Unit 3 Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas(Ⅰ)-【创新教程】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第三册五维课堂课时作业word

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

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It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War Ⅰ.German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socialising with“the enemy”along two­thirds of the Western Front.

German troops held up Christmas trees with signs“Merry Christmas”．Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies.They sang Christmas songs，exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football.Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before.They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons，and to aim high.

Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides.They felt that their power was being challenged：soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight.Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court.Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot.By March 1915 the socialising movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation.Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce(休战)．On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played“Christmas in the Trenches”， a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was 　stunned　 by his listeners' response.Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it describes.

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears.The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people.It lets us see the world as it can be and says，“This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are.It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true：the world really can be different.

[语篇解读 ]　本文主要讲述了一战期间，随着战争的残酷性加深，士兵的反战情绪日益高涨，一些士兵拒绝执行作战命令，战场上竟然出现了“圣诞休战”。

1．The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because 　________　.

A．they couldn't bear the meaningless killing

B．it was the best way to avoid being killed

C．they feared that they would be caught

D．their enemies were from similar backgrounds

解析：A　[细节理解题。根据第一段中的“German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socialising with ‘the enemy’ along two­thirds of the Western Front.”可知，士兵因为厌烦毫无意义的杀戮，开始拒绝执行作战命令，并且开始和“敌人”交往。故选A。]

2．How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers' socialising?

A．They sent the soldiers' loved ones to prison.

B．They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.

C．They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.

D．They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.

解析：D　[细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot.”可知，将军对士兵进行了严厉的警告，违令者会被监禁甚至枪杀。故选D。]

3．The underlined word“stunned”in Paragraph 4 most probably means“　________　”．

A．satisfied　　　　 B．shocked

C．amused  D．confused

解析：B　[词义猜测题。根据“Thousands of people called in，praising the song，with many moved to tears by the amazing events it describes.”可知，电台主持人播放了几次这首歌后，被听众的反应“震惊”了。故选B。]

4．The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings 　________　.

A．are not trustworthy under stress

B．are naturally aggressive and warlike

C．are basically caring and kind­hearted

D．will always do what is in their own self­interest

解析：C　[写作意图题。本文主要讲述了一战期间，随着战争的残酷性加深，士兵的反战情绪日益高涨，一些士兵拒绝执行作战命令。本文旨在告诉我们：人们仁慈善良，从内心渴望世界和平。故选C。]

B

In 1905，as part of his Special Theory of Relativity，Albert Einstein published the point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter.This was expressed by equation E＝mc2(energy＝mass times the speed of light squared)．But bombs were not what Einstein had in mind when he published this equation.

In 1929，he publicly declared that if a war broke out he would“refuse to do war service，direct or indirect...”His position would change in 1933，as a result of Adolf Hitler's coming into