跟踪导练（二）2

A

Why play games？ Because they are fun， and a lot more besides. Following the rules， planning your next move， acting as a team member， these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life. Think about some of the games you played as a young child， such as rope， jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly， they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives， such as taking turns and cooperating（合作）.

Many childrens games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance， some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones， which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all， the Olympic Games， bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags， knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country， not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war， an Olympic win can mean so much.

Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne， a Californian soccer player， has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.

Next time you play your favorite game or sport， think about why you enjoy it， what skills are needed， and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.

1. Through playing hide-and-seek， children are expected to learn to ___ .

A. be a team leader

B. act as a grown-up

C. obey the basic rules

D. predict possible danger

2. According to the passage， why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging？

A. It earns the winners fame and fortune.

B. It helps the country out of natural disasters.

C. It inspires peoples deep love for the country.

D. It proves the exceptional skills of the winners.

3. Whats Iribarnes goal of forming the foundation？

A. To bring fun to poor kids.

B. To provide soccer balls for children.

C. To give poor kids a chance for a better life.

D. To appeal to soccer players to help poor kids.

4. What can be inferred from the passage？

A. Games benefit people all their lives.

B. Sports can provide athletes with wealth.

C. People are advised to play games for fun.

D. Sports increase a countrys competitiveness.

B

The US Department of Labor statistics show that there is an oversupply of college trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there have been more than enough teachers， engineers and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that arent there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree.

On the other hand， there is great need for skilled workers of all sorts. These people have more work than they can deal with， and their yearly incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen.

The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a brighter future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating（灌输）their children with this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesnt matter. Everybody should go to college， so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments（入学）go up and up， and more and more graduates are over-educated for the kinds of jobs available to them.

One result of this emphasis（强调）on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college， half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.

5. Why do college enrollments go up every year？

a. Many parents want their children to go to college.

b. Every young man and woman wants to go to college.

c. High school teachers push their students to go to college.

d. Many people believe that the only way to success is a

college education.

A. a， b， c B. a， b， d

C. a， c， d D. b， c， d

6. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean many people go to college ___ .

A. and have their hopes destroyed

B. and do not have enough money

C. but drop out within the first year

D. but are not fit for college education

7. We can infer from the passage that the author believes that ___ .

A. college education is a bad thing

B. every young man and woman should go to college

C. people with a college education should receive higher pay

D. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs

C

Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is， but they certainly recognize his successor， Bugs Bunny. Oswald， Bugs and hundreds of other characters were created by Walt Disney， perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history.

Born in Chicago in 1901， Walt Disney always wanted to be an artist. After returning from World War I， in which he drove an ambulance， Disney worked as a commercial artist. He enjoyed drawing cartoons more than anything else， and decided to try his hand at a technology that was new at that time， moving pictures.

In the 1920s， he produced several films where he made cartoon characters move as if by magic. The technique Disney used was painstaking. He made hundreds or even thousands of repeated drawings of the same character. In each drawing， the character was changed just a bit. A film was taken of the series of drawings， and when it was shown， the characters appeared to move. The process， called animation（动画制作）， is still used today， although computers have made the process much easier.

In 1928， Disney created his most famous character， Mortimer Mouse， who we know today as Mickey. The mouse starred in a cartoon called Steamboat Willie， which was unusual because it involved the use of a sound track. Within the next few years， Disney invented many of his other characters.

The list of Disneys animation successes is long and memorable. It includes Pinocchio， Dumbo， Bambi， Cinderella， and Peter Pan. Perhaps his most remarkable animated film is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Created in 1937， it was an immediate success. Today， more than fifty years later， it is still one of the most popular films for children.

8. Which of these words best describes Walt Disney？

A. Quiet. B. Energetic.

C. Childish. D. Creative.

9. What does the underlined word“painstaking”in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

A. Taking great effort involving much hard work.

B. Requiring a lot of time， like running a marathon.

C. Causing much pain because both hands are used.

D. Requiring many fine tools， such as pens and pencils.

10. Which is true of the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs？

A. It was a little success when created.

B. It took more than a year to make it.

C. It has remained popular for more than fifty years.

D. It was made at a time when there were no computers.

11. Which of the following would the author probably agree？

A. Cartoons move by magic.

B. Animation is an easy technique.

C. Walt Disney is a remarkable person.

D. Oswald the Rabbit is well-known today.

D

When Teresa attended a St John first aid course， she had no idea that she would use her skills to save a life within a couple of days.

“Our tutor prepared us for the skills which could be used in the real world. At the end of the training， he asked us to give him feedback（反馈）after we used them，” Teresa recalled. Forty-eight hours after the course， her skills were tested. While on night duty in her workplace， the Petone Working Mens Club， someone in the club fell onto the ground and lost his consciousness. “Luckily I saw him go down and I rushed to his side very quickly. Everything that I had just learned amazingly came to mind at once，” Teresa added.

Teresa took a quick action. There were no signs of life， so she turned him on his back， told a staff member to get the clubs defibrillator（电击器）and asked another bystander to call an ambulance. “A committee member and I started CPR. Once the defibrillator arrived， another first aider lifted it up and then we began our CPR，” Teresa remembered.

When the defibrillator was ready， two shocks were given. The man showed some signs of life， but was unable to breathe normally. Teresa continued CPR on him until an ambulance arrived. The man was taken to hospital.

“I called the hospital early the following morning and was told that the man was OK. The nurse put him on the phone to talk to me. He told me that it was a lovely day to be alive，” Teresa said. Teresa was considered as a good first aider.

12. We can infer that after Teresa checked the man， she ____ .

A. got terribly frightened

B. thought he had been dead

C. knew she could save him alone

D. knew the man was in a serious situation

13. What did a committee member do during that life-saving process？

A. He called an ambulance.

B. He helped perform CPR.

C. He lifted a defibrillator up.

D. He went to fetch a defibrillator.

14. How did the man react after he was given two shocks？

A. He showed no signs of life.

B. He started breathing weakly.

C. He was able to say something.

D. He started breathing normally.

15. What can we learn from Paragraph 5？

A. Teresa became a first aid tutor.

B. Teresa became a hero in her city.

C. Teresa was a qualified first aider.

D. Teresa and the man became good friends.

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadnt healed （痊愈）from a（n） 1 injury. With this happening to me， I had 2 whether I should attend the meet or not. But there I was， 3 for the 3，000-meter run.

“Ready... set...” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed 4 of me. I felt ashamed as I fell farther and farther 5 .

“Hooray！” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest 6 I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should 7 ，” I thought as I moved on. 8 ， I decided to keep going. During the last two laps， I ran in 9 and decided not to 10 in track next year. It wouldnt be worth it， even if my foot did 11 .

When I finished， I heard a cheer— 12 than the one Id heard earlier. I turned around and was 13 enough that the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.” I was leaving 14 several girls came up to me. “Wow， youve got courage！” one of them told me.

“Courage？ I just 15 a race！” I thought， “I would have given up on the first lap.” “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us？” said another girl.

Suddenly I got 16 again. I decided to 17 with track next year. I realized strength and courage arent always 18 in medals and victories， but in the struggles we overcome. The 19

people are not always the people who 20 ， but the people who dont give up when they lose.

1. A. slighter B. worse C. earlier D. heavier

2. A. expected B. supposed C. imagined D. doubted

3. A. late B. anxious C. ready D. good

4. A. back B. ahead C. next D. close

5. A. behind B. before C. away D. around

6. A. cheer B. shout C. cry D. noise

7. A. slow down B. drop out C. go on D. speed up

8. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However

9. A. delight B. fear C. pain D. advance

10. A. play B. arrive C. race D. attend

11. A. heal B. cure C. treat D. move

12. A. weaker B. longer C. lower D. louder

13. A. good B. sure C. surprising D. strange

14. A. while B. when C. before D. since

15. A. finished B. won C. passed D. lost

16. A. cheer B. hope C. interest D. experience

17. A. compete B. go C. begin D. stick

18. A. measured B. praised C. tested D. increased

19. A. weakest B. strongest C. smallest D. shortest

20. A. complete B. lose C. succeed D. win

My mother always bought gifts to me for my birthdays. With my fifteenth birthday around the corner， she asked me I wanted. For the first time， I realize how lucky I was to have been born in such a fortunate family. I was satisfying and there was nothing more I needed. That was because I told my mother that instead of get an expensive gift， Id love to use the money to help others. At the first ， she felt surprised. When she realized I was seriously， she offered me 500 yuan. She bought some toys and went to the orphanage in our city. I handed out the toys to the child and had a good time with them.

1. 这孩子太小了，所以提水对他来说是不可能的。（it is ... for sb to do）

2. 只有你赚更多的钱，你才能和家人一起过上更好的生活。（only if）

3. 你应该利用这好天气给篱笆上油漆。（take advantage of）

4. 不管要花多长时间、费多少力气，我们都必须完成今天的工作。（have to）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I am a doctor. People often come to see me because they have colds or coughs. People also come to see me 1 they are sad or nervous. Sometimes medicine helps. Sometimes 2 （talk） helps. But many doctors think that music can help people feel better. I asked a few of my 3 （patient） how music helps them. “Sometimes I was angry when I was a child. My family 4

（say）， play your feelings 5 the piano！ Sometimes I play a loud song on the piano. Soon I feel calm. I can laugh and cry through my fingers on the piano. Its 6 （nature） for me. Its like breathing.”

“Listening to music helps me feel 7 （relax）. I like listening to music and dancing when I clean my house.”

“I play 8 violin. I like playing at night when it is quiet. After playing I am tired and I am happy. I always sleep 9

（good） after playing my violin.” Are you a musician？ Good！ Keep 10 （play）. If you are not a musician， listen to music and sing or dance. Its good medicine.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.