人教版必修三Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note reading课时作业 (1).docx

unit 3 the million pound bank note reading课时作业阅读理解 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。acamberwell college swimming classes whether you want to swim competitively, you are trying to stay healthy or you want to learn, camberwell college offers swimming classes to meet your needs.swim-a-longthis class is suitable for parents with children aged up to the age of 1.5 years. this class allows very young children to gain confidence in the water by way of songs and music.tadpole to frogthis series of classes is suitable for children aged 1.5 upwards. there are six levels in the series. the first level is suitable for non-swimmers and teaches basic techniques and safety, using aids and floats. by the time students reach the sixth level, they will be able to swim independently and will be eligible(有资格的) to join the swim star classes.swim staran opportunity for able swimmers to earn the bronze, silver and gold swimming awards. these classes teach children the ability to swim for long periods of time, and teach skills such as diving, turning and different strokes(泳姿). children who successfully complete the swim star programme will be invited to join the youth squad and learn competitive swimming techniques.swim schoolswim school offers classes for adults. there are three levels, beginner, intermediate and advanced. the beginner class is suitable for people who are new to swimming; the intermediate level is designed for swimmers who want to go over their swimming style, and the advanced level offers in-depth advice on stamina(耐力), breathing and technique.aqua healthwe offer a range of levels of fitness classes for able swimmers who wish to keep fit, socialize and have fun to music. aqua-light offers gentle exercise and is suitable for the elderly. aqua-pump is a high energy class which increases your strength and builds your body up.1. whats the requirement for children who attend swim-a-long? a. being over 1.5 years old. b. being confident in the water. c. having basic swimming techniques. d. being accompanied by their parents.2. whats aqua-pump aimed at? a. training professional swimmers. b. teaching non-swimmers how to swim. c. making able swimmers much stronger. d. offering guidance to elderly swimmers. blike indiana jones( a fictional character), the college professor who undertakes daring adventures in his spare time, my father is a businessman by day and thrill-seeker by night.his enthusiasm rubbed off on me, and i have been lucky to be his companion on many an adventure. we started out small by riding americas fastest, most twisted(弯曲的) roller coasters. after that, a whitewater rafting trip through the grand canyon on the colorado river jump-started our search for other extreme thrills across the globe.spectacular thrills awaited us at every corner of the world. a remarkable activity in its own right, skydiving was especially thrilling when performed from a helicopter(直升机)over the breathtaking swiss alps. we have gone spelunking(洞穴探险) in the hidden caves in peru. we have bungee jumped from the worlds highest platform, bloukrans bridge in south africa. we have travelled to new zealand for zorbing, a strange activity in which participants enter a giant ball and roll down steep, grassy hills. most recently, in interlaken, switzerland, we attempted canyoning(悬崖跳水运动).anyone who loves a challenging thrill should try canyoning. our adventure began with a 90-foot-rappel(绕绳下降) down a canyon wall into a rushing, ice-cold river. then we crossed the bone-chilling water toward the mouth of the river, our final destination, where the reward for the journey would be a whole view of the beautiful interlaken basin. we slid over slippery rocks at one moment, leapt from waterfalls and swam through underwater tunnels the next. back and forth we alternated, climbing rope ladders before going back into the fresh mountain water. certainly, anger was waiting for us in each of these activities, but that very danger provided the rush. canyoning was indeed one thrill after another, from beginning to end.while canyoning is possible only in certain places, thrills and adventure can be found anywhere. our beginnings in the u.s. showed us just that. we continue to seek the big thrills, but in doing so, we have learned to seek lesser forms of excitement in daily life as well. after all, we cant go canyoning every day, and small thrills are better than none for us thrill-seekers.3. what happened to the author and his father by the end of the trip in interlaken?a. they explored some mysterious caves.b. they were taken home by a helicopter.c. they enjoyed wonderful natural scenery.d. they successfully crossed bloukrans bridge.4. what does the author think of canyoning?. a. its easy but amazing. b. its terrible and worrying c. its difficult and frustrating. d. its dangerous but worthwhile.5. which of the following does the author probably agree with?a. its better to go out to find big thrills. b. canyoning is not suitable for everyone. c. small thrills around us are also worth a try. d. america is the best place to experience adventures.c a team of researchers at the university of illinois at chicago found that too many kids are eating too much pizza and too many calories are doing harm to childrens health. “there are a lot of takeaways from the study. but the biggest thing is that parents are serving their kids too much pizza,” said dr.william dietz, one of the studys authors and the director of the sumner m. redstone global center for prevention and wellness at the milken institute of public health at the george washington university. the researchers used data from the national health and nutrition examination survey, which tracked the diets of more than 11,000 children and teenagers. researchers figured how many children eat pizza in the united states, how often they eat it, and how much they eat when they do. pizza, pretty alarmingly, is the second leading source of calories in the diets of americas children, next only to grain desserts, such as cookies and other sweets. on any given day, roughly 20 percent of all children aged 2 to 11 and adolescents aged 12 to 19 eat pizza. and when they do, they eat a lot of it. when children eat pizza, they eat roughly 400 calories, according to the study. for teenagers, its upwards of 50 calories. all that is pretty problematic, according to dietz largely because kids dont tend to balance the pizza slices with salads, vegetables and other more nutritional(有营养的) foodstuffs. days on which children and teenagers eat pizza are not only associated with considerably higher intakes of fat, but also, quite simply, with more food: on average, children consume 84 extra calories on the days they eat pizza, while adolescents consume an extra 230 calories. “when you eat extra calories and dont compensate(抵偿) for them at another point of the day or week, it can lead to weight gain and even obesity.”dietz said. there is a silver lining. pizza consumption is still too high by nutrition standards, but its lower than it used to be. consumption(消费) fell by roughly 25 percent between 2007 and 2016, according to the study. much of that has come at dinner where its fallen by 40 percent for children and about 33 percent for teenagers. its unclear whether the decline has been in connection with a growing concern over obesity, especially among the countrys youth. but the drop in pizza consumption, while significant hasnt been big enough “its a positive trend,” dietz said. “but were not quite them yet.” its easy to see the appeal of pizza. its cheap. parents can buy a lot of pizza for not a lot of money. besides, they can buy pizza from a chain shop, a mom-and-pop store or a grocery freezer. and its universally loved. the estimated 3 billion pizza eaten each year in the united states is a proof of the foods unmatched popularity. given how much the country loves pizza, whats to be done? dietz suggests pizza with smaller serving sizes and healthier toppings(配料). “were not suggesting that kids avoid pizza altogether.” said dietz. “but when parents serve it, its important that they understand its extremely caloric. they should serve smaller pizza, or at least smaller slices.”6. according to the study, the problem with kids is that . a. they are overweight b. they have too many takeaways c. they are fed too much pizza d. they have very bad health7. how did the researchers get the result? a. through interviewing. b. by analyzing data. c. by tracking kids diets. d. through experimenting.8. we know from the passage that when kids eat pizza, . a. they usually dont eat other food b. they eat less of other food c. they are not likely to balance their diet d. they usually eat with vegetables9. what does the underlined part a silver lining in paragraph 7 probably mean? a. something hopeful b. something valuable. c. something miserable. d. something successful.10. whats the key message of the last paragraph? a. pizza consumption fell significantly in america. b. pizza has many advantages over other food. c. eating too much pizza can lead to failing health and obesity. d. the pizza problem may be improved through its size and topping.drosemary sat at her kitchen table, working a crossword puzzle. crosswords were nice; they filled the time, and kept the mind active. she needed just one word to complete this mornings puzzle; the clue was “a swiss river,” and the first of its three letters was “a”. unfortunately, rosemary had no idea what the name of river was, and could not look it up. her atlas was on her desk, and the desk was in the guest room, currently being occupied by her grandson victor.looking up over the tops of her glasses, rosemary glanced at the kitchen clock: it was almost 10 a.m. land sakes! did the boy intend to sleep all day? she noticed the pain in her wrist again, and put down her pen. anyhow, at 87 years of age, she was glad she could still write at all. she had decided long ago that growing old was like slowly turning to stone; you couldnt take anything for granted. she stood up slowly, painfully, and started walking to the guest room.the trip, though only a distance of about 25 feet, seemed to take a long while. rosemary arrived at the door to the guest room. it stood slightly open, and she looked through the opening. victor lay sleeping on his side, his arms bent, his expression slightly pained. get up, lazy bones, she wanted to say. even in childhood, rosemary had never slept past 4 a.m.; there were too many chores to do. how different things were for victors generation! her youngest grandson behaved as if he had never done a chore in his life. twenty-one years old, he had driven down to florida to visit rosemary in his shiny new car, a gift from his dear parents. victor would finish college soon, and his future appeared bright if he ever got out of bed, that is.something victor had said last night over dinner had disturbed her. now what was it? oh yes; he had been talking about one of his college courses a “gut”，he had called it. when she had asked him to explain the word, victor had said it was a course that you took simply because it was easy to pass. rosemary, who had not even had a high school education, found the word unpleasant. if she had been allowed to continue her studies, she would never have taken a “gut” .the memory flooded back then, still painful as an open wound all these years later. it was the first day of high school. she had graduated from grammar school the previous year, but her father had forbidden her to go to high school that autumn, saying she was needed on the farm. after much tearful begging, she had gotten him to promise that next year, she could start high school. she had endured a whole year of chores instead of books, with animals and rough farmhands for company instead of people of her own age. now, at last, the glorious day was at hand. she had put on her best dress (she owned two), her heart racing hopefully.but her father was waiting for her as she came downstairs.“where do you think youre going?” he asked.“to high school, papa.”“no youre not. take that thing off and get back to work. ”“but papa, you promised!”“do as i say!” he thundered.there was no arguing with papa when he spoke that way. tearfully, she had to drag herself upstairs to change clothes. rosemary still wondered what her life would have been like if her father had not been waiting at the bottom of the stairs that day, or if somehow she had found the strength to disobey him.suddenly, victor moved slightly, without waking, and whispered something unintelligible. w