Unit 5 Nelson Mandela a modern heroPeriod One
Period One Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.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 political 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 immigrants there，and joined the struggle to get basic rights for them.During his 20 years in South Africa he was nt 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 wrongs.In 1914，the South African government accepted many of Gandhi’s 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 boycotts(抵制)of British goods，led to the arrests of thousands of people.
In 1922，Gandhi himlf was ntenced to six years’ imprisonment.He was t free after two years and withdrew from politics and devoted himlf to trying to improve Hind－Muslim relations，which had worned.
In 1931，Gandhi attended the Round Table Conference in London，as the only reprentative of the Indian National Congress，but he resigned from the party in 1934 to protest its u of violence as a political tool.He was replaced as leader by Jawaharlal Nehru.
On January 30，1948，he was murdered.
1．What’s the first paragraph mainly about?
A．Gandhi’s political beliefs.
B．Gandhi’s childhood.
C．Gandhi’s college education.
D．Gandhi’s 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。] 2．Gandhi did all of the following things EXCEPT ________．
A．training as a lawyer
B．struggling to get basic rights in South Africa
C．helping to make India independent
D．Changing the Indian 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。]
3．The “satyagraha” in Paragraph 2 may be ________．
A．a violence tool
B．a political leader
C．a Muslim belief
D．a 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 non－violent way to correct wrongs.”
可知D项正确。]
4．What is the RIGHT order of the following events?
a．Gandhi attended the Round Table Conference in London.
b．Gandhi called for people not to buy British goods.
c．Gandhi was nt to prison in South Africa.
d．Gandhi worked at an Indian law firm.
e．Gandhi left the party.
A．dacbe B．dcbae C．dceba D．deabc
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。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
My mother asked me to go to veral garage sales (宅前旧货出售) with her one cool morning.We finally __1__ at a pleasant hou in the woods.The elderly __2__ told me that he and his wife were retired (退休的) teachers.As we were arching，I heard the gentleman’s wife say her __3__ to someone，and I immediately __4__ who she was.She looked at me and said，“You’re 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 wasn’t the 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 mother’s garden.It was a lamb’s ear.She took us to her garden wher e she planted the lamb’s ear.Over the ye
ars it __13__．As I looked down her driveway (车道)with lamb’s ears on both sides，she said，“Every day when I leave my hou and drive up the driveway，I think of you.And when I come home they __14__ me，I think of y ou.”Tears __15__ my eyes.There at her home was a piece of my life that she had raid.
At that moment，she taught me more about __16__ than I could imagine.We give pieces of ourlves every day __17__ thought.We ldom imagine the effects (影响) t hat we have on others’ lives.That piece may grow and spread，becoming a(n) __18__ part of a life.In the end it isn’t 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。
1．A.started B．arched
C．stopped D．left
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．A.worker B．owner C．buyer D．player 答案 B 根据garage sales“宅前旧货出售”可知这里指a pleasant hou的所有者，故选owner。]
3．A.price B．address C．name D．age 答案 C 从下文可知，此处选name“名字”符合语境。]
4．A.realized B．forgot C．learned D．guesd 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。] 5．A.surprisingly B．worriedly
C．boredly D．tiredly
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。]
6．A.months B．years C．days D．weeks 答案 B 下文的after so many years和Over the years是提示。]
7．A.future B．fight C．excu D．trouble 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。]
8．A.considered B．saw
C．remembered D．found
答案 C 根据上下文可知，此处应选remembered。]
9．A.terrible B．lucky C．friendly D．special 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。] 10．A.loudly B．silently C．angrily D．softly 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。]
11．A.explained B．reported C．warned D．ignored 答案 A 本段是老师解释为什么她说作者是个好孩子。]
12．A.stole B．bought C．cho D．brought
答案 D 根据“a plant from my mother’s garden”可知是作者从母亲的花园里带来一株植物给老师。]
13．A.disappeared B．died
C．fell D．spread
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。]
14．A.accept B．nd C．greet D．help 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。] 15．A.gave up B．came into
C．turned to D．took away
答案 B 作者深受感动而热泪盈眶。come into“涌入”。]
16．A.life B．garden C．plants D．lessons 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。从下文the effects(影响) that we have on others’ lives可以看出。]
17．A.with B．by C．without D．through 答案 C 根据下文的We 可判断此处应选without。]
18．A.necessary B．unimportant
C．large D．whole
答案 A 根据下文it isn’t the big things that matter，but the
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。]
19．A.though B．but C．becau D．so 答案 B but与前面的not构成“不是……而是……”。]
20．A.effort B．way
C．decision D．difference
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。]
Ⅲ.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 dert，came across a spring of clear water.__1__water was sweet.He filled his leather container so that he could bring
