Unit 2 Section Ⅱ Using language-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第一册外研版（课时作业）

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

Jessica Long，from Baltimore，Maryland，USA，is a champion by all definitions of the word.She is one of the world's most decorated swimmers.Jessica was the youngest athlete，at 12 years old，to win a Paralympics medal.But her path to becoming a champion has been anything but easy.

Jessica was born in Irkutsk，Russia with a serious and rare birth defect — fibular hemimelia.This means that part of her leg bones were missing or deformed.Fearing she could not care for Jessica，her young mother placed her in a Russian orphanage.

Fortunately，she was adopted by an American family when she was 13 months old.She required 25 different operations to help her leg condition.But unfortunately，both of her legs had to be amputated when she was just 18 months old.

Jessica learned to walk with man­made legs.As a child，she took to sports including gymnastics，cheerleading，ice skating，biking，trampoline，and rock climbing.

She began swimming at her grandparents' house before she started competitive swimming.She was really good at swimming.Shortly after she started competing，Jessica was selected as Maryland's Female Swimmer of the Year with Disability.

Then Jessica was encouraged to enter her first Paralympic Games in Athens，Greece.She won three gold medals in swimming at age 12！She was the youngest athlete on the US Paralympic Team to ever do so.But she did not rest on her success.Jessica has gone on to win 23 medals for Team USA at the Paralympics！She is one of the most decorated athletes of all time.

She is now a positive force on a mission to encourage the next generation of Paralympic athletes！Jessica always believes she can do anything.She always gives 110%.She is always learning.And she never allows herself to quit.As she says，“The only disability in life is a negative attitude.”

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。Jessica Long从小由于疾病失去了双腿，然而她并没有气馁，对生活持有积极态度。她在残奥会上赢得23块奖牌，是获得奖牌数最多的国际运动员之一。

1．What do we know about Jessica Long's childhood?

A．She was born into an American family.

B．She was adopted from a Russian orphanage.

C．She learned swimming from a famous coach.

D．She went through 25 operations within 5 months.

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句以及第三段第一句可知，Jessica Long 是被一个美国家庭从俄罗斯的一个孤儿院收养的。

2．What does the underlined word “amputated” in Paragraph 3 Probably mean?

A．Improved.　　　 B．Linked.

C．Examined.  D．Removed.

解析：选D　词义猜测题。根据第四段中“Jessica learned to walk with man­made legs.”可推知，她被截肢了，失去了双腿。故画线词意思是“去除，截(肢)”。

3．What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?

A．Jessica Long's achievements in swimming.

B．The effort Jessica Long has put into swimming.

C．The influence Jessica Long has had on other athletes.

D．The strength of the US Paralympic Team in swimming.

解析：选A　段落大意题。根据第六段内容可知，Jessica第一次参加了在希腊雅典举行的残奥会，她是美国残奥队有史以来最年轻的运动员。在残奥会上为美国队赢得了23块奖牌，是有史以来获得奖牌最多的运动员之一。由此可知，第六段主要介绍了她在游泳上的成就。

4．What does Jessica think is very important to her success?

A．An opportunity.

B．Good luck.

C．A physical disability.

D．An active attitude.

解析：选D　推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，她认为一个积极的生活态度对成功非常重要。

B

We have often heard that “work smart and not hard”．Does only smart work bring you success？And if so，then why are so many of us still busy putting our blood and sweat into working hard？Here，we'll discuss hard work and smart work.

Hard work is all about consistently working towards a particular goal irrespective(不考虑的) of its worth，not being worried about the result and not using any means to reduce your effort.Hard work requires a lot of commitment(投入) and sincerity from the person.Although being boring and tiresome，it can give you the best results if it is done with heart and soul.

One of the preconditions of smart work is having in­depth knowledge or experience of the work in hand，because that allows you to look for efficient ways to do the work in a planned time.Being a smart worker saves a lot of time as you can find means to reduce your work by using logical and innovative ways to achieve your goals.Besides，it also gives you enough time to learn a new task while completing the present one.

Although it seems that smart work is a better option，what we forget is that smart work is the fruit of hard work.Only when you work hard can you gather the expertise(专门技能) and the knowledge to understand the work in hand and efficiently improve on it and work smartly.

You will attain great heights and lead a better and comfortable life if you combine both smart and hard work together.If you are not smart，your hard work will never pay.A donkey only does hard work，while a horse does hard work and uses its smartness whenever and wherever it needs.In a similar way，smart work is the result of hard work.To master the quality of smart work，you really need to work hard.Through hard work，we gain experience which helps us discover new things that may make us work smartly.The effort is important，but where to make that effort makes a difference.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇议论文。作者通过解释勤奋工作和智慧工作的概念，对比两者的关系，从而得出两者缺一不可的结论。

5．What can we learn about hard workers from Paragraph 2?

A．They lack proper work skills.

B．They always have great patience.

C．They tend to ignore the goal of work.

D．They obtain excellent results from their work.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Although being boring and tiresome，it can give you the best results if it is done with heart and soul.”可知，勤奋工作者可以得到很好的工作结果。

6．How can smart workers save a lot of time?

A．By making a sensible plan.

B．By making use of innovative ways.

C．By learning experience from others.

D．By getting inspiration from a new task.

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Being a smart worker saves a lot of time...by using logical and innovative ways to achieve your goals.”可知，智慧工作者通过使用革新的方法来节约很多时间。