1、Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe.阅读理解Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I open
2、ed it to see a truly awful looking man. Hes hardly taller than my eightyearold son. “Good evening. Ive come to see if youve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and theres no bus till morning.” He told me hed been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I g
3、uess its my face.I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments.” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me, “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I t
4、alked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (残疾的) from a back injury. He didnt tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time？
5、” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4：00 am and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.In the
6、years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.本文介绍了一名渔夫的不幸遭遇，作者从中得到了人生启示面对不幸时要
7、学会毫不抱怨地接受，并以乐观的心态去面对。1Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?ABecause the man said others refused to accommodate him.BBecause the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.CBecause the man said he had come from the eastern shore.DBecause the man said he had
8、 been hunting for a room since noon.答案：B解析：细节理解题。从第二段中 For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me, “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”可知B项正确。2How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?AAbout 1 hour.BAbout 2 h
9、ours.CAbout 3 hours. DAbout 4 hours.答案：C解析：细节理解题。从第四段中 On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning.I knew his bus left at 4：00 am可知C项正确。3From the text we can know that _.Athe authors children were kind and friendly to the manBthe man was fed up with his hardwork and his familyCJo
10、hn Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live inDthe author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors答案：A解析：细节理解题。从第三段最后一句 Your children made me feel at home. 可知。4The authors family were grateful to know the man because _.Ahe often brought them fish and vegetables from his
11、 gardenBhe paid them money for his stayingChe taught them how to accept the bad without complaintDhe stayed only overnight with the writers family答案：C解析：细节理解题。从最后一段中 I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing t
12、he misfortune. 可知。.语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg _1_ (recent) surprised Chinese students when he spoke to _2_(they) in Chinese. In a talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zuckerberg spoke Chinese for about 30 minutes. _3_ his Chinese was far from perfect, stu
13、dents and faculty cheered his effort.Clayton Dube is the head of the USChina Institute at the University of Southern California. He praises Zuckerbergs effort and thinks more American CEOs should learn foreign _4_ (language)“To speak Chinese _5_ (mean) you begin to think as Chinese people do. You be
14、gin to understand how Chinese speakers have the world _6_ (organize), and how they understand things. And that is a vital step if youre going to be culturally qualified.”Zuckerbergs talk raises a larger question: Is Chinese the language of the future? Could it replace English _7_ the worlds internat
15、ional language? Chinese already has the most native speakers of any language. And, China may soon pass the United States as the worlds _8_ (large) economy.The study of _9_ Chinese language is increasing in the United States and around the world. In 2009, about 60,000 _10_ (America) college students
16、were studying Chinese. That is three times as many as in 1990.1recently解析：考查词性转换。根据句意可知，Facebook创始人Mark Zuckerberg最近用汉语同中国学生对话，这让他们大吃一惊。句中需要用recent的副词形式修饰整个句子。故填recently。2them解析：考查代词。speak to sb.意为“同某人说话”，为固定短语。根据句意可知，此处应使用代词指代Chinese students，为复数概念。故填them。3Although/Though解析：考查连词。根据句意可知，尽管Mark Zucke
17、rberg的汉语说得远不够完美，但是师生们还是为他的努力而感到高兴。两个分句之间是让步关系。故填Although/Though。4languages解析：考查名词复数。根据句意可知，Clayton Dube表扬Mark Zuckerberg的努力，他认为更多的美国CEO应该学习外语。此处的“外语”是复数含义。故填languages。5means解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。根据句中动词“begin”和“do”的时态可判断，此处应用一般现在时。不定式“To speak Chinese”作主语，谓语动词应使用第三人称单数形式。故填means。6organized解析：考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知
18、，此处指学习汉语可以让人开始理解说汉语的人怎样组织这个世界。have sth. done意为“让被做”，为习惯用法。故填organized。7as解析：考查介词。根据句意可知，此处指汉语能够代替英语成为国际性语言吗。replace.as.意为“替代成为”，为固定用法。故填as。8largest解析：考查形容词最高级。根据句意可知，中国可能不久就会超越美国成为世界上最大的经济体。故填形容词最高级形式largest。9the解析：考查冠词。名词language前有Chinese修饰时，需要使用定冠词the，特指汉语这种语言。故填the。10American解析：考查词性转换。名词短语college students前应使用形容词作定语。故填American。
