(全国版)2020届高考英语一轮复习精练Unit2课下语篇提能练(含解析)新人教版.docVIP

必修一  Unit 2  课下语篇提能练 Ⅰ . 阅读理解 A cycling session at Queen Mary homeless womens hostel ( 收容所 ) in London starts.Eleven womendiscuss what theyre hoping to achieve in todays session.Then they push their bikes to a basketball court to practise in an off-road environment.Supported by instructors, they practise riding by themselves.Sometimes these women feel a little tired because they take medicine, but they have all made up their mind for cycling training. Last year Queen Mary approached Sustrans (a charity) to set up a cycling club for women.Many of them have low levels of fitness.All have survived challenging situations ranging from social isolation ( 孤 立 ) to abusive ( 虐 待 的 relationships.The hostel staff, who are experienced mental health experts, try to develop cycling to build the womens confidence and give them access to other fields of society.The hostel is moving away from traditional treatment of mental health with the belief that cycling could be a really useful tool in helping the womenlive on their own.After the success of a 10-week pilot project, the cycling club received  ) financial support of ￡ 10,000 to continue the club. In modern society, homelessness and mental health problems often go hand in hand.Studies have shown that physical activities, including walking and cycling, can be used to overcome and even prevent stress, depression and anxiety.They can be more effective than medical treatments. Women, however, are less likely than men to take part in physical activities.Women in the UK make nearly three times fewer cycling journeys than men.Two main causes of this are traditional barriers — mostly because women still undertake most household tasks — and fear of judgment.The network of bike routes has been expanded yet the “build it and they will come” approach ignores the fact that not all people start from the same point.Social interventions ( 干预 ) are a useful way to achieve equality of access to cycling. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。 Quee