2024-2025學(xué)年人教版高中英語必修第三冊(cè)寒假（期末）復(fù)習(xí)季

《閱讀理解》專項(xiàng)鞏固訓(xùn)練題

及名：號(hào)考：

第一部分'知識(shí)清單

-.教材詞匯及其用法

1.diverse[dai,v3：s]adj不同的;多種多樣的diversityn.差異（性）;不同（點(diǎn)）;多樣性

diversifyv,使多樣化diverselyadv.不同地，各種各樣地

Thebeautyoftheworldliesinthediversityofitspeople.世界之美源自人之多樣。

Individualdiversitywillleadtodifferentresultsinthesecondlanguagelearning

2.fortune['fo:tju:n]n.機(jī)會(huì);運(yùn)氣fortunecookie幸運(yùn)曲奇

Fortuneneverhelpsthemanwhosecouragefails.運(yùn)氣永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)幫助沒有勇氣的人。

Ienviedhergoodfortune我羨慕她的好運(yùn)氣。

（1）makeafortune發(fā)財(cái)havethegoodfortunetodo...有幸做...

tryone'sfortune碰運(yùn)氣seekone'sfortune尋找成功致富之路;闖世界

fortunateadj.幸運(yùn)的fortunatelyadv.幸運(yùn)地;吉利地unfortunatelyadv.不幸地

OHebysellinghouseswhenyoung.年輕時(shí)，他靠賣房子發(fā)了財(cái)。

②Manyyoungpeoplewanttoliveinbigcities許多年輕人想生活在大城市里來尋

找成功致富之路。

3.gumbo[gAmbsu]n.秋葵湯（用秋葵英做的濃雞湯或海鮮湯

4.nachos[naetfsuz]n.[pl]墨西哥玉米片

5.chip[tfip]n.（英）炸土豆條;（美）炸薯片;芯片;碎片chipsofwood碎木屑

6.cheese[tfi:z]n.干酪;奶酪acheesesandwich/salad奶酪三明治/色拉

7.spicy[spaisi]adj,加有香料的;辛辣的Thesouptastedmildlyspicy.湯嘗起來略有點(diǎn)辣.

8.ethnic[eSnik]adj.具有民族特色的;異國風(fēng)味的;民族的;種族的

9.admit[ed'mit]vi.&vt.承認(rèn)vt.準(zhǔn)許進(jìn)入(或加入)1havetoadmitthatitdefinitelyfeelsgoodto

bebackinthecityagain.我得承認(rèn)，再次回到城里的感覺實(shí)在是太棒了。

Shestubbornlyrefusestoadmitthetruth.

admit…to/int。…準(zhǔn)許...進(jìn)入...準(zhǔn)許...加入....

beadmittedto/into.…被...錄取;被....接納:成為....的一員

adm讓(to)sth.承認(rèn)某事admittosb.that…向某人承認(rèn)....

admitdoingsth./havingdonesth.承認(rèn)做了某事

adrrdt(that)…承認(rèn)...

admissionn.[C]承認(rèn),招認(rèn):[U.C]準(zhǔn)許加人;[U]入場(chǎng)費(fèi)

gain/obtainadmissionto/into...獲準(zhǔn)進(jìn)入/加入...

[名師點(diǎn)津]admit后跟動(dòng)詞-ing形式，但不能跟不定式作賓語。

(1).Sheapologizedtomeandadmitted(take)myumbrellabymistake.

(2)Sheapologizedtomeandadmitted(to)havingtakenmyumbrellabymistake.

(3).NewscamefromtheschoolthatWangLin(admit)to/intoPekingUniversity.

10.definitely[definatli]adv.肯定;確實(shí)

11.occur[ek3：(r)]vi.發(fā)生;出現(xiàn)Theearthquakeoccuredin1906

Culturaldifferencesoccurwhereveryougo.

ItoccurredtomethatIcouldhavethebooksenttome

occur—occurred—occurredoccurringsth.occurtosb.被某人想至!)

Itoccurstosbtodosth某人想到做某事Itoccurs/occurredtosb.that…某人想到

(1)Agoodideaoccurredmeallatonce.

(2)occurredto/struck/hitherthatsheshouldadoptthehomelesschild.

12.downtown[dauntaun]adv.在市中心彳主市中心workdowntown在商業(yè)中心區(qū)工作

13.mission[mifn]n.傳教(區(qū));重要任務(wù)使命afact-findingmission核查事實(shí)的工作

14.district['distrikt]n.地區(qū);區(qū)域aschooldistrict學(xué)區(qū)

15.graffiti[gra'fi:ti]n.[pl]涂鴉;胡寫亂畫

16.comic[komik]n.連環(huán)畫雜志;漫畫雜志;喜劇演員adj.滑稽的;使人發(fā)笑的Theplayis

bothcomicandtragic.這部劇既滑稽又悲慘。Isawthechildreadingacomic.

17.afterwardsad.以后;后來

18.headto/for(朝...)前進(jìn)(向...)去1).Heheadedto/forthebusstop.

2).Ifyouworkhardandnevergiveup,youwillheadforsuccesssoonerorlater.

19.historical[hi'storikl]adj.(有關(guān))歷史的主要指歷史上發(fā)生過或存在過的，側(cè)重強(qiáng)調(diào)其真

實(shí)性.如:ahistoricalnovel歷史小說ahistoricalcharacter歷史人物

historic主要指歷史上有名或具有歷史意義，側(cè)重強(qiáng)調(diào)其影響性。如：

ahistoriccharacter歷史名人ahistoricbuilding具有歷史意義的建筑

20.seek[si:k](1)vt&vi.尋求,謀求;尋找;v.(向人)請(qǐng)求(2)vi.試圖，設(shè)法

seek-sought-sought的過去式

Over300,000peoplecamefromallovertheworldtoseektheirfortune,

seek(for)sth./sb.尋找某物/某人過去分詞均為

seek...fromsb,向某人請(qǐng)求...

seekone'sfortune外出尋找發(fā)財(cái)機(jī)會(huì)，外出闖蕩

seektodosth.(=trytodosth.)試圖做某事，設(shè)法做某事

seekout挑選出;物色到

(1)Heisamanwholikesseekingwealthandpower.

(2)Hesoughthisfriendinthecrowd.

21.earn[3：n](1)vt&vi.賺得，掙得⑵v.博得贏得Toearnaliving,someopenedupshops

andrestaurantinChinatown.為了謀生，有些人在唐人街開起了商店和餐館。

earntherespect/trustofsb.(=earnsb.'srespect/trust)贏得某人的尊敬/信任

earnmoney=makemoney賺錢，掙錢

earnone's/aliving(by…)(靠...)謀生相當(dāng)于earnaliving謀生

earnsb.....為某人贏得/博得....earnsb.aplace贏得一席之地

earnfame/areputation贏得名聲

Hebysellingnewspaperswhenhewasyoung.他年輕時(shí)靠賣報(bào)謀生。

22.immigrant[imigrsnt]n.(外來)移民;外僑

23.select[si'lekt]vt.選擇;挑選;選拔selectionn.挑選；選擇selectiveadj選擇認(rèn)真的

IselectedaCantoneserestaurantthatserveditsfoodonbeautiful

chinaplates.我挑了一家粵菜館，他們端出來的食物是放在精美的瓷盤子上的。

selectsb.todosth.挑選某人做某事selectsb.as…挑選某人擔(dān)任...

awideselectionof..各種各樣

(1)Yorkwasselectedthesitefortheresearch.

(2)Simonhasbeenselected(go)toattendtheconference

24.chinan.瓷;瓷器

25.bar[ba:(r)]n.酒吧;小吃店;小館子Wemetatabar

26.diagram[daisgraem]n,簡圖;圖解;圖表;示意圖

27.journal[d33：nl]n.日志;日記;報(bào)紙;刊物

28.claim⑴vt.(災(zāi)難、事故等)都走，奪去(生命)(2)v.&n.[C]聲稱，宣稱，斷言

(3)v.索要,索取;vt.認(rèn)領(lǐng)n[C](尤指向公司、政府等)索款，索賠

Over3,000livesereclaimedinthe19usSanFranciscoearthquakeandtheseriesoffires

thatoccurredafter.在1906年日金山地震和隨后發(fā)生的一連串的災(zāi)災(zāi)中，有3000多人喪生

claim（that）.…聲稱...Itisclaimedthat…據(jù)說...

claimtodosth.聲稱做某事claimtohavedonesth.聲稱做過某事

makeaclaim索賠

Iftheproblemisinthegoodsitself,youmaymakeclaimonthesupplier.

Severalpassers-by（claim）tohavewitnessedtheaccident.

Thecaraccident（claim）fivelivessofar.

29.series['sieri:z]n.一系列;連續(xù);接連seriesof一系列或一連串（事件）

30..apartfrom（especiallyNAMEasidefrom除了...外（還）；此外Apartfrombeingthe

kingdomofflowers,itishometomanyethnicminoritygroups.（云南）除了是花的王國以外,還

是許多少數(shù)民族的居住地。

apartfrom相當(dāng)于asidefrom,后接名詞、代詞或v-ing作賓語,apartfrom

有以下兩種含義：

⑴除了...外（還），此外，加之（相當(dāng)于inadditionto,besides或aswellas）

Apartfromitsgeographicaldiversity,Canada'smanyareasreflectthediversityofits

residents.

除了其地理上的多樣性，加拿大的許多地區(qū)還反映了其居民的多樣性。

（2）除了...外（都）（相當(dāng)于exceptfor或but）

Wedidn'tseeanyoneallday,apartfromacoupleofkidsonthebeach.除了海灘上的幾個(gè)孩

子兒，我們一整天沒見到什么人。

⑴them,Ihadnoonetotalkto.除了他們，我找不到說話的人。

（2）,thecompositionisfairlygood除了一些拼寫錯(cuò)誤，這篇作文寫得很不錯(cuò)。

31.minority[mainorsti]n.少數(shù)民族少數(shù)派;少數(shù)人

32..escape[iskeip]vi..&vt.逃走;逃脫;避開n.逃跑;逃脫;解脫vt.被忘掉，被忽視，未被注意（不用

于被動(dòng)語態(tài))。通常用物作主語。AftervisitingthesouthernpartofYunnan,Ihavetoadmit

thatitisthebestregionofChinatoescapethecoldwinter.參觀了云南的南部地區(qū)后,我不得

不承認(rèn)，它是在中國躲避寒冷冬季的最佳地區(qū)。

escapefrom...JA......中逃離fireescape太平梯

escapedeath死里逃生narrowlyescapedoingsth.險(xiǎn)些做某事

makeone'sescape逃走h(yuǎn)aveanarrowescape死里逃生

escapeone'sattention/notice逃過某人的注意，被某人忽視

Noonecanescaped(punish)ifhebreakslaw.

Heduringthewar.他在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中九死一生。

33.bringabout意為"導(dǎo)致，引起"，相當(dāng)于cause,leadto或resultin等。

Whatdoyouthinkbroughtabouttheculturaldiversity?你認(rèn)為是什么導(dǎo)致這種文化的多樣性？

Sciencehasbroughtaboutmanychangesinourlives.

點(diǎn)撥歸納：

bringalong帶來，帶上bringdown減少,降低;使垮臺(tái)，使下臺(tái)

bringback把……送回,歸還;恢復(fù);使想起bringup撫養(yǎng);培養(yǎng);養(yǎng)育;提出

bringin介紹;引進(jìn);賺錢，獲利bringout使顯現(xiàn);出版;闡明

[應(yīng)用融會(huì)]

(1)Whatbroughtthefailureofthebusiness?

(2)l'dliketobringDoctorHallhereandaskhimforhisviews.

34.Atlantic[st'laentik]adj大西洋的

35.financial[fai'naen川adj.財(cái)政的;財(cái)務(wù)的;金融的financen.財(cái)政，金融；資金

36.poetry[pauetri]n,詩集;詩歌;詩作poem[C]詩poet詩人poetry[U]詩集

37.jeans[d3i:nzn,牛仔褲

38.boot[bu:t]n.靴子apairofblackleatherboots一雙黑皮靴

39.mushroom[mAfrum]n.蘑菇;gomushrooming采蘑菇

40.poisonous[poizanss]adj.引起中毒的;有毒的;分泌毒素的poisonn.毒物;毒藥;毒素W.

毒死;毒害foodpoisoning食物中毒poisonousmushroom有毒的蘑菇

41.fold[feuld]v.包裹;折疊vt.&vi.（可）折小;（可）疊平First,foldthepaperinhalf/intwo.首先，

把紙對(duì)折起來。

42.super[su:ps（r）]adv特別;格外adj，頂好的;超級(jí)的

43.collection[kelekfn]n.作品集;收集物;收藏品collectvt.收集

collectstamps/evidence/information/data收集郵票/證據(jù)/信息/數(shù)據(jù)

ItisevenmentionedintheoldestcollectionofChinesepoetry.........它甚至在中國最古老的詩

集中也有提及。TwoyearsagoTompublishedaofshortstories.

44.accessory[ek1sessri]n.配飾;附件;配件

45.souvenir[su:v9,ni9（r）]n.紀(jì)念物;紀(jì)念品asouvenirshop紀(jì)念品商店

46.percentage[pa'sentid3]n.百分率；百分上匕Whatpercentageofthepopulationis/are

overweight?身體超重的人占人口多大的百分比？

47.climate[klaimst]n.氣候amild/temperateclimate溫和的/暖和的氣候

48.mild[maild]ad.溫和的;和善的;輕微的amildpunishment輕微的責(zé)罰

49.settle[setl]vt.&vi.定居;結(jié)束（爭(zhēng)論）;解決（糾紛Historically,Chineseimmigrantssettledin

theareaduringtherailroadconstructionandgoldrushperiod.

歷史上，在修筑鐵路和淘金熱時(shí)期，來自中國的移民定居于此。

Aftergraduation,theymadeuptheirmindstogoandsettleinthecountryside.

畢業(yè)后，他們決心到農(nóng)村安家落戶。[點(diǎn)撥歸納]

(1)settlein/into安頓下來;習(xí)慣于;適應(yīng)settledown(使)安定;定居

settledowntosth.著手認(rèn)真做某事

(2)settlementn.解決;定居settlern.移居者;殖民者

Havingsettledabeautifulvillage,hesettleddownhisresearch.

Withtheproblem(settle),hewenthomehappily.

50.construction[ken'strAkJn]n.建筑;建造;建造物;(句子、短語等的)結(jié)構(gòu)Theworkersare

constructingthebridgedamagedbythe.,andthebridgeunderconstructionconnectsthe

roadwiththetown.工人們正在修建被洪水沖毀的橋，正在修建的橋連接著公路和城鎮(zhèn)。

constructvt.建設(shè);修建(be)underconstruction=(be)beingconstructed正在建設(shè)中

(1)Theyareplanningto.他們正在計(jì)劃建造一^新的超市。

(2)Thenewairportunderconstructionliesintheeastofthecity.

=Thenewairport(construct)liesintheeastofthecity.

51.material[me'tisriel]n,材料;布料;素材adj.物質(zhì)的;實(shí)際的

52.tonamebutafew僅舉幾例Lotsofourfriendsarecoming:Anne,KenandGeorge,to

namebutafew.我們的很多朋友都來了：安妮、肯和喬治，僅舉幾個(gè)例子。

53.taichi[,tai'tfi:]n,太極拳

54.clothing[kleudirj]n.衣服;服裝

55.herbal[h3：bl]adj.藥草的;香草的

56.suit[su:t]vt.適合;滿足...需要;相配;合身n.西服;套裝ThereisChinesefoodtosuit

everyone'staste,withtraditionaldishesfromalloverChina.這里有著來自中國各地的傳統(tǒng)菜

肴，各種口味，應(yīng)有盡有。

Aguestshouldsuittheconvenienceofthehost.客隨主便。

(1)suitsth.tosth.使某物適合于另一事物(2)suitableadj.適合的;適宜的;相配的

besuitableforsb./sth,適合某人/某物besuitabletodosth,適合做某事

(1)Hedressedino他穿上最好的套裝。

(2)Hecanwhoeverheisw讓h.無論跟誰說話，他都能說到一塊兒。

57.atfirsthand第一手;親自Igottheinformationatfirsthand.我直接得到情報(bào).

58.item[ait9m]n.項(xiàng)目;一件商品(或物品);一條(新聞)

CanIpayforeachitemseparately?我能否一件一件地分別付錢？

58.contain[ken'tein]vt.包含;含有;容納Doesthecity/townintroductioncontainallthe

importantinformation?這座城市城鎮(zhèn)的介紹包含所有重要信息嗎？

Thecontainercontainsmanykindsoffruits,includingapples/applesincluded.

這個(gè)容器中盛著各種水果其中包括蘋果。

containoneself自我克制containern.容器

(1)l'mgladtofindthebookwhichIneed.

我很高興找到了那本包含我所需要的一切信息的書。

(2)lwassoangrythatIcouldn't.o我太生氣了，以至于無法克制自己。

[名師點(diǎn)津]contain指某物裝在比其更大的物體內(nèi),也指某物中含有某成分，而include指某物

為整體的一部分或某一要素。

neat[ni:t]adj極好的;整潔的;整齊的neathandwriting工整的筆跡

二、句子句型

1.ltislikelythatNativeAmericansmovedtoCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago.可

能至少在15,000年以前美洲土著居民就住在加利福尼亞州了。

[分析點(diǎn)撥]

句中itislikelythat+句子=sb./sth.belikelytodo…"某人/物可能做...

［應(yīng)用融會(huì)］（完成句子/句型轉(zhuǎn)換）

(1)shewaswatchingTVathomelastnight.

她有可能昨天晚上在家里看電視。

(2)ltislikelythatyouwillsufferfrombadhealthifyoukeepsmoking.

fYoufrombadhealthifyoukeepsmoking.

如果你繼續(xù)吸煙,你的身體健康有可能會(huì)受到損害。

［拓展發(fā)散］表示“有可能……”的句型還有：

It'sprobablethat...It'spossiblethat...

It'spossibleforsb.todosth.

(3)ltispossibleforhertosetaworldrecordagain.

->ltisthatshewillsetaworldrecordagain.

她有可能會(huì)再次創(chuàng)造世界紀(jì)錄。

2.Whatdoyouthinkbroughtabouttheculturaldiversity?

你認(rèn)為是什么導(dǎo)致了這種文化的多樣性？

bringabout意為"導(dǎo)致，引起"，相當(dāng)于cause,leadto或resultin等。

Sciencehasbroughtaboutmanychangesinourlives.

點(diǎn)撥歸納：

bringalong帶來，帶上bringdown減少,降低;使垮臺(tái)，使下臺(tái)

bringback把……送回,歸還;恢復(fù);使想起bringup撫養(yǎng);培養(yǎng);養(yǎng)育;提出

bringin介紹;引進(jìn);賺錢，獲利bringout使顯現(xiàn);出版;闡明

(1)Whatbroughtthefailureofthebusiness?

(2)l'dliketobringDoctorHallhereandaskhimforhisviews.

eventuallyadv.最后;終于

eventualadj.最后的；最終的

intentionn.目的；意圖；打算；計(jì)戈U

intendvt.打算

intendedadj.打算的；計(jì)劃的

theintendedaudience預(yù)期的觀眾

為了；目的是withtheintention/aim/purposeof

打算做某事intendtodo/doingsth

為...打算的beintendedfor

e.g.Thebookisintendedforchildren.這本書是為兒童寫的。

故意地byintention=bydesign

apologizevi.道歉->apologyn.道歉-apologeticadj.道歉的；愧疚的

apologize/makeanapologytosbforsth因某事向某人道歉

owesbanapology應(yīng)向某人道歉

basisn.基礎(chǔ)->basevt.以...為基礎(chǔ)->basicadj.基礎(chǔ)的->basicallyadv.基本上；大

體上

bebasedon以...為基礎(chǔ)

onthebasisof在...的基礎(chǔ)上

onaregular/dailybasis定期/每天

judgev.判斷；評(píng)判n.法官；裁判一judgementn.判斷

Judgingby/from...從…上看；根據(jù)…判斷

判斷是非judgebetweenrightandwrong

人不可貌相Neverjudgeabookbyitscover.

darevi.&modalv.膽敢;敢于->daringadj.勇敢的;敢于冒險(xiǎn)的

敢于做某事dare(to)dosth

你怎敢？Howdareyou?

pursuevt.追求->pursuitn.追求

plasticadj.塑料的n.塑料

plasticsurgery整容手術(shù)

loann.貸款；借款

takeoutaloan取得貸款

obligationn.責(zé)任->obligatedadj.有義務(wù)的；有責(zé)任的

義務(wù)感；責(zé)任感asenseofobligation

patientn.病人->patiencen,耐心-patientlyadv.有耐心地.impatientadj,不耐煩的

fimpatientlyadv.不耐心地

對(duì)...有耐心bepatientwith

對(duì)…沒耐心havelittle/nopatiencewith

ignorevt.忽視->ignorantadj.無知的->ignorancen.無知;愚昧

outofignorance出于無知

scenen.(戲劇或歌劇的)場(chǎng)；現(xiàn)場(chǎng)；場(chǎng)面-sceneryn.景色->scenicadj.風(fēng)景優(yōu)美的

在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)onthescene

在幕后behindthescenes

sequencen.順序；一系列vt.按順序排列

asequenceof一系歹!];一連串

Thebookisasequenceofshortstories.

servantn.彳卜人servevt.服務(wù)->servicen.服務(wù)

公務(wù)員apublicservant

permitvt.允許（permitted,permitted,permitting）permissionn.許可

允許某人做某事permitsbtodosth

未經(jīng)許可withoutpermission

incase以防（后接句子）

incaseof（后接單詞或短語）

決不innocase

這樣/那樣的話inthis/thatcase

不管怎樣inanycase

這是常有的事asisoftenthecase

beyondadv.&prep.在...之外；超過

miningn.礦業(yè).minen.礦fminern.礦工

optionn.選擇.optionaladj,可選擇的->optvi.挑選

別無選擇只能做havenooption/choicebuttodosth

tobehonest說實(shí)話->honestadj.誠實(shí)的->dishonestadj,不誠實(shí)的->honestyn.誠實(shí)

=tobefrank=honestlyspeaking=franklyspeaking=totellyouthetruth

確切地說tobeexact

inreturn作為回報(bào)

incase以防

inturn輪流；反過來

inneed在危難中

dinosaurn.恐龍

sortn.種類vt.整理；把…分類

稍微;有點(diǎn)sortof=kindof

各種各樣的allsortsof=allkindsof=avarietyof=adiversityof

整理；挑出sortout

extentn.程度

在某種程度上tosomeextent

在一定程度上toacertainextent

在很大程度上toagreatextent

indicatevt.表明->indicationn.表明

sailv.（船）航行；（人）乘船航行fsailingn.航海；航行->sailorn.水手；海員

hesitatevi.猶豫-hesitationn,猶豫-hesitantadj,猶豫的

對(duì)...猶豫不決hesitateaboutsth

不情愿做某事hesitatetodosth

Ifyouneedmoreinformation,don'thesitatetocontactme.

毫不猶豫withouthesitation

clerkn.職員；文書；店員

externaladj.外部的->internaladj,內(nèi)部的

sayingn.言語；格言；警句

stairn.樓梯；梯級(jí)

downstairsadv.順樓梯而下;在樓下;往樓下

upstairs（反）

beneathadv.&prep.在...下面；在...表面之下

affectvt.影響

plotn.故事情節(jié)；布局；陰謀

maintainvt.維持fmaintenancen.維護(hù)->maintainern.維修工

hugvt.&n.擁抱（hugged,hugged,hugging）

擁抱某人hugsb=givesbahug

asamatteroffact事實(shí)上=infact=actually=inreality

consulate領(lǐng)事館

broadadj,寬闊的；廣闊的；廣泛的-broadenvt,使變寬->broadlyadv.大體上一

abroadadv.在國外

boardvt.上船（火車；飛機(jī)等）n.木板；董事會(huì)->aboardadv.在船（火車；飛機(jī)）上

ambassadorn.大使；使節(jié)；代表

upper-classadj.上流社會(huì)的；上等階層的

upperadj.上面的；上層的

上流社會(huì)；上等階層theupperclass

第二部分'閱讀實(shí)戰(zhàn)

閱讀理解

Rich,heavyfoodisamajorpartoftheendoftheyearholidaysintheUnitedStates.PeopleintheU.S.

celebrateThanksgivingonthethirdThursdayofNovember.PeoplearoundtheworldcelebrateChristmason

December25.Bothholidaysinvolve（包含）traditionsofcookingverylargemeals.Thefoodatthesemeals

usuallyhaslotsofsugar,salt,andbutterinit.Turkeyandpiearesomeofthemostcommonfoodsinthese

holidays.

TerriPricehashostedaholidaypartyonthelastSaturdaybeforeeveryChristmasfor30years.Itstarted

whenherchildrenwerevery,verysmall.Shehasbeenpreparingmanyofthedishesformostofthe30years.

Butovertime,sometraditionsdochange.TheNeveldinesareafamilywhohopetobehealthierby

changingwhattheyeat.MickFury,theNeveldine'soldestchild,saidthischangeisimportantduringthe

holidaysandtherestoftheyear,too.

Mickandhiswife,Michelle,trytoeatonlyorganicfood.Organicfoodisanyplantoranimalfood

productmadewithouttheuseofunnaturalchemicalsorprocesses.But,MickisnottheonlyNeveldinewho

changedtheirdiet.FeliciaNeveldine,Mick'ssister,decidednineyearsagotobecomeayegan.Aveganisa

personwhodoesnoteatoruseanimalproductsofanykind.

Feliciabecameaveganbecauseofherconcernforthetreatmentofanimalsandtheenvironmental

effectsofanimalfarming.Shesaidthatherchangeindietalsoimprovedherhealth.

ChoosingthesespecialdietsmeanstheNeveldineschoosetheirfoodscarefully.Mickgrowsagarden

behindhishousewherehegetsfreshvegetables.

Holidaytraditionsmaynotchange,butthewaythesetraditionshappenjustmight.

1.WhatdoesparagraphImainlytellus?

A.Theend-of-yearholidaysisvital.

B?Heavyfoodisrichinnutrition.

C.CookinglargemealsisatraditioninUSA.

D.HeavyfoodispopularinholidaysforAmericans.

2.WhatdowelearnabouttheNeveldines*holidaydiets?

A.Theyhaveturnedhealthier.

B?Theyhavegivenupthetradition.

C.Theyhaveremainedthesame.

D.Theyhavegrownunhealthy.

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"vegan"inparagraph4mean?

A.sportsman.B.vegetarian.C.dieter.D.volunteer.

4.Whatmaybetheauthor'sattitudetotraditionalheavyfoodinholidays?

A.Favorable.B.Critical.C.Objective.D.Unclear.

閱讀理解

Foodactsasaformofcommunicationintwofundamentalways.Sharingbreadorotherfoodsisa

commonhumantraditionthatcanpromoteunityandtrust.Foodcanalsohaveaspecificmeaning,andplay

asignificantroleinafamilyorculture'scelebrationsortraditions.Thefoodsweeat-andwhenandhowwe

eatthem-areoftenuniquetoaparticularcultureormayevendifferbetweenruralandurbanareaswithin

onecountry.

Sharingbread,whetherduringaspecialoccasionoratthefamilydinnertable,isacommonsymbol

oftogetherness.Manyculturesalsocelebratebirthdaysandmarriageswithcakesthatarecutandshared

amongtheguests.Earlyformsofcakeweresimplyakindofbread,sothistraditionhasitsrootsinthe

customofsharingbread.

FoodalsoplaysanimportantroleinmanyNewYearcelebrations.InthesouthernUnitedStates,pieces

ofcornbreadrepresentblocksofgoldforprosperity（興旺）intheNewYear.InGreece,peoplesharea

specialcakecalledvasilopita.Acoinisputintothecake,whichsignifiessuccessintheNewYearforthe

personwhoreceivesit.

Manycultureshaveceremoniestocelebratethebirthofachild,andfoodcanplayasignificantrole.In

China,whenababyisonemonthold,familiesnameandwelcometheirchildinacelebrationthatincludes

givingred-coloredeggstoguests.Inmanycultures,roundfoodssuchasgrapes,bread,andmooncakes

areeatenatwelcomecelebrationstorepresentfamilyunity.

Nutritionisnecessaryforlife,soitisnotsurprisingthatfoodissuchanimportantpartofdifferent

culturesaroundtheworld.

5.Whatcanweknowaboutsharingbread?

A.Itindicatesthereisnotenoughfood.

B.Itcanhelptostrengthenunity.

C.Itisacustomuniquetoruralareas.

D.Ithasitsrootsinweddingcelebrations.

6.WhatdoesthecoininvasilopitasignifyforitsreceiverintheNewYear?

A.Money.B.Success.C.Luck.D.Togetherness.

7.Howdoestheauthorexplaintheroleoffoodincelebrations?

A.Byusingexamples.B.Bymakingcomparisons.

C.Byanalyzingcauses.D.Bydescribingprocesses.

8.What'sthewriter'spurposeinwritingthepassage?

A.Toshowtheroleoffoodinceremonies.

B.Topersuadethereaderstosharebreadwithothers.

C.Totellthespecificmeaningoffood.

D.Tointroducetheimportanceoffoodinculturetoreaders.

閱讀理解

Confucius,afamousteacher,wasapoliticianandphilosopherwholivedintheSpringandAutumn

PeriodinChina.Duringhislifetime,heplantedtheseedsforChina'stransformationbyteachingthousands

ofpeople.Therefore,heisthoughttobeoneoftheworld'sgreatestteacherstoday.

Confuciusgrewupinapoorfamily.Ashegrewup,Confuciusworkedtohelphismotherearnmoney.

Whenhewasn'tworking,hewouldread.Hisfavoritethingtodowastolearn.Hismothersawthisanddid

herbesttohelphimlearn.Oneday,richfamiliesnoticedhowsmarthewasandofferedhimjobsofcounting

theirmoneyandtendingtotheircrops.

Confuciusdidthisuntilhewas30yearsold,buthealwayswantedtodomore.Hedidn'tliketheway

rulerstreatedtheirsubjects.Hewantedtofindawaytohelppeoplewhowerelessfortunatethanhewas.

Later,hefoundedthephilosophy"Confucianism'1.Confucianismstatesthatbyeducatingyourself,loving

yourfamily,andrespectingtraditionyoucouldbecomeabetterperson.Confuciusbelievedapersoncould

achievethesethingsbypracticingself-discipline.Inthemajorityofhislife,Confuciustraveledandtaught

thepeopleofChinaaboutself-disciplineandtheimportanceofeducation.HeevenopenedChina'sfirst

schooltoteachboththepoorandthewealthyasequals.Today,Confuciusiscelebratedallovertheworldfor

hisphilosophyofeducation,equality,andpeaceoverwar,money,andinjustice.

9.WhatcanweknowaboutConfuciusfromthepassage?

A.Hewasonceafarmerguidingpeoplefarming.

B.Hewasbornintoapoliticianfamily.

C.Heonceactedasamathteacher.

D.Hedevotedhimselftosocialchange.

10.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"subjects"inParagraph3probablymean?

A.Themes.B.Courses.C.Peoples.D.Tests.

11.Accordingtotheauthor,whydidConfuciusopenChina'sfirstschool?

A.Toteachboththepoorandtherich.

B.TobecomefamousamongChina'slowerclasses.

C.TobeacceptedbytherulersofChina.

D.Tobecelebratedallovertheworld.

12.Whatisthewriter'sattitudetowardsConfucianism?

A.Doubtful.B.Supportive.C.Disappointed.D.Uncertain.

閱讀理解

HermanMelvile,thewriterofthefamouswhalestoryMobyDick,oncewrotethathumpbackwhales

were"themostlightheartedofallthewhales."Knowntobeintelligentanimalsandcanbeseenworking

togethertohuntschoolsofsmallfish,humpbacksareafavoriteofwhalewatcherseverywhere.And,ifyou

listenclosely,youmightevenhearonesinging.

Marine（海洋）biologistJimDarlinghasstudiedthesongsofhumpbackwhalesformorethan25years.

WhilerecordingwhalesongsonaboatnearHawaii,heinvitedauthorDouglasChadwicktoexperience

divingwithahumpback.Inthewater,Chadwickheardthewhale'ssongsinawayheneverheardthem

before."Suddenly,Inolongerheardthewhale'svoiceinmyears,"hesaid."Ifeltitinsidemyheadand

bones."Whenswimmingwiththewhale,Chadwickcouldseethatthewhalewasawareofhim,butnot

alarmedbyhispresence.Upintheboat,Darlingrecordedthewhale'ssong,whichcanbelongandcomplex,

sometimeslastingfor30minutesormore.Actually,theyareperhapsthelongestsongssungbyanyanimal.

Darlingsaysthatonlymalehumpbackssing,butforunknownreasons,itwaspreviouslythoughtthat

theysangtoattractfemales,butscientistsshowedthiswasincorrectwhentheyplayedrecordingsofwhale

songsintheoceanandthefemalewhalesdidnotrespond.Anotherideaisthatmalehumpbackscompete

witheachotherusingsongs,justasothermaleanimalsonlanddousingtheirhornsorsharpteeth.

Researchershavealsofoundthathumpbackwhalesongsaredifferentindifferentpartsoftheworld,

perhapslikewhalenationalsongs.Theymayalsobelikehittunesontheradio,changingovertime-from

oneyeartothenext,orevenoverasinglebreedingseasonwhentheyproduceyoung.

Anothermemberoftheresearchteam,photographerFlipNicklin,recallsaspecialmomenthehadwhile

interactingwithahumpback.Whilehewassnorkeling（潛水）somedistancefromthehugeanimal,it

approachedhimuntilitwasjustafewmetresaway.ItthengentlycarriedNicklintowardsitseyewitha

flipper（鰭肢），asifexaminehim.Obviously,theurgetounderstandadifferentspeciesgoesbothways.

13.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A.Howtorecordthehumpbacksintheocean.

B.Howhumpbackscommunicatewithpeople.

C.Humpbacksongsandwhattheymightmean.

D.thecareerofamanwhoisinterestedinhumpbacks.

14.Whenthescientistsplayedsongsintheocean,.

A.thesongsattractedfish

B.nofemalewhalescame

C.malewhalesbecameangry

D.maleandfemalewhalescametogether

15.WhatisNOTtrueabouthumpbackwhales?

A.Theirsongsareshortandsimple.

B.Onlymalehumpbackwhalessing.

C.Humpbackwhalesareveryfriendly.

D.Theyarepopularwithwhalewatchers.

16.WhatdoChadwickandNicklinhaveincommon?

A.Theywereafraidofwhales.

B.Theyswamwiththewhales.

C.Theirjobsaretotakephotosofthewhales.

D.Theyaremarinebiologistsstudyingwhales.

閱讀理解

ChrisjustfoundsomegoodinformationontheWebforhissciencereportaboutsharks.Hemarksa

paragraphinredwhichexplainsthatmostsharkscan'thurtpeople.Chriscopiesitandpastesitintohisreport

beforecontinuinghisresearch.Uh-oh.Chrisjustmadeabigmistake.Doyouknowwhathedid?He

committedplagiarism（票!J竊）whichisnotallowedinschool,college.

ThewordplagiarismcomesfromaLatinwordforkidnapping（綁架）.Youknowthatkidnap