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1、课时跟踪练(一) Welcome to the unit & ReadingPre reading.阅读理解AOnce again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. Thats where the similarities ended.I was tall and she was short. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was awkward (笨拙的) and shy. She wasnt. I
2、 couldnt stand her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends with me.One day, she invited me over and I said yes I was too shocked to say no. Actually no one had invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest fashions, wanted to see me.She lived on the fourth floor
3、in a tworoom place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies which was my next surprise. I would have thought shed outgrown (长大而放弃) them. I had never played with them. But we sat on the flo
4、or of a walkin cupboard laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. Thats when we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wild imaginations.We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws (下巴) ached from smiling so much. She showed me her outfits (全套服装), w
5、hich had mostly come from a designer clothing store (时装设计店) down the block. The woman who owned it used her as a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.Paris had the whole neighborhood attracted. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave
6、her free passes and the pizza place let her have free pieces. Soon I was included in her magic world. We slept over at each others houses, and spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall.Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through t
7、he tough teenage years and taught me an amazing thing about making friends：your “worst enemy” can turn out to be your best friend.语篇解读：作者回忆了转学后，与女同学Paris由相识、敌对到和睦相处，最后成为最要好的朋友的过程以及作者内心的感受。1Which of the following is most probably the best title?AA story about ParisBAn unlikely best friendCLife in a n
8、ew schoolDA secret of how to make friends 解析：选B标题归纳题。作者在文中回忆了最初结识Paris的时候，觉得不能忍受她，所以把她当成自己的敌人，后来她们成了最要好的朋友。故选B。2The writer and Paris were similar in that _.Aboth of them were new studentsBboth of them were friendlyCboth of them were tallDboth of them were the youngest in class解析：选A细节理解题。从第一段中的“Once
9、again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris.”可以看出两人都是刚到这所学校。故答案为A。3In the article the writer describes Paris as a girl who was _.Aawkward and shyBfashionable and proudCquiet and lonely Dfriendly and lovely解析：选D推理判断题。从第二段对两人的对比及下文对Paris的描述中可以看出，Paris跟作者(“awkward and shy”)不同，她既
10、友善又可爱。4From the article, we can see that through her friendship with Paris, the writer _.Afound she and Paris had more similarities than differencesBwas able to fit in at her new school with Paris helpCwas not so awkward or shy as beforeDlearned more about fashion herself解析：选C推理判断题。从倒数第二段中的“My dark
11、hair grew out and I learned to love being tall.”可以看出，和Paris的友谊对作者帮助很大，作者不再像以前那样害羞了。BIf parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius (天才), they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some p
12、arents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect, and will fall. Unrealistic (不现实的) expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible (明智
13、的) way, the child may succeed in doing very well especially if the parents are very supportive to their children.Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michaels mother knows ver
14、y little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.Michaels friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son
15、to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winstons father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he is alwa
16、ys quiet and unhappy.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。本文主要说的是父母在抚养孩子的过程中，对孩子期望过高，会对孩子的成长和发展造成伤害，并举了两个例子来说明父母的正确做法是什么，对孩子有什么好处；错误做法会对孩子造成什么样的害处。5The main idea of the passage is _.Awhat differences there are between parentsBwhat aim of a child can be easier to reachChow parents should make a child a musicianDhow parents should bring up their children解析
