《Living well Grammar & Writing》
Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.It is wrong ________(make) fun of others.
2.He pretended ________(read) when his mother came in.
3.We don't know whether ________(accept) the invitation.
4.The man downstairs found it difficult ________(get) to sleep.
5.My ambition is ________(become) a lawyer.
6.The boy proved ________(be) an honest student.
7.They went there ________(visit) their teacher.
8.My grandmother woke up only ________(find) everybody gone.
9.He was too excited ________(say)a few words.
10.I am so sorry ________(hear) your mother is ill.
11.It took us three years ________(fulfil) the project.
12.The Browns have a comfortable house ________(live) in.
13.The room seems ________(clean) already.
14.Women and children were the first ________(get) into the lifeboats.
15.She invited me ________(have) dinner yesterday.
答案:1.to make 2.to be reading 3.to accept 4.to get 5.to become 6.to be 7.to visit 8.to find 9.to say 10.to hear 11.to fulfil 12.to live 13.to have been cleaned 14.to get 15.to have
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.老板让他们整天干活。
The boss made ________________.
They were made ________________.
2.他只想出去玩。
He wants to do nothing but ________________.
3.除了吃这药,他什么都信。
He wants to believe anything but ______________.
4.我想让你和汤姆谈话。
I want ________________.
5.让他别关窗。
Tell him ________________.
6.他太激动了,说不出话来。
He is ________________.
7.我们知道她研究这问题有好几年了。
She is known ________________ on the problem for many years.
8.他好像正在吃什么东西。
He seems ________________ something.
答案:1.them work all day to work all day 2.play
3.to take medicine 4.to have you talk with Tom 5.not to close the window 6.too excited to say a word
7.to have researched 8.to be eating
Ⅲ.单句改错
1.She could do nothing but to cry.
________________________________________________________________________
2.What do you like to do besides swimming
________________________________________________________________________
3.Because of his stupid fault, he had to resign the office.
________________________________________________________________________
4.The teacher has us to write a composition every week.
________________________________________________________________________
5.We might as well putting up here for tonight.
________________________________________________________________________
6.What the teacher said was easy to understand it.
________________________________________________________________________
7.I hurried here seeing you.
________________________________________________________________________
答案:1.去掉to 2.swimming→swim 3.resign后加上from 4.去掉to 5.putting→put 6.去掉it
7.seeing→to see
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
I was born in Mississippi in the 1960s. My disabilities were caused by lack of oxygen to my brain when I was a five-year-old boy. I grew up knowing I was different. The first time I felt hurt and left out was in Grade Five. The other fourth and fifth graders played together in gym class, while I was put in the second grade gym class. One day, a famous football player visited the fourth and fifth grade P. E. class. All the kids got his autograph except me because I was with the second graders playing games. Mom called the school to tell them it wasn't fair, but the school scolded me for complaining too much.
In the 1980s,when my mom was giving birth to my sister,she had made a major stroke(中风) and died. My dad became even more distant(冷淡的). I was very sad and began using alcohol to ease the pain.
Dad got remarried in 1985. Everyone went to his wedding except me; he told me to stay at home and watch the house. When my high school ball came around, I wanted to go but wasn't allowed. When I graduated,my dad and step-mom refused to hold a party for me. They put me in a group home after graduation.
My life changed when I became a local leader of the National Self-advocacy(自我辩护) Group. At first, I thought the group wasn't for me, until I found out it was all about empowerment(授权)! My goal is to be the voice for people who haven't been heard and to empower them. Many families, like mine, don't believe their disabled families have a voice or mind of their own.
Looking back over my 16 years of leadership experience,I'm proud that I've helped disabled people. They should be encouraged never to give up and to follow their own path.
1.When the writer was in the fifth grade,he ________.
A.was hurt by his classmates in school
B.felt left out for the first time in his life
C.studied with the second graders
D.often complained about the school
2.According to the passage,the writer ________.
A.was born disabled
B.didn't study well at school
C.was happy in his childhood
D.didn't get along well with his father
3.By mentioning the events in Paragraph 3 the writer wanted to show that ________.
A.his father was very strict with him
B.he was ill-treated by his stepmother
C.his family didn't believe he had a voice
D.he had no freedom in his family
4.From the passage we can know that the National Self-advocacy Group is ________.
A.an organization that gives disabled people help
B.a club organized completely by disabled people
C.a hospital which only treats people with disabilities
D.a school that teaches parents how to deal with their disabled kids
答案与解析:
1.解析:细节理解题。由第一段中的“The first time I felt hurt and left out was in Grade Five.”可知。
答案:B
2.解析:细节理解题。由第二段中的“My dad became even more distant.I was very sad and began using alcohol to ease the pain.”以及第三段所描述的作者的遭遇可知。
答案:D
3.解析:主旨大意题。由本段中所描述的被禁止参加父亲的婚礼、不被允许参加学校舞会、父母不为其举行中学毕业庆祝会等事实可知,作者在家中没有发言权。voice意为“发言权”。这一点在第四段的末句亦可得到证实。
答案:C
4.解析:细节理解题。由最后一段“...I’ve helped disabled people”可知。
答案:A
B
I was blind,but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all,I was a teenage girl,and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the ing across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.
One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I'm awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time,I realized I had been apologizing to a lamp post. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself,I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
5.The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ________.
A.she might be recognized
B.asking for help looked silly
C.she was normal and independent
D.being found blind was embarrassing
6.At the request stop that evening, the girl ________.
A.stopped a big lorry
B.stopped the wrong bus
C.made no attempt to stop the bus
D.was not noticed by other people
7.What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus
A.Other vehicles also stopped there.
B.It was unreliable for making judgments.
C.More lorries than buses responded to the girl.
D.It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.
8.Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping ________.
A.to find people there
B.to find more buses there
C.to find the bus by herself there
D.to find people more helpful there
答案与解析:
5.解析:细节理解题。由文章第一句“I was blind,but I was ashamed of it if it was known.”可知作者认为被别人发现自己是个盲人是很难为情的。
答案:D
6.解析:细节理解题。由最后一段中“I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one.”可知作者由于担心判断错误,当晚并没有尝试着叫停公交车。
答案:C
7.解析:细节理解题。由文中第三段“I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there felling stupid as it drew away.”可知,依据声音来判断公交车的到来有时会失误。
答案:B
8.解析:推理判断题。由于在这个站牌处没有等到车,也没有人可以求助,因此作者走向下一个站牌是希望可以在那里找到人。
答案:A
Ⅴ.短文改错
The English corner in Zhongshan Park is the place which people go to practise their spoken English there. Every Sunday afternoon they gather around, talk to each other in English. Among them have students, teachers, doctors,and so on. I first went to an English Corner when I was in Junior Grade Two. I went there every Sunday and chat with some people in English. In the past three years I have never absent. I'm sure I've made some progress in my listening or speaking. And we have made many friends there. The English Corner is really good place. I hope many friends will join us.
答案:
The English corner in Zhongshan Park is the place people go to practise their spoken English . Every Sunday afternoon they gather around, to each other in English. Among them students, teachers, doctors,and so on. I first went to English Corner when I was in Junior Grade Two. I went there every Sunday and with some people in English. In the past three years I have never absent. I'm sure I've made some progress in my listening speaking. And have made many friends there. The English Corner is really good place. I hope friends will join us.