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1、课时跟踪练(一) Introduction & Reading Pre reading.阅读理解AIt was the end of the school term and my son Tom had less than three months left before he would finish his six years at high school.During that time he developed a love for basketball. Sadly, because of my work over the last twelve months, I had only
2、 been able to attend a few of his games; however, I was determined to get to his last game for the school term.Toms team led by just over 20 points at the end of the first half. The second half changed as the other team quickly came back. Toms team started to miss an increasing number of shots. It w
3、as at that point that the coach called his first timeout.The spectators (观众) became quiet as the coach spoke to them. He had the team standing in a half circle, but he squatted (蹲) down, looking up at them and giving some very clear instructions on what they needed to do in the last couple of minute
4、s. As he stood up to allow the team to return to the court, I saw he gave some further words of encouragement to all of them.You could see that he knew that the team was fighting to save the game and that he needed to lift their spirits. By squatting down he placed himself in a position where he was
5、 talking up to them, rather than down or at them, and as the players went back onto the court his words of encouragement served to lift their energy and spirits.Well, Toms team went on to win the final by 5 points. As I drove away I thought about what can happen to us all in our everyday life. One o
6、f my favourite quotes is about the half filled glass of water “Is the glass half empty or half full？” Like the coach, the answer to this quote all depends on how you look at things.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。一个有半杯水的杯子究竟是半满的还是半空的呢？作者参加儿子毕业前的一场篮球比赛时的所见所闻或许会给我们答案。1Why did the writer go to see his son play basketb
7、all?ABecause his son would graduate from high school.BBecause he felt sorry for never watching his son play.CBecause it was a final his son played a key role in.DBecause he had a strong interest in basketball himself.解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第一段的第一句“It was the end of the school term . at high school.” 并结合本段最后
8、一句中的 “however, I was determined to get to his last game for the school term”可推知A项符合文意。2By squatting down, the coach wanted to _.Atalk about where the players were doing wrongBmake the players feel betterCprevent spectators from hearing what he saidDshow his anger at the bad performance of the player
9、s解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“By squatting down he placed himself in a position where he was talking up to them, rather than down or at them”可知，教练蹲下与队员们说话是为了让他们感觉好一些。3What is the writers attitude towards the coach?ANegative.BSupportive.CInterested. DUnconcerned.解析：选B 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的最后两句并结合孩子们在教练的鼓舞下赢了比赛这些细节，不
10、难推断出作者是支持教练的，故B项符合文意。4What can we infer from the passage?AA father should care about his son at school.BPlaying hard is rewarded with a close match.CWhat a coach says has the most influence on players.DLooking at things positively is important in hard times.解析：选D推理判断题。根据本文的内容，尤其是教练在孩子们比赛失利时的表现，以及最后一
11、段作者的感悟，可推知在困难时期，积极地看待问题是很重要的，故D项符合文意。BThis is not something new. Youre sitting at the dinner table with your dog touching your feet. You know you shouldnt give dogs human food. But when you look down, you find that those lovely puppy eyes are almost impossible to say “no” to. So you give it some foo
12、d.What is it about a dogs loving gaze (凝视) that makes it so lovely? A new study by a scientist Miho Nagasawa seems to have found the answer. He found it has to do with something called the cuddle (拥抱) chemical. The cuddle chemical in the blood encourages bonding. Levels of it increase, for example,
13、when a parent hugs a newborn baby. According to Nagasawas study, levels of the cuddle chemical can also go up when we look deeply into the eyes of a dog.In order to better understand how the cuddle chemical works between dogs and humans, Nagasawa and his team did an experiment. They tested levels of
14、 the cuddle chemical in dogs and humans, and then put them in a room to interact (互动) with each other.While in the room, the humans petted the dogs, spoke to the dogs, and looked into the dogs eyes. Then the scientists tested their levels of the cuddle chemical again. They found that levels of the c
15、uddle chemical were higher in both humans and dogs after they interacted. However, levels were the highest in the humans and dogs that simply looked into each others eyes, without much petting or talking.Simply put, the longer the humans look into the eyes of the dogs, the more the cuddle chemical i
16、s produced. Nagasawa did the same experiment with humans and wolves, but it did not give the same results.语篇解读：研究发现，当人和狗对视的时候，双方体内的“拥抱荷尔蒙”都会增加，从而加深彼此的感情。5According to the author, the fact mentioned in Para. 1 is_.AspecialBsurprisingCcommon Dboring解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“This is not something new.”可知，作者认为这种现象很普遍。6Why did Nagasawa and hi
