1、课后限时自测(七)(对应学生用书第347页)(建议用时:30分钟).语法填空Hello, everyone. We are lucky to have Molly Taylor here today. Molly is organizing an activity course for the summer holidays. Molly, this is the second year of the course,_1_ it? Yes. The summer course _2_(operate)for the first time last year for a sixweek peri
2、od. We did think about making it _3_ this year and have a sevenweek course, as therere some schools _4_ finish term a week earlier. In fact, two schools have eightweek holidays. _5_ in the end we decided to keep to the same plan _6_ last year.But, as I understand, last years course wasnt a complete
3、success, was it?Well, we were actually very surprised by _7_ number of people _8_ in the course. We didnt actually have enough assistants to look after all the children. Besides, there was such a lot of rain that we couldnt go outside as often as we wanted to. So,_9_ activities can the children look
4、 forward to this year? Well, once again therell be artists and musicians who will lead creative classes. We also considered _10_ some more exciting adventure sports. But we decided not to, in the end. Instead were introducing some fun programmes. I think itll be good fun for the children.【答案】1.isnt2
5、.operated3.longer4.which/that5.But6.as7.the8.(who were)interested9.what10.providing.阅读理解After moving to the United States,immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose high calorie fatty foods in an attempt to appear more American,a new study finds.Thats one reason why immigrants approach US leve
6、ls of obesity within 15 years of moving to America.The researchers also did an experiment that measured whether or not the threat of appearing unAmerican influenced respondents food choices.After being questioned about their ability to speak English,75 percent of AsianAmericans identified a typical
7、American food as their favorite.Only 25 percent of AsianAmericans who had not been asked if they spoke English did the same.When their American identity was called into question during a followup study,AsianAmerican participants also tended to choose typical American dishes,such as hamburgers and ch
8、eese sandwiches.In that experiment,55 AsianAmericans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restaurant.Some participants were told that only Americans could participate in the study.Those who chose the more typical American fare ended up consuming an extra 182 calories,including
9、12 grams of fat and 7 grams of saturated fat(饱和脂肪)“People who feel like they need to prove they belong to a culture will change their habits in an attempt to fit in,”said Sauna Cheryan,an author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington.“If immigrants and the
10、ir children choose unhealthy American foods over healthier traditional foods across their lives,this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health.”Cheryan added.Social pressures,the study concluded,are at the heart of the problem.“In American society today,being American is associated with bein
11、g white.Americans,who dont fit this image even if they were born here and speak English,feel that pressure to prove that theyre American,” said Cheryan.【语篇解读】移居美国是不少人的梦想,许多移民不惜以健康为代价千方百计融入美国社会。1The author wants to show that _Amore and more Asians enjoy highcalorie snacksBimmigrants tend to eat Ameri
12、can junk food to fit inCmost Americans are at the risk of heart diseaseDall the American people have a bad eating habit【解析】作者意图题。本文是一篇研究报道,第一段是文章的中心段,根据本段第一句中的内容可知作者意在表明移民倾向于食用高能量食物以便融入美国社会。【答案】B2According to the survey,_AAsianAmericans care less about their healthB25 percent of Americans like junk
13、foodCchoosing food is related to AsianAmericans situationDimmigrants are forced to eat junk food【解析】推理判断题。从第二段的研究可知,75%的被询问过是否有说英语能力的亚裔美国人将一种典型的美国食物看作他们的最爱,而只有25%的没有被询问是否有说英语能力的亚裔美国人这样做,由此可推断选择食物与亚裔美国人的处境有关。【答案】C3The underlined word “fare” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “_”Afood offered as a mea
14、lBa person taking a taxiCmoney spent on foodDan arranged thing to do【解析】词义猜测题。结合上文中的“In that experiment,55 AsianAmericans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restaurant.”以及画线词后面的内容可推知画线词表示的是提供的食物。【答案】A4Which of the following should take the blame for the bad eating habit?AThe
15、situation of employment.BThe traditional culture.CThe American government.DThe pressures from society.【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句中的内容可知应该把不良的饮食习惯归咎于社会压力。【答案】D.阅读填句(2014西藏林芝检测)_1_One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. Its great fun especially if you are the sort of person who fe
16、els theres never anything to do during the school holidays.The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _2_Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless.Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _3_All you need is three or
17、four other people who are interested in the same thing as you._4_You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. Thatll keep you busy for ages.At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no gro
18、wnups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can spend a lot of time making them. _5_Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membersh
19、ip card really look like it.So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started youll think of loads of more interesting things to do!AThats easy.BEnjoy your own club!CInvite a designer to join you.DWhat are you interest in?ESome vacation is just around the corner.FThen you need to pick a name for
20、your club.GUse a bright thick pen to make a special design.【答案】15E D A F G.短文改错(2014秦安一中质检)Dear Smith,How are you? Today Ive got a wonderful news to tell you. I had been offered a job at a company in England for my good performance. About one thousand graduates took exam for it, but only a few was c
21、hosen and I was one of them. However, my mother is not happy about it. She is strong against my going there. She says it is so far away that she wont see me for all the year and she is afraid I will feel lonely. She cant imagine such young a girl live alone. She advises me to work in Beijing instead. Then Ill be able to continue living for her. How can I persuade him to accept the fact I am an adult?Best wishes.Mary【答案】第二句:去掉a第三句:had 改为have第四句:exam 改为exams 或exam 前加the;was 改为were第六句:strong 改为strongly第八句:such 改为so;live 改为living第十句:for 改为with第十一句:him 改为her;fact 后加that