Unit 1 Great Scientists李仕才一、阅读理解。Two world championships were decided this weekend on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.In England,the Rugby World Cup was decided.In New York,the baseball season saw its final match. More than 80,000 audiences watched New Zealand win the Rugby championship 34-17 over Australia.The match was held on Saturday at the famous Twickenham Stadium near London. It was the second world title for New Zealand.Fans call the team“All Blacks”because of their black uniforms.A day later,the baseball World Series came to a close with a win by the Kansas City Royals over the New York Mets. In the World Series,the first team to win four games claims victory.The Royals won four of the first five games played with the Mets.Kansas City last won in 1985. The Rugby World Cup opened on September 18,when England defeated Fiji.Forty-eight matches and six weeks later,New Zealand won the title.Going into the tournament,the All Blacks were ranked No.1 in the world. Every tournament like this has a“favorite,”or the team expected to win.The tournament also has an“underdog,”or the team less likely to win.But the underdog often becomes a favorite.This year in the Rugby World Cup,the“underdog”team was Japan. Coming into the tournament,Japan was ranked 13th in the world.But after an inspiring showing in the group stage of the tournament,Japan moved up three places to 10th.Aside from the championship game itself,the match that created the biggest surprise came when Japan defeated world No.3 South Africa 34-32.The Associated Press called it“the biggest shock in Rugby World Cup history.” South Africa was a two­time World Cup champion.Japan had only ever won one match in the World Cup before that game.1.Why were the two major sports events reported together?A.They were both held in developed countries.B.Their results both came out at the same time.C.The winners were both not expected.D.They both belong to sports competitions.2.The underlined word“favorite”in Paragraph 6 refers to_.A.a player regarded as the most valuableB.a team whose players are most killedC.a player who is the most popularD.a team more likely to come first27.How did Japan perform in the matches?3.How did Japan perform in the matches?A.It created a big surprise.B.It tried their best to play.C.It acted as it was expected.D.It surprisingly won third.参考答案： 1.B; 2.D; 3.A解析： 1.推理判断题。这两大重要赛事因为在相同时间决出了冠军,才被放到一起报道。由第一段得出。2.词义猜测题。此处favorite指的是最有可能获胜的队。由本段第一句.or the team expected to win得出。3.细节理解题。日本队在比赛中创造了一个大冷门,由最初的第13名,却战胜了世界第三名的南非队。由第七段最后两句得出。二、单句语法填空1Only when he arrived _the meeting begin.答案：did“only状语(从句)”位于句首，句子要部分倒装。由时间状语从句when he arrived可知，应用一般过去时，故填did。2Neither I nor John _(be) tired of the speech. It is interesting.答案：isneither . nor . 连接两个并列主语，谓语动词的数遵循“就近一致”原则，故填is。3_(absorb) in writing a letter, he didnt even look up when I came in.答案：Absorbedbe absorbed in .“全神贯注于”，此处为分词作状语，故填Absorbed。4That you _(expose) to the sunlight for too long will be harmful to your skin.答案：are exposedbe exposed to .“暴露于；接触”。5There is no sense in _(worry) about the future.答案：worryingThere is no sense in (doing) sth. “(做)某事是没有意义的”。6While _(attend) to the central task, we should unfold the work in other fields.答案：attendingattend to “处理；照料”，从句的主语和主句主语一致，且谓语部分含有be动词的相应形式时，可省略从句中的主语和be动词，补充完整为：While we are attending to .，故填attending。7The bank manager was really _(blame), though he tried to put it on a clerk.答案：to blamebe to blame “应受责备；应承担责任”，为主动形式表示被动意义。8Mr Reed made up his mind to contribute all he had to _(set) up some schools for poor children.答案：settingcontribute . to .“为奉献”，其中to为介词，其后应用名词、代词或动名词形式，故填setting。9My parents tend to accept any idea _(put) forward by experts on TV.答案：putput forward “提出”，此处应用过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰名词idea。10I recognized her voice _moment I picked up the receiver.答案：thethe moment “一就”。三、完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可能填入空白处的最佳选项。I worried about my personal image and how I could be remembered during my boyhood.In the fifth grade，there seemed to be only one _1_ to be cool.In the sixth grade，suddenly，there were two choices：be cool，or be invisible._2_ ，one day，when a teacher had us fill out a questionnaire with _3_ questions，I found the _4_ option.Assuming(假定)the teacher would read our answers privately，I felt it was _5_ to share my privacy.To my _6_ ，she collected and redistributed(重新分发)them to us.We were asked to _7_ the name and our three favorite answers to the whole class.My answers went to the meanest boy in class.The first question was“Whats your favorite movie？” My answer was Beauty and the Beast.A laugh erupted and my cheeks _8_.The next was“Where would you like to travel？” My answer was _9_ special“Wherever a book takes me.”The _10_ this time had