Using language
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.Their Chinese peers in the typical Chinese dress would be highly (impress).
2.The lamb had become (separate) from its mother,so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it.
3.She envied our family atmosphere our parents showed us much affection.
4.The study was a failure,but the methods deserved (praise).
5.Magic shows are entertaining as long as the audience does not discover how the (trick) are done.
6.The whole class ended up in our happy (laugh) and sincere congratulations.
7.The research team included Canadian doctor Allan Slomovic, has done ground-breaking work on eye care using stem cells.
8.Later,he worked in Africa, many people suffered from blindness for lack of proper treatment.
Ⅱ.选词填空
if so;put up;come true;look up;play jokes on
1.They are several new office blocks in the centre of the town.
2.I just didn’t know what to say,because I never thought seeing my mother would ever .
3.You can come to Beijing for a holiday. ,I’ll show you around the Forbidden City.
4.Once I something on the Internet,I don’t need to keep all the details for future use.
5.They rose in the ranks not by being friendly but by smoking cigarettes,breaking rules and others.
Ⅲ.单句写作
1.他夜以继日地工作,最终实现了他的梦想。(make+宾语+宾语补足语)
He worked day and night,and finally he .
2.我往篮子里放了一些松树枝,使它的窝既安全又舒适。
I put some pine branches into the basket to .
3.第一页吸引了读者的注意力,并鼓励读者浏览论文的其余部分。
The first page attracts readers’ attention and encourages them to .
Ⅳ.翻译句子
1.他的演讲如此出色,我们都被打动了。
2.我觉得这不公平,我认为我应该再得到一次机会。
3.你为什么愁眉苦脸 发生什么事了
4.有几个男孩喜欢对她搞恶作剧。
5.为了让他的妻子展颜微笑,这位男子愿意做任何事情。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
A study of 500,000 songs released (发行) in the UK between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music had decreased in happiness and increased in sadness.
In a report published in the journal Royal Society Open Science,researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their mood.“‘Happiness’ is going down,‘sadness’ is going up,and at the same time,the songs are becoming more ‘danceable’ and more ‘party-like’,” co-author Natalia L.Komarova told The Associated Press.
The study found songs in 2014 like Stay with Me by Sam Smith,Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City have a “low happiness” trend.However,tracks from 1984 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen,Would I Lie to You by Eurythmics and Freedom by Wham had a “high happiness” trend.“The public seems to prefer happier songs,even though more and more unhappy songs are being released each year,” the researchers wrote.
Apart from the emotional trends,researchers discovered that dances and pop were the most successful styles of music and that there was a “clear downward” trend,with the popularity of rock beginning in the early 2000s.“So it looks like,while the overall mood is becoming less happy,people seem to want to forget it all and dance,” Komarova wrote in an email.
It was also found that the “maleness” of songs — the frequency of male singers in popular music — had decreased during the last 30 years.“Successful songs are characterised by a larger percentage of female artists compared to all songs,” they wrote.
This discovery appears at a time when the conversation around sex equality in the music industry is at its height,with more male artists and songwriters.
1.The researchers examined lots of songs to .
A.find songs for dances and parties
B.choose songs for a journal
C.release more songs
D.know better about songs
2.Whose music style tends to bring you more happiness
A.Natalia L.Komarova’s.
B.Sam Smith’s.
C.Gorgon City’s.
D.Bruce Springsteen’s.
3.What do we know about songs over the past three decades
A.Rock became popular in the early 2000s.
B.Fewer unhappy songs came to light every year.
C.Male singers were better at performing pop music.
D.Female artists were less skilled in writing songs.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text
A.Pop Music Is Getting Sadder
B.Music Calls for Sex Equality
C.Pop Music Has a Long History
D.Music Industry Is Going Down
Ⅵ.七选五
The classroom environment offers many ways to include fun and laughter into a potentially dull routine,and effective educators make the most of these opportunities. 1 .
Lighten up the atmosphere
Humour can be used to enrich literacy skills,spark creativity,teach critical analysis or just lighten the mood in the classroom. 2 .Make fun of yourself and your mistakes.This can make students smile and has the added benefit of showing students that teachers are human.Use current music and sports subjects in teaching examples to engage students and introduce a fun cultural reference into the usually somber atmosphere of school.
Use humour in the media
3 .Take advantage of political cartoons to analyse historical events or trends and begin a debate.Humorous authors and reporters in the media can be used as models for writing jobs or oral presentations.
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Children can fill in the words the cartoon characters might say,and then transfer those actual words into a story using quotation ics also can be used to teach literary devices such as puns,metaphors and symbolism.Children can create their own comics combining imagery from word pairs,a cartoon mouse using a computer mouse,for instance.
The learning benefits of humour
5 .Humour is found to be an important entryway into improving social connections with others.Brains might be able to be trained to interpret a difficult situation in a humorous way in order to help the body cope with stressful circumstances.
A.Keep a cartoon and joke file
B.Include happy remarks throughout lessons
C.Find humour from the behaviour of students
D.Humour is a kind of daily show for teachers
E.So young students laugh a lot in their classrooms
F.Humour can improve learning and strengthen memories
G.Newspapers provide points for issues on current events
Ⅶ.完形填空
I love my father.He’s the parent who I thought understood me.But when I was growing up,he was 1 home.He worked overtime as an accountant,late into the evening during the week,all day Saturday and most Sundays.Even if he was home,and wasn’t working at his desk,I had to 2 him,because I was one of three daughters.All those years in my childhood I longed for my father’s 3 .
One day my father was working at his desk.I 4 him there and stood beside the desk. 5 in his writing,he didn’t notice me.To let him know I was there,I lifted my plastic water gun and shot him in the face.This frightened him and he roared like a tiger.I dashed out of the room and down the stairs.I was so 6 because I’d never seen him angry before.
Moments later,he appeared at the top of the stairs, 7 his arms and laughed;his arms and laugh invited me to run back up the stairs and into his huge forting me softly,he 8 for scaring me.I kept replaying the 9 in my mind for a thousand times.
My sense that I couldn’t reach my father stayed with me even when I was grown.Well into adulthood,I felt that I could never 10 the father time I’d missed as a child.But it turned out that I could.And I did.
The 11 started when my father retired.One day,I called when my mother was out.My father answered the phone,and he couldn’t hand me over to my mother, 12 we started to talk.He told me he’d been thinking about his grandfather,and I asked about him.He began telling me.I 13 that when I asked him about his past,he stayed on the phone.And the older he got,the more 14 my father was to talk about his past,especially his childhood.In his detailed descriptions,I felt he was recreating the world of his childhood,and 15 me in.The stories he told became a world we inhabited together.He introduced me to the people he knew there,and to the child he was.
I really cherish my father’s stories and will pass them on to the next generation.
1.A.rarely B.merely
C.frequently D.gradually
2.A.watch B.follow
C.share D.support
3.A.impression B.attention
C.explanation D.presentation
4.A.approached B.ignored
C.monitored D.comforted
5.A.Concerned B.Experienced
C.Disappointed D.Absorbed
6.A.annoyed B.depressed
C.scared D.bored
7.A.crossed B.spread
C.swung D.moved
8.A.apologized B.complained
C.hesitated D.joked
9.A.view B.message
C.voice D.scene
10.A.cut back on B.make up for
C.keep up with D.look forward to
11.A.change B.success
C.tradition D.silence
12.A.but B.or
C.for D.so
13.A.proposed B.discovered
C.recalled D.predicted
14.A.serious B.confident
C.eager D.reasonable
15.A.reminding B.pushing
C.requiring D.inviting
Ⅷ.应用文写作
你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以The Power of Humour为题,写一篇短文参赛,内容包括:
1.幽默的重要性;
2.幽默的好处;
3.希望大家多一些幽默感。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.请在相应位置作答。
参考答案
Ⅰ.1.impressive 2.separated 3.where 4.praise/praising/to be praised 5.tricks 6.laughter 7.who 8.where
Ⅱ.1.putting up 2.come true 3.If so 4.look up
5.playing jokes on
Ⅲ.1.made his dream come true 2.make its nest safe and comfortable 3.look through the rest of the paper
Ⅳ.1.His speech was so impressive that we were deeply impressed by it.
2.I felt that it was not fair,and I believed I deserved a second chance.
3.Why do you pull a long face What has happened to you
4.Some boys are fond of playing practical jokes on her.
5.The man was willing to do anything to make his wife crack a smile.
Ⅴ.1.D 2.D 3.A 4.A
Ⅵ.1.E 2.B 3.G 4.A 5.F
Ⅶ.1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.B
11.A 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.D
Ⅷ.
The Power of Humour
Humour,one of the most precious qualities,plays a very important role in our life.In fact,humour can benefit us in many ways.
To begin with,humour makes us feel good.When we say something humorous,it not only makes us relax but also entertains others.Secondly,humour can help create harmonious interpersonal relationships.Funny sayings will shorten the distance between people,remove embarrassment and solve conflicts.Finally,humour benefits our mental health.That is because it produces positive emotions and feelings.
Just add some humour to our life.The more humour,the more happiness.