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课时冲关2 Unit 2 Let's talk teens 学生课时P283
Ⅰ.阅读理解A
主题语境:人与社会
体裁:说明文
话题:教学是一种有效的学习方式
For thousands of years, people have known that the best way to understand a concept is to explain it to someone else. “While we teach, we learn.” said Roman philosopher Seneca. Now scientists are bringing this ancient wisdom uptodate. They are documenting why teaching is such a fruitful way to learn, and designing innovative ways for young people to engage in instruction.
Researchers have found that students who sign up to tutor others work harder to understand the material, recall it more accurately and apply it more effectively. Student teachers score higher on tests than pupils who are learning only for their own sake. But how children, still learning themselves, teach others? One answer: They can tutor younger kids. Some studies have found that firstborn children are more intelligent than their laterborn siblings. This suggests their higher IQs result from the time they spend teaching their siblings. Now educators are experimenting with ways to apply this model to academic subjects. They engage college undergraduates to teach computer science to high school students, who in turn instruct middle school students on the topic.
But the most cuttingedge tool under development is the “teachable agent” -a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a realworld pupil. Computer scientists have created an animated figure called Betty's Brain, who has been “taught” about environmental science by hundreds of middle school students. Student teachers are motivated to help Betty master certain materials. While preparing to teach, they organize their knowledge and improve their own understanding. And as they explain the information to it, they identify problems in their own thinking.
Feedback from the teachable agents further enhances the tutors' learning. The agents' questions compel student tutors to think and explain the materials in different ways, and watching the agent solve problems allows them to see their knowledge put into action.
Above all, it's emotions one experiences in teaching that facilitate learning. Student tutors feel upset when their teachable agents fail, but happy when these virtual pupils succeed as they derive pride and satisfaction from someone else's accomplishment.
1.What are researchers rediscovering through their studies?
A.Seneca's thinking is still applicable today.
B.Better learners will become better teachers.
C.Human intelligence tends to grow with age.
D.Philosophical thinking improves instruction.
2.What do we learn about Betty's Brain?
A.It is a character in a popular animation.
B.It is a teaching tool under development.
C.It is a cuttingedge app in digital games.
D.It is a tutor for computer science students.
3.What is the key factor that benefits student tutors' learning?
A.Their sense of responsibility.
B.The learning strategy acquired.
C.Their emotional involvement.
D.The teaching experience gained.
4.What's the author's attitude towards student tutors' learning?
A.Opposed. B.Indifferent.
C.Ambiguous. D.Favorable.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了通过教来学作为一种高效学习方式的重要性,以及现代科学家和教育工作者如何通过创新的方法和工具来强化和推广这种学习方式。
1.A [细节理解题。根据第一段“Now scientists are bringing this ancient wisdom uptodate.(现在,科学家们正在将这一古老的智慧与时俱进。)”可知,研究人员通过他们的研究重新发现Seneca的思想今天仍然适用。]
2.B [细节理解题。根据第三段“But the most cuttingedge tool under development is the ‘teachable agent’ —a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a realworld pupil. Computer scientists have created an animated figure called Betty's Brain, who has been ‘taught’ about environmental science by hundreds of middle school students.(但正在开发的最尖端的工具是‘可教代理’——一种像现实世界的学生一样学习、尝试、犯错误和提问的计算机角色。计算机科学家创造了一个名为Betty's Brain的动画人物,数百名中学生向她‘教授’了环境科学知识。)”可知,Betty's Brain是一种正在开发中的教学工具。]
3.C [细节理解题。根据最后一段“Above all, it's emotions one experiences in teaching that facilitate learning.(最重要的是,人们在教学中体验到的情感有助于学习。)”可知,情感参与是有利于学生导师学习的关键因素。]
4.D [推理判断题。根据第二段“Researchers have found that students who sign up to tutor others work harder to understand the material, recall it more accurately and apply it more effectively. Student teachers score higher on tests than pupils who are learning only for their own sake.(研究人员发现,报名辅导别人的学生更努力地理解材料,更准确地回忆,更有效地应用。实习教师在考试中比那些只为自己学习的学生得分更高。)”可知,作者对学生导师的学习的态度是赞许的。]
阅读理解B
主题语境:人与社会
体裁:议论文
话题:背诵经典词句的重要性
In Georgia students will be required to build “background knowledge” by reciting all or part of significant poems and speeches. The Arkanses plan calls for students to recite a passage from a wellknown poem, play or speech. That's it: an oldfashioned demand that students memorize the Gettysburg Address or Hamlet's “To be or not to be” or Gwendolyn Brooks's We Real Cool and recite it to an audience.
Most parents would probably call this a worthy exercise once abandoned for long, gathering the courage to speak in public and firing the adolescent imagination. Who could object to store memorable words in teenage heads otherwise packed with short videos?
English teachers, that's who. Modern educators view memorization as empty repetition, mechanical and prescriptive (规定的) rather than creative or thoughtful. Reciting texts from memory, they say, merely drops information into students' minds. It's repetitive learning instead of critical analysis.
That's wrong. Recitation allows students to experience a text as a living thing, ready to be taken up by a new generation. Committing a poem or speech to memory means stepping into the author's shoes and pondering what he meant. Deciding which words to stress when reciting means thinking about what those words mean.
In our age of social media and artificial intelligence, the practice of recitation has never been more needed. Memorizing classic words reminds us that they are alive.
Watch the faces of parents as they listen to their children urging us all toward what Martin Luther King called “a dream deeply rooted in the American dream,” or saying with Robert Frost, “I have been one acquainted with the night,” or with Shakespeare, “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...”
When young reciters return to their seats, they know they have made ageless words their own. What parents and students feel at that moment transcends (超越) a good grade. For a few minutes, hardworking teens become King, Frost or Shakespeare.
5.Why are educators against storing memorable words in teenage heads?
A.Memorization is nothing but thoughtful learning.
B.Memorization is anything but repetitive learning.
C.Memorization does injure teenagers' heads.
D.Memorization does no good to critical analysis.
6.What is the author's attitude toward recitation?
A.Supportive. B.Objective.
C.Opposed. D.Unclear.
7. What does the underlined word “pondering” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.Learning from. B.Reflecting on.
C.Bringing out. D.Arguing against.
8.How does the author stress the importance of recitation in the social media and AI times?
A.By giving examples.
B.By analyzing causes.
C.By displaying methods.
D.By listing figures.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇议论文,主要讨论了在社交媒体和人工智能时代,背诵经典词句的重要性,以及现代教育者对此的反对态度。
5.D [细节理解题。根据文章第三段“Modern educators view memorization as empty repetition, ...instead of critical analysis.(现代教育者认为记忆是空洞的重复,机械和规定的,而不是创造性或思考性的。他们说,从记忆中背诵文本只是将信息灌输到学生的头脑中。这是重复的学习,而不是批判性的分析。)”可知,教育者反对将记忆深入青少年的头脑,因为他们认为这种记忆并不能有助于批判性分析。]
6.A [推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Recitation allows students to experience a text as a living thing, ready to be taken up by a new generation. Committing a poem or speech to memory means stepping into the author's shoes and pondering what he meant.(背诵让学生体验到文本是一种活的东西,准备被新一代接受。记住一首诗或一篇演讲意味着走进作者的角度,思考他的意图。)”可知,作者支持背诵。]
7.B [词义猜测题。根据文章第四段“Deciding which words to stress when reciting means thinking about what those words mean.”以及“Committing a poem or speech to memory means stepping into the author's shoes”可知,记住一首诗或一篇演讲意味着走进作者的角度,思考他的意图。所以pondering在此处意味着反思或深思。]
8.A [推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“Watch the faces of parents as they listen to their children...and tomorrow and tomorrow...”以及根据文章最后一段“When young reciters return to ... minutes, hardworking teens become King, Frost or Shakespeare.”可知,作者是通过举例子来说明强调背诵在社交媒体和人工智能时代的重要性的。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
主题语境:人与社会
体裁:记叙文
话题:内在与外在要相匹配
My 14yearold son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time at a secondhand clothing store. It had a black velvet (丝绒) collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an) __1__ price of merely $28. We looked at each other, saying nothing, but John's eyes __2__. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with teenagers, but could cost several hundred dollars now. John put the coat on and __3__ it. He turned from side to side, __4__ himself in the mirror with a serious, studied __5__ that soon changed into a smile. It's a perfect __6__.
John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully __7__ it on the chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, the __8__ came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion __9__ argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to __10__. “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I __11__ that he start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.” When I asked one of his teachers __12__ caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!”
John and I both know we should never __13__ a person's clothes for the real person within them. But it is meaningful to __14__ a standard of excellence for the world to see, to practice a standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and to __15__ what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
1.A.special B.reasonable
C.unbelievable D.cheap
2.A.closed B.shone
C.opened D.lowered
3.A.buttoned B.touched
C.held D.obtained
4.A.feeling B.looking
C.glancing D.eyeing
5.A.gesture B.expression
C.attitude D.feeling
6.A.colour B.price
C.fit D.fashion
7.A.pressing B.taking
C.throwing D.folding
8.A.happiness B.satisfaction
C.change D.generosity
9.A.made B.replaced
C.took D.transformed
10.A.please B.complain
C.admire D.apologize
11.A.insisted B.suggested
C.asked D.commanded
12.A.what B.when
C.that D.how
13.A.watch B.judge
C.mistake D.consider
14.A.do B.wear
C.speak D.show
15.A.compare B.fill
C.mix D.match
[语篇解读] 这是一篇记叙文。本文介绍作者的儿子因为穿了优雅的外套,言行举止都发生了变化,说明我们的内在要和穿的衣服匹配,年轻人要选择正确的人生方向。
1.C [考查形容词词义辨析。句意:黑色天鹅绒领口,赏心悦目的剪裁,有第五大道的商标,以及只有28美元的令人难以置信的价格。A.special 特别的;B.reasonable合理的;C.unbelievable难以置信的;D.cheap便宜的。根据“price of merely $28”可知,价格低的令人难以置信。]
2.B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:我们面面相觑,什么也没说,但约翰的眼睛却亮了起来。 A.closed 关闭;B.shone发光;C.opened打开;D.lowered 降低。根据“price of merely $28”可知,现在的28美元的价格是令人难以置信的。根据“but”及下文“Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with teenagers.”可知,约翰喜欢这件衣服所以眼睛闪着光。]
3.A [考查动词词义辨析。句意:约翰穿上外衣,扣上扣子。A.buttoned扣……的纽扣;B.touched触摸;C.held保持,持有;D.obtained获得。根据“John put the coat on”可知,此处表示穿上外套并且扣上扣子。]
4.D [考查动词词义辨析。句意:他在镜子里转来转去,用一种严肃的、专注的表情打量着自己,不久就变成了微笑。A.feeling感觉;B.looking看;C.glancing瞥一眼;D.eyeing注视。根据“himself in the mirror”可知,他注视着镜子里的自己。]
5.B [考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A.gesture手势;B.expression表情;C.attitude态度;D.feeling感觉,感情。根据前文“with a serious”及“that soon changed into a smile.”可知,是表情发生了变化。]
6.C [考查名词词义辨析。句意:它非常合适。A.colour颜色;B.price价格;C.fit合适;D.fashion时尚。根据“that soon changed into a smile.”和“perfect”可知,此处表示衣服非常合身。]
7.D [考查动词词义辨析。句意:他说着,在椅子上小心地把衣服叠起来,并把它展平。A.pressing挤,压;B.taking拿走;C.throwing投掷,扔;D.folding折叠。根据“on the chair and smoothing it flat.”可知,此处表示把衣服叠好放在椅子上。]
8.C [考查名词词义辨析。句意:在接下来的几个星期里,约翰发生了变化。A.happiness幸福,快乐;B.satisfaction满足;C.change变化;D.generosity慷慨,大方。根据“He became more thoughtful and eager to __10__.”可知,John发生了变化。]
9.B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:安静、理性的讨论取代了争论。A.made制作;B.replaced取代,代替;C.took拿走;D.transformed转换,转化。根据下句“He became more thoughtful and eager to __10__.”可知,安静、理性的讨论取代了争论。]
10.A [考查动词词义辨析。句意:他变得更体贴,也渴望让别人开心。A.please使高兴;B.complain抱怨;C.admire钦佩;D.apologize道歉。根据“‘Good dinner, Mum,’ he would say every evening.”可知,please与and前内容语境相符。]
11.B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:有一天当我建议他在晚饭前开始做作业时,约翰说:“你是对的,我想我会做的。”A.insisted坚持;B.suggested建议;C.asked 问;D.commanded命令,指挥。根据“that he start on homework before dinner,”可知,此处表示作者提出的建议。]
12.A [考查宾语从句。句意:当我问他的一位老师是什么导致了这种变化时,她笑着说:“一定是他的外套!”空处引导宾语从句,从句缺少主语,指事物,用what引导。]
13.C [考查动词词义辨析。句意:约翰和我都知道我们不应该把一个人的衣服和他的内在混为一谈。A.watch观看;B.judge评判;C.mistake误会,误解;D.consider考虑。mistake...for...把……错当成……,固定搭配。根据“a person's clothes for the real person within them”可知这里意思是约翰和我都知道我们不应该把一个人的衣服和他的内在混为一谈。]
14.B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:但是,为世人树立优秀的标准,在思想、语言和行为上践行优秀的标准,使内外接轨,这也很有意义。A.do做;B.wear穿着;C.speak说话;D.show展示。由上下文语境可知,作者讨论的是穿着问题,故用wear。]
15.D [考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A.compare比较;B.fill填满,满足;C.mix混合;D.match 匹配。match...with...和……匹配……,固定搭配。根据“what is on the inside with what is on the outside.”可知这里意思是使内外匹配,这很有意义。]
Ⅲ.语法填空
主题语境:人与社会
体裁:说明文
话题:《简·爱》
Jane Eyre(《简·爱》) is a timeless classic that attracts readers with its powerful storytelling and unforgettable characters. 1.________ (write) by Charlotte Bronte, this novel follows the journey of Jane Eyre, a poor young woman who overcomes adversity 2.________ (find) love and independence.
The novel is a masterpiece of Victorian literature, exploring themes of love, morality, and social class. Jane Eyre's strong sense of selfworth and independence makes her attractive, while her love for Mr. Rochester adds depth 3.________ the story.
Bronte's writing style is 4.________ (elegance) and interesting, drawing readers into Jane's world and engaging them in the richly detailed settings of Thornfield Hall and Yorkshire. The novel's atmospheric descriptions and vivid imagery bring the story to life, 5.________ (create) an absorbing reading experience.
One of the most memorable aspects of Jane Eyre is its 6.________ (explore) of complex inner struggles of 7.________(it) characters. From Jane's internal conflicts to Mr. Rochester's troubled past, the novel explores the depths of human emotion with sensitivity.
Overall, Jane Eyre is an everlasting masterpiece 8.________ continues to attract readers of all ages. Its powerful themes, memorable characters, and engaging storytelling make it 9.________ mustread for anyone seeking an unforgettable novel. So far, Jane Eyre 10._________ (leave) a lasting legacy (遗产), inspiring numerous adaptations in film, television, and theater. Its timeless themes continue to attract audiences of all ages, making it a beloved classic for generations to come.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了《简·爱》这本书。
1.Written [考查非谓语动词。句意:这部小说由夏洛蒂·勃朗特创作,讲述了一个贫穷的年轻女子简·爱克服逆境找到爱情和独立的故事。分析句子结构可知,句子中已经有谓语动词,空格处需要填入非谓语动词,逻辑主语this novel与动词write之间为动宾关系,所以需要用过去分词形式作状语。故填Written。]
2.to find [考查非谓语动词。句意:这部小说由夏洛蒂·勃朗特创作,讲述了一个贫穷的年轻女子简·爱克服逆境找到爱情和独立的故事。分析句子结构可知,定语从句中已经有谓语动词,因此空格处需要填入非谓语动词,此处表示的是目的,所以用动词不定式形式。故填to find。]
3.to [考查介词。句意:简·爱强烈的自我价值感和独立感使她具有吸引力,而她对罗切斯特先生的爱为故事增添了深度。add...to...为固定短语,表示“增加”;此处表示增添了深度。故填to。]
4.elegant [考查形容词。句意:勃朗特的写作风格优雅而有趣,将读者带入简的世界,并让他们沉浸在桑菲尔德庄园和约克郡的丰富细节中。空格处位于be动词之后,因此需要填入形容词作表语;elegance的形容词为elegant,意为“优雅的”。故填elegant。]
5.creating [考查非谓语动词。句意:小说大气的描写和生动的意象使故事栩栩如生,创造了一种引人入胜的阅读体验。句子中已经有谓语动词,因此需要填入非谓语动词,小说的描写和意象使故事栩栩如生,自然而然的结果是创造一种引人入胜的阅读体验,所以空处应用现在分词形式作结果状语。故填creating。]
6.exploration [考查名词。句意:《简·爱》最令人难忘的一个方面是它对人物复杂的内心斗争的探索。空格处位于形容词性物主代词之后,因此需要填入名词,explore的名词为exploration表示“探索”,为不可数名词。故填exploration。]
7.its [考查代词。句意:《简·爱》最令人难忘的一个方面是它对人物复杂的内心斗争的探索。空格处位于名词之前,因此需要填入形容词性物主代词its,表示“它的”。故填its。]
8.that/which [考查定语从句。句意:总的来说,《简·爱》是一部永恒的杰作,继续吸引着各个年龄段的读者。分析句子结构可知,空格处为定语从句的连接词,且在从句中作主语,先行词为“an everlasting masterpiece”表示事物,所以用that或者which引导从句。故填that或者which。]
9.a [考查冠词。句意:它强有力的主题,令人难忘的人物,引人入胜的故事,使它成为任何想要一本令人难忘的小说的人的必读之作。空格处位于单数可数名词之前,所以需要填入冠词,且表示泛指,应用不定冠词,空格后的单词首字母发音为辅音,所以用不定冠词a。故填a。]
10.has left [考查现在完成时与主谓一致。句意:迄今为止,《简·爱》留下了不朽的遗产,激发了无数电影、电视和戏剧的改编。分析句子结构可知,空格处需要填入谓语动词,句子的状语为so far,所以句子使用现在完成时,句子的主语为Jane Eyre,为单数,所以助动词用has。故填has left。]
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