1、课时分层作业(九).阅读理解AA friend is better than money.A friend is worse than poison in some cases.The two sentences above have opposite meanings and seem to be unreasonable，but they can be explained as follows：the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who le
2、ad us into bad ways.My ideal(理想的) friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown belowhe has no bad habits，such as smoking and drinking.He lives in frugality(节俭)He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time.At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers；at school he respects hi
3、s teachers and shares the feelings of his classmates.He treats those truly who are true to him.In a word，he has all the good characteristics(特征) that I dont have.I can follow him as a model.With his help I can be free from all difficulties.Indeed，if I have such a person as my friend，I shall never fe
4、ar difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word “failure”【语篇解读】好朋友比金钱更重要，而坏朋友却比毒药更糟糕，那么我们理想的朋友应该是什么样的呢？本篇文章的作者给出了自己的观点。1This passage mainly tells us _Ahow to make friends with othersBhow to help friendsCwhat kind of person the writers friend isDwhat kind of person we should make frien
5、ds withD主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本篇文章主要讲的是我们应该与什么样的人做朋友，故选D。2According to the writer，an ideal friend refers to _Aa friend without bad habitsBa famous manCa perfect manDa respectable manC细节理解题。根据第二段可知，作者认为理想的朋友指的是没有坏习惯，生活节俭，学习用功，不浪费黄金时间的人，故C项最符合题意。3What can we learn from the passage?AThe writer and his ideal fri
6、end have a lot to learn from each other.BThe writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend.CThe writers ideal friend has a lot to learn from him.DThe writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend.B推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句“I can follow him as a model.”可知作者有许多向理想中的朋友学习的地方，故选B。4From the second para
7、graph，we can infer the writer is sure that _Afriendship means a great deal to himBnothing can be done without friendsChe who does not smoke or drink must be a good friendDgood friends should always help each otherA推理判断题。根据第二段可知作者认为理想中的朋友应该有许多作者没有的好品质，作者可以向他学习，在他的帮助下作者可以免受所有的困难，因此对作者来说，友谊意味着很多。故A项符合题
8、意。BStudents from Oceanside High School in Rockland will be able to sleep in a little longer from this autumn.Regional School Unit 13 Superintendent(负责人) Lew Collins said during the schools Thursday night meeting that the schedule(时间表) for the schools will be changed.Oceanside East and West will star
9、t a half hour later，at 8 am.for their new school year.Research has shown that teenagers brains are often not fully awake at 6：30 am.Collins said the schedule，which is used to get students to school for classes that begin at 7：30 am.，calls for some to get on buses before 6：00 am.to get to school on t
10、ime.Teachers are having meetings at 6：40 am.，which is too early，he thinks.Collins visited the high schools in Rockland and asked students when they would like classes to begin.Most of them said 8：00 am.“I was surprised.I thought they would say 9：00 or 10：00，”he said.The National Sleep Foundation say
11、s on its website that teenagers biological clocks(生物钟) are designed to stay up later and get up later.The Foundation called for schools to change their schedules，which means a later start as well for elementary students(小学生)“We do not have enough buses to run，since all the high school and elementary
12、 school buses run almost at the same time，”Collins said.He suggested，“We should buy six more buses and get six more drivers to keep the new schedule working.”Elementary school classes in Rockland now start at 8：30 am.，but will be moved to 8：45 am.，starting in the autumn.“I know this is a problem for
13、 working parents，but we will see what we can come up with，”said Jane Brown，a teacher at Bardonia Elementary School.“Anyway，I believe if students get more sleep theyll be more ready to learn when classes start，”she added.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。考虑到学生们的身体特点，Rockland的学校将要推迟上课时间。5A new schedule will be made to _
14、Aadd more interesting subjectsBhelp students do better in classCask parents to learn about schoolsDcut the number of meetings downB细节理解题。由第三段中的“teenagers brains are often not fully awake at 6：30 am.”和第五段中的“teenagers biological clocks(生物钟) are designed to stay up later and get up later”可知，制定新时间表的目的是为
15、了符合孩子们的睡眠规律以便他们在课堂上拥有更好的状态，故选B项。6One of the problems facing the schools in Rockland is that they will _Abe afraid of working parents disturbanceBbe worried about childrens safetyCbe short of school busesDbe short of teachersC细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的“We do not have enough buses to run”等信息可知，问题之一便是缺少校车，故选C项。7Wh
16、at does Jane Brown think of the new schedule?AShe is not certain about it.BShe is not interested in it.CShe is worried about it.DShe is hopeful about it.D推理判断题。由最后一段中Jane Brown所说的“I believe if students get more sleep theyll be more ready to learn when classes start”可知，对于新时间表她是满怀信心的，故选D项。.读后续写阅读下面材料，
17、根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。It was 8：00 am.Kathy，a 25yearold nurse，had just finished a 12hour night shifts at a hospital.She was tired，but glad to be sailing along highway to where she lived.Although the local government had posted a snow alert(预警)，the calm grey sky convinced Kathy th
18、e drive would be safe.“I figured Id be in bed in an hour，” she says.Snow began when she was halfway home.Listening to the radio，Kathy learned the highway was closed because a tractor had slid off the road.She texted some friends and her mom，and tried not to sleep as she waited.After a couple of hour
19、s，however，conditions worsened.Strong winds began rocking Kathys car.She couldnt see anything outside，and snow was drifting up her doors.It was，she says，“a total whiteout and rows of cars and trucks.”Late in the afternoon a police officer came and asked if she was in any difficulty.She said she was f
20、ine.She asked the police officer if there was any way to get past the trucks.“No，maam，” he answered.“Youre not going anywhere.”Once as it got dark，Kathy began to worry.She texted his brother Cris，telling him to drive snowmobiling buddy(雪地汽车) to get to the highway and find her.As Cris rode slowly alo
21、ngside the rows of cars and trucks，people would roll down their windows and ask for help.“I was the first person theyd seen in six hours.”He explained he was picking up his sister.He told them，“Nobodys coming and I cant take you.”Near 10 pm.Cris reached Kathy.He directed Kathy to pull her car onto t
22、he shoulder and asked her to get into his snowmobiling buddy.As they headed for home，the fun started.About five kilometres into the journey，Cris made a mistake.What he thought was a shallow ditch(浅沟) turned out to be a deep trough(水槽)Instead of coming out the other side，they just kept going down.The
23、y were trapped.And feathery snow was over their heads.Paragraph 1：At that moment，they had to take action and get out._Paragraph 2：When Kathy arrived at her home，her mother was waiting for her._参考范文Paragraph 1：At that moment，they had to take action and get out.They shouted at the top of their voice，b
24、ut no one could hear them.They began to worry and were convinced they had to stay in their snowmobiling buddy for the night.Suddenly，a good idea occurred to Kathy.She took off one of her clothes and burned it.Seeing the fire，people ran over and managed to pull her car out with all their efforts，maki
25、ng Cris ashamed for his refusal to others.Paragraph 2：When Kathy arrived at her home，her mother was waiting for her.She asked Kathy what had happened.Kathy explained，“I made a terrible mistake.But for others help，I couldnt have been home for the night.”When asked what she would do when someone had difficulty，Kathy answered immediately that she would do anything to help others because todays experience turned out to be a great lesson for her.
