Unit 3 Period IV 单元综合
1.The following are veral summer programs for children.
Duke University ADHD Program
Academic Summer Program is ud to help 6th to 8th graders with ADHD(注意力缺乏多动症). The program us techniques to teach study strategies, academic support skills, and cooperative learning activities.
Phone: 919-416-2096
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Eagle Hill School(Connecticut)
The Summer Academic Day Program at Eagle Hill School is designed for children experiencing academic difficulty. Open to boys and girls ages 6 to 12. The summer program immers(使沉浸)kids in a total language environment specifically tailored to meet his or he
r needs.
Phone: 203-622-9240
Location: Greenwich, Connecticut
The Gow School
The Gow School offers a traditional summer school program experience for boys and girls ages 8 to 15. The 5-week ssion offers a specially designed curriculum for students who have experienced academic difficulty or have language bad learning disabilities. Summer Program learners can be day students or live on campus(校园).
Phone :716-652-3450
Location: South Wales, New York
The Kentwood Summer Camp Program
The Kentwood Summer Camp Program is a school program catering toward children, teens, and their families who are not being successful in the traditional school environments socially, and or at home. It is for children and teens in grades K(Kindergarten) to 12.
Phone: 954-581-8222 or 954-634-0601
Location: Davie, Florida
1.Which number may parents of children with ADHD call?
A.954-634-0601 B.919-416-2096 C.716-652-3450 D.203-622-9240
2.What is special about the Gow School Summer Program?
A.It is for successful students B.Learners are limited to boys
C.It allows students to live there D.Learners are interested in language
3.Which program should a less sociable child attend?
A.Duke University ADHD Program B.The Gow School Summer Program
C.The Summer Academic Day Program D.The Kentwood Summer Camp Program
2."I have cancer."Mom said and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but failed.
For all of my twenty-four years, my mom had been supportive. Strength and protection had always flowed from her to me.Now I knew it would have to flow the other way.
Mom didn't stay down for long.After the shock of breast-cancer, she armed herlf with a notebook and a pen and a thousand questions for the doctors.She took notes on white blood cell counts and medications(药物)with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school."The not-knowing is the worst."she said.
The operation was successful.The chemo(化疗)was the harder part. I went with Mom to every chemo treatment.She rarely complained,though her hair was gone and her toenails and fingernails fell out one by one.She joked that she could save money on nail polish an
d put it toward the doctor bills, even though she never wore nail polish."Cancer can take my hair, my nails, my health, my very life. But it can't take my smile."Mom said.
Mom learned to share her fears with me, and it formed an even deeper bond between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn't share becau she was still protecting me-worries she only shared with Dad.Even in the darkest hours, she would just joke about the cancer. Mom always said, "When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you take away some of its power.”
Mom was one of the lucky ones.She did beat her cancer,though not without scars.From her,I've learned I may not get to choo what I face,but I do get to choo how I face it.
1.What does the underlined ntence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.There were other ways to treat cancer. B.Knowledge of cancer would be helpful.
C.Mom had to stay stronger to beat cancer. D.I should be the one being there for Mom.
2.Which of the following words can best describe Mom?
A.Humorous and generous. B.Considerate and ambitious.
C.Optimistic and determined. D.Caring and knowledgeable.
3.What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
A.The fear Mom shared with me. B.The ways Mom faced fear.
C.The jokes Mom told me. D.The bond Mom and I formed.
4.What lesson did the author learn from Mom?
A.Luck counts in beating dias. B.Complaint does no good to one's health.
C.Positive attitudes get one through hardship.for D.Sharing feelings helps reduce sufferings a lot.
3. The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid—we simp
ly weigh too much, and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.
However, veral types of animals can walk on water. One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicus basilicus, a lizard(蜥蜴) native to Central and South America. It can run across water for a distance of veral meters, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water’s surface with its feet. The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per cond to keep moving forward For humans to do this, we’d need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate “hitting”.
But fortunately there is an alternative: cornflour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water (and it does take a lot), you can create a “non-Newtonian” liquid that doesn’t behave like normal water. Now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles(粒子) in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick liquid of cornflour.
Fun though all this may sound, it’s still rather messy and better read about in theory th
an carried out in practice. If you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in ca you start to sink—and take a shower afterward!
1.Walking on water hasn’t become a reality mainly becau humans _____.
A.are not interested in it B.have biological limitations
C.have not invented proper tools D.are afraid to make an attempt
2.What do we know about Basilicus basilicus from the passage?
A.It is light enough to walk on water. B.Its huge feet enable it to stay above water.
C.It can run across water at a certain speed. D.Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in water.
3.What is the function of the cornflour according to the passage?
A.To create a thick liquid. B.To turn the water into solid.
C.To help the liquid behave normally. D.To enable the water to move rapidly.
4.What is the author’s attitude toward the idea of humans’ walking on water?
A.It is risky but beneficial. B.It is interesting and worth trying.
C.It is crazy and cannot become a reality. D.It is impractical though theoretically possible.
