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课时冲关29 Unit 5 A delicate world
Ⅰ.阅读A
主题:人与社会
体裁:应用文
话题:著名小贩中心
The Best Hawker(沿街叫卖者)Centers in Singapore
Chinatown Complex Food Center
You can find all the musttry local foods here: Being the largest hawker center in Singapore with over 260 food stands, this center offers a full range of local dishes from chilli crab, black pepper crab to local juice and popular desserts.
Foods are offered at the cheapest prices: Food prices here are very reasonable and competitive.Diners can enjoy a plate of chicken rice or a bowl of laksa at prices from $ 2.50 to $3.00.
Old Airport Road Food Center
Singapore iconic hawker center:One of the oldest and largest food courts in the island city serves authentic delicious local food to many generations of Singaporeans.Absolutely, you will find all the popular Singaporean dishes there.
Offering the best soya beancurd in Singapore, it is home to some of the best soya beancurd stands. The beancurd is offered at $ 1.50 per bowl for original favor and $2.00 per bowl for almond favor.
Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Center
A clean and spacious hawker center: Decorated recently, this center is one of the cleanest and most spacious hawker centers in Singapore.You will definitely enjoy the airy, comfortable and relaxing atmosphere there.
Located right above one of the best wet markets in Singapore: The center is on the second floor.On the first floor is a famous wet market with fresh produce.Therefore you can enjoy mouthwatering Singaporean foods and experience the original feature of a typical Singapore wet market during your visit.
Chomp Chomp Food Center
A hawker center catering for latenight diners: Unlike other food centers opening from morning to evening, this center starts from 18: 00 until late every day.So if you want to have good hawker food at late hours, come here.
Serving some of the best satay in Singapore: To many Singaporean foodies, Chomp Chomp Food Center is a satay mecca(圣地).pork,beef,chicken and mutton satay are all available.
[语篇解读] 本文是应用文。主要介绍了新加坡的四个著名小贩中心,包括其地理位置、营业时间、特色小吃及部分商品价格。
1.What do the first two centers have in common?
A.Both feature local dishes.
B.Both have a long history.
C.Both serve the best desserts.
D.Both are known for the lowest prices.
解析:A [细节理解题。根据 Chinatown Complex Food Center 部分中的“You can find all the musttry local foods here: Being the largest hawker center in Singapore with over 260 food stands, this center offers a full range of local dishes from chilli crab, black pepper crab to local juice and popular desserts.(作为新加坡最大的小贩中心,这里有超过260个小吃摊,你可以在这里找到所有必须品尝的当地食物,这个中心提供从辣椒蟹、黑胡椒蟹到当地果汁和受欢迎的甜点的全方位的当地菜肴。)”可知,Chinatown Complex Food Center提供各式各样的新加坡当地美食;根据 Old Airport Road Food Center 部分中的“Singapore iconic hawker center:One of the oldest and largest food courts in the island city serves authentic delicious local food to many generations of Singaporeans.(新加坡标志性的小贩中心;岛上城市最古老和最大的美食广场之一为几代新加坡人提供正宗美味的当地食品。)”可知,作为最古老、最大的美食广场之一,Old Airport Road Food Center为几代新加坡人提供正宗的本地美食,故综合这两个小贩中心可知,它们都以地方食品为特色。]
2.What is special about Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Center?
A.It offers the freshest produce.
B.It has a better dining environment.
C.It is above a seafood market.
D.It's famous for its beancurd.
解析:B [细节理解题。根据 Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Center 部分第一段中的“Decorated recently, this center is one of the cleanest and most spacious hawker centers in Singapore.You will definitely enjoy the airy, comfortable and relaxing atmosphere there.(这个中心最近装修过,是新加坡最干净、最宽敞的小贩中心之一。你一定会喜欢那里的通风,舒适和放松的气氛。)”可知,这个小贩中心是新加坡最干净、最宽敞的小贩中心之一,通风好,有着令人感到舒适和放松的氛围,故 Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Center 的特殊之处是用餐环境比较好,]
3.Which center should you go to for a midnight snack?
A.Chinatown Complex Food Center.
B.Old Airport Road Food Center.
C.Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Center.
D.Chomp Chomp Food Center.
解析:D [细节理解题。根据 Chomp Chomp Food Center 部分中的“So if you want to have good hawker food at late hours, come here.(所以如果你想在深夜吃到好吃的小贩食物,来这里。)”可知,如果你想在深夜吃到好吃的小贩食物,可以去 Chomp Chomp Food Center。]
阅读B
主题:人与社会
体裁:应用文
话题:哈欠传播
If you ever find yourself yawning during a long video call, you may soon see yawns(哈欠)spread to the other faces on your screen.Your pet under the desk may even join in.
Yawns can spread even between dogs and humans, as reported in 2008 and 2012.At the time empathy-the ability to put yourself in another's shoes—was one of the most probable explanation.But new evidence suggests this reasoning is wrong.
To get a better understanding, researchers examined whether dogs' yawning follows the same behavioral patterns with humans.For instance, people are both more likely to yawn with friends and families than with strangers.Besides, women, on average, report greater feelings of empathy than men, and catch yawns more frequently.But earlier this year, when researchers analyzed previous studies of yawning in dogs, they found no sign of this bias(偏向).
How often do dogs catch yawns from humans who are nice or not so nice to them? In another study,an experimenter would either play with or pet the dog, or plainly ignore the dog and avoid all eye contact.The antisocial experimenter would also show the dog a treat and command it to perform a trick, and then eat the treat themselves.But this did not affect the dogs' yawning.
It's still unclear why we yawn in the first place.One hypothesis is that yawning is a stress response that increases alertness by increasing blood flow to the brain and cooling it.“Having yawns spread could help coordinate(协调)a group's alertness.However, this is one nice evolutionary story that we don't have that much evidence for.This doesn't mean your dog doesn't have empathy at all.Instead, the study shows that animal minds are still a mystery,” says Alex Taylor, an evolutionary psychologist.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究人员对于“哈欠在人与动物之间传播”的原因的探索。
4.What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?
A.To introduce the topic of the passage.
B.To clarify the definition of the yawn.
C.To describe yawning through an example.
D.To make an overall outline of the passage.
解析:A [推理判断题。根据文章第一段“If you ever find yourself yawning during a long video call, you may soon see yawns(哈欠)spread to the other faces on your screen.Your pet under the desk may even join in.(如果您在长时间的视频通话中发现自己在打哈欠,您可能很快就会看到打哈欠蔓延到屏幕上的其他面孔上。你桌子底下的宠物甚至也可能会加入到这个行列中。)”可知,本段主要是介绍了实际生活中关于“哈欠传播”的例子,目的是为了引入本篇文章的主题。这是一种“抛砖引玉”式的写作手法,所以A项To introduce the topic of the passage.(介绍文章的主题。)符合推断。]
5.What can be learned about dogs' yawn from the passage?
A.Dogs catch yawns as a result of empathy.
B.Female dogs yawn much more than male dogs.
C.Dogs tend to yawn more after a familiar person.
D.Dogs' yawning follows a different pattern from humans'.
解析:D [细节理解题。根据文章第三段“For instance, people are both more likely to yawn with friends and families than with strangers.Besides, women, on average, report greater feelings of empathy than men, and catch yawns more frequently.But earlier this year, when researchers analyzed previous studies of yawning in dogs, they found no sign of this bias(偏向).(例如,与陌生人相比,人们更可能与朋友和家人打哈欠。此外,平均而言,女性比男性报告的共情感更强,打哈欠的频率也更高。但今年早些时候,当研究人员分析之前对狗打哈欠的研究时,他们没有发现这些偏见的迹象。)”可知,狗并没有表现出与人类相同的现象,如“与熟人更易打哈欠”,“女性打哈欠频率更高”。所以D项Dogs' yawning follows a different pattern from human's.(狗打哈欠的方式与人类不同。)符合原文表述。]
6.According to Paragraph 4, what may the antisocial experimenter do to dogs?
A.Ignore the dog even if it yawns.
B.Hurt them cruelly.
C.Make no eye contact with them at all.
D.Give a treat to them when they perform a trick.
解析:C [推理判断题。根据文章第四段“In another study, an experimenter would either play with or pet the dog, or plainly ignore the dog and avoid all eye contact.The antisocial experimenter would also show the dog a treat and command it to perform a trick, and then eat the treat themselves.(在另一项研究中,实验者要么与狗玩耍或抚摸狗,要么直接无视狗并避免所有目光接触。反交际实验者还会给狗看零食并命令它表演一个技巧,然后自己吃零食。) ”以及根据also可知,反交际实验者也会做前面的事情,即有可能“直接无视狗并避免所有目光接触”。C项Make no eye contact with them at all.(完全不与它们进行眼神交流。)符合推断。]
7.What can we infer from Alex Taylor's words?
A.We yawn to spread alertness to others.
B.We need to explore more about yawns.
C.Dogs may have no empathy at all.
D.Humans' yawning behavior arose from evolution.
解析:B [推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Having yawns spread could help coordinate(协调)a group's alertness.However, this is one nice evolutionary story that we don't have that much evidence for.This doesn't mean your dog doesn't have empathy at all.Instead, the study shows that animal minds are still a mystery,(打哈欠可以帮助协调一个群体的警觉性。然而,这是一个很好的进化故事,我们没有那么多证据。这并不是说你的狗根本没有同理心。相反,这项研究表明,动物的思维仍然是一个谜。) ”可知,狗并不是没有同理心,而“动物的思维仍然是一个谜”表明,在这方面还需进一步探究,才能揭开谜底。故B项We need to explore more about yawns.(我们需要更多地探索关于打哈欠的这个谜。)符合推断。]
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
主题:人与社会
体裁:说明文
话题:如何释放压力,获得更多快乐
University life is full of fun and experiences.But to make learning much more enjoyable, you should follow certain steps that will help you out in keeping your stress level down and having the most of the fun in the university.
Always get involved in the events.Doing something every day is very important not only in the university life but also in the practical life.____1____ Be active and smart.Join the societies, which will help you develop personality and increase your confidence.
Always show up.Showing people that you are there with them and always will be.Offer help to everybody.In this way more people will know you and you will be able to wipe off your fear of social interaction.____2____
Make as many friends as possible.Don't restrict yourself in making friends; it will help increase your knowledge.You will learn a lot about different cultures and this will help you with your practical life too.By communicating with different people you'll learn different interesting aspects of their lives.
3____ If you keep thinking all the time about future, you will end up being depressed.You start losing your focus and begin to worry about less important things.____4____ Release your stress and be presentfocused.It will greatly help you in accomplishing your goals and achieving happiness.
Keep a balance.____5____ Being extreme in one field might bring astonishing results, but this will affect other aspects of your life.Keep a balance between shortterm goals and longterm benefits.This will help you in achieving a perfect and enjoyable life.
A.Do not waste time doing nothing.
B.Just relax and stop thinking about the future.
C.Never move towards the extreme and try living an average life.
D.Be presentfocused.
E.Some students may like to have many friends and enjoy a party lifestyle.
F.The more people you know, the easier it will be for you to walk around without being shy.
G.Nobody cares if you miss class, don't eat properly, nor don't go to a party.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇说明文。文章介绍如何在大学里释放压力,获得更多快乐。
1.A [由上文“Doing something every day is very important not only in the university life but also in the practical life.(每天做一些事情不仅在大学生活中非常重要,在现实生活中也是如此。)”可知,此处表示不要无所事事,而A 项Do not waste time doing nothing.(不要浪费时间无所事事。)符合语境,其中的 doing nothing 与 上文Doing something 相呼应。]
2.F [由上文“In this way more people will know you and you will be able to wipe off your fear of social interaction.(这样,更多的人会了解你,你就能消除对社交的恐惧。)”可知,此处表示你了解的人越多,你越容易和人们接触,就越不会感觉害羞。而F项The more people you know, the easier it will be for you to walk around without being shy.(你认识的人越多,你就越容易不害羞地四处走动。)符合语境,其中being shy和上文your fear of social interaction对应。]
3.D [由下文“If you keep thinking all the time about future, you will end up being depressed.(若你们一直在思考未来,你们最终会感到沮丧。)”以及“Release your stress and be presentfocused.(释放压力,专注于当下。)”可知,本段作者强调不要过多担心未来,而应着手于现在。而D项Be presentfocused(专注于当下)符合语境,对下文有总结作用,符合为段落的主题句。]
4.B [由下文“Release your stress and be presentfocused.(释放压力,专注于当下。)”可知,此处表示放松,不要想着未来。而B项Just relax and stop thinking about the future.(放松一下,别再想着未来了。)符合语境,其中Just relax与下文Release your stress对应。]
5.C [由下文“Being extreme in one field might bring astonishing results, but this will affect other aspects of your life.(在一个领域表现极端可能会带来惊人的结果,但这会影响你生活的其他方面。)” 可知,此处表示不要走极端,尽量过普通的生活。而C项Never move towards the extreme and try living an average life.(永远不要走向极端,试着过普通的生活。)符合语境,其中move towards the extreme 与下文Being extreme对应。]
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