Unit 1 Knowing me, knowing you

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

1单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. Jack took a long， deep b________， struggling to control his own emotions.

2. As is known to all， traffic s________ tell drivers when to stop， wait and go.

3. Why should I say sorry when it’s not my f________？

4. She hasn’t been seen for four days and there is c________ for her safety.

5. We must find a way to r________ the problem before it’s too late.

6. If you continue to heat the water， it will boil and turn into________ （蒸汽）.

7. Don’t tell him your opinions because he has________ （控制不严的） lips.

8. The worst________ （苦难） of the disaster were now beginning.

9. The ship________ （沉没） to the bottom of the sea because of the bad weather last year.

10. We have no choice but to adapt our technology________ （策略） to this situation.

2 选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

help out let down be angry with pull one’s weight concentrate on

1. In all those years he never worked hard， which________ his parents.

2. She is in trouble now. We’d better________ right away.

3. He has been________ his recent research， completely paying no attention to me.

4. She contributes as much as anyone on our team. No doubt she has been________ around this office.

5. My parents________ me because I got home too late.

3 课文语法填空

Ben， 17， is a member of their school basketball team. He is crazy 1 basketball and pretty good at it， but they 2 （lose） their last match. In Ben’s opinion， their point guard was to blame. 3 （disappoint） by his behaviour， Ben told this to his best friend. However， his best friend told everyone else what he’d said. Ben didn’t know what 4 （do）， so he asked Agony Aunt 5 help.

As far as Agony Aunt 6 （concern）， it is mainly his friend’s loose lips that make the situation worse. But it’s 7 （part） Ben’s fault. She suggests that Ben should apologise to his teammate. Secondly， Ben should talk to his friend that he is angry with him for 8 （repeat） what he said and making the situation worse， 9 that he wants to move on. Thirdly， Ben should think about his own behaviour and always remember： think first， speak later. If he feels one of his teammates isn’t pulling their 10 （weigh）， then raise his concerns in a professional way with his team coach.

1.________   2.________   3.________   4.________   5.________

6.________   7.________   8.________   9.________   10.________

能力提升

1 阅读理解

When going shopping with a friend， Gail Heyman found herself quite awkward when her friend asked her which dress she liked best. Her friend had a clear favourite—a dress that Heyman happened to dislike. “In that case， I lied and said that I liked the same one，” said Heyman.

As Heyman’s experience shows， it might not matter all that much if you tell a white lie to make a friend feel good at times. But when it comes to the most meaningful relationships in your life， protecting a friend’s feelings at all costs can sometimes make them fail. For example， if a person is practicing for a job interview and it’s a few days before his interview， and he gives an answer that you think is not good at all but you don’t tell him because you don’t want to hurt his feelings. That’s really not very nice to him， right？ Because he has an opportunity to fix that thing.

If you know that lies can have results， why do you still lie often？ A study carried out by Tali Sharot， a professor at University College London， found that it’s because people just get used to it. One little lie can turn into bigger and bigger lies over time. “If you habituate （习惯） emotionally， it will change your behaviour，” says Sharot.

Sharot notes that if you’re worried about lying a bit too much， try and notice when you want to bend the truth. She thinks it’s best to do so when you’re not actually responding to those triggers （诱因）. Moving your attention away from shame and focusing more on your values can be a healthy way to start looking at this more actively.

1. What is the purpose of Paragraph 1？

A. To show the importance of friendship. B. To introduce the topic of the text.

C. To show the girls’ different preference. D. To tell us the necessity of telling lies.

2. What should we do according to Paragraph 2？

A. Be careful about telling white lies. B. Never hurt a friend’s feelings.

C. Take job interviews seriously. D. Value meaningful relationships.

3. Why do some people tend to lie often according to the study？

A. They’ve been used to lying. B. They are people of bad characters.

C. They don’t want to hurt others. D. They dislike those they lied to.

4. What does Sharot advise us to do？

A. Avoid bending the truth. B. Find the triggers of lying.

C. Apologise to the people we lied to. D. Concentrate more on our values.