1、初升新高一衔接课程第1讲 阅读理解把握主题人与自我第1讲 阅读理解：“人与自我”主题读一读阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 Passage 1I am Peter Hodes, a volunteer stem cell courier. Since March 2012, Ive done 89 trips of those, 51 have been abroad, I have 42 hours to carry stem cells( 干细胞) in my little box because Ive got two ice packs and t
2、hats how long they last. In all, from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor( 捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, weve got 72 hours at most. So I am always conscious of time. I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked up the stem ce
3、lls in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London. But when I arrived at the check - in desk at Providence, the lady on the desk said: well, Im really sorry, Ive got some bad news for you - there are no flights from Washington. So I took my box and put it on the
4、 desk and I said: In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient - please, please, youve got to get me back to the United Kingdom. She just dropped everything. She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me, re-routed( 改道) me through Newark and got me back to th
5、e UK even earlier than originally scheduled. For this courier job, youre consciously aware that in that box youve got something that is potentially going to save somebodys life.1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word courier in Paragraph 1?A. provider B. delivery man C. collector D
6、. medical doctor2. Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours?A. He cannot stay away from his job too long. B. The donor can only wait for that long.C. The operation needs that much time. D. The ice wont last any longer.3. Which fight did the woman put Peter on first?A. To London. B. T
7、o Newark. C. To Providence. D. To Washington.语篇导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者是一名干细胞运送人员，因为储存干细胞的箱子中用于降温的冰只有两袋，因此时间和速度对于作者来说至关重要，文章讲述了作者运送干细胞途中的一个故事。答案及解析：1. B词义猜测题。该题问的是哪个选项可以代替第一段中画线词“courier”。根据下文“89 trips”和“carry stem cells（干细胞） in my little box”可知作者是在运送干细胞，故作者是一名义务干细胞运送员。故courier应意为“投递员，运送员”，相当于delivery man。故选B
8、。2. D细节理解题。该题问的是作者必须在42小时之内完成递送的原因，根据第一段第三句“I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞） in my little box because Ive got two ice packs and thats how long they last.”可知，这是因为两个冰袋在42小时之后就会融化。故选D。3. B推理判断题。该题问的是那位女士安排作者首先乘坐了哪趟航班。根据第二段最后一句“She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me, re-rou
9、ted（改道） me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled.”可知，作者首先乘坐的是到Newark的航班。故选B。 必备词汇volunteer (n.) 志愿者；自告奋勇者；志愿军 (v.) 自愿做；义务做stem (n.) （花草的）茎；词干cell (n.) 细胞；小牢房；电池abroad (adv.) 到国外，在海外；广为流传地 (adj.) 往国外的 (n.) 海外，异国pack (n.) 一群；包裹 (v.) （把）打包；塞进harvest (n.) 收割；收获季
10、节；收成；结果 (vt.) 收割，收成implant (n.) 移植物；移植的组织 (vt.) 移植；灌输；植入patient (adj.) 有耐性的；能容忍的 (n.) 患者；病人；病号conscious (adj.) 有意识的，神志清醒的hurricane (n.) 飓风urgently (adv.) 紧急地；急迫地 urgent (adj.) 急切的；催促的 urgency (n.) 紧迫；急迫；急事；紧要drop (v.) 放弃；停止；（使）落下；投下；（使）下降；减少 (n.) 滴；空投；降落；少量arrange (v.) 安排；排列；整理route (n.) 路；路途；路线；路程o
11、riginally (adv.) 起初；原来schedule (n.) 时间表；日程安排表 (vt.) 排定；安排aware (adj.) 知道的；意识到的 awareness (n.) 觉察；觉悟；意识potentially (adv.) 潜在地；可能地Passage 2Dad, I say one day .take a trip. Why dont you fly and meet me?My father had just retired. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took
12、a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks. My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I w
13、ant him to find an adventure. He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City. What is our first stop? I asks my father. What time is it?Still dont have a watch?Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in g
14、ranite, his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy. Unbelievable, he says, How was this done?A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son. We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my
15、 life to anything? No directions, I always used to hear those words in my fathers voice. Now I hear them in my own. The next day were at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic. Did you ever travel with your dad? I ask. Only once, he says. I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other-but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.The last sentence-its probably the same thing Is say about my father. And what Id want my child to say about me. In Glacier National Park, my father says, Ive never seen water so blue. I have, in several places of the world, I can keep
