Module 1 课时跟踪练(一) Introduction & Reading — Pre-reading
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
I was recently asked what inspires me most. That was easy to answer: I_live_and_breathe_track_and_field. It is the only sport that has allowed me to spread my wings and truly fly. I have struggled a lot in my life after being diagnosed (诊断) with a learning disability at the age of three. I was also born four months too early, weighing less than four pounds. Even at 17, I’m still working to catch up. Mentally I’m on the level of a 12yearold. I had to repeat the third and fifth grade, which caused me a lot of stress and embarrassment.
I was joked so much that I would often hide in the bathroom instead of going to class.My parents always gave me lots of love and support, but I still felt worthless most of the time. I’m also quite shy, so making and keeping friends has always been a challenge.
Then one day when I was 12, my life changed forever. My parents decided my younger brother and I should try track. From that moment on my life was different. I was a natural middistance runner. When I was on the track, the other kids just saw me and my speed. No one saw my learning disability. For the first time in my life I felt normal.
When I entered high school, I joined the track team and the coach quickly saw my talent. I was selected to run on the A team for crosscounty and the A team for indoor and outdoor track. I’m on the school team for the 4 × 400meter and 4 × 800meter relays, and colleges are even interested in me!
My crosscounty team won the 2011 County and Regional Championship. When I accepted my award, my mom cried because she was so proud of me, and for once, I was proud of myself.
Even though I’m a specialeducation student, I now know that my learning disability does not define (限定) me.I can hold my head up high because track has allowed me to spread my wings and truly fly!
语篇解读：作者是一个在学习上有障碍的学生，但是却在田径运动中找到了自己的价值。
1．The underlined sentence in Para. 1 may mean “________”．
A．I can easily breathe on the track
B．track and field is where I live
C．track and field is my life
D．I take track and field as a sport
解析：选C 句意理解题。根据第一段画线句子后面的“It is the only sport ... wings and truly fly.”可知，作者认为田径运动让他展翅翱翔，所以他视田径为生命，因此选C。
2．What is the problem with the writer?
A．He didn’t want to make friends.
B．He didn’t get more love from his parents.
C．He weighed a little less than others.
D．He had a poor learning ability.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“diagnosed (诊断) with a learning disability at the age of three”可知，作者学习能力有问题，因此选D。
3. The first time the writer was on the track, he ________.
A．felt as normal as others
B．was proud of himself
C．was still a little shy
D．treated himself as a hero
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句“For the first time in my life I felt normal.”可知选A。
4．The best title for the passage may be “________”．
A．Fly in The Sky B．Spread My Wings
C．Try Track Bravely D．Be An Honor Student
解析：选B 标题归纳题。作者在学习上有障碍，但是从事田径运动却如鱼得水，是一个天生的田径运动员。田径让作者找到了自己的价值，有了展翅飞翔的机会。故B符合主题。
B
The roots of basketball are deep in Canada. In 1891 the game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian who was from Almonte, Ontario.
Having been given the task of creating a new indoor sports activity while conducting a physical education class at the international YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, Naismith designed what we now call basketball. The original game involved 13 rules and a peach basket hung ten feet above the floor. Even though it took place in the United States, at least ten of the players who located in the first game were university students from Quebec.
Basketball played by school and local amateur teams has been part of the Canadian sports scene since the turn of the century. Hoops teams representing Canada have joined in Olympic Games since 1936 and in the World Championships since 1954.
One of the most storied amateur teams in Canadian basketball history is the Edmonton Commercial Graduates (Grad’s), a group of Canadian women who dominated (占优势) the sport in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Over 25 years, the Grad’s played 522 games at home and abroad, against both women’ s and men’s teams. The Grad’s accomplished a recordbreaking winning streak (连胜场数) of 147 games and throughout their basketball tenure (任期) won remarkable (卓越的) 502 times.
The National Basketball Association also has origins in Canada. The NBA’s first game was played in Toronto nearly seventy years ago, on November 1, 1946 when the New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 6866 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The teams were part of the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner to the NBA.
The Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies joined the NBA beginning in the 1995－96 season, becoming the first nonU.S. cities to join the league since the Toronto Huskies were oneyear members of the BAA.In summer 2001, the Grizzlies relocated from Vancouver to Memphis, Tennessee.
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了加拿大篮球的发展历史。
5．Basketball as a physical activity is created because ________.
A．Canada desired to be a forerunner in sports
B．a new indoor activity was needed in Massachusetts
C．students from Quebec needed physical exercises
D．James Naismith is a teacher of physical education
解析：选B 细节理解题。从第二段的首句“Having been given the task of creating a new indoor sports activity”可以得知答案是B项。
6．Which basketball groups played an important role in the Canadian sports since the turn of the century?
A．Local basketball fans.
B．Professional school teams.
C．School and local amateur teams.
D．Local basketball associations.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，学校和当地业余篮球队成为很重要的一部分，故选C项。
7.What can be inferred about the Grad’ s according to Paragraph 4?
A．Grad’s won 147 games.
B．Grad’s had men and women players.
C．Grad’s has a history of 30 years.
D．Grad’s had very few losses.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第四段“Over 25 years, the Grad’s played 522 games at home and abroad”和“won remarkable 502 times”的介绍，由此可见，该队赢的场数占绝大多数，522场中仅输过20场。
8．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．BAA and NBA
B．The origin of NBA
C．NBA and Olympic Games
D．The history of basketball in Canada
解析：选D 标题归纳题。该篇介绍了加拿大篮球的发展历史，故选D项。
C
BEAVERTON, Ore.— Jaime Nared is nearly 6foot1 and blessed with Michael Jordanstyle skills. In games, she can more than hold her own against the boys, dropping threepointers and sometimes scoring 30 points or more.
And there, according to her coach, lies the problem.
“She’s so good，” Michael Abraham said. “She makes the boys look like scrubs (灌木丛)．” So she has been told she can no longer play on boys’ teams at the Hoop, a private Beaverton basketball facility that runs a league in which Abraham’s teams compete.
The trouble started last month, when some parents told the Hoop management they didn’t like Jaime playing with the boys. Hoop officials informed Abraham that Jaime, after years on one of his boys’ teams, was refused. Neal Franzer, the Hoop’s director of operations, said Thursday that the parents were adamant (坚决的) but their complaints had nothing to do with Jaime’s skills.
“They said the problem was that the boys were playing differently against her because she was a girl，” he said. “They’d been taught not to push a girl, and the focus had changed from playing basketball to noticing a girl was on the floor with them.”
Hoop officials emailed Abraham to remind him of the rules. Abraham, Jaime and her parents didn’t buy it.“I think the complaints come from parents who don’t like seeing a girl that good playing against their sons，” Abraham said.
Jaime, who said she “fell in love” with basketball when she was 8, likes the boys’ team because boys play a fastpaced game.
Jaime’s mum, Reiko Williams, said the issue boiled over after a particular game. “She scored 30 points，” Williams said. “I remember one play. She stole the ball and made a behindtheback pass to a teammate. He missed the layin, and she grabbed the rebound and put it in. I think it was just too much for some of those parents.”
语篇解读：本文主要讲述了一个拥有极高篮球天赋的女孩Jaime Nared的故事。
9.According to the passage, Michael Abraham is ________.
A．Jaime Nared’s father
B．Jaime Nared’s coach
C．Jaime Nared’s teammate
D．the Hoop’s director of operations
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第三段最后可知，Michael Abraham指导的球队参加了这一比赛，可见Abraham是Jaime Nared的教练。
10．Jaime Nared’s problem lies in that ________.
A．she takes advantage of the boys
B．she can’t keep pace with the boys
C．she doesn’t obey the rules of basketball
D．she plays even better than her boy teammates
解析：选D 细节理解题。从第一段和最后一段都可以看出， Jaime Nared遇到的难题是她的球技高超，甚至胜过男孩子。
11．Jaime Nared was refused by the boys’ teams because ________.
A．she was too rude on the court
B．she had better skills than the boys
C．the boys didn’t like to play with a girl
D．the boys couldn’t get focused when playing with her
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第五段可知，男队员的父母反对Jaime Nared 跟男孩子一块打球，原因是男孩子总注意到在跟一个女孩打球，精力不能集中，影响了他们的发挥。
12．We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．Jaime Nared has great talent in basketball
B．Jaime Nared has played basketball for nearly ten years
C．Jaime Nared doesn’t know how to defend while playing
D．Jaime Nared’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to play with boys
解析：选A 推理判断题。从第一段和最后一段都可以看出Jaime Nared球技高超，很有篮球天赋。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’sChoice.
1.________ These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message of the writer. They also give students practice in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or 2.________
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more concentrated. 3.________ When you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total meaning of the passage. At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author’s ideas 4.________
Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reading requires posting and answering questions such as “5.______”， “Do I share the author’s point of view？” and “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence？”
A．Does my own experience support that of the author?
B．Reader’sChoice is one of the most popular magazines in the world.
C．but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
D．The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics.
E．To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information.
F．Do I know about the author?
G．when there is no time to read something carefully.
答案：1～5 DGECA
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