Unit 2 Improving yourself

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. It was getting dark so I s on the light and drew the curtains.

2. She’s very good at m her students so her students are very energetic.

3. Work o most of my time， so I don’t have much time to relax.

4. Only people with the pass can get a to that area.

5. There have been calls for a new kind of （安全） arrangement.

6. We first build up a detailed （概况） of our customers and their requirements.

7. These machines are （经常地） updated by improving the design of the computers.

8. Call housekeeping and ask them to bring us some clean （毛巾）.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

rely on throw in the towel on reflection be occupied with miss out

1. At first I thought it was a bad idea， but I realized she was right.

2. It seemed as if he had and was giving up the investigation.

3. He going over his lessons for his final exam and didn’t want to go out.

4. It would be better to ourselves than on othSRUt0igT+1acIBNkn8AiHg==ers.

5. I’ll just read through the form again to make sure I haven’t on anything.

课文语法填空

Social Media Detox

Today marks the last day of the Social Media Detox， which is 1 fundraising campaign fornew sports equipment. At first， more than 100 students had been persuaded to stop 2 （use）social media for seven days. Now， with the detox 3 （finish）， they’ve switched on their 4 （device）. In the campaign， some students， who found the detox was difficult to tolerate 5 （throw） in the towel halfway， while others managed the whole week. Faced with the challenge， theyfound new ways to communicate with each other. And now they believe that even if social mediaaren’t 6 （access）， they still can enjoy a colorful life.

In my opinion， 7 has been raised through the detox is not only money， but also the 8 （aware） of how much we rely 9 social media. Now it’s time for us 10 （step） away from itand live a more meaningful life.

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能力提升

阅读理解

Last month， I began my own two-week-long digital detox. I got the inspiration from the techwriter Paul Miller， who got away from the Internet for a whole year. It was not worth mentioning asagainst the time Miller spent offline， but it was the longest I had gone through without almost anyInternet in 13 years.

Why did I do it？ For a while I felt the urge to try fully disconnecting to free myself from theendless work. I wanted to take a break from it all for a couple of weeks at least to see what wouldhappen. After all， throughout the last decade， I’ve been online all the time， overreacting to my emailinbox and social feed.

I haven’t forgotten that I’m CEO of a social media company. My work is built around thepremise （前提） that being connected makes our lives richer， more rewarding and more efficient.Still， I’d forgotten one key lesson along the way： moderation. As more and more of my life wasspent scanning （浏览） social feed and checking out my inbox， I realized that I needed to step backand get a whole new perspective.

So on my winter vacation to Mexico， I took a break from being active on the Internet for theentire trip. For the whole 14 days， I ate a lot of delicious fish tacos， surfed and fixed up my cottageon the beach. I didn’t write or send any emails. The one I did give myself was checking my emailinbox occasionally—just to make sure an emergency wasn’t unfolding while I was away.

What I learned from my short experiment was actually not too unlike what Miller learned. Ididn’t end up discovering that technology is evil （有害的）. In fact， I found myself reflecting on howtechnology over the last few years has let me experience some of the most rewarding and eventfulmoments of my life.

1. Why did the author begin digital detox for two weeks？

A. To avoid tiredness. B. To live a peaceful life.

C. To follow his friend. D. To experience an Internet-free life.

2. What does the underlined word “moderation” in Paragraph 3 mean？

A. To a large degree. B. In an honest way.

C. In an appropriate way. D. To a small degree.

3. What did the author do during his detox？

A. Check his email. B. Write emails.

C. Look through websites. D. Scan social feed.

4. What can be inferred about the author from the last paragraph？

A. He finds technology is harmful.

B. He will no longer use the Internet.

C. He will advise digital detox completely.

D. He holds an objective attitude toward technology.

阅读七选五

There are a lot of ways to become wiser. But you have to remember， this is a journey and not adestination. 1

Try experiencing new opportunities.

You will never grow from being in your comfort zone， which is why you need to get out of it.

2 You can try learning new skills that you never thought of. Change your routine and seewhere life takes you， take control！

Open yourself to diverse perspectives （多种视角）.

We need to be receptive to different views， which will open up new pathways for us. 3 Observe the world from different angles and it will always help you out. Never base yourperspective on the most popular opinion or which is the most comfortable for you. Train your mindto be a judgment-free space for ideas.

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Limiting yourself to only one type of people that share the same ideology as you can becomforting， but it doesn’t get you anywhere in life. You need to meet and experience new peopleand learn what they have to offer. Cultivate new friendships. This will be extremely beneficial foryour future.

Learn and grow from your mistakes.

All of us make mistakes in life. 5 We can ponder upon what made us fail so that wemay improve ourselves. Let me tell you this， your best teacher will always be your last mistake， solearn the best from it.

A. Meet new people.

B. Always develop a sense of curiosity.

C. Here are some strategies that you can use to get wiser.

D. This is a way you will catch chances and become better.

E. But it is the action of admitting mistakes that makes us grow.

F. They help us out but we need to set them aside most of the time.

G. Wisdom actually lets us have the ability to deal with today’s difficult world.

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