【南方新课堂 金牌学案】2016-2017学年高中英语（人教版）必修一单元过关检测 Unit 5　Nelson Mandela—a modern hero.docVIP

第五单元过关检测 (时间:90分钟　分值:120分) .阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分) 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。 A (导学 While some kids don’t always like what Mom or Dad is cooking for dinner,they don’t have to worry about where to find their next meal.Elizabeth Murray grew up with drug-addicted parents and often didn’t have warm clothes or food.“It would be common for me to go into my kitchen and see my parents shooting drugs into their veins(血管),” Elizabeth said. When Elizabeth was 10 she found out her mother had AIDS.A few years later,while most teenage girls were worried about what to wear,Elizabeth was looking after her mom.Her mom died at the age of 41 in 1996. At 15 Elizabeth was homeless.Her mom was gone and her dad was on the street.After her mom’s death she knew things had to change and she knew it was up to her.“I connected the lifestyles that I had witnessed every day with how my mother ended.And if there was anything I could do about it that would not happen to me.So I went back to school.But mind you,I was homeless,” explained Elizabeth. Her high school didn’t know Elizabeth was homeless.She took an extra load of work,studied on the stairs and made excellent grades.When she read about a scholarship offered by The New York Times she quickly applied and won.She will receive $12,000 for every year at college.Elizabeth was determined to go to Harvard and the university didn’t turn her down.Right now Elizabeth lives with her little sister in New York while she waits to become a full-time student.She’s working at The New York Times right now and they offered her work for the summer.Elizabeth has gone from homeless to Harvard. 1.What would be the best title for the passage? A.The terrible life of an AIDS orphan B.AIDS could take one’s life C.From the streets to success D.Elizabeth’s dream 答案：C 提示：因为母亲死于艾滋病,伊丽莎白流落街头,但凭着自己坚强的意志,她最终被哈佛大学录取,因此C项为最佳标题。 2.Elizabeth decided to go back to school to 　　　.? A.learn how to help other AIDS patients B.avoid her homeless f