1、课后限时自测(十八).语法填空Once，in a lovely garden，lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world.She was so pretty，and had won so many beauty contests _1_ she had become very proud.One day，the naughty cockroach(蟑螂)got fed up with her showing off，and decided _2_(teach)her a lesson.She went to see the butterfly
2、，and in front of everyone she said that the butterfly wasnt really that beautiful，and that the butterfly only won the competitions _3_ the judges had been paid.In _4_(real)，the cockroach was the most beautiful.The butterfly was angry and said to the cockroach.“I _5_(beat)you in a beauty contest，with
3、 whichever judges you yourself choose.”“OK，I accept.See you on Saturday，”answered the cockroach，and left _6_ waiting for a reply.That Saturday everyone went to _7_ beauty contest.The butterfly arrived completely confident of victory until she saw _8_ the judges were：cockroaches，worms，beetles.All of
4、_9_ preferred the ugliness and bad smell of the cockroach.The butterfly was left _10_(sob)and disappointed，wanting never to enter another beauty contest in her life.Fortunately，the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.【语篇解读】一只美丽的蝴蝶由于赢得了无数次的选美大赛而变得越来越傲慢，蟑螂组织了一次并不公平的选美
5、比赛，好好教育了一下自负的蝴蝶。1that此处是so.that.句型，故该空填that。2to teachdecide to do sth.“决定做某事”，为固定用法。3because此处为because引导的原因状语从句。4realityin reality表示“事实上”。5will beat结合上下文可以看出此处应该用一般将来时。6without此处表示蟑螂没有等候一个答复就离开了，故填without。7the特指这次蝴蝶和蟑螂参加的选美大赛要用定冠词the。8who此处表示“评委们都是谁”，故填疑问代词who。9them分析句子成分可知，此处缺少主语，故填them，指代那些评委们。10s
6、obbingThe butterfly和sob之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用sob的现在分词形式。.阅读理解AHouseplants clean the air and brighten a room.Occasionally，they drive us mad as we wonder how exactly we managed to kill yet another“unkillable”houseplant.(In that way，they provide great lessons in perseverance as well！)But it looks like theres o
7、ne more great reason to grow houseplants：their presence in your workspace might actually make you smarter.According to a recent study published in The Journal of Environmental Psychology，just having plants in your work space is enough to increase your attention span.An increase in attention span mea
8、ns that were able to remember more of what we read.To test the hypotheses，the studys authors gave subjects a Reading Span Task，which requires reading sentence aloud，then remembering the last word in each sentence.This requires reading，memorization，and recall abilities，and switching between the three
9、.The researchers had their entire test pool complete Reading Span Tasks to get a baseline reading.Then they moved some of the people to a room with no plants，and others to a room that had four plants around the desk.They were all asked to repeat the Reading Span Tasks，and the people who worked near
10、a plant improved overall，while those without plants stayed roughly the same.Beauty，fresh air，the joy of caring for another living thingall great reasons to have a few houseplants around.If they help increase attention spans，all the better!1The study shows that growing houseplants can _Aclean the air
11、Bmake the house beautifulCincrease attention spansDhave the joy of caring【解析】细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知答案。【答案】C2The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means _AideasBresearchCtheories Dexperiments【解析】词义理解题。由调查研究得出一个“想法”，然后验证这个“想法”。【答案】A3In the last paragraph，the writer _Aplaces an advertisementBc
12、omments on the studyCshows his/her opinionDgives people a warning【解析】推理判断题。作者最后一段提到“家庭绿色植物”的好处，表明了自己的观点。【答案】C4Which is the following shows the structure of the passage?ABC D【解析】段落结构题。文章第一段总括说明，第二、三段介绍“研究”；第四段提出个人观点。【答案】BBThe National Park Service in the United State will mark its one hundredth anniv
13、ersary in 2016.As it nears its second century，the Park Service plans to increase its educational programs for students and teachers.The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history.Yellowstone is believed t
14、o have been the worlds first national park when it was established in 1872.Other students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education.One of its partners is a nonprofit organization c
15、alled NatureBridge.NatureBridge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and says one million young people have taken part in its programs.The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms.It provides field science programs at Yosem
16、ite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwestern state of Washington.Now，NatureBridge is launching an East Coast center with a fourmilliondollar grant from Google.The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia.Students stay for three to fiv
17、e days in NatureBridge programs.The activities are aimed at developing their science skills.For example，they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.Jason Morris is executive vice president of NatureBridge.He says when they are not sleeping，eating or in a laboratory，th
18、e students spend their time outdoors.Julia Washburn is associate director of education and interpretation for the National Park Service.She says in a time of budget cuts，the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals.And one of the most important services that the Park Services provide every da
19、y is nature interpretation.5You can probably read this text in the section of _AEducation BTravelCEntertainment DHealth【解析】推理判断题。由第一段中“.increase its educational programs for students and teachers”可知选A项。【答案】A6Which of the following is true of the National Park Service?AIt plans to make NatureBridge i
20、ts branch.BIt provides programs for college students.CIt was established earlier than Yellowstone.DIt offered some educational programs before.【解析】细节理解题。由第三段内容可知D项正确。【答案】D7According to the text，NatureBridge _Afinances all the programs aloneBis aimed at laboratory activitiesChas benefited quite a lot
21、 of studentsDprovides online field science programs【解析】细节理解题。由第三段中“.says one million young people have taken part in its programs”可知C项正确。【答案】C8The text is intended to tell us that _Astudents are encouraged to learn about nature and historyBmore educational programs will be started in national parksC
22、NatureBridge plans to work with the National Park ServiceDthe National Park Service will celebrate its 100th anniversary【解析】推理判断题。第一段即点明了文章的目的意图和主旨大意，由此可推断B项合适。【答案】B.书面表达(2014山西省原平市第一中学检测)假如你是校报负责人，急需在学校内聘一位同学任英文版的编辑。请你用英文以“An English Editor Wanted”为题目写一则招聘启事。内容要点如下：1该工作主要包括两部分：一是从英文报纸杂志及互联网上选择适合学生的
23、文章；二是选择与编辑同学们的来稿。2希望该同学满足下列要求：a乐意奉献出一些业余时间为同学们服务；b英文与美术皆好；能熟练使用电脑；c感兴趣的同学请在本周内与学生会(Students Union)联系。注意：1.词数100左右；2不要逐字翻译， 要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。An English Editor WantedOur school newspaper is looking for an editor for its English edition._Students Union【参考范文】An English Editor WantedOur_school_newspaper_is_l
24、ooking_for_an_editor_for_its_English_edition.The job mainly includes two parts：One is to choose proper English articles from other newspapers, magazines or the Internet for us students.The other is to pick out articles from students in our school and edit them for use.We hope that he (she) could mee
25、t the following requirements，first，he (she) is willing to devote some of the spare time to serving the others.Second, its necessary for him (her) to be good at both English and fine art.Needless to say that the ability to use the computer is important as well.Those who are interested in the job.please get in touch with the Students Union this week.Students_Union