Unit 1 Extended reading, Project, Assessment 能力提升练-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Part 3　Extended reading, Project, Assessment

能力提升练

Ⅰ.课文语法填空

Forrest Gump is a 1994 film 　1　(star) Tom Hanks. It tells the story of Forrest Gump, a simple man with a warm personality. 　2　 an IQ of 75, he lives a 　3　(true) amazing life. He sees, and sometimes influences, some of the major events of the second half of the 　4　(twenty) century in the United States. Now I’d like to describe the scene 　5　 Forrest Gump gets on the bus on his first day of school. 

As Forrest says, he remembers the bus ride on 　6　 first day of school very well. Forrest Gump 　7　(wait) for the school bus when the bus pulls up. After he makes small talk with the driver, he gets on the bus. He begins to look around for a seat but 　8　(refuse) by a larger girl and three boys. Just at that time he hears the 　9　(sweet) voice in the world saying, “You can sit here if you want.” He says he can forget anything 　10　 the moment and from that day on they are always together like peas and carrots.  

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Ⅱ.阅读理解

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Stan Lee was born in 1922. When he was just 17, he got a job at a company that made comic books. Although the salary was beyond his imagination, Mr. Lee got tired of it. Most superheroes were strong and smart and always knew the right thing to do. Mr. Lee wanted to have a chance to create new superheroes that have weaknesses. Mr. Lee didn’t create the heroes by himself. He worked with artists to come up with the ideas. Some people thought the comic books would not sell well and that the readers would be unhappy to see superheroes lead a normal life.

Mr. Lee was able to create characters that were different from anything that had been seen in comic books before. The Incredible Hulk was a really nice guy unless he got angry. Spider-Man was never sure he was doing the right thing, but he always seemed to have something funny to say to the bad guys. Mr. Lee made it okay for comic book heroes to be like common people. He also had the clever idea of having his comic book heroes appear in each other’s stories. For example, Spider-Man might show up in a Fantastic Four story. This made readers feel shocked. He also brought them into the real world. Batman and Superman lived in made-up cities. But Mr. Lee decided that Peter Parker (who turns into Spider-Man) should live in New York City.

In 1980, Mr. Lee moved to California to promote his movies. He played a small part in most of these movies, usually showing up on screen for just a few seconds to make the audience feel the superheroes really exist in their lives. He wanted to try and get his superheroes onto TV and into the movies. He didn’t have too much luck at first, although The Incredible Hulk became popular TV shows. But after the success of the X-Men and Spider-Man movies in the early 2000s, movies with Marvel heroes began to be favored by millions of fans. Marvel movies have now earned over $24 billion. Mr. Lee is no longer with us, but the heroes he created live on.

1.Why did Stan Lee get tired of his first job?

A.The pay was poor in the job.

B.The characters in their comics were too perfect.

C.The readers didn’t support his books.

D.The artists didn’t cooperate with him.

2.What surprised Stan Lee’s readers?

A.The different kinds of super powers of superheroes.

B.The connection between different superheroes.

C.The environment the superheroes live in.

D.The common life the superheroes lead.

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.Stan Lee moved to California to direct the films.