Unit 1 Reading

1．Skimming

Sum up the main idea of each paragraph：

Paragraph 1：

Paragraph 2：

Paragraph 3：

Paragraph 4：

Paragraph 5：

2．Scanning

（2）Read the text quickly and answer:

1. Marty is ____ person.

A. a healthy B. an ill C. a disabled D. a rich

2. Marty has ____disease.

A. a mental B. a muscle C. an eye D. a leg

3. What’s Marty’s dream?

A. Being a doctor.

B. Being a famous football player and representing his country in the World Cup.

C. Being a college student.

D. Being a basketball player.

（3）Read carefully again and answer:

1. Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg?

A. Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out.

B. Because they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本).

C. Because they would transplant(移植) the new muscle.

D. Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.

2. Which of the following is True according to the text ?

A. While at high school, not all Marty’s classmates accept him.

B. A big company bought the computer game from Marty.

C. The doctors know Marty’s disease well but they hide the truth.

D. Marty looks quite different from other because of his disease.

3. Which of the following is false?

A. Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed.

B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.

C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.

D. Marty disability has made him more independent.

4. When Marty says “ I am one in a million”, he really means________