J:What is the secret of your success?
A:First, I lead a very healthy life. I’ve never smoked or drunk and I eat huge quantities of fruit. We’ve got plenty of that in Kenya. Next,train high up where the air is thinner. I live and run in the hills which are about 3,000 mertres high. I left Kenya just two days before the marathon. So when I ran the race at sea level, my body had all this extra energy to help it run faster!
J: what are your future plans?
A:I want to run in the Olympics next year. I hope I’ll be chosen for our national team,so I’m going to plan a hard training programme.
J:Is it a hard life, being a long-distance runner?
A: where we live we have some of the most beautiful countryside in the world. It’s a pleasure just to run over these hills. It may sound hard to you, but for me running is as natural as breathing.
II.完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31～50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Fred Mundy enjoyed life. He loved adventure and the great outdoors, especially riding his motorcycle.
One day, Fred decided to 31 a motorcycle race. The race was to be run on a dangerous course through 150 miles of rough 32 Fred was a proud man, he wanted to 33 the race. So, to save energy, he only took along a small 34 of water, some apples, and a few pieces of read.
The race began. Fred got off to a good 35 . But somewhere along the way, he made a 36 turn. He became lost in a wilderness of sand and rock-a lonely place 37 the temperature can 38 top 40 degrees centigrade!
A 39 party was organized, and planes were brought in. Soon the searchers began 40 something; Fred s motorcycle, foot prints in the sand, even his empty can. 41 they couldn’t find Fred.
The searchers could not 42 this. Why didn’t Fred try to signal (发信号) the airplanes above? Why didn’t he 43 marks for the searchers to follow? It was almost as if he didn’t 44 to be found. Twelve days after the race, the searchers found Fred’s body - And near it, they found his bright orange helmet (头盔) 45 under a small bush(树丛) . It seemed to be hidden so that 46 couldn’t be seen from the air.
Perhaps the searchers were right. Maybe Fred 47 want to be found. Why? Because he was a 48 man. He was trying to find his 49 way out of the desert. But he never 50 it. Fred Mundy had lost his race with time.
31. A. enter B. watch C. help D organize
[解析]enter有“参加”之意。B、C、D三项意思不符合题意。 答案：A
32. A. forest B. meadow C. desert D. country
[解析]据前文所叙，应该是发生在沙漠荒地。 答案：C
33. A. defeat B. enjoy C. improve D. win 答案：D
34. A. bottle B. can C. cup D. mouthful
[解析]can 在此为名词，意为“罐”。 答案B
35. A. way B. speed C. position D. start 答案：D
36. A. skillful B. difficult C. wrong D. dangerous
[解析]后面说他迷路了，是由于这里拐弯出了差错。故应填C项。 答案：C
37. A. that B. where C. whose D. when 答案：B
38. A. easily B. hardly C. mainly D. fully
[解析]文中top为动词，意为“高达……”;根据句意是“很容易”达到40度以上。
答案：A
39. A. race B. helping C. search D. saving
[解析]从下文中searchers可推出此空应填C项。 答案：C
40. A. watching B. collecting C. recognizing D. finding 答案：D
41. A. Instead B. But C. Besides D. And 答案：B
42. A. guess B. judge C. understand D. prove
[解析]this指后面要提到的一系列问题，所以此空填C项。 答案：C
43. A. write B. make C. keep D. leave
[解析] leave marks意为“留下标记”。 答案：D
44. A. want B. ask C. allow D. agree答案：A
45. A. lost B. buried C. hidden D. hung 答案：B
46. A. it B. searchers C. planes D. he
[解析]指头盔。头盔是bright orange(鲜桔红色)，如果不是有意藏起来，飞机是可以发现的。所以这里应该填A项(it)，而不填D项(he)。 答案：A
47. A. didn’t B. mustn’t C. couldn’t D. shouldn’t 答案：A
48. A. proud B. stupid C. strong D. strange
[解析]A项(proud)与前面第三段第一句相符。 答案：A
49.A. only B. lost C. lonely D. own答案：D
50. A. had B. made C. won D. did [解析] it指his way. 答案：
写作训练
写作训练每个单元都必须进行，每个单元都可以根据该单元的主题设计一个写作的题目，让学生写一篇作文，事后一要进行讲评。
如在该单元可以设计以下的一个书面表达作业：
写作训练1
根据以下信息，写一篇介绍刘璇的短文，字数一百左右。
中国体操明星，前奥运会金牌得主刘璇，现在就读于北京大学，主修(major in)新闻(journalism)。她之所以选择新闻专业,是由于她以前常与记者接触，所以对新闻专业感兴趣;并且她觉得学习新闻可以让她学习到许多不同领域的知识。她想在将来成为一个国际体操裁判。她的人生格言(motto)是：“如果你想成为一个胜利者，首先征服(conquer)你自己。”
书面表达参考答案(One possible version)
The Chinese star gymnast and former Olympic gold medalist, Liu Xuan, is now studying in Peking University. She’s chosen to study journalism. She got interested in journalism as a result of her contacts with reporters when she was a gymnast. And also, she believes that studying journalism will help her to learn as much knowledge as possible in many kinds of fields, such as politics, economics, history and culture. She wants to be an international gymnastics referee in the future. She believes in this motto: “First conquer yourself if you want to be a winner.”
写作训练2
电视是当今社会应用广泛的一种娱乐工具。请写一篇短文阐述你对电视的理解。
电视是一项重要的发明，对人类生活有着深远影响。
电视带来很多便利，极大地丰富了人们的生活。
电视也有一定的危害。如：宣传色情暴力，对青少年产生不良影响;传递不健康的人生观等等。
参考答案(One possible version)
Television
Our life has been greatly changed by many important inventions. Television is one of them. It brings us much information, therefore it is a popular source of entertainment.
If you want to see a play or watch a match, you needn’t take the trouble to wait for a ticket. With a television, you only need to press the button, choose the right channel, and then you can enjoy yourself to your heart’s content. Besides programmes of entertainment, televisions also provide us with the latest news all over the world at home. Without stepping out of your room, you can be well-informed and keep in touch with the rapidly changing world.
TV also helps a lot with our study. If you want to learn something, you can turn to some channels that provide many kinds of study sources. All you need to do is to find the right channel and sit down in front of the TV set. The teachers on line will teach you whatever you can learn at a real school.
Everything has its two sides. Television brings us not only knowledge and entertainment, but also “junk food” as well. Those films about violence and sexy attacks always mislead the young students. And sometimes people waste too much time in front of the TV set, ignoring what is more important in their lives.
So whether TV is good or bad to us depends on how we use it.
这篇文章第一段指出电视给我们的生活带来了很大的变化，点出了全文的中心意思。下文从两个方面讲述了电视给我们带来的影响：第二段，第三段指出电视提供了娱乐和获取知识的便利;第四段说明电视带来的弊端。最后一段总结，说明电视有利有弊，提醒人们要妥善应用。全文结构严谨，意思全面。
探究活动
1、让学生先去采访一下体育老师，咨询有关体操方面的知识，然后将采访的内容用英文表达出来。
实施方案：1)事先做一些采访的准备工作，简单了有关体操方面的知识;
2)制定一份具体的采访计划或提纲;
3)预约体育老师;
4)实施采访;
5)采访后进行资料整理，写出英文采访报道。
2、教师可以从电视台播放的节目中选取一段与体操相关的电视节目录象，在上课时播放，然后要学生写出描述性的文章。
