Task & Self-assessment
Ⅰ. 根据句意及汉语提示或英文释义写出单词
1. The young man can speak a few languages, so he has more ________ (优势) over others while hunting for jobs.
2. I ________ (钦佩) them because they showed great courage in the face of danger.
3. —Can you tell me the pronunciation of the word “ ________ (农业)” —Sorry, I don’t know, either.
4. —Why do you like climbing mountains so much —When we reach the top of the mountain, we feel a sense of ________ (成就) .
5. Eating too much and no, exercise will finally ________ (make bigger or more) your weight.
6. Many people die of ________ (not having enough food to eat) in the world every year.
Ⅱ. 用方框中所给单词的正确形式填空
member; final; introduce; grow; develop
1. With the further ________ of modern medicine, most eye diseases will be treated or cured.
2. Thanks for all the ________ hard work ! More and more people have learned how to a keep kids from danger now.
3. After years of searching, the police ________ found the lost boy and sent him back to his family.
4. J. K. Rowling, in her ________ to Harry Potter, provides a summary of the magic world.
5. At present, over 100 countries in Asia, Africa and America ________ hybrid rice already.
Ⅲ. 用方框中所给短语的正确形式填空
happen to; at present; with the development of; make contributions to; graduate from
1. After ________________ college, Li Qiang started working as a doctor in a local hospital.
2. We have a great many things to do ________________ , so we can’t waste any time.
3. When I was shopping in the supermarket last night, my English teacher ________________ be there too.
4. ________________ computer science, more and more work will be done by computers.
5. Premier Zhou Enlai ________________ the new China in his lifetime.
Ⅳ. 单项选择
1. —Lin Dan has won many matches. Why does he have so many advantages ______ other people ______ a badminton player —Because he practises very hard and can keep calm in difficult situations.
A. over; for B. to; as C. to; for D. over; as
2. The little boy opened his eyes ______ when he learned that English is so ______ used in the world.
A. wide; wide B. widely; wide C. wide; widely D. widely; widely
3. —Yuan Longping’s ______ to our country is amazing. —I agree. He and his team even start to plant saltwater rice.
A. celebration B. conversation C. contribution D. collection
4. They considered ______ a computer, which was considered ______ a great help to them.
A. to buy; to be B. buying; being C. to buy; being D. buying; to be
5. —China is over 5 000 years old. It’s one of ______ countries in the world. —Yes. It has much ______ history than the USA.
A. old; long B. older; longer C. older; the longest 1oor D. the oldest; longer
6. —Is he an honest and capable (有能力的) man —Yes. And ______ he was chosen as President of France.
A. that’s how B. that’s because C. that’s why D. that’s which
7. I ______ as a waiter for five years, which contributes a lot ______ my today’s work as a manager.
A. serve; to B. have served; against C. was serving; against D. served; to
Ⅴ. 阅读理解
Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954. Oprah was a gifted speaker. When she was in high school she won a speech contest and earned a full scholarship to college.
Getting on the Radio
In 1971, Oprah was encouraged to enter the Miss Teen Fire Prevention pageant (盛会) . Much to her surprise, she won first place. In the interview, Oprah said that her goal was to become a broadcast journalist. After the pageant she was offered a job as a newsreader on the local radio. She loved the job and knew then that her future was going to be in radio and TV.
______
While still attending college, Oprah got a call from the CBS news station in Nashville. They wanted her to be their news anchor (新闻主播) . She took the job and became the first female African American news anchor in the history of Nashville. She was only nineteen at that time.
Becoming a TV Talk Show Host
In 1976, Oprah moved to a TV station in Baltimore, Maryland. At first she worked as a news anchor, but things weren’t working out very well. She was moved to a TV talk show a called People Are Talking. The first day on the job, Oprah knew she had found her calling. She said it was “like breathing”. Soon her show became very popular. She was then recruited (招聘) to host a morning TV show in Chicago called A. M. Chicago. When she, arrived in Chicago, the show was in last place in the ratings. The first place show was the popular Phil Donahue Show. However, in just a few months, A. M. Chicago had taken over first place. A few years later, in 1986, the show was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show and was shown all over the country.
With the launch of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah became one of the most famous people in the country.
1. Which of the following is TRUE
A. Phil Donahue Show was a morning TV show.
B. Oprah did well in all her lessons when she was in college.
C. While still in high school. Oprah worked as a news anchor in Nashville.
D. Oprah became the first female African-American news anchor in the history of Nashville in 1973.
2. ______ was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show.
A. Miss Teen Fire Prevention B. Phil Donahue Show C. A. M. Chicago D. People Are Talking
3. Which of the following can be put in the underlined place
A. Acting B. A Nashville News Anchor C. Other Activities D. A Young Speaker
4. How is the text organized
A. In order of time. B. In order of characters.
C. In order of preference. D. In order of importance.
Ⅵ. 任务型阅读
1970 You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. The spelling of English has always been a problem, but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary. In those days people spelt words in different ways which you might find interesting. But it made reading English much more difficult. So dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the Qing Dynasty.
The largest dictionary in the world is the Ox ford English Dictionary, or OED for short. The idea for this dictionary came “from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.
Murray had not been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a a bank. Later he became an great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a place built in the garden behind his house to do his work. Part of it was one metre underground. In winter he had to wear a heavy coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he would work by candle light into the evening.
Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was still adding words for the letter A! Then others went to work with Murray, and his two daughters were among them. He worked on the dictionary until he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished it. It had more than 15 000 words in twelve books. And you thought your English dictionary was big!
Notes on James Murray’s life
Murray’s early life Born in Scotland. He left school at 14 and became a ___1___ worker, later a great teacher.
Murray’s work on OED He became the editor of OED in the year ___2___ . His working ___3___ were bad: 1) he worked in a part-underground place in the garden ___4___ his house 2) in winter it was terribly cold there 3) he often worked by candle light into the evening The time he spent on OED was much ___5___ than expected. Later others and his two daughters ___6___ him.
Other information OED was finished in the year 1928. It had over 15 000 ___7___ in twelve books. It is the ___8___ dictionary in the world. Thanks to it, people can ___9___ in the same way. For Murray, working on a dictionary wasn’t only a ___10___ ; it was a wonderful journey.
Ⅶ. 首字母填空
Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas (汽油) w___1___ us.
The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other’s jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get b___2___ . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were b___3___ excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to c___4___ up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour, We were very close to the kangaroos—too close— when we heard a loud BANG!
Chris s___5___ the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo l___6___ completely quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its h___7___ . He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm a___8___ the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. I was still surprised, but I took out my c___9___ . While I was ready to take photos, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.
I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, h___10___ , when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!
Ⅷ. 书面表达
我们都知道美国登山运动员Aron Ralston, 他的故事令人感动, 鼓舞人心。在我们身边, 一定也有那么—些人和事, 他们或许平凡, 或许渺小, 但却能鼓舞我们, 催人奋进。
请以 “The Person Encouraging Me” 为题, 写一篇80词左右的短文。
基本情况 年龄、职业、外貌......
品质特征 勇敢、善良、勤......(任选其一)
具体事例 ......
对你的影响 ......
要求:
1. 任选—项品质特征, 并用具体事例加以阐述;
2. 文中不能出现真实的姓名、校名和地名
The Person Encouraging Me
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Task & Self-assessment
Ⅰ.
1. advantages 2. admire 3. agriculture 4. achievement 5. increase 6. hunger
Ⅱ.
1. development 2. members’ 3. finally 4. introduction 5. have grown
Ⅲ.
1. graduating from 2. at present 3. happened to 4. With the development of 5. made contributions to
Ⅳ.
1~5 DCCDD 6~7 CD
Ⅴ.
1~4 DCBA
Ⅵ.
1. bank 2. 1879 3. conditions / environments / situations 4. behind 5. longer
6.joined / helped / supported 7. words 8. largest / biggest 9. spell 10. job/task/duty
Ⅶ.
1. with 2. bored 3.both 4. catch 5. stopped
6. lying 7. head 8. around 9. camera 10. however
Ⅷ. One possible version:
The Person Encouraging Me
My English teacher is a middle-aged man who is about 1.7 meters tall. He is a bit fat with black hair and big eyes. His appearance would leave you an impression that he is strict. In fact, he is a kind and easy going man.
I can still remember one thing happened when I was in Grade 8. I forgot to do my homework. I thought he would be angry and punish me. However, he just kindly told me what I should do in the future. I was so moved that I decided to finish my homework on time from then on.
My English teacher is my hero. I am studying English very hard now, because I want to be an English teacher like him in the future.Unit2 Great people
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit
Ⅰ. 根据句意及汉语提示或英文释义写出单词
1. Marco Polo was one of the first ________ (意大利人) to come to China.
2. Nelson Mandela, one of the most famous South ________ (非洲人), passed away in 2013.
3. Christopher Columbus was a great ________ (探险者) and he discovered America.
4. Thomas Edison, one of the greatest ________ (发明家) in the world, created over 1 000 things.
5. The little boy wants to become a brave ________ (someone who fights) when he grows up.
6. If you could ________ (produce for the first time) something new, what would you create
Ⅱ. 用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空
1. Professor Li is quite satisfied with his students’ creative ________ (invent) .
2. In the 1870s, when Marx was already in his fifties, he began to learn ________ (Russia) .
3. This famous composer dreamed of ________ (create) a new kind of music without boundaries.
4. When you think of Venice, does it bring any other ________ (Europe) city to your mind
5. The ________ (discover) of the new medicine has saved millions of lives across the world.
Ⅲ. 单项选择
1. When leaders of Chinese mainland (大陆) and Taiwan met in Singapore for ______ first time since 1949, President Xi said, “Today will be remembered in ______ history.”
A. the; the B. the; / C. /; / D. /; the
2. Do you know who ______ the lamp and who ______ America first
A. discovered; found B. discovered; invented C. found; discovered D. invented; discovered
3. —Simon, do you know who invented the kite —Sure! It ______ by Mozi over 2 000 years ago.
A. is invented B. invented C. was invented D. will be invented
4. —What do you think of the action movie Mulan —It comes from an old Chinese story. Mulan dresses up as a boy and takes her father’s place ______ in the army.
A. to fight B. fighting C. fights D. fought
5. —Zheng He was a Ming dynasty ______ that we Chinese people are proud of. —I agree with you. He even succeeded ______ sailing to the east coast of Africa.
A. tourist; to B. philosopher; in C. inventor; to D. explorer; in
6. —Have you ever heard of Cao Wenxuan, a writer from Jiangsu —Of course. ______ , he is a good a friend of my father’s.
A. I . mean B. That is to say C. Above all D. Believe it or not
Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 哥伦布是历史上最伟大的探险家之一。
Columbus was one of __________________ .
2. 我不认识这位作家, 但听说过他。
I don’t know the writer, but I __________________ him.
3. 他一生为穷人的权利而斗争
He __________________ of the poor people __________________ .
4. 他总是第—个完成工作。
He is always __________________ the work.
5. 你知道谁是中国太空技术的先驱吗
Do you know who is __________________ space technology
Ⅴ. 完形填空
In San Francisco, I had this amazing experience. While I was waiting for the bus, I saw a homeless person carrying a ___1___ which said that he would like a cup of hot coffee.
As soon as I ___2___ it, I knew it was time for me to carry out the task. I joyfully ran across the street, thinking that getting ___3___ a cup of hot coffee would be great. I went to Uncle Bob’s nearby and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me a ___4___ . I then walked back to the street corner where the man had ___5___ . As I went up to him, I could see that the ___6___ I got, the more joy in his eyes I could see.
When I ___7___ him the hot coffee, I just said, “This is ___8___ you, my dear.” I could see so much ___9___ in his face and even a tear (眼泪) was running down. He kept thanking me and holding his coffee like the biggest ___10___ and prize in his life. It made me cry that a(n) ___11___ action can bring so much joy and make someone feel really warm.
I walked back to the ___12___ with such a happy hop. When the bus driver opened the door and I wanted to pay the bus fee, ___13___ , he waved me through and said, “Honey, you don’t need to pay. This is on me.” He explained that it ___14___ his heart to see that I gave away free coffee.
This ___15___ moment was, the warmest in my heart and it gave my day and my life a brand new start. It brings me such a joy to simply love and bless.
1. A. poster B. notice C. picture D. sign
2. A. reached B. read C. faced D. held
3. A. me B. you C. her D. him
4. A. ticket B. hand C. coffee D. prize
5. A. stayed B. visited C. shared D. expected
6. A. better B. closer C. farther D. more
7. A. showed B. sold C. handed D. made
8. A. for B. with C. from D. about
9. A. sadness B. worry C. joy D. hope
10. A. lesson B. treasure C. secret D. chance
11. A. unusual B. simple C. strange D. careless
12. A. homeless person B. young lady C. coffee shop D. bus stop
13. A. in the end B. in fact C. to my surprise D. to be honest
14. A. took B. touched C. broke D. controlled
15. A. lucky B. interesting C. amazing D. successful
Ⅵ. 阅读与回答问题
Lu Xun was an excellent writer and thinker of modern China. He took part in the May Fourth New Culture Movement of 1919. He could be said to have laid the foundation (基础) of modern literature (文学) in China. You couldn’t believe that he almost became a doctor! So how did Lu Xun give up the study of medicine and take up writing
When he was young, his father fell badly ill and little Lu Xun bought medicine for him. But the medicine bought from a quack doctor (庸医) did his father no good at all, and his father died. With a deep sadness and great anger, Lu Xun promised to study the most modern medical skills and help people through medicine. He studied hard, and was accepted to study in Sendai Medical College in Japan.
However, one event changed Lu Xun’s life. One day, the teacher played a film of news in class. In the film, Japanese soldiers were preparing to kill a Chinese while some Chinese were watching it with great interest, as if it had nothing to do with them. After that, Lu Xun thought he should treat the numb (麻木的) spirits of Chinese.
For this reason, he gave up the study of medicine and moved to Tokyo. He produced a magazine with some friends there. As a writer, Lu Xun hoped that he could save Chinese people with his pen. Many of his works were translated into the leading languages, including English, Russian, German, French and Japanese.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。 (每题答案不超过6个词)
1. In 1919, what movement did Lu Xun take part in
2. How did Lu Xun feel after his father’s death
3. Where did Lu Xun study medicine
4. Did Lu Xun produce the magazine by himself
5. How many leading languages were Lu Xun’s works translated into
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit
Ⅰ.
1. Italian 2. Africans 3. explorer 4. inventors 5. fighter 6. invent
Ⅱ.
1. inventions 2. Russian 3. creating 4. European 5. discovery
Ⅲ.
1~6 BDCADD
Ⅳ.
1. the greatest explorers in history
2. have heard of
3. fought for the rights; all his life
4. the first to finish
5. the pioneer of China’s
Ⅴ.
1~5 DBDCA 6~10 BCACB 11~15 BDCBC
Ⅵ.
1. The May Fourth New Culture Movement.
2. Very sad and angry.
3. In Sendai Medical College in Japan.
4. No, he didn’t.
5. Five.Integrated skills & Study skills
Ⅰ. 根据句意及汉语提示或首字母提示写出单词
1. ________ (教授) Xu gave us a talk on how to protect the environment last week.
2. ________ (数学) is an important subject. However, many students don’t like it.
3. There is no way of knowing why one man makes an important ________ (发现) while another man, also smart, fails.
4. The two ________ (实验室) are opposite to each other. It’s easy to find them.
5. Since English is w________ used all over the world, we students had better try our best to learn it well.
6. Stephen Hawking is considered to be “the greatest s________ in history”, along with Isaac Newton to and Albert Einstein.
Ⅱ. 用方框中所给单词的正确形式填空83
know; invent; call; France; sad
1. The tiger mom went out the bedroom, leaving her daughter crying ________ .
2. If you don’t know. the name of the plant, please write “ ________ ” in your notebook.
3. As a great ________ , the new machine is more and more widely used in many ways.
4. Zhu Zhiwen won a talent show ________ The Sound because of his excellent voice and wonderful acting skills.
5. —Do you think ________ is an unimportant subject —Of course not. It’s quite a useful skill.
Ⅲ. 单项选择
1. Xinhua Zidian, or the New Chinese Dictionary, was first published ______ 1953.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
2. When Robinson Crusoe got to the island, the first thing ______ he did was to look for some food.
A. who B. which C. whom D. that
3. —What do you think of it —Oh, I think it’s ______ that I have ever seen.
A. one of most interesting movie B. one of the most interesting movie
C. one of the most interesting movies D. one of most interesting movies
4. She ______ for 15 years, but she didn’t know much about her husband when they ______ .
A. has married; married B. has been married; married to
C. has been married; got married D. married; has married to
5. —Have you ever been to Shanghai —Of course. Actually, I ______ there for six years but now I live in Taizhou.
A. worked B. was working C. would work D. have worked
6. —Few movies have had a greater influence on popular culture than Steven Spielberg’s. — ______ . To me, his works are nothing more than entertainment.
A. Practice makes perfect B. Every coin has two sides
C. Every dog has its day D. It’s just your cup of tea
Ⅳ. 句子翻译
1. 最近几年, 智能手机已经得到了广泛使用。
2. 由于乘错了火车, 他碰巧避开了那起交通事故。
3. 不和你的父母分享你的烦恼, 你真傻。
4. 在那个时候, 那片区域对人类而言是未知的。
5. Marie Curie推动了X光机的使用。
Ⅴ. 阅读理解
Mark Zuckerberg, who starts the social network Facebook, often wears jeans and a T-shirt to work, including to important business meetings. Not everyone agrees with him. Some people say he doesn’t look serious this way.
Harvard Business School researcher, Francesca Gino, has a different idea. While most people seem to think that dressing differently from those around you generally has a bad influence, she believes it can actually have a positive (积极的) effect. And she’s done experiments to support her idea. When her researchers, wearing sportswear, visited the expensive shops in Italy, they were usually viewed as wealthier and more important people than those who were well-dressed in designer clothes.
Do people always view less formal (正式的) clothing, more positively Researchers in France took their research out into the street, to the general public. The video they made shows an actor dressed in a well-cut suit and shiny shoes. While walking along the road, he begins to cough badly, stops to catch his breath and falls down. Before he even calls for help, people rush to help him. In another video, the actor appears at the same crowded place and repeats the actions in exactly the same way. But this time, no one comes to help. What’s the difference He’s wearing untidy clothes and looks like a homeless person. In a situation like this, the clothes you re wearing could mean the difference between life and death.
It seems that our clothing doesn’t only change the way others view us, but also the way we see ourselves. In an experiment testing students’ ability to pay attention to details (细节), the group wearing white lab coats did the best. Why Researchers told them that they were wearing the doctors’ coats. The experiment didn’t show whether such influences would last long. More experiments are needed in the future before we decide to make the doctors’ coats a must of fashion.
1. Mark Zuckerberg is not considered serious by some people because ______ .
A. he does not listen to others’ advice A B. he sets up a network of video games
C. he wears jeans and a T-shirt to work D. he often plays jokes at business meetings
2. Which of the following is Gino’s opinion according to Paragraph 2
A. It is necessary to buy expensive clothes. B. Wearing less formal clothes is in fact good.
C. It is bad to dress differently from people around you. D. Wearing sports clothes makes you look less important.
3. In Paragraph 3, the writer proves (证明) his opinion mainly ______ .
A. by giving reasons B. by using pictures C. by comparing facts D. by listing numbers
4. What can we learn from the passage
A. What we wear makes a difference. B. Formal clothing makes a wise man.
C. Our value depends on what we wear. D. Our clothing influences our characters.
Ⅵ. 首字母填空
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in a town called Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of six or seven, Shakespeare began school, studying Latin, Greek, literature and other s___1___ . But seven years later, when his father failed in business, Shakespeare dropped out of school to help his father. In the 1560s and 70s he saw plays by the travelling theatre groups touring Stratford. Shakespeare got m___2___ to Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. They had three children. Shakespeare went to London s___3___ in 1586. He was thought to have spent most of his time in London writing and performing in his plays.
In the beginning, Shakespeare worked as a groom (马夫) at a t___4___ . In his spare time, he liked to watch performances on the stage there. When the company needed extra actors, he took on supporting r___5___ . At that time, the theatre companies in London were in need of plays. Shakespeare began to write plays just a___6___ he learned acting skills.
In the early 1590s Shakespeare wrote his first historical play c___7___ Henry Ⅵ. After the play was put on, it became a huge hit. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories. Shakespeare then wrote mainly tragedies (悲剧) u___8___ about 1608, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. In his later part of life, he wrote tragicomedies (悲喜剧), also known as romances.
Around 1613, at the age of 49, he r___9___ to his hometown Stratford, where he died three years later. It was on 23 April 1616.
William Shakespeare is widely considered the g___10___ writer in the English language. He wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets (十四行诗), two long narrative poems, and some other works. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwrights.
Integrated skills & Study skills
Ⅰ.
1. Professor 2. Mathematics/Maths 3. discovery 4. labs/laboratories 5. widely 6. scientist
Ⅱ.
1. sadly 2. unknown 3. invention 4. called 5. French
Ⅲ.
1~6 BDCCAD
Ⅳ.
1. Smartphones have been widely used in recent years.
2. Because of taking a wrong train. he happened to avoid the accident.
3. It’s really silly/stupid of you not to share your worries with your parents.
4. That area was unknown to mankind at that time.
5. Marie Curie pushed for the use of X ray machines.
Ⅴ.
1~4 CBCA
Ⅵ.
1. subjects 2. married 3. sometime 4. theatre 5. roles
6. as 7. called 8. until 9. returned 10. greatestUnit 2 Great people
Reading
基础检测
一、根据句意, 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. We all think Tu Youyou is the ________ (proud) of China.
2. The old man often tells the children stories about the ________ (hero)in the Long March.
3. The spacecraft began ________ (spin)because there was something wrong with it.
4. On 6August 2012, American Curiosity rover successfully ________ (land) on Mars.
5. A licence is a piece of paper that shows you ________ (allow) to do something.
6. All the teachers speak ________ (high) of what he did at school.
7. Peter waved to the excited people as he ________ (step) out of the aeroplane.
8. Nowadays, many young people in China go abroad for ________ (far) education.
二、用方框中所给单词和词组的适当形式填空
join all types of out of control take off two and a half hours give lessons to for the first time take back cut the flight short
1. Armstrong ________ the navy in 1949 and served as a pilot for three years.
2. Wang Yaping is China's first astronaut ________ primary students while in orbit (轨道) .
3. Something went wrong! Armstrong received the order ________ .
4. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon for about ________ .
5. They managed to join two spacecraft together ________ in space.
6. They collected Moon rocks ________ to the Earth for further research.
7. The spacecraft was ________ during his first trip into space.
8. He flew over 1, 100hours and tested ________ aircraft.
9. Armstrong became interested in flying when he ________ at the age of six.
10. The plane ________ and landed safely at the new airport.
三、根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 校车失去了控制, 撞上了街道旁的路灯。
The school bus was ________ and hit the road lamp by the street.
2. 全世界都在等着问候他们的英雄尼尔·阿姆斯特朗。
The whole world was ________ Neil Armstrong.
3. 自由勋章是一个美国公民可以得到的最高奖励。
The Medal of Freedom is ________ that ________ .
4. 我女儿在她16岁那年第一次坐飞机。
My daughter took ________ .
5. "嫦娥四号"成功地着陆月球背面。
Chang'e 4 successfully ________ the far side of the Moon.
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四、阅读理解
Many people thought that the USA former President Calvin Coolidge always lived in the White House. However, he sometimes lived in the nearby Willard Hotel.
Once, in the middle of a night, the president woke up to see a thief searching his clothes. Coolidge calmly spoke up from the darkness, "I wish you wouldn't take that watch. "
"Why " asked the shocked man.
Coolidge answered, "Take it near the window and read what is engraved (雕刻) on the back of it. " The man read, "Presented to Calvin Coolidge, Speaker of the House, by the Massachusetts General Court. " He was very surprised! "Are you President Coolidge " he asked. He had never thought he would find the president sleeping in a hotel!
"Yes, I am, " Coolidge said. Then he asked, "Why are you doing this "
The young man explained that he and two friends travelled to Washington D. C. during their college vacation. They spent all of their money and had no money to pay the hotel bill and buy the train tickets back to school. Coolidge added up the cost. It came to$32. "I’ll give you$32asaloan (借款) , " the president said, " and I expect you to pay me back. " The young man thanked him. Coolidge left him with this warning, "You are a nice boy. You are better than what you are acting. You are starting down the wrong road. Just remember who you are. "
It wasn't until after the death of Mr. Coolidge that this story was allowed to come out. I was first published in the newspaper Los Angeles Times. And the most interesting of all is that the president's notes show that the young man was indeed better than his behaviour. He repaid the $32 loan in full.
1. How did the young man get to know the president
A. By looking at the back of the watch. B. By looking at the president's loan.
C. By stealing the president's watch. D. By selling the president's watch.
2. What can we learn about the young man from the passage
A. His family was poor. B. He did not pay the loan in full.
C. He never got in touch with the president again. D. He learnt a lesson from this experience.
3. How did people first get to know the story
A. From the president himself. B. From a newspaper.
C. From the young man's notes. D. From the young man himself.
4. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Money can be given up when necessary. B. People should be forgiven (原谅) for their mistakes.
C. Everyone can become better after an unusual experience. D. An act of kindness may change a person's life.
五、微写作
学完这篇文章之后, 请你说说对伟人的认识, 并写出你最喜欢的伟人以及喜欢他 (她) 的原因 (不少于50词) 。
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答案
基础检测
一、 1. pride 2. heroes 3. spinning 4. landed
5. are allowed 6. highly 7. stepped 8. further
二、 1. joined 2. to give lessons to 3. to cut the flight short
4. two and a half hours 5. for the first time 6. to take back
7. out of control 8. all types of 9. was
10. took off
三、 1. out of control 2. waiting to greet their hero
3. the highest award; a US citizen can receive
4. her first flight at the age of 16 5. landed on
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四、 1—4 ADBD
五、 One possible version:
I think a great person must be someone who has done something that influences the world a lot or changes the ways we live or work. I admire Yang Liwei most. He is the first person in China to go into space. He was very brave and he successfully brought the spacecraft Shenzhou 5 back to the Earth.Unit 2 Great people
Grammar
基础检测
一、根据句意, 用括号中所给动词的正确时态填空
1. Kitty ________ (go)to the Reading Club twice a week.
2. Look! The reporter ________ (interview) the astronaut.
3. Mum is doing the housework while Dad ________ (fix) his car.
4. Our Chinese teacher often ________ (give) us some good advice on what to read.
5. Yesterday Mum ________ (buy) a pair of sports shoes for me as a birthday gift.
6. —What are you doing here —We ________ (plan) a day out the day after tomorrow.
7. Simon ________ (play)football from 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. every day.
8. Doctor Ma is very busy. He ________ (work) for extra hours every weekend.
9. The Pacific Ocean ________ (lie) between Asia and America.
10. The direct flight to Shanghai ________ (start) at 10 a. m. every day.
11. Most people ________ (prepare) for the coming Spring Festival these days.
12. Eddie was sleeping in his bedroom when his father ________ (come) back from work.
二、句型转换
1. Simon plays football every day. (用at the moment改写句子)
Simon ________________________ .
2. I always go to school at7: 00 in the morning. (用last year改写句子)
I always ________________________ .
3．Lucy was dancing. Lily was singing. (用while连接句子)
Lucy ________________________ .
4. I bought a new bicycle the day before yesterday. (用for three days改写句子)
I ________________________ .
5. Run Run Shaw passed away on7January 2014. (用for over six years改写句子)
Run Run Shaw ________________________ .
三、根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 埃米整个晚上都在她房间里练习弹钢琴。
Amy ________________________ in her room the whole night.
2. 凯文已经在电话里和他的姑姑谈了半个小时。
Kevin ________________________ .
3. 在过去, 人们常常手洗衣服。
In the past, people ________________________ .
4. 许多现代的发明已经在我们的生活中起到了重大的作用。
Many ________________________ in our life.
5. 新鲜的食物在夏天过几个小时就会变坏。
In summer, fresh food would ________________________ .
6. 现在飞机已经使得旅行更加快捷舒服。
Now planes ________________________ .
7、今天上午桑迪参加了一个写作比赛。
Sandy ________________________ a writing competition this morning.
8. 爸爸正在网上搜索关于这篇文章的信息。
Dad is _____________ the passage _____________ .
四、用括号中所给动词的正确时态填空, 完成短文
Many centuries ago, people were afraid of comets (彗星) because they ___1___ (not understand) them. People ___2___ (think) comets a sign of bad luck. Thanks to scientists, so far people ___3___ (learn) about what comets truly are. A comet ___4___ (be) a big ball of ice and dust. One famous comet is Halley's comet (哈雷彗星) , which ___5___ (come) round every 75 or 76 years. It is named after English astronomer (天文学家) Edmond Halley, who first predicted (预测) the comet's return. He was right. It last ___6___ (appear) in the solar system (太阳系) in 1986 and ___7___ (return) again sometime in 2061. Comets are fin to look at, and they are also very important. Now scientists ___8___ (make) further study on comets to better understand our universe (宇宙) .
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五、完形填空
Most of us think the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. ___1___ , he wasn't the first person to think of the idea. In fact, an Italian ___2___ Antonio Meucci was officially recognized as the inventor a few years ago. Who is Meucci and why wasn't he known for his ___3___ at the time
Antonio Meucci was born in Italy in 1808. He studied engineering and drawing. During his studies, Meucci started to experiment with electricity. He ___4___ that sound could travel through metal cables. When two places were connected with wire, people in those places could ___5___ each other talk.
In 1850, Meucci and his wife Ester moved to New York. Meucci was worried about his wife, because she had become very ill. He needed to keep ___6___ with her at all times. To solve this problem, he connected metal cables between his home and his workshop. This way, they could talk to each other ___7___ .
Meucci invited a group of people to see his new invention. They listened in amazement as the voice of a singer was heard through the wires.
Unfortunately, only a few people attended this talk. Even worse, Meucci never ___8___ a patent (专利) on his invention. Meanwhile, Alexander Graham Bell was working on the ___9___ idea and in 1876 the patent for the telephone was given to him.
In 2002, more than a century after Meucci's death, his work was ___10___ recognized by the government. He will now be known all over the world as the telephone's inventor.
1. A. However B. But C. Although D. Still
2. A. presented B. written C. called D. had
3. A. invitation B. action C. decision D. invention
4. A. invented B. discovered C. learned D. studied
5. A. feel B. hear C. make D. watch
6. A. in touch B. out of touch C. in touches D. out of touches
7. A. hardly B. difficultly C. conveniently D. carefully
8. A. applied for B. looked for C. checked for D. paid for
9. A. different B. same C. strange D. clever
10. A. luckily B. firstly C. finally D. unusually
答案
基础检测
一、 1. goes 2. is interviewing 3. is fixing 4. gives
5. bought 6. are planning 7. plays 8. works
9. lies 10. starts 11. are preparing 12. came
二、 1. is playing football at the moment
2. went to school at 7:00 in the morning last year
3. was dancing while Lily was singing
4. have had a new bicycle for three days
5. has been dead for over five years
三、 1. was practising playing the piano
2. has talked with his aunt on the phone for half an hour/has been on the
phone with his aunt for half an hour
3. often washed their clothes by hand
4. modern inventions have made a great difference
5. go bad in a few hours
6. have made travelling faster and more comfortable
7. took part in
8. searching for information about; on the Internet/online
四、1. did not understand 2. thought 3. have learnt 4. is
5. comes 6. appeared 7. will return 8. are making
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1–5 ACDBB 6–10 ACABC
