1、课时作业(十二)Module 4Section Integrating Skills & Cultural Corner.单词拼写1From the hill we looked down and enjoyed the beautiful landscape.2It is one of the family traditions (传统) for the eldest sons to be called John.3They considered all the economic aspects (方面) of buying their own house.4We cannot stand
2、waiting in the sun any longer.5With dinner and theatre, it was a delightful evening.用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空1I have made up my mind，and I dont want to put off making(make)a try at it.2Mr.Reese has promised to_look(look)into the matter and give us an answer next week.3Swimming (swim) is one of the best allrou
3、nd exercises.It keeps me in good shape.4To their great joy，the opportunity they looked forward to came(come)at last.5Shanghai was a beautiful city，so he decided to_stay (stay)there for another two days.6His first novel was a great success.Then he went on to_write(write)a second one.7Mary likes danci
4、ng(dance)but she doesnt like to_dance (dance)today because she feels sick.8Being (be)able to speak another language fluently is a great advantage when you are looking for a job.9He was tired of walking (walk)round the gallery.He wanted to sit down.10He is attempting to_finish (finish)his painting by
5、 the weekend.完形填空Mrs Jones was very fond of singing. She had a good _1_， except that some of her high notes _2_ like a gate which someone had forgotten to oil. Mrs Jones was very conscious (清楚的) of this _3_ and took every _4_ she could find to practise these high notes. _5_ she lived in a small hous
6、e, where she could not _6_ without disturbing the rest of the family, she _7_ went for a long walk along the country roads _8_ she had time, and practised her high notes there. Whenever she _9_ a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and _10_ until she could no longer be heard _11_ she
7、started singing again. One afternoon, however, a fast open car came up _12_ her silently and so fast that she didnt hear it until it was _13_ a few meters from her. She was singing her highest and most difficult notes at the time, and as the car _14_ her, she saw an _15_ expression suddenly come ove
8、r _16_ drivers face. He put his brakes (刹车) on, and as soon as the car stopped, jumped out and began to _17_ all his tyres carefully. Mrs Jones did not dare to tell him _18_ the noise he had heard had really been, _19_ he got back into his car and drove off as _20_ as he had been when he stopped.1A.
9、noiseBtoneCvoice Dsound解析：她喜欢唱歌，除了几个高音以外，“嗓音”很好。voice“人或鸟发出的声音”，符合题意。noise“噪音”；tone“音质，音色；腔调”；sound“各种声音的总称”。答案：C2A.seem BsoundClook Dappear解析：除了几个高音“听上去”像是生锈的门轴发出的声音以外。答案：B3A.weakness BtroubleCquestion Dproblem解析：她很清楚自己的“弱点”。答案：A4A.place BtimeCchance Dway解析：所以利用一切能找到“机会”练习这几个高音。答案：C5A.As BAlthoughC
10、When DWhile解析：“由于”她住的房子很小，所以在家里练习势必要打扰家人。答案：A6A.perform BpractiseCact Dtrain解析：在家里“练习”会打扰家人。答案：B7A.seldom BalmostCusually Dhardly解析：她“通常”都是顺着乡间小路走出很长一段距离才练习。答案：C8A.since BwhenCunless Dwhenever解析：whenever相当于no matter when，引导让步状语从句，意为“无论何时”。答案：D9A.knew BwatchedCheard Dwas told解析：不管何时“听到”有车或人沿路过来答案：C10
11、A.sang BdancedChid Dwaited解析：她都停止唱歌一直“等到”别人听不到她唱歌为止。答案：D11A.before BwhileCafter Dwhen解析：在她再开始唱歌“前”。答案：A12A.behind BbesideCbeyond Dpast解析：一辆敞篷汽车从她“身后”悄无声息地开了过来。答案：A13A.quite BaboutConly Dstill解析：如此之快一直到离她“仅”几米的地方她才听到。答案：C14A.hit BpassedCleft Dstruck解析：当汽车从她身边“开过”时答案：B15A.obvious BangryCimportant Danx
12、ious解析：她看到了汽车司机脸上“着急的”表情。答案：D16A.her BhisCits Dits解析：因为是“汽车”司机的脸，故选C项。答案：C17A.mend BcheckCexamine Drepair解析：司机赶紧刹车，然后下车“仔细检查”所有车胎。check指“校以，找错”；而examine指“察看以了解情况”，故选C项。答案：C18A.that BwhatCabout Dwhy解析：她没敢告诉这位司机刚才听到的是“什么”声音。答案：B19A.for ByetCbut Dso解析：司机没找到到底是什么声音，“所以”又上了车继续前进。答案：D20A.sad BpuzzledCfrig
13、htened Ddisappointed解析：司机脸上仍带着刹车时那种“迷惑不解的”表情开车走了。答案：B.阅读理解A man in Indiana received the birthday surprise of his life when he opened up a card to find a touching handwritten message from his father, who had died 16 years earlier. Jace lost his father when he was just a teenager, so when his mother g
14、ave him the card on his 30th birthday, he believed it was from another relative. But when he opened it up and saw the signature (签名), he began to cry with joy. “I was really excited，” Jace told Buzzfeed, an Internet news media company. “I burst into tears and it was hard to speak. ” On the card was
15、a simple cartoon dog with a speech bubble saying, “Youre 30? You know what that means，” with the inner message reading, “Time to remove dude from your vocabulary and turn your baseball cap back around. ” “Its been so long that Ive been just kind of used to the idea that hes been gone，” Jace wrote on
16、 Reddit, where he posted a photo of the card. “Ive lived longer without him than I did with him. So to have these little moments when he kind of comes back into my life again brings everything back in a rush. I cried, but I did because I was so happy.” Jace told Buzzfeed that this was not the first
17、card hed received from his longgone dad; he said he also received cards on his 20th, 21st, and 25th birthdaysall saved by his mother. But with the last being five years ago, Jace had forgotten about the possibility. But this may not be the last that Jace hears from his father. He added, “It makes me
18、 wonder what he may have planned for if I get married, have kids, or when I turn 40.”【文章大意】美国印第安纳州的Jace在30岁生日时居然收到了母亲转交给他的去世多年的父亲给他的一张生日贺卡，这让Jace热泪盈眶。1What was special about the birthday card Jace received this year?A. It had cartoon pictures on it.B. It had his dads signature on it.C. It was made b
19、y his longgone dad.D. It was the first card he had received.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段的内容可知，Jace收到的这张贺卡的特别之处在于给他写这张贺卡的人是16年前去世的父亲。答案：C2The card was probably made when he was _.A. 14 B. 16C. 20 D. 25解析：推理判断题。Jace收到这张生日贺卡时是30岁，而他的父亲是16年前去世的，由此可推断出这张贺卡最有可能是他父亲在Jace 14岁时写的。答案：A3What Jaces longgone father wrote on
20、 the card was mainly to _.A. make Jace happyB. offer Jace suggestionsC. point out Jaces mistakesD. show his love for Jace解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“Time to remove dude from your vocabulary and turn your baseball cap back around”可知，在这张贺卡上，父亲主要是给Jace提出一些建议。答案：B4What does the underlined word “possibility” in P
21、aragraph 5 refer to?ALiving with his father.BReceiving cards on his birthday.CReading his fathers handwritten message.DReceiving a birthday card from his longgone dad again.解析：词义猜测题。根据文章内容可知，possibility指的是再次收到去世很久的父亲的生日贺卡。答案：D.语法填空Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live long
22、er, a Norwegian researcher reports.“Adults who have _1_ sense of humor live longer than those who dont find life funny, and the survival edge is _2_ (particular) large for people _3_ cancer，” says Sven Svebak of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.He _4_ (present) his study of about 5
23、4,000 Norwegians, _5_ he followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting.At the start，patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in reallife situations _6_ how important a _7_ (humor) idea was.The study showed that the greater a role humor played in the
24、ir lives, the greater their chances were of surviving the seven years, Svebak says. Adults _8_ (score) in the top onequarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive _9_ those in the bottom quarter, he says. In a smaller group of 2,015 people who had a cancer diagnosis at the start, the study revealed _10_ a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70% compared with adults with a poor sense of humor, Svebak says.答案：1a2.particularly3.with4.presented5whom/who6.and7.humorous8.scoring9than10.that