1、课时分层作业(四)(建议用时：30分钟).单词拼写1Can you give me some (背景) on the situation?2A strong man will bear (困苦) without complaining.3Working in the sun soon gave us a (口渴)4He could never have (预见) that one day his books would sell in millions.5Humans are sensitive to (逐渐的) changes of brightness and color.6Did tha
2、t ever cause (紧张) in your relationship?7Id like to (存入) two hundred dollars.8He was faced with the (进退两难的困境) of whether or not to return to his country.9The only (缺点) to the project is its expense.10Toni (估算) that it must be about three oclock.【答案】1.background2.hardship3.thirst4.foreseen5.gradual6.t
3、ension7.deposit8.dilemma9.drawback10.reckoned.阅读理解 【导学号：28422057】ALondon，England(CNN)The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home on Thursday from his 30，000mile，282day ocean journey.Mike Perham，17，sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall，the southernmost point in Britain，at 9：47 am.，
4、his race team said.“It feels absolutely brilliant，” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line.“Im really，really excited to be going across the line at last.It doesnt feel like long since I crossed it first.”Mike set off on his roundtheworld trip on November 18，2008.He has been sai
5、ling his yacht，TotallyM，singlehandedly，though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo，according to the Guinness World Records.Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father
6、，Peter，and at age 14，he sailed across the Atlantic alone.The teenagers schoolwhich Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his triphas redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip.It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments”， according to Mikes Web site.There havent been many
7、of those quiet moments.Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal，the Canary Islands，South Africa，and twice in Australia，according to his Web site.Bad weather in the Southern Oceanbetween Australia and Antarcticaforced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds.He said at
8、 one point，a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.“My feet were on the ceiling at the time，” he told CNN.“That was a really hairy moment，and I was certainly thinking，Why am I here？ But we took the sails off and the day after I thought，This is brilliant！”Mike describes his father
9、 as his biggest hero，always supportive of what he wanted to achieve.Peter Perham said he wasnt too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea，as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道。主要介绍十七岁的Mike Perham单独航海环游世界的事迹。1Mike Perham returned to Britain in AAugustBSeptemb
10、erCOctober DNovember【解析】推理判断题。根据文章开始提到的“282 days”，以及第四段中提到的November可知应该是在八月。【答案】A2Mike Perham is that went on the roundtheworld trip in the world up till now.Athe first Bthe bravestCthe luckiest Dthe youngest【解析】细节理解题。文章第一句就给出答案。【答案】D3We can infer from the passage that Athe English school is the sam
11、e as oursBthe English school doesnt care for studentsCthe English school has a humane managementDthe English school gives students a lot of course work【解析】推理判断题。根据第七段叙述可知C正确。【答案】C4The passage mainly tells us AMikes exciting sail trip around the globeBhow Mikes father taught him to sail a boatCwhy CN
12、N wanted to report the news to the publicDthe introduction of the Guinness World Records【解析】主旨大意题。这是一篇报道，文章开头就给出主题。【答案】ABScientists used to explore the surface of the ocean.Now they are exploring below the surface，too.They want to know about ocean water and the plant and animal life deep in the ocea
13、n.In 1934 the scientist William Beebe dived 3，000 feet below the surface in a hollow steel ball.In 1960 his son Jean dived to a depth of 35，800 feet.All these early dives were deep.But the divers could not stay down for very long.They had to come back up to surface after a few seconds.Scientists nee
14、ded to stay down longer to study life below surface.Gradually they succeeded.Cousteau，a Frenchman，was able to keep men down to a depth of 36 feet for one month and to a depth of 90 feet for a week.Now scientists are developing even better equipment.With this new equipment，men can stay below the surf
15、ace for days or even weeks.In 1962 Cousteau set up a research station 35 feet below the surface.Then，in 1964，he set up another station on the ocean floor of the Red Sea.This was the first undersea station to operate without help from the surface.Many countries are now studying undersea living.The fo
16、rmer Soviet Union has an undersea laboratory in the Crimean Sea.The United States has a laboratory 50 feet down on the ocean floor off the Virgin Island.In 1970 five men lived there for two weeks.Then a team of five women scientists stayed in the laboratory. Next came other teams of men.All were the
17、re to explore the ocean depths and to make plans for the use of its resources.Scientists hope to find enough mineral，vegetable，and animal wealth there to provide food for the entire world.【语篇解读】科学家们为研究海底生物，运用更先进的设备、在海底建实验室等来探索海洋深处。5In order to ，scientists are exploring below the surface of the ocean
18、.Aknow about the ocean water deep in the oceanBstay down longer to study life of the plant and animal below the surfaceCknow about the plant and animal life deep in the oceanDBoth A and C【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段可知，D项包括了A项和C项的内容，这正是科学家探测海洋深处的目的。【答案】D6Who set up the first undersea station?AA Frenchman.BAn Amer
19、ican.CA Russian.DThe passage made no mention.【解析】细节理解题。第四段告诉我们，最早建立海底站的是法国人Cousteau。【答案】A7Which of the following statements is TRUE?AThe early divers could not stay down for very long.BUp to now only five women scientists have stayed in the undersea laboratory.CThe purpose of setting up the undersea
20、 laboratories is to make plans for the use of the resources in the ocean.DNone of the above is true.【解析】细节理解题。 由第三段第二句可知，A项正确。【答案】A8The author wants to tell us Athat scientists try to explore the ocean depthsBthat scientists try to make use of resources in the oceanCabout the secret of the plant and
21、 animal life in the oceanDBoth A and B.【解析】细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知A项正确；由最后一段倒数第二句可知B项正确。故选D项。【答案】D.短文改错 【导学号：28422058】Dear Angela，I am so happy to learn you are coming to study in our school and stay at my home.My home is at No.58, Mingzu Street.A fiveminutes walk from my home along Mingzu Street will lead
22、you to a crossroads, when Mingzu Street meets Baohu Road.On the corner of the crossroads lie a shopping mall, where you can get everything you needed.Walking for about 300 meter along Baohu Road, youll see our school on right.There we will spend most of the daytime.In the end of Mingzu Street stands
23、 the new railway station, and that its easy for you to reach.As a bus stop is just next to my home, Bus No.23 will direct take you there.I cant wait to seeing you in China.Yours，Li Hua【答案】Dear Angela，I am so happy to learn you are coming to study in our school and stay at my home.My home is at No.58
24、, Mingzu Street.A walk from my home along Mingzu Street will lead you to a crossroads， Mingzu Street meets Baohu Road.On the corner of the crossroads a shopping mall, where you can get everything you .Walking for about 300 along Baohu Road, youll see our school on right.There we will spend most of the daytime. the end of Mingzu Street stands the new railway station, and its easy for you to reach.As a bus stop is just next to my home, Bus No.23 will take you there.I cant wait to you in China.Yours，Li Hua
