Unit 1Knowing me,knowing you.阅读理解 AThroughout my twenties I told myself that I would give up smoking one day.That seemed comfortably far away to prevent me panicking too much,but also definitive enough to fool myself into thinking Id give up before it killed me.But then my thirties came and went and nothing happened.Then,my aunt died from lung cancer.I had a moment of fear:unless I decide to stop smoking,there will be a high probability that at some point in my life Ill have a cough or some other symptom(症状)and it will be cancer or a similar awful disease.Still,I didnt act.But I couldnt help beginning a good,hard think about my smoking and what I was going to do about it.The more I thought about it,the more I questioned what I really loved about it.Then came the sudden realization:I was an addictI was making all the kind of excuses that the alcohol and drug addicts made.I decided to quit.But after a few days when out for drinks with friends,I yielded to temptation(诱惑)and had one.The next day I bought a pack of cigarettes and my very first quit attempt was well and truly a failure.But I learned from this and decided the next attempt would be better planned.I investigated different options online,and met with a smoking cessation(戒烟)nurse at my local surgery who used some techniques to change my thinking about smoking.With all the support around me,I felt so confident about my ability to quit.I actually looked forward to the date Id set to stop.That was nearly 10 years ago and I havent looked back.Of course,in the early days it wasnt always plain sailing.There were times when I was weak and times when I nearly slipped up.But I was prepared for this and didnt let it throw me off.Stopping smoking was one of the best things Ive ever done.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者戒烟的经历。1.What can we know about the author from the first two paragraphs?A.He was ignorant of cigarettes.B.He cared little about his health.C.He lacked motivation for working.D.He didnt make up his mind to quit smoking.答案 D解析细节理解题。根据第一段和第二段中的“I had a moment of fear.Still,I didnt act.”可知,作者没有真正下定决心去戒烟。故选D项。2.What inspired the author to make the first quit attempt?A.His self-analysis.B.Worsening health.C.Symptoms of lung cancer.D.Loss of a family member.答案 A解析推理判断题。根据第三段中的“But I couldnt help beginning a good,hard think about my smoking and what I was going to do about it.The more I thought about it,the more I questioned what I really loved about it.Then came the sudden realization:I was an addict”可知,是自我分析使作者开始了第一次戒烟的尝试。故选A项。3.What does the underlined phrase“yielded to”in paragraph 4 mean?A.Came up with.B.Gave in to.C.Stepped out of.D.Broke away from.答案 B解析词义猜测题。根据画线短语后的“The next day I bought a pack of cigarettes and my very first quit attempt was well and truly a failure.”可知,第二天,作者买了一包烟,第一次戒烟的尝试失败了。由此可知,画线短语所在句指的是作者决定戒烟,但几天后和朋友出去喝酒,屈服于诱惑了,画线短语意为“屈服于”,gave in to与其同义。4.Which can best describe the second attempt?A.It was fruitless.B.It lasted for 10 years.C.It was a determined attempt.D.It was abandoned halfway.答案 C解析推理判断题。根据第四段中的“I investigated different options online,and met with a smoking cessation(戒烟)nurse at my local surgery who used some techniques to change my thinking about smoking.”和最后一段中的“Of course,in the early days it wasnt always plain sailing.There were times when I was weak and times when I nearly slipped up.But I was prepared for this and didnt let it throw me off.”可知,在戒烟早期,并不总是一帆风顺的,但作者已经做好了准备,并没有因此而放弃。由此可推断,作者第二次戒烟的尝试是坚定的。BPeople who give,live longer,studies have shown.Now,a new study by University of Michigan researchers shows that why people volunteernot whether they volunteeris what really counts.For the study,Konrath and colleagues analyzed data collected in 2008 and 2012 aiming at the same random samples of 3,376 people.Overall,they found that just 2.3 percent of those who once worked as volunteers had died,compared to 4.3 percent of non-volunteers.They further found that how much people volunteered mattered as wellonly 1.8 percent of regular volunteers died,compared with 2.5 percent of occasional volunteers.But what really made a difference were peoples motives for volunteering.The researchers asked people to rate how important they found various reasons for volunteering,and they found that the more important people rated reasons such as feeling pity for people in need,the more likely they were to be alive.Those who rated motives related to personal benefit as more important were more likely to have died,and just as likely to die as those who didnt volunteer at all.These reasons included volunteering because they enjoyed the social contact,to escape their own problems,or to explore their own strengths.Konrath says the current findings suggest it may be a poor idea to encourage people to volunteer because its good for them.“Volunteering is increasingly being encouraged in schools and organizations.Some groups say that its okay to want benefits for yourself,and encourage people to think of volunteering as an exchange for personal interests.So