1、课时作业(十一)Unit 11The Media Section Lesson 4，CommunicationWorkshop，Culture Corner &Bulletin BoardLanguage Points(本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！).单句语法填空/单句改错1I wonder_they will arrive on time.答案：if/whether2Dont hesitate to turn to me for help no matter_you need it.答案：when3It is_(harm) to your health to drink to
2、o much alcohol.答案：harmful4Forgive me for_(interrupt)，but I really dont agree with that.答案：interrupting5I owe_to you that I finished my work in time.答案：it6There being nobody else in the room，Jenny let out all the words hiding her heart for years.答案：hidinghidden7Tom took a taxi to the airport hurriedl
3、y，only finding his plane high up in the sky.答案：findingto find8On receiving the call，the police rushed to the scene which a traffic accident happened.答案：whichwhere9These chairs are meaning for the teachers who will attend the meeting.答案：meaningmeant10A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles e
4、ast of the city，kill all four people on board.答案：killkilling.阅读理解A(2019唐山市检测)Big changes in agriculture are taking place in Singapore.The small，Southeast Asian nation is leading a farming revolution，according to the Reuters news agency.Singapore covers 724 square kilometers of land and only one perc
5、ent of that land is used for agriculture.Food production costs are higher there than the rest of Southeast Asia.As climate change and population growth threaten food supplies，the pressure is on new farmers to answer the governments call to “grow more with less”“Whenever I talk about food security in
6、 Singapore，I tell people dont think land think space，because you can go upwards and sideways.” said Paul Teng，an agriculture professor at Nanyang Technological University.There are more than 30 vertical (垂直的) farms in Singapore ones that grow up，not across，the land.Sustenir Agriculture is one of the
7、se businesses.Its hydroponic (水栽法的) farm grows nonnative foods like cherry tomatoes and strawberries inside buildings under artificial lighting.Then it sells the produce to local supermarkets and online stores.Sustenir raised $16 million from investors (投资人) last year.The money will be used to expan
8、d operations in Singapore.However，not everyone thinks the new technology is best.Egg farmer William Ho says the government should not depend so much on agriculture technology businesses.“ Many of them have failed.Thats why Im always asking the government why dont you invest in us oldtimers.We are mo
9、re practical，” he said.Professor Paul Teng said an issue for urban farmers is that the high cost of the technology makes their products too pricey for many people.语篇解读本文是一篇新闻报道，主要介绍了新加坡建设空中农场解决国内食品短缺问题。1What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?AHigh food production costs.BReasons for changes in
10、 agriculture.CAgricultural technology businesses.DSale expansion of food markets解析：主旨大意题。根据第二段内容可知，用于农业的耕地面积少、食品生产成本高、气候变化和人口增长导致了新加坡农业的变化，由此可知，本段主要介绍了农业变化的原因，故B 项正确。答案：B2What is the way to achieve food security according to Paul Teng?AExploring up the land.BBuying more food.CEnlarging farmland.DInv
11、esting more money.解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Whenever I talk about food security in Singapore，I tell people dont think land think space，because you can go upwards and sideways.”可知，当邓保罗谈论粮食安全的时候，他告诉人们不要想土地，要想空间，因为你可以向上和横向移动，由此可知，邓保罗认为，实现粮食安全的途径是通过空间探索土地，故A 项正确。答案：A3What do we know about the oldtimers?AThey wor
12、k on hightech farms.BThey benefit from pricey products.CThey reduce production costs.DThey need government support解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Im always asking the government why dont you invest in us oldtimers.”可知，农户William Ho 问政府为什么不在传统农户身上投资呢？言外之意，传统农户需要政府的支持，故D 项正确。答案：D4Where is this text probably taken fr
13、om?AA guidebook. BA brochureCA newspaper. DA journal.解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了新加坡建设空中农场解决国内食品短缺问题，属于新闻范畴，因此文章最有可能出自报纸，故C 项正确。答案：CB(2019深圳中学月考)After four silent years，the British singer Adele Adkins has finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello，the opening song from her third album(专辑)25
14、，which came out on Nor.20,2015Although Adele is a very successful singer now，music_wasnt_always_what_she_saw_herself_doing.At age 10，when she saw her grandmothers pain over the death of Adeles grandfather，she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.“I wanted to fix peoples hearts，” she told the UK music
15、 website iD，remembering the childhood interest shed had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was singing.Adele didnt go to the medical school，but many would agree that she still has healing (治疗) power.“Her songs find the kind of memory every listener holds somewhere in their h
16、eart.This kind of feeling is what people have always liked in Adele，” said The Telegraph.“She writes a pop diary，sharing the simple secrets of her heart.”Most successful pop stars make albums at a fast pace，but not Adele.After her second album 21 won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year，she m
17、ade it clear with her label that she would spend “four or five years” making her next album.She told a magazine，“I wont come out with new music until its better than 21.” Instead of seeking fame，Adele remained silent and moved to the countryside.In her free time，she loved to watch TV series Teen Mom
18、，American，Horror Story，and The Walking Dead.Living life as normally as possible is important to the singers art.“Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone who is not living in the real world，” Adele told iD.“So I live a lowkey (低调的) life for my fans.”语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了英国著名歌手Adele成功的关键。5What do
19、es the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AAdele wasnt interested in music.BAdele wasnt good at music at first.CMusic wasnt very important in Adeles life.DMusic wasnt all Adele wanted to be devoted to.解析：句意理解题。根据画线句后的“At age 10，when she saw her grandmothers pain over the death of Adele
20、s grandfather，she pictured herself as a doctor”及下一段的内容可知，Adele在发现自己的唱歌天赋之前，想要成为一名医生，故音乐不是她想要从事的一切，故选D项。答案：D6Why doesnt Adele want to make albums at a fast pace?ATo live a lowkey life.BTo win the Grammy Award.CTo make sure of the quality of her music.DTo avoid running out of her talent for singing.解析
21、：细节理解题。根据第五段中的“She told a magazine，I wont come out with new music until its better than 21”可知，Adele想要保证音乐的质量，故选C项。答案：C7What can we know about Adele?AHer third album 21 won the Grammy Award.BShe moved to the countryside before 2012.CShe has kept a diary since childhood.DHer works are based on the rea
22、l life.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone who is not living in the real world”可推知，Adele认为人们都想听贴近现实的人唱的歌，那么Adele的作品应该是基于现实创作的，故选D项。答案：D8What does the text mainly tell us?AThe popularity of Adeles album 25.BThe healing power of Adeles music.CThe secrets of Adeles success
23、 in music.DThe reasons for Adeles becoming a singer.解析：主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，Adele为了确保音乐质量，几年才出一次专辑，而且她过着低调的生活，只为创作出贴合现实的音乐，这些都是Adele成功的关键。故C项符合语境。答案：C.七选五 Ways to Worry Less(2019张家口市高一第二学期期末质量监测)Do you want to worry less？Of course you do.Thats like asking if I can send you free bacon.Worry is like black m
24、oldit appears in damp conditions and spreads uncontrollably.And very often we dont realize its there until its killing us.We must get rid of worry before it destroys us.But how should we do it？_1_Do what you need to do._2_You ought not to avoid tough projects or hard conversations.If you dont do wha
25、t you should be doing，you will end up spending the rest of the time worrying about the mustdo things.Believe it or not，the anxiety that comes from the worry is much worse than the task were worried about._3_I think many of us act like were puppets (木偶) in a play and were waiting for something or som
26、eone to put us in the right place.We just react to whatever is going on._4_We need to live purposefully.Nothing can cause more worry than purposelessness.Make plans.You cant succeed without making plans.Making plans will enable you to achieve your aims more smoothly.However，your plans arent set in s
27、tone.You can adjust your plans flexibly.Accept changes._5_There are other ways to lessen worry.As long as you are determined to take action，you will live a worryfree life.AGet more purposeful.BWorry ruins creativity.CDo what you should be doing.DWe need to stop letting life just happen.EMake new pla
28、ns and then move forward.FHere are some effective ways to deal with it.GYou do the same things as the people around you do.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。本文主要列举了几种帮助我们减少忧虑的方法。1解析：空前问道“But how should we do it？”但是我们应该怎么做呢？下文列举的几种方法，故可知此处说的是“Here are some effective ways to deal with it.”这里有一些有效的方法来处理它。故选F。答案：F2解析：根据本段中“
29、You ought not to avoid tough projects or hard conversions.If you dont do what you should be doing，you will end up spending the rest of the time worrying about the mustdo things.”可知，对困难的事你不应该逃避。如果你不做你应该做的事，你就会把剩下的时间花在担心这些必须做的事情上。C项，做你应该做的，与本段内容相符合。故选C。答案：C3解析：空格处是段落标题。根据本段内容可知，我们总是等待别人把我们放在对的位置，自己却没有
30、目的性；后面也提到“We need to live purposefully.Nothing can cause more worry than purpose lessness.”我们需要有目标地生活。没有什么比漫无目的更令人担忧的了。可知，我们的行为应该更有目的性。故选A。答案：A4解析：空处前面，作者认为很多人就像是剧中的木偶，我们在等待某件事或某个人把我们放在正确的位置，我们只是对正在发生的事情做出反应；后面直接提到“We need to live purposefully.”我们需要有目标地生活。可知，此处说的是我们不能让生活随随便便就过去了。D 项中的life 与后文中的live 呼应，D 项符合上下语境。故选D 。答案：D5解析：本段主要讲的是Make plans，E 项中“Make new plans”与之呼应，且符合语境。故选E。答案：E