Unit 1 Developing ideas&Presenting Ideas& Reflection
一、单词拼写
1.He showed me the exact s__________ where he had asked her to marry him.
2.He can't grasp the basic c__________ of mathematics.
3.Then he looked at his grandmother and __________(轻柔地) put his hand on her knee.
4.It's all very __________(难懂的)—but I'll try and explain.
amuse, complicate, conclude, cruel, deserve, examine, impress, interact, remark, roar
1. The matter has become too _____ for me to deal with, so I come for your advice.
2. The police _____ from all the clues that the woman must have been murdered by someone she knew.
3. Yue Yunpeng's witty words and funny performances often make the audience _____.
4. At that time, all of us were _____ with laughter.
5. What _____ us most in Hangzhou is the beautiful scenery of the West Lake.
6. Madame Curie _____ the Nobel Prize for her great contribution to the discovery of radioactive elements.
7. Ellen later regretted _____ about my personal affairs. She apologized to me for having said so.
8. With so many ordinary people killed, the people in the country began to be aware of the _____ of war.
9. Several policemen are _____ his car in search for the hidden drugs.
10. The _____ between teachers and students in class is essentially important in improving the effect of a class.
三、阅读理解
A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. "Wait a minute," someone might say. "Are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis fee respectable scholar "
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for a briefcase(公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, "Hello, class. I'm Mr. Davis." Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived at the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
"All right then," I said. "Okay, here we go." Then I opened my briefcase and realised that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. "Calm down, you'll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!"
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other options, I instructed the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
1. The author took the job to teach writing because _____.
A. he wanted to be respected B. he had written some stories
C. he wanted to please his father D. he had dreamed of being a teacher
2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2
A. He would be aggressive in his first class.
B. He was well-prepared for his first class.
C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.
D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.
3. Before he started his class, the author asked the students to _____.
A. write down their suggestions on the paper cards
B. cut maple leaves out of the construction paper
C. cut some cards out of the construction paper
D. write down their names on the paper cards
4. The author chose the composition topic probably because _____.
A. he got disappointed with his first class
B. he had prepared the topic before class
C. he wanted to calm down the students
D. he thought it was an easy topic
四、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The passage is about an interview with Mr. Rowan Atkinson, the British actor and comedian who created and played the role of Mr. Bean.
Interviewer: Mr. Atkinson, you are most famous ①_____ two comedies. In one of them you play a smart official in old England, while in the other you play a very silly man ②_____ (call) Mr. Bean. The first programme is very popular in England and America, but not much in other countries. Why
Mr. Atkinson: The programme Blackadder in ③_____ I play the official in old England is very interesting. That is the time of Shakespeare. ④_____ helps if you have some idea of English history when you watch it. And you need ⑤_____ good understanding of English because it's full of jokes and funny ways of ⑥_____ (say) things in English. Language is very important. If you are not English, I think it is sometimes quite difficult ⑦_____ (follow). The Spanish don't like it so much.
Interviewer: But they love Mr. Bean. Why is that
Mr. Atkinson: Mr. Bean is very popular worldwide, ⑧_____ (particular) in Europe. I don't know why that is. In Mr. Bean ⑨_____ (hard) any words are spoken. But, for some reason the French, the Spanish, and the Germans ⑩_____ whatever do like Mr. Bean. They recognise something of themselves in him. Even the Japanese find him funny.
Interviewer: Well thank you for Mr. Bean and thank you for talking with us.
Mr. Atkinson: My pleasure.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:spot
2.答案:concepts
3.答案:gently
4.答案:complicated
5.答案:1.complicated; 2.concluded; 3.amused; 4.roaring; 5.impressed;
二、deserved; 7.remarking; 8.cruelty; 9.examining; 10.interaction
三、答案:1-4 ACDA
解析:1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I accepted the job without hesitation…or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar ”可知他希望成为令人尊敬的学者。所以A项正确。
2.推理判断题。第二段的前两句在说作者的准备。根据本段最后两句“But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.”可知第一次上课的那天到来的时候,作者是非常紧张的。所以C项正确。
3.细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.”可知作者发给学生卡片,要求学生把名字写在卡片上并固定在胸前的口袋上。所以D项正确。
4.主旨大意题。从文章的第四段可知作者原以为第一节课时学生会非常积极地举手提出自己的观点。可实际情况是开始上课后学生保持沉默,这让作者感到失望。因此作者选择了一个与失望相关的作文主题。所以A项正确。
四、答案:① for ② called ③ which ④ It ⑤ a ⑥ saying ⑦ to follow ⑧ particularly ⑨ hardly ⑩ or
解析:①固定短语 be famous for sth.。
②理解句意可知,这里指“被称为”,故用过去分词。
③考查定语从句中的“介词+关系代词”的用法。 in which 指的是 in the programme。
④it用来指下文的if条件句。
⑤固定表达方式a good understanding of“对……理解得很好”。
⑥介词of后面跟动名词作宾语。
⑦考查不定式的用法前面的it是形式主语,后面的不定式是真正主语。
⑧修饰介词短语用副词。
⑨理解句意可知,在《憨豆先生》这部电影中,几乎是不用语言的,故用hardly“几乎不”。
⑩固定短语or whatever意为“诸如此类”。
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