高中英语 Unit3 A healthy life 第一学时 Reading and Comprehension练习 新人教版选修6.doc

第一学时reading and comprehensionamerican kids shaping up with trainersnearly a million american youngsters，some as young as 6，rely on personal trainers to shape up，lose weight or improve in sports，according to figures from the nations leading sports club association. many parents，worried about their childrens weight and fitness，say that working with a trainer motivates their kids and helps them build confidence. so they are willing to spend the $40 to $60 an hour that trainers generally charge.the bostonbased groups latest figures，from 2005，show that 824，000 children between the ages of 6 and 17 use trainersa figure that accounts for about 13% of trainers clients. with many high school students not getting exercise at school，more parents are turning to trainers to help their children stay fit. more than onethird of american children are overweight and experts warn of future health problems ahead from diabetes to heart disease.task 1仔细阅读课文“advice from grandad”， 根据课文内容选出最佳选项。1why did james grandfather write to james?abecause he wanted to tell james his experience.bbecause he wanted to tell james the harmful effects of smoking.cbecause he wanted to help james give up smoking.dbecause he wanted to help james get some information.答案：c2from paragraph 3, we can learn that _aa person can be addicted to nicotine because nicotine is one of the chemicals in cigarettesba person will be addicted to smoking if he treats it as a habitca person will feel sick if his body gets used to having nicotineda person will really feel relaxed when having a cigarette答案：b3which is not the effect of smoking?acausing terrible damage to heart and lungs.baffecting the health of nonsmokers.cmaking the clothes turn yellow.dnot enjoying sport.答案：c4in what way did the old man try to persuade his grandson to give up smoking?ausing scientific theory.bhis failure in love.chis sports activity.dhis own experience.答案：dtask 2再次阅读课文“advice from grandad”，完成下列表格。divisionmain ideadetailed factspart1grandads healthy lifeit seems amazing that at my age i am still 1._ to cycle 20 kilometres in an afternoon.part2james problem of smoking and leading to the topicit is 2._ to stop smoking.grandad also smoked and became 3._ to cigarettes during his 4._.part3three different ways of becoming addicted to smokingfirst you become 5._ addicted to nicotine.secondly, you become addicted through habit; you begin to do it 6._.lastly, you can become mentally addicted.part4the harmful effects of smokingit was difficult for smoking couples to become 7._.a smoker can become 8._ quickly when playing sports.part5advice on how to give up smoking9._ a day to quit when you are not stressful.dont be 10._ if you have to try several times.答案：1fit enough2.tough3.addicted4.adolescence5physically6.automatically7.pregnant8.breathless9decide on10.disappointedtask 3根据课文“advice from grandad”在下面空格中填上恰当的词语，使文章连贯完整。although james grandad will be 82 years old，he is fit enough to cycle 20 kilometres in an afternoon.he thinks the long and active life must be due 1._ the healthy life.but during 2._ adolescence he was also addicted to cigarettes.he says one may become addicted to cigarettes in three ways.firstly，one can become physically addicted to nicotine.this means that after a while the body becomes 3._ (accustom) to having nicotine in it.secondly，one becomes addicted through habit.if one does the same thing over and over again，he begins to do it 4._ (automatical)lastly，one can become mentally addicted.at first，james grandad didnt know the harmful effects of smoking or 5._ it could do terrible damage to the heart and lungs.he didnt know that smoking couples babies might be 6._ (normal) in some way.when he was 7._ (take) off the school football team because he was unfit，he knew it was time to quit 8._ (smoke)and he did finally manage.he even sent james some 9._ (advise) like “prepare yourself，be det