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UNIT 2
A
(选自外研版选择性必修第一册Unit 3)
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
Near the small town of Grottoes,Virginia,a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry’s grandfather to the woods nearby.A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA),it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
Like his father,basketball star Dell Curry,Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this muddy basketball court.He probably didn’t realise it at the time,but it was where he learnt to be creative and flexible as a player.You see,with every shot,the weak plastic backboard gave way.The bumps and rocks that lined the road under the basket caused the ball to bounce in all directions.Knowing where the ball would go wasn’t easy.He had to adjust his own playing style as a result.Shooting with great accuracy was another thing he learnt.Only shots perfectly aimed at its centre went into the heavy,thick basket.In this way,practising day in and day out helped Stephen sharpen his skills.
Despite his father’s successful career,Stephen was thought by many people,including his high school teammates and coaches,to be too short,too thin and too weak to follow in his father’s footsteps.But Stephen carried on.Playing basketball was his dream.He would not give up.He finally ended up playing college ball at a small,little-known school,Davidson College,not too far from where he lived.His creativity and perseverance made him Davidson’s star player.
Selected for the NBA in 2009,Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors.He performed beyond everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and continuous efforts.In 2015,Stephen won his first NBA championship,and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
After receiving the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row,Stephen explained his philosophy,“I never really set out to change the game...What I wanted to do was just be myself...I know it inspires a lot of the next generation,
a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it,value the fact that you can work every single day to get better.You’ve got to be able to put in the time and the work.That’s how I got here.That’s how I continue to get better every single day.” Inspiring others to believe in themselves,Stephen Curry is living proof that what other people think of you does not have to influence what you become.Through self-belief,hard work,perseverance and some help from an old hoop,he has shown that anything is possible.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.What Stephen Curry’s father was like.
B.What Stephen Curry’s coach thought of him.
C.How Stephen Curry became a successful basketball player.
D.Stephen Curry’s fans are fond of him.
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2.What does the phrase “A far cry from” mean in the first paragraph?
A.The same as. B.A cry from distance.
C.Very different from. D.Far away from.
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3.What made many people doubt about Stephen’s dream?
A.His footsteps. B.His skills.
C.Family conditions. D.Physical conditions.
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4.What does the second paragraph say about Stephen Curry?
A.Confidence and creativity.
B.Hard-working and perseverance.
C.Self-belief and determination.
D.Humour and self-belief.
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5.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To explain why Stephen Curry was doubted by many people.
B.To inform people of Stephen Curry’s basketball skills.
C.To inspire people with Stephen Curry’s determination to succeed.
D.To introduce Stephen Curry and NBA to many people.
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词汇积累
1.accuracy n.精确;准确
2.sharpen v.使变锋利,使改善,提高;使加剧
3.perseverance n.毅力;不屈不挠的精神
4.continuous adj.连续不断的;持续的
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(节选自外刊阅读)
Even walking as few as 4,000 steps a day may reduce your risk of dying from any cause,the largest analysis to date suggests—although the more you walk,the greater the health benefits.The idea that a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle is linked to poorer health is well-established,but it has been unclear what the optimal(最有效果的) number of steps people should take,and whether there is an upper limit beyond which further health gains are minimal.To investigate,
researchers led by Maciej Banach,a professor of cardiology at the Medical University of Lodz in Poland,drew on data from 17 previous studies—involving 226,889 people,who were followed for an average of seven years—to assess the health impacts of different daily step counts.
The study,published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology,suggested that walking at least 3,967 steps a day started to reduce the risk of dying from any cause,while 2,337 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.Above these cut-offs,each increase of 500 steps a day was associated with a 7% reduction in dying from cardiovascular disease.
“Our study confirms that the more you walk,the better,” said Banach.“We found that this applied to both men and women,regardless of age and the region where you live.In addition,our analysis indicates that as little as 4,000 steps a day are needed to significantly reduce deaths from any cause,and even fewer to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease.”
For younger age groups,the sharpest improvement in health was seen in individuals taking between 7,000 and 13,000 daily steps,while for those aged 60 years and over,it was at between 6,000 to 10,000 steps.The team also assessed the impact of walking up to 20,000 steps per day—between 9 and 10 miles for the average person—and found the benefits continued to increase.However,they cautioned that data for such “high steppers” remains limited.
Banach said:“In a world where we have more and more advanced drugs to target specific conditions such as cardiovascular disease,I believe we should always emphasise that lifestyle changes,including diet and exercise,might be at least as,or even more,effective in reducing cardiovascular risk and prolonging lives.
“We still need good studies to investigate whether these benefits may exist for intensive types of efforts,such as marathon running and iron man challenges,and in different populations of different ages,and with different associated health problems.However,it seems that,as with pharmacological treatments,we should always think about personalising lifestyle changes.”
According to the World Health Organization,insufficient physical activity is now the fourth most frequent cause of death in the world,with 3.2 million deaths a year attributed to it.Before the pandemic struck,the worldwide average daily number of steps was 5,324-5,444 in the UK—but the pandemic resulted in reduced levels of physical activity,and people’s daily step count still had not returned to baseline 2 years later.
James Leiper,the associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation,said:“This research shows us just how good walking is for our health.If you packaged the benefits as a pill,we would be hailing it as a wonder drug.What’s great about walking is that it does not require special equipment or training,and you can do it almost anywhere.”
6.What probably does the author agree in paragraph 1?
A.Sitting too long will not lead to bad health.
B.There is an upper limit that contributes to further health gains.
C.Researchers led by Maciej Banach collected data to judge whether
people are healthy or not.
D.We are uncertain about the proper number of steps people should take
to gain further health.
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7.What can we infer from what Banach said?
A.We’d better attach importance to lifestyle changes.
B.Drugs are inefficient in targeting conditions such as cardiovascular
disease.
C.Marathon running is less likely to benefit people than iron man
challenges.
D.We don’t need to conduct researches to see the result.
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8.What does the underlined word “hailing” in paragraph 8 probably mean?
A.Opposing. B.Considering.
C.Removing. D.Ignoring.
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9.Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A.Walking:the more,the better?
B.Walking:the faster,the better?
C.Walking:the less,the better?
D.Walking:the slower,the better?
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词汇积累
1.assess v.评价,评定;估价
2.be associated with与……有关
3.emphasise v.强调
4.intensive adj.加强的;集中的
5.insufficient adj.不充分的;不够重要的
本课结束
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