Unit 1 A land of diversity
李仕才
一、阅读理解。
“Her grades are fine；I'm not worried about that，but she just doesn't em to love learning any more，” Alice's mum said.
She's absolutely right.I'd noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I'd been Alice's middle school English，Latin，and writing teacher，and I have an answer，right there on the tip of my tongue，to what has gone wrong.Yet I'm torn between my responsibility to help Alice and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I'm not sure this mother is ready to hear.
The truth for this parent and so many others is this：Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar(圣坛)of achievement，and it's our fault.Alice's parents，her teachers，society at large—we are all suppod to be blamed in this crime a
gainst learning.From her first day of school，we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure her progress by means of points，scores，and awards.We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力)，and that her intellect is more important than her character.We taught her to come home proudly bearing grade As，championship prizes，and college acceptance，and not on purpo，we taught her that we don't really care how she obtains them.We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs and that it's better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record.Above all el，we taught her to fear failure.That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.
1．Both the mother and the author have noticed that ________.
A．Alice hates to tell them the truth
B．Alice's test scores are not so good
C．Alice choos veral subjects to learn
D．Alice doesn't enjoy studying any more
2．What does the underlined word“torn”mean in the passage?
A．pained to choo B．guilty to quit
C．tired to manage D．certain to decide
3．What does the teacher think of the girl?
A．Her academic perfection results from her character.
B．She is a gifted girl with spirits of challenging.
C．She is perfect in her character development.
D．Her academic performance is great.
4．What leads to the girl's change?
A．A few failure experiences.
B．Fear of failing to get good grades.
C．Her mother's overprotection.
D．Her not being accepted by colleges.
【解题导语】本文通过Alice的例子说明了父母、老师和社会有时会扼杀孩子的好奇心和对学习的热爱。
【难句分析】We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力)，and that her intellect is more important than her character.
分析：这是一个复合句，含有两个that引导的宾语从句。We是主语，taught是谓语，两个that在从句中均不充当成分。
译文：我们教给Alice的是她的潜力和她的智力是联系在一起的，并且她的智力比她的性格更重要。
1．D 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“but she just doesn't em to love learning any mo
re”和第二段中的“I'd noticed the same thing about her daughter”可知，Alice的妈妈和作者都注意到Alice不再喜欢学习。A项和C项文中没有提到；根据第一段中的“Her grades are fine”可知，B项错误。
2．A 考查词义猜测。根据画线词后的“between and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth”可知，作者在两者之间很难选择。
3．D 考查细节理解。 根据第三段中的“We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs”可知，Alice的学业表现很好。根据第三段的“We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力)，and that her intellect is more important than her character”可知A项错误；根据第三段倒数第三句中的“that it's better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record”可知B项错误；根据第三段的倒数第二句“Above all el，we taught her to fear failure”可知C项错误。
4．B 考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“We taught her That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning”可知，害怕失败毁掉了Alice对学习的热爱。
二、单句语法填空
1．They are likely ________ (fire) by the company just becau of their fault.
答案：to be fired Sb. be likely to do sth. “某人可能做某事”。主语they与fire之间为被动关系，故应填不定式的被动形式。
2．The majority of the interviewees ________ (prefer) watching TV at home to going to the cinema.
答案：prefer the majority of ... 作主语时，谓语动词的数与of后的名词保持一致。由interviewees可知谓语动词应用复数形式。
3．It suddenly occurred ________ him that he should adopt the homeless child.
答案：to It (suddenly) occurred/occurs to sb. that ... “某人突然想起某事”。
4．Whoever breaks the school rules will surely receive ________ (punish)．
答案：punishment 句中动词receive后缺宾语，故应填名词punishment作宾语。
5．We should not have ________ (race) discrimination.
答案：racial 句中缺少一形容词来修饰名词discrimination, 故填racial “种族的”。
6．She became the first black woman ________ (elect) to the Senate.
答案：to be elected 当名词或代词前有序数词或最高级修饰时，则常用动词不定式来充当其后置定语，且elect与black woman之间为被动关系，故填to be elected。
7．He couldn't express himlf correctly ________ means of words.
答案：by by means of ... “借助于；用……；通过……方法”。
8．She ________ (slip) out of the hou before the others were awake.
答案：slipped 句意：她趁别人还没醒，溜出了房子。分析句子结构可知该空为句子的谓语动词，由从句中动词时态were可知，应用一般过去时。
9．________ (hire) a car, you must produce a passport and a current driving licen.
答案：To hire 句意：若想租车，你需要出示护照及当前驾照。此处用动词不定式作目的状语。
10．By the time she knew the news, John ________ (fly) to America.
答案：had flown 由By the time引导的从句的时态为一般过去时可知，主句应用过去完成时，故应填had flown。
三、完形填空。
Brian Tagalog was born without arms. But that didn't __1__ him from leading a normal life. The __2__ young man believes he is the only certified tattoo(文身) artist without arms in the world.
