1、Section DReading for Writing & Assessing Your Progress课后篇巩固提升基础训练.单句填空1.People were walking along the street (hold) banners in their hands.答案holding2.The salesgirls in this supermarket all act a polite,friendly manner.答案in3.You have finished the work,havent you? that case,you may have a rest.答案In4.I
2、 remembered (meet) her at a party,but I forgot her name.答案meeting5.If youre not willing (help) me,Ill find somebody who will.答案to help6.Hes decided to get a look at the house and see if it might be worth (buy).答案buying.短语填空(注意动词的适当形式)take off,point to,judging from,with ones permission,get paid,make
3、friends with1.Both the hour hand and the minute hand twelve.答案pointed to2.When they work in the company,they usually by the hour.答案get paid3.The plane from the airport and headed north towards Zhengzhou.答案took off4. her appearances,she must be more than thirty years old.答案Judging from5. ,I gave his
4、name and address to my friend.答案With his permission6.I am willing to you,and I can tell you a lot of interesting Chinese culture.答案make friends with.完成句子1.无论任务有多难,你们必须按时完成。 the task is,you must finish it on time.答案However difficult2.那时亨利除了一张百万英镑的纸币外一无所有。Henry had a million-pound note at that time.答案
5、nothing but3.你能告诉我明天下午我们在什么地方开会吗?Can you tell me the meeting tomorrow afternoon?答案where to have4.他想与他的同学们保持良好的关系。He wanted to his classmates.答案maintain a good relationship with5.那个老人张开了嘴,还想要说什么。The old man opened his month as if .答案to say something能力提升.阅读理解In 1812,the year Charles Dickens was born,t
6、here were 66 novels published in Britain.People had been writing novels for a centurymost experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719but nobody wanted to do it professionally.The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages;the literacy(识字) rate in England was under 50%.Man
7、y works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors,often with something like “By a lady.”Novels,for the most part,were looked upon as silly,immoral or just plain bad.In 1870,when Dickens died,the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher,famous and beloved,who had le
8、d an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose charactersfrom Oliver Twist to Tiny Timwere held up as moral touchstones.Today Dickens greatness is unchallenged.Removing him from the pantheon(名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre sell
9、ing off the Mona Lisa.How did Dickens get to the top?For all the feelings readers attach to stories,literature is a numbers game,and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass.Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age,from 1837 to 1901;today a casual reader might be able to nam
10、e a half-dozen of them.Its partly true that Dickens style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life.Its partly that his writings rode a wave of social,political and scientific progress.But its also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center.No one will ever k
11、now what mix of talent,ambition,energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches,it is possibleand important for our own cultureto understand how he made himself a lasting one.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。在英国文学史上的泰斗狄更斯200周年诞辰到来之际,作者探讨了他的历史地位,以此纪念这位伟大的作家
12、。1.Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century?A.They were difficult to understand.B.They were popular among the rich.C.They were seen as nearly worthless.D.They were written mostly by women.答案C解析细节理解题。 根据第一段最后一句可知,在18世纪,小说被认为是愚蠢、伤风败俗或者干脆就是差劲的,也就是说小说在那时被认为几乎毫无价值。2.Dicken
13、s is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress .A.his reputation in FranceB.his interest in modern artC.his success in publicationD.his importance in literature答案D解析推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可推断,作者将狄更斯与蒙娜丽莎这幅世界名画对比,是想强调狄更斯在文坛的地位。3.What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A.To remember a great wr
14、iter.B.To introduce an English novel.C.To encourage studies on culture.D.To promote values of the Victorian age.答案A解析推理判断题。全文主要讲述狄更斯的伟大及其小说对世界文学的影响,再结合本文最后一句可知,作者写本文的目的是为了纪念狄更斯这位伟大的作家。.应用文写作假定你是李津,你们城市大剧院将演出京剧西厢记,你打算邀请在你班的英国交流生Chris和你一起去观看,请你给他写一封电子邮件。要点如下:1.演出的时间和地点;2.去大剧院的方法;3.见面的地点。注意:1.词数100左右;2
15、.可适当增加细节,使文章连贯通顺;3.邮件的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。Dear Chirs,The West Chamber will be put on at Grand Theatre Hope you will come!Yours,Li Jin参考范文Dear Chris,The West Chamber will be put on at Grand Theatre at 8 this Saturday evening.I have bought two tickets and would like you to go with me.The West Chamber, whi
16、ch is a Peking Opera,tells the love story of Zhang Sheng and Ying Ying.Though they went through ups and downs,the story has a perfectly happy ending.Im sure you will like it.To get to the Grand Theatre,you can take the No.3 bus from the school gate and it will take you directly there in 10 minutes.I
17、 will wait for you at the entrance to the theatre.Hope you will come!Yours,Li Jin.读后续写阅读下面材料,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。Last summer when my family was road tripping to Montana we arrived in Great Falls late one night.The kids had fallen asleep in the car,so my husband went and checke
18、d in while I stayed with the kids.When he returned with the room keys,we woke up our children and took them out of the car,through the hotel,up the elevators and into our guest room.We kept the room dark,leaving only the entry light on,and quickly put the kids into bed hoping theyd drift back to sle
19、ep.My husband went to put our waters in the mini-fridge only to notice some beers.“Thats strange”,he said and I agreed,but having discovered left-behind drinks in hotel fridges in the past.I didnt think much about it.I figured the housekeepers had forgotten to check it.In the meantime,my husband ran
20、 to the store and I went into the bathroom to get ready for bed.As I washed my face,I looked down to see cardboard beer containers in the trash.I felt my heart begin to pound.We were in someone elses room!Now panicked,I checked the closet.Nothing.I then went to the dresser drawers.Nothing.My eyes sc
21、anned the door rooms floor and there it was:A black bag that looked like one of ours.But it wasnt!I immediately called the front desk and the waitress in charge responded with an“Oh,my God!This is not good!”By now the kids were wide-awake,jumping on the beds as I was trying to put all of our things
22、back into our oversized suitcase.Just while we were packing our things,I heard someone was unlocking the door,which made my heart beating wildly.Paragraph 1:The door opened and in came a young man.Paragraph 2:I didnt know how to deal with the matter but luckily the waitress arrived out of breath.参考范
23、文Paragraph 1:The door opened and in came a young man.Seeing us packing our things into our suitcase,he was shocked and angry.I tried to explain what had happened.However,he wouldnt listen to me.He talked with me in a loud voice,making my kids frightened.The kids began to cry.Just at that time my hus
24、band returned,with some things bought from the store in his hands.Thinking the young man was unfriendly,he started to quarrel with him.Paragraph 2:I didnt know how to deal with the matter but luckily the waitress arrived out of breath.Watching the waitress,all of us stopped talking.She explained tha
25、t her mother became badly ill last night,which contributed to her fault.After explaining the reason to us,the waitress burst into tears.The young man,my husband and I,even my kids,tried to comfort the waitress.We said sorry to each other.The special experience in someone elses room made me realise forgiveness is a kind of virtue.
