1、课后限时作业(九)语言知识练.单句语法填空1He fought _bravely_(brave) and gained his comrades respect.2The film is worthy of _being_seen_(see)3Youd better ride to your company instead _of_ taking a bus during the morning rush hour.4The message is very important，so it is supposed to _be_sent_(send) as soon as possible.5_
2、As_ is often the case，we have worked out the production plan.6I really appreciate _having_(have) time to relax with you on this nice island.7After he hung up，he felt more tired and decided to postpone _calling_(call) the detective agency until the next day.8The government tried hard to accept ways _
3、to_stop_(stop) corruption and increase efficiency.9I havent heard from Henry for a long time.What do you suppose _has_happened_(happen) to him?10A diligent worker，however，does not necessarily result _in_ many achievements or honors.高考题型练.语法填空Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from ano
4、ther, and you are now living in a 1._(total) different country? If so, then you are a thirdculture kid.The term “thirdculture kid” 2._(use) in the 1960s for the first time by Dr Ruth.She first came across this phenomenon while 3._(research) North American children living in India.In general, thirdcu
5、lture kids benefit from 4._(they) intercultural experience and they often reach excellent academic results.Yet many 5._(difficulty) may arise from this phenomenon.Thirdculture kids may not be able to adapt themselves completely 6._ their new surroundings.Also, they often find it hard 7._(develop) ne
6、w friendship.Additionally, for a thirdculture kid, it is often easier to move to a new country 8._ to return to his homeland.For example, after living in Australia for many years, Louis finally returned to the country 9._ she was born.She didnt know anything about current TV shows 10._ fashion trend
7、s.And she didnt share the same values as other teens of her age.语篇导读本文主要介绍了“第三文化儿童”这个概念以及这类孩子所面临的机遇和挑战。1totally解析 考查词性转换。空处作状语修饰形容词different，应用副词。2was used解析 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。根据时间状语in the 1960s可知，应用一般过去时；主语The term “thirdculture kid”和use之间是动宾关系，应用被动语态；主语为抽象概念，谓语应用单数。3researching解析 考查特殊句式。分析句子结构可知，while在
8、句中作连词，表示“当时候”，引导时间状语从句，补充完整为while she was researchingIndia，从句主语与主句主语一致，且从句谓语中含有be动词，因此可省略从句的主语和be动词，故填researching。4their解析 考查代词。分析句子结构可知，空处作定语修饰名词experience，故应用形容词性物主代词their。5difficulties解析 考查名词的数。difficulty在本句中意为“困难的事”，为可数名词，空前有many修饰，故应用复数形式。6to解析 考查介词。adapt oneself to sth使自己适应/习惯某事物，为固定搭配。7to dev
9、elop解析 考查非谓语动词。此处为“finditadj.不定式”结构，it为形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式。8than解析 考查介词。句意：此外，对于一个第三文化的孩子来说，搬到一个新的国家往往比返回祖国更容易。根据easier可知，此处为比较级句型，故应填表比较的介词than。9where解析 考查引导词。分析句子结构可知，空处引导定语从句，先行词为the country，引导词在从句中作地点状语，故用where。10or解析 考查并列连词。current TV shows与fashion trends之间为并列关系，再根据didnt可知，本句为否定句，故应用并列连词or。.阅读理解In i
10、ts early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses and carts got stuck.An old joke that was popular at the time went like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street.Asked if he needs help, he replies, “No, th
11、anks.Ive got a good horse under me.”The city planners decided to build an underground drainage(排水) system, but there simply wasnt enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city.An engineer named Elli
12、s Chesbrough convinced the city planners that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt.This raised the level of the citys streets by as much as 12 feet.This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicag
13、o.Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into mainfloors, or hoist(吊起) the entire buildings to meet the new street level.Small woodframe buildings could be lifted fairly easily.But what about large, heavy str
14、uctures like the Tremont Hotel, which was a sixstory brick building?Thats where George Pullman came in.He had developed some housemoving skills successfully.To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews(螺旋千斤顶) beneath the buildings foundation.One man was
15、 assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews.At Pullmans sign each man turned his jackscrews by the same amount at the same time, thereby raising the building slowly and evenly.Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stayed open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didnt even n
16、otice anything was happening.Some people like to say that every problem has a solution.But in Chicagos early history, every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem.Now that Chicagos waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River, the citys next step was to clean the polluted
17、 river.语篇导读本文主要介绍了芝加哥为了应对洪水泛滥的问题而实行的一些解决方案。1The author mentions the joke in Paragraph 1 to show .Ahorses were fairly useful in ChicagoBChicagos streets were extremely muddyCChicago was very dangerous in the springDthe Chicago people were particularly humorous解析 B写作意图题。根据第一段第一句可推知，作者提及这个笑话是为了表明芝加哥的街道
18、曾经非常泥泞，故选B项。2The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to _.Aget rid of the street dirtBlower the Chicago RiverCfight against heavy floodsDbuild the pipes above ground解析 D细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，Ellis Chesbrough让城市规划者相信在地上建管道才能解决洪水泛滥带来的问题，故选D项。3What can we conclude about the moving operation of
19、the Tremont Hotel?AIt went on smoothly as intended.BIt interrupted the business of the hotel.CIt involved Pullman in turning ten jackscrews.DIt separated the building from its foundation.解析 A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，用螺旋千斤顶把the Tremont Hotel升高时，宾馆正常营业，很多顾客甚至对此一无所知，即此事进展顺利，故选A项。4The passage is mainly about the
20、early Chicagos _.Apopular lifestyles and their influencesBenvironmental disasters and their causesCengineering problems and their solutionsDsuccessful businessmen and their achievements解析 C主旨大意题。结合全文可知，本文主要讲述早期芝加哥在应对洪水泛滥的过程中，一些建筑工程曾面临的问题及所采取的相应解决办法，故选C项。.七选五China has been the birthplace of many of t
21、he worlds greatest inventions.It was, for example, the first country to produce paper money.Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling._1_ This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering._2_ In
22、 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells as money.Usually the shells used as money were very small.This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.In the years which followed this invention, many other co
23、untries around the world began to do the same._3_The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells.It wasnt long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal: _4_ By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in th
24、e Roman Empire.About 1,000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people._5_APeople also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.BHowever, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.CIt was still many
25、years before paper currency appeared in Europe.DThey also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.EAs time went by, trade between countries increased.FDuring that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.GThe very first coins often had holes in them so that people cou
26、ld string them together.语篇导读本文主要按照时间顺序讲述了中国和世界上其他国家货币发展的历史。1.解析 F诠释关系。根据上下文可知，此处主要讲的是物物交换，选项中只有F项(在那时，例如，买一只鸡需要用几个土豆交换)符合语境，故选F项。2解析 B转折关系。第一段讲的是物物交换；空后几句讲的是贝壳作为货币的情况。B项中的such exchanges与第一段中的This exchange相呼应，However表示转折，引出下文，承上启下，故选B项。3解析 D顺承关系。根据上下文及空前一句可知，此处应说明其他国家用贝壳作货币的情况，D项(他们也使用小贝壳作为货币进行买卖)符合语
27、境，故选D项。4解析 G诠释关系。空处前一句、后一句均讲的是金属铸币的情况，结合选项可知，G项(最早的货币中间有孔以使人们可以将之串在一起)符合语境，故选G项。5解析 C顺承关系。空前讲到了纸币最先由中国人创造，C项(很多年后纸币才出现在欧洲)与此处衔接紧密，故选C项。.短文改错My first stay at home alone was very memorable.One day when I was twelve, both my mother and father were away on the business, and I had to be all myself for tw
28、o days.My parents left early the first day, I got up soon after they left.The first evening I was a little ， so turned on all the lights.I actually the light on in my bedroom the whole night, finally put me at ease.For fear of up late the next morning, I put three alarm near my bed and set the alarm
29、 respectively at 6：00, 6：10, and 6：15.In order to prove that I could take care of ， I washed my own clothes the next day, though I could wait for Mom to do it.I really felt of myself and thought I had grown up. 解析 on business出差，为固定搭配。 解析 (all) by oneself单独；独自一人，为固定搭配。 解析 逗号前后为两个完整的句子，应用连词连接，此处表示顺承关系，故在I前加and。 解析 scared感到害怕的，通常用来形容人的感受，此处用来作表语。 解析 本文是在叙述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。 解析 此处引导非限制性定语从句，且关系代词指代整个主句，在从句中作主语，故应用which引导该从句。what不能引导定语从句。 解析 for fear of (doing) sth以免做某事，为固定搭配。 解析 clock为可数名词，根据前面的three可知，clock应用复数形式。 解析 当句子的主语和宾语是同一人或物时，宾语要用反身代词。 解析 feel在此处为连系动词，其后接形容词作表语。