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1、1 Module 6 The Tang Poems The Internet and Telecommunications(建议用时40分钟) . 阅读理解 AIn 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of be
2、coming an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an“F”on it. The teacher told her it was a“fairy tale”. Jean was heartbroken and ashamed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her dream. “Girls cant become airline p
3、ilots; never have, never will. Youre crazy. Thats impossible. ”Finally Jean gave up. In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs Dorothy Slaton, a demanding teacher with high standards. One day Mrs Slaton asked this question, “If you had unlimited finances, unlimited access to the
4、 finest schools, unlimited talents and abilities, what would you do? ”Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream. The next thing that Mrs Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. The teacher leaned forward over her desk and said, “I have a litt
5、le secret for you. You do have unlimited abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you dont go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you want it enough. ” The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared all of a sudden. Jean felt thrilled and told
6、her about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs Slaton slapped the desk top. “Then do it! ”she said. So Jean did. It didnt happen overnight. In her 10 years of hard work, even facing varieties of laugh, frustration and opposition, she never gave up her dream. Instead, she went on doing everything her t
7、hird-grade teacher said 2 was fairy-tale. Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for the United Airline Company. 【文章大意】Jean在三年级的时候写下理想, 然而小学老师却说她的梦想是不切实际的。 后来在高中老师的鼓励下, Jean通过努力实现了梦想。 1. Jeans third-grade teacher thought her dream to be_. A. great B. impossible C. challenging D. reasona
8、ble 【解析】选B。细节理解题。由“The teacher told her it was a“fairy tale”. ”可 知, 当时她的老师认为这是一个童话, 因此是“不可能的” 。 2. Mrs Slaton may hold the view that_. A. only some of her students have great potential B. her students are good enough to be admitted to the best schools C. belief contributes to realizing a dream D. Je
9、an was to have her dream realized 【解析】选C。推理判断题。由斯莱顿老师的问题和后来与琼的对话可以看出, 她鼓励琼 去实现自己的梦想, 如果自己不努力, 自己的梦想没有人会帮自己实现。所以她应该会同 意“信仰有助于实现梦想”这句话。 3. According to the passage, we can infer that_. A. Jeans dream was always in her deep heart B. Jean owed her success to all her teachers C. most people around Jean a
10、pproved of her dream D. Jean achieved her dream with ease 【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第二段最后一句可知, 琼一直把这个梦想压在心底, 所以 是“old dream” 。并且之后她一直在坚持自己的梦想。 4. Which is the best title of the passage? A. A Respectable Teacher B. How to Realize a Dream C. Hard Work Pays off D. Reach for the Sky3 【解析】选D。标题归纳题。文章主要写了Jean受到鼓励努力实现
11、自己成为飞行员的梦想 的故事。因此“触及天空”最为贴近“飞行”的主题。 B Bonfire Night Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Night is the celebration of the failing of the Gunpowder Plot of November 5, 1605, when Guy Fawkes and a number of Catholic conspirators, inspired by him, tried to blow up the House of Parliament in London. Their plan was
12、to kill James I, the King of England and his family together with the majority of English aristocracy. This yearly event seems most probable that people admire Fawkes daring to blow up the Parliament, rather than the fact that his plot failed and he was caught. At the very beginning the Guy Fawkes D
13、ay was celebrated only in the United Kingdom, and then in the former British colonies and some regions of Canada. In Sussex, a historic region in South East England, Guy Fawkes Day is a major festival that centers in Lewes, nowadays a tourist-orientated town. The town centre is closed during the fes
14、tival and the night begins with costumed torchlight processions organized by local bonfire societies, responsible for the bonfire festivals in Sussex. In Ottery St Mary, in Devon, there is an old tradition held on November 5th each year, which originated in the 17th century. Weeks before the Guy Faw
15、kes night, barrels are soaked with tar. Then, on November 5th, barrels are lit and when the fire begins to pour out, local men lift and carry them on their backs and shoulders. There are also womens and boys barrels on the streets, but they are not as heavy as mens are, which by the midnight can wei
16、gh at least 30 kilos. And people are waiting on the streets to feel the hot touch of the barrels flame. It is said that the burning barrels cleanse the streets of evil spirits. In some parts of England autumn fireworks and bonfires are commonly associated with Halloween. This is also the reason why the night of November 4 5th is less celebrated in Northern Ireland. In the English West Country there is a
