UNIT 5 单元仿真验收性评价(课件PPT)-【新课程学案】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第一册（人教版2019）

单元仿真验收性评价 (时间：100分钟　满分：120分) 第一部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Imagine a place where people and animals mingle comfortably, and where you and your family can enjoy farm animals at their best — in a clean, natural and relaxed atmosphere.Such a place is the Friendly Farm. Wander the grounds, have a picnic, and learn something new.Most of our animals will be more than happy to eat right out of your hand.You'll find the Friendly Farm has something to offer to kids — of ALL ages! Our gift shop has been rebuilt after a fire we had in October of 2005.Fortunately, no animals were harmed.Come in and see the new items we have in store for you! Activity Room： We are in the process of building a children's activity room.To be opened later this season, it will feature interactive activities between animals and children and also a chance for children to post their favorite artwork about animals — both on the walls and online. Become a Junior Farmer and Receive： ·Free T-Shirt！— It's your ticket to admission here on the Friendly Farm. ·Free Admission — Once you become a Junior Farmer you can come as often as you like to visit us. ·Free Bag of Feed Every Time You Visit. In addition to the above items, you'll receive a 10% discount off any purchases in our gift shop. Price： You can order our special Discount Admission Card online.Receive 15 admissions for just $82.50. Time： We're open daily from 10：00 am to 5：00 pm (weather permitting) from late May until Labor Day, then weekends through mid-September. 语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了参观the Friendly Farm的相关信息。 1．What are children advised to do on the Friendly Farm? A．Organize a party with family. B．Clean the Friendly Farm. C．Buy food in the gift shop. D．Feed animals if they like. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Most of our animals will be more than happy to eat right out of your hand.”可知，孩子们可以给动物喂食。 2．What is the special feature of Activity Room? A．Being open all the year. B．Giving out free food. C．Teaching kids to paint. D．Getting close to animals. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“it will feature interactive activities between animals and children”可知，Activity Room的特色在于提供孩子与动物之间的互动活动。 3．As a Junior Farmer, he/she . A．can visit the farm for free B．should order tickets online C．should be good at making artwork D．needs to buy a T-shirt about animals √ 解析：细节理解题。根据文中“Free Admission — Once you become a Junior Farmer you can come as often as you like to visit us.”可知， Junior Farmer具有免费进入的特权。 B In the Great Hall of the People in Beijing，hundreds of journalists were holding lights, cameras and voice recorders as they tried to find strategic positions at group interviews. Each speaker was allowed only a short time.Everyone laughed because Professor Zhu Youyong carried along a big potato during his two minutes. “Farmers in China's poor areas can rely on agricultural science to strive for a well-off life，” said the 63-year-old plant-disease expert. Professor Zhu is nicknamed “potato scholar”．Born into a family of farmers in Yunnan, Zhu said he has an attachment to the land.Since 2016，Zhu's team has promoted agricultural science in Lancang，Yunnan Province. Zhu said farmers in the area only planted rice once a year.After the harvest, the rice fields stayed unused for the entire winter.In 2016，his team launched a pilot program, which was used to test the idea of growing a late-season potato crop. Success soon arrived, with about 3.1 tonnes of potatoes harvested in a field covering just 0.07 hectare, which brought income to farmers of about 9,000 yuan.Then in 2017, Zhu expanded cultivation (栽培) in several villages in the county, benefiting more than 1,000 families. “We have set a goal of helping every poor farmer in the county to earn 10,000 yuan out of 0.07 hectare of farmland cultivated each winter, so as to lift farmers out of poverty (贫困)，” Zhu said. “Ultimately, I am a farmer.Going back to the fields and seeing how my research changed the lives of farmers in China is the most important thing to me，” he said. 语篇解读：本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了朱有勇教授在云南为扶贫事业所做的努力。他带领其团队致力于农业科学研究，推出了晚季土豆来帮助农民脱贫致富。 4．Why did Professor Zhu appear special at the group interviews? A．He was nicknamed “potato scholar”． B．He presented a big potato before the journalists. C．He occupied a good position for the interview. D．He was allowed to speak for a longer time. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Everyone laughed because ...during his two minutes.”可知，朱有勇教授在团体访谈时显得特别是因为他在记者面前展示了一个大土豆。 5．What does the underlined word “pilot” in paragraph 5 probably mean? A．Experimental. B．Advanced. C．Modern. D．Effective. 解析：词义猜测题。根据第五段中的“which was used to test the idea of growing a late-season potato crop”可知，这个项目被用来测试种植晚季土豆的想法，因此这个项目是试验性的。 √ 6．How did Professor Zhu help the farmers to relieve from poverty? A．By controlling plant diseases. B．By increasing the rice harvest. C．By expanding local farmland. D．By introducing a kind of late-season potato. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第六段中的“Success soon arrived, with about 3.1 tonnes of potatoes ...about 9,000 yuan.”可知，他帮助农民脱贫的方式是推出一种晚季土豆。 7．What is the text mainly about? A．The research of Professor Zhu in biological science. B．The contribution of Professor Zhu in potato marketing. C．The efforts of Professor Zhu to fight poverty in Yunnan. D．The dream of Professor Zhu to beautify the countryside. √ 解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了朱有勇教授在云南为扶贫事业所做的努力。他带领其团队致力于农业科学研究，推出了晚季土豆来帮助云南省的农民脱贫致富。 C Many people spend the last years of their lives in an institution, with their daily choices and activities being determined by what they can no longer do. But in the Netherlands, people with dementia (痴呆) are offered a different path forward: meaningful, satisfying farm work, where they can stay active while continuing to contribute to society. Care farms are widely used in the Netherlands as an alternative to day care centers for people in need of care, including people with dementia. Their goal is to offer a new kind of care that is directed towards familiar environments. Boerderij Op Aarde is one of the hundreds of Dutch “care farms”run by people facing various illnesses or challenges, whether physical or mental. They provide effective work in agricultural environments. “We are not focusing on what is missing, but on what is left，” says Arjan Monteny, co-founder of Boerderij Op Aarde, “what is still possible for everyone to develop.” Care farming started growing in popularity in the Netherlands in the late 1990s.A few decades on, care farming is well established in the Netherlands, and interest in the model for people with all kinds of disabilities is growing in many other countries. As an option for dementia care, it is a solution that grows more relevant with each passing year. Rates of dementia are projected to more than double worldwide by 2050.However, how to better care for these people remains a question that many countries are still grappling with. At Boerderij Op Aarde, participants start each morning by discussing the day's work. The work is not lacking: pigs need feeding, gardens need care, and hot meals need to be prepared. An outdated workshop chair may need to be repainted. Employees choose which tasks to take on — this is important, says Monteny, because people with dementia do not have many opportunities to make decisions in their lives. With conditions like dementia, one participant at Boerderij Op Aarde says, “My world is getting smaller, but here, I feel like my life is still in the real world.” 语篇解读：本文是一则新闻报道。在荷兰，痴呆症患者可以在关怀农场工作，在这里他们可以继续服务社会，实现自我价值。 8．Why do people build care farms in the Netherlands? A．To cure patients' illnesses. B．To encourage local farming. C．To help sick people do farm work. D．To brighten the lives of people needing care. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Care farms are widely used in the Netherlands ...people in need of care, including people with dementia.”可知，建立关怀农场的初衷是为了让需要照顾的人有事可做，让他们的生活更加充实。 9．What do the underlined words “grappling with” in paragraph 4 mean? A．Sticking with. B．Assisting with. C．Struggling with. D．Competing with. √ 解析：词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“Rates of dementia are projected to more than double worldwide by 2050 ...many countries are still”可知，预计到2050年，全球痴呆症的发病率将增加一倍以上。然而，如何更好地照顾这些人仍然是许多国家努力解决的问题。 10．What can people do at Boerderij Op Aarde? A．Make meaningful contributions. B．Take a special training course. C．Learn to take care of others. D．Receive free medical care. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句及倒数第二段中的“At Boerderij Op Aarde ...An outdated workshop chair may need to be repainted.”可知，痴呆症患者在农场可以自己决定要做的事情，包括帮助农场喂养动物、护理花园或者准备餐食等，这都让痴呆症患者为社会做出了有意义的贡献。 11．What do participants think of Boerderij Op Aarde? A．It needs further expansion. B．It makes a profit. C．It's growing fast. D．It really works. √ 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，关怀农场成功帮助痴呆症患者更好地生活。 D 　　Farmers have long relied on things that work without their involvement — bees to pollinate flowers, earthworms to turn the soil, swallows to eat pests — to make sure that crops grow the right way.Now a team of British researchers is trying to take this hands-off thinking in a high-tech direction.Last October, scientists at Harper Adams University started a farm called the Hands Free Hectare to make the entire process of farming — from sowing and fertilising to harvest — fully automatic.The project has just succeeded with five tons of robot-grown barley (大麦)． “We believe the best idea is that in the future, farmers will manage groups of smaller, autonomous machines，” the researchers explained.“They will go out and work in the fields, allowing the farmer to use their time more effectively instead of having to drive up and down the fields.” At the moment, agricultural machines — very large and heavy — can cover a lot of space quickly.But there are shortcomings.“Fertiliser gets sprayed over entire farms, regardless of the different needs of different crops.They're also so heavy that they're damaging farmers' soils，” researcher Jonathan Gill said. Gill and his colleagues went smaller: a tractor, a combine and a harvester, which followed a programmed route, using the navigation system. Altogether, they spent less than ￡200,000 on equipment, and used open-source technology and a drone (无人机)．Eventually the system will be complex enough to treat different parts of a field, or even individual plants, differently. The team is quick to caution that they don't want to put farmers out of work.They said, “Instead of being busy in the fields, the farmer will manage the machines and monitor their crops.” The next stop for the barley will be a brewery.That's not going to be completely automatic.At least not yet. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。蜜蜂、蚯蚓以及燕子不需要人类的干预就可以为农业生产做出贡献。科研人员力图将这种“无为而治”的思想应用于高科技的领域，改进农业机械以实现全面的农业自动化。 12．What feature of bees, earthworms and swallows inspired scientists? A．Their dependence on nature. B．Their special way of survival. C．Their selfless love for the earth. D．Their natural involvement in farming. √ 解析：推理判断题。根据第一段的“Now a team of British researchers is trying to take this hands-off thinking in a high-tech direction.”以及第二段的内容可知，蜜蜂、蚯蚓以及燕子不需要人类的干预就可以使庄稼受益，研究者希望将这种“无为而治”的思想应用于高科技领域。 13．What advantage of Gill's equipment is introduced in paragraph 4? A．Freeing workers totally. B．Reducing the cost of harvest. C．Improving the accuracy of farming. D．Increasing the output of different crops. √ 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的“Fertiliser gets sprayed over entire farms, regardless of the different needs of different crops.”可知，现有的农业机械设备不能精准施肥。第四段介绍了科研队选用小规模的农业设备，再加上导航系统和无人机等设备的配合，可以实现精准农业的目标。 14．What can we infer from the last paragraph? A．Gill's project is still at the design stage. B．Unemployment wouldn't be a concern. C．The brewery will realize automation soon. D．Complete automatic farming is unrealistic. √ 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，科研队并不想农民因为农业自动化而失业，农民需要控制机器并持续观察农作物。 15．Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A．The future of hands-free farming B．The functions of agricultural machines C．The development of automatic harvest D．The shortcomings of traditional farming √ 解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，农业科研人员正努力实现农业全面自动化以解放农民的双手，如今已取得不小的成就。 第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 This time of year, in the US, many people are thinking about their gardens. 16 Others want to plant trees.So, how do you choose a good tree? One way to do it might be to choose the “state” tree where you live.However, some state trees no longer grow well in their own states. 17 They are not certain to live long lives in their “home” states, yet they could do well in other places.However, if you have a tree growing on your land that is now weak, it is not necessary to remove it.You just have to take care of it. People are concerned about keeping trees healthy not only because they look good when they grow. 18 And they reduce water runoff.Runoff is water that comes during storms that is not absorbed (吸收) into the ground. Trees also trap CO2, so they can contribute to climate goals.In fact, trees need CO2 to grow. Even if you do not live in the US, you can still join in celebrating trees.If you are thinking of planting a tree this year, choose a tree that will do well even if your area gets a little bit warmer as the tree grows. 19 First, dig a hole as deep and twice as large as the tree's root ball.Then add a generous amount of compost (堆肥) as extra material into the soil as you fill the hole.Water the tree for at least its first three years. 20 That can come from rain or extra water you provide. A．Other state trees are in the same situation. B．Some people are thinking about planting flowers. C．Here is some basic information about planting trees. D．They are two of the largest and tallest trees in the world. E．Young trees need at least 2.5 centimeters of water each week. F．For those who love trees, there is a national day for tree planting. G．Trees produce oxygen and provide shade and cooling during hot weather. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章具体介绍了如何挑选适合的树木、种植新树木的方法和注意事项。 16．选B　前文强调每年的这个时候许多人考虑他们的花园，后文提到有人想种树，设空处应该与此构成并列关系，指出有些人考虑种花。B选项“Some people are thinking about planting flowers.”承上启下，符合语境。 17．选A　前文强调一些本州的州树在它们自己的州长得不是很好。A选项“Other state trees are in the same situation.”中的Other state trees与前文的some state trees呼应，前后句构成并列关系，指出其他州的树也处于相同的情况即长得不好，符合语境。 18．选G　根据前文“People are concerned about keeping trees healthy not only because they look good when they grow.”可知，人们关心保持树木健康的原因不仅仅是因为它们生长时外观漂亮，后文应该继续该话题指出种植树木的其他好处。G选项“Trees produce oxygen and provide shade and cooling during hot weather.”承接前文，指出种植树木能产生氧气，在炎热的天气里提供阴凉和凉爽，符合语境。 19．选C　根据后文的“First, dig a hole ...” 可知，此处讲述种树的具体步骤。C选项“Here is some basic information about planting trees.”引起下文，符合语境。 20．选E　根据下文“That can come from rain or extra water you provide.”可知，此处指出水可能来自雨水或者你提供的额外的水，说明水的来源。E选项“Young trees need at least 2.5 centimeters of water each week.”指出幼树每周至少需要2.5厘米的水，同时该选项中的at least 2.5 centimeters of water与后文的That形成呼应，符合语境。 第二部分：语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 My wife and I usually don't keep houseplants. Anything in pots gets either overwatered or underwatered. After my diagnosis with a brain cancer last August, I loved the idea of having something green and 21 around us. When my friend gave us a lucky bamboo plant, I 22 to place the plant at the living room window and 23 the plant myself. Nurturing the plant gave me a sense of 24 at a time when I sometimes felt 25 . The brain cancer limited my 26 to walk, and the treatment left me very tired, making it hard for me to finish everyday tasks. Watering the plant 27 me to a central part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver. Plants and people could still 28 me. Then, mysteriously, the plant began to show signs of stress. No matter what I did, the leaves kept dropping to the floor.I grew more and more uneasy. I couldn't 29 the feeling that the plant had become a 30 of my own uncertain health. Identifying with the green plant had offered me comfort. 31 the plant was struggling, I worried it might be a sign of my brain cancer worsening. Then I realized I had 32 connected my careful nurturing of the plant with my own survival. As my 33 lessened, I began to do research to figure out how to grow my 34 plant. I transplanted the plant to a larger pot, 35 its roots to give it room to grow. When it was back near the sunny window, we both began to thrive (茁壮成长) again. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在养富贵竹的过程中减轻了疾病对他的困扰。 21．A.important B．simple C．alive D．special √ 解析：根据本句中的“I loved the idea of having something green and around us”和下文中的“Nurturing the plant gave me a sense of”可知，作者生病后希望在家里摆放一些绿色的、有生命力的植物。 22．A.hesitated B．decided C．forgot D．required 解析：根据该空前的“When my friend gave us a lucky bamboo plant”和该空后的“place the plant at the living room window”可知，作者决定将朋友送的富贵竹摆放在客厅的窗户旁边。 √ 23．A.work for B．prepare for C．struggle for D．care for 解析：根据下一句中的“Nurturing the plant gave me a sense of”和最后一段中的“how to grow my plant”可知，作者决定亲自照料这株植物。 √ 24．A.achievement B．belonging C．identity D．direction 解析：根据下文中的“The brain cancer limited my to walk, and the treatment left me very tired, making it hard for me to finish everyday tasks”可知，照料这株植物给了作者一种成就感。 √ 25．A.fearless B．tireless C．useless D．homeless 解析：由上下文可知，作者患了脑部癌症，所以此处表示在他觉得自己没有用的时候，照料这株植物给他带来了成就感。 √ 26．A.purpose B．ability C．chance D．courage 解析：根据下文中的“making it hard for me to finish everyday tasks”可知，脑癌限制了作者行走的能力。 √ 27．A.inspired B．locked C．introduced D．connected 解析：根据本句中的“Watering the plant me to a central part of my old identity”可知，这个简单的给植物浇水的行为将作者与过去健康的自己联系在一起。 √ 28．A.believe in B．depend on C．focus on D．come upon 解析：根据上文中的“taught me I could still be a caregiver”可知，给富贵竹浇水使作者感到不论是他养的植物还是他身边的人都依然可以依靠他。 √ 29．A.shake B．hate C．understand D．express 解析：shake在此处意为“去除，摆脱”，表示无法摆脱这种想法。 √ 30．A.trouble B．change C．symbol D．topic 解析：根据上文中的“I grew more and more uneasy.”和下文中的“I worried it might be a sign of my brain cancer worsening”可知，作者变得越来越不安，以至于无法摆脱这株植物已经成为他健康状况不明朗的象征的想法。 √ 31．A.Even though B．Not until C．As though D．Now that 解析：根据上文中的“Identifying with the green plant had offered me comfort.”可知，与绿色植物产生共鸣带给了作者安慰。由于这株植物现在正在挣扎求生，作者感到越来越害怕。 √ 32．A.wrongly B．voluntarily C．suitably D．secretly 解析：根据下文中的“I began to do research”和“transplanted the plant to a larger pot”可知，作者意识到自己错误地将对这株植物的精心培育与他自己的生存联系在了一起。 √ 33．A.excitement B．regret C．anxiety D．comfort 解析：根据第三段中的“I worried it might be a sign of ...worsening”可知，此处指作者的焦虑减轻了。 √ 34．A.aging B．sick C．lonely D．favorite 解析：根据第三段中的“the leaves kept dropping to the floor”可知，焦虑减轻后，作者开始做研究，以找到让生病的富贵竹重现生机的方法。 √ 35．A.finding B．cleaning C．cutting D．freeing 解析：根据本句可知，作者将植物移栽到更大的盆中，以便其根系有更大的生长空间。 √ 第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 When garden designer Jane Gates moved to the Sussex countryside in 2015, she fell in love with a traditional black barn conversion (改建的房屋), and 36 she didn't know was just how quickly her garden would become relevant to today's changing climate. Over the years, Gates 37 (experiment)with plants that suit this dry and hot place and made some interesting 38 (discover)．Surprisingly, some plants, known for loving water, have proved 39 (adapt) to drought.Others have struggled.However, many plants specifically 40 (choose)for drought tolerance have enjoyed the heat. Gates' garden is a big gravel (砾石) one. 41 occasion she stands by the floor-to-ceiling windows and enjoys the scene.Gravel 42 (use)as a layer (层) for the plants to grow through, joining the paths with the planting.The feeling is of a relaxing, natural-looking space, with the light colour of the gravel 43 (contrast) with the black of the barn, Gates recommends gravel as a cover on the top for 44 reason that it locks water in the soil below in summer, while keeping it away from plants in winter, which can damage them.This helps some plants do a bit 45 (well) in adapting to climate extremes. 语篇解读：文章介绍了园艺设计师Jane Gates 搬家到苏塞克斯郡的乡村后建造的适应气候变化的抗旱花园的相关内容。 36．What　考查主语从句。空处引导主语从句，且在从句中作宾语，故填What。 37．has experimented　考查时态。根据句中的时间状语“Over the years”可知，此处应用现在完成时，故填has experimented。 38．discoveries　考查名词复数。根据空前的“some interesting”和句意可知，此处应用名词复数，故填discoveries。 39．adaptable　考查形容词。分析句子结构可知，此处考查“prove＋adj.”结构，故填adaptable“能适应的，适应性强的”。 40．chosen　考查非谓语动词。句中已有谓语have enjoyed，故此处为非谓语；choose与plants之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，应用过去分词作后置定语。故填chosen。 41．On　考查介词。on occasion 是固定搭配，表示“有时，偶尔”，故填On。 42．is used　考查时态和语态。此处陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时；Gravel与use之间是被动关系，应用被动语态。故填is used。 43．contrasting　考查非谓语动词。此处为with 复合结构，contrast 在此作不及物动词，意为“形成对照”，与其逻辑主语之间是主谓关系，应用现在分词，故填contrasting。 44．the　考查冠词。for the reason that“因为……，由于……”是固定用法，故填定冠词the。 45．better　考查副词比较级。根据语境及句中的比较级修饰词“a bit”可知，此处应用比较级，故填better。 第三部分：写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 假定你是李华，你于3月10日参加了学校学生会组织的植树活动。请你就此事写一篇英文日记。内容包括： 1．活动组织(参加人员、时间、地点)； 2．植树过程；　3.活动感受。 注意：1.写作词数应为80左右； 2．请按如下格式作答。 参考词汇：树苗 seedling March 10, Sunday Fine 参考范文： March 10, Sunday Fine Today I witnessed a rewarding activity — Tree Planting organized by the Students' Union of our school. Early in the morning，my classmates and I headed for a hill nearby with tools and seedlings.On our arrival，we got down to working together as planned.Some dug the pits and put seedlings in，some filled the pits with earth, and others watered them.Through our joint efforts，the hillside were lined with rows of seedlings, bathed in the sunshine. Exhausted as we were，we tasted the joy of labor. 第二节(满分25分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 An unlucky experience in my youth left me with an almost extreme fear of snakes.No matter how much I tried to learn about snakes, I found myself shaking with fear at so much as a photograph in a magazine or a toy snake. Then, I became a mother.Time flew.When my son reached Cub Scout (童子军) age, I signed him up for the local pack.Within a short time, I volunteered to work as a caregiver. A family camping trip to the local Scout campgrounds provided opportunities for the boys to learn at a variety of nature stations.I went from one post to another with the kids excitedly.All my positive feelings disappeared, however, when the staff member pointed us up the path to the next post. “You are going to love the reptile (爬行动物) station，” a staff member announced. “They've got a live snake you can hold.” Live? Hold? Was he kidding? I almost turned and ran away until I remembered I was responsible for these boys.I couldn't leave them. The boys ran to the reptile station.I forced my feet to follow them. The young man there went through his presentation on the importance of snakes in the environment with good humor and lots of information. “Are you ready to meet Humphrey？” he asked. The boys cheered.The young man carried a snake from a covered container beside the table. He regarded Humphrey as a camp mascot (吉祥物) for a few years.As he talked about the characters of the species, he held the snake on his arm.The snake rested quietly there as the young man spoke.He explained the snake was not a threat to humans. “Watch this，” he said, and placed the snake on the tabletop beside him.The snake stayed there quietly. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2．请按如下格式作答。 He offered the boys a chance to touch the snake. 　“Don't you want to hold him, Ms.Mary Beth？” one of the boys asked me. 参考范文： He offered the boys a chance to touch the snake.The boys stopped laughing quickly, looking at each other.He explained the proper technique to them so they could support the snake without hurting it.At first, some boys with courage began to touch Humphrey softly.Humphrey was accustomed to being handled and went straight to playing dead.His grace and gentle acceptance gave other boys confidence and a chance to appreciate his beauty.Naturally, they all wanted to hold him.But I tried to keep a “safe” distance from the snake. “Don't you want to hold him, Ms.Mary Beth？” one of the boys asked me.He held out the snake toward me.I had no choice as an adult but to accept his offering, prepared to collapse on the spot.I expected cold and wet.What I got was dry and soft.Could this snake read my mind? In those moments, Humphrey brought me out of a world of fear and into a world of wonder.He taught me to look past labels like “snake” and see beyond to individuals like Humphrey. 本课结束 $$