UNIT 4 Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking （1）(课时跟踪检测)(学用Word)-【优学精讲】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第四册（人教版）

Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking （1） 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了“无龄骑行”组织让年轻人陪老人骑行并建立友谊的故事。 1.A　词义猜测题。根据第二段画线词后的driving the trishaw — a bike with a passenger seat in the front that Cycling Without Age uses for their rides可知，pilot指的是三轮车的驾驶者。 2.C　细节理解题。根据第三段中Lawrence所说的it gives me a connection with people from an older generation可知，骑行对年轻骑手的主要好处是他们与老年人建立了联系。 3.D　细节理解题。根据第五段第一句可知，最先创立“无龄骑行”组织的是Ole Kassow。 4.C　推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，John Boettner要求乘客在骑行时挥手是为了推广这个项目。 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。一项研究表明，给员工热身时间可以纠正创造力的不平衡。 5.A　细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，提高低权力员工的创造力能够促进权力平衡。 6.C　细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知，参与者是通过接受不同的职位来感受权力的。 7.A　细节理解题。根据第四段首句可知，第二项研究与第一项研究相比，有更多的轮次。 8.C　主旨大意题。根据最后一段内容可知，低功率预热效应表明，一种简单的干预措施可以让所有员工挖掘他们的创造力潜能，并克服工作场所的权力失衡：在追求创造性工作时，让员工先热身。因此本文的主旨是给员工热身时间可以纠正创造力的不平衡。 1 / 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking （1） 阅读理解 A 　　（2025·商丘高二下检测）From Santa Barbara to Scotland， strangers are becoming friends by going on bike rides together. They get paired up by Cycling Without Age， an organisation that helps seniors go for bike rides， even if they can’t pedal themselves. 　　Hugh Lyon and David Lawrence， who are roughly 20 years apart in age， have been riding together for years. The 56-year-old Lawrence serves as a “pilot”， driving the trishaw — a bike with a passenger seat in the front that Cycling Without Age uses for their rides. They go for rides about once a week often discussing the history of their town. 　　“Despite my departed parents， it gives me a connection with people from an older generation，” said Lawrence. “And I enjoy spending time with them and hearing their stories.” 　　The pair have formed a friendship outside of cycling. Lawrence said he called Lyon often and went to the gym with him to help him with exercises he couldn’t do on his own. 　　Ole Kassow， who founded Cycling Without Age， said that’s the power of the program. “The truly powerful thing about these bike rides is that they tie people and stories together to create new relationships，” he told CBS News. “My friendships and the ability to form new relationships at any age are what define a good life， and often also a long and happy life.” 　　John Boettner started the Santa Barbara chapter. He has one rule for passengers. “They say， ‘What does it cost if I’m going to go for a ride？’ I say， ‘Here’s what it costs： You have to wave. If you don’t wave， I’m going to kick you out，’” he joked. He said he liked when they hit red lights， because it gave them a chance to connect with people on the road. “Driving the trishaw is the best advertisement for Cycling Without Age，” Boettner said. “When you take a 101-year-old woman for a bike ride and she holds your hand tight and says thank you and gives you a kiss on the cheek， it doesn’t get any better than that.” 1.What does the underlined word “pilot” in paragraph 2 refer to in the text？（　　） A.A driver of a trishaw.　　　　　　　　　　　　B.A group leader. C.A test version of a project. D.A professional airplane operator. 2.What is the main benefit of the bike rides for the younger riders？（　　） A.They learn more about world history. B.They get paid for their time. C.They form connections with the elderly. D.They improve their cycling skills. 3.Who first started Cycling Without Age？（　　） A.Hugh Lyon. B.David Lawrence. C.John Boettner. D.Ole Kassow. 4.Why does John Boettner require passengers to wave during the bike rides？（　　） A.To keep them awake. B.To make them exercise. C.To promote the program. D.To signal to other drivers. B 　　（2025·山东实验中学高二下检测）Power often boosts an employee’s creativity because being powerful liberates the individual from restrictions. However， new research shows that employees who are not in positions of power can become more creative when given time to “warm up” to a task by engaging in the creative task more than once. 　　“This is important because when people with more power are able to express their creative ideas more than those with less power， which leads to a rich-get-richer dynamic that strengthens these power imbalances，” said Brian Lucas， an assistant professor in the Cornell University. “Understanding ways to boost the creativity of lower power workers can help them find the right way to deal with this low-power disadvantage.” 　　Lucas and his colleagues conducted two studies to reach their conclusion. In the first study， they divided the creative idea generation session into two rounds consisting of a one-minute “warm up” followed by a second round in which the participants could take as long as they wanted. Participants were randomly assigned to a high-power condition or a low-power condition， and feelings of power were generated with a role manipulation （操纵） where participants were given a leadership role and control over resources （high power） or an employee role with no control over resources （low power）. The study found that high-power individuals were more creative than low-power individuals in the warm-up round. There was no difference， though， in creativity in the second round. 　　In the second study， the researchers gave them a different creative task and increased the number of rounds from two sessions to five， taking as long as they like to complete the task. Similar to the first study， the study found that high-power individuals were more creative than low-power individuals in the first round. But the creativity of low-power individuals caught up to the creativity of the high-power individuals after the first round. 　　“The low-power warm-up effect suggests a simple intervention that empowers all employees to tap their creative potential and overcomes power imbalances in the workplace： when pursuing creative work， let employees warm up first，” Lucas said. 5.Why is it important to boost lower-power workers’ creativity according to Lucas？（　　） A.It stimulates power balances. B.It motivates their ambition to catch up. C.It encourages a harmonious workplace. D.It creates a competitive work environment. 6.How did the participants feel the power in the first study？（　　） A.By competing with leaders. B.By receiving different positions. C.By working in different working conditions. D.By finishing a creative task with time limits. 7.How did the second study differ from the first study？（　　） A.It had more rounds. B.More participants were involved. C.Participants had a more complicated task. D.Participants’ creativity gap became wider. 8.What is the main idea of the text？（　　） A.Power tends to encourage creative ideas. B.Changing tasks boosts all the employees’ creativity. C.Warm-up time corrects creativity power imbalances. D.Low-power individuals outperform the high-power ones. 1 / 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $