Unit 3 Tomorrow' s world 2 同步练习

Unit 3 Tomorrow s world 2 同步练习同步练习 阅读理解阅读理解 A Yesterday I overheard our 9 year old son Aaron talking to his friend Zach Oh God Zach began peering in Aaron s closet Where are all your toys Oh we are doing something called Simplicity Plan so I basically got rid of 80 of my stuff What Did your mom and dad make you do this No I decided to do it because I wanted to When I give away a lot of my things I make room for family activities I did it because I wanted to live differently and have less stuff in my life But still why would you choose to get rid of most of your toys Part of the reason is that my parents were doing it with their stuff And my mom talked to me about it and explained how they felt happier afterwards And I thought maybe I really had spent a lot of my time in my room playing with toys instead of spending time with my parents and sister Seriously I feel proud because I am a person who has just what I need and not more And I m starting new activities like writing how I feel reading more and spending more time doing housework around the house OK Let me get this straight You have fewer toys more housework and you feel happier Well it s not that the housework is fun But I do it with my parents We talk and connect while we re doing it so that is the fun And we ve been doing more activities together like reading aloud at night And on weekends we have conversations or go out together instead of my dad being at his computer my mom cleaning and me playing with my toys 1 When Zach found Aaron s toys were gone he was A proud B surprised C relaxed D excited 2 Why did Aaron give away most of his toys A Because he didn t like them B Because his parents made him do it C Because he had no time to play with them D Because he wanted to spend more time with his family 3 After Aaron s parents got rid of some of their stuff they A hoped Aaron wouldn t do it B decided to buy some new stuff C found it benefited them D regretted it and wanted it back 4 We can learn from the passage that Aaron A used to enjoy reading B will get his toys back soon C used to write a lot about his feelings D enjoys doing housework with his parents 5 What can we infer from the passage A Zach will not get rid of his toys B Aaron doesn t like going out with his parents C Members in the writer s family now feel closer D The father still likes being at his computer on weekends B This story is about a man who once upon a time was selling hotdogs by the roadside He had never been in school so he never read newspapers He was hard of hearing so he never listened to the radio His eyes were weak so he never watched television But he was interested in selling hotdogs and was smart enough to think of some clever ways to increase his sales His sales and profit went up He hired some men to serve more customers Slowly his business became a bigger and better one As his business was growing his son who had recently graduated from a college joined him Then something strange happened The son asked Dad aren t you aware of the great recession that is coming our way The father replied No but tell me about it Son said The international situation is terrible The domestic situation is even worse We should be prepared for the coming bad time The man thought that since his son had been to college read the papers listened to the radio and watched TV he ought to know and his advice should be taken So the next day onwards the father cut down his orders took down the colorful signboard 招牌 and fired some staff Very soon fewer and fewer people went to his hotdog stand 销售亭 And his sales started coming down rapidly the same is the profit The father said to his son Son you were right we are in the middle of a recession and crisis I am glad you warned me ahead of time 6 What helped the father get success in his business a Good luck b Proper business ideas c Great enthusiasm for the business d The good international situation e Rich experience A a and b B b and c C c and d D d and e 7 The underlined word recession may mean A big disaster B economic decline C big opportunity D unexpected guest 8 The father believed what his son said mainly because A he never expected his son to be a little businessman B he loved his son too much C he found his business was not very good D he thought his son knew much more than he did 9 From the story we know that the father s shortcoming is that A he lacks independent mind B he doesn t admit his mistake C he knows nothing about business D he never listens to others 10 The story can again prove the truth that A knowledge is power B two heads are better than one C attitude makes a big difference D God helps those who help themselves 阅读填空阅读填空 Experiencing bad dreams every night can be horrifying for anybody Bad dreams can disturb the sleep and make a person feel stressed throughout the next day That s why one should take steps to stop them as soon as they become an everyday occurrence Before knowing how to get rid of bad dreams we need to understand what can result in them Researches have shown that when a person is under some sort of physical or mental stress he is more likely to get bad dreams and disturbed sleep So to stop bad dreams it s necessary to find out the causes of physical and mental stress in your life and remove these For instance if you re overworked learn to take things slow Don t be ambitious to the point that it starts affecting your health Besides some trauma 损伤 that a person might have experienced recently or in the past which they re unable to get over can make the person suffer from bad dreams Death of a very close family member is often seen to be the reason behind recurrent nightmares In such a case taking therapy and dealing with the trauma is the only solution to stop bad dreams Eating fatty and high protein foods in dinner is also known to cause bad dreams in some people So bad dreams occurring because of these reasons can be stopped if the diet is changed Taking a light dinner of soups and salads is the best both for the health and for stopping disturbed sleep in some cases Besides these there are many other things a person can do to have a good night s sleep For example your bedroom should be the most comfortable place in the world So get rid of all electronic gadgets including television In addition if you have negative thoughts it can have side effects on the kind