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Unit 5 Nelson Mandela — a modern hero
Period One Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.用适当的介、副词填空
1．He gave ________ a rich life for his ideas and fought ________ his country to be free from the UK ______ a peaceful way.
2．It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer ________ whom I went for advice.
3．He offered guidance ________ poor black people ________ their legal problems.
4．He was generous ________ his time，________ which I was grateful.
5．The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometres ________.
6．After trying hard，I got a job ________ a gold mine.
7．I worried ________ whether I would become out ________ work.
8．The parts of town ________ which they had to live were decided by white people.
9．________ a matter of fact，I do not like violence...but in 1963 I helped him blow ________ some government buildings.
10．Elias went to see Nelson Mandela when he was ________ trouble.
Ⅱ.佳句翻译与仿写
1．The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
翻译：
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
仿写：我永久也忘不了第一次参观那个秀丽小岛的日子。
I shall never forget ____________________________ the beautiful island.
2．The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress，...
翻译：
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
仿写：人类在20世纪登上了月球。
__________________________ the landing of humans on the moon.
3．Only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.
翻译：
________________________________________________________________________
仿写：下了课她才发觉自己丢了手提包。
____________________________________________ that she had lost her handbag.
4．But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.
翻译：
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
仿写：他的话使我很兴奋。
________________________________________________________________________
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．Courage is one of the best ______ of a good soldier.
A．quality B．quantity C．qualities D．quantities
2．A great person is someone who devotes his/her life ______others.
A．to help B．helping C．to helping D．helped
3．He ______ the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years’ fighting.
A．found B．founded C．finding D．finds
4．He was the first man ______ on the moon in July 1969.
A．landing B．landed C．land D．to land
5．I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school ______ and the bus ______.
A．fees；fare B．fare；fees C．fee；fee D．fare；fare
6．Until today we have reached a stage ______ we have ______ no rights at all.
A．where；nearly B．where；almost
C．that；nearly D．which；almost
7．We were put into a position ______ we had either to accept we were less important，______ fight the government.
A．when；or B．when；nor C．in which；or D．in which；nor
8．When he organized the ANC Youth League，I joined it ______.
A．as soon as I possible
B．as soon as could
C．as possible as could
D．as soon as I could
9．Elias was ______ to blow up government buildings.
A．willing B．decided C．devoted D．busy
10．Why did Nelson Mandela _________ violence to make black and white people equal?
A．turn down B．turn up C．turn over D．turn to
Ⅳ.阅读理解
In 1995，Oseola McCarty gave a present of $ 150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.She wanted to help poor students.It was a very generous thing to do.But her friends and neighbors were surprised.McCarty was a good woman.She went to church.She was always friendly and helpful.But everyone in her town knew that McCarty was not rich.In fact，she was poor.
How did a poor 86－year－old woman have so much money？Oseola McCarty was born in 1908 in Hattiesburg，Mississippi.She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family.She took a job washing clothes.She earned only a few dollars a day.Oseola washed the clothes by hand.Then she hung the clothes to dry.She did this for nearly 80 years.In the 1960s’ she bought an automatic washer and dryer.But she gave them away.She did not think they got the clothes clean enough！At that time，many people started to buy their own washers and dryers.McCarty did not have much work，so she started to iron clothes instead.
McCarty never married or had children.Her life was very simple.She went to work and to church.She read her Bible(圣经)．She had a black－and－white television.But she did not watch it very much.It had only one channel.
McCarty saved money all her life and eventually had about $250,000.When she was 86，a lawyer helped her make a will.She left money to the church，her relatives，and the university.McCarty just wanted to help others.She did not think she was a special person.But then people found out about her present to the university.She received many honors(荣誉)．She even flew in an airplane for the first time！Oseola McCarty died in 1999.She was a shy and ordinary woman who became famous.
1．Oseola McCarty gave $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi ______.
A．to help the poor students
B．to surprise her friends and neighbors
C．to show her generosity
D．to be a good and rich woman
2．From the story we know ______.
A．McCarty was born in a poor family near the University of Southern Mississippi
B．everyone was surprised because they thought McCarty had no education
C．washers and dryers brought a change in McCarty’s life
D．McCarty gave half of her money to the church and her relatives.
3．Which of the following is true?
A．McCarty had to work to help her family after school every day.
B．McCarty learned to read the Bible by herself in the school.
C．McCarty made one third of her money by washing and ironing clothes.
D．McCarty did not have her own family because she had no husband or children.
4．From which of the following can we tell McCarty lived a simple life?
A．She worked hard all her life.
B．She didn’t think she was special.
C．She didn’t have many interests.
D．She had a TV set with many channels.
5．Which of the following is true?
A．McCarty died at the age of eighty－six.
B．McCarty did the job of washing for more than eighty years.
C．McCarty gave her presents to both universities and churches.
D．McCarty was given many honors because of her good deeds.
mean v．意思是，意味着
生义：adj.吝啬的，薄情的，精彩的
She’s always been mean with money.
她在花钱方面总是格外吝啬。
Don’t be so mean to your brother!
别对你弟弟那么薄情！
He’s a mean tennis player.
他是一名精彩的网球选手。
【答案解析】
Period One Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.1.up；for；in 2.to 3.to；on 4.with；for 5.away 6.in 7.about；of 8.in 9.As；up 10.in
Ⅱ.
1．第一次见到纳尔逊·曼德拉的时候，是我一生中格外困难的时期。
the day when we first visited
2．过去30年来所毁灭的大量法律剥夺了我们的权利，阻挡了我们的进步，……
The 20th century saw
3．只有到那时，我们才打算用暴力抵制暴力。
Only after the lesson did she discover
4．但是，我乐于帮忙，由于我知道，这会挂念我们实现黑人和白人公正的幻想。
What he said made me happy.
Ⅲ.
1．C [quality“品质”，前面有one of后面需要用复数；quantity“数量”。故选C。]
2．C [devote one’s life to...“一生献身于……”，其中to是介词，故选C。]
3．B [found vt.“建立”，其过去时为founded。]
4．D [由the only，the last，the next，序数词或形容词最高级修饰的名词常用不定式作定语。]
5．A [fee指“给律师，医生等的服务费、酬金等；入场、入会等的费用；学费(通常用－s)”；fare指“交通费用”。]
6．B [stage是先行词，且定语从句中缺少状语，故第一空用where。almost可用于no，none，nobody，nothing等否定词之前，但nearly一般不这样用。]
7．C [position作先行词，定语从句中缺少地点状语，故用in which或where来引导定语从句。其次空考查either...or...“或者……或者……”。]
8．D [as...as one can/could相当于as...as possible，意为“尽可能……地”。]
9．A [be willing to do sth.“乐意/情愿做某事”；decide to do sth.“打算做某事”；be devoted to...“认真于/致力于……”，to是介词；be busy doing sth.“忙于做某事”。]
10．D [句意为：为什么曼德拉为了使黑人和白人公正，而求助于暴力？此处turn to意为“求助于”。turn down“拒绝；把音量调低”；turn up“毁灭；把音量调高”；turn over“翻转”。]
Ⅳ.
1．A [由第一段其次句可知。]
2．A [由其次段可知。]
3．D [由第三段第一句可知。]
4．C [由第三段作者介绍了她的简洁生活可知。]
5．D [McCarty诞生在1908年，死于1999年，享年91岁，A项错误；从其次段可以知道她洗衣服“for nearly 80 years”，B项错误；从最终一段我们知道“She left money to the church，her relatives，and the university”，C项也是错误的；而由于她所做的这些贡献，“She received many honors”，D项正确。]
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