Unit 2 Working the land learning about language课时作业

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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　　Matthew Ames returned to Brisbane from Melbourne at the weekend after experiencing one of many rounds of surgery, becoming Australia's first bionic (仿生学的) man.Matthew Ames was at home on Monday morning, adjusting to national media attention and life with titanium rods (钛杆) in what remains of his arms and legs.If all goes to plan, later in the year he will have more surgery to fix bionic prosthetics (假肢)．

　　It all started 15 months ago, when the Origin Energy engineer - who lived with his wife Diane and four children in Camp Hill in Brisbane's east - began feeling like he was coming down with the "man flu"．A week later he was in hospital, senseless and on life support, which was caused by a deadly form of bacteria.

　　"He had a 99% chance of dying，"Matthew's son Luke, 9, said in a program, Sunday Night which drew more than 2.12 million viewers nationally.

　　Matthew's younger sons Ben, 8, and Will, 7, added："And only 1% of living."

　　Proudly Will concluded："And the 1% won against the 99%."

　　Matthew's families were told Matthew's only chance of survival was to have his four limbs removed.For Diane, the choice was easy.She could not allow their children to grow up without a father.Eventually, Matthew came to, only to find he had no arms and legs.

　　On Monday, he is attending a Pride of Australia Medal ceremony for which he has been nominated (被提名) in the courage category."The 40­year­old is slowly getting used to a few more people knowing about his story，" his sister Kate told Fairfax Media."We told his story so that he was known to the kids, and thus people wouldn't stop and stare，" Kate continued."We're not sure what to expect now that his story has aired across Australia.The effect it would have in a positive way on people is beyond our expectation."

　　语篇解读：澳大利亚人Matthew Ames因病不得不截去四肢以挽救其生命，手术后，Matthew又通过多次手术安装了假肢，他战胜病魔的意志和决心鼓舞了很多人。

　　1．From the first two paragraphs we can learn that Matthew Ames ________.

　　A．has finished all of his operations

　　B．is the first bionic man in the world

　　C．is becoming the focus of the public

　　D．had his arms and legs cut completely

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第一段中的"adjusting to national media attention"可知，他正成为公众焦点。

2．From what Matthew Ames' sons say, we can conclude that ________.