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UNIT 9
课时检测(二)“Active Learning”的课文习读环节
A级语言基础训练
I.阅读理解
Just Jerry:How Drawing Shaped My
A
Life
Let's continue with all sorts of great
It tells the true story of the author Jerry
books.These four ones are worth reading.
Pinkney's childhood growing up in Philadelphia,
Ducks:Two Years in the Oil Sands
Pennsylvania.In the book,Jerry also mentions
Kate Beaton is best known for humor.She his reading and writing problems.Only
tells us how hopeless she was to pay off college drawing could offer him a sense of calm,control
loans,and she spent two years in her 20s and confidence.Jerry eventually became one of the
working in the oil fields of Alberta.Beaton
most celebrated children's book illustrators
also considered how her years in the oil sands
:图画家)of all time.
affected her own creativity.Her surroundings
1.What did Beaton think of her days in the oil
seemed almost designed to limit her imagination.
fields?
The book is a vital turning point in the career
A.It was full of mystery.
of an important artist.
B.It was helpful to her works.
Nowhere Better than Here
C.It narrowed her imagination.
In her first middle grade novel,Sarah
D.It gave her inspiration for drawing.
Guillory has written an exciting story about a
2.Which of the following is its author's first
brave girl fighting against the effects of climate
book?
change.When the worst flood in a century
A.Just Jerry:How Drawing Shaped My
hits,thirteen-year-old Jillian is determined to
find a way to keep her hometown Boutin and
Life.
its spirit alive.
B.It Won't Always Be like This.
It Won't Always Be like This
C.Nowhere Better than Here.
Malaka Gharib has got a sharp eye for
D.Ducks:Two Years in the Oil Sands.
character details.Now in the book,Gharib3.
What do the last two books have in
revisits her teens.She tells us she left Los
common?
Angeles,where she lived with her mother,and
A.They both mention the authors'growth
visited her father in Egypt every summer.
experiences.
Looking back on this time with the eye of an
B.They both describe the scenes of adulthood.
adult,she recalls her teen self with a mix of
C.They both center on climate problems.
liking and anger.
D.They both tell inspiring stories.
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B
accompanied by gestures.When there were no
When learning a foreign language,most interrupting signals,they found it easier to
people fall back on traditional methods::remember the words.The researchers concluded
reading,writing,listening and repeating.But that the motor cortex contributed to the
if you also gesture (with your arms translation of the vocabulary learned with
while studying,you can remember the vocabulary gestures.This applied to concrete words,such
better,even months later.Linking a word to as "camera",as well as abstract ones,such as
brain areas
responsible for
movement
“thought”.
strengthens the memory of its meaning.
"There's now quite a lot of literature
This is the conclusion a research team showing that gestures play a role in learning.I
reached after doing many
experiments
think this study takes it a step further and tries
recently."Our results provide neuroscientific to understand why,"says Susan Goldin-
(神经系统科学的)evidence for why learning
Meadow,a psychologist at the University of
ways that involve the body's motor system Chicago.
should be used more often,"neuroscientist:4.What is a suggestion for language learners
Brian Mathias,a member of the team,said in a
according to the research findings?
news release.
A.Combining listening with writing.
As Mathias and his colleagues describe in
B.Repeating the vocabulary regularly.
The Journal of Neuroscience,they had 22
C.Moving the body in the learning process.
German-speaking adults learn a total of 90
D.Talking with foreigners in the target
invented artificial words over four days.While
language.
the test adults first heard the new vocabulary,5.What were the test adults asked to do in the
they were shown a video of a person making a
first part of the test?
gesture that matched the meaning of the word.
A.Translate the vocabulary into German.
When the word was repeated,the adults:
B.Remember about 100 existing words.
performed the same gesture themselves.
C.Translate some foreign words into gestures.
Five months later,they were asked to
D.Repeat the movements of a person in a
translate the vocabulary they had learned into
video.
German in a multiple-choice test.At the same 6.What's the purpose of linking the equipment
time,they had an equipment attached to their
to the adults'heads?
heads that sent weak magnetic pulses(磁脉冲)
A.To affect their motor system.
to their primary motor cortex(皮层)一the brain
B.To inspire them to learn actively.
area that controls voluntary arm movements.When
C.To record their brain activity while learning.
these interrupting signals were active,the
D.To stress the role of certain types of
adults found it harder to recall the words:
gestures.
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7.What's the purpose of the text?
an open mind,an alert eye and a wish to
A.To argue for the importance of doing understand other peoples,other places,rather
exercise.
than looking in them for a mirror image of
B.To introduce new research into language
oneself.
learning.
4 Every new art you learn appears
C.To explore ways to improve
human
like a new window on the universe,which
memory.
D.To call on students to learn foreign
helps you acquire a new sense.Crafts,too,are
languages.
well worth exploring.Most crafts contain one
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
essential pleasure,the pleasure of making
The pleasures of learning
something that will last.
Learning is a natural pleasure,inborn and
5 Instead of decreasing,in time,like
instinctive(本能的),one of the essential;health and strength,its returns go on
pleasures of the human race.When Archimedes
increasing,provided that you aim throughout
discovered the principle of specific gravity by
your life,as you continue learning,to
observing his own displacement of water in a;
integrate(整合)your thoughts,to make it
bathtub(浴缸),he jumped out with delight,
harmonious.
shouting,“Eureka,Eureka!”(I have found
A.But it does include learning from books.
it).1
This pleasure is not limited to learning
B.Learning extends our lives into new
from textbooks,which are too often boring.
dimensions(维度).
2 By opening a book,one can connect with C.This shout means Archimedes enjoyed
a voice far distant in time and space,and hear
playing with water.
it speaking,mind to mind,heart to heart.As:D.The other pleasure is of deepening one's
for reading books,this contains two different
knowledge of a special field.
delights.One is the pleasure of understanding E.Learning also means learning to practice,or
the unexpected,such as when one meets a new
at least to appreciate an art.
author who has a new vision of the world.
F.Man has the ability to attain happiness,and
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learning is the best way to achieve it.
Far beyond books,learning means
keeping the mind open and active to receive allG.The outburst (from instinct and the
kinds of experiences.Among the pleasures of
joy of its satisfaction are owned by all
learning,we should include travel,travel with
people.
564.A标题归纳题。通读文章可知,本文主要说明了中文学
习越来越受欢迎。故A项适合作本文标题。
,
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了什么是开放
式课堂、它的优缺,点、老师和学生对它的看法及其具体运作
情况等。
1.C根据下文“然而,开放式课堂可以让他们享受阅读。他
们在开放教育学校可能会更快乐”可知,C项“一些学生在
传统课堂上表现不好”衔接下文,符合语境。下文中的
“They”指代C项中的“Some students”。
2.F上一段介绍了开放式课堂的优,点:再根据下文可知,开
放式课堂规则少,一些学生实际行动少,他们不会利用开
放式课堂的优势。这也就导致了他们在开放式课堂上表
现不佳。F项承上启下,符合语境。
3.A上句提到一些传统教育的老师不喜欢开放式课堂,下
句提到那些想尝试开放教育的教师在学校可能会遇到很
多问题。A项提到了老师的情况和不喜欢的原因,承上启
下,符合语境。
4.E上句提到作者认为这是个好主意,但这只是理论上的。
E项说明了实际情况,“In fact'”与“in theory”对应。
5.G根据本段内容可知,空处是对全文的总结,故G项“总
的来说,开放式教育有利有弊”能概括全文,符合语境。
UNIT9课时检测(二)“Active Learning”的
课文习读环节
语言基础训练
A
【语篇解读】这是一篇应用文,介绍了四本值得读的书。
l.C细节理解题。根据Duck:Two Years in the Oil Sands
部分的第三、四句可知,Beaton认为在油砂工作的这些年
影响了自己的创造力,周围的环境限制了她的想象力。故
选C项。
2.C细节理解题。根据Nowhere Better than Here部分的
"In her first middle grade novel,Sarah Guillory has
written...”可知,Nowhere Better than Here是作者的第
一本书。故选C项。
3.A细节理解题。根据It Won't Always Be like This部分
的内容可知,在书中,Gharib重温了她的青少年时代,讲述
了自己每年夏天离开和母亲生活的洛杉矶,去埃及看望父
亲的经历。根据Just Jerry:How Drawing Shaped My
Life部分的内容可知,这本书讲述了作者Jerry Pinkney
童年在宾夕法尼亚州的费城长大的真实故事。由此可知,
这两本书的共同,点是都讲述了作者的成长经历。故选
A项。
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了最近一
项针对语言学习的研究。研究人员发现,在语言学习过程
中,手势会加强词汇记忆的效果。
4.C细节理解题。根据第一段的“But if you also gesture
with your arms while studying,you can remember the
vocabulary better,even months later..”可知,研究表明,语
言学习者如果在学习过程中辅以手势,那么学习的内容就
会形成长期记忆。
5.D细节理解题。根据第三段的“While the test adults
first heard the new vocabulary...the adults performed the
same gesture themselves.”可知,接受测试的成年人最初被
要求重复视频中一个人的动作。
6.D推理判断题。根据第四段的“At the same time,they
had an equipment attached to their heads...recall the
words accompanied by gestures..”可知,研究人员将仪器与
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研究对象的头部相连接,是为了向他们大脑中控制手臂运
动的区域发送干扰信号,以此了解手势对语言学习的
作用。
7.B写作意图题。根据最后一段的“There's now quite a lot
of literature showing that gestures play a role in learning.I
think this study takes it a step further and tries to
understand why”可知,这篇文章的写作目的是介绍一项针
对语言学习的新研究,即手势会提升语言学习的效率。
【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了学习的
乐趣、途径及益处。
1.G上文描述了阿基米德发现新原理时的激动。故G项
“本能的爆发和本能满足时的喜悦是每个人都拥有的”承
接上文,符合语境。
2.A上文说明从课本学习不是获取这种喜悦的唯一方式
下文介绍打开一本书,一个人可以和来自遥远时空的声音
取得联系,聆听它,与它进行心灵对话。故A项“但它的确
包括从书中汲取知识”承上启下,符合语境。
3.D上文描述了读书的一种乐趣,D项进而描述了读书的
另一种乐趣,选项中的“The other pleasure”与前面句子中
的“One is the pleasure”相呼应。
4.E下文提到,你学到的每一种新艺术似乎都像打开宇宙
中的一扇新窗户,帮助你获得新鲜感。故E项“学习也意
味着要学会实践,或者至少能欣赏一种艺术”衔接下文,符
合语境。
5.B下文提到,不像健康和能量那样,随着时间的流逝会逐
渐减弱,只要在你这一生继续学习的过程中,立志把你的
思想融会贯通,使之和谐,它的回报会持续增加。故B项
“学习能够把我们的生命延伸到新的维度”衔接下文,符合
语境。
UNIT9课时检测(三)“Active Learning”的
新知学习环节
语言基础训练
I.
1.assume 2.unlikely 3.inner 4.argued 5.data
6.flexible 7.ignore 8.automatic
Ⅱ.
1.impression 2.on 3.with 4.apologising 5.out 6.In
7.to tell 8.existence 9.was promoted 10.based
用
1.Not all people
2.while we adults couldn't
3.It is true that
4.(that/which were)based on the survey
5.keep coming late risk being fired
6.No matter how different we look
7.If not
8.found himself locked in the room
9.because of its moving story
1.automatically 2.ourselves 3.to become 4.personal
5.from 6.disagree 7.ways 8.which 9.being 10.the
语篇综合训练
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Margaret
Griffiths女士虽然己有102岁的高龄,却仍然积极参加IT课
程的学习,用自己的一生完美诠释了“活到老,学到老”。
L.C根据上文“Margaret Griffiths,aged 102,is taking IT
classes”可知,此处指她每周上这些课。
2.D根据空前面的“keep on doing what I desire'”可知,此处
指只要能做就继续做她想做的事情。