a soup, you re missing out on nutrients, “ says Nishta Saxena, a dietitian based in

35、 Toronto.Washing chickenWhile your favourite old cookbooks likely tell you to wash a chicken before cooking, this outdated advice is a safety risk.Cleaning meat in water may remove some of the bacteria, but it s also likely to pass them around your kitchen. 2 And clean your hands after you ve finish

36、ed the cooking.Removing skins from fruits and vegetables“Lots of nutrients are found in the skins, “ says Liz PowelL who is a dietitian from Vancouver. Concern about chemical remains isn t a good enough reason to do the removing.3 ”Mixing everythingA smoothie (a mixed drink) is a smart way to eat so

37、me greens. 4 They re often short of protein and healthy fat.These things work together to keep us feeling full and satisfied.Without them, it s not really a balanced meal.Powell suggests adding some foods which contain protein or having a piece of wholewheat(全麥的)bread on the side.Overdressing salads

38、We think we can add anything to salads, and they 11 still be a nutritious choice.But it s just not true.If you re topping your bowl with dried strawberries and sweet cheese, you ve easily added 30 grams of sugar to your so-called healthy lunch. 5 A. You should choose healthy produce for your family.B But these kinds of drinks are likely to be unbalance