Unit 4 Wildlife Protection
李仕才
一、阅读理解。
It's generally believed that people act the way they do because of their personalities and attitudes. They recycle their garbage because they care about the environment. They pay $5 for a caramel brulée latte because they like expensive coffee drinks.
It's undeniable that behavior comes from our inner dispositions(性情),but in many instances we also draw inferences about who we are, as suggested by the social psychologist Daryl Bem, by observing our own behavior. We can be strangers to ourselves. If we knew our own minds, why would we need to guess what our preferences are from our behavior? If our minds were an open book, we would know exactly how much we care about the environment or like lattes. Actually, we often need to look to our behavior to figure out who we are.
Moreover, we don't just use our behavior to learn about our particular types of character — we infer characters that weren't there before. Our behavior is often shaped by little pressures around us, which we fail to recognize. Maybe we recycle because our wives and neighbors would disapprove if we didn't. Maybe we buy lattes in order to impress the people around us. We should not mistakenly believe that we always behave as a result of some inner disposition.
Whatever pressures there can be or inferences one can make, people become what they do, though it may not be in compliance(符合) with their true desires. Therefore, we should all bear in mind Kurt Vonnegut's advice: \we must be careful about what we pretend to be.\
1.According to the passage, personalities and attitudes are commonly believed to .
A. determine one's behavior
B. reflect one's taste
D. result from one's habits
C. influence one's surroundings
2.Which of the following would Daryl Bem most probably agree with? A. The return of a wallet can indicate one's honesty.
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B.A kind person will offer his seat to the old. C. One recycles plastics to protect the environment. D. One buys latte out of true love of coffee.
3.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in the passage? A. We fail to realize our inner dispositions. B. We can be influenced by outside pressures. C. Our behavior is the result of our true desires. D. Our characters can shape our social relationships. 4.What does the author mainly discuss in the passage? A. Personalities and attitudes. B. Preferences and habits. C. Behavior and personalities. D. Attitudes and preferences.
【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。观其行知其人，那么行为又是由什么来决定的呢? 1.A 【解析】考查细节理解。根据文章第一段的第一句话可知答案。人们通常认为性格和态
度决定一个人的行为。故选A。
3.B 【解析】考查推理判断。画线部分实际上是一个例子，例子前面往往是观点,因此根据画
线部分前一句可知答案。我们有时候会受到外界压力的影响。故选B。
4.C 【解析】考查主旨大意。全文主要阐述的是人的行为和性格的关系，所以选择C项。
二、单句语法填空 1．More attention should be paid to (improve) the safety of school buses, which has become a big concern of the whole society. 答案：improving
2．Around 540 million people (affect) by second-hand smoke, which causes 100, 000 deaths per year. 答案：are affected 3．I received a letter (contain) some important information about the project. 答案：containing
4．I got close enough to hear them speaking Chinese, and I said “Ni Hao”， just I might do in China. 答案：as
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5．So I suggest you (keep) the balance between your study and entertainment, such as doing sports, listening to music and so on. 答案：(should) keep
6．We appreciate (participate) in this activity, which has helped to build an emotional connection between the old and the young. 答案：participating
7．After he retired, the old man did all he could to protect the old temple from (damage)．
答案：being damaged
8．Men and women must be treated equally in education and (employ)． 答案：employment
9．I will tell you the way you can study English well, because I know the way you have accepted is not the best. 答案：that; that/which
10．No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs died ． 答案：out
三、完形填空。
That was my first ballet performance and I was the lead role. A huge black curtain 1 me from the crowd. My heart raced so rapidly that it would 2 out of my chest. A rush of 3 shot through my body when the music began and I took my 4 at the center of the stage. I pushed off the floor as hard as I could and 5 into the air. Then I started to come 6 for my landing, preparing to jump again, and yet my foot 7 . I fell, face-first. For a moment I couldn’t 8 ， wondering if I should go on. 9 ， trained for thousands of hours for twelve years, my muscles ignored the 10 of my mind and I 11 myself back on my feet. I finished the part and left the stage. Bending over a table, I tried to 12 tears. I didn’t want to go back to finish the last twenty minutes. I didn’t 13 the lead role.
Then came my teacher. “The 14 thing on stage is to fall. You’ve gotten it, so what’s left to 15 ？ Just go and give it all.” Her words 16 me. Minutes later, I went back onstage and completely let go of 17 ．I just danced, letting the music guide me through the movement.
Now, as a Principal Dancer, I often think about that performance. We fall when we try our hardest. There is no 18 ，only pride. Falling is 19 and sometimes it is easier just to stay on the 20 ．But if we never get up，we will never experience what it is like to fly.
【解题导语】 作者通过讲述自己第一次芭蕾舞演出的经历告诉我们，当我们尽了最大的努力，即使跌倒了，也不是耻辱，而是骄傲。如果我们跌倒了再也不爬起来，我们就永远不会体验到飞翔的感觉。
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