高中英语Unit2SailingtheoceansSectionⅠWarmingupReadingP

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans
Section ⅠWarming up & Reading—Pre－reading Ⅰ.阅读理解
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You’ve probably heard about sports coaches，fitness coaches，voice and music teachers，career counselors，psychiatrists (精神科医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.
But there’s a rapidly growing kind of professionals who do a little bit of or he is called a “______________life_coach”．People who are at the crossroads in their life，and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost，are turning to them for help.
The idea that one person’s success story can change other people’s life for the better goes back at least to the Carnegie’s famous self－improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People” came along soon thereafte r.
But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or use their own experiences in business，sports，military service，or psychotherapy (心理疗法) to help others make critical life often give their approaches a slogan，such as “energy coaching”“fearless living” or “working yourself happy”．
Dave Lakhani in Boise，Idaho，for instance，works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”．He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s career and life outside work.
Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful—including battered women and struggling single mothers.
But others in the so－called “helpful professions” are n ot thrilled about the life－coaching say that anyone，trained or untrained，can call himself or herself a life coach，and these slick(脆而不坚的) promoters who mess with people’s life can do more harm than good.
语篇解读当你处于人生的重要时刻时，当你想让公司里某些职员的事业得以提升时，你可以求助于人生教练，他们能帮忙你做出人生中的重大决定。

1．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．Working Yourself Happy
B．Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions
C．How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches
D．The Life－coaching Movement
解析：本文主要介绍了人生教练正成为受人们欢迎的专业人材，他们能帮忙那些面临人生重大抉择的人们做出决定。

B项最具有归纳性。

答案：B
2．The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means “____________________”．A．the career counselor who teaches skills
B．the psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily life
C．the fitness coach who teaches us lessons
D．the specialist who helps us make important life decisions
解析：按照第二段的最后一句“People who are at the crossroads in their life，and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost，are turning to them for help”及第三段的内容可知，“life coach”是指帮忙咱们做出人生重大决定的专家。

答案：D
3．The last paragraph is mainly about____________.
A．the introductions of life coaches
B．the disagreements about life coaches
C．the effects of life coaches
D．the experiences of life coaches
解析：按照最后一段中的“They say…can do more harm than good”可知，一些人对人生教练持否定的态度，以为人生教练可能给人们的生活带来的伤害大于益处，因此选择B 项。

答案：B
4．What is the author’s attitude towards life coaches?
A．Cautious. B．Approving.
C．Casual. D．Disapproving.
解析：作者在文章中客观地对人生教练进行了介绍，既介绍了他们的职业优势，也提及了一些人对他们的否定态度，因此作者对人生教练的态度是严谨的。

cautious 严谨的，谨慎的；approving 同意的；casual 随意的，漠不关心的；disapproving不同意的。

答案：A
B
2015 TFK Poetry Contest
Call all poets ！Time for Kids has a challenge for you：write a funny，rhyming must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s the Time for Kids Poetry Contest！As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own，Time for Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.
Contest Rules
1．How to enter This contest begins at 12：01 am on March 6,2015 and ends at 11：59 pm on July 24, enter，mail the following information to 1271 Avenue of the Americas,32nd Floor，New York，New York 10020：(a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme；(b) entrants’ first name only and a parent’s mail one entry per entering，entrants promise that the entry is original，and has not been published in any medium and has not won an award.
2．Judging All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt，based on the following criteria：creativity and originality (50%)，use of language and rhyme (25%) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25%)．The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.
3．Prizes Our judges will select four semi－finalists (参加半决赛的选手)from which one grand prize winner and three finalists will be one grand prize winner will receive an online class visit from Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry，The Armpit of Doom：Funny Poems for Kids，approximately value at $ three finalists will each get a signe d copy of Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry，The Armpit of Doom：Funny Poems for Kids，
and both their poems and that of the grand prize winner will be published at .
4．Eligibility (参赛资格) Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at time of entry.
5．Winner’s list For names of the winner and finalists，visit ( after August 1,2015，available for a period of 10 days)．
语篇解读为了激发孩子们写诗的兴趣，Time for Kids决定举行一次诗歌大赛。

本文主要介绍了该比赛的一些规则，包括参赛方式、评判标准、奖品设置、参赛资格等。

5．The purpose of the contest is to____________.
A．encourage children to learn from other poets
B．help children realize the dream of poetry writing
C．encourage children’s interest in poetry writing
D．encourage children to read more original poems
解析：按照文章第一段的最后一句“As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own，Time for Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation”可知，比赛的目的是激发孩子们写诗的兴趣，故选择C项。

答案：C
6．Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?
A．Being creative and original.
B．Using a proper number of words.
C．Using proper language and rhyme.
D．Being appropriate to the contest theme.
解析：按照Judging中的“creativity and originality (50%)，use of...of the contest (25%)”和“The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration”可知，在评判进程中一首诗的创意和独创性是最重要的，因此选择A项。

答案：A
7．What can be known about the finalists of the contest?
A．They will get a great deal of money.
B．Their poems can be read at .
C．They will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt.
D．Their poems will appear in Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry.
解析：按照Prizes的介绍中的最后一句“The three finalists...and that of the grand prize winner will be published at time for”可推知，参加决赛的选手的诗能在time for上读到。

答案：B
8．According to the contest rules，____________.
A．poems can be sent to the organizers by e－mail
B．all the children have the right to take part in the contest
C．the number of one entrant’s poems to enter the contest is not limited
D．the result of the contest will be unknown before August 1,2015
解析：按照文章Winner’s list下的“For names of the winner and finalists，visit (after August 1,2015，available for a period of 10 days)”可知，比赛结果将于2015年8月1日以后发布，因此选择D。

答案：D
Ⅱ.完形填空
I loved working with my dad，but I hated the summer job he gave owned a small__1__in Bank his shop，the most recently__2__person got the worst job，and the boss’ son was also__3__.
I didn’t want to spend hours__4__the frost on the ceiling of the walk－in freezer，and it was the Saturday afternoon’s job that I hated received fresh__5__every sat in wooden boxes and was__6__with crushed the week，the ice and the blood of the chicken slowly leaked into the containers__7__the chicken，creating its bloody smell.
There was only one__8__to get rid of the blood and wash the containers：hold my__9__and carefully slide the containers from under the chicken，as I tried not to__10__the contents over my clothes，and then__11__into the drain (下水道)．
Soon，students__12__have cut lawns，painted houses，worked in offices，or maybe even worked in the butcher’s will __13__to will have great memories__14__others will come back
with__15__ones.
Looking back，I thought my father could have__16__me from my weekly ，my dad，who’d dropped out of school to help support his family after his father died，was a teacher for knew treating me__18__from his other employees would be an unfair importantly，he taught me to__19__those who do the hard and__20__tasks in life.
For the next six summers，I returned not as the boss’ son，but as one of other guys，and I cleaned the dirty containers every Saturday afternoon.
语篇解读暑假在父亲的肉店打工的经历让作者知道了很多。

父亲的一视同仁让作者体会到了工作的艰辛，也知道了理解那些干脏活、累活的人。

1．B．butcher’s
C．chain D．barber’s
解析：按照下文作者所做的工作和第13题前的“butcher’s”可知，作者的父亲经营着一家小肉店。

grocery食物杂货店；butcher’s肉店；chain链子，连锁商店；barber’s理发店。

答案：B
2．B．invited
C．received D．trained
解析：在父亲的店里，新手会做最不好干的活，老板的儿子也不例外。

hire招聘，聘用；invite邀请；receive收到；train训练。

答案：A
3．B．included
C．affected D．offered
解析：老板的儿子也被包括在内。

interest使感兴趣；include包括；affect影响；offer 提供。

答案：B
4．into B．tearing up
C．cleaning up D．carrying on
解析：按照第二、三两段对作者的工作的描述和最后一段中的“I cleaned the dirty containers every Saturday afternoon”可知，作者的工作是除去冷冻室天花板上的霜冻，并弄干净放在鸡肉下面的容器。

look into审查，调查；tear up撕毁；clean up打扫干净；carry on继续移动。

答案：C
5．B．vegetable
C．chicken D．grain
解析：按照下文中的“Chicken sat in wooden boxes”可知，店里天天都会收到新鲜的鸡肉。

答案：C
6．B．impressed
C．accompanied D．cooked
解析：为了保留鸡肉，周围会放一些碎冰。

be surrounded with被……包围。

impress 使铭刻；accompany陪伴；cook烹饪。

答案：A
7．B．beside
C．below D．under
解析：按照第三段中的“carefully slide the containers from under the chicken”可知，容器在鸡肉下面。

答案：D
8．B．way
C．place D．reason
解析：只有一种办法可以去除血水并清洗容器。

chance机缘；way方式；place地方；reason原因。

答案：B
9．B．nose
C．breath D．head
解析：按照第二段的最后一句可知，容器里有血腥味，因此作者屏住呼吸并小心地抽出容器。

hold one’s breath屏住呼吸。

答案：C
10．B．notice
C．find D．splash
解析：作者小心地抽出容器，尽可能不让里面的东西溅到衣服上。

touch触摸；notice 注意到；find发现；splash溅在……上。

答案：D
11．B．divide
C．empty D．allow
解析：然后将容器里的脏水倒入下水道。

break损坏，破碎；divide分开，分散；empty 倒空；allow允许。

答案：C
12．B．what
C．when D．who
解析：先行词为students，空处引导定语从句，且在从句中作主语，故应用who。

答案：D
13．B．walk
C．return D．apply
解析：按照文章第一句和最后一段的内容可知，作者暑假期间在父亲的店里打工，所以此处指暑假结束时学生们都将返回学校。

adapt适应；walk步行；return返回；apply应用。

答案：C
14．B．when
C．since D．because
解析：有些学生会有美好的回忆，而有些学生则带着不愉快的回忆返校。

前后为对比关系，因此利用while。

答案：A
15．B．good
C．amazing D．unpleasant
解析：此处应与“great”意思相反，因此选择D项。

答案：D
16．B．spared
C．treated D．pushed
解析：作者以为父亲本能把自己从每周的苦境中解救出来，但父亲没有那样做。

spare sth.使某人免去某物。

force强迫；treat对待，招待；push推。

答案：B
17．heart B．in fact
C．in case D．at home
解析：作者感觉为了养家而停学的父亲实际上是自己的老师，他让作者知道了很多做人的道理。

at heart在心里；in fact事实上，实际上；in case以防万一；at home在家。

答案：B
18．B．carefully
C．differently D．warmly
解析：作者的父亲知道区别对待自己的儿子与其他员工是不公平的。

kindly亲切地；carefully仔细地；differently不同地；warmly热烈地。

答案：C
19．B．appreciate
C．hurt D．influence
解析：最重要的是，父亲教作者在生活中要理解那些从事又累又脏的工作的人。

witness 目击，见证；appreciate理解，明白；hurt伤害；influence影响。

答案：B
20．B．dirty
C．easy D．funny
解析：按照空格前的“hard and”及最后一段中的“I cleaned the dirty container”可知，
应选择B项，dirty脏的。

答案：B。