Period Four Cultural Corner
Ⅰ.语境填词
1.The park is only five minutes’ walk from __________ (市中心).
2.They held a mysterious religious __________ (仪式).
3.Rich has an __________ (优势) over you since he can speak German.
4.The police are advising motorists to reduce ______ (速度) because of the fog.
5.I bought this bag as a __________ (纪念品) of my visit to London.
6.Yesterday a train was off the __________ (轨道).
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.昨天我在大街上偶然遇到一位我的老同学。
Yesterday I ______________ one of my old classmates.
2.听到这个消息,他禁不住大笑起来。
__________________________,he couldn’t help laughing.
3.他没有钱也没有食物养活自己。
He has __________ and ________ to support himself.
4.火车以每小时400公里的速度行驶。
The train runs ____________ 400 kilometres per hour.
5.温总理出席了第16届广州亚运会的开幕式。
Premier Wen ____________________________ of the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games.
6.美国英语和英国英语的主要区别是什么?
What are __________________ between American English and British English?
Ⅲ.同义词辨析
1.用power,strength,force或energy填空
(1)The dying man gathered his ________ to turn over.
(2)I’m afraid it is beyond my ______ to do what you’re asking.
(3)Old as he is,he is full of ________.
(4)We should use military (军事的) ________ in this situation.
(5)As we all know,knowledge is ________.
2.用fast或quick填空
(1)The train is running very __________.
(2)The teacher expected a __________ answer.
(3)My watch is two minutes __________.
Ⅳ.单项填空
1.He always works at a fast________.
A.speed B.rate C.step D.pace
2.________ automatically,the e-mail will be received by all the club members.
A.Mailed out B.Mailing out
C.To be mailed out D.Having mailed out
3.The storm left,________ a lot of damage to this area.
A.caused B.to have caused
C.to cause D.having caused
4.If you________ any problems when you arrive at the airport,give me a ring.
A.come up with B.set about
C.run into D.put aside
5.No teacher and no student ________ to enter the lab.
A.allows B.allow
C.is allowed D.are allowed
6.The car is running ________ speed of 160 kilometres per hour.
A.in a B.with the
C.at a D.for the
7.Xing Huina won the women ________ race at 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
A.10,000-metres-long B.10,000-metre-long
C.10,000 metres length D.10,000 metre length
8.As a native speaker of English,he has an advantage ________ other applicants.
A.of B.over
C.to D.at
9.Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year,________ a record US $57.65 a barrel on April 4.
A.have reached B.reaching
C.to reach D.to be reaching
10.Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within________ of little children.
A.hand B.reach
C.space D.distance
Ⅴ.阅读理解
George Stephenson’s father was a stoker (司炉) of a coal engine near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England.When George was fourteen,he became his father’s assistant at a shilling a day.He loved engines and spent all his spare time studying them.That was in 1795,and in those days all steam engines were stationary (固定的).They were used to pull trucks along rails with a chain or rope.
In 1804,Richard Trevithick built an engine on wheels,and several other engineers built locomotives (火车头),as they were called,each one trying to make a better machine than the others.George Stephenson set himself to build a locomotive.
Stephenson built his first locomotive in 1814,and he kept on trying to improve it.When the first public railway was opened between Stochton and Darlington in 1825,it was his engine,called Locomotion,that pulled the first goods train in the world,with a few passengers on board.
Stephenson’s most famous engine was The Rocket,which his son Robert helped to design.In 1829,a prize of 500 pounds was offered to the designer of the best locomotive.Five engines took part in the tests and The Rocket proved to be the best in every way.It astonished everyone by pulling a train at the wonderful speed of 30 miles an hour.With Robert,George Stephenson became the leading railway engineer in the world,both for building engines and making railways.Engines had interesting names in those days,and the very famous one was called Puffing Billy.
1.George Stephenson’s interest in engines started from________.
A.his love of engines at his time
B.his study of engines at spare time
C.his one-shilling income from his father
D.his experience of working with his father
2.Stephenson began to work on locomotives at the time when________.
A.some kinds of locomotives had already been built
B.no one could build a better one than his
C.only Trevithick made an engine on wheels
D.engines on wheels were not known as locomotives
3.Engines could be used to carry passengers________ after the building of engines on wheels.
A.ten years B.twenty-five years
C.twenty-one years D.thirty years
4.The Rocket aroused people’s interest because it______.
A.won the prize
B.could run much faster
C.was the best of the five locomotives
D.was designed by Stephenson
5.Who played an important role in Stephenson’s success in the engine tests?
A.His father. B.Trevithick.
C.The early engineers. D.His son.
The fact is that...事实是……
(1)The fact is that it’s out of date.
事实是它已经过时了。
(2)The fact is that Tom didn’t marry Mary.
事实是汤姆没和玛丽结婚。
答案
Ⅰ.1.downtown 2.ceremony 3.advantage 4.speed 5.souvenir 6.track
Ⅱ.1.ran across 2.Hearing the news/When he heard the news 3.no money no food 4.at a speed of5.attended the opening ceremony 6.the main differences
Ⅲ.1.(1)strength (2)power (3)energy (4)force (5)power
解析 (1)power主要指做事所依靠的能力;也可指人或机器等事物潜在的或发挥出来的力量;还可以指职权或政权。
(2)strength指固有的潜力。说人时,指“力气”;说物时,指“强度”。
(3)force主要指自然界的力量;暴力、势力以及法律、道德或感情的力量;军事力量等。
(4)energy主要指人的精力或自然界中的能量。
2.(1)fast (2)quick (3)fast
解析 (1)fast通常指人和物动作迅速。
(2)quick指即刻行动,毫不延迟,强调动作的机敏。
Ⅳ.1.B [这里说的是工作效率,不是速度,所以应用rate。句意为:他总是有很高的工作效率。]
2.A [the e-mail与mail out之间为逻辑上的动宾关系,故须用过去分词作状语。]
3.D [由上下文逻辑意义看,此处应表示自然而然的结果,应用现在分词作结果状语;动词不定式作结果状语,表示出乎意料的结果。]
4.C [句意为:如果你到机场时遇到任何问题,给我来电话。come up with想出;赶上;set about着手(干);散布(谣言);run into碰见,撞上;跑进;put aside储蓄;搁置一旁。]
5.C [由no...and no...连接两个单数名词作主语时谓语动词用单数,再者allow与主语之间存在动宾关系,应是被允许。]
6.C [at a speed of以……的速度,为固定用法。]
7.B [复合形容词中的名词用单数形式。]
8.B [have an advantage over sb.优于……。]
9.B [本题考查v.-ing短语在句中作结果状语的用法。]
10.B [within reach of sb.在某人所及范围之内。]
Ⅴ.1.D [文章第一段中指出:Stephenson从十四岁起做父亲的助手,并且把所有的空闲时间都花在研究火车引擎上面,由此可见,他的兴趣是从跟随父亲工作开始的。故D项为正确答案。]
2.A [文章第二段很清楚地告诉我们:Richard Trevithick在1804年制造了一个火车头,其他一些工程师也建造了火车头,在这些之后,Stephenson才开始制造。所以A项为正确选项。]
3.C [第二段提到:1804年,理查德·待里维西克建造了火车头;第三段又讲到:1825年,火车拉运了第一批货物和乘客。仔细推算,可知二者之间时间间隔为21年。故选C项。]
4.B [根据最后一段的第四句“It astonished everyone by pulling a train at the wonderful speed of 30 miles an hour.”可知The Rocket引擎之所以激起了人们的兴趣是因为它速度更快,所以B项正确。]
5.D [文章最后一段指出:Stephenson在儿子罗伯特的帮助下设计了Rocket,并且成为世界著名的铁路工程师。由此推断出D项为正确选项。]