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1、Module 2Highlights of My Senior Year阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。A(2017河北邯郸一模,D)My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasnt forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnsons dictionary, Addisons essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century
2、and made them hilarious, even at eight oclock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldnt believe that I hadnt seen the humor. The stories, poems and plays were sudd
3、enly filled with allusions(典故)and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher. My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six-week period, to be written in
4、every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each others journals. Mine was passed to Joe, the class clown, who always behaved in a funny or sill
5、y way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said, “This writing isnt fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since. So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerfu
6、l tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating. 1.The passage mainly discusses. A.teachingB.literatureC.humorD.kn
7、owledge2.The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means. A.funnyB.tiringC.inspiringD.brilliant3.With his favorite English teacher, the writer found it most amazing that. A.his teacher was very learnedB.his teacher was very humorousC.the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorousD
8、.few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others4.The English teacher the writer disliked most. A.was not able to make students laughB.hurt his students feelingsC.didnt let his students do the gradingD.had no sense of humorB(2017山东日照一模,C)The most popular PE class at Waukegan High School i
9、n Illinois, US, takes place in a basement field house.It is the schools version of CrossFit, the difficult physical exercise that has exploded in popularity over the last 16 years at thousands of gyms. It has more than one million devotees and a professional competition shown on ESPN.Schools around
10、the Chicago area have adopted CrossFit to interest students at a time of a rising weight problem among young people, and most say it really works compared with traditional gym classes.“I think its a great way to teach kids lifelong fitness, especially those kids who arent interested in hockey, socce
11、r or basketball,” said the teacher, Tracy Haraf from Illinois Stony Creek Elementary, which devotes half of its PE days to CrossFit exercises.“They think its tough, but I think they have a lot of fun doing it.”Senior Alexus Wiltz, 18, said the workout had improved her performance on the basketball c
12、ourt. “I noticed I was faster. I paid more attention on the court, and my defending was better,” she said after a recent class.“It just really helped me.”But some doctors and researchers advise caution, saying the exercises that involve lifting weights can lead to injuries, particularly when perform
13、ed by few inexperienced people.Doctor Craig Finlayson at Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago said he was worried that while strength training is fine for kids, heavy weights could be trouble for teenagers who might hurt themselves by trying to do too much or using poor form.CrossFit Inc., the compan
14、y that certifies trainers and licenses gyms, disagrees that its program is more dangerous than other fitness routines. Gym teachers in Waukegans Greg Moisio, whose two-campus school has about 73% kids taking CrossFit each day, also say the risk of injury can be reduced with proper teaching and Cross
15、Fits flexibility.5.Why have schools around the Chicago area adopted CrossFit?A.To improve the students performance in competitive sports.B.To introduce something more challenging to the students.C.To make traditional gym classes more attractive.D.To help solve the students weight problem.6.How do th
16、e students react to the strength training?A.73% agree it has a bad influence. B.They show little interest in it.C.The majority believe its effective.D.Most of them think its of no use.7.What does the underlined word “workout” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A.The physical exercise. B.The basketball court.C.Wiltzs performance. D.A lot of fun.
