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1、文档 Unit 1 Parents Part B exercise1 短文 三题 P4 After 22 years of marriage,I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife,Peggy.I started dating with another woman.It was Peggys idea.One day she said to me,Life is too short,you need to spend time with the people you love

2、.You probably wont believe me,but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together,it will make us closer.The other woman my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother,a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father died 20 years ago.Right after his death,I m

3、oved 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career.When I moved back near my hometown six years ago,I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom.But with the demands of my job and three kids,I never got around to seeing her much beyond family get-togethers and holidays

4、.Mom was surprised and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.Whats wrong?she asked.I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you,I said.Just the two of us.I would like that a lot,she said.When I pulled into her driveway,she was waiting by the door

5、 with her coat on.Her hair was curled,and she was smiling.I told my lady friends I was going out with my son,and they were all impressed.They cant wait to hear about our evening,Mother said.Passage 2 Dating with My Mother(Part Two)短文 3 题 句子填空 P6 We didnt go anywhere fancy,just a neighborhood place w

6、here we could talk.Since her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows,I had to read the menu for both of us.I used to be the reader when you were little,she said.Then it is time for you to relax and let me return the favor,I said.We had a nice talk over dinner,just catching up on each others lives

7、.We talked for so long that we missed the movie.Ill go out with you again,my mother said as I dropped her off,but only if you let me buy dinner next time.I agreed.How was your date?my wife asked when I got home that evening.Nice nicer than I thought it would be,I said.Mom and I get out for dinner a

8、couple of times a month.Sometimes we take in a movie,but mostly we talk.I tell her about my trails at work and brag about the kids and Peggy.Mom fills me in on family gossip and tells me about her past.Now I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War.I know how sh

9、e met my father there,and know how they went through the difficult times.I cant get enough of these stories.They are important to me,a part of my history.We also talk about the future.Because of health problems,my mother worries about the days ahead.Spending time with my mom has taught me the import

10、ance of slowing down.Peggy was right.Dating another woman has helped my marriage.Part C 短对话？P8 1.W:You know,many American parents are now wondering why they cant keep their teenage children from drinking.M:I know.To my mind,its the permissive attitude of the parents that is to blame.Q:What can you l

11、earn from the mans response?2.M:Dont you think its good to give our children a monthly allowance?W:I think so.It can teach them the value of money.With a monthly allowance they can learn to budget their expenses wisely.Q:What are they talking about?3.M:Mom,Ive got a part-time job at a supermarket.Th

12、ree hours a day weekdays and all day Saturday.W:Congratulations,Tom.But are you sure you can handle it?What about your homework and your piano lessons?Q:How does the mother feel about Toms part-time job at the supermarket?4.M:Hey,Mary,you look so upset.What happened?文档 W:My father had an accident th

13、e other day.He is now in hospital and will have an operation tomorrow.You see,his heart is rather weak.I really dont know whether he can survive it.Q:Whats the woman worried about?5.W:Mothers Day is coming soon.Could you tell me what sons and daughters do in your country on that day?M:Well,they send

14、 their mothers flowers and cards to celebrate the occasion.Besides,it is a common practice for them to wear pink carnations on that day.Q:Which of the following is true of the customs of Mothers Day in the mans country?Unit 2 Coincidence Part BExercise 1 短文 4 题 单词填空 P12 Andrew had always wanted to b

15、e a doctor.But the tuition for a medical school in 1984 was 15,000 dollars a year,which was more than his family could afford.To help him realize his dream,his father,Mr.Stewart,a real estate agent,began searching the house-for-sale ads in newspapers in order to find extra business.One advertisement

16、 that he noted down was for the sale of a house in a nearby town.Mr.Stewart called the owner,trying to persuade him to let him be his agent.Somehow he succeeded and the owner promised that he would come to him if he failed to get a good deal with his present agent.Then they made an appointment to me

17、et and discuss the thing.As good things are never easy to acquire,the time for the appointment had to be changed almost ten times.On the day when they were supposed to meet at 3 oclock in the afternoon,Mr.Stewart received another call from the owner.His heart sank as he feared there would be another

18、 change of time.And so it was.The owner told him that he couldnt make it at three but if he would come right then,they could talk it over.Mr.Stewart was overjoyed.Leaving everything aside,he immediately set out to drive to the house.As he approached the area,he had a strange feeling of having been t

19、here before.The streets,the trees,the neighborhood,all looked familiar to him.And when he finally reached the house,something clicked in his mind.It used to be the house of his father-in-law!The old man had died fifteen years ago but when he was alive,he had often visited him with his wife and child

20、ren.He remembered that,like his son Andrew,his father-in-law had also wanted to study medicine and,failing to do so,had always hoped that one of his two daughters or his grandchildren could someday become a doctor.Part C 复合式听写 P18 One of the best-known collections of parallels is between the careers

21、 of Abraham Lincoln and John F.Kennedy.Both were shot on a Friday,in the presence of their wives;both were succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson;both their killers were themselves killed before they could be brought to justice.Lincoln had a secretary called Kennedy;Kennedy a secretary called Linco

22、ln.Lincoln was killed in the Ford Theater;Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company and so on.Similar coincidences often occur between twins.A news story from Finland reported of two 70-year-old twin brothers dying two hours apart in separate accident

23、s,with both being hit by trucks while crossing the same road on bicycles.According to the police,the second victim could not have known about his brothers death,as officers had only managed to identify the first victim minutes before the second accident.Connections are also found between identical t

24、wins who have been separated at birth.Dorothy Lowe and Bridget Harrison were separated in 1945,and did not meet until 1979,when they were flown over from Britain for an investigation by a psychologist at the University of Minnesota.They found that when they met they were both wearing seven rings on

25、their hands,two bracelets on one wrist,a watch and a bracelet on the other.They married on the same day,had worn identical wedding dresses and carried the same flowers.Dorothy had named her son Richard 文档 Andrew and her daughter Catherine Louise;Bridget had named her son Andrew Richard and her daugh

26、ter Karen Louise.In fact,she had wanted to call her Catherine.Both had a cat called Tiger.They also had a string of similar mannerisms when they were nervous.How can we explain the above similarities?Unit 3 Courage Part B Krimali(Part One)短文 2 题 P22 On the morning of the devastating earthquake that

27、struck India in 2001,Krimali,a girl of 17,had just left home to go to an interview for a position of a sales clerk.She was pleased with her green and yellow flowered dress,but felt something wasnt quite right about her hair.She returned home,removing her shoes and leaving them at the door.Moments la

28、ter,the earthquake struck.Ceilings and walls in the building shook in the deafening noise.Then everything began crashing down.Krimali and her immediate family escaped serious injury but were unable to make their way out.The ceiling of an entire room towered above the only possible escape route.Compl

29、etely detached on three sides,the huge slab clung to an outside wall on its fourth side.To an observer,it could drop at any moment.People were screaming and didnt know what to do.Krimali decided to act.Carefully she climbed barefoot up and down the debris until she reached a point just beneath the s

30、waying ceiling.About four meters below were uneven pieces of concrete,broken glass and smashed furniture,all mixed with sharp spikes of iron.She knew if she could manage to get down to the ground level,she could make her way to safety.She paused to figure out the best way down.As there wasnt any goo

31、d place to jump,she just jumped.Luckily,she landed in a crouch,her feet missing any sharp edges.Emboldened by her good fortune,Krimali knew it was up to her to persuade others to follow.Passage 2 Krimali(Part Two)短文 2 题 P24 Krimali planned to rescue her family first,but just then she heard a woman f

32、rom two storeys above screaming for someone to save her two-month-old baby.Throw the baby to me,Krimali shouted.I can catch her!The woman refused.Krimali told the woman to wrap the baby in bed sheets and then toss her down.Crying uncontrollably,the mother wrapped the little girl but still would not

33、part with her baby.As the mother tried to decide what to do,Krimali intently watched the concrete ceiling hanging above her.Finally the mother tossed the baby.Krimali made a clean catch.A bright smile lit up the womans face.Ill be back!Krimali called out,hugging the child to her as she hurriedly pic

34、ked her way out to where survivors had gathered.She gave up the baby,then asked if any of the men there would come back with her to help others trapped in the building.No one came forward,for they were all afraid of that swaying ceiling.But for Krimali,a small girl of 154 centimeters in height and w

35、eighing about 50 kilos,her fears had been lifted by what she had accomplished.On her way back into the ruins,she saw part of a large door.It was extremely heavy but she managed to drag it to the spot just below the hanging ceiling.By placing it on the ruins,she created something like a sliding board

36、.With Krimali coaching her,the babys mother partly jumped and partly rolled down the board to the ground level.Krimali led her through the debris to her baby.In the hours that followed Krimali made countless rescue missions into the building,each time in the shadow of the huge ceiling.Thanks to her

37、courage,about two dozen men,women and children were saved.Part C 短文 4 题 真 P26 When the first plane slammed into the World Trade Centers north tower,I was already at my desk on the 88th floor.Then I felt the whole building bouncing,shaking.My instinct told me that there was an explosion above us and

38、that we should try to get out,but the corridors were full of flames.Knowing that the furniture and the carpets were fire-resistant,I figured that everything wasnt going to burn.Then I heard someone yell that the stairwells were gone.So about 40 of us escaped into a corner office.We put papers and ra

39、gs under the door to keep out the smoke as best we could.We stayed calmly in the office for 文档 about 10 minutes,thinking we were safe and secure.Then someone came in to tell us that he had found a stairwell open but we had to move fast.We all filed out orderly and headed for the stairwell.Going down

40、 the stairs was not easy for me for I had lost a leg to cancer when I was 16 and wore an artificial limb.More or less,I used my arms to get down.When we reached the 40th floor,we came to a complete stop.There was a jam of people.The firemen were coming up the stairs,carrying their equipment.Some 100

41、 firefighters must have walked past us.Some of them looked so young that they seemed hardly out of high school.But they were great,assuring us that they would take care of everything.Eventually we kept moving and got out.The journey down took about 40 minutes.Unit 4 Marriage Part B Exercise 1 短文 3 题

42、 句子填空 P30 (Tom and Linda have signed a marriage agreement.Both agree not to break the rules outlined in the agreement.John,a reporter,is talking to them about the agreement.)John:Tom,Linda,first Id like to ask you why you decided to write this unusual agreement.Tom:We found that many problems are ca

43、used when a person has different expectations from his or her spouse.We wanted to talk about everything openly and honestly before we started living together.Linda:Also we both know how important it is to respect each others pet peeves.Like,I can get very annoyed if others leave stuff clothing,paper

44、s,everything!lying around on the floor.It really bugged me,so we put that in the agreement.John:This is mentioned in Article 1:Cleaning Up,isnt it?It says,Nothing will be left on the floor overnight.Everything must be cleaned up and put away before going to bed.Tom:Then Ill know clearly what Lindas

45、expectations are.John:I see.What about Article 2:Sleeping?It says,We will go to bed at 11 p.m.and get up at 6:30 a.m.except on weekends.Im sure some people hearing this will think that this agreement isnt very romantic.Tom:Well,we disagree.We think its very romantic.This agreement shows that we sat

46、down and talked,and really tried to understand the other person.A lot of problems occur in a marriage when people dont talk about what they want.Linda:Thats right.When we disagreed about something,we worked out a solution that was good for both of us.I would much rather have Tom really listen to me

47、and understand my needs than give me a bunch of flowers or a box of candy.Conversation 2 A Marriage Agreement(Part Two)长对话 3 题 句子填空 P32 John:Linda,do you spend a lot of time checking to see if the other person is following the rules?Arguing?Linda:No,not at all.Tom:A lot of couples argue because they

48、 dont understand each others expectations.I think we spend less time arguing than most couples because we both know what the other person expects.John:What happens if one of you breaks a rule?Tom:Well,thats in Article 13 of our agreement.John:Is it?Oh yes,Article 13:Breaking Rules.If you break a rul

49、e,you must apologize and do something nice for the other person to make it up.Linda:Yeah,like last time Tom broke the rule of driving.John:Whats the rule?Linda:The rule is we must ask for directions if we are driving and get lost for more than five minutes.John:What happened?Tom:We were driving to a

50、 friends wedding,and we got lost.Linda wanted to stop at a gas station to ask for directions,文档 but I thought I could figure it out.Linda:Then we drove forty miles in the wrong direction and ended up being late for the wedding.Tom:So I took her out to dinner.I knew what I should do to apologize.John