2015-2016学年高中英语 阅读提升作业（20份打包）

阅读提升作业 四
Module 1　Period 4
Ⅰ. 完形填空
“Bill!It is Febr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uary 25, 2099, seven o’clock. Time to　1　and go to school. ”said the clock-robot　2　a metal voice. Then the kitchen-robot gave him toast and eggs. Bill was　3　. While he was eating, the whole wall　4　a TV screen and Bill thought that it was great of having robots do　5　for him. Bill ate his meal as watching a TV　6　. When he finished eating, the　7　gave him his clothes very fast and　8　him. Then Bill went off to school.
When Bill went ou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tside, he saw a car with no　9　waiting for him. The car said, “Hello, I will be　10　you to school every day. Now would you please　11　me your school ID card ”said the car. So Bill showed the car his school ID card and got in. The　12　began to talk to Bill about his school and his schoolwork. After that the car said, “I will　13　your homework today　14　you will have a very, very important lesson to　15　in school today. Please put your homework on the blackboard. ”Bill did so.
The car checked Bill’s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) homework and then said, “You are a(n)　16　student. All of your homework is　17　. ”When they　18　the school, Bill said to the car, “Goodbye. See you later. ”The car said to Bill, “Good luck in your school. ”Bill got into the classroom and　19　his seat at the front of the room. Then his teacher came in and said, “Welcome, children!Today we will have a hard but　20　lesson—‘How do robots help a human being ’. . . ”
【语篇概述】到2099年各种机器人会进入普通家庭, 人们日常的衣食住行都会得到机器人周到的服务。
1. A. get up B. show up
C. take up D. dress up
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文比尔要去上学, 故可推测现在应该是起床时间。
2. A. in B. on C. with D. by
【解析】选A。习语搭配题。in a. . . voice固定搭配, 表示“用……的声音”。
3. A. angry B. amazed
C. worried D. quick
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据上下文推断, 比尔应该对机器人提供的服务感到惊奇, 故用amazed。
4. A. changed for B. became of
C. looked like D. turned into
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。turn into表示“变成”。
5. A. something B. anything
C. everything D. nothing
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。考查不定代词的用法。根据上下文判断, 机器人为他做了一切。
6. A. show B. screen C. set D. box
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。从文章判断, 比尔边吃早餐, 边看电视节目。a TV show的意思是“电视节目”。
7. A. driver-robot B. clock-robot
C. kitchen-robot D. clothes-robot
【解析】选D。背景常识题。“给比尔穿衣服”当然是clothes-robot。
8. A. dressed B. cleaned
C. pushed D. pleased
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。clothes-robot所做的事情是帮比尔穿衣服, 故用dress最合适。
9. A. teacher B. student C. robot D. driver
【解析】选D。前后照应题。从后文看, 这辆车是自动驾驶, 没有司机。
10. A. driving B. accommodating
C. loading D. holding
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。drive可以表示“开车送人”。
11. A. give B. show C. send D. lend
【解析】选B。习语搭配题。show sb. sth. 固定搭配, “把某物展示给某人”, 符合语境。
12. A. teacher B. driver C. robot D. car
【解析】选D。词汇复现题。本段多次出现the car, 故选D。
13. A. check B. prepare C. inspect D. do
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。根据下段首句中的checked确定, 此处应该选A。
14. A. if B. when C. but D. because
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。此处用because引导原因状语从句。
15. A. miss B. learn C. study D. check
【解析】选B。习语搭配题。“学习功课”应该用learn a lesson。故选B。
16. A. energetic B. optimistic
C. great D. handsome
【解析】选C。背景常识题。作业都做对了, 应该说是a great student。
17. A. easy B. difficult
C. correct D. wrong
【解析】选C。前后照应题。用correct才能与上文相符。
18. A. rushed in B. got to
C. turned to D. left off
【解析】选B。前后照应题。上文说driving you to school, 此时应该是got to the school。
19. A. took B. found
C. made D. kept
【解析】选A。习语搭配题。“就座”用take one’s seat表达。
20. A. easy B. important
C. boring D. influential
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )中but表示转折, 与hard相对应, 且根据上文a very, very important lesson可知此处应该用important。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
A study has clai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )med that 3D films exercise the brain and improve short-term functioning in a similar way to brain-training tests.
The research was led b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y neuroscientist Professor Patrick Fagan from Goldsmiths University in London. More than 100 people took part in the experiment, where participants watched Disney film Big Hero 6 in either standard format or RealD 3D. They also carried out a brain-training-style test before and after seeing a part from the film. The test covered memory, reaction time and cognitive(认知的)function, and the results were subsequently compared. According to the research, participants experienced a 23 percent increase in cognitive skills, as well as an 11 percent increase in reaction time.
Professor Fagan said ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that the results showed enough of an improvement in brain function to suggest that 3D could play a part in improving brain power in the future. “It is a fact that people are living longer and there is a noticeable decline in cognitive brain function in old age which can impair future quality of life. There has never been a better time to look at ways to improve brain function. The initial results of this study indicate that 3D films may potentially play a role in slowing this decline, ”he said.
A second part ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of the experiment involved those watching the film with headsets that scanned brain activity and this too showed heightened activity when watching 3D. Professor Brendan Walker from Thrill Laboratory agreed with it. “Watching in 3D gives the viewer such an enriched and quality experience, as these results show, ”he said. “In evolutionary terms, the results of both parts of the test certainly make sense, ”Professor Fagan added.
As Professor Brendan W ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )alker’s test concluded, 3D films are more immersive, and heighten the senses—this, in turn, makes the brain run at quicker speeds.
【语篇概述】本文属于说明文, 主要介绍了3D电影可以锻炼大脑, 使人变得更聪明。
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true
A. 3D films could boost your brain power like brain-training tests.
B. Participants often watch Disney films in the experiment.
C. The older people grow, the worse the brain power becomes.
D. The two profess ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ors mentioned in the passage hold the same point of view on 3D films.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )二段“. . . participants watched Disney film Big Hero 6 in either standard format or RealD 3D. ”可知, 参与者观看了迪斯尼公司出品的标准格式和RealD 3D的《超能陆战队》, 而不是经常观看迪斯尼公司出品的电影。由此可知B项不正确。
2. It can be implied from the second paragraph _______ .
A. more than one hundred people watched a Disney film
B. participants did IQ tests before the experiment
C. the experiment failed to realize its purpose at last
D. 3D films have a positive influence on the brain power
【解析】选D。推理判断题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。根据第二段最后一句“. . . participants experienced a 23 percent increase in cognitive skills, as well as an 11 percent increase in reaction time”可知D项正确。A项是直接信息。
3. The underlined ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) word“impair”in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by _______ .
A. repair　　 B. improve　　 C. change　　 D. lower
【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )据第三段“It is a fact that people are living longer and there is a noticeable decline in cognitive brain function in old age”可知, 人们的寿命变得更长了, 但在老年的时候, 大脑的认知功能有了明显的下降, 这可能使得未来的生活质量也随之降低。故选D。
4. Which of the follo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )wing best describes the attitude of Professor Brendan Walker towards the result of the experiment
A. Meaningful. B. Worried.
C. Negative. D. Pessimistic.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据文章 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第四段“In evolutionary terms, the results of both parts of the test certainly make sense”可知, 从进化的角度来说, 两部分测试的结果当然都是很有意义的。meaningful有意义的; worried担心的; negative消极的; pessimistic悲观的。
5. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage
A. Let’s Go To See Disney Films!
B. 3D Films can Make People Smarter
C. Brain-training Tests are Better
D. Exercising the Brain is Essential For the Elder People
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了3D电影可以锻炼大脑, 能像大脑训练测试那样提高脑部短时间内的机能。故选B。
【技法导练】完形填空——词汇复现
　　词汇复现是指为了表达的需要, 在具体 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )的上下文中通过原词、同 (近)义词、反义词、同源词、概括词等形式重复某一信息, 我们可以借助这些词做出正确的判断。
　　请按照以下提示题号找出对应词
题号 原　文 答　案
7 gave him his clothes ________
11 showed the car his school ID card ________
18 Bill got into the classroom ________
20 you will have a very, very important lesson ________
答案：
题号 原　文 答　案
7 gave him his clothes clothes-robot
11 showed the car his school ID card show
18 Bill got into the classroom got to
20 you will have a very, very important lesson important阅读提升作业 六
Module 2　Period 2
Ⅰ. 完形填空
　　I tend to acc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the　1　society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I　2　hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 3　the shopkeeper Mr Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you　4　have done. Life has become hopelessly　5　. A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you　6　things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise. ”I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I　7　at the other end of the town. I was　8　that this simple vehicle could let me　9　long distances in a fairly short time. But how　10　did I really go
Since I hated to be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )　11　, I went back to Mr Johnson and asked him to　12　an odometer(里程表)on my bicycle. He agreed, but　13　, “An odometer without a speedometer(速度计)is like a　14　without a knife. ”I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices(装置)were　15　to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn ”he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many　16　. ”Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
“You can’t l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eave the back part　17　, ”noted Mr Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons　18　the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven when you feel　19　on your way I can give you a special discount. ”I was not strong enough to　20　the offer.
“I congratulate you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) once more; this is the best thing you could have done, ”said Mr Johnson in the end.
【语篇概述】本文讲述了“我”接受了社会学家 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )在电视节目中提出的消费观点,担心成为现代消费社会的受害者, 便去买了一辆自行车。老板推荐了自行车上的多种装置, 甚至烤炉, “我”无法拒绝, 一一购买。最终“我”还是成了消费社会的牺牲品。
1. A. adult　　 B. human　　
C. consumer　 D. professor
【解析】选C。词汇复现题。根据后文“Fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society”可知此处指的是“the consumer society(消费社会)”。
2. A. eventually B. immediately
C. reluctantly D. gratefully
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。唯恐成为消费社 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )会的牺牲品, “我”“立刻(immediately)”去自行车店买车。eventually终于; reluctantly不情愿地, 勉强地; gratefully感激地。
3. A. Although B. Because
C. As D. Unless
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。althoug ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h尽管; because因为; as当……的时候; unless除非。结合上下文此处意思是“当店主约翰逊先生卖给我自行车的时候, 他说: ‘这是你所能做的最好的一件事……’”。
4. A. would B. should
C. must D. could
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )章最后一句话“. . . this is the best thing you could have done”以及上题解析可知此处正确选项为D。
5. A. boring B. complicated
C. stressful D. tough
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )与下一句“A bicycle is simple”形成对比, 所以是生活变得“复杂(complicated)”。boring乏味的; stressful有压力的; tough棘手的。
6. A. natural B. mysterious
C. complex D. unique
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据后文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“fresh air, sunshine and exercise”可知自行车带来的是“natural things”。
7. A. gave up B. broke down
C. calmed down D. ended up
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。g ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ive up放弃; break down(车)抛锚; calm down平静下来; end up结果, 结局为。此处表示“过了一段时间, 结果我竟到了城镇的另一端”。
8. A. amazed B. amused
C. confused D. concerned
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )这辆自行车在这么短的时间内走了这么远的距离, 这使“我”很“吃惊(amazed)”, 所以正确选项为A。amazed吃惊的; amused被逗乐的; confused困惑的; concerned担忧的。
9. A. march B. drive
C. cover D. measure
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。cover在此表示“覆盖, 跨过(多远的距离)”。
10. A. far B. long C. fast D. deep
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文“我”去买里程表, 可知此处是“但是我究竟走了多远的距离呢 ”, 故选far。
11. A. unreliable B. impractical
C. unprepared D. inaccurate
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。“我”想知道究 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )竟走了多远, 并且回到约翰逊先生那里让他给“我”安装里程表, 可以判断“我”讨厌“不精确”。unreliable不可信的; impractical不切实际的; unprepared没做准备的; inaccurate不精确的。
12. A. fix B. check C. repair D. lay
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。“我”回 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )到约翰逊先生那里让他给“我”“安装”里程表, 而不是check(检查), repair(修理), lay(放)。
13. A. swore B. added
C. replied D. concluded
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。“我”本来只想买里 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )程表, 他又建议“我”买速度计, 所以应该是约翰逊先生“补充说(add)”。swear发誓; reply回答, 回复; conclude下结论。
14. A. pencil B. fork C. box D. cake
【解析】选B。习语搭配题。此句意为“就像叉离不开刀一样, 有了里程表就不能没有速度计”。所以“刀叉”不分家。
15. A. distributed B. converted
C. applied D. attached
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。attach附上, 系上。此处表示“几分钟之内, 里程表和速度计就附在“我”的自行车的车把上了”。
16. A. shapes B. sizes
C. functions D. models
【解析】选C。词语辨析题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。约翰逊先生在向“我”推荐喇叭, 说喇叭大小不及一个火柴盒, “功能”却很多, 而不是强调喇叭的形状(shape)、大小(size)或款式(model)。
17. A. loose B. blank
C. bare D. incomplete
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。根 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )据后文他又在“我”的自行车上安装了……, 可知不能让车的后部空着。loose松的; blank空白的, 无内容的; bare光秃秃的, 无装饰的; incomplete不完整的, 不完全的。
18. A. beside B. before
C. below D. behind
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上文“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )You can’t leave the back part. . . ”可知应该是在座位后边安装了oven(烤箱)。
19. A. sick B. hungry
C. hot D. thirsty
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。oven(烤箱)是炊具, 所以当你感到“饿(hungry)”的时候, 没有什么比它更好。
20. A. consider B. withdraw
C. make D. resist
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。最后店主 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )说可以打折, “我”没能抵制住(resist)这种提议, 所以买下了他所推荐的所有商品。consider认为, 考虑; withdraw撤回; make制造, 使。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
　　San Francisco ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )has its cable cars. Seattle has its Space Needle. And, Longview has its squirrel bridge. The bridge, which has attracted international attention, is now a local landmark.
The Nutty Narrows B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ridge was built in 1963 bya local builder, Amos Peters, to give squirrels a way to cross the busy road without getting flattened by passing cars.
The original bridge ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )was built over Olympia Way on the west edge of the library grounds. Before the bridge was built, squirrels had to avoid traffic to and from the Park Plaza office building where office staff put out a nutty feast for the squirrels. Many times, Peters and others who worked in and near Park Plaza witnessed squirrels being run over.
One day Peters f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ound a dead squirrel with a nut still in its mouth, and that day’s coffee break discussion turned into squirrel safety. The group of businessmen cooked up the squirrel bridge idea and formed a committee to ask the blessing of the City Council(市政会). The Council approved, and Councilwoman Bess LaRiviere jokingly named the bridge“Nutty Narrows. ”
After architec ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts designed the bridge, Amos Peters and Bill Hutch started construction. They built the 60-foot bridge from aluminum and lengths of fire hose(消防水带). It cost $1, 000.
It didn’t take long ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )before reports of squirrels using the bridge started. Squirrels were even seen guiding their young and teaching them the ropes. The story was picked up by the media, and Nutty Narrows became known in newspapers all over the world.
In 1983, after 20 ye ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ars of use, Peters took down the worn-out bridge. Repairs were made and crosspieces were replaced. The faded sign was repainted. And in July 1983, hundreds of animal lovers attended the completion ceremony of the new bridge.
Peters died in 1984, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) and a ten-foot wooden squirrel sculpture was placed near the bridge in memory of its builder and his devotion to the project.
【语篇概述】文章主要讲述了Amos ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Peters观察到松鼠在觅食时会遇到交通带来的危险, 从而萌生了为松鼠们设计一座能保证它们安全的桥的想法。后来通过努力这座桥终于成功建成, 成为当地的一道风景, 并为世界所知, 引起国际的关注。
1. The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in order to _______.
A. offer squirrels a place to eat nuts
B. set up a local landmark
C. help improve traffic
D. protect squirrels
【解析】选D。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )从第二段“. . . to give squirrels a way to cross the busy road without getting flattened by passing cars. ”可知建这座桥是为了保证松鼠的安全。故选D。
2. What happened over the coffee break discussion
A. The committee got the Council’s blessing.
B. The squirrel bridge idea was born.
C. A councilwoman named the bridge.
D. A squirrel was found dead.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。题干关 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )键词为“coffee break discussion”。由第四段“. . . and thatday’s coffee break discussion turned into squirrel safety. The group of businessmen cooked up the squirrel bridge idea and formed a committee to ask the blessing of the City Council. ”可知在此期间, 建松鼠桥的想法产生了。故选B。
3. What does the under ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lined phrase“teaching them the ropes”probably mean in the text
A. Passing them a rope.
B. Directing them to store food for winter.
C. Teaching them a lesson.
D. Showing them how to use the bridge.
【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据本句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )的“Squirrels were even seen guiding their young”可知, 是教小松鼠如何使用这座桥。故选D。
4. Which of the following is TRUE of the squirrel bridge
A. It was replaced by a longer one.
B. It was built from wood and metal.
C. It was rebuilt after years of use.
D. It was designed by Bill Hutch.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。从倒数第二 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段“Repairs were made and crosspieces were replaced. ”可知数年之后, 这座桥得到了重修。故选C。A项本身表述错误; 由第五段可知B、D两项错误。
5. What can we learn about Amos Peters
A. He is remembered for his love of animals.
B. He donated $1, 000 to build the bridge.
C. He was a member of the City Council.
D. He was awarded a medal for building the bridge.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。从最后一段“Pet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ers died in 1984, and a ten-foot wooden squirrel sculpture was placed near the bridge in memory of its builder and his devotion to the project. ”可知, 人们在桥附近修建雕像来纪念Amos Peters对动物的这份爱心。故选A。阅读提升作业 七
Module 2　Period 3
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
　　It is quite rea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter altogether.
　　Road politeness ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is not only good manners, but a good sense, too. It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and calm so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.
However, misplaced ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )politeness can also be dangerous. A typical example is the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may be not able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to. It always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.
An experienc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in the traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can’t even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.
【语篇概述】本文论述了司机驾车在路上行驶时应注意礼貌驾驶。
1. According to t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he text, troubles on the road are often caused by _______ .
A. road conditions B. the speed of modern life
C. the behavior of the drivers D. the large number of cars
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由首句可知, 公路上的麻烦事主要是由欠缺道路交通礼貌引起的。
2. In the writer’s opinion, 　 　.
A. drivers should avoid traffic jams
B. strict traffic rules are badly needed
C. unskillful drivers should be punished
D. drivers should show politeness properly
【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第二段和第三段可知, 司机应该有恰当的交通礼貌。
3. The under ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lined word“give-and-take”(Paragraph 4)means _______ in this text.
A. politeness and impoliteness
B. good manners and bad manners
C. offering help to others as much as possible
D. willingness of each person to give in to each other’s wishes
【解析】选D。词义猜测题。第二、三段讲述了道路礼貌问题, 第四段又谈到了汽车在增加。要想避免交通问题, 道路使用者需要具有“互让”的品质。
4. What would be the best title of the text
A. Road Politeness B. Traffic Problems
C. Bad Manners on the Road D. Good Drivers and Bad Drivers
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。纵览全文, 作者讲述的是道路使用者应注意道路交通礼貌问题。
Ⅱ. 短文改错
　　假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\)画掉。
修改: 在错的词下画一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。
　　In order to pr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )omote participation in outdoors exercise, our school organized an activity to climb Tianlong Mountain on April 10. The majority of my class joined the activity.
Early in the morn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing, having assembled outside the school gate, we head straight to the thickly-forested Tianlong Mountain. We set out for the top in high spirits when the moment we arrived at the foot of the mountain. In course of the climb, we cooperated with each other to pass the rocky or steep areas. Laughing and cheering, we eventually reached the summit, which we were greeted by the bright sunshine and fresh air. Viewing from the top, the city was beautiful. Bathing in the warm sunshine, we entertained us with stories, songs, dances and game.
This event wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s extremely beneficial and we strongly suggest that similar events are held every year!
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Ⅲ. 语法填空
　　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 way we co ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ok is important. In many countries, the two choices are　1　(nature)gas or electric-powered stoves. The World Health Organization warns that millions of people　2　(suffer)from indoor air pollution at present time, which results from the use of　3　(danger)fuels and cook-stoves in their home. WHO officials say nearly three billion people are　4　(able)to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking, heating and lighting. As a result, more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Most of the deaths are in　5　(develop)countries, such as India, China and Latin American countries. WHO officials say opening a window or door　6　(let)out the harmful air will not correct the situation. 7　will only pollute the outdoors. Nigel Bruce, 8　is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool, says researchers are developing good cook-stoves and other equipment to burn fuels　9　a more efficient way.
But, this is just a st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )art. It is urging developing countries to use　10　(clean)fuels and increase access to cleaner and more modern cooking and heating appliances(用具).
答案: 1. natural　2. are suffering　3. dangerous　4. unable
5. developing　6. to let　7. It/That　8. who　9. in　10. cleaner阅读提升作业 五
Module 2　Period 1
阅读理解
A
　　Some people ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have just visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unf ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ortunate people who have a very poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get lost on my way there.
　　When I was you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng I was so shy that I never dared to ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hoped that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
I am no longer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they do not know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember; and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sks me the way somewhere, I always tell him/her that I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving him/her wrong directions, but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building.
However, at this poi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nt, I decided it was too late to turn back and search him out of the crowd behind me, as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my emba ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文, 主要讲述了方向感很差的作者在问路和被问路时遇到的事情。
1. The author s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eems to be very frustrated(沮丧的)by the fact that _______ .
A. he is poor at giving directions
B. he is too shy to as ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k for directions to improve his sense of direction
C. he is jealous of those who have excellent sense of direction
D. he is not born with an adequate sense of direction
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )I am one of those unfortunate people who have a very poor sense of direction”可知作者方向感很差。“unfortunate”一词体现了作者的感彩。故选D。
2. Poor in recognizing the way, the author managed to _______ .
A. go without asking anyone the way in the street
B. lose himself even visiting a place repeatedly
C. show others the way when necessary
D. go to his office all by himself
【解析】选B。细节理解题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。根据文章第二段中“I am one of those. . . and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get lost on my way there. ”可知作者由于方向感很差, 当再次去同一个地方时仍会迷路。故选B。
3. The author prefers not to ask the way now because _______ .
A. he knows many people are just like him
B. he has been used to getting lost
C. he finds it hard to trust strangers
D. few people can give effective instructions
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段整体 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )大意可知问路时, 知道的人会给出很长的路线, 不知道的人也会给出不同的路线, 这样就会使作者非常迷惑, 所以现在作者宁愿不问路。故选D。
4. An example is given to show the author’s _______ .
A. embarrassing encounter　　 B. successful escape
C. poor sense of direction D. stupid response
【解析】选A。细节理解题。由文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )章最后一段“Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked. ”可知作者遇到一件令人尴尬的事情。故选A。
5. The tone of the story is _______ .
A. helpless　 B. proud
C. anxious D. humorous
【解析】选D。写作风格题。结合全 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文, 作者虽然讲述了由于自己方向感差而遇到的一系列事情, 但文章读起来并没有很压抑, 反而很轻松, 所以是以一种幽默的手法去写的, 故选D。
B
　　In China, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )most people ride bikes to school, or to work, or to places where they want to go. So China is called“kingdom of bicycles”.
　　But Americans ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e a people on the wheel. Wherever you go, you will see cars. There are so many cars that there are traffic jams here and there. Now, more and more Americans would not consider it a healthy way of life. In fact, many Americans are strongly against the advancement of the wheel. We should encourage people to use fewer cars to save our environment and the energy.
Everyone wants to redu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ce pollution. But the pollution problem is very serious. People drive cars and the waste gas from them causes air pollution. On the other hand, the need for energy increases every day, and some sources of energy are running out. Oil will last for no more than 40 years, while coal could last another 300 years. The way we’re heading is towards a world where people are going to go cold and hungry. Now in China many rich men live away from downtown. On holidays they go to some big cities and places of interest. Most of them use their own cars. But China is a country with a population of over 1. 3 billion. So, if you have enough money in the future, what will you do
【语篇概述】本文说明了现在越来越多的人开始拥有私家车, 结果造成资源浪费和环境污染等问题。
6. In America, you will see _______ everywhere.
A. bikes　　　B. cars　　　　C. oil　　　　D. coal
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第二段的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“But Americans are a people on the wheel. Wherever you go, you will see cars. 可知。
7. The waste gas from cars causes _______ .
A. air pollution B. traffic jams
C. waste of money D. energy problems
【解析】选A。细节理解题。由第三段的“P ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eople drive cars and the waste gas from them causes air pollution. ”可知。
8. The end of the last paragraph suggests that _______ .
A. Americans should give up their cars
B. the energy should be saved around the world
C. Chinese shouldn’t become a people on the wheel
D. rich Chinese shouldn’t use their own cars in China
【解析】选C。推理判断题。最后一段先讲了汽 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )车太多所引起的问题。文章结尾又说中国是有着13亿多人口的大国, 如果大家都使用私家车出行的话, 后果可想而知。显然作者不赞成中国人都使用私家车。
9. Which can be the best title of the passage
A. Bicycles or Cars That will make a difference
B. China is called“kingdom of bicycles”
C. Americans are a people on the wheel
D. Everyone wants to reduce pollution
【解析】选A。主旨大意题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。文章把自行车王国——中国与汽车大国——美国作比较, 旨在说明在拥有13亿多人口的中国如果汽车数量激增可能造成的后果。阅读提升作业 三
Module 1　Period 3
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
BEIJING—China has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in its capital of Beijing, making it the first city to host both the summer and winter games. The decision comes despite concerns from international rights groups and activists who say awarding Beijing is the wrong decision.
The vote to de ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cide which of the two remaining cities bidding for the games would win—Kazakhstan’s Almaty(阿拉木图)and China’s Beijing—was a close one with 44 voting in favor of Beijing to 40 for Almaty.
A slight technical pro ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )blem appeared during the process, when International Olympic Committee members had to switch from electronic tablets to submit paper ballots.
IOC President Thomas ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Bach announced the decision. “The International Olympic Committee has the honor to announce the host city of the Olympic Winter Games 2022—Beijing, ”he said.
Chinese officials and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )members of the bidding team who were at the IOC vote in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia leapt up from the seats and hugged one another after hearing the decision. Some burst into tears. In a rare display of emotion, an announcer on the state-run CCTV news channel had to pause when starting off his report about the decision to control his excitement.
In Beijing, out ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )side the Bird’s Nest, which was a main venue(场馆)for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, elderly women were dancing and singing—in what appeared to be more of an organized gathering than a natural celebration. Others waved the Chinese flag and stood on the Great Wall.
In the city of Zhangji ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )akou, nearly 200 kilometers outside of Beijing where some of the events will be held, local residents were excited. In other parts of Beijing, however, there were few celebrations, while most were pleased with the decision. Well-known Chinese athletes such as Yao Ming—a member of the bidding team for the games—see the awarding of the bid to Beijing as an opportunity to inspire interest in winter sports here. Officials claim that China could see some 300 million take up winter sports.
Without doubt ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), the decision will be a major boost for winter sports in China such as skiing, ice hockey and figure skating, but rights activists in and outside of the country are concerned.
【语篇概述】本文主要讲述北京成功申办2022年冬奥会的消息。
1. The follow ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing statements are what people did when they heard the news EXCEPT _______ .
A. Chinese officia ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ls and members of the bidding team leapt up from the seats and hugged one another
B. an announcer had ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to pause when starting off his report about the decision
C. elderly women were dancing and singing outside the Bird’s Nest
D. some people drank beer to celebrate it
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五、六两段可知A、B、C都提到了, 只有D项本文没提到。
2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. Kazakhstan’s Almaty failed to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics.
B. Beijing is the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) first city to host both the summer and winter games.
C. Winter sports are the most popular sports in China.
D. Beijing will make full use of existing venues.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知冬奥会将大力推进冬季运动在中国的普及。C选项意思表达不准确。
3. What’s the best title of the passage
A. China is apply ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing for the bid to hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
B. China has succeeded in bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
C. Winter Olympic Games
D. Chinese off ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )icials and members of the bidding team made efforts to apply for Winter Olympic Games
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文是一则新闻报道, 讲述中国成功申办2022年冬奥会的事情。故选B。
4. What does this text probably come from
A. A TV interview. 　　　 B. A magazine.
C. A textbook. D. A newspaper.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。由文章开始的形式可知, 这是一篇新闻报道, 应来自报纸。
Ⅱ. 阅读填句
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。
Once there was a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) very poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family. 　1　He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.
One day, the busin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )essman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also read and write!Your handwriting is very good. ”　2　The villager began to do this job as best as he could.
Later, the busines ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sman learnt that the villager was good at accounting, and he made him his shop accountant. The other accountants were very jealous of the villager’s abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him. 　3　
One day, they had ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) their chance. They saw the villager going into ‘that’ room.
　4　When they came ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )back and opened the door, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.
The villager was ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes. 　5　At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once. The villager was made the only accountant for his office.
A. He came to a big city hoping to find a job.
B. They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessman.
C. So the businessman decided to give the villager a good lesson.
D. Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had seen.
E. So the vi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )llager was given the work of writing business letters for him.
F. The villag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er wished that some kind people might give him a good job.
G. But the busin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )essman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes.
答案: 1~5. AEGBD阅读提升作业 二十二
Module 6　Periods 3、4
Ⅰ. 完形填空
The Abominable Snowman
He has been c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )alled the“missing link”. Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Everest.
He is known as th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Abominable Snowman. The　1　of the Snowman has been around for　2　. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they　3　this creature and called it the“Yeti”, and they said that they had　4　caught Yetis on two occasions　5　none has ever been produced an evidence(证据).
Over the years, the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tory of the Yetis has　6　. In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not　7　the tracks of a monkey or bear and　8　that the Abominable Snowman might really　9　.
Further efforts ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were　10　footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than　11　animal tracks, which had been made　12　as they melted(融化)and refroze in the snow. 13　, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was　14　and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15　. No evidence has ever　16　been produced.
These days, only a f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ew people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman　17　. But if they ever　18　catching one, they may face a real　19　: Would they put it in a　20　or give it a room in a hotel
【语篇概述】本文是一篇以介绍一种“半人半兽”的生物Yeti为主要内容的说明文。主要介绍了其特征、居住地以及关于它的传说故事。
1. A. event B. story
C. adventure D. description
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。根据第三段可知, 叙述的是关于Yeti的传说故事, 故选story。
2. A. centuries B. too long
C. some time D. many years
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。从20世纪20年代开始被发现, 至今应有“许多年了”。
3. A. heard from B. cared for
C. knew of D. read about
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。当地人称这种生物为Yeti, 肯定是“知道”它以及关于它的事。
4. A. even B. hardly
C. certainly D. probably
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。“抓住”比“知道”更进一步, 用even强调程度的加深。
5. A. as B. though C. when D. until
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。“曾经抓到”与“没有证据”之间为转折关系, 即“虽然……但是……”。
6. A. developed B. changed
C. occurred D. continued
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。Yetis的故事在“继续”。
7. A. entirely B. naturally
C. clearly D. simply
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。Shipton相信这些“脚印”确实不是“猴子”或“熊”的脚印, 故选simply(确实)。
8. A. found B. declared
C. felt D. doubled
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。felt与believed是并列的谓语动词, 意为“感觉到”。
9. A. exist B. escape
C. disappear D. return
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。Shipton感觉这种动物可能真的“存在”。
10. A. clearer B. more C. less D. finer
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。人们发现的仅仅是“更多的”脚印。
11. A. huge B. recent
C. ordinary D. frightening
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。许多人相信这些脚印只不过是那些“普通”动物(比如猴子或熊)留下的。
12. A. strange B. large
C. deep D. rough
【解析】选B。背景常识题。“普通的脚印”看起来不“普通”, 是因为其在雪里融化而变“大”了。
13. A. In the end B. Therefore
C. After all D. However
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。前文介绍了一些人对脚印的猜测, 而后文是一位俄国科学家的新发现。故判断出两部分之间应用however转折。
14. A. imagined B. real
C. special D. familiar
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。real意为“真的, 存在的”。
15. A. so B. besides C. again D. instead
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。前面提到过, 当地人的发现和传说没有证据可依, 这一次“又”是如此。
16. A. rightly B. actually
C. normally D. particularly
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。没有证据被“实际”记载。
17. A. lightly B. jokingly
C. seriously D. properly
【解析】选C。固定搭配题。take . . . seriously意为“把……当回事(严肃认真对待)”。
18. A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in
【解析】选A。固定搭配题。succeed in doing sth. 意为“成功地做成某事”。
19. A. decision B. situation
C. subject D. problem
【解析】选D。固定搭配题。face a problem意为“面临问题”。
20. A. zoo B. mountain
C. museum D. laboratory
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。前文提到 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )这种生物“半人半兽”, 那么如果人们真的抓住一个, 将面临的问题是: 把它放到动物园(当它是动物)还是在旅馆里给它一个房间(当它是人)
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Loch Ness, the la ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rgest freshwater lake in the British Isles, is twenty four miles long and, at one point, one mile wide. It has an average depth of four hundred and fifty feet and at times drops close to a thousand. It is cold and murky(混沌的), with dangerous currents. In short, it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the sharpest eyes of science.
The Loch Ness Monster, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) also called Nessie, is supposedly living in this area. The earliest recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was in the biography of Life of St. Columba by Adamnan in the year AD 565. The monster apparently attacked a man who was swimming in the River Ness.
The monster didn’ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t make headlines again until August 27, 1930, when 3 fishermen reported seeing a creature with 20 feet long approaching their boat, throwing water in the air. In 1933, after a new road was built along the edge of the Loch, the number of reports rose suddenly. Early in 1934, Author Grant, a young student, was out on his motorcycle one evening when he almost ran into the monster as it crossed the road. Grant’s description of the thing—small head, long thin neck and tail with a big body, seemed to match the appearance of the plesiosaur(蛇颈龙), an aquatic(水生的)type of dinosaur that has been extinct for 65 million years.
The Loch Ness Inve ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )stigation Bureau was formed in 1962 to act as a research organization for information about the creature. Even now, efforts have continued to find the monster. A great deal of information was discovered about the Loch, but there isn’t any yet to produce any specific evidence of a monster.
Skeptics(怀疑论者) ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )argue that the water in the Loch is too cold for a plesiosaur to live in. They also argue that an air-breathing animal, like a whale or seal, would spend much more time on the surface than the creature seems to, and would be spotted more often.
Some scienti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sts have wondered if the sightings might be caused by an underwater wave which is known to sometimes occur in deep, long, and cold lakes, like Loch Ness. Such a wave might push debris(废弃物)to the surface that might look like a strange animal.
However, none of these is identified.
【语篇概述】本文讲述了尼斯湖水怪的传说。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第一个传说说它是蛇颈龙, 它现在已经灭绝了。第二个说法是一种呼吸空气的动物。第三个说法是水下的水波的流动, 把水里的废弃物推到水的表层, 看起来就像一个奇怪的动物。到目前为止, 这些说法还未得到证实。
1. According to the skeptics, which of the following is TRUE
A. It is impossible for a monster to live in cold water.
B. The Loch Ness Monster often stays under the water.
C. The Loch Ness Monster is an air-breathing animal.
D. There is no so-called monster in Loch Ness.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第四段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )最后一句“.. . there isn’t any yet to produce any specific evidence of a monster. ”可知, 没有证据证明有水怪。
2. Which of th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e following is the correct order for the things that happened in the passage
a. A young student met with a monster crossing the road.
b. A swimmer was attacked by a monster in Loch Ness.
c. A new road was built along the edge of the Loch.
d. The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was set up.
e. Three fishermen saw a creature swimming towards their boat.
A. b, e, c, a, d B. a, b, e, d, c
C. b, d, a, c, e D. d, c, e, b, a
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据短文事件出现的时间顺序, 可知应选A。
3. What does this passage mainly talk about
A. The natural scenery of Loch Ness.
B. The Nessie.
C. Skeptics’ opinions on Loch Ness Monster.
D. The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau’s research results.
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。全文主要描述的是水怪Nessie, 故选B。阅读提升作业 十四
Module 4　Period 2
Ⅰ. 完形填空
　　A successful s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cientist is generally a good observer. He makes full　1　of the facts he observes. He doesn’t accept ideas which are not　2　on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority as the only　3　for truth. He always　4　ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.
The rise of　5 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )　science may perhaps be considered to　6　as far back as the　7　of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived　8　the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the Middle　9　to suggest that we must learn science　10　observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself　11　many important discoveries.
Galileo, however, wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o lived more than 300 years later(1564-1642), was the greatest of several great men, 12　lived in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by　13　to show how many important　14　could be discovered by observation. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more　15　towards the earth than small ones, 16　Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the　17　of the leaning Tower of Pisa, let two　18　stones fall and proved Aristotle was wrong. It was Galileo’s　19　of going direct to Nature, and proving our　20　and theories by experiment, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.
【语篇概述】本文是说明文, 介绍了一位成功的科学家应具备的素质。
1. A. use　　　 B. time　　　C. speed　　　D. trust
【解析】选A。考查固定搭配。make full use of为固定短语, 意为“充分利用”。这里指充分采用他所观察的事实。
2. A. worked B. based C. lived D. written
【解析】选B。考查固定搭配。be based on意为“以……为根据”。这里指以明显的事实为依据。
3. A. reason B. cause C. advice D. result
【解析】选A。考查名词词义辨析。这里表述的是他不认为权威就是真理的唯一理由。cause强调的是“根源”, reason强调的是“理由”。
4. A. thinks B. checks
C. has D. learns
【解析】选B。考查逻辑推理。根据后面的内容, 可以推断他总是仔细审核观点并做实验来验证。
5. A. natural B. physical
C. ancient D. modern
【解析】选D。考查逻辑推理。从此句后半部分以及本文最后一句可知应该是指现代科学。
6. A. date B. keep C. look D. take
【解析】选A。考查固定搭配。date back(to. . . )为固定短语, 意思是“追溯到……时间”。
7. A. study B. time C. year D. birth
【解析】选B。考查逻辑推理。此处time意思是“时代、时期”。
8. A. across B. in C. between D. among
【解析】选C。考查逻辑推理。根据句意, 此处指的是生活在1214年和1292年之间, 而不是生活在这两年, 故答案为C。
9. A. Schools B. Ages C. Days D. Countries
【解析】选B。考查背景常识。此处the Middle Ages是指“中世纪”, age意思是“时代, 时期”。
10. A. in B. with C. on D. by
【解析】选D。考查介词词义辨析。此处句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )意为“我们必须通过对我们周围的事情进行观察和做实验来学科学”。另外, on和by都有“靠、凭借”的意思, 但是on后常常接名词或代词; by后接动名词。
11. A. did B. made C. took D. gave
【解析】选B。考查固定搭配。make a discovery为固定短语, 意思是“发现”, 在此符合题意。
12. A. who B. when C. that D. where
【解析】选A。考查语法搭配。此处wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o引导一个定语从句, who指代前面的the greatest(of several great men)。
13. A. ways B. degrees
C. levels D. chances
【解析】选B。考查固定搭配。此处by degrees为固定短语, 相当于gradually, 意思是“渐渐地, 逐渐地”。在此符合题意。
14. A. truths B. problems C. people D. subjects
【解析】选A。考查逻辑推理。根据语境, 此处是指通过观察来发现很多重要的真理(truth), 而不是问题。
15. A. slowly B. rapidly
C. lightly D. heavily
【解析】选B。考查逻辑推理。此处讲述的是 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )在伽利略之前的所谓有学问的科学家的观点, 即重量大的物体比重量较小的物体落到地球上的速度更快。而这种想法后来被伽利略证明是错误的。所以用rapidly。
16. A. although B. because
C. when D. if
【解析】选B。考查逻辑推理。这 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )里所说的“large bodies fell more _______ towards the earth than small ones”的观点, 其实是指当时亚里士多德的观点, 当时人们都把他当作权威。所以是“因为亚里士多德这样说。”故选B。
17. A. place B. foot C. top D. ceiling
【解析】选C。考查逻辑推理。此处指这一实验是在比萨斜塔的塔顶上进行的, 因此答案为C。
18. A. big B. small C. equal D. unequal
【解析】选D。考查逻辑推理。根据上 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文所说的, 人们相信大物体总比小物体下落快。为了做实验来验证亚里士多德的这一观点是错误的, 伽利略到比萨斜塔的塔顶上同时放下两个“体积不等的”石块。
19. A. spirit B. skill C. theory D. discovery
【解析】选A。考查逻辑推理。从上文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )可以看出, 这就是伽利略直接走向大自然的精神, 也正是由于伽利略这一深入事物本质, 并通过实验证明观点和理论的精神引领了所有现代科学的发现。此处spirit意思是“精神”。
20. A. plans B. opinions C. world D. ability
【解析】选B。考查逻辑推理。此处opinion意思是“观点”。伽利略通过实验证明我们的观点和理论的精神引领了所有现代科学的发现。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
　　Albert Einstein ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )(1879-1955)was one of the greatest scientific thinkers of all time. Born of Jewish parents at Ulm in Germany, he completed his education in Switzerland and got his Ph. D. at the University of Zurich. He went to live in the United States in 1933 because of the rise of Nazism in Germany and Hitler’s persecution(迫害)of the Jews.
In 1905, while stil ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l at Zurich, he published his Special Theory of Relativity, which was based on things everyone may have noticed. Of two trains are standing alongside each other and one train starts to move, a person sitting in the train may wonder whether his own train is moving or the other is moving, and before he finds out what is happening, he can see that one train is moving relatively to the other.
From this and als ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o from other more complicated facts, Einstein came to the conclusion that all motion is relative and that there is really no such things as absolute motion. Some of the other conclusions he drew are that nothing can go faster than light, and that if something such as a ruler was moving faster and faster it would seem to get shorter and shorter as its speed was near the speed of light.
By 1915, Einst ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ein had made known for his General Theory of Relativity. He also improved on Newton’s theory of gravity. Most of his theories have been tested and found to be true though some may sound strange. For his important work he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics.
【语篇概述】本文属于人物传记类文章, 讲述了著名科学家爱因斯坦, 以及其《相对论》。
1. In 1933 Einste ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )in went to live in the United States because _______ .
A. he had got some friends there with whom he could work together
B. he loved the U. S. A. more than his own country
C. he wanted to live quietly in the U. S. A.
D. he could no longer work in Germany when Hitler came into power
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )句“because of the rise of Nazism in Germany and Hitler’s persecution of the Jews. ”可知, 由于纳粹和希特勒对犹太人的迫害, 爱因斯坦移居美国。
2. Einstein ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )published his Special Theory of Relativity when he was _______ .
A. in the United States
B. in Ulm, Germany after he got his Ph. D.
C. still in Switzerland at the age of twenty-six
D. still at the University of Zurich at the age of thirty-six
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段第一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )句“In 1905, while still at Zurich, he published his Special Theory of Relativity”并结合第一段爱因斯坦出生于1879年可知, C项正确。
3. One of the conclusions drawn by Einstein is that _______ .
A. two trains are standing alongside each other
B. people couldn’t run as fast as cars
C. light goes the fastest of all the things
D. two trains can go in different directions
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段“. . . he drew are that nothing can go faster than light”可知C项正确。
4. Einstein added ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that if something such as a ruler was moving, it would seem to get shorter and shorter _______ .
A. because the ruler itself was short
B. when it was moving faster and faster
C. because we couldn’t see it clearly
D. because the ruler was broken into pieces
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )三段最后一句话“. . . if something such as a ruler was moving faster and faster it would seem to get shorter and shorter as its speed was near the speed of light. ”可知B项正确。
【拓展训练】(阅读理解)
在文中找出下列单词和短语, 写出它们的意义
1. complete(vt. )　　　
2. publish(vt. )
3. relatively(adv. )
4. complicated(adj. )
5. award(vt. )
6. be based on
7. come to the conclusion
答案：1.完成 2.出版 3.相对地 4.复杂的
5.授予 6.以……为根据 7.得出结论阅读提升作业 十八
Module 5　Period 2
Ⅰ. 完形填空
When I was a b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My　1　took me by train or by car to a hotel by the　2　. All day, I seem to remember, I　3　on the sands with strange　4　children. We made houses and gardens, and　5　the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we　6　over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
　　In those days the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )　7　seemed to shine always brightly　8　the water was always warm. Sometimes we　9　beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻)ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were　10　in one’s pockets or good places where one could　11　ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
　　Although I am ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good　12　is much the same as it was. I　13　like the sun and warm sand and the sound of　14　beating the rocks. I no longer wish to　15　any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 16　, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
　　Sometimes I　17　wha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t my ideal(理想的)holiday will be like when I am　18　. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about　19　who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves　20　on too many ice creams.
【语篇概述】本文属于记叙文, 作者在文中回忆了儿时的旅行经历。
1. A. teacher B. parents
C. nurse D. younger sister
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。作者回忆儿时假日, 根据常识可判断其父母(parents)带他远游。
2. A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. river
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。从后文提到的词语sand(沙滩), beach(海滨)等可知作者在海边(by the sea)。
3. A. played B. slept C. sat D. stood
【解析】选A。固定搭配题。play with sb. 意为“与某人玩耍”。
4. A. terrified B. excited
C. anxious D. nervous
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。去海边度 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )假, 孩子们感到激动。excited激动的; terrified害怕的; anxious焦急的; nervous紧张的。
5. A. made B. brought C. watched D. heard
【解析】选C。细节理解题。watch sb. /sth. do看着某人/某物做某事。
6. A. collected B. jumped C. turned D. climbed
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。从后面的looked down at判断, 此处应该用climbed。
7. A. light B. sun C. moon D. lamp
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。由于在海边玩耍, 心情好, 所以太阳也特别明亮。
8. A. and B. yet C. but D. or
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。前后两句为并列关系, 所以用and。
9. A. left B. came to
C. stood by D. played by
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。前文说“在海边玩耍”, 后文说“乡村探寻”, 因此, 该空应该用left表示离开海滨。
10. A. sweets B. sand
C. ice creams D. money
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。下一段说I dislike sweets, 故选A。
11. A. make B. sell C. buy D. offer
【解析】选C。背景常识题。make, sell和offer都不可能是孩子们的所为, 故用buy表示“买”冰激凌。
12. A. house B. holiday
C. garden D. tide
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。上文叙述儿时度假的快乐时光, 成年后他对于假期的想法依然如故。
13. A. hardly B. almost
C. still D. perhaps
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。与上句照应, 多年来, 我“仍然”喜欢……
14. A. waves B. tides C. hands D. feet
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。tides指“潮汐”, 而文中指“海浪(waves)”拍打岩石的声音。
15. A. destroy B. fix C. use D. build
【解析】选D。词汇复现题。build. . . house(建房子)与文章第一段中make houses同义。
16. A. But B. However
C. Otherwise D. Besides
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。空格后有逗号, 所以用however。
17. A. wonder B. feel
C. understand D. believe
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。wonder ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )想知道; feel感到; understand明白; believe相信。从句意看应该用wonder。
18. A. strong B. weak C. young D. old
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。作者回忆了儿童时代快乐的假期, 但是不知道老年以后理想中的假期是什么模样。
19. A. children B. boys
C. girls D. grown-ups
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。children包括boys和girls, 只有孩子们才迷恋于沙子堆成的小房子, 所以此处用children。
20. A. happy B. tired C. sad D. sick
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。由于吃了太多的冰激凌, 病了。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
World travel has m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oved on to a new level as new websites spring up to enable travelers to plan their trips online. Virtual(虚拟的)tourism is the latest name of the game and although relatively new, has seen some tourism websites grow to host over one million users.
　　Typically, t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )his development features a website that contains the answers to almost any tourism question. Tips and information are not provided by a single source, such as the website host, but rather from travelers themselves—often in the thousands. This has proven to be exceptionally beneficial for would-be travelers who are seeking information on questions such as where to find the best museum or beach; whether it is better to tour Brussels with a bicycle or on foot; and which exchange rate bureaus are available in Italy. Questions about food and restaurants; tourist spots; safety; accommodation; and others are all answered. In addition, posted tips promote better preparation, such as what to pack when heading for Sicily.
　　Apart from ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the useful advice, visual images and virtual tours have also been made available. If you’d like to visit the Eiffel Tower, it’s a good idea to view the surrounding areas; to pick a safer train route; or to know that it’s very close to the Seine River and that a walk along it would enhance the experience.
　　Virtual tour ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s have sprung up globally. In South Africa, John Gore established the Virtual Tour Guide in November last year. On his blog, Gore was quoted a saying, “The world is panoramic(全景的). We are able to turn our heads and look in all directions and get a feel for where we are, but the photograph cannot show or describe that experience completely. ”It is technology that makes it possible to share the world around us in a 360-degree way, which really makes the viewer feel as though he or she is really there.
【语篇概述】越来越多的网站涌现, 使我们可以在网上进行虚拟旅游。
1. Why is virtual tourism more and more popular
A. Online games are more and more attractive.
B. Many new websites appear and develop fast.
C. More and more people want to travel abroad.
D. It helps travelers save as much money as possible.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据首段中的“World travel has moved on to a new level as new websites spring up to enable travelers to plan their trips online. ”可知, 因为许多网站的出现, virtual tourism虽是新的事物, 但已吸引了很多人。
2. From the second paragraph, we know _______ .
A. we can solve any problem on websites
B. websites offer all the tips and information
C. we can get all our questions answered online
D. we can get many tips about tourism on websites
【解析】选D。推理判断题。第二段主要是讲很多网站帮助游客了解想旅游的地方的各种情况, 回答一些相关问题, 给予一些有用的建议。
3. What does the underlined phrase“spring up”most probably mean
A. appear　　B. move　　C. compete　　D. reduce
【解析】选A。词义猜测题。该句主要是讲虚拟旅游在全球涌现, 后面举例和首段第一句都证明该短语最可能为“涌现; 出现”之意。
4. What makes us see the world in a panoramic way
A. Information. B. Photograph.
C. Technology. D. Virtual images.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“It is technology that makes it possible to share the world around us in a 360-degree way. . . ”可知C项正确。
5. What’s the main purpose of the passage
A. To introduce the history of virtual tourism.
B. To give some advice on virtual tourism online.
C. To attract more tourists to travel to the world.
D. To teach us how to establish a website online.
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。越来越多的网站涌现, 使我们可以在网上计划旅游。本文就此提出了一些网上虚拟旅游的有用建议。
【拓展训练】(阅读理解)
在文中找出下列单词和短语, 写出它们的意义
1. relatively(adv. )　　　　
2. accommodation(n. )
3. promote(vt. )
4. available(adj. )
5. surrounding(adj. )
6. enhance(vt. )
7. spring up
8. in all directions
答案：1.相对地 2.住宿 3.促进 4.可获得的
5.周围的 6.增强 7.涌现, 迅速成长 8.四面八方阅读提升作业 十
Module 3　Period 2
Ⅰ. 完形填空
Facial expressions c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arry meanings that depend on situation and relationships. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of　1　. Yet it has other functions. A smile may　2　love, politeness, or　3　every true feeling. It is also a source of confusion across　4　. For example, many people in Russia　5　smiling at strangers in public just to be unsure or even suspicious(疑心). Yet many Americans　6　freely at strangers in public places.
Some Russians belie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve that Americans smile in the wrong　7　; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile　8　. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is　9　used to cover emotional or mental difficulty, discomfort or anxiety.
Our　10　make our ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) emotions and attitude known, but we　11　not try to“read”people from another culture　12　we could“read”someone from our own culture. The　13　of facial expressiveness one shows changes among persons and cultures. The　14　that members of one culture do not　15　their emotions as openly as members of　16　do does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather their cultures　17　them expressing their emotions and attitudes freely.
If we　18　people wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ose ways of showing emotions are not the same according to our own cultural　19　, we may make the mistakes of“reading”the other persons　20　.
【语篇概述】在不同的国家, 某些面部表情, 如微笑, 可能表示不同的意义。
1. A. satisfaction　　　　 B. excitement
C. surprise D. pleasure
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。pleasure表示“愉快, 快乐”, 概括性最强, 指满意、兴奋等多种欢乐的感觉。
2. A. sound B. show
C. tell D. seem
【解析】选B。词语辨析题。微笑除了表示快乐之外, 它还可用来“表明”你的爱, 礼貌等。show在此表示“表明”, 最后一段有提示。
3. A. include B. explain
C. cover D. suggest
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。此处意为“或者包括每一种真实感受”。cover表示“包括, 涵盖”。
4. A. cultures B. oceans
C. nations D. countries
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。后文提到美国人、俄罗斯人, 又提到东南亚的cultures。下文也多次提到culture, 故选A。
5. A. enjoy B. keep
C. consider D. continue
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。俄罗斯人往往在公共场所面带微笑, 仅仅是对陌生人没把握或有疑心。keep doing sth. 一直做某事。
6. A. stare B. smile C. look D. about
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。同样是对陌生人, 但与俄罗斯人不同, 美国人的态度是很随和地“微笑”。本段也多次提到smile一词。
7. A. time B. place
C. way D. manner
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。不是笑的方式不对, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 时间不对(at the wrong time), 而是场合(place)不对, 对陌生人怎能没有任何戒心地(freely)笑呢
8. A. enough B. exactly
C. openly D. well
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。指他们生活中微笑太少, 不是笑得好与不好, enough足够, 充分。
9. A. completely B. never
C. frequently D. always
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。“人们常常用微笑来掩饰情绪上或精神上的问题, 不舒服或焦虑。”
10. A. hands B. faces
C. bodies D. eyes
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。全文都在讲述facial expressions, smile, 故选B。
11. A. need B. should
C. could D. would
【解析】选B。词语辨析题。本句承上启下, 正因为上文提到笑所体现的文化差异, 因此我们不应当像下面描述的那样去做。
12. A. as B. since
C. though D. unless
【解析】选A。语法结构题。as引 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )导状语从句, 表示“像我们解读和我们有着共同文化渊源的人一样去理解不同文化背景的人”, 与第11空相对应, 我们不应当(shouldn’t)这么做。
13. A. point B. reason
C. balance D. degree
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。一个人面部表情变化的程度因人与文化的不同而不同。四个词中只有degree能与上下文搭配, 表示面部表情变化的“程度”。
14. A. fact B. news
C. demand D. order
【解析】选A。语法结构题。that引导的同位语从句作fact的同位语。
15. A. find B. form
C. control D. express
【解析】选D。词汇复现题。express在文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )中已多次出现, 从首句facial expressions到本段落最后部分expressing their emotions. . . 均表明D是正确选项。
16. A. another B. the other
C. others D. the others
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。根据前文中“people from another culture”可推知选A。
17. A. keep B. feel
C. make D. prevent
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。从上下文可知, 并非他们没有感情方面的经历, 而是其文化背景使之不能自由表露情感, prevent阻止。
18. A. observe B. think
C. watch D. judge
【解析】选D。固定搭配题。judge. . . by/according to. . . 表示“根据……来判断”。
19. A. way B. life
C. manners D. patterns
【解析】选D。固定搭配题。cultural pattern指“文化模式”。pattern表示“模式, 方式”。
20. A. incorrectly B. properly
C. directly D. correctly
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。由前面句中提到 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )的“make the mistakes of. . . ”可知是“不正确/不恰当地(incorrectly)”解读别人所致。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
　　A female honor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) guard, once one of the most popular models in the 11th CCTV model contest, made her debut(露面)with 50 other female honor guard members in the Sept. 3 parade.
Men Jiahui joined ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the army with her dream of becoming a female honor guard after graduating from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in July 2014. At the time she was a well-known car model in China.
The ex-model realiz ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed her dream and appeared in the Sept. 3 parade with other female honor guards who have won worldwide acclaim since their debut at a diplomatic event on May 12, 2014. They were selected in February 2014.
The female hon ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )or guards, whose average age is 20 with an average height of 1. 78 meters, have bachelor’s degrees and higher qualifications.
Sept. 3 witnessed t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he debut of the female honor guards, who marched in the parade with male honor guards to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World WarⅡ.
To achieve orde ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rly military marching, the female honor guards had to overcome the figure differences between males and females during the training. On average, their male counterparts are 10 centimeters taller and have wider bodies. So with the same stride length of 0. 75 meter, the honor guards have to adjust their movements to ensure horizontal spacing between them is identical.
“The female honor guar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ds have to widen their elbows while the males narrow their elbows, ”said a person who is in charge of the PLA Guard of Honor.
【语篇概述】本文记叙了曾经做模特的女孩门佳慧, 实现了做仪仗女兵的梦想, 为9月3日的大阅兵做准备。
1. Men jiahui ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) joined the army after graduation in order to _______ 　.
A. earn a lot of money
B. become a female honor guard
C. make herself more popular
D. make her learn more about weapons
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第二段的第一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )句Men Jiahui joined the army with her dream of becoming a female honor guard after graduating from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in July 2014. 可知选B项。
2. What can we learn about the female honor guards
a. Their average age is 20.
b. They have bachelor’s degrees and higher qualifications.
c. Their average height is 1. 78 meters.
d. It’s their first debut at a diplomatic event.
A. abc　　　B. abd　　　C. bcd　　　D. abcd
【解析】选A。细节理解题。通过第四段可知abc表述正确; 通过第三段可知d错误; 故选A项。
3. To achieve or ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )derly military marching, what should the female honor guards have to do
A. Walking faster than males.
B. Narrowing their elbows.
C. Adjusting t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )heir movements to ensure horizontal spacing between them is identical.
D. Walking slower than males.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第六段最后一句可知答案选C项。
4. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Men Jiahui—a well-known car model in China.
B. How the female ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) honor guards adjust their movements to achieve orderly military marching.
C. The female honor g ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uards will march in the parade with male honor guards to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World WarⅡ.
D. Former model, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) now a female honor guard, ready for V-Day parade debut
【解析】选D。主旨大意题。本文主要讲述曾经的模特门佳慧, 实现做仪仗女兵的梦想, 为9月3日的大阅兵做准备。阅读提升作业 十七
Module 5　Period 1
阅读理解
A
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Fly to the great c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ity of Shanghai and in the evening sample traditional Shanghai food. Visit the beautiful Yu Gardens, Old Town, Shanghai Museum, cross the Great Nanpu Bridge and tour the Pudong area. Also explore Xintiandi with its 1920’s style Shikumen buildings and end your stay in Shanghai with an amazing Huangpu River evening tour.
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Fly to Yichang and ch ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ange(approx: one hour)to board your Yangtze River ship for the next four nights. Enjoy a tour of the Three Gorges Dam(三峡大坝)before sailing on the grand Yangtze River, passing through the impressive Three Gorges. We take a side trip to the Lesser Three Gorges or travel up the Shennong Stream in a peapod boat and enjoy various shore trips along the way.
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Get off in Chongqing and drive to Chengdu for an overnight stay.
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Visit the famous P ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )anda Reserve to see the lovely animals. We then fly to the historic city of Xi’an for two nights’ stay and enjoy traditional Shui Jiao. Next day, explore one of the most important discoveries of the 20th Century—the Terracotta Warriors(兵马俑), followed by the ancient City Wall and a performance of Tang Dynasty dancing.
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【语篇概述】本文是一则广告, 介绍到中国旅游的一些日程安排。
1. The underlined word ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“sample”in the passage probably means“ _______ ”.
A. buy　　　B. reserve C. taste D. make
【解析】选C。词义猜测题。该句说的是飞抵上海, 在晚上应该是“品尝”传统的上海食物。其他选项明显不符合句意。
2. The first an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d last scenic spots to be visited in Xi’an are _______ .
A. the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Mosque
B. the Terracotta Warriors and Shaanxi Provincial Museum
C. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque
D. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Muslim Quarter
【解析】选A。细节理解题。依据Da ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ys 9—10: Chengdu—Xi’an这个部分可知, 在西安最先看的景点是兵马俑; 再依据Days 11—13: Xi’an—Beijing可知, 离开西安前看的景点是the Great Mosque(清真寺)。
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the ad
A. The tourists will have to pay extra for fuel and meals.
B. The tourists will visit the 1920’s Shikumen buildings in Beijing.
C. The tourists wi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll take a side trip to the Three Gorges Dam during the tour.
D. The tourists ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) will stay in Beijing for three nights before leaving for the UK.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。依据Days 11—13: Xi’an—Beijing这个部分的内容可知, 游客要在北京待三个晚上。
4. The ad is mainly intended to _______ .
A. encourage the British to travel in China
B. attract the British to traditional Chinese food
C. offer services of booking air tickets to tourists
D. provide the British with a better understanding of China
【解析】选A。推理判断题。这是一则广告, 把旅游的日程安排以及中国的文化古迹、人文地理及美食介绍给英国游客从而鼓励英国人来中国旅行。
B
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【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了学生如何在钱不多的情况下进行旅行。
5. This passage is about _______ .
A. how to plan your travel B. how to travel with less money
C. how to make your travel interesting D. how to get life experiences
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。根据文章第一段和第二段可知本文主要是关于如何用比较少的钱来旅游。
6. Before your trip, the first thing you should do is _______ .
A. to make a plan of the route
B. to get information on the Internet
C. to save money by spending less
D. to buy tickets in advance
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )据文章Save中的Cut expenses to fatten your wallet so you’ll have more choices about where to go and how to get there. 可知C为正确选项。
7. The underlined words“fatten your wallet”probably means _______ .
A. make your wallet larger
B. put some fat in your wallet
C. save some money
D. put some choices in your wallet
【解析】选C。由“Cut ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) expenses to fatten your wallet so you’ll have more choices about where to go and how to get there. ”可知, cut expenses意为“缩减费用”, 根据连词so表达的因果关系和句意“在去哪里以及如何去的问题上有更多的选择”可推断出, 此处指的是“省钱”。故选C。
8. The writer advises you _______ .
A. to share costs with any other people
B. not to go to well-known places
C. not to visit dangerous places
D. to buy anything you want to buy
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据Go of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f the beaten path: Tourist cities may be expensive. You may want to rethink your trip and go to a lesser-known area. 可知B为正确选项。阅读提升作业 二
Module 1　Period 2
Ⅰ. 完形填空
My friend Mi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )chelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other　1　, including her“sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s　2　anything.
Michelle loo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 3　that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 4　really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house; she moves around so fast that often　5　don’t realize she’s blind.
I　6　this the first tim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very　7　about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was　8　excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what ”s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aid Kayla, all smiles. “I learnt how to　9　colors today!Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green!And Michelle　10　with us. ”
To my great　11　, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“Michelle told me my　12　showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really　13　what I was doing!”Kayla said she had never felt how good the finger-painting was　14　Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Ka ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )yla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never　15　in conversation.
When I told h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er, she was　16　for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!”Kayla　17　. And I knew my child was　18　because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla’s　19　in her work.
We were silent for a m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )inute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did see my picture. She just used my　20　. ”
Indeed, she uses a special type of“vision”that all mothers have.
【语篇概述】本文主要讲了作者的朋友Michelle虽然是盲人, 但是通过其他感觉更好地认识和感知了世界。
1. A. ways　　 B. means　　 C. methods　　 D. senses
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。way方法; m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eans方法, 手段; method具体方法; sense感觉。根据including her“sixth sense”, 可知选D。
2. A. enjoyed B. found C. missed D. seen
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据includ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing her“sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s _______ anything可知这里想说“她很少给人她错过一些事情的印象”, miss错过。
3. A. and B. except C. even D. but
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据“ _______ that she doesn’t push too hard on them”可知这里想说“除了她不给孩子们强加太多压力外”。
4. A. who B. it C. she D. which
【解析】选A。语法结构题。根据“ _______ that she doesn’t push too hard on them,
　　　really benefit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a lot from her relaxed attitude”可知这里想说“她的孩子们从她轻松的态度中受益很多”, 从句缺少主语, 先行词为them, 故用who。
5. A. guests B. family C. children D. friends
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据“of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ten _______ don’t realize she’s blind”, 可知这里想说“她的客人经常意识不到她是盲人”。guest客人。
6. A. realized B. witnessed
C. recognized D. regretted
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。这里想说“在我女儿去她家玩之后, 我第一次意识到此事”, realize意识到, 符合句意。
7. A. excited B. sad
C. satisfied D. enjoyed
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据“But she was _______ excited about her finger-painting project. ”可知这里想说“她那天很兴奋”, excited兴奋的。
8. A. especially B. not so
C. a little D. not at all
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。这里想说“她尤其是对她的手指画兴奋不已”。especially尤其。
9. A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据下句“B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green!”可知她学会怎样“调配”颜色。mix调配。
10. A. stayed B. painted
C. talked D. watched
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据下文“my ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )child had learnt about color from a blind friend”可知这里想说“Michelle和我们一起画”。paint画。
11. A. excitement B. encouragement
C. delight D. surprise
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据“my ch ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ild had learnt about color from a blind friend”可知。surprise惊奇。
12. A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据“Mic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )helle told me my _______ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. ”可知“Michelle告诉我我的画展示出高兴、自豪和一种成就感。”
13. A. touched B. got
C. saw D. understood
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。这里想说她真的“明白”我在做什么, understand懂。
14. A. after B. since C. until D. when
【解析】选C。固定搭配题。这里想说“直到”Michelle向她展示不看纸怎样去画画, 她才感到手指画是多么美妙。until直到。
15. A. referred to B. turned out
C. come up D. thought about
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。这里想说“它从来没有在谈话中被提及”。come up被提及, 符合句意。
16. A. curious B. quiet
C. puzzled D. disappointed
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。这里想说“她安静了片刻”。quiet安静的。
17. A. cried B. insisted
C. complained D. informed
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据“B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ut Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!”可知这里想说Kayla坚持认为她说的是对的。insist坚决认为。
18. A. right B. wrong C. sure D. uncertain
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据“beca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )use Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork”可知这里想说“我”知道“我”的孩子是“正确的”。
19. A. shortcomings B. difficulties
C. pride D. description
【解析】选C。词汇复现题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据“Michelle told me my _______ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. ”可知这里想说Kayla在作品中所表现的“自豪感”。pride自豪。
20. A. paper B. pens C. hands D. eyes
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“Indeed, she uses a special type of“vision”that all mothers have. ”可知这里想说她用“我”的“眼睛”在看。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
　　Let us sup ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pose it is now about A. D. 2063. Let’s make believe(假装, 虚构)it is about fifty years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and the old.
What are people ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eating now People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.
Since there are sev ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eral times as many people in the world today as there were, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of cour ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )se, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
People are now la ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rgely vegetarians(素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2063.
【语篇概述】本文讲述了在2063年, 一些事情发生了变化, 我们的生活也变得不同了。
1. When was the passage written
A. In about A. D. 2060. 　 B. In about 1960.
C. In about 2013. D. In about 2004.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第一段第二 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )句“Let’s make believe it is about fifty years from now. ”可推知本文写于大约2013年。
2. According to th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e passage, what will be on the moon in about A. D. 2063
A. Many tourists. B. Many other animals.
C. Many plants. D. A sea.
【解析】选A。细节理解题。由短文第二段可以知道, 到大约2063年, 月球上将会有度假的人们、旅游景点和许多宾馆。因此答案为A。
3. What will people eat then according to the passage
A. Biscuits in pill form. B. Foods in pill form.
C. Foods in water form. D. Foods in gas form.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )三段第三句“But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants. ”可知食物呈弹丸形式, 故选B。
4. The passage tells us that in 2063, _______ on the earth than now.
A. there are fewer people B. there are more pests
C. there is less water D. the crops are getting better
【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第四段可知到2063年人口将更多, 沙漠用水浇灌, 庄稼不再被害虫毁坏, 收成总是很好。因此答案为D。
5. Why are people largely vegetarians in 2063
A. Because they don’t eat meat.
B. Because doctors advise them not to eat meat.
C. Because the number of animals decreases.
D. Because all the animals have died of diseases.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。第六段第二句和第三句告诉我们2063年的人口数目会增加, 动物数目会下降, 因此大多数人们成为素食者。阅读提升作业 十一
Module 3　Period 3
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
　　“Have a ni ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ce day!”may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression. When my friend Maxie says“Have a nice day!”with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.
“Have a nice day. Next ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )!”This version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out of the door. The words come out in the same tone(腔调)with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else’s is the management’s attempt to increase business.
The expression is one ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don’t know what to say, “Oh, you just had a tooth out I’m terribly sorry, but have a nice day. ”
The expression can be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) pleasant. If a stranger says“Have a nice day!”to you, you may find it heart-warming because someone you don’t know has tried to be nice to you.
Although the us ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don’t care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.
【语篇概述】本文主要探讨了人们 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )见面时的常用语“Have a nice day!”的社会意义。通过简单的一句“Have a nice day!”, 人们可以为彼此带来欢乐, 这也已经成为一种社会习惯。
1. How does the author understand Maxie’s words
A. Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.
B. Maxie really wishes the author a good day.
C. Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.
D. Maxie really worries about the author’s security.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由文章第一段的第二句和第三句可知Maxie在真诚地祝愿作者一天开心。
2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean
A. The salesgirl is rude.
B. The salesgirl is bored.
C. The salesgirl cares about me.
D. The salesgirl says the words as a routine.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第二段中“The ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) words come out in the same tone with a fixed procedure. ”一句可知, 女销售员说“Have a nice day!”是一种形式。
3. By saying“Have a nice day!”, a stranger may _______ .
A. try to be polite to you
B. express respect to you
C. give his blessing to you
D. share his pleasure with you
【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第四段中“. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) . . someone you don’t know has tried to be nice to you. ”可知, 陌生人是在尽力礼貌地待你。
4. According to the la ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )st paragraph, people say“Have a nice day!” _______ .
A. sincerely　　　　　 B. as thanks
C. as a habit D. encouragingly
【解析】选C。推理判断题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。由最后一段第一句中“Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times”, 可知人们说“Have a nice day!”已经成为一种社会习惯。
5. What is the best title of the passage
A. Have a Nice Day—a Social Custom
B. Have a Nice Day—a Pleasant Gesture
C. Have a Nice Day—a Heart-warming Greeting
D. Have a Nice Day—a Polite Ending of a Conversation
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。通览全文及结合文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )章最后一段第一句中“Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times”, 可知简单的一句“Have a nice day!”已经成为一种交际习惯。
Ⅱ. 阅读填句
　　根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
　　●　1
Home can be a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )great place for children to study. It’s important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friends.
●Location(位置)
　2　Kitchen and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) dining room are not so well suited for regular study, since books and pens get in the way of the day-to-day uses of those areas. Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at hand without having to clear everything away each night. For a child that likes being alone, set aside a corner of his bedroom, but keep it separate from things like games, music and other hobbies not related to study.
●Keeping Things in Order
Parents shou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ld encourage their child to spread out, but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn’t using his workspace. Ownership is very important for self-respect. 3　The workspace should be personal, but not another part of the playroom.
●　4
Encourage the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school. Give them a good example of how to deal with problems, how to manage time and get things done in the right way. 5　Study will be more enjoyable and effective when supported by the whole family.
A. Attitude Is Everything
B. Bring Organization into Your Home
C. Here are severval ways to choose a location.
D. Building a Good Home Learning Environment
E. Hold a can-do attitude and your child will follow your example.
F. Setting up a space ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children.
G. A child wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o learns to organize his space will carry organization into every corner of his life.
答案: 1~5. DFGAE阅读提升作业 八
Module 2　Period 4
Ⅰ. 完形填空
　　Once during th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e weekend I had to travel to my hometown, which is a small station on the railway line. I had to take a　1　train as no express(very fast train)stops there. The train　2　leave in a few minutes. I got on the train in a　3　. The train was crowded　4　people as usual and the racks(行李架)were full of　5　.
I was lucky en ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ough to find a corner　6　and sat down to read the newspaper. The train started and gathered speed as it　7　out of the station. Soon it was traveling with a very　8　speed. It passed the first station without coming to a　9　. This seemed rather　10　to me. The next stop was my hometown. I put my things　11　and got ready to　12　off. I thought that the train would　13　down and stop at any movement. What　14　me was that the train again went on　15　coming to a stop at my　16　. Then and only then did I realize that I　17　have got on the wrong train. I asked a passenger and was　18　that it was a non-stop express.
Just then the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ticket collector came along. I explained the　19　to him, but still I had to pay the full fare. The　20　lasted two hours. At the journey’s end, I was miles away from my hometown. As there was no fast train back, I had to take a slow one.
【语篇概述】本文讲述作者周末回老家坐错火车的经历。
1. A. big　　　B. small　　　C. slow　　　D. cheap
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据下文的“as no express(very fast train)”可知, 应当是慢车。
2. A. would B. could C. should D. might
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。由文中的“in a few minutes”知,此处为过去将来时。
3. A. car B. hurry C. bag D. line
【解析】选B。短语搭配题。in a hurry匆忙地。
4. A. of B. by C. for D. with
【解析】选D。短语搭配题。be crowded with people挤满人。
5. A. people B. luggage
C. books D. goods
【解析】选B。背景常识题。racks(行李架)上放的当然是luggage(行李)。
6. A. seat B. chair
C. desk D. place
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据前 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文的“lucky enough”和后文的“sat down”可推出, 作者发现了一个靠角落的座位(seat)。
7. A. took B. brought
C. pulled D. pushed
【解析】选C。短语搭配题。pull out(of)列车驶出站, 启程。
8. A. low B. safe C. high D. tall
【解析】选C。前后照应题。根据下文我们知道作者乘的是快车, 所以应当是high speed(快速)。
9. A. line B. stop
C. end D. platform
【解析】选B。短语搭配题。come to a stop停下。
10. A. good B. usual
C. strange D. funny
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。因为慢车通常逢站就停, 作者以为他坐的是慢车, 所以当车在第一个车站没停时, 作者感到奇怪(strange)。
11. A. up B. together C. on D. out
【解析】选B。短语搭配题。put sth. together把……放在一起。
12. A. get B. go C. leave D. jump
【解析】选A。短语搭配题。根据上文, 作者把自己的东西收拾到一起, 要准备下车了。get off下车。
13. A. slow B. get C. look D. throw
【解析】选A。短语搭配题。slow down慢下来。
14. A. surprised B. excited
C. interested D. satisfied
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据上文, 作者以为车随时会停, 可是列车却继续前行, 所以感到吃惊(surprised)。
15. A. for B. with C. but D. without
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据后文的“it was a non-stop express”可选出。
16. A. city B. house
C. home D. station
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上文“The ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )next stop was my hometown. ”可知是我应当下车的车站(station)。
17. A. should B. could C. must D. need
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。must have done表示对过去事情的肯定猜测。
18. A. told B. reported
C. said D. believed
【解析】选A。语境理解题。told被告知。作者被告知是直达快车。
19. A. train B. thing
C. time D. situation
【解析】选D。语境理解题。situation情况, 形势。
20. A. talk B. journey
C. quarrel D. speed
【解析】选B。语境理解题。此处显然是指“旅程”持续了两个小时。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
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●The offer is of two kinds:
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【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了一种关于英国旅游的活动券及其使用方法。了解这种活动券的使用方法能使你到英国旅游时节省很多钱。
1. The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on _______ .
A. 09/01/2015　　　　　　B. 04/02/2015
C. 01/03/2015 D. 28/04/2015
【解析】选D。细节理解题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。根据条款的第二条, 活动券有三个有效期: 2015年4月2日至5月31日; 2015年9月1日至10月31日; 2015年6月1日至8月31日。只有2015年4月28日在有效期之内, 故应选D项。
2. How much shoul ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d be paid for a two-night stay in October 2015 at a chosen B&B
A. ￡70. B. ￡40. C. ￡35. D. ￡30.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据条款的第二条可知, 在2015年9月1日至10月31日期间, 每间客房每晚20英镑, 所以十月要在这住两天的话, 费用应该是40英镑。
3. What right do the B&Bs reserve
A. To charge extra￡10 for bookings with no vouchers.
B. To refuse bookings for guests under the age of 18.
C. To charge at full price for stays not confirmed.
D. To request extra charges as tips.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )据条款的第十条可知, B&Bs保留拒绝持券人为18岁以下的未成年人预订房间的权利。根据条款第七条和第九条可知A、C两项错误; 文中未提及小费的事, 故D项错误。
4. By taking u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )p the offer, the voucher holders can choose to _______ .
A. book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs
B. have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money
C. use the B&B offer together with other offers
D. book the stays through B&B Daily
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )条款第三条, 赠送的活动券可以用来预订一个两人间或双人间。根据条款第一条和第六条可知, 活动券只包括了晚上住宿的房间和第二天的早饭, 而午饭、晚饭需要另算, 故A项正确, B项错误。根据条款第八条可知C项错误; D项显然不合题意。阅读提升作业 十二
Module 3　Period 4
Ⅰ. 完形填空
　　The train ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, 1　passengers.
Suddenly a little boy　 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )2　his way through the grown-ups’ legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the　3　grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father　4　to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very strange happens suddenly. The　5　little boy slides(滑)down from his seat and leans(斜靠)his hand on my knee. 6　, I think that he wants to　7　me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his　8　up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the　9　. Wrong again!What I receive is a　10　kiss on the cheek.
The boy calml ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am　11　. What just happened A child kissed　12　grown-ups on the train!How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard Soon enough, all of my neighbors are duly　13　. Nervous and a little surprised, we　14　at the father. When he sees our questioning　15　as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue(线索).
“He’s so happy to be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) alive, ”the father says. “He has been very sick. ”
Father and s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on　16　into the crowd moving towards the exit. Then doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still　17　the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered(触发)some soul-searching inside me. How many grown-ups　18　kissing each other from the joy of being alive How many even give much thought to the privilege(特权)of　19　
The little kisser had ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful. You don’t let yourself　20　before your heart stops!
【语篇概述】本文描述了作者在干冷枯燥的火车上接受了一个陌生小孩的吻。通过这次经历作者认识到, 人一生中要始终保持一颗快乐的心。
1. A. excited　　 B. tired　 　 C. pleased　　 D. surprised
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。与空前的cold相顺接。“又冷、又疲劳”的旅客。
2. A. feels B. fights
C. pushes D. picks
【解析】选C。短语搭配题。根据下文可知小男孩从大人的腿间“挤着往前走”。push one’s way意为“挤过去”。
3. A. unfriendly B. friendly
C. angry D. kind
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。从第一段最后一句“. . . filled with cold,
　　　passengers ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). ”可知“又冷、又疲劳”的旅客肯定对这个孩子并不是十分友好。C有一定干扰性。联系上下文我们可以得知, 尽管车上的人们并不十分友好, 但他们并没有对孩子生气。
4. A. likes B. prefers
C. chooses D. agrees
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。当孩子在我们旁边的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )窗子边坐下时, 他父亲“选了”门旁的一个地方坐下或站在那里。like喜欢; prefer喜爱; choose挑选; agree同意。
5. A. sick B. serious
C. lucky D. ugly
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。此时人们并不知道他 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )生病了, 因此A项不合题意。sick生病的; serious严肃的, 真诚的; lucky幸运的; ugly丑陋的。
6. A. In no time B. For a moment
C. In a while D. Once in a while
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。“for a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) moment”在这里意思是“曾经”, 其他答案不合题意。in no time立即; in a while一会儿; once in a while偶尔, 有时。
7. A. beat B. strike C. kiss D. pass
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。从空 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )后的“return to his father”可知, 我判断他从我这里“经过”。beat轻拍; strike打击; kiss吻; pass经过。
8. A. eyes B. ear C. head D. lip
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。从下文的“他想对我说什么”来看, 可判断是“头”倾向作者。
9. A. news B. message
C. kiss D. opinion
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。因为我以为他是想对我说什么, 所以判断是“信息”。
10. A. loud B. foolish C. strange D. fortunate
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据四个选项, 在脸颊上亲吻应该是“响亮的”, 其余选项不符合句意。
11. A. pleased B. shocked
C. satisfied D. interested
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。我对一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )个陌生小孩突然吻自己感到“震惊(shocked)”。pleased高兴的; satisfied满意的; interested感兴趣的。
12. A. well-known B. smart
C. unknown D. familiar
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。从上下文得知他们都是旅客, 互相都“不认识”。
13. A. praised B. kissed
C. scolded D. persuaded
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。从上文可知, 我周围的人也肯定被“吻”了。
14. A. stare B. smile C. warn D. whisper
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。因为旅客对这件事感到惊奇, 又因为他是个孩子, 所以向他爸爸“微笑”。
15. A. glances B. anger
C. mouths D. feeling
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。此处指我们质疑的“眼光(glance)”。
16. A. appear B. back
C. disappear D. follow
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。从下文“向出口走去”得知“消失在人群中”。disappear into意思是“消失在……中”。
17. A. touch B. trust C. smell D. feel
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据前后意思得知作者还能“感觉到”小孩在脸上留下的吻。
18. A. go around B. sit up
C. keep on D. insist on
【解析】选A。短语搭配题。从上文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )可知作者扣问自己的内心, 有多少成年人因为可以愉快地活着, “到处”吻别人 go around到处; sit up坐起来, 熬夜; keep on保持; insist on坚持。
19. A. a child B. a kiss
C. living D. death
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文的“being alive”得出答案。
20. A. die B. stop
C. sleep D. live
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。最后一句是全文主旨。作者由这一事件引发感慨: “心脏没有停止跳动, 就不要让自己死亡。”
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
　　It is wide ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ly known that any English conversation begins with the weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson’s famous comment that“When two English meet, their first talk is about weather. ”Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.
Bill Bryson, for exa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mple, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that“To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it. ”Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.
Jeremy Paxman, howeve ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. “Bryson is wrong, ”he says, “because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena. ”“The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty. ”According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bryson and Paxman st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.
【语篇概述】本文通过对Bill Bryson和Jeremy Paxman两人迥然不同的观点的陈述来阐明作者对英国人以天气为寒暄内容的见解。
1. The author mentions Dr. Johnson’s comment to show that _______ .
A. most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson
B. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago
D. English conversations usually start with the weather
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章第一段前两句, 可知作者提到Dr. Johnson的评论是为阐明“英语会话通常以天气开始。”
2. What does the underlined word“obsession”most probably refer to
A. A social trend.
B. An emotional state.
C. A historical concept.
D. An unknown phenomenon.
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ill Bryson认为英国的天气一点也不让人兴奋, 而人们见面总是以天气开始谈话, 因而这是一种“痴迷, 着迷”, 是一种情感状态。
3. According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that _______ .
A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather
B. there is nothing special about the English weather
C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles
D. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty
【解析】选D。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据倒数第二段第三句话“The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty. ”可知Jeremy Paxman认为对天气谈论的兴趣不在于天气这一现象本身, 而在于它的不确定性。
4. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage
A. To explain what English weather-speak is about.
B. To analyse misconceptions about the English weather.
C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.
D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.
【解析】选A。写作目的题。本文主要围绕“英语会话总是以天气开始的原因”展开的。阅读提升作业 一
Module 1　Period 1
阅读理解
A
A funny thing hap ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.
I was walking in the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and. . . I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
The telephone used to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost eve ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ry contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远)index goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
I am not against mo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t wise; they’re a great help to us. It’s some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more, I ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation, or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier, or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.
So I’ve put mysel ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I’m at home.
【语篇概述】现代科技的发展给人们的生活带来了 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )极大的便利, 人们逐渐习惯于使用电子邮件、电话等途径进行交谈、交流。然而, 科技带给人们便利的同时, 也在逐渐地让人们变得疏远。
1. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage
A. The Advance of Communications Technology
B. The Consequences of Modern Technology
C. The Story of the Communications Revolution
D. The Automation of Modern Communications
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据第二段“I became invisible, absent from the conversation. ”和第三段“Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. ”可知, 科技带给人们不好的影响是让人们逐渐变得疏远, 文章着重讲的是现代科技的负面作用。
2. The sente ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nce“Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent”means that _______ .
A. the people sitti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng beside you have to go away to receive a phone call
B. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you
C. modern technolog ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talk
D. people can now go to work without going to the office
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段“. . . and his cell phone rang. . . I became invisible, absent from the conversation. ”和第三段“we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another”可知, 当朋友接电话的时候, 作者仿佛成了摆设, 随着科技的发展, 人们通过电话、邮件等途径进行交谈, 这使得面对面的交谈变得很难。
3. The writer feels ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )that the use of modern communications is _______ .
A. satisfying　　　　　　 B. encouraging
C. disappointing D. embarrassing
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )三段“It’s some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy. ”可知, 本该让人们的生活变得更方便的现代科技却在使人们变得疏远, 现代科技的一些不好的影响让作者感到不舒服。
4. The passage implies that _______ .
A. modern technology is bridging people
B. modern technology is separating people
C. modern technology is developing too fast
D. modern technology is interrupting our communication
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第四段“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. ”和第六段“The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier, or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts. ”可知, 每当科技有了新发展, 人们的联系方式变得更自动化, 人与人之间的疏远指数就会上升, 帮助人们保持联系的科技却让人变得更孤独, 助长了人们不喜欢社交的本能。
B
　　The majority ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of astronauts from America have been men. At the start of the space programme, there was strong resistance from some people against having women in space. However, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA began the first training programme for women astronauts.
　　Judy Resnick and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other ways they were very different. Both of them were on Flight STS—51—L.
Judy Resnick was born ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) in 1949 and studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a PhD in 1977. She was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in space. During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research. She was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travel.
　　Christa McAu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )liffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accident. In 1984, NASA decided to find a teacher who could accompany astronauts into space. They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary teacher in history and social studies. She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11, 000 applicants to go on flight STS—51—L. She was also a very good communicator and she immediately established a very good relationship with the news media(radio, television and newspapers). It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flight. Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest. It is partly because of the excitement over McAuliffe’s place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect on people.
【语篇概述】作者在本文中主要介绍了两位 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )进入太空的女性宇航员Judy Resnick和Christa McAuliffe, 以及她们进入太空的前因后果。
5. We can learn from the passage that _______ .
A. Judy was against the idea of having women in space at first
B. Judy was the first woman selected for astronaut training
C. Judy helped to launch three new satellites at the age of 35
D. Judy carried out a programme during her second space travel
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Judy Resnick was born in 1949”和“. . . in 1984, she became the second woman in space. During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research. ”可知Judy在35岁的时候进入太空, 帮助发射了3颗卫星。
6. Christa McAuliffe was chosen for training because _______ .
A. she was popular with the news media
B. she expected to give history lessons in space
C. she was an excellent teacher and communicator
D. she made the students in space very excited
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第四段“T ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hey hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary teacher in history and social studies. She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11, 000 applicants to go on flight STS—51—L. ”可知他们希望被选中的老师能够从太空中与地球上的学生进行交流, 并鼓励每个人都对太空之旅感兴趣。要选择一位优秀的善于交流的老师, 所以Christa McAuliffe才被选中。
7. The reason why ther ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e was great interest in Flight STS—51—L is that _______ .
A. both Christa and Judy got PhD degrees in the same year
B. a young secondary school teacher was on the flight
C. students were going to learn more about space travel
D. it was the first time for women to travel in space
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段“Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest. ”可知学生对于STS—51—L很感兴趣是因为里面有一位善于交流的老师。
8. What would be the best title for the passage
A. Two Women Astronauts
B. Flight STS—51—L
C. Travelling in Space
D. The Training Programme
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。作者在本文中 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )主要介绍了两位进入太空的女性宇航员Judy Resnick和Christa McAuliffe, 以及她们进入太空的前因后果。阅读提升作业 二十一
Module 6　Periods 1、2
阅读理解A
　　Millions of years a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )go there were many types of dinosaurs on Earth. Most dinosaurs were plant-eaters. The Apatosaurus, for example, had a long thin neck so that it could eat leaves from trees. Other dinosaurs were meat-eaters. The Tyrannosaurus Rex killed smaller dinosaurs for food.
Dinosaurs were real ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )animals that once lived on the Earth, but they died out about 65 million years ago.
The disappearan ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ce of the dinosaurs is in some way a great mystery. Some scientists think that the climate changed suddenly. Fossils(化石)of trees tell us that the temperature dropped a lot and that the level of the sea dropped as well. This means that it got suddenly much colder. Perhaps the dinosaurs were too slow to change with the climate.
A new idea is tha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t a meteor(流星)crashed into the Earth. Scientists discovered a place in Mexico where they think the meteor crashed. They think that there was a lot of dust from the meteor. The dust landed on the plants. Also the dust blocked(阻挡)the sun’s light for as long as five years. Many animals, including dinosaurs, were plant-eaters, and perhaps the dust killed them. This means there was nothing left for meat-eating dinosaurs to eat, and so they died out. But, as many animals from that time didn’t die, we are not 100% sure what really happened.
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了恐龙灭绝的可能的原因。
1. What is the subject discussed in the text
A. Dinosaurs, the real animals living millions of years ago.
B. The two types of dinosaurs.
C. The probable reasons for dinosaurs’ disappearance.
D. A meteor crashed into the Earth.
【解析】选C。主旨大意题。纵观全文, 可知本文介绍了恐龙灭绝的可能的两个原因。
2. What are the two ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) possible explanations to the dinosaurs’ disappearance
A. Temperature dropping and sea level dropping.
B. Climate changing and meteor’s crashing.
C. The dropping of temperature and sea level.
D. Climate changing and the dust blocking the sun’s light.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段和第四段可知, 分别讲述了两个可能的原因: 气候变化和流星撞击地球。
3. What is the direct ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cause of the disappearance of meat-eating dinosaurs
A. A meteor’s crashing.
B. The dust blocking the sun’s light.
C. The plant-eating dinosaurs’ death.
D. It is still unknown.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )中作者的口气(perhaps, we are not 100% sure what really happened)可判断恐龙灭绝的原因还没有准确的说法。
B
　　One of the mo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )st detailed(详细的)descriptions of a UFO was given by nine-year-old Gaynor Sunderland in July 1976. Gaynor lived in Oakenholt, a village in North Wales. On her way home from school, she saw a silver(银色的)object shaped like a saucer(茶碟)in a field not far from her home.
The strange cr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aft(飞行器)was about 30 feet long and 9 feet high. It had yellow windows along the side and on the top there was a light flashing in a kind of box. Although Gaynor was very frightened, she did not run away. Instead, she lay quietly in the long grass and watched the door of the strange craft open. She saw two people wearing silver suits come out of the craft. They were carrying some kind of equipment(设备)which they used to examine the ground. They were short and had large pink eyes, Gaynor reported.
After about half an ho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ur, the two people went back into the craft. At once there was a loud noise and the UFO took off.
Although Gaynor told ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )her mother what she had seen, her family decided to keep quiet about it. They did not want people to laugh at their daughter. However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO experts. They hypnotized(对某人施催眠术)Gaynor so that they could be sure she was telling the truth.
Not only did sh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e repeat her story, but also she was able to draw a picture of what she had seen!
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了9岁的女童Gaynor Sunderland发现飞碟的经历。
4. Which of these descriptions of Gaynor is true
A. She’s nine, lives in a village and has never seen a UFO before.
B. She was nine, and lived in Sunderland in England in 1976.
C. She was nineteen in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) July 1986, and lived in North Wales as a child.
D. She was at school i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n North Wales and her family name was Oakenholt.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据第一段第一句可知, 1976年Gaynor 9岁, 故在1986年应为19岁。根据第一段第二句可知, Gaynor小时候住在North Wales的一个村庄。
5. Which of these descriptions of the UFO is true
A. It was round and flat, and had yellow windows along the side.
B. It was ten feet longer than its breadth, and it was silver.
C. It was a saucer-shaped box about thirty feet high.
D. It was a strange silver saucer which was like a craft.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“shaped like a saucer”和第二段第二句“It had yellow windows along the side”可知, A项正确。
6. What did Gaynor do as soon as she saw the UFO
A. She told her mother.
B. She ran away.
C. She went home from school.
D. She hid in the long grass and watched it.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段中的“she lay quietly in the long grass and watched. . . ”可知, D项正确。
7. What did Gaynor say when she was hypnotized
A. She had been lying about the UFO.
B. She didn’t understand the UFO.
C. She told the experts about the UFO.
D. She couldn’t speak but she could draw a picture of the UFO.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段最后两句可知, Gaynor被催眠, 向飞碟专家讲述了发现飞碟的经过。
【拓展训练】(阅读理解B)
Skim the passage and give the general idea of the passage.
The passage mainly tells us— .
答案：the experience of Gaynor finding UFO when she was 9阅读提升作业 十九
Module 5　Period 3
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
People who like t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ravelling have their reasons. They believe that travelling can help them expand their field of view, especially in the geographical and historical sense. They also think that touring will give them more chances to enjoy different kinds of food and experience new things that would never be brought by other activities. But those who dislike travelling also have some reasons.
Travelling, in my opi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nion, does more good than harm. Most importantly, it broadens(使扩大)our mind. We can get in touch with other civilizations(文明), cultures, customs and ideas.
Through history, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )most people travelled because of necessity(必要性)—not for pleasure. People travelled just in order to remain alive. They searched for food to eat or places to live in. They sometimes ran away from enemies. This is not to say that no one ever travelled just for fun of it. In ancient times, for example, rich Romans travelled all the ways to Greece to take part in the Olympic Games and festivals. Of course, some people decided to travel just out of curiosity(好奇心). They wanted to find out what it looked like beyond the horizon(地平线). Also business travel has been going on for centuries. Traders could not only make money but also learn to speak several languages and be introduced to different cultures.
So, travelli ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng does enrich our mind and draw new ideas to us. There is no doubt that we can get much from it.
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了人们喜欢旅行的几种原因, 即扩大心胸、丰富思想、增加体验等。
1. The underli ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ned word“expand”in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by“ _______ ”.
A. widen　　　B. protect　　　C. lose　　　D. decide
【解析】选A。词义猜测题。由 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第一段“their field of view, especially in the geographical and historical sense. ”可知答案选A。
2. According to the p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )assage, in the past most people travelled _______ .
A. for fun B. for knowledge
C. to get experience D. to make a living
【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第三段第一、 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )二句“. . . most people travelled because of necessity-not for pleasure. People travelled just in order to remain alive. ”可知答案选D。
3. How many reasons for travelling are mentioned in Paragraph 3
A. Three. B. Four.
C. Five. D. Six.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第三段“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )People travelled just in order to remain alive”和“just for fun of it”和“some people decided to travel just out of curiosity”和“Also business travel. . . for centuries. ”可知答案选B。
4. What’s the main idea of this passage
A. Different kinds of travelling.
B. Travelling enriches our mind.
C. Ways to enjoy yourself while travelling.
D. The advantages and disadvantages of travelling.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。纵观全文可知, 本文主要讲述了“旅游可以扩大我们的心胸”, 可知答案选B。
Ⅱ. 阅读填句
　　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。
　1　One of the best th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ings you can possibly do is start your own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) need to come up with is an idea for your club. 2　Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things The list is endless.
Next you need ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) some friends to be in your club with you. 3　All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.
　4　You should a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That’ll keep you busy for ages.
At your firs ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters!The best clubs are always secret!
Now you have just ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can spend a lot of time making them. 5　Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself That will make the membership cards really look like it.
So there you are, get ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )clubbing!Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!
A. That’s easy.
B. Enjoy your own club!
C. Invite a designer to join you.
D. What are you interested in
E. Some vacation is just around the corner.
F. Then you need to pick a name for your club.
G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.
1. 【解析】选E。根据下文“在假期期间, 如果无事可做, 创办自己的俱乐部是非常有趣的”, 可知, 选项E是正确的, 引出本文话题。
2. 【解析】选D。根据下文举例, “俱乐部的目的有很多, 列举的名单无穷无尽”, 这是对选项D所提出的问题的回答。
3. 【解析】选A。根据上下文, “下一步你需要几个朋友, 这仅需要三四个和你有同样爱好的人”, 所以那是很容易的。故选A。
4. 【解析】选F。根据下文, “坐下来, 拿出纸张, 写下你能想出的任何一个名字”, 说明第三步是要为自己的俱乐部挑选名字。
5. 【解析】选G。根据上下文, 需要制作会员卡, 即需用明亮的粗笔画出特别的设计。故选G。阅读提升作业 二十
Module 5　Period 4
Ⅰ. 完形填空
It is always interesti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled abroad. Foreign　1　can be educational for anyone　2　he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the　3　of a new country would be　4　for the traveler, but the benefits(好处)of such an effort would become clear at once　5　his arrival. It may not seem　6　to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing　7　to order a meal or rent a room is　8　for the newcomer in a strange place. Without　9　the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to　10　the people of the new　11　and their customs. Of course, in our small world, 12　is often possible to　13　someone who understands our own language, 14　this is only second-best for the traveler. To be sure, he can　15　places and things without the　16　of a language, but places and things are not the　17　of any country. To get the greatest benefit　18　a trip to another country, it is　19　important for the visitor to have an understanding of the　20　.
【语篇概述】参观另一个国家总是有趣的, 特别是对那些从未出国旅游过的人来说。学一个国家的语言很难, 但对旅游者来说能得到最大的好处。
1. A. travel B. country
C. language D. people
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。根据文章第一句可知是说出国旅行, 因此答案为A。
2. A. unless B. if
C. although D. so
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。if引导条件状语从句。出国旅行对任何人可能都会有教育意义, 如果他很感兴趣提前做好准备的话。
3. A. knowledge B. language
C. speech D. words
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。根据下文可知是学一个国家的语言。
4. A. usual B. easy
C. difficult D. interesting
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据句中的but表示转折, 可知学一个国家的语言很难, 但对旅游者来说有好处。
5. A. after B. before C. for D. at
【解析】选A。背景常识题。根据常识, 到达一个国家后, 旅游者学语言的努力带来的好处马上就清楚了。
6. A. difficult B. strange
C. wonderful D. important
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。当舒舒服服地待在家里时或许不重要。
7. A. why B. who C. how D. when
【解析】选C。语法搭配题。“how +不定式短语”作knowing的宾语, 表示方式。
8. A. necessary B. unimportant C. useless D. funny
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。但在一个陌生的地方知道如何点餐、如何租赁房子对于一个新来的人来说是必要的。
9. A. hearing B. knowing
C. saving D. reading
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据上句中的know可知答案。此句讲的是不懂(你所去的国家的)语言的不利。
10. A. recognize B. find
C. understand D. believe
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。对于一个外国人来说, 不懂那个国家的语言, 就很难了解那里的人和他们的风俗。
11. A. family B. country
C. city D. village
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据文章第一句中visit another country可知答案。
12. A. where B. which C. that D. it
【解析】选D。语法搭配题。it作形式主语, 替代后面的不定式短语。
13. A. find B. search C. select D. know
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。find表示结果, 通常能找到懂我们自己语言的人。
14. A. therefore B. however
C. but D. although
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。前后两句是转折关系, 因此用but。但是对旅游者来说这次于最好的。
15. A. look at B. see C. know D. reach
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据语境, 比较所给的四个选项, 只有B项最佳。
16. A. use B. speaking
C. writing D. learning
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据句意可知此处是讲语言的使用。其他选项都包含在选项A中。
17. A. mind B. head
C. heart D. matter
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。heart意为“核心、实质、精华、灵魂”。但地方和事物不是任何国家的核心。
18. A. from B. in C. at D. to
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据句意可知答案为A。要从到另一个国家旅游中得到最大的好处。
19. A. much B. indeed
C. also D. finally
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。indeed用来加强语气, 意为“确实”。
20. A. language B. position
C. size D. citizen
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。对于旅游者来说理解那个国家的语言的确重要。
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
If you plan to ta ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ke your pet on a trip, prepare ahead of time. At least two weeks before you leave, take your pet to a vet. See if he or she is fit for travel and ask if he or she should have any medicine before leaving. The vet may suggest certain pills for sickness or for calming the pet.
Some states or foreign ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) countries have health laws that say animals must have certain injections(注射)before they can be allowed to enter. Your vet may have this information. You can also get help on the United States and Canadian laws from a book published by the Department of Agriculture which some libraries have. For information on foreign countries, check with their consulates(领事馆). You can also ask the airlines on which you are travelling.
Find out if the places ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) where you plan to stay allow pets because many do not.
If you are going by ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )plane or train, ask if pets are allowed. If they are, ask where they will be kept and who will care for them. The big bus lines in this country do not allow pets.
Choose your pet’s box ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )carefully. Plastic boxes are better than cardboard or wooden ones because they can be chewed(嚼碎).
If going by plane or ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )train during warm weather, try to go in the cooler early morning or evening hours. Also try to avoid(避免)very cold winter weather because pets often suffer from cold. Even in your own car, be careful. Do not leave the animal inside with the windows closed because the car may become too hot or too cold.
【语篇概述】本文主要围绕着要想带宠物狗旅行, 应该做些什么和注意些什么展开论述。
1. The main idea of this passage is to _______ .
A. warn people to leave their pets at home
B. give general information about pet travel
C. tell people how to choose their pet boxes
D. tell people about foreign pet laws
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。通读全文我们知道文章主要观点是给出了带宠物旅行的主要信息。
2. When taking a pet on a trip, a pet owner _______ .
A. doesn’t need to make any special plans
B. should stay at friends’ homes
C. should make plans before leaving home
D. should travel by bus instead of plane
【解析】选C。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据第一段第一句“If you plan to take your pet on a trip, prepare ahead of time. ”可知选C。
3. From the passage, we can learn that _______ .
A. it costs too much to take pets on trips
B. some pets may not be well enough to travel
C. all train lines treat pets exactly the same
D. pets are welcome everywhere
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据全文可知一些宠物不适合旅行。
4. Which person would be the most interested in this passage
A. A vet. 　　　　　 B. A pet owner.
C. A bus driver. D. A pet shop owner.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章大意, 可知宠物的主人会对这篇文章感兴趣。阅读提升作业 九
Module 3　Period 1
阅读理解
A
When you are in anot ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )her country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally(非语言地)before saying anything by making gestures. According to a pioneer in nonverbal communication, only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don’t know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.
In the United ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )States, for example, nodding your head up and down means“yes”. In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean“no”. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying“I’ve heard you”.
In ancient R ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone’s life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means“Everything is all right”. However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.
In the United States ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), raising your clasped(紧握)hands above your head means“I’m the champion”or“I’m the winner”. It is the sign prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman(政治家)made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.
In the United State ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s, holding your hand up with the thumb and index finger in a circle and the other three fingers spread out means“Everything is OK”and is frequently used by astronauts and politicians. In France and Belgium, it can mean“You’re worth nothing”.
There are other non ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )verbal signals that people should be aware of when they go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans usually feel comfortable when speaking with someone if the distance between them is about eighteen inches to arm’s length. Anything closer makes them feel uncomfortable. When talking to Americans, it is also important to make eye contact. If you look down when talking to an American, he/she may feel that you are embarrassed, afraid, or trying to hide something.
In addition to k ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nowing how to communicate nonverbally in a country, it is important to know what you and he cannot discuss. In the United States, there are certain topics to avoid when you first meet someone, for example, don’t ask people their age, weight, religion, marital status(婚姻状况), how much money they earn, or how much something costs. You can talk about work, the weather, traffic problems, sports, food, news of the day, where one lives, consumer subjects(computers, car repairs, and so forth), and travel or vacation plans.
These example ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s illustrate that your actions can speak louder than your words. In a particular cultural contest, what you say and what you don’t say are equally important.
【语篇概述】当身处异国时, 了解他国的语言很重要, 但是知道怎样用手势进行非语言交流也同等重要。
1. Which of the following is TRUE
A. People all over the world only communicate verbally.
B. Most of our gestures have no meaning at all.
C. Some people th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ink that 65 to 70 percent of our communication is nonverbal.
D. Gestures are the most common way to communicate.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )据第一段中“. . . the most common way to communicate is through gestures. ”可知。
2. When someone put ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s his/her thumb up in _______ , it means everything is all right.
A. ancient Rome　　　 B. the United States
C. France D. Belgium
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据短文第三段中第二句内容可知。
3. What does the clau ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )se“. . . your actions can speak louder than your words. ”mean
A. Your deeds are better than your words.
B. What you do is better than what you say.
C. You try to show your best manners.
D. You are b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )etter understood by your gestures than through your words.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。句意: 你的行动比 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )你的话更有效。再联想到本文谈论的是在国外与人进行交流时gesture的重要性, 由此可推出答案为D。
4. The main ide ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a of the passage is that when you are in another country, 　 　.
A. it is unimportant to know the language
B. it is important to know what you can talk about with a foreigner
C. to know how to co ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mmunicate nonverbally is as important as to know the language
D. to communicat ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e nonverbally is more important than to know the language
【解析】选C。主旨大意题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )从文章结构和内容来看, 文章第一句“When you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally. . . ”就是主题句。
B
Comera is the only ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) place in the world which has a whistle(口哨)language. We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys on the island. A person on one side of valley cannot easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard from four miles away, and the record is seven miles. The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can underst ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is a long way from the town, boys and men pass the news from one to another. A boy guarding cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help each other in the same way when a car breaks or a cow is lost.
The whistle language ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country. But on Comera island, you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, the people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
【语篇概述】本文讲述了Comera(考麦拉)岛是全世界唯一一个使用口哨语言的地方, 这种传统已有几百年并且还将继续延续下去。
5. If a person on Comera island is ill, _______ .
A. others will phone the doctor in town
B. the whistle language will pass the news to the doctor
C. his family will take him to the doctor
D. people will take him to the hospital
【解析】选B。细节理解题。从文章的第二段可知, 在此岛上, 口哨语是用于传递信息的。故口哨语可将病人的信息传递给远处的医生。
6. From the passage we know radio and TV _______ 　at present.
A. have killed the special way of speaking
B. have whistled all the news and opinions
C. have helped Comera people to communicate
D. haven’t appeared on Comera island yet
【解析】选D。推理判断题。从 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )文章的最后一句“Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, the people there will. . . ”, 可知此岛上目前并无电视、收音机等先进的东西。
7. Comera island is special in that _______ 　.
A. it attracts visitors every year
B. no visitors have ever been there
C. people there have special ears to hear whistles
D. people there ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) use the whistle language to communicate with each other
【解析】选D。推理判断题。纵观全文, 可知此岛的特殊之处在于它特有的口哨语。阅读提升作业 十三
Module 4　Period 1
阅读理解
A
　　Scientist Florence ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Wambugu works with farmers in Kenya, a country in East Africa. She helps them grow bigger and better crops. Wambugu is especially interested in finding simple ways to produce more food.
In the past ten ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )years, Wambugu has spent much of her time studying sweet potatoes, which are important food in her part of Kenya. A virus(病毒)kept attacking the plants. It stopped the sweet potatoes from growing well. Because of the virus, some farmers lost three quarters of their crops.
Wambugu went to w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ar against the virus. Her research for a way to save the sweet potatoes led to a lab in St. Louis, Missouri.
The lab mainl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y works on genes(基因), the chemical“computer programs”found in the cells of living things. Genes tell a plant to produce pink flowers or an animal to grow black hair. Now scientists have found ways to move genes from one living thing to another. That process is called genetic engineering.
Wambugu spent thre ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e years in the lab. As a result, she created a sweet potato plant that could fight off the virus. Wambugu tested her research in Kenya, and her plants produced wonderful sweet potatoes.
That’s just the be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ginning, Wambugu believes. Genetically modified(转基因的)foods, she thinks, could help farmers in poor countries grow badly needed crops, thus, fewer people will go hungry.
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了科学家Florence Wambugu以及她发明的转基因甜土豆。
1. The text is written mainly to _______ .
A. tell us sweet potatoes are in danger of being attacked by a virus
B. introduce Wambugu’s contribution to genetic engineering
C. introduce a new way of killing plant viruses
D. tell how hard Wambugu worked in her lab for three years
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。纵 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )观全文, 可知本文介绍了肯尼亚的科学家Florence Wambugu发明的转基因甜土豆, 这为消除饥饿做出了贡献。
2. What caused Wambugu to set up a lab in St. Louis, Missouri
A. Her wish to save sweet potatoes in Kenya.
B. Her great interest in genetic engineering.
C. Her love for sweet potatoes.
D. Her interest in plant life.
【解析】选A。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )根据第三段“Her research for a way to save the sweet potatoes led to a lab in St. Louis, Missouri. ”可知。
3. The fourth paragraph mainly explains what _______ is.
A. a crop virus　　　　　　B. chemical technology
C. a computer program D. genetic engineering
【解析】选D。段落大意题。第四段就基因进行了解释, 并由此提出了“基因工程”这个概念。
4. What is Wambugu’s attitude towards“genetic engineering”
A. It will help more hungry people.
B. It should be carefully used.
C. It has more disadvantages than advantages.
D. It is a too expensive technology at present.
【解析】选A。观点态度题。根据 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )最后一段“. . . help farmers in poor countries grow badly needed crops, thus, fewer people will go hungry. ”可知, 基因工程可以帮助贫穷国家的农民种植急需的庄稼, 进而使更少的人挨饿。
B
　　Louis Pasteur, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the famous French chemist and bacteriologist(微生物学家), invented“pasteurization”. In 1854 Pasteur was made head of the department of science at the University of Lille, and it was there that he made one of his most famous discoveries. Lille was a major center for wine and beer-making, and some of the local wine-makers asked Pasteur if he could help solve the problem of keeping wine fresh. At that time, it was believed that food and drinks go“bad”due to a purely chemical process. But during a series of experiments, Pasteur proved that tiny living organisms(微生物)caused food and drinks to go bad. In the case of wine and beer, the organisms are already present in the form of the various yeasts(酵母菌)that caused the fermentation(发酵)process. Pasteur discovered that heating the wine gently for a few minutes after it had fermented would kill off the yeasts that were left in the wine, with the result that the wine would remain fresh for much longer. He also proved that food and drinks could be turned bad by other organisms that were present in the air, and that they too would keep fresh much longer if they were kept in airtight containers.
The heating ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )process was so successful that it made Pasteur famous. It was named“pasteurization”in his honour, and by about 1900 it had been widely used for processing and bottling cows’ milk. The result was a huge drop in the number of bottle-fed babies dying from infant diarrhea(婴儿腹泻)and from that time on it has been a standard treatment for milk and many other food products. This simple process has saved thousands, possibly millions of lives worldwide.
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了法国的化学家、微生物学家路易斯·巴斯德以及他发明的加热杀菌(法), 也叫巴斯德氏杀菌法。
5. Pasteur became _______ in 1854.
A. the chairperso ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n of the science department at the University of Lille
B. the director of a chemical laboratory at the University of Lille
C. the general manager of a large beer-making company
D. the president of the University of Lille
【解析】选A。细节理解题。从第一段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二句“In 1854 Pasteur was made head of the department of science at the University of Lille. . . . ”可知答案为A。
6. According to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the passage, Lille was a major center for _______ in the mid-19th century.
A. growing grain crops
B. making beer and wine
C. doing chemical research
D. producing various kinds of yeasts
【解析】选B。细节理解题。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )从第一段第三句中的“Lille was a major center for wine and beer-making, and some of the local wine-makers asked Pasteur if he could help solve the problem of keeping wine fresh. ”可知答案为B。
7. In the last sentenc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e of Paragraph 1, the underlined word“they”refers to _______ .
A. wine and beer B. food and drinks
C. the various yeasts D. other organisms
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。从第一段最后一句话可知they指的是食物和酒。
8. We can infer from the passage that Pasteur’s discovery _______ .
A. is no longer widely used for treating milk and other food products
B. did not bring much profit to the wine makers in Lille
C. has done a lot of good to children in the world
D. has greatly reduced the number of wars in the world
【解析】选C。推理判断题。短文的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )最后一段讲述了在1900年Pasteur所发明的防止食物和酒变质的方法广泛用于儿童所饮用的瓶装牛奶, 使世界上成千上万的儿童避免死于婴儿腹泻。
【拓展训练】(阅读理解B)
Skim the passage and give the general idea of the passage.
The passage mainly tells us—　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
答案：Louis Pasteur ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), the famous French chemist and bacteriologist and his invention“pasteurization”.