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1、安全教育学习是提高员工安全防范意识的重要措施。“百日安全活动”开展以来，保卫部从自身着手对本部门所有员工开展集中安全教育培训Module 1 课时跟踪练(一) Introduction & Reading Pre-reading.阅读理解AI was recently asked what inspires me most. That was easy to answer: I_live_and_breathe_track_and_field. It is the only sport that has allowed me to spread my wings and truly fly.
2、I have struggled a lot in my life after being diagnosed (诊断) with a learning disability at the age of three. I was also born four months too early, weighing less than four pounds. Even at 17, Im still working to catch up. Mentally Im on the level of a 12yearold. I had to repeat the third and fifth g
3、rade, which caused me a lot of stress and embarrassment.I was joked so much that I would often hide in the bathroom instead of going to class.My parents always gave me lots of love and support, but I still felt worthless most of the time. Im also quite shy, so making and keeping friends has always b
4、een a challenge.Then one day when I was 12, my life changed forever. My parents decided my younger brother and I should try track. From that moment on my life was different. I was a natural middistance runner. When I was on the track, the other kids just saw me and my speed. No one saw my learning d
5、isability. For the first time in my life I felt normal.When I entered high school, I joined the track team and the coach quickly saw my talent. I was selected to run on the A team for crosscounty and the A team for indoor and outdoor track. Im on the school team for the 4 400meter and 4 800meter rel
6、ays, and colleges are even interested in me!My crosscounty team won the 2011 County and Regional Championship. When I accepted my award, my mom cried because she was so proud of me, and for once, I was proud of myself.Even though Im a specialeducation student, I now know that my learning disability
7、does not define (限定) me.I can hold my head up high because track has allowed me to spread my wings and truly fly!语篇解读：作者是一个在学习上有障碍的学生，但是却在田径运动中找到了自己的价值。1The underlined sentence in Para. 1 may mean “_”AI can easily breathe on the trackBtrack and field is where I liveCtrack and field is my lifeDI take
8、 track and field as a sport解析：选C句意理解题。根据第一段画线句子后面的“It is the only sport . wings and truly fly.”可知，作者认为田径运动让他展翅翱翔，所以他视田径为生命，因此选C。2What is the problem with the writer?AHe didnt want to make friends.BHe didnt get more love from his parents.CHe weighed a little less than others.DHe had a poor learning a
9、bility.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段中的“diagnosed (诊断) with a learning disability at the age of three”可知，作者学习能力有问题，因此选D。3. The first time the writer was on the track, he _.Afelt as normal as othersBwas proud of himselfCwas still a little shyDtreated himself as a hero解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句“For the first time in my
10、life I felt normal.”可知选A。4The best title for the passage may be “_”AFly in The Sky BSpread My WingsCTry Track Bravely DBe An Honor Student解析：选B标题归纳题。作者在学习上有障碍，但是从事田径运动却如鱼得水，是一个天生的田径运动员。田径让作者找到了自己的价值，有了展翅飞翔的机会。故B符合主题。BThe roots of basketball are deep in Canada. In 1891 the game was invented by Dr. Ja
11、mes Naismith, a Canadian who was from Almonte, Ontario. Having been given the task of creating a new indoor sports activity while conducting a physical education class at the international YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, Naismith designed what we now call basketball. The original
12、 game involved 13 rules and a peach basket hung ten feet above the floor. Even though it took place in the United States, at least ten of the players who located in the first game were university students from Quebec. Basketball played by school and local amateur teams has been part of the Canadian
13、sports scene since the turn of the century. Hoops teams representing Canada have joined in Olympic Games since 1936 and in the World Championships since 1954. One of the most storied amateur teams in Canadian basketball history is the Edmonton Commercial Graduates (Grads), a group of Canadian women
14、who dominated (占优势) the sport in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Over 25 years, the Grads played 522 games at home and abroad, against both women s and mens teams. The Grads accomplished a recordbreaking winning streak (连胜场数) of 147 games and throughout their basketball tenure (任期) won remarkable (卓越的) 502
15、times. The National Basketball Association also has origins in Canada. The NBAs first game was played in Toronto nearly seventy years ago, on November 1, 1946 when the New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 6866 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The teams were part of the Basketball Association o
16、f America, the forerunner to the NBA. The Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies joined the NBA beginning in the 199596 season, becoming the first nonU.S. cities to join the league since the Toronto Huskies were oneyear members of the BAA.In summer 2001, the Grizzlies relocated from Vancouver to Memphis, Tenn
