北师大版高三英语课后习题(含答案)限时规范练26(必修5Unit13B)

限时规范练26(必修5Unit 13B)

核心素养关键词:培养学生人与社会、服务社会的思维意识

一、阅读理解

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Wanda Butts dropped the phone and screamed when she heard the news that her son was dead.

Josh had drowned while sailing on a lake with his friends.The 16-year-old didn’t know how to swim,and he wasn’t wearing a life jacket.

Josh was not alone in the black community.According to USA Swimming,70% of African-American children cannot

swim.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,African-American children between the ages of 5 and 14 are three times more likely to drown than white children in the same age range.

In 2007,Butts started the Josh Project,a non-profit project that provides low-cost swimming lessons for children in Toledo,Ohio.The swimming lessons take place at a local high school over four Saturdays for a total cost of $10.

To date,the Josh Project has helped more than 1,000 children learn how to swim.

“The public pools near our home were closed,and other places were not affordable,” said Lisa Haynes,whose 14-year-old

son,Joshua,is one of 60-plus students in the Josh Project this summer.

“I am less worried if Joshua is near water because he has the basics of how to swim,” Haynes said.“And we’re thankful for that.”

Butts is doing much more,however,than just providing swimming lessons.

“She ups the awareness,” said Shaun Anderson,a swimming coach who was so inspired by her story that he created a Josh Project swimming program at Norfolk State University.“Once these communities learn how to swim,they will pass it down,which results in future generations that know how to swim.”

Butts said she has two wishes for the future:One is to change the drowning numbers of African-American children,and the other is to have a swimming center where the children can swim daily instead of just once a week.

【篇章导读】本文是记叙文。因为一次溺水事件失去儿子的Wanda Butts创建了一个教非裔美国儿童学习游泳的非营利构造。

1.What led to Josh’s drowning?

A.He was never taught swimming skills.

B.He was poor in boating skills.

C.He gave his life jacket to a friend.

D.He was careless when swimming in the lake.

剖析细节明白题。由第二段可知,因为不会游泳且未穿浮水

衣,Josh在湖中与朋友们搭船飞行时溺亡。

2.Why did the author list the numbers in Paragraph 3?

A.To show children under 14 are more likely to drown.

B.To argue children should learn swimming at a very young age.

C.To show many African-American children lack swimming skills.

D.To introduce the difference between African-American and white children.

剖析推理判断题。第三段主旨句为第一句,即Josh的情况在美国非裔群体中并不稀有。接下来作者引用两个组织提供的数据来支持这个说法,70%的非裔美国儿童不会游泳,且在5到14岁年龄段的儿童之中,非裔美国儿童溺亡的人数要比白人儿童超过跨过几倍。因此,这些数据是为了说明非裔美国儿童当中有很多人都不会游泳。

3.What can we learn about the Josh Project?

A.It has its own swimming pools.

B.It provides lessons only in summer.

C.It serves children aged from 5 to 14.

D.Its swimming lessons take place once a week.

剖析细节明白题。由第四段中的“The swimming lessons...four Saturday s”以及最后一段中的“where the children...just once a week”可知,该组织每周六开设游泳课程,一周一次。

4.What did Lisa Haynes think of the swimming lessons the Josh Project provides?

A.Expensive.