PeriodTwoLesson2OntheMoveⅠ.阅读理解AWhatarethechancesoffindinga60yearoldphotoofyourancestorarrivingatEllisIsland?Ifthephotowasnothingmorethanhalfapagefromanunidentifiedmagazine,whatarethechancesoffindingit?Sometimeago,YitzTwerskyofNewYorkfoundapagetornfromamagazineshowinghismotherinlaw,Ernestine,twoyearsoldatthetime,withherparentsonEllisIsland.Whilethiswasexciting,therewasnoinformationaboutwhichmagazineitappearedin.However,Twerskynoticedtinyprintwiththepicturethatidentifiedthephotographer:OllieAtkins.AsMr.Twerskysoondiscovered,OllieAtkinswasabignameinphotography—afamousphotojournalistwhotookawardwinningphotosofhistorymakerslikeTruman,MartinLutherKing,Jr.,RichardNixonandothers.Infact,AtkinsservedforseveralyearsastheWhiteHousephotographer.ThesearchforOllieAtkinsledtoarepository(存放处)ofthephotographers’worksatGeorgeMasonUniversity.Fortunately,Atkinswasameticulousrecord-keeper,whokeptlistsofhisworks.Thecurator(馆长)identifiedMr.Twersky’sphotoasonethataccompanieda1949articleintheSaturdayEveningPost,withthetitle“TheyDoAnythingtoGetintotheUSA.”Twerskywasoverthemoon.Thecuratorcouldpracticallyhearhimjumpingforjoyoverthephone.Howdidhismotherinlawreact?“Shewascrying,”Twerskysaid.“IwentonlineandfoundanoldcopyofJanuary29,1949,SaturdayEveningPost.”LittleErnestine’sparentshadleftPoland,eventuallysurvivingahardjourney.ThePostarticlesharesmanystoriesaboutwhatimmigrantswoulddotoenterAmericansoil.1.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A.HowErnestinemovedtoEllisIsland.B.HowTwerskyfoundtheoriginofanoldpicture.C.HowErnestinespentherlifeinAmerica.D.HowTwerskygotalongwithErnestine.答案B解析主旨大意题。文章主要阐述特韦尔斯基如何去探寻一张老照片的来源,故选B项。2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutOllieAtkins?A.Hewasoncealeaderinthegovernment.B.HeonceworkedtogetherwithErnestine.C.HewrotefortheSaturdayEveningPost.D.HeonceworkedfortheWhiteHouse.答案D解析细节理解题。由第三段最后一句“Infact,AtkinsservedforseveralyearsastheWhiteHousephotographer.”可知他曾经是白宫的专职摄影师,故选D项。3.FromParagraph4,weknowOllieAtkins.A.wasacarefulpersonB.puthisworksatrandomC.workedatGeorgeMasonUniversityD.wrotethepapertitled“TheyDoAnythingtoGetintotheUSA”答案A解析细节理解题。由第四段第二句话“Fortunately,Atkinswasameticulousrecordkeeper,whokeptlistsofhisworks.”可知A项正确,B项错误;C、D两项在第四段未提及。4.Theunderlinedphrase“overthemoon”inParagraph5probablymeans“”.A.extremelyhappyandexcitedB.verynervousandupsetC.quiteawkwardanduneasyD.rathercrazyandangry答案A解析词义猜测题。由第五段第二句“Thecuratorcouldpracticallyhearhimjumpingforjoyoverthephone.”可知答案为A项。BVisitorstoaStockholmhotelwillbeabletousemobilephonesinsteadofkeystounlockthedoorsoftheirrooms.AssaAbloy,theworld’slargestmakerofdoorlocks,haslaunchedapilotinwhichtheClarionHotelinStockholmwilllendcustomersmobilephoneswithcloserangeradiochips.Repeatvisitorsduringafourmonthtrialwillbeabletocheckin(在旅馆登记)usingtheirphonesbeforearrivalandhavetheirphonesactivated(激活)as“keys”.Theywillthenbeabletounlockthedoorbyholdingthephonenexttoit.Theshortrangeradiotechnology,knownasNearFieldCommunication(NFC),isexpectedtobebuiltintosmartphonesinthecomingyears.Itisalsoexpectedtobeusedforticketingandcardpayments.AssaAbloysaiditwantedtotestthesystembeforeexpanding(扩展)ittootherhotels,commercialbuildingsan...