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Unit 5 Reading for Writing习题检测
基础达标
一、单词拼写
1. adj.逐渐的;渐进的→gradually adv.逐渐地;逐步地
2. n.(焦虑、痛苦的)减轻或消除;(不快过后的)宽慰、轻松或解脱→relieve v.减轻;解除
3. vt.治愈;解决(问题) n.药物;治疗→curable adj.可以治愈的→incurable adj.无法治愈的
4. v.吸引;吸收;理解→absorbed adj.被……吸引住的;专心致志的
5. adj.先前的;以往的→previously adv.先前地;以往地
6. v.雇用;使忙于→unemployed adj.失业的;待业的→employment n.使用;雇用;职业
7. v.装备;配备→equipment n.设备;装备
8. vt.假设;以为→assumption n.假定;设想;承担
9. n.添加;加法;增加物→additional adj.额外的;附加的
10. v.治疗;对待;处理→treatment n.治疗;对待;处理
11. v.(使)满足;(使)满意;符合→satisfaction n.满足;满意;欣慰→satisfied adj.感到满意的→satisfying/satisfactory adj.令人满意的
12. adj.各种各样的;各种不同的→variety n.多样;种类;变化
13. v.(作出)反应→reaction n.反应;回应
能力提升
二、阅读理解
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(2024上·辽宁辽阳·高一统考期末)There’s one patient that Sarah Rose Black still thinks about. Back in 2019, the nursing team at Toronto’s Cancer Center called to ask if she could reach out to a patient who had been there for about a week. The man was struggling, and unwilling to communicate with the workers or be part of any activities.
Black isn’t a doctor or a nurse. Since 2013 she has played an important role for patients at the center as a music therapist (治疗专家). On any day, she might see one person who’s anxious about an operation, another who’s in need of a calm moment.
So, Black walked into the patient’s room and introduced herself. She asked if she could sit and offer to play some music. In an effort to persuade him, she said, “If you don’t like it, you can just tell me to leave.” After some gentle urging, the man in his 70s, who had lung cancer, told her a few musicians he liked and then turned away to look out the window. But as she started to play one of his favorites, a change came over him. He turned towards Black and started to cry.
She stopped playing. “Do you want me to continue?” “Certainly,” he said through tears. “It was as if the music reached places that nothing else could,” recalls Black. The music sho