Unit 1 Lesson 1（分层作业）英语新教材北师大版八年级下册

Unit 1 Lifestyles 课时1 Lesson 1 分层作业 核心知识速记 01基础达标 02能力提升 03拓展培优 04思维进阶 词汇 boss n.上司，领导 manage vt.&vi.完成;管理 training n.训练 term n.学期 goal n.目标 extra adj.额外的 balance n.平衡. & v.保持平衡 achieve v.达到 chore n.日常事务 一、单词默写。 1. _______ /mænɪdʒ/ vt.&vi.完成;管理 2. ________ /ˈekstrə/ adj.额外的 3. ________ /bɒs/n.上司，领导 4. ________ /əˈtʃiːv/ v.达到 5. ________ /tɜːm/ n.学期 6. _______ /ˈbæləns/ n.平衡. & v.保持平衡 7. _______ /ˈtreɪnɪŋ/ n.训练 8. ________ /ɡəʊl/ n.目标 9. _______ /tʃɔː(r)/ n.日常事务 【答案】manage; extra; boss; achieve; term; balance; training; goal; chore 二、根据要求完成句子。 1.我的上司告诉了我新的项目截止日期。 My ______ told me about the new project deadline. 2. 管理一个有着不同意见的团队并不容易。 It's not easy to ______ a team with different opinions. 3. 他接受了专业训练以提高技能。 He received professional ______ to improve his skills. 4. 这个学期我们将学习五个新章节。 We will learn five new chapters this ______. 5. 她的终极目标是成为一名科学家。 Her ultimate ______ is to become a scientist. 6. 我需要一些额外的时间来完成这份报告。 I need some ______ time to finish the report. 7.保持良好的工作与生活平衡很重要。 It's important to keep a good work-life ______. 8. 通过努力工作，你就能取得巨大的成功。 With hard work, you can ______ great success. 9. 洗碗是我的日常事务。 Washing dishes is my daily ______. 【答案】boss; manage; training; term; goal; extra; balance; achieve; chore 三 、单项选择 1．My sister and I like basketball. ________ often play it together at weekends. A．I B．We C．You D．They 2．We planted some trees ________ the park last Sunday. A．on B．to C．in D．of 3．Mary often ________ her grandparents in the countryside at weekends. A．visits B．visited C．will visit D．has visited 4．— Hello, can I speak to Mary? — Sorry, she ________ a meeting next door. A．has B．is having C．will have D．was having 5．Tom ________ the sports meeting with his friends after school yesterday. A．talked about B．will talk about C．is talking about D．has talked about 6．This coat is nice, ________ it doesn’t look good on me. A．so B．or C．but D．for 7．—Peter, what were you doing at seven last night? —I ________ dinner for my parents. A．cooked B．will cook C．is cooking D．was cooking 8．Lily is my best friend. We ________ each other since she came to our class. A．know B．knew C．have known D．will know 【答案】 1．B 【详解】句意：我和我姐姐喜欢篮球。我们经常在周末一起打篮球。 考查代词辨析。I我；We我们；You你/你们；They他们。根据“My sister and I like basketball.”可知，此处指我们在周末一起打篮球，故选B。 2．C 【详解】句意：上周日我们在公园里种了一些树。 考查介词辨析。on在……上面；to向；in在……里面；of属于……的，根据“planted some trees...the park”可知种树是在公园里面，用介词in，故选C。 3．A 【详解】句意：玛丽经常在周末去乡下看望她的祖父母。 考查时态。根据“often”可知，表示经常性的动作或习惯，时态用一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，动词用三单形式。故选A。 4．B 【详解】句意：——你好，我可以和玛丽讲话吗？——对不起，她正在隔壁开会。 考查现在进行时。根据“Sorry”可知，她正在隔壁开会，要用现在进行时，其结构为be doing。主语he后接be动词is。故选B。 5．A 【详解】句意：汤姆昨天放学后和他的朋友们谈论了运动会。 考查一般过去时态。talked about谈论，一般过去时态；will talk about谈论，一般将来时态；is talking about谈论，现在进行时态；has talked about谈论，现在完成时态。根据“yesterday”可知，此句表示动作发生在过去，因此谓语动词需用一般过去时。故选A。 6．C 【详解】句意：这件外套很好看，但穿在我身上不好看。 考查连词辨析。so因此，or或者；but但是；for由于，根据题干可知，前半句表示“肯定”，后半句表示“否定”，所以用表示“转折”的连词，故选C。 7．D 【详解】句意：——彼得，昨晚7点你在干什么？——我在给我父母做晚饭。 考查动词时态。根据“what were you doing at seven last night”可知是问昨晚7点正在做的事情，应用过去进行时，故选D。 8．C 【详解】句意：莉莉是我最好的朋友。自从她来到我们班，我们就认识了。 考查动词时态。根据“since she came to our class”可知本句是现在完成时：have/has done。故选C。 四、完形填空。 My children went back to college after being home for the summer. I took the dogs for a walk. When I passed the Korean Tofu House, the smell made me hungry. “Why don’t we eat here tonight?” I thought. Then I realized that I was 1 . My children and I had been here together just a week before and we had a great time talking about coming back here again. Thinking about that, I couldn’t help 2 . When I got back home, the house was dark and quiet. It had been full of laughter and songs all summer when the kids were at home. We cooked and ate together. We went hiking in the hills and took the dogs to the beach. It was just like it had been in the good old days, before my kids had grown up and gone away. The next morning, I got up and decided to make pancakes; the kids love blueberry pancakes. Then I realized they weren’t there, so I lost my 3 and took the dogs for a walk without having breakfast. When I was walking along the road, an old lady looked at my dogs, smiled warmly and asked if she could pet my dogs. As she petted the dogs, she told her story. “I once had a golden dog, Chunky, and he lived to 15. I had never worried about 4 him, because he was never sick a day in his life till the end. He wouldn’t eat so I put gravy on my finger for him to eat. But the doctor said to me, ‘You’ve got to let him go’.” She looked up to the sky and back at my dogs and said, “So I did. I let him go…But I’ve never had another dog after that.” She put her hand over her heart and her face expressed her 5 as she said, “It hurts.” Before I said anything, she gave my dogs one more loving pet. She smiled bravely and said in a 6 tone, “Whatever, let bygones be bygones.” Then she thanked me and walked away, relaxed. Letting go. Yes, I know that’s what we have to do. As I sat alone in the quiet house, I thought about the old lady and how she faced the loss of her dog through death. I suddenly realized I was a little 7 crying over my loss, which is just a natural part of human development, not life and death. In this kind of loss, we can 8 ourselves by celebrating the growth of our children, feeling the satisfaction of having done our best to prepare them to face the challenges in their lives. We can be glad that they are where they need to be, and grateful for our role in letting them go. 1．A．new B．alone C．busy D．full 2．A．arguing B．complaining C．crying D．regretting 3．A．interest B．memory C．mind D．courage 4．A．losing B．hugging C．controlling D．forgetting 5．A．anger B．fear C．pain D．doubt 6．A．critical B．light C．curious D．cold 7．A．confused B．bored C．nervous D．silly 8．A．promise B．praise C．respect D．comfort 【答案】1．B 2．C 3．A 4．A 5．C 6．B 7．D 8．D 【导语】本文讲述了作者因孩子回校而倍感孤独，正当她为此而忧伤时，她偶遇了一位失去挚爱的狗狗的老妇人，老妇人释然的话语让作者也学会了放手。 1．句意：然后我意识到我是独自一人的。 new新来的；alone独自一人的；busy忙碌的；full满的。根据上文“My children went back to college after being home for the summer.”可知，孩子们都过完暑假回到大学了，我现在是独自一人。故选B。 2．句意：想到那，我忍不住哭了起来。 arguing争吵；complaining抱怨；crying哭泣；regretting后悔，遗憾。根据下文“I suddenly realized I was a little…crying over my loss”可知，我因为孩子们不在身边而哭泣。故选C。 3．句意：然后我意识到他们并不在，因此我没了兴趣，没吃早餐，带着狗狗去散步了。 interest兴趣；memory记忆；mind心思；courage勇气。根据上文“The next morning, I got up and decided to make pancakes; the kids love blueberry pancakes.”可知，我起床后决定做馅饼，此处指想到孩子们都不在身边，因此失去了做馅饼的兴趣。故选A。 4．句意：我从来没有担心失去他，因为他一生中从未有一天生病过，直到最后。 losing失去；hugging拥抱；controlling控制；forgetting忘记。根据“because he was never sick a day in his life till the end”可知，狗狗从来没有生病过，因此她从未担心失去他。故选A。 5．句意：她把手放在胸口和脸上，诉说着她的痛苦，她说：“很疼。” anger愤怒；fear恐惧；pain痛苦；doubt怀疑。根据“It hurts”可知，心疼，因此是痛苦的。故选C。 6．句意：她勇敢地笑了笑，以一种轻松的语调说：“不管怎样，过去的就让它过去吧。” critical批评的；light轻快的；curious好奇的；cold冰冷的。根据“Whatever, let bygones be bygones.”可知，老妇人说：“过去的就让它过去吧。”由此可知，她得到了释然，因此语调应是轻松的。故选B。 7．句意：我突然意识到我有点傻，因为我的失去而哭泣，这只是人的发展的一个自然的组成部分，而不是生与死。 confused感到疑惑的；bored感到无趣的；nervous紧张的；silly愚蠢的，傻的。根据“crying over my loss, which is just a natural part of human development, not life and death.”可知，我因为孩子的不在身边而哭泣，这件事看起来有点傻。故选D。 8．句意：在这种失去中，我们可以通过庆祝孩子的成长来安慰自己，感受到那尽最大的努力让他们做好应对生活挑战的准备所带来的满足感。 promise承诺；praise赞扬；respect尊重；comfort安慰。根据“celebrating the growth of our children”可知，庆祝孩子们的成长，能带来安慰。故选D。 五、阅读理解。 In the past year, new Alzheimer’s drugs, Leqembi and Kisunla, have drawn attention due to their potential benefits. However, their high cost and unclear benefits raise questions about their value. Could exercise, which is much cheaper, be as helpful as expensive treatments? Research shows that regular exercise significantly reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s by 45%, according to 16 studies involving 160,000 people. But in the past, experts weren’t certain if exercise could really stop the development of Alzheimer’s if you already had it. Between 2016 and 2021, 296 older adults took part in a year-long study. These participants had early cognitive (认知的) problems, which often appear before Alzheimer’s disease. The treated group, which received treatment of aerobic (有氧的) exercise, kept their cognitive abilities, while the control group, which received normal care, saw a decline (下降) in their thinking skills. The study provided one of the strongest recent examples that exercise can prevent the disease from worsening. In this study, people in their seventies didn’t get worse in their thinking skills over a year. Another study with real Alzheimer’s patients at an early stage had similar findings, showing that exercise can have a significant positive effect on cognitive function. In contrast, the results from the Leqembi and Kisunla drug trials were less impressive. In these trials, subjects’ disease simply developed more slowly than the control group that didn’t get any treatment. However, it’s important to note that the participants in the drug trial were already experiencing more serious diseases at the beginning of the study. So, while exercise seems to have a more immediate and noticeable effect on slowing cognitive decline, especially in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, it’s possible that exercise would make less of a dent in the later stages of Alzheimer’s. This doesn’t mean that exercise doesn’t help in later stages, but rather that we might need more treatments like medicine to better manage the disease. It has been suggested by research that physical activity benefits the brain at any age, especially for those with Alzheimer’s. The cognition-improvement effect is mostly seen in individuals who engage in aerobic exercises that result in an increased heart rate. Although resistance (阻力) training like weightlifting offers certain benefits, it is not considered to be as influential on cognitive improvement. A 2022 study found that the best results come from three to four 45-minute workouts every week. Exercise may slow Alzheimer’s disease in several ways. One is increasing blood to the brain. When you do things like running or swimming, more blood and oxygen will get to your brain. Exercise also helps cut down on things in the brain that can cause swelling (肿胀). Plus, it can make parts of your brain bigger, like the hippocampus, which is a seahorse-shaped area and gets smaller when you have Alzheimer’s. When these parts of the brain get bigger, it can help you react faster, move better, and remember things more easily. Lastly, exercise helps make more BDNF, a protein that helps brain cells grow, connect and survive. By 2050, nearly 100 million people may have Alzheimer’s disease as the elderly population is expected to pass 1.5 billion. Thus, it’s important to find solutions, especially for prevention, and exercise could be the key. 1．The underlined expression “make less of a dent” in Paragraph 5 most probably means “________”. A．be less difficult B．have a lower risk C．cause less trouble D．make a smaller difference 2．What can we learn from the passage? A．Research says Leqembi and Kisunla help thinking more than exercise. B．The hippocampus does not get smaller because of the help of exercise. C．In the drug trials, the disease in the control group developed more slowly. D．Resistance training works best for helping people with Alzheimer’s think better. 3．What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A．To argue about the possible benefits brought by exercise for Alzheimer’s. B．To introduce how exercise improves cognition in Alzheimer’s patients. C．To encourage people to exercise for prevention and control of Alzheimer’s. D．To compare effects of exercise and drugs in treating and controlling Alzheimer’s. 【答案】1．D 2．B 3．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲了多项研究表明，运动能显著降低阿尔茨海默病风险、减缓认知衰退，其在疾病早期效果更明显，且相比高价药物更具成本优势，作者最终强调运动可能是预防和控制该疾病的关键。 1．词句猜测题。根据“So, while exercise seems to have a more immediate and noticeable effect on slowing cognitive decline, especially in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, it’s possible that exercise would make less of a dent in the later stages of Alzheimer’s.”可知，运动在阿尔茨海默病早期对减缓认知衰退有更显著影响，由“while”表转折可推测，在疾病后期其影响会减弱。故选D。 2．细节理解题。根据“Exercise may slow Alzheimer’s disease in several ways... Plus, it can make parts of your brain bigger, like the hippocampus, which is a seahorse-shaped area and gets smaller when you have Alzheimer’s.”可知，海马体在患阿尔茨海默病时会变小，而运动能使其变大，即运动的帮助下海马体不会变小。故选B。 3．主旨大意题。根据“Thus, it’s important to find solutions, especially for prevention, and exercise could be the key.”以及全文对运动预防和减缓阿尔茨海默病作用的研究阐述可知，作者写作目的是鼓励人们通过运动来预防和控制阿尔茨海默病。故选C。 Part 1: Read and Explore Fun in the Run The marathon (马拉松) is very popular all over the world. In China, for the first six months of this year, there were 133 marathons across the country. Teenagers also join marathons. Xu Qian, a 15-year-old boy from Suqian, Jiangsu, loves running. He got first place in the 5-kilometer Happy Run of the Suqian Marathon held on April 2. For Xu, the race meant months of training and preparation. He runs about 30 to 40 kilometers in local stadiums each week before the run. “Unlike the 800-meter run at school, a marathon is about a runner’s endurance (耐力) and psychological quality (心理素质),” he said. When he felt tired during the race, he told himself not to give up. “In long-distance running, the only opponent(对手) you have to beat is yourself,” Xu added. Kindness from the people around plays a big part in helping runners get to the finish line. Li Zhouzi from Shanxi joined a 3-kilometer Kid Run of the Berlin Marathon in Germany in 2019 when she was 10. The support from the people cheering along the course really encouraged her. “When things were hard, people around cheered me on. Even if it was just the words, keep it up,” Li said. She believes that running a marathon is about staying focused on the final goal, not the suffering along the way. “Our life is also a marathon,” Li said. 1．How long does Xu Qian run each week to get ready for the race? ______________________________________________________ 2．According to Xu Qian, who do you have to beat in long-distance running? ______________________________________________________ 3．What does Li Zhouzi think is a great help in her running? ______________________________________________________ 【答案】1．About 30 to 40 kilometers. 2．The only opponent I have to beat is myself. 3．The support from the people cheering along the course. 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了马拉松在中国青少年中的流行以及两位青少年参与马拉松的经历和感受。 1．根据“He runs about 30 to 40 kilometers in local stadiums each week before the run”可知，许谦每周跑30到40公里为比赛做准备。故填About 30 to 40 kilometers. 2．根据“In long-distance running, the only opponent you have to beat is yourself”可知，在长跑中，你必须战胜的对手是自己。故填The only opponent I have to beat is myself. 3．根据“The support from the people cheering along the course really encouraged her”可知，李周子认为沿途人们的支持对她帮助很大。故填The support from the people cheering along the course. Task 2:Do you like the long-distance running, like 800-meter run? Why or why not? (Give two reasons.) _______________________________________________________ 【答案】此题为开放性题目，答案合理即可。 Yes, I do. Because long-distance running is about staying focused on the final goal and it can train my endurance and psychological quality. 1 / 7 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ Unit 1 Lifestyles 课时1 Lesson 1 分层作业 核心知识速记 01基础达标 02能力提升 03拓展培优 04思维进阶 词汇 boss n.上司，领导 manage vt.&vi.完成;管理 training n.训练 term n.学期 goal n.目标 extra adj.额外的 balance n.平衡. & v.保持平衡 achieve v.达到 chore n.日常事务 一、单词默写。 1. _______ /mænɪdʒ/ vt.&vi.完成;管理 2. ________ /ˈekstrə/ adj.额外的 3. ________ /bɒs/n.上司，领导 4. ________ /əˈtʃiːv/ v.达到 5. ________ /tɜːm/ n.学期 6. _______ /ˈbæləns/ n.平衡. & v.保持平衡 7. _______ /ˈtreɪnɪŋ/ n.训练 8. ________ /ɡəʊl/ n.目标 9. _______ /tʃɔː(r)/ n.日常事务 二、根据要求完成句子。 1.我的上司告诉了我新的项目截止日期。 My ______ told me about the new project deadline. 2. 管理一个有着不同意见的团队并不容易。 It's not easy to ______ a team with different opinions. 3. 他接受了专业训练以提高技能。 He received professional ______ to improve his skills. 4. 这个学期我们将学习五个新章节。 We will learn five new chapters this ______. 5. 她的终极目标是成为一名科学家。 Her ultimate ______ is to become a scientist. 6. 我需要一些额外的时间来完成这份报告。 I need some ______ time to finish the report. 7.保持良好的工作与生活平衡很重要。 It's important to keep a good work-life ______. 8. 通过努力工作，你就能取得巨大的成功。 With hard work, you can ______ great success. 9. 洗碗是我的日常事务。 Washing dishes is my daily ______. 三 、单项选择 1．My sister and I like basketball. ________ often play it together at weekends. A．I B．We C．You D．They 2．We planted some trees ________ the park last Sunday. A．on B．to C．in D．of 3．Mary often ________ her grandparents in the countryside at weekends. A．visits B．visited C．will visit D．has visited 4．— Hello, can I speak to Mary? — Sorry, she ________ a meeting next door. A．has B．is having C．will have D．was having 5．Tom ________ the sports meeting with his friends after school yesterday. A．talked about B．will talk about C．is talking about D．has talked about 6．This coat is nice, ________ it doesn’t look good on me. A．so B．or C．but D．for 7．—Peter, what were you doing at seven last night? —I ________ dinner for my parents. A．cooked B．will cook C．is cooking D．was cooking 8．Lily is my best friend. We ________ each other since she came to our class. A．know B．knew C．have known D．will know 四、完形填空。 My children went back to college after being home for the summer. I took the dogs for a walk. When I passed the Korean Tofu House, the smell made me hungry. “Why don’t we eat here tonight?” I thought. Then I realized that I was 1 . My children and I had been here together just a week before and we had a great time talking about coming back here again. Thinking about that, I couldn’t help 2 . When I got back home, the house was dark and quiet. It had been full of laughter and songs all summer when the kids were at home. We cooked and ate together. We went hiking in the hills and took the dogs to the beach. It was just like it had been in the good old days, before my kids had grown up and gone away. The next morning, I got up and decided to make pancakes; the kids love blueberry pancakes. Then I realized they weren’t there, so I lost my 3 and took the dogs for a walk without having breakfast. When I was walking along the road, an old lady looked at my dogs, smiled warmly and asked if she could pet my dogs. As she petted the dogs, she told her story. “I once had a golden dog, Chunky, and he lived to 15. I had never worried about 4 him, because he was never sick a day in his life till the end. He wouldn’t eat so I put gravy on my finger for him to eat. But the doctor said to me, ‘You’ve got to let him go’.” She looked up to the sky and back at my dogs and said, “So I did. I let him go…But I’ve never had another dog after that.” She put her hand over her heart and her face expressed her 5 as she said, “It hurts.” Before I said anything, she gave my dogs one more loving pet. She smiled bravely and said in a 6 tone, “Whatever, let bygones be bygones.” Then she thanked me and walked away, relaxed. Letting go. Yes, I know that’s what we have to do. As I sat alone in the quiet house, I thought about the old lady and how she faced the loss of her dog through death. I suddenly realized I was a little 7 crying over my loss, which is just a natural part of human development, not life and death. In this kind of loss, we can 8 ourselves by celebrating the growth of our children, feeling the satisfaction of having done our best to prepare them to face the challenges in their lives. We can be glad that they are where they need to be, and grateful for our role in letting them go. 1．A．new B．alone C．busy D．full 2．A．arguing B．complaining C．crying D．regretting 3．A．interest B．memory C．mind D．courage 4．A．losing B．hugging C．controlling D．forgetting 5．A．anger B．fear C．pain D．doubt 6．A．critical B．light C．curious D．cold 7．A．confused B．bored C．nervous D．silly 8．A．promise B．praise C．respect D．comfort 五、阅读理解。 In the past year, new Alzheimer’s drugs, Leqembi and Kisunla, have drawn attention due to their potential benefits. However, their high cost and unclear benefits raise questions about their value. Could exercise, which is much cheaper, be as helpful as expensive treatments? Research shows that regular exercise significantly reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s by 45%, according to 16 studies involving 160,000 people. But in the past, experts weren’t certain if exercise could really stop the development of Alzheimer’s if you already had it. Between 2016 and 2021, 296 older adults took part in a year-long study. These participants had early cognitive (认知的) problems, which often appear before Alzheimer’s disease. The treated group, which received treatment of aerobic (有氧的) exercise, kept their cognitive abilities, while the control group, which received normal care, saw a decline (下降) in their thinking skills. The study provided one of the strongest recent examples that exercise can prevent the disease from worsening. In this study, people in their seventies didn’t get worse in their thinking skills over a year. Another study with real Alzheimer’s patients at an early stage had similar findings, showing that exercise can have a significant positive effect on cognitive function. In contrast, the results from the Leqembi and Kisunla drug trials were less impressive. In these trials, subjects’ disease simply developed more slowly than the control group that didn’t get any treatment. However, it’s important to note that the participants in the drug trial were already experiencing more serious diseases at the beginning of the study. So, while exercise seems to have a more immediate and noticeable effect on slowing cognitive decline, especially in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, it’s possible that exercise would make less of a dent in the later stages of Alzheimer’s. This doesn’t mean that exercise doesn’t help in later stages, but rather that we might need more treatments like medicine to better manage the disease. It has been suggested by research that physical activity benefits the brain at any age, especially for those with Alzheimer’s. The cognition-improvement effect is mostly seen in individuals who engage in aerobic exercises that result in an increased heart rate. Although resistance (阻力) training like weightlifting offers certain benefits, it is not considered to be as influential on cognitive improvement. A 2022 study found that the best results come from three to four 45-minute workouts every week. Exercise may slow Alzheimer’s disease in several ways. One is increasing blood to the brain. When you do things like running or swimming, more blood and oxygen will get to your brain. Exercise also helps cut down on things in the brain that can cause swelling (肿胀). Plus, it can make parts of your brain bigger, like the hippocampus, which is a seahorse-shaped area and gets smaller when you have Alzheimer’s. When these parts of the brain get bigger, it can help you react faster, move better, and remember things more easily. Lastly, exercise helps make more BDNF, a protein that helps brain cells grow, connect and survive. By 2050, nearly 100 million people may have Alzheimer’s disease as the elderly population is expected to pass 1.5 billion. Thus, it’s important to find solutions, especially for prevention, and exercise could be the key. 1．The underlined expression “make less of a dent” in Paragraph 5 most probably means “________”. A．be less difficult B．have a lower risk C．cause less trouble D．make a smaller difference 2．What can we learn from the passage? A．Research says Leqembi and Kisunla help thinking more than exercise. B．The hippocampus does not get smaller because of the help of exercise. C．In the drug trials, the disease in the control group developed more slowly. D．Resistance training works best for helping people with Alzheimer’s think better. 3．What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A．To argue about the possible benefits brought by exercise for Alzheimer’s. B．To introduce how exercise improves cognition in Alzheimer’s patients. C．To encourage people to exercise for prevention and control of Alzheimer’s. D．To compare effects of exercise and drugs in treating and controlling Alzheimer’s. Part 1: Read and Explore Fun in the Run The marathon (马拉松) is very popular all over the world. In China, for the first six months of this year, there were 133 marathons across the country. Teenagers also join marathons. Xu Qian, a 15-year-old boy from Suqian, Jiangsu, loves running. He got first place in the 5-kilometer Happy Run of the Suqian Marathon held on April 2. For Xu, the race meant months of training and preparation. He runs about 30 to 40 kilometers in local stadiums each week before the run. “Unlike the 800-meter run at school, a marathon is about a runner’s endurance (耐力) and psychological quality (心理素质),” he said. When he felt tired during the race, he told himself not to give up. “In long-distance running, the only opponent(对手) you have to beat is yourself,” Xu added. Kindness from the people around plays a big part in helping runners get to the finish line. Li Zhouzi from Shanxi joined a 3-kilometer Kid Run of the Berlin Marathon in Germany in 2019 when she was 10. The support from the people cheering along the course really encouraged her. “When things were hard, people around cheered me on. Even if it was just the words, keep it up,” Li said. She believes that running a marathon is about staying focused on the final goal, not the suffering along the way. “Our life is also a marathon,” Li said. 1．How long does Xu Qian run each week to get ready for the race? ______________________________________________________ 2．According to Xu Qian, who do you have to beat in long-distance running? ______________________________________________________ 3．What does Li Zhouzi think is a great help in her running? ______________________________________________________ Task 2:Do you like the long-distance running, like 800-meter run? Why or why not? (Give two reasons.) _______________________________________________________ 1 / 7 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $