1、Unit 5 Section Warming Up & ReadingLanguage Points课时作业.单句语法填空1I think you should settle your problem in a peaceful (peace) way.Fighting cant solve any problems.2Amy had great trouble making (make) up her mind to send her daughter to go abroad.3Missing the first bus means waiting (wait) for another h
2、our.4Its helpful to put children in a situation where they can see themselves differently.5There was once a time when women had no right to vote.6He was put into prison because he blew up some government buildings in South Africa.7He is devoted to the research and his devotion to the work leads to h
3、is success.(devote)8According to the law, women shall enjoy the equal (equally) right to vote in our country.9People voted against Henry who often tells lies.10When people are in trouble, they are often turning to the police.单句改错1. Nowadays many school children devote too much time to play computer
4、games.playplaying2You might think we are close friends.As matter of fact, I dont know the person who spoke to me just now.As后加a3You cant imagine the trouble I had persuaded him to change his mind.persuadedpersuading4Found in last century, the church has a history of about 90 years.FoundFounded5I don
5、t think he is equal to do this kind of work,so I cant hire him.dodoing.阅读理解Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904.He was famous because of the books he wrote for children.They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinions.Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children i
6、n 1937.It is called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.A number of publishers refused to publish it.They said it was too different.A friend finally published it.Soon other successful books followed.Over the years, he wrote more than forty childrens books.They were fun to read.Yet his book
7、s sometimes dealt with serious subjects.By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the bestloved and most successful writers of childrens books.He had a strong desire to help children.In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read.The report said many childre
8、ns books werent interesting.Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat.He used less than 225 words to write the book.This was about the number of words a sixyearold should be able to read.The story is about a cat who tries to ent
9、ertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home.The cat is not like normal cats.It talks.The book was an immediate success.It was an interesting story and was easy to read.Children loved it.Their parents loved it, too.Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they
10、like best.【解题导语】本文为人物传记,主要介绍了著名儿童作家Theodor Seuss Geisel的生平事迹。1Whats the best title for this passage?ASome of Dr Seusss books for childrenBWhat are Dr Seusss books mainly aboutCDr Seussa famous writer of childrens booksDWhy are Dr Seusss books different解析:选C标题归纳题。根据文章可知本文是一篇人物传记,主要介绍了Theodor Seuss Ge
11、isel,一位著名的儿童作家,故选C。2What do we know about Dr Seusss first book for children?AIt was Dr Seusss worst book.BIt dealt with a very serious subject.CNeither children nor adults like it.DMany publishers didnt take it seriously at first.解析:选D细节理解题。根据第二段的“A number of publishers refused to publish it.They sa
12、id it was too different.”可知D为正确选项。3How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?ABy asking others to help them in magazines.BBy writing interesting and simple books.CBy changing his old books into simpler ones.DBy giving them books for free.解析:选B细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“Dr Seuss decided to write b
13、ooks that were interesting and easy to read.”可知B为正确选项。4Adults most probably think that Dr Seusss The Cat in the Hat is _.AinterestingBseriousCdifficult Dboring解析:选A细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.”可知A为正确选项。.完形填空I spent this morning cleaning up the ho
14、me in which I live.Now I am not talking about the house I am sitting in right now.As I _1_, I can see the sink is still full of dirty dishes.Dust is starting to _2_ on the pictures, tables, and even my computer again.Dirt _3_ to be swept up from the floor and pet hair needs to be cleaned _4_ the cou
15、ch.What is more, the _5_ in the turtles aquarium has to be changed.Yet, as I look at my dirty, little house I _6_ have to smile, because I know that the home in which I live is _7_ right now.That home is my soul (心灵)When I _8_ this morning I noticed that it also had become _9_ again.I wasnt willing
16、to let it _10_ that way for long, though.I have learned that a dusty soul leads to a terrible day and that terrible days lead to a(n) _11_ life.I spent the morning cleaning my soul from top to _12_.I swept the negative thoughts from my mind and the _13_ feelings from my heart.Worries, anger, and fea
17、r were _14_ into the garbage can.When I was done I felt _15_ in my home once more.The house in which I sit may need a lot of _16_,but it will have to wait its turn.The home in which I live is what I am most _17_ about.I hope that the same is _18_ for you.I hope that you always make efforts to keep y
18、our soul _19_,beautiful, and full of love and care.Remember some day you will leave your house behind, but you will _20_ your home with you.【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过跟现实中的“家”对比,讲述我们的心灵有时会产生消极负面的念头,我们要学会经常清理自己的心灵。1A.look around Bput forwardCmove back Dtake down解析:选A根据下文的“I can see the sink is still full o
19、f dirty dishes”可知,当作者环顾自己的家时,发现家里很乱。2A.attack BjumpCgather Dsit解析:选C墙上的挂画、桌子甚至电脑开始布满灰尘。gather dust有“积灰”之意,符合语境。3A.hopes BneedsCexpects Dwants解析:选B根据下文的“and pet hair needs to be cleaned _4_ the couch”可知,此空填needs。4A.of BoutCaway Doff解析:选D根据“Dirt _3_ to be swept up from the floor and pet hair needs to
20、be cleaned _4_ the couch.”这一句话可知,宠物掉落的毛要从沙发上清理掉,clean sth.off sth.表示“将从上清除”。5A.plant BstoneCsand Dwater解析:选D根据“the _5_ in the turtles aquarium has to be changed”这一句话可知,养着水龟的玻璃缸里的水必须换掉。6A.ever BstillCnever Dhardly解析:选B当看到这么凌乱的房间时,作者还是笑了起来。7A.clean BdirtyCquiet Dcomfortable解析:选A根据语境可知,作者笑的原因是,此时此刻,作者的
21、心灵非常干净。8A.turned up Bstood upCtook up Dwoke up解析:选D早晨当作者醒来(wake up)时,作者发现自己的心灵(同自己的小屋一样)也布满了灰尘,即作者头脑里有很多消极的思想。9A.crazy BlazyCdusty Drainy解析:选C根据上题的解释可知,应选dusty,表示“落满灰尘的”。10A.lie BstayCkeep Dhold解析:选B根据下文的“I have learned that a dusty soul leads to a terrible day and that terrible days lead to a(n)_11
22、_ life.”这一句话可知,“我”不想让这些消极的思想在心灵中停留(stay)很久。11A.interesting BfrightenedCsatisfying Dwasted解析:选D根据该空所在句的意思“我知道,布满灰尘的心灵会带来糟糕的一天,而糟糕的日子又会导致的人生”可推知,该空应是一个与terrible同类的词,故wasted“荒废的”符合语境。12A.top BsideCbottom Dmiddle解析:选C作者花了整个早晨的时间将自己的心灵彻底清扫。13A.harmful BusefulChealthy Dpainful解析:选A根据上文的“I swept the negati
23、ve thoughts from my mind”中的negative可知,此处应用harmful,表示“有害的”。14A.collected BthrownCset Darranged解析:选B作者把所有负面的思想统统扔进(throw)垃圾桶。15A.safe BsadCcalm Dexcited解析:选C当全部清理完之后,作者又平静了下来。16A.work BtimeCpack Ddecoration解析:选A根据第一段的内容可知,作者居住的房子非常凌乱,作者需要做很多的工作(work)才能把它们整理好。17A.bored BinterestedCupset Dconcerned解析:选D
24、根据语境可知,尽管作者的房子很脏,但作者最关心的(concerned)事情是清理自己心灵里存在的消极的东西。18A.suitable BwrongCtrue Dhelpful解析:选C根据语境可知,作者希望每个人都有这样的想法,努力对自己的心灵进行大扫除。be true for对来说适用。19A.dark BbrightCsharp Dclever解析:选B根据下文的“beautiful,and full of love and care”这一句话可知,用bright表示“保持心灵敞亮”。20A.bring BjoinCtake Dmove解析:选C某一天你将离开你的房子,但是你的心灵之屋却永
25、远与你相伴。take“带走”符合语境。.短文改错Great changes have been taken place in the way people communicate with each other.In the past people write letters to share informations and later they talked with each other on the telephone.Now more and more people use our own mobile phones to communicating.And instead writ
26、ing on the paper, they email each other by the computer.As a result, people find that quicker and easier to communicate, and at the same time some people feel that they become poorer in writing.They worry about whether people can be as closely as before.答案:Great changes have taken place in the way p
27、eople communicate with each other.In the past people letters to share and later they talked with each other on the telephone.Now more and more people use own mobile phones to .And instead writing on the paper, they email each other the computer.As a result, people find quicker and easier to communicate, at the same time some people feel that they become poorer in writing.They worry about whether people can be as as before.