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1、Unit 8 Adventure 课时练1阅读理解提速练 阅读理解A(2018福州毕业班适应性练习)Known as “The Man with the Golden Arm”，nearly every week for the past 60 years，James Harrison has donated blood plasma(血浆) from his right arm. The reasons can date back to a serious medical procedure.“When I was 14，I had a chest operation，”recalls Ha
2、rrison，who is now aged 80.“My father said I had received 13 units of blood and my life had been saved by unknown people. So I said when Im old enough，Ill become a blood donor.”Soon after Harrison became a donor，doctors called him in. His blood，they said，could be the answer to a deadly problem.“In Au
3、stralia，up until about 1967，there were about thousands of babies dying each year because of the rhesus disease(恒河猴溶血病)，”explains Jemma Falkenmire，of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.Harrison was discovered to have an unusual antibody(抗体) in his blood and in the 1960s he worked with doctors to
4、use the antibodies to develop an injection(注射)called AntiD which can prevent this disease.Harrisons blood is precious. Every batch of AntiD that has ever been made in Australia has come from Harrisons blood. He and AntiD are credited with saving the lives of more than 2 million babies，according to t
5、he Australian Red Cross Blood Service：Thats about 2 million lives saved by one mans blood.Harrison is considered a national hero，and has won numerous awards. He has now donated his plasma more than 1，000 times，but no matter how many times hes given blood theres one thing that will never change：“I lo
6、ok at the ceiling or the nurses，maybe talk to them a bit, but never once have I watched the needle go in my arm. I cant stand the sight of blood，and I cant stand pain，”he says.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了James Harrison用自己的血液挽救了超过两百万名婴儿生命的故事。1What was the main reason for Harrisons becoming a blood donor?AHe
7、has a golden arm.BHe has precious blood plasma.CHis father encouraged him to help others.DDonated blood once made him survive.D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的“My father said I had received 13 units of blood and my life had been saved by unknown people. So I said when Im old enough，Ill become a blood donor.”可知，Harri
8、son知道他的生命是被不相识的人救的，所以长大后要做一个献血者。故D项正确。2Why is James blood precious?AJames has the AntiD in his blood.BHis blood is more useful in treating the rhesus disease.CJames blood is the main source of AntiD in Australia.DJames has donated more plasma than other donators.C解析：细节理解题。根据第六段第一、二句可知，Harrison的血液宝贵的
9、原因是他的血液是澳大利亚AntiD的主要来源，故C项正确。3How does Harrison feel when donating his plasma?ANervous.BRelaxed.CAnxious. DExcited.A解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“I look at the ceiling or the nurses，maybe talk to them a bit, but never once have I watched the needle go in my arm.”可知，在献血时他看着天花板或者护士，也许跟护士聊一聊，但从来不看针扎进手臂。据此可以判断，他在献血
10、时很紧张，故A项正确。B(2018江西赣中南五校联考)Before I studied psychology，I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred.While I was right about that，I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke.When someone laughs at a joke，t
11、here will usually be more than one reason that makes him laughand the more reasons there are，the more powerful the joke will be.I was attending a standup comedy show in Egypt，and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets，everyone laughed their heads off.The main reason why tho
12、se people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly.The joke wasnt only funny，but it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke
13、and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes a person feel，and the more it includes other psychological factors，the more the person will like it.For example，if you envy one of your friends，and someone tells a joke that is funny an
14、d，at the same time，makes your friend seem stupid，then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.In short，we dont laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in
15、 the joke.I strongly discourage you from making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh.All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a persons emotions，he will certainly like it a lot.【解题导语】本文主要分析了人们笑的原因。4What did the author find out after studying psychology?AOnly good
16、 jokes make people laugh.BMany factors lead to peoples laughing.CFunny things can make people laugh.DLaughter can make people healthy.B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，作者在学了心理学之后发现，笑不仅仅是因为事情好笑，还有很多其他的心理因素的促成和影响，故选B。5Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?AThey played a trick on the pedestrians.BThe pedestrians behaved in a funny way.CThey co
