Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND
Using Language1 听说课
分层作业
Ⅰ. 单词拼写。
1. They feel that you’d better announce a temporary suspension ， （不过） .
2. The old man crossed the road and walked （沿着 …… 的边） Quancheng Square.
3. Having said she wasn’t hungry ，she then （继续） to order a three-course meal.
4. At the request of some English learners ，he has published a lot of books ，one of which is about English
（习语） .
5. As far as I am concerned ，your current requirement is （相反的） to our basic principles. 6. The Smiths have lived in London for ten years ，so they speak with a London （口音） .
7. Usually the bride’s father proposes a （干杯） to the health of the bride and bridegroom.
8. When whales are travelling close to the shore ，avoid crowding them near the （海岸） .
II.选词填空。
as hot as an oven,kill time,take care,get close to,on my way to,contrary to
1.When you leave the reading-room,please not to leave anything behind.
2.Mark was thought of as a failure,but all our expectations,he’s found a well-paid job.
3.As he had nothing to do,he went to the cinema to with some of his friends.
4.Children should not the dangerous wild animals.
5. New York,I stopped over in Tokyo for two days.
6.It hasn’t rained for about a month and the room was .
III.单句语法填空。
1.It was an (astonish) performance for such a young musician.
2.Turning his head back ，he found a fierce dog (come) at a little girl.
3.I never consider myself a stupid boy. the contrary ，I know I’m on the road to success.
4. (contrast) the imported goods with the domestic products ，you can see the difference.
5.We owe it Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the people on the other side of the world.
IV. 完成句子。
1.The car stopped suddenly and .
汽车突然熄火了，我怎么也发动不起来。
2.I was that I could not believe my eyes.
我对这个结果大为惊异，以至无法相信自己的眼睛。
3. ，many cats dislike milk.
与大部分人认为的相反，很多猫并不喜欢牛奶。
4. ，this morning’s flight will be delayed.
由于天气不好，今天上午的航班将延误。
5.At times she was even seen to faraway villages to provide medical care.有时候人们甚至会看
到她骑着毛驴到遥远的村庄给人看病。
V. 句型转换。
1.I think travelling is the most pleasant thing. (同义句改写)
I think nothing travelling.
2.You may imagine that they were astonished at finding the room empty .
You may imagine their at finding the room empty .
VII.阅读理解。
A
Getting around in Canada is fairly easy. Most cities have urban transportation systems, including buses, streetcars,
and trains, and some of the larger cities also have subways.
You can board these systems at regular stops along their routes. Some let you pay with cash; others require
tickets. If you don't have a ticket for the bus, you must pay with the right amount of money. This is because the
driver does not carry any change. Once you get settled, you may want to buy a monthly pass or a package of tickets
to save money. You can buy subway tickets at the subway station.
If you have to take several buses or the subway for a single trip, you do not need to pay any money each time.
Simply ask the driver for a transfer, or pick one up from the machines on the subway platform.
If you are not sure where to board the bus or the streetcar, just ask someone, or follow the crowd. It's usually at the front of the bus, where you show your pass to the driver. When using public transportation, Canadians line up.
First come, first served, is a common approach to many activities in Canada.
Maps of routes and schedules are usually available from the public transit company in your area, and there may also be a telephone information line. You may want to ask someone for the name of the transit company where you
live, and then look it up in your telephone book.
1.What does this passage mainly talk about
A.How to use public transportation in Canada. B.How to save money when traveling.
C.Where to find subways in larger cities. D.How public transit companies work.
2.What can you do if you buy a monthly pass or a package of tickets
A.You can take a bus whenever you want. B.You can go wherever you like.
C.You can spend less money. D.You can have comfortable seats.
3.If you have to change subways on a single trip, .
A.you have to pay each time B.you should buy another ticket from the machine
C.you must ask for the driver's permission D.you can take the rest free of charge
4.What should you do when you want to get on the bus
A.Go to the front of the bus. B.Wait patiently in line.
C.Push to the front of the line. D.Show your pass to the crowd.
Back in April 1939 and armed with $5,000 provided by the Rockefeller Foundation, professor Frank Cyr at Teachers College, Columbia University took a tour of ten states to make the research about school transportation problems. What he found was that many students had no dependable way to get to school and the ones who did often travelled
in unsafe buses in the over 100,000 school areas.
B
Seeing a need to fix this problem, Cyr organised a meeting—one that would change the future of school buses forever. School officials and transportation experts met to set much-needed standards for buses, including those for
colour, height and width as well as safety rules that hadn't been set before or that were different in every state.
There were many different bus colours in the US before this meeting; several areas even planned to have red, white and blue buses as a way of encouraging students to love their country. Cyr presented his new choice to education officials, a reported "50 shades( 色度) changing from lemon yellow to deep orange red". The matter was settled quickly. Yellow, or "National School Bus Glossy Yellow", was chosen because it was quite striking, making the school bus easy to be seen. Besides, it made the bold(黑体的), black writing on the side of each bus clear. (The bold, black writing gives information about each school area, telling students which school bus they could take during early morning and late afternoon hours.) Thirty-five states made the changes quickly, and every state took them on
board by 1974.
Being recognised as the "father of the yellow school bus", Frank Cyr has surely influenced your life if you ever
rode a school bus or saw that noticeable colour pulling up to your stop on a dusky morning.
5. What did Frank Cyr find about the school buses in the US
A. Funny. B. Surprising. C. Disappointing. D. Reliable.
6. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about
A. Who attended the meeting. B. Why the meeting was held.
C. What was settled in the meeting. D. What was discussed in the meeting.
7. What does the underlined word "striking" in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Soft. B. Bright. C. Natural. D. Beautiful.
8. What is the main idea of the text
A. Why school buses in the US are yellow.
B. How school buses developed in the US.
C. How students in the US recognised school buses.
D. Why there are school buses for students in the US.
VII.七选五。
Do you think about overseas trip but worry that you might make a less-than-worthy choice because you can't afford to visit all the places on your wish list before you make your final decision However, little money doesn't mean you
have to stay at home. 1
Hug the simple joy with travel. 2 Or even climb to the top of a hill and watch the sun set over the ocean.
The simple joy of being in a new place is just a matter of going some place new. No tour package required.
3 People need fresh air, exercise, creative excitement, a new relationship and so on. All of these things are simple to get and most of them are free. For fresh air, go outside. For exercise, go out for a jog. For creative excitement, go somewhere new, such as a neighbourhood near your accommodation or just a local market. For a new relationship,
make friends with the locals. And you can get a better understanding of the native civilization.
Go slowly. If you live in New York and want to take a 2-week vacation to Africa, it will be very tough to travel with low cost. Time is not money. 4 Instead of buying a plane ticket, take a train or bus, or just hop your
bike and ride away from the town. The slower you travel, the less money you will spend.
Try to get your accommodation for free or next-to-nothing. Find kind souls around the world who agree to offer
an extra bedroom, sofa, or a corner of the floor to travelers in exchange for the same kindness when they visit your
town. This plan involves trading homes for an agreed-on amount of time. 5
A. Time can be free.
B. Keep your needs to the lowest degree.
C. Walk on the streets of a city and chat with a local.
D. Things like air and water are much cheaper once you get outside.
E. With a bit of creativity and some tricks, you can travel the world cheaply.
F. If you can do what needs to be done around the house, just stay inside for free.
G. It works best if your home is in a place someone wants to visit during your vacations.Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND
Using Language1 听说课
分层作业
Ⅰ. 单词拼写。
1. They feel that you’d better announce a temporary suspension ， （不过） .
2. The old man crossed the road and walked （沿着 …… 的边） Quancheng Square.
3. Having said she wasn’t hungry ，she then （继续） to order a three-course meal.
4. At the request of some English learners ，he has published a lot of books ，one of which is about English
（习语） .
5. As far as I am concerned ，your current requirement is （相反的） to our basic principles. 6. The Smiths have lived in London for ten years ，so they speak with a London （口音） .
7. Usually the bride’s father proposes a （干杯） to the health of the bride and bridegroom.
8. When whales are travelling close to the shore ，avoid crowding them near the （海岸）
【答案】 1.anyhow 2.alongside 3. proceeded 4.idiom
5.contrary 6.accent 7.toast 8.shore
II.选词填空。
as hot as an oven,kill time,take care,get close to,on my way to,contrary to
1.When you leave the reading-room,please not to leave anything behind.
2.Mark was thought of as a failure,but all our expectations,he’s found a well-paid job.
3.As he had nothing to do,he went to the cinema to with some of his friends.
4.Children should not the dangerous wild animals.
5. New York,I stopped over in Tokyo for two days.
6.It hasn’t rained for about a month and the room was .
【答案】1.take care 2.contrary to 3.kill time 4.get close to
5.On my way to 6.as hot as an oven
III. 单句语法填空。
1.It was an (astonish) performance for such a young musician.
2.Turning his head back ，he found a fierce dog (come) at a little girl.
3.I never consider myself a stupid boy. the contrary ，I know I’m on the road to success.
4. (contrast) the imported goods with the domestic products ，you can see the difference.
5.We owe it Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the people on the other side of the world.
【答案】1.astonishing 2.coming 3.On
4.Contrasting 5.to
IV.完成句子。
1.The car stopped suddenly and .
汽车突然熄火了，我怎么也发动不起来。
2.I was that I could not believe my eyes.
我对这个结果大为惊异，以至无法相信自己的眼睛。
3. ，many cats dislike milk.
与大部分人认为的相反，很多猫并不喜欢牛奶。
4. ，this morning’s flight will be delayed.
由于天气不好，今天上午的航班将延误。
5.At times she was even seen to faraway villages to provide medical care.有时候人们甚至会看
到她骑着毛驴到遥远的村庄给人看病。
【答案】1.I couldn’t start it anyhow 2. so astonished at the result 3. Contrary to what most people believe
4. Owing to bad weather 5. riding a donkey
V. 句型转换。
1.I think travelling is the most pleasant thing. (同义句改写)
I think nothing travelling.
2.You may imagine that they were astonished at finding the room empty .
You may imagine their at finding the room empty .
【答案】1. is more pleasant than
2.astonishment
VII.阅读理解。
A
Getting around in Canada is fairly easy. Most cities have urban transportation systems, including buses, streetcars,
and trains, and some of the larger cities also have subways.
You can board these systems at regular stops along their routes. Some let you pay with cash; others require
tickets. If you don't have a ticket for the bus, you must pay with the right amount of money. This is because the
driver does not carry any change. Once you get settled, you may want to buy a monthly pass or a package of tickets
to save money. You can buy subway tickets at the subway station.
If you have to take several buses or the subway for a single trip, you do not need to pay any money each time.
Simply ask the driver for a transfer, or pick one up from the machines on the subway platform.
If you are not sure where to board the bus or the streetcar, just ask someone, or follow the crowd. It's usually at the front of the bus, where you show your pass to the driver. When using public transportation, Canadians line up.
First come, first served, is a common approach to many activities in Canada.
Maps of routes and schedules are usually available from the public transit company in your area, and there may
also be a telephone information line. You may want to ask someone for the name of the transit company where you
live, and then look it up in your telephone book.
1.What does this passage mainly talk about
A.How to use public transportation in Canada. B.How to save money when traveling.
C.Where to find subways in larger cities. D.How public transit companies work.
2.What can you do if you buy a monthly pass or a package of tickets
A.You can take a bus whenever you want. B.You can go wherever you like.
C.You can spend less money. D.You can have comfortable seats.
3.If you have to change subways on a single trip, .
A.you have to pay each time B.you should buy another ticket from the machine
C.you must ask for the driver's permission D.you can take the rest free of charge
4.What should you do when you want to get on the bus
A.Go to the front of the bus. B.Wait patiently in line.
C.Push to the front of the line. D.Show your pass to the crowd.
【答案】 1-4 ACDB
【解析】1.主旨大意题。根据文章第一段中的“Most cities have urban transportation systems, including buses, streetcars, and trains, and some of the larger cities also have subways.”可知,文章主要讲述在加拿大利用城市交
通的方式。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“...you may want to buy a monthly pass or a package of tickets to save money.”
可知,这样做可以节省钱。
3.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“...you do not need to pay any money each time.”可知,你不必每次都付钱。
4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Canadians line up. First come, first served”可知,加拿大人坐公交车时都
排队等候,所以选 B 项。
B
Back in April 1939 and armed with $5,000 provided by the Rockefeller Foundation, professor Frank Cyr at Teachers College, Columbia University took a tour of ten states to make the research about school transportation problems. What he found was that many students had no dependable way to get to school and the ones who did often
travelled in unsafe buses in the over 100,000 school areas.
Seeing a need to fix this problem, Cyr organised a meeting—one that would change the future of school buses forever. School officials and transportation experts met to set much-needed standards for buses, including those for
colour, height and width as well as safety rules that hadn't been set before or that were different in every state.
There were many different bus colours in the US before this meeting; several areas even planned to have red, white and blue buses as a way of encouraging students to love their country. Cyr presented his new choice to education officials, a reported "50 shades( 色度) changing from lemon yellow to deep orange red". The matter was settled quickly. Yellow, or "National School Bus Glossy Yellow", was chosen because it was quite striking, making the school bus easy to be seen. Besides, it made the bold(黑体的), black writing on the side of each bus clear. (The bold, black writing gives information about each school area, telling students which school bus they could take during early morning and late afternoon hours.) Thirty-five states made the changes quickly, and every state took them on
board by 1974.
Being recognised as the "father of the yellow school bus", Frank Cyr has surely influenced your life if you ever
rode a school bus or saw that noticeable colour pulling up to your stop on a dusky morning.
5. What did Frank Cyr find about the school buses in the US
A. Funny. B. Surprising. C. Disappointing. D. Reliable.
6. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about
A. Who attended the meeting. B. Why the meeting was held.
C. What was settled in the meeting. D. What was discussed in the meeting.
7. What does the underlined word "striking" in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Soft. B. Bright. C. Natural. D. Beautiful.
8. What is the main idea of the text
A. Why school buses in the US are yellow.
B. How school buses developed in the US.
C. How students in the US recognised school buses.
D. Why there are school buses for students in the US.
【答案】5-8 CDBA
【解析】5.推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句 What he found was that many students had no dependable way to get to school and the ones who did often travelled in unsafe buses in the over 100,000 school areas.可知， 弗兰克发 现很多学生没有可靠的上学方式，即使有，学生们经常乘坐的也是不安全的公交车。由此可推知，弗兰克
发现美国的校车是令人失望的。故选 C。
6.主旨大意题。根据第二段中的 School officials and transportation experts met to set much-needed standards for
buses…可知，第二段主要介绍了会议上讨论的内容。故选 D。
7.词义猜测题。根据画线词后的 making the school bus easy to be seen 可知， 黄色被选作校车的颜色， 是为了
使校车容易被看见，由此可推知, striking 在此处意为"鲜艳夺目的" 。故选 B。
8.主旨大意题。通读全文可知， 本文从弗兰克对校车安全性的担忧引入， 之后介绍了为解决校车问题召开的
会议及选择校车颜色的标准等，由此可知，本文主要介绍了美国校车为什么是黄色的。故选 A。
VII.七选五。
Do you think about overseas trip but worry that you might make a less-than-worthy choice because you can't afford to visit all the places on your wish list before you make your final decision However, little money doesn't mean you
have to stay at home. 1
Hug the simple joy with travel. 2 Or even climb to the top of a hill and watch the sun set over the ocean.
The simple joy of being in a new place is just a matter of going some place new. No tour package required.
3 People need fresh air, exercise, creative excitement, a new relationship and so on. All of these things are simple to get and most of them are free. For fresh air, go outside. For exercise, go out for a jog. For creative excitement, go somewhere new, such as a neighbourhood near your accommodation or just a local market. For a new relationship,
make friends with the locals. And you can get a better understanding of the native civilization.
Go slowly. If you live in New York and want to take a 2-week vacation to Africa, it will be very tough to travel with low cost. Time is not money. 4 Instead of buying a plane ticket, take a train or bus, or just hop your
bike and ride away from the town. The slower you travel, the less money you will spend.
Try to get your accommodation for free or next-to-nothing. Find kind souls around the world who agree to offer
an extra bedroom, sofa, or a corner of the floor to travelers in exchange for the same kindness when they visit your
town. This plan involves trading homes for an agreed-on amount of time. 5
A. Time can be free.
B. Keep your needs to the lowest degree.
C. Walk on the streets of a city and chat with a local.
D. Things like air and water are much cheaper once you get outside.
E. With a bit of creativity and some tricks, you can travel the world cheaply.
F. If you can do what needs to be done around the house, just stay inside for free.
G. It works best if your home is in a place someone wants to visit during your vacations.
【答案】 1-5 ECBAG
【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了几个低成本旅游的方法。
1. 根据上文 However, little money doesn't mean you have to stay at home.（然而，钱少并不意味着你就得待在 家里。） 可知，钱不多并不是你待在家里的理由，没有钱你也可以出去旅行，而下文介绍了几个低成本旅 游的方法。E 项（只要有一点创造力和一些技巧，你就可以便宜地环游世界）承上启下，符合语境。故选
E。
2. 本段的主题句是“用旅行拥抱简单的快乐 ”。根据下文 Or even climb to the top of a hill and watch the sun set over the ocean.可知， C 项（在一座城市的街上走一走， 与当地人聊聊天） 与下文联系紧密， 这两句都描述了
旅行的场景。故选 C。
3. 空处是本段的主题句。根据下文 People need fresh air...most of them are free.（人们需要新鲜的空气、锻炼、 创造性的刺激、一段新的关系等等。所有这些东西都很容易得到，而且它们大部分都是免费的。） 以及下 文对这些需求的具体描述可知，本段主要介绍了很多需求都很容易被满足，即将需求最小化，便很容易实
现。 B 项“把你的需求保持在最低程度 ”适合做本文的主题句。故选 B。
4. 根据上文 If you live in New York...Time is not money. （如果你住在纽约， 想要去非洲度两个星期的假， 那 么低成本的旅行是非常困难的。时间不是金钱。） 和下文 Instead of buying a plane ticket...the less money you will spend. （与其买一张机票， 不如坐火车或公共汽车，或者干脆跳上你的自行车， 骑车离开这个小镇。你 走得越慢， 花的钱就越少。） 可知， A 项（时间是免费的） 符合题意， 该选项中的 time 和上文中的 time 相
照应。故选 A。
5. 根据上文 This plan involves trading homes for an agreed-on amount of time.（该计划包括在约定的时间内交 易房屋。） 可知，设空处应该与交换住所有关。G 项（如果你的家在一个你度假期间有人想去的地方，那
效果最好。）承接上文，符合语境。故选 G。
