Unit 1 Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语必修第一册外研版（课时作业）

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

What a day！I started school this morning and had the best time.I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers.I was nervous the night before，but I had no reason to be.Everyone was so friendly and polite.They made me feel at ease.It was like I'd been at the school for a hundred years!

At 7：00 a．m.I had my breakfast downstairs with my moon.She could tell that I was very nervous.Mom kept asking me what was wrong.She told me I had nothing to worry about and that everyone was going to love me.If they didn't love me，Mom said she would have a good talk with them.I couldn't stop laughing.

My mom dropped me off at the school gate about five minutes before the bell.A little blonde (金发的) girl got dropped off at the same time and started waving at me.She ran over and told me her name was Abigail.She was very nice and we became close straight away.We spent all morning together and began to talk to another girl called Stacey.The three of us sat together in class all day and we even made our way home together！It went so quickly.Our teacher told us that the next day we would really start learning and developing new skills.

I cannot wait until tomorrow and I am really going to enjoy my time at my new school.I hope that my new friends feel the same way too.

[语篇解读]　作者来到一所新学校，在开学前夕十分紧张，但开学那天遇到的人都非常友好。

1．How did the author feel the night before starting school?

A．Tired.　　　　　 B．Excited.

C．Worried.  D．Relaxed.

解析　细节理解题。根据首段中的“I was nervous the night before, but I had no reason to be.”可知，作者在开学前感到紧张不安。故答案为C。

答案　C

2．What did the author think of her mother's words?

A．Clear.  B．Funny.

C．Reasonable.  D．Excellent.

解析　细节理解题。 根据第二段中的“Mom said she would have a good talk with them.I couldn't stop laughing”可知，作者觉得妈妈说的话很好笑。故答案为B。

答案　B

3．What happened on the author's first day of school?

A．She met many nice people.

B．She had a hurried breakfast.

C．She learned some new skills.

D．She arrived at school very early.

解析　推理判断题。根据首段中的“I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers.”和“ Everyone was so friendly and polite.They made me feel at ease.”以及第三段中作者详细介绍自己遇到的新朋友可知作者在开学第一天遇到很多友好的人。故答案为A。

答案　A

4．What can we infer about Abigail?

A．She disliked Stacey.

B．She was shy and quiet.

C．She got on well with the author.

D．She was an old friend of the author.

解析　推理判断题。根据第三段中的“her name was Abigail.She was very nice and we became close straight away.We spent all morning together”等内容可知，Abigail和作者相处得非常融恰。故答案为C。

答案　C

B

It is hard to say the first day of school in the United States because when the first day of school is and what happens on the first day of school usually are different by districts (地区)．

The first day of school for many school districts in different states is on the day after the first Monday in September.In some other school districts，school begins in mid­to­late August.For example，the Denver，Colorado schools go back in mid­August and schools in Cleveland，Ohio start back usually one week before the first Monday in September.The Boston，Chicago，New York City and San Diego schools start back on the Tuesday or Wednesday after the first Monday in September.

Schools in Cleveland, Ohio used to start the school year on the day after the first Monday in September，but in the 1976­1977 and 1977­1978 academic years，the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms，extremely cold.In the 1978­1979 school year，the Ohio Department of Education moved the start of the year to late August, one week before the first Monday in September.This went into effect in the 1980­1981 school year.

In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts between August 25 and August 30, and

goes until the last week of May or the first week in June next year.

In American high schools, the freshmen classes usually go back one or two days before the rest of the school bodies for an orientation (迎新) period.An orientation period helps the freshmen get familiar with their new school, its rules, and surroundings.

In some schools，the freshmen classes have their photographs taken for identification purposes.Some high schools have tried to make the first week of school fun for incoming freshmen.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国各地新学年的开学时间以及一些新生入学习俗。

5．According to the passage, which schools start their school year the earliest?

A．Schools in Denver.

B．Schools in Cleveland.

C．Schools in New York City.

D．Schools in Boston.

解析　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“For example, the Denver ...Monday in September.”可知，丹佛的学校开学最早。

答案　A

6．Why did the Ohio Department of Education change the start of the school year?

A．Because of some political events.

B．Because of the entrance examinations.

C．Because of the increasing number of students.

D．Because of the extreme weather.

解析　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“but in the 1976­1977 ...extremely cold.”可知，俄亥俄州教育部门改变新学年开学时间是因为极端天气的影响。

答案　D

7．How many months does the school year last in schools in Utah?

A．About seven months.

B．About eight months.

C．About nine months.

D．About ten months.

解析　推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，美国犹他州的许多学校一学年要持续大约九个月的时间。

答案　C