Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines
Section A INTRODUCTION & READING AND VOCABULARY
题组一
单词拼写
1. The fire on the ship was put out and all the passengers a _______ were saved.
2. When reading a newspaper, you had better look through the h_______ first.
3. Our world is but a small part of the u________.
4. We all admired him for his________(成就).
5. He likes watching some________(历史性的) TV plays.
用所给动词的适当形式填空
1. How I wish I ________ (come) here before!
2. Last night he was the last one ________ (leave) the room.
3. I congratulate you on your ________ (pass) the exam.
4. A lot of people were on the street, ________ (include) my brother.
5. He is said ________ (come) here next week.
单项选择
1. He is the last man ______ lies.
A. telling B. told
C. to tell D. to be told
2. There were probably about 60 people attending the meeting _______.
A. total B. all C. in total D. totally
3. The balloons _______ the festival atmosphere(气氛).
A. added B. added up to
C. added to D. add
4. They congratulated him_______ the race.
A. on winning B. winning
C. to win D. about winning
5. John has never been _______ a plane.
A. abroad B. board
C. broad D. aboard
6. Newcomers to the town are _______ with baskets of fruit by the local shopkeepers.
A. filled B. popular C. welcomed D. full
7. The plane ________ at seven in the morning.
A. takes off B. takes on
C. takes up D. takes over
8. He has worked _______ the maths problem for nearly an hour but he can’t work it _______.
A. on; at B. on; out
C. at; up D. for; out
9. The picture exhibition bored me to death. I wish I _______ to it.
A. had not gone B. have not gone
C. did not go D. cannot have gone
10. We’ve got three days’ holiday, New Year’s Day _______.
A. including B. include
C. included D. to include
答案与解析
1.aboard 2.headlines 3.universe
4. achievements 5.historical
1.had come 2.to leave 3.passing 4.including 5.to come
1~5 CCCAD 6~10 CABAC
1.C 句意:他是最不可能说谎的人。to tell lies为不定式作定语,修饰前面的名词man;因为man前面有the last修饰,故不用分词形式作定语,且man与tell lies之间为主动关系,故不选D
2.C in total=in all总计,共计;totally彻底地,完全地。句意:可能总共大约60个人出席了这次会议。
3.C 句意:气球增添了节日的气氛。add有“加起来”的意思;add up to意为“加起来总计”;add to意为“增加;增添”,故选C
4.A
5.D aboard adv.登上飞机、船等;abroad在国外;broad宽广的;board作v.时,为“上(车、船等)”,在此处不应用原形。故选D
6.C 句意:当地店主用成筐的水果欢迎来到这个小镇的客人们。welcome sb. with…以……欢迎某人。
7.A 句意为:飞机在早晨七点钟起飞。take up意为“从事”;take on意为“雇用;接受;呈现”,take over意为“接管”,故选A
8.B
9.A 考查wish后接宾语从句的虚拟语气。表示与过去事实相反用had done。wish后的宾语从句一定要用虚拟语气。
10.C 题组二
I.单词拼写
1. He likes watching ______(历史性的)TV plays.
2.______(祝贺)to you on your happy life.
3. His______(班机)to London was put off because of the bad weather.
4. Can you take some______(照片)of us?
5. The______(经济)of our country is developing very fast.
6. There are millions of stars in the______(宇宙).
7. Many students don't like to learn______(政治), for it's boring.
8. Both his brothers work as ______(海员).
9. ______(欢迎)to our school.
10. He made many ______(成就)in chemistry.
II.单项填空
1. The boy stared at the sky, wondering how many stars there are______.
A. at space B. in the space
C. in universe D. in the universe
2. —I'd like to buy a coat from that store.
—You'd better not. Things in the store are very expensive. I think one coat will cost you ______ 800 yuan.
A. in total B. at least
C. at most D. in all
3. —Peter, you won the first place!
—______!I don't believe you.
A. Oh, come on
B. Congratulations
C. Well done
D. Good luck
4. Of the 300 passengers ______ the plane, 245 were killed and 55 were seriously injured.
A. abroad B. aboard
C. board D. broad
5. While he ______ in Europe, he ______ some photographs of many universities.
A. travelled; took B. travelled; had
C. was travelling; put D. was travelling; took
6. Many friends sent me e-mails to ______ me on the birth of my son.
A. celebrate B. reward
C. express D. congratulate
7. —How many photos have you taken?
—I've taken 60 ______.I'll take more.
A. in general
B. in return
C. in total
D. at all
8. Lucy has ______ all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A. got B. finished
C. concluded D. achieved
9. The actor ______ by the audience.
A. was warmly welcomed
B. was warmly welcoming
C. welcome warmly
D. was warm welcome
10. —How about ______ Christmas evening party?
—I should say it was ______ success.
A. a; a B. a; /
C. the; a D. the; /
III.阅读理解
My late(已故的)father was a great believer in reading the newspaper first thing in the morning, a habit he passed down to me.
Every day, I need news, features and comics, along with the smell of printing ink, with breakfast, even if I have searched the Internet earlier in the morning. When I sit down to eat my bread, the newspaper has to be there. When it is late, my wife says I look lost.
Some need coffee in the morning. I need the newspaper, except when I’m on vacation; then, I trade the routine for coffee, unless the hotel hangs a newspaper on my door.
However, the sword of Damocles(达摩克利斯之剑)hangs over my routine—a day may come when there won't even be a newspaper. My younger friends insist this is the way newspapers will go. Maybe not in 5 or 10 years, maybe it will take 20 years but the future of newspapers is unsure.
My younger friends rarely read the print media these days. They want their news either on-screen or in a cool, small package they can take anywhere and read at any time. The iPad and other similar gadgets(小玩意儿)will change our lives, I'm told. Even e-book readers, after a bad start, appear to be back on track because of the iPad.
They insist we're now in the twilight(衰退期)of the newspaper business and the iPad may help to end it. Such a future is not something I like. Sure, there's the Internet but it's just not the same.
So here's a little exercise for those who don't want to read the newspapers any more. Buy one, find a quiet corner at home and spare an hour without distractions. Turn off your mobile phone, TV and PC, and lock up your wife, kids and pets. Start reading, from the first page to the last, and all the different sections and advertisements. When you reach the last page, you would have an experience that modern gadgets cannot offer.
1. According to the passage, the author looks lost when ______.
A. he smells printing ink and breakfast
B. his father asked him to read newspapers
C. he hasn't searched the Internet in the morning
D. the newspaper doesn't come on time
2. The underlined part "the routine" in Paragraph 3 refers to “______”.
A. reading the newspaper
B. surfing the Internet
C. eating bread for breakfast
D. hanging a newspaper on the door
3. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Paper.
B. Reading newspapers is a good way to kill time.
C. Reading newspapers is a great experience.
D. A quiet place is important for reading newspapers.
4. Which of the following is TRUE about the author?
A. He used to read newspaper in the morning.
B. He never searches the Internet in the morning before breakfast.
C. He was influenced by his father to form the habit of reading the newspaper.
D. He thinks the Internet is the same as print media because both can give him information.
IV.补全短文
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Is there anything more important than health? I don't think so. “Health is the greatest wealth," wise people say. 1.______
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. 2._ _____ The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
3.______
An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. 4.______ In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: " Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is." The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. 5.______ He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
"But you know, doctor, "he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
A. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks.
B. You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
C. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine.
D. All these will cost a lot of money.
E. He looked cheerful and happy.
F. He was more worried about his illness.
G. Speaking about doctor's advice, I can't help telling you a funny story.
答案与解析
I. 1.historical 2.Congratulations 3.flight 4.photographs 5.economy
universe 7.politics 8.sailors 9.Welcome 10.achievements
II. 1.D in the universe是固定搭配,意为“在宇宙”。B项若改为in space,则也正确。
B 从语境可知,“那家商店的东西很贵,一件大衣至少会花你800元”。in total=in all意为“总共”;at most意为“最多”。at least意为“至少”,符合题意,故B项正确。
A 从后面的I don’t believe you可知“我不相信你说的话”。come on意为“得了吧”,表示说话者不耐烦。congratulations意为“祝贺”;well done意为“干得好”;good luck意为“祝你好运”。只有A项符合语境,故A项正确。
B aboard此处用作介词,和the plane一起作定语修饰passengers。abroad意为“在国外”,board作名词意为“平板”,作动词意为“上船等”;broad意为“宽的”。故B项正确。
D 句意:他在欧洲旅行时,拍了很多大学的照片。take some photographs of是固定搭配,且这件事是在travel这一过程中发生的,因此while引导的从句用进行时。故D项正确。
D congratulate sb. on sth. 因某事而向某人祝贺。
C 答语句意为“我总共已经拍了60张,我将拍更多的照片。”in general意为“大体上”;in return意为“作为回报”;in total意为“总共”;at all意为“根本”。只有C项符合题意,故C项正确。
D achieve one’s goal是固定搭配,意为 “实现某人的目标”。
A welcome在此处用作动词,意为“欢迎”,be warmly welcomed意为“受到热烈欢迎”。
C 此处的party是双方都知道的,故用定冠词the修饰;第二个空后的success表示“一件成功的事”,是可数名词且表示泛指,因此用不定冠词a修饰。
III. 1.D 事实细节题。根据第二段最后两句可知,作者吃早饭的时候必须有报纸摆在那里,如果报纸送晚了,他就会不知所措。
A 指代题。根据该词前面的内容可知,看报纸是作者的日常习惯,再结合该词所在句子的内容:如果宾馆房间的门上没有报纸的话,“我”才会把这个惯例换为喝咖啡,所以这个惯例指的是读报纸。
C 段落大意题。通读最后一段可知,本段主要描述了一个读报纸活动,整个过程在作者看来令人放松而愉悦,这种体验是现代化的传媒工具所不能给予的,故选C项。
C 细节理解题。通读全文可知,作者一直保持早上读报的习惯,现在也仍然继续这一习惯,故A项错误;由第二段第一句可知,B项错误;由第一段可知,C项正确;由第六段末句可知,D项错误。
IV. 1~5 BCGAE