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1、Unit 20Passage A话题：人生哲理 词数：263 参考用时：8分钟A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life.“Excuse me! Could you please tell me what the most 1 day in our lives is？Is it the day when we were born or the day we 2 ？Is it the day when we fall in love or the day we su
2、cceed?”The young man asked.“ 3 . The most important day in our lives is today.”The wise man replied calmly.“Why?”The young man felt more than 4 . “Is it because there is a moving event taking place today?”“No. Nothing has happened today.”“Is it because of my visit?”“Even if nobody visited me today,
3、today is 5 very important because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how memorable yesterday is, it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea; no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come; but no matter how common today is, it is 6 our control (控制).”The young man still want
4、ed to ask something, while the wise man 7 him and said, “When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have 8 a lot of it.”The young man nodded and then went down the mountain.Actually, today is the only 9 we have. So, what we should do now is to 10 yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today!(
5、 ) 1. A. importantB. necessaryC. comfortable D. funny( ) 2. A. missB. dieC. grow D. start( ) 3. A. NothingB. NoneC. No oneD. Neither( ) 4. A. awful B. pleasedC. surprisedD. excited( ) 5. A. yetB. alreadyC. everD. still( ) 6. A. forB. underC. onD. with( ) 7. A. stoppedB. refusedC. encouraged D. order
6、ed( ) 8. A. treasuredB. handedC. wasted D. avoided( ) 9. A. excuse B. wayC. chance D. plan( ) 10. A. forgetB. rememberC. callD. treat读后自主学习【答案速查】参见答案P【自我评价】我做对了_题，我很棒！我做错了_题，没关系，再努力！【答案还原】将正确答案填写到文中空格处。【诵读全文】大声朗读文章3-4遍、整体感知全文，体悟作者意图。【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。1. 短语互译(1) fall in love (with) _ (2) take plac
7、e _(3)(时间)过去 _ (4) 在的控制下_2. 佳句翻译(1) The young man felt more than surprised. _(2) Is it because there is a moving event taking place today? _(3) No matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come._(4) Actually, today is the only chance we have. _Passage B话题：名人传记 词数：254 参考用时：7分钟 Thomas Edison lit
8、 up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. Thomas Edison was born
9、in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age. When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily
10、, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electr
11、icity. Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep
12、 and eat. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.( ) 1. How often did Edison make a new invention?A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days C. About once a week D. About twice a week ( ) 2. The un
13、derlined word “fired” in the passage means “_”A. Gave somebody a job B. Set fire to somebody C. Let somebody down D. Forced somebody to leave his job( ) 3. Edison considered his deafness as_.A. something bad B. a gift from God C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage ( ) 4. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness . B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching .C. Edison had his first job in 1869 . D. Edisons inventions greatly improved the quality of peoples life .( ) 5. W
