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1、Unit 3Travel journalSection Warming up & ReadingPrereading.阅读理解AHave you ever thought of taking a train and having an adventure (奇遇)？Riding the train can be a real adventure.That is how I feel every time I take Amtrak.I often take a fourhour trip to visit my children.Every time I take this trip I ne
2、ver know what will happen.Last week when I was on the train and over an hour into the train ride，there was a man sitting by himself in the back of the train carrying on a mobile phone conversationin another language.It was loud and disturbed most of the people on the train.I think it was annoying.Fo
3、rtunately I sat next to a wonderful old lady who was taking a twoday trip by train.She said her two daughters were distraught at the thought of her driving for three days to reach her home，although she had no trouble driving.The train ride was the only choice for her.She loved to look out of the win
4、dow and watch the world go by on the train.She was fun to talk to and asked me when my children started being parents.That is a very good question.Both of us are old and have children.She asked that same question from time to time.There are always many people on the train from all walks of life，diff
5、erent countries and many languages.Riding the train is a great way to increase your knowledge and take in all kinds of cultures.If you get hungry，you can buy food in the food car at any time.If you need to use the restroom，there is always one available.It sure beats driving the car，which has to stop
6、 for food and restrooms.And it is better than taking the bus.语篇解读作者主要介绍了她的一次火车旅行经历以及她对火车旅行的看法：坐火车比坐大巴和开车要好。1According to the passage，the purpose of the authors train ride was_.Ato do businessBto see her childrenCto visit places of interestDto see her old friends解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“I often take a fourh
7、our trip to visit my children”可知作者坐火车是去看望自己的孩子，故选B项。答案：B2Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “distraught” in Paragraph 3?ADisappointed. BSatisfied.CWorried. DPleased.解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句中的“a wonderful old lady”和划线单词所在句子中的“her driving for three days to reach her home”
8、可知尽管老太太能开车，但是她年龄比较大了，女儿们考虑到她要开三天车才能到家，还是非常担心，故选C项。答案：C3In the authors opinion，on the train Amtrak_.Athe services are quite goodBthe food is terribly expensive Call the passengers are politeDall the passengers are American解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段最后两句可知人们在火车上饿了可以买东西吃，去洗手间也不会遇到问题，由此可以推断作者对火车上的服务是满意的。 答案：A4What
9、 is the best title for this passage?ATrain ridea cultural experienceBA painful experience on the trainCThe history of AmtrakDA wonderful lady解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知作者主要介绍了她的一次火车旅行经历及她对火车旅行的看法，故选A项。答案：ABBe honest，as holidays go，Mothers Day in America is still a bigger deal than Fathers Day.But millions of da
10、ds receive at least a card or a call or maybe some other gifts from their family.And much has changed since that first celebration in 1910.Fathers Day was celebrated this year on Sunday，June 16.This special day to honor and celebrate fathers has a history of over a century behind it.In 1909 there wa
11、s a woman named Sonora Dodd.She was in church for Mothers Day，which is celebrated in May.Her mother had died in childbirth，leaving her father to raise her and her five brothers and sisters.She always thought about how difficult it had been for her father to raise six children all by himself.She thou
12、ght that since there was a day honoring mothers，there should be also one recognizing fathers.Sonora Dodd campaigned for the idea in her home state of Washington.The first Fathers Day was celebrated in June,1910，in the city of Spokane.June was the month when her father was born.At first Sonora Dodd h
13、ad found little support.But in the years that followed，the idea of Fathers Day spread across the country.It gained the approval(赞同) of President Woodrow Wilson in 1916.Yet he never signed an official proclamation (公告)，as he did two years ago for the first Mothers Day.President Calvin Coolidge in 192
14、4 added his support for a national observance of Fathers Day.Then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson declared it the third Sunday in June.Finally，in 1972，President Richard Nixon made it permanent (永久的)Other countries also celebrate Fathers Day，some on the third Sunday in June，others on a different day
15、.语篇解读文章主要介绍了父亲节的由来。5Who is the first person to declare Fathers Day the third Sunday in June? AWoodrow Wilson. BCalvin Coolidge. CLyndon Johnson. DRichard Nixon.解析：细节理解题。由第六段Then in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson declared it the third Sunday in June.可知答案为C。答案：C6How many presidents are mentioned in the passage? A2. B3. C4. D5.解析：细节理解题。由文章第五、六段可知文中共提到了4位总统。答案：C7Why did Sonora decide that there should also be a day recognizing fathers?AShe felt fathers were more important than mothers.BHer father was born on that day.CShe wanted her father to be wellknown.DShe fel
