发布时间 : 星期四 文章人教新课标高中英语必修五Unit 2 The United KingdomUnit 2 The Un更新完毕开始阅读19c85a8d86c24028915f804d2b160b4e777f8154
history. It also helped me be more independent，”said Miriam. Meanwhile, Joy is currently the youngest player on the GB women's team—but she is making her mark on the international stage, having represented Great Britain in tournaments(锦标赛) all over the world.
The teenagers are now eager to encourage others to explore the world of wheelchair sports.“You should have confidence in yourself. That's the one thing to help you succeed. Having setbacks helped me grow into a person and player. No matter what people said to us, we just tried our best，”said the girls.
1. What happened to Joy and Miriam when they were born? A. They were adopted by a British couple. B. They were abandoned to an orphanage. C. They moved to the UK with their parents. D. They lived with parents in an orphanage.
2. The sisters first got to know the wheelchair basketball________. A. from GB Futures training camp B. from their P．E. teacher by chance C. from a conversation in a TV program
D. from a talk between their father and his friend 3．It can be inferred from the passage that________． A．the Haizes aimed to train Joy to become the world champion B．Joy set a good example to Miriam in the wheelchair basketball C．it took Joy a long time to take the wheelchair basketball seriously D．Miriam is the youngest player on the women's basketball team 4．What suggestion did the disabled sisters give to others? A．Put your heart into work! B．A good beginning is half done! C．All roads lead to Rome. D．Believe in yourself!
语篇解读：本文主要讲述了一对轮椅篮球姐妹花的奋斗故事。
1．解析：细节理解题。由文章第一段的“Since birth，Joy and Miriam were left at
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the gate of an orphanage”可知，患有脊柱裂的姐妹Joy and Miriam一出生就被遗弃在了孤儿院门口。
答案：B
2．解析：细节理解题。由文章第二段的“The girls discovered the wheelchair basketball through a chance conversation，which Mr.Haize had with a friend in 2011.”可知D项正确。
答案：D
3．解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段前半部分内容可知，Joy一开始就很热爱轮椅篮球，并取得了很好的成绩(Joy got into the Under 25s European Championships in 2013)，正是Joy的好成绩激励了Miriam。所以正确答案为选项B。
答案：B
4．解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段Joy和Mirian姐妹的话可知，她们鼓励“年轻人一定要自信”。
答案：D
第二节 完形填空
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”．
At the____1____of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park，I ____2____ a job advertisement hiring park hosts.The position offered a____3____，permanent campsite in the park，and____4____，the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers (护林人)．It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives.We entered the park and I made an ____5____for the following day.
The park was____6____，so it took us some time to find an available site.That evening，as we finished our dinner，my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table.We____7____climbed onto the table and，for the next four hours，waited for them to____8____our camp.
Having survived that night，we were____9____that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park.They explained
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our____10____and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening，____11____，we learned about the canyon____12____．They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay____13____in the dark until the winds died away.
14____the weeks that followed，we learned to survive in our truck and____15____the little money my wife____16____by substitute teaching.Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful ____17____．For a time after our business____18____I thought I might lose my family as well.
living in the tiny____19____with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening，standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself____20____for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
1．A.back B．entrance C. centre D．edge 2．A.sponsored B．published C．noticed D．answered 3．A.free B．safe C．convenient D．beautiful 4．A.in return B．in time C．in short D．in turn 5．A.attempt B．agreement C．appeal D．appointment 6．A.ideal B．dangerous C．crowded D．quiet 7．A.repeatedly B．eventually C．immediately D．calmly 8．A.attack B．pass C．leave D．search 9．A.satisfied B．confident
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C．determined D．aware
10．A.responsibilities B．requirements C．circumstances D．conditions 11．A.moreover B．therefore C．meanwhile D．however 12．A.winds B．snows C．woods D．trails 13．A.aching B．quarreling C．mourning D．shaking 14．A.After B．Between C．During D．Beyond 15．A.give away B．hand out C．live on D．put aside 16．A.borrowed B．posted C．earned D．raised 17．A.business B．family C．career D．image 18．A.started B．failed C．expanded D．declined 19．A.camp B．park C．house D．truck 20．A.desperate B．ready C．suitable D. thankful
语篇解读：：本文体栽为记叙文。题材为个人经历。文章讲述了作者生意失败后，举家去得克萨斯州开始新的生活。在应聘“park host”一职后，一家人虽然生活比较艰难，但家人之间的关系更加密切。
1．解析：根据常识可知，“我”应该在公园的入口处看到招聘信息，at the entrance of意为“在……入口”。
答案：B
2．解析：sponsor“赞助，倡议”；publish“出版，发行”；notice“注意到”；answer“回
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