2019_2020学年高中英语Module5TheGreatSportsPersonality课时跟踪检测（一）（含解析）外研版必修5.docx

课时跟踪检测（一） Introduction Reading Pre-reading阅读理解AThe Winter Olympics are also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25,1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.During the 4th Winter Olympic Games, a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the five rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.In the 1950s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries (东道国) as well as the nonhost countries published stamps to mark those games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet.Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.语篇解读：本文介绍了冬奥会的一些情况。1The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics_.A.are the same thingBare different gamesCare not held in winterDare held in summer解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第一句“The Winter Olympics are also called the White Olympics.”可知答案为A。2The Winter Olympics are held once_.Aevery two yearsBevery three yearsCevery four yearsDevery five years解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章内容可知1932年举行第三届冬季奥林匹克运动会，1936年举行第四届冬季奥林匹克运动会，由此推知每四年举行一次。3Which of the following is TRUE?AOnly the host countries can publish stamps to mark those games.BOnly the nonhost countries can publish stamps to mark those games.CAll the countries can publish stamps to mark those games.DJapan cant publish stamps to mark those games.解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“When the White Olympics came, the host countries (东道国) as well as the nonhost countries published stamps to mark those games.”可知答案为C。B I am a long distance runner.When I was thirtyone, I was in a serious car accident.The doctor told me that they would try to get me to walk “normally” but I would never run again terrible news for someone who views running as the oxygen she breathes.The doctors were right.For the next nine and a half years, I was unable to run more than twentyfive feet. In 2006, I began selftraining to take part in a 60mile walk.Three months into preparing, I realized that walking 45 hours a day was too long.If only I could jog part of it that would cost me less time.I started jogging without my knees aching.Slowly, I increased the distance.The doctors were proved wrong it only took nine and a half years to do so. While practicing, I suffered a loss a dear friend suddenly died.His work had been to help women to accept themselves and reach their fullest potential.He believed that people should let nothing hold them back from achieving their goals.Soon after his death, a crazy thought entered my mind: what if I could run the LA Marathon? I knew that if I didnt train to my fullest, the doctors would win.So I trained seven days a week.And I succeeded in crossing the finish lines of many marathons all over the United States to the astonishment of my doctors.They never believed I would achieve that. The aches and pains I experience while training and racing are nothing compared to the suffering people whom I respect must accept.语篇解读：作者酷爱长跑，一场事故几乎使她丧失了跑步的能力，在朋友的鼓励下，经过自己的努力，作者又出现在长跑的运动场上。4What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 1?AShe loved running very much.BShe lost heart after the accident.CShe often felt it was hard to breathe.DShe didnt believe what the doctors said.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段的“I am a long distance runner.”和“. terrible news for someone who views running as the oxygen she breathes.”可知作者热爱跑步。5The author tried jogging because she wanted to_. Aprotect her feetBget more practiceCsave some time Dcatch up with others解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句“If only I could jog part of it that would cost me less time.”可知作者当时试着慢跑是为了节约时间。6Why did the author decide to join in the marathon?ABecause she wanted to make more friends.BBecause she was so sorry for the loss of a friend.CBecause she wanted to prove the doctors were wrong.DBecause she was encouraged by her dead friends words.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第三段的第三句“He believed that people should let nothing hold them back from achieving their goals.”可知，作者的这位朋友认为人不应该让任何事情来阻止自己追求梦想。正是受到这位朋友所说的话的鼓励，作者决定参加马拉松比赛。7The writers story tells us _.Awhere there is a will, there is a wayBa friend in need is a friend indeedCby falling we learn to go safelyDa good medicine tastes bitter解析：选A主旨大意题。作者通过自己不懈奋斗重新跑起来的事迹告诉我们有志者，事竟成。CAsking for help is a sign of strength rather than weakness.In American culture, the independent individual is seen as their ideal.As the University of Missouri at St.Louis states on its website under the heading Key American Values, “Americans have been trained since very early in their lives to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations in life and their own destinies.” The value also makes them think they can do everything themselves, and makes them feel badly about asking for help when they need it.And when it comes to work situations, when they think about asking for help there, sometimes they fear that a request for help would make them look inept.While this has always been true for men, many women in the workplace have felt the need to try twice as hard as their male colleagues and do twice as much to get just as far and to prove their worth.Sometimes when we think about asking for help, our inner voices tell us, “See, if you admit you cant do this on your own, theyll see you for the imposter (骗子) you really are.”But the fact is, even though individualism is on the rise, we cant do everything by ourselves and we shouldnt try.Apple founder Steve Jobs once told the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association about the power of asking for help, and how he “never found anybody who didnt want to help me when I asked them for help”He said, at the age of 12, he called Bill Hewlett, cofounder of HewlettPackard, on the phone after getting his number from the phone book and asking him for spare parts so he could build a frequency counter (计频器)And Hewlett agreed and offered young Jobs a summer job assembling frequency counters.“If youre afraid of failing, you wont get very far，” Jobs said.语篇解读：本文是议论文。很多人担心别人会笑话自己没有能力，因此不愿求助他人，导致他们忽视了求助可能带来的预想不到的效果。8What is the first paragraph mainly about?AWhat key American values are.BWhy Americans refuse to ask for help.CAsking for help is a s