1、Unit 5 Nelson Mandela a modern heroPeriod One Period OneWarming Up & Reading.阅读理解Known as “Mahatma”(great soul),Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule,and was widely considered the father of his country.His belief of non-violent(非暴力的)protest to achieve politica
2、l and social progress has been very influential.He was born on October 2,1869 in India.After university,he went to London to train as a lawyer.He returned to India in 1891 and in 1893 accepted a job at an Indian law firm in Durban,South Africa.Gandhi was appalled at the treatment of Indian immigrant
3、s there,and joined the struggle to get basic rights for them.During his 20 years in South Africa he was sent to prison many times.Influenced mainly by Hinduism,but also by writers including Tolstoy and Thoreau,Gandhi developed the satyagraha (devotion to truth),a new non-violent way to correct wrong
4、s.In 1914,the South African government accepted many of Gandhis demands.Gandhi returned to India shortly afterwards.By 1920,Gandhi was an important figure in Indian politics.He changed the Indian National Congress Agenda,and his program of peaceful non-cooperation with the British which included boy
5、cotts(抵制)of British goods,led to the arrests of thousands of people.In 1922,Gandhi himself was sentenced to six years imprisonment.He was set free after two years and withdrew from politics and devoted himself to trying to improve HindMuslim relations,which had worsened.In 1931,Gandhi attended the R
6、ound Table Conference in London,as the only representative of the Indian National Congress,but he resigned from the party in 1934 to protest its use of violence as a political tool.He was replaced as leader by Jawaharlal Nehru.On January 30,1948,he was murdered.1Whats the first paragraph mainly abou
7、t?AGandhis political beliefs.BGandhis childhood.CGandhis college education.DGandhis great influence.答案D主旨大意题。第一段主要介绍了甘地对印度的深远影响,因此选D项。2Gandhi did all of the following things EXCEPT _Atraining as a lawyerBstruggling to get basic rights in South AfricaChelping to make India independentDChanging the In
8、dian National Congress Agenda答案C细节理解题。A、B两项可以在第二段找到相应的句子,D项可以在第三段找到依据,C项文中没有提及。3The “satyagraha” in Paragraph 2 may be _Aa violence toolBa political leaderCa Muslim beliefDa way to deal with wrong things答案D推理判断题。根据第二段的“.Gandhi developed the satyagraha(devotion to truth),a new nonviolent way to corre
9、ct wrongs.”可知D项正确。4What is the RIGHT order of the following events?aGandhi attended the Round Table Conference in London.bGandhi called for people not to buy British goods.cGandhi was sent to prison in South Africa.dGandhi worked at an Indian law firm.eGandhi left the party.Adacbe Bdcbae Cdceba Ddea
10、bc答案B细节理解题。根据各个事件发生的时间顺序可知答案。.完形填空My mother asked me to go to several garage sales (宅前旧货出售) with her one cool morning.We finally _1_ at a pleasant house in the woods.The elderly _2_ told me that he and his wife were retired (退休的) teachers.As we were searching,I heard the gentlemans wife say her _3_
11、to someone,and I immediately _4_ who she was.She looked at me and said,“Youre Lisa Miller.”I looked at her _5_ ,for it had been nearly thirty _6_ since I had been in her class.My mother immediately said sorry to her for any _7_ that I might have made.She did that again after learning that I wasnt th
12、e sweet little child.She thought that if this woman _8_ me after so many years,I must have done something _9_My teacher looked at my mother and _10_ said,“Oh,no,she was very good.”My teacher _11_ that during the last week of school,I _12_ her a plant from my mothers garden.It was a lambs ear.She too
13、k us to her garden where she planted the lambs ear.Over the years it _13_As I looked down her driveway (车道)with lambs ears on both sides,she said,“Every day when I leave my house and drive up the driveway,I think of you.And when I come home they _14_ me,I think of you.”Tears _15_ my eyes.There at he
14、r home was a piece of my life that she had raised.At that moment,she taught me more about _16_ than I could imagine.We give pieces of ourselves every day _17_ thought.We seldom imagine the effects (影响) that we have on others lives.That piece may grow and spread,becoming a(n) _18_ part of a life.In t
15、he end it isnt the big things that matter,_19_ the small things that make all the _20_ in the world.【语篇解读】作者与母亲一同去旧货市场买东西,没想到遇到自己差不多三十年未见的老师。令作者更为惊奇的是当年送给老师的一株植物,在老师的精心培育下,不断繁衍,布满了车道的两旁。这深深地教育了作者,让她从中悟出了人生的真谛。1A.started BsearchedCstopped Dleft答案C文章首段说作者和母亲到宅前旧货出售市场逛一逛。本句中的finally说明她们最终到达了一处地方,停了下来。2
16、A.worker Bowner Cbuyer Dplayer答案B根据garage sales“宅前旧货出售”可知这里指a pleasant house的所有者,故选owner。3A.price Baddress Cname Dage答案C从下文可知,此处选name“名字”符合语境。4A.realized Bforgot Clearned Dguessed答案A从下文I had been in her class可知卖旧货人的太太是作者的老师,因此,当听到这个人说出她自己的名字时,作者很快就“意识到(realized)”她是谁。5A.surprisingly BworriedlyCboredl
17、y Dtiredly答案A从后半句来看,她们俩差不多三十年没有见面,因此,与老师相遇,作者倍感惊奇。6A.months Byears Cdays Dweeks答案B下文的after so many years和Over the years是提示。7A.future Bfight Cexcuse Dtrouble答案D母亲说抱歉,是因为母亲为孩子可能在上学期间给老师带来的麻烦而道歉,故选trouble。8A.considered BsawCremembered Dfound答案C根据上下文可知,此处应选remembered。9A.terrible Blucky Cfriendly Dspecia
18、l答案A在作者母亲的眼里,差不多三十年了,这个老师还能够记起自己孩子的名字,那说明孩子当时是做了很糟糕的事情,否则她不会这么长时间还记得。故选terrible。10A.loudly Bsilently Cangrily Dsoftly答案D根据下文老师对作者所送植物的培育可知,老师是温和地说作者表现很好,故选softly。11A.explained Breported Cwarned Dignored答案A本段是老师解释为什么她说作者是个好孩子。12A.stole Bbought Cchose Dbrought答案D根据“a plant from my mothers garden”可知是作者
19、从母亲的花园里带来一株植物给老师。13A.disappeared BdiedCfell Dspread答案D作者当时是带来一株植物,而现在车道的两旁全是这种植物,这说明这株植物在老师的培育下繁衍开来。14A.accept Bsend Cgreet Dhelp答案C当老师回家的时候,这些植物向她打招呼,greet在这里是拟人化的描述。15A.gave up Bcame intoCturned to Dtook away答案B作者深受感动而热泪盈眶。come into“涌入”。16A.life Bgarden Cplants Dlessons答案A通过这件事,作者感到老师又教给了自己更多的生活真谛
20、。从下文the effects(影响) that we have on others lives可以看出。17A.with Bby Cwithout Dthrough答案C根据下文的We seldom imagine.可判断此处应选without。18A.necessary BunimportantClarge Dwhole答案A根据下文 it isnt the big things that matter,but the small things.可知,往往起重要作用的不是大事情,而是那些微小的事情,说明小事情变成了生命中必需的部分。19A.though Bbut Cbecause Dso答
21、案Bbut与前面的not构成not.but.“不是而是”。20A.effort BwayCdecision Ddifference答案D短语make all the difference的意思是:关系重大,大不相同。所以此处表示:事虽小,但意义重大。.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。A young man,while traveling through a desert,came across a spring of clear water._1_water was sweet.He filled his leather container so tha
22、t he could bring some back to an elder_2_had been his teacher.After a four-day journey,the young man_3_ (present) the water to the old man.His teacher took a deep drink,smiled _4_ (warm),and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.The young man went home_5_a happy heart.After the student l
23、eft,the teacher let_6_student taste the water.He spit it out,_7_ (say) it was awful.Apparently,it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container.He asked his teacher,“Sir,the water was awful.Why did you pretend to like_8_?” The teacher replied,“ You tasted the water.I tasted the gift.The w
24、ater was simply the container for an act of kindness and love.Nothing could be_9_ (sweet)”We understand this lesson best_10_we receive gifts of love from children.Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace,the proper response is appreciation.We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.答案1.The2.who3.presented4.warmly 5with6.another7.saying8.it9.sweeter 10when