课时同步（译林牛津版）高一M2 unit1单元综合与提升

You must have made the mistake,_______?

He was thought to be the No. 1 in the competition, but_______ ,he was not among the winners at all.

Those T-shirts are usually $35 each, but today they have a _______   price of $ 19 in the Shopping Centre.

I'm considering _______ a Bluebird, for these days the prices of cars are going down.

Don't _______ any longer. Anyone makes mistakes.

His parents do not allow him to play games online.
However, he does that_______.

I will never know what was on his mind at the time,and nor will_______．

You say he works hard; so he does,and_______.

He has spent I think a lot _______time in reading than she has.

--- How can you keep slim as a mother of two?
--- I have been _______in the gym for years.

The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point            _______he can walk safely.

Mr Smith is in poor health. As a result, his wife _______ him to smoke and drink.

There are so many kinds of delicious cakes that I can't decide_______．

Take care of yourself! You can leave the hospital when you have completely _______from your illness.

--- Do you think a child should follow _______his parents say?
--- That depends.

Forty years ago Sadie left her drunk and violent husband. Needing shelter (住所）for herself and her young son, she took a job as a doorkeeper in a housing project for    people. It meant she could live "on site" in one of the       .
Eventually, she got to know the residents (居民）.One resident, Archie, didn't have a family of his own,      his nephew's wife and her naughty kids would drop in from time to time. They were there to help the old guy.
Sadie helped care for Archie as he     illness and it was she who called the     who diagnosed (诊断)his deadly cancer.      time passing, Sadie's son     up, got married and settled several hundred miles away. Sadie        and moved into a nice little house of her own. To       the loneliness, she took in a series of       over the years.
A heavy fall of snow came a year and a half ago. She was pleased when a neighbor       to walk her current dog, Muffin, until the weather improved. Each day he would       a while talking to her，making sure she was OK, and       if she needed anything.
Although she had known him for a long time, Sadie     thought to wonder what his last name was. This morning she asked. His surname was the same       old Archie's. It brought back a memory and she talked about the      . She told him about working at the old residents' flats and was      to discover the man who had been "caring" for her for the past year and a half had been one of the little kids who used to run      on his way to visit "Uncle Archie".
She had cared for his family, now he was caring for her. ②      of them knew it until that moment but they were living proof of the old saying, "What goes around comes around, "and the       of kindness will not be broken.
A. poor        B. senior       C. disabled    D. unfortunate
A. groceries   B. stadiums     C. flats       D. cages
A. otherwise   B. but          C. though      D. because
A. battled     B. banned       C. cured       D. beat
A. servant     B. master       C. neighbor    D. doctor
A. As          B. Since        C. With        D. When
A. grew        B. got          C. went        D. came
A. complained  B. retired      C. fired       D. hesitated
A. refuse      B. reduce       C. stop        D. escape
A. programs    B. projects     C. birds       D. dogs
A. attempted   B. declared     C. offered     D. wished
A. spend       B. cost         C. take        D. spare
A. observing   B. requiring    C. indicating  D. checking
A. often       B. never        C. sometimes   D. once
A. to          B. from         C. as          D. of
A. coincidence B. comprehension C. tradition  D. statement
A. puzzled     B. frightened   C. concerned   D. surprised
A. calling     B. screaming    C. barking     D. whispering
A. All         B. None         C. Neither     D. Both
A. custom      B. glory        C. pattern     D. circle

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. The told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a batter future. But the dream didn’t last long.    
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
  From paragraph I we learn that the villagers __________.

   Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

   What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

   What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?

            
I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York. There, '“I’m  having a dinner party' means: "I'm booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you can't afford and we'll be sharing the checque evenly, no matter what you eat." Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don’t drink, end up paying even more. But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: "Where are you going?" And it's not like I can say I have somewhere to go: everyone know I have nowhere to go.
But in London, dinner parties are in people's homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India. Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations in New York. The mix is less striking. It's like a gathering at Bloomingdale's, a well-known department store.
For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York. But at Mallery's, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was. In New York people would think it was a usual new club
What does the word "shot" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York?
A There is a strange mix of people.      
B. The restaurants are expensive.
C. The bill is not fairly shared.      
D. People have to pay cash
What does the author think of the parties in London?
A. A bit unusual    
B．Full of tricks.   
C．Less costly.    
D More interesting.
What is the author's opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience？

Open Letter to an Editor
I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently---one who works for you. In fact, he's one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.
Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues (问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I'm sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you've given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.
So why is he looking for a way out?
He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.
The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.
He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he's doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That's what you want for him, too, isn't it?
So your reporter has set me thinking.
Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists---everyone--is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can't do it, they'll find someone who can.
What does the writer think of the reporter?

What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks?

Who probably wrote the letter?

The letter aims to remind editors that they should __

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue , encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.
What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?

According to the text, recycling ______.

What can we learn from the last paragraph?

Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing.  Read on for some techniques worth trying.
1.   
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.     Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2. Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain.  
3. Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time.  Or go dancing with your friends.

E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.