UNIT 1 课时检测（一） “Understanding ideas”的课文习读环节（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语必修2 （外研版）

1 / 5 UNIT 1 课时检测（一） “Understanding ideas”的课文习读环节 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A I have a neighbour we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻的) word to anyone or about anyone. Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbours watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben's beans，we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard. Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighbourhood over for an “all­day food feast”．We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn't know what was about to take place. By 9：00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra and squash. By 10：00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o'clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty (收成) of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift! Well, the point wasn't so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another's company. None of it would have happened if it had not been for Happy and Ben's garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decide to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants! 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者的邻居喜欢种植瓜果蔬菜，并且举办美食节邀请邻居一起享受自己种植的食物。在他们的影响下，作者也喜欢上了种菜。 1．We can infer that Happy and her husband Ben _________. A．are a generous and warm­hearted couple B．sometimes quarrel with each other C．live on the food they grow in their garden D．don't like spending time with others 解析：选A　 推理判断题。文章首段中提到Happy从不说刻薄的话，文章三、四段中提到他们与邻居分享自己种植的蔬菜，最后一段则提到他们写博客指导邻居种植蔬菜。由此可知，这是一对慷慨而热情的夫妇。 2．According to Paragraph 2, people wish they also had a garden so that _________