1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家课时作业(三)Discovering Useful Structures (Grammar)必备知识基础练.单词拼写1Our _ (计划) is to make our brand the market leader.2It wasnt until I finished film studies that _ (追求) my career as an actress.3They lined the hallways with handmade cards, blew noisemakers, sang a song, and _ (拥抱) him.4I have
2、 no idea to what _ (程度) I can trust them.5The first American performance of this _ (歌剧) was in 1926.6I did it only because I felt it to be my _ (职责、义务)7Everyone of us should have the _ (义务) to preserve our natural environment.8_ (哪里都不) is the effect of government policy more apparent than in agricul
3、ture.9Scientists have long wondered which parts of the brain are involved in _ (音乐的) tasks.10_ (恐龙) disappeared long ago.选词填空1_， we are all responsible for what happened last night.2Sales people in this supermarket must wear uniforms badges (名牌) when _.3As the old saying goes, “A friend _ is a frien
4、d indeed.”4When you _， you need friends to help you.5He wrote the name down _ he should forget it.完成句子1这辆自行车需要修理。The bike needs _.The bike needs _.2你最好不要迟到。You _ be late.3你千万不要在墙上乱画。You _ draw on the wall.4她晚上不敢独自外出。She _ not go out alone at night.5如果他们不提供给他钱，他可能会陷入困境。He _ get into trouble if they d
5、idnt offer him the money.6最重要地是，你应该保持镇静。Most importantly, you _ stay calm.Most importantly, you _ stay calm.7昨天因为他的车坏了他不得不步行回家。He _ walk home yesterday because his car broke down.8这里很暖和，所以我们不需要打开暖气。Its quite warm here so we _ not turn the heating on.关键能力提升练.阅读AIm a student in my fourth year of a med
6、ical science degree at Robert Gordon University, but I also work 38 hours a week at Sainsburys. I work three times a week, one more if I can manage it. The work I do at Sainsburys is very physical bringing new products out onto the shop floor.I have two reasons to work for all my living costs. First
7、, I have no right to get a student loan (贷款) because I was not born in Britain. Besides, my parents, who work in market research, cant afford my school fees.On Monday I busy myself with work as well as study. I work from 10 pm. until 8 am. on Saturday and Sunday nights, and then I have to be at my f
8、irst lecture at 9 am. on Monday. I finish lectures at 2 pm., and I have to be back at work by 10 pm.It isnt the best situation to be in, but I have to make full use of it. I would also like to have more time to study so I can be excellent at my course. Although I_have_a_lot_on_my_plate,_a situation
9、where I dont have much time to meet friends because of my job and study, I dont complain. And I always remember my parents tell me the importance of working hard for what I want in life.My dream is to take a further degree next year and then get a job at National Health Service (NHS) so I will no lo
10、nger worry about money and have more free time. That is what I look forward to most.1Why does the author work at Sainsburys?ATo gain working experience.BTo pay for his living.CTo become physically strong.DTo do market research.2What does “I have a lot on my plate” mean in Paragraph 4?AI am tired of
11、meeting friends.BI have to wash plates.CI am as busy as a bee.DI have more time to study.3What can we infer from the passage?APeople at NHS earn enough money.BHis parents didnt have any education.CHe lost all his friends for being too busy.DHe often goes hungry while working.BJon Pedley is making a
12、big change. He is giving up his life as a successful businessman for life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut in Uganda, East Africa.Pedley admits that he has not always led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with
13、 the law. “Ive always put the pursuit (追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didnt care who I was hurting，” says Pedley.But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook (观点) on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the w
14、ork he was doing. “I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing thanked me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them，” he said.Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive carand moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a s
15、mall Ugandan village. There he will help run an organization that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley
16、 will help to build doctors offices, too.Pedleys organization will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a “camp” in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health and education facilities (设备) for kids in Kigazi,
17、 many of whom have lost their parents due to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.4Which of the following can best describe Pedleys life in the past?APositive. BColorful.CIndep
18、endent. DSelfish.5What will Pedley do in the small Ugandan village?AGrow potatoes with the local people.BTeach English in the local school.CAssist villagers with construction work.DHelp to attract more tourists to the village.6Why will Pedley work with English teenagers who are in trouble?ATo encour
19、age them to make friends with the locals.BTo encourage them to live a more positive life.CTo train them to become doctors in the future.DTo make them learn about different cultures.7What can be a suitable title for the text?AFrom a Millionaire to Living in a Mud HutBA Lifechanging AdventureCA Rich m
20、an Becoming HomelessDA Grateful BusinessmanCPerhaps no one knows the power of imagination better than Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Until four years ago, Liu worked fulltime as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi Province. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But it was during thi
21、s time that Lius imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real lifewander in space, fight with aliens, and visit planets light years away.But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, 55, probably hadnt expected that he would become the first Asian to win the Hu
22、go Award, science fictions highest prize, in 2015. Perhaps neither did he think that former US president Barack Obama would read his novel The ThreeBody Problem, nor that on Nov. 9 in Washington DC, he would win the 2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. Its the first tim
23、e a Chinese writer has ever won the award.In his acceptance speech, Liu said that he owed his imagination to Arthur C. Clarke (19172008), a famous UK scifi author. He said that reading Clarkes 1968 classic novel 2001: A Space Odyssey in the early 1980s had a great effect on him.“My mind opened up li
24、ke never before. I felt like a narrow river finally seeing the sea，” Liu said. “That night, in my eyes, the starry sky was completely different from the past. For the first time in my life, I was awed (使敬畏) by the mystery of the universe.”But no matter how far away Lius imagination takes him, someho
25、w his novels always stay rational.In The ThreeBody Problem, for example, Liu tells a tale of aliens invading Earth. But unlike other alien stories, Liu talks more about relationships between civilizations, rules of survival, and the meanings of life. And in The Wandering Earth, Liu looks ahead to th
26、e day when our solar system comes to an end and humans have to look for a new place to live. However, all his visions and solutions are based on “hard science”. Lius works arent simply daydreams.8What do we know about Liu Cixin?AHe became a fulltime writer when he was young.BHe dreamed about wanderi
27、ng in space from childhood.CHe is the first Asian to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award.DHe is the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award.9Liu Cixins words are used mainly to show _.Ahis interest in mysteries of the universeBhis love of reading science fictionChis confusion when he started writingDhis f
28、eeling after reading Clarkes work10Why did the author mention The ThreeBody Problem and The Wandering Earth?ATo compare the different writing styles in the two books.BTo explain how Liu Cixin came up with his ideas.CTo show that Liu Cixin has a powerful imagination.DTo prove that Liu Cixins works re
29、late science to reality.11Whats the text mainly about?ALiu Cixins achievements and writing style.BLiu Cixins contributions to science fiction.CHow Liu Cixin became a scifi writer.DHow Liu Cixin started a new scifi style.七选五China has been the birthplace of many of the worlds greatest inventions. It w
30、as, for example, the first country to produce paper money. Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling. _1_ This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering (物质交换)_2_ In 1200 BC, people in China
31、began to use shells (贝壳) as money. Usually the shells used as money were very small. This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the
32、world began to do the same. _3_The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells. It wasnt long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal. _4_ By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.Ab
33、out 1,000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people. _5_APeople also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.BDuring that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.CIt was still many years b
34、efore paper currency appeared in Europe.DHowever, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.EThey also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.FAs time went by, trade between countries increased.GThe first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them togeth
35、er.语法填空How do we help kids make wise choices about their money? Anne Kersten, 1._ financial teacher in America, says that she starts it by opening an ongoing dialogue. Kersten leads two workshops 2._ (design) for families. Both are valuesbased money management workshops 3._ provide parents with tool
36、s and talking points on how to share, save and spend money 4._ (wise). Children who attend the workshops receive either a blue piggy bank 5._ a Cash Cache (贮存物)Long before Kersten began teaching other peoples kids about wise money management, she taught her own daughters. When her daughters 6._ (be)
37、 only 4 and 5 years old, they each received a small allowance (零用钱) to learn how to share, save and spend. “Saving is important because it helps mentally prepare for longterm 7._ (goal)，” Kersten says, adding that her daughters knew they would be responsible for a part of their college fee. After sp
38、ending a term 8._ (study) abroad, Kerstens older daughter graduated 9._ college last year. She used scholarships (奖学金) along with her savings 10._ (help) pay her way. Kerstens younger daughter saved enough to cover her fee and she will graduate debtfree in 2020.课时作业(三)Discovering Useful Structures (
39、Grammar)必备知识基础练.单词拼写1intention2.pursued3.hugged4.extent5.opera6.duty7obligation8.Nowhere9.musical10.Dinosaurs.选词填空1To some extent2.on duty3.in need4.get into trouble5in case.完成句子1repairingto be repaired2.had better not3.mustnt4.dare5.might6.ought toshould7.had to8.need关键能力提升练.阅读A【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了
40、作者自己的故事。作者一边上学一边工作以支付生活费，这种生活很辛苦，但作者认为这是为了自己的未来。作者期待以后不担心钱，希望有更多的空闲时间。1答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据文章第二段I have two reasons to work for all my living costs.可知，作者工作是为了生活费。2答案与解析：C句意理解题。根据后句a situation where I dont have much time to meet friends because of my job and study, I dont complain.由于工作和学习，作者没有太多的时间去见朋友，可以猜
41、测出，作者很忙。3答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据文章最后一段My dream is to take a further degree next year and then get a job at National Health Service(NHS) so I will no longer worry about money and have more free time.作者希望在NHS找到一份工作，那样就不用担心钱的问题，而且会有更多的空闲时间，从而可以推断出在NHS工作挣钱很多。B【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了一个英格兰的百万富翁变卖了资产而搬到了乌干达的一个泥屋帮助当地村
42、民的故事。4答案与解析：D推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Ive always put the pursuit (追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didnt care who I was hurting，” says Pedley.可知，以前Pedley把金钱放在第一位，从不关心被他伤害的人，由此可知，以前Pedley是一个非常自私的人。故选D。5答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第四段中的He will help to build schoolrooms for children and
43、tanks to hold clean water for villagers.可知，他将帮助孩子们建造教室，并为村民们建造水罐去储存干净的水，由此可知，Pedley将帮助村民们做一些建筑工作。6答案与解析：B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.可知，Pedley希望这些青少年看到生活的另一面，帮助他们改变自己的生活，让他们
44、走上一条新的、更积极的道路，也就是鼓励他们更加积极地生活。7答案与解析：A主旨大意题。根据第一段中的He is giving up his life as a successful businessman for life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut in Uganda, East Africa.可知，本文主要讲述了一个英格兰的百万富翁变卖了资产而搬到了乌干达的一个泥屋帮助当地村民的故事，故A项(从百万富翁到搬进泥屋)正确。C【语篇解读】本文是
45、一篇人物传记。文章讲述的是刘慈欣的成就与写作风格。8答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据第二段中But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, 55, probably hadnt expected that he would become the first Asian to win the Hugo Award, science fictions highest prize, in 2015.可知，我们对刘慈欣的了解是他是第一位获得雨果奖的中国人。9答案与解析：D推理判断题。根据第四段“My mind opened up like never be
46、fore. I felt like a narrow river finally seeing the sea，”Liu said. “That night, in my eyes, the starry sky was completely different from the past. For the first time in my life, I was awed by the mystery of the universe.”可知，刘慈欣的话主要是在阅读克拉克的作品后表达自己的感受。10答案与解析：D推理判断题。根据最后一段中However, all his visions and
47、 solutions are based on “hard science”. Lius works arent simply daydreams.可知，作者提到The ThreeBody Problem和The Wandering Earth是为了证明刘慈欣的作品是科学与现实的结合。11答案与解析：A主旨大意题。根据第一段Perhaps no one knows the power of imagination better than Chinese writer Liu Cixin. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But
48、it was during this time that Lius imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real lifewander in space, fight with aliens, and visit planets light years away.可知，本文讲述的是刘慈欣的成就与写作风格。.七选五【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了中国是世界上许多伟大发明的发源地。文中介绍了中国货币的发展过程，由实物交换到贝壳货币再到金属圆硬币，最后发明了纸币，中国成为世界上第一个运用纸
49、币的国家。1答案与解析：B由上文在纸币和硬币发明之前，人们用许多不同的东西来买卖。可知B项During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.(例如，在那期间，买一只鸡可能要用一些土豆来交换。)符合题意。2答案与解析：D根据下文的内容可知，在公元前1200年中国人开始使用贝壳作为货币，这就很容易携带钱到远方。所以上一段提到的用实物的方式不方便，不实用。可知D项However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.(然
50、而，随着经济的发展，这种交换变得不切实际。)承上启下，故选D项。3答案与解析：E根据上句内容，在这项发明之后的几年里，世界上许多其他国家也开始这样做，即也使用贝壳来作为货币。分析选项可知E项They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.(他们也用小贝壳作为买卖的货币。)符合题意。4答案与解析：G根据本空的上下文内容可知，这时货币出现了新的发展，即出现金属货币。可知G项The first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them togeth
51、er.(最早的硬币上常有洞，以便人们可以把它们串在一起)符合题意。5答案与解析：C本段主要讲述了纸币最早出现在中国。上文内容在公元806年，最初的纸币是由中国人制作的。可知C项It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.(欧洲出现纸币还需很多年。)符合题意。.语法填空【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了美国的金融师Anne Kersten通过开办家庭讲习班来教孩子如何明智地分享、储蓄和花钱，并以自己的女儿为例来说明孩子学会理财的重要性。1答案与解析：a考查冠词。句意：美国的金融师Anne Kersten说，
52、她是通过开展与孩子之间持续进行的对话帮助孩子对他们的钱作出明智的选择。形容词financial修饰可数名词teacher，且financial的首字母的发音为辅音音素，所以用不定冠词a。故填a。2答案与解析：designed考查过去分词。句意：Kersten主办了两个讲习班，主要是为家庭而开办的。分析句子可知，workshops与design在逻辑上是动宾关系，所以用过去分词。故填designed。3答案与解析：that/which考查关系代词。句意：这两个都是以价值观为基础的金钱管理讲习班，为家长们提供了如何明智地分享、储蓄和花费金钱的工具和谈话要点。分析句子可知，workshops为先行词
53、，在后面的定语从句中作主语，所以关系词为that/which。故填that/which。4答案与解析：wisely考查副词。句意：这两个都是以价值观为基础的金钱管理讲习班，为家长们提供了如何明智地分享、储蓄和花费金钱的工具和谈话要点。wisely为副词，修饰动词share, save, spend。故填wisely。5答案与解析：or考查连词。句意：参加讲习班的孩子或者可以得到一个蓝色的猪形储钱罐，或者可以得到一个现金贮存物。either.or.“或者或者”为固定短语。故填or。6答案与解析：were考查一般过去时。句意：当她的女儿们只有4岁和5岁的时候，她们每人都得到了一笔零用钱，用来学习如
54、何分享、储蓄和消费。分析句子可知，when引导的时间状语从句为一般过去时，主语为her daughters，所以be动词用were。故填were。7答案与解析：goals考查名词复数。句意：储蓄是很重要的，因为它有助于为长期目标做心理准备。goal为可数名词，根据本句句意可知，目标不止一个，所以用goals。故填goals。8答案与解析：studying考查动名词。句意：在国外学习了一个学期后，Kersten的大女儿去年从大学毕业。sb.spend(s)时间(in)doing sth.“某人花费时间做某事”为固定用法。故填studying。9答案与解析：from考查介词。句意：在国外学习了一个学期后，Kersten的大女儿去年从大学毕业。graduate from“从毕业”为固定短语。故填from。10答案与解析：to help考查动词不定式。句意：她用奖学金和存款来支付学费。分析句子可知，动词不定式作目的状语。故填to help。- 7 - 版权所有高考资源网
