1、课时作业(九)Module 3Section Integrating Skills & Cultural Corner .单词拼写1A local journalist said that the volcano was in eruption (喷发)2Heavy rainfall ruined (毁坏) the game.3Kevin arrived late, but fortunately (幸运地) for him, everybody was too busy to notice.4The previous (以前的) party they gave was not as nice
2、 as this one.5He was anxious about the possibility (可能性) of losing all his money.6We have to come together, worldwide (在全世界), and “think”7So many years have passed and the terrifying (可怕的) accident is still fresh in her mind.8The teacher suggested that every student take an active (积极的) part in Engl
3、ish party.单句改错1The doctor warned the patient to smoke.to前加not2Would you mind putting your cigarette through, please？throughout3Years of fighting have left the area in ruin.ruinruins4Six boys and two girls; thats eight at all.atin5About 40 percent of the population of that country lives on farms.live
4、slive6It is reported that there is still a possibility what the bad weather will continue.whatthat.阅读理解AAt the age of ten, my parents thought that I should learn to play an instrument. They chose guitar lessons for me. I had no interest in playing it. All that I wanted to do was to improve my soccer
5、 skills. However, my parents believed that playing soccer was a waste of my valuable time. They thought I should use the time to focus on school and develop my brain by taking on a difficult task, such as learning to play music.However, since the first day of the lessons, I disliked the guitar. Whil
6、e learning to play the guitar, I just wanted to play soccer as much as I could. But what could a tenyearold do when his parents said they would punish him if he didnt do what they told him to do? Even though I loathed the guitar lessons with all my heart, I went to the instructor week after week. An
7、d week after week, I would come back and be tired of the lessons and of the amount of practice required.After wasting a year of my life learning how to play the guitar, I still had not made much progress. My parents began to realize that I was not born to play the guitar and that I was not having fu
8、n trying to learn, either. They finally understood how much I wanted to play soccer. So after one bad year, my parents called the music instructor and told him I would no longer take guitar lessons.I was very happy. Now I play soccer every day and I play it very well. I do think parents should let t
9、heir children do what theyre good at and what they truly love.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过讲述自己曾经迫于父母的压力而学习自己并不感兴趣的吉他课的经历告诉我们，父母应该让孩子做自己擅长和真正喜欢的事情。1The writer took guitar lessons because _.Ahe was afraid of being punishedBhe wanted to learn an instrumentChe had too much free time to killDhe thought he would l
10、ove playing the guitar答案与解析：A细节理解题。根据第二段中的“But what could a tenyearold do when his parents said they would punish him if he didnt do what they told him to do”可知，作者是因为害怕被惩罚才上吉他课的，故A项正确。2What does the underlined word “loathed” in Paragraph 2 mean?AForgot. BDisliked.CLearned. DImproved.答案与解析：B词义猜测题。根据第
11、二段首句“However, since the first day of the lessons, I disliked the guitar”中的disliked一词及画线词后的内容可知，尽管作者不喜欢吉他课，但他仍坚持去上课。由此可知画线词意为“不喜欢，讨厌”，故B项正确。3The writers parents called the writers instructor to _.Atell him that they were really sorryBask about the writers performance in classCtell him the writer had
12、given up the lessonsDask him to spend more time teaching the writer答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“So after one bad year, my parents called the music instructor and told him I would no longer take guitar lessons”可知，作者的父母给指导老师打电话是告诉他作者以后不再上吉他课了，故C项正确。4At the end of the passage, the writer shows that _.Aplaying
13、sports is more important than playing an instrumentBwe will finally fall in love with something we hate at firstCparents should let their children do what they really loveDchildren should know what theyre really good at答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“I do think parents should let their children do what theyre
14、 good at and what they truly love”可知，作者认为父母应该让孩子做自己擅长并喜欢的事情，故C项正确。BIn Singapore, most of us love windowshopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days. Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional (偶尔的) thunderstorms. However, we know that if it
15、 rains for long continuous periods, there will be more serious effects. Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some parts of Bukit Timah was impossible to traffic. People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget that other countries suf
16、fer much worse effects. Elsewhere, heavy tropical (热带的) storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia. This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them. If there is a typhoon or
17、 tsunami, thousands of lives are lost too. This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and it serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage.Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years. Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting
18、melting of the polar icecap has caused the level of the ocean to rise. This in turn causes flooding of lowlying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below sea level. It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it
19、 is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities, for example, illegal logging (伐木) or irresponsible forestburning to clear land for farming.【语篇解读】本文介绍了亚洲很多国家容易遭受的自然灾害及其产生的原因。5From Paragraph 1, we can see that most Singaporeans love _.Amaking complaintsBgoing out for
20、picnicsCdoing windowshoppingDtravelling along the coast答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知大部分新加坡人喜欢浏览商店橱窗。6What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?AHeavy tropical storms will follow shortly.BThe price of rice and vegetables will go up.CMany people will write in to the news
21、paper.DMore rice and vegetables will be imported.答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第三、四句可知热带风暴导致的洪水会毁掉庄稼，新加坡的大米和蔬菜是靠进口的，所以如果邻国发生洪水，新加坡的大米和蔬菜的价格会上涨。7The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to _.Athe arrival of heavy tropical stormsBthe import of rice and vegetablesCthe rising price of rice and vegetablesDth
22、e loss of lives in natural disasters答案与解析：D词义猜测题。上句提到台风或海啸会导致成千上万的人失去生命，这于2004年在印度尼西亚和泰国的普吉岛发生过。“自然灾害导致人死亡”这件事用来提醒我们大自然可以造成巨大的损失。8What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?AClear more land for farming.BReduce harmful human activities.CBring down the price of food.DImprove the qualit
23、y of weather.答案与解析：B推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，人们认为是人类的活动导致了大自然的极端愤怒，因此，现在我们真的应该团结合作来减少有害活动。.短文改错I just come back from Britain last week. I was luckily enough to be one of the student from different countries to visit the UK from Feb. 16 to 28. We paid a visit to many places, like London, Oxford or the Lake Dis
24、trict. I learned much about British culture and history in London, where was my favorite. I also liked Oxford, in which I saw much more old buildings. The Lake District was beautiful, but it was pity that it rained heavily when they were there. The most excited thing for me in the Britain was that I
25、 made a lot of friends there.答案：I just com back from Britain last week. I was luckil enough to be one of the studen from different countries to visit the UK from Feb. 16 to 28. We paid a visit to many places, like London, Oxford o the Lake District. I learned much about British culture and history in London, wher was my favorite. I also liked Oxford, in which I saw muc more old buildings. The Lake District was beautiful, but it was pity that it rained heavily when the were there. The most excite thing for me in Britain was that I made a lot of friends there.