1、课时作业 8.单句语法填空1I was_wandering (wander) in the street when I heard someone calling me.2The film contained some touching scenes (scene) and Nancy was deeply moved.3Youll need patience (patient) and understanding if youre going to be a teacher.4The police spotted (spot) someone coming out of the buildi
2、ng yesterday morning.5Weather permitting (permit), we will go to the nature park this weekend.6Mike sought (seek) help from his friends when he was in trouble, but they turned him down.7The young driver, whether by accident or on purpose, took a sudden turn to the left.8Alice stared at the empty bot
3、tle for a while, feeling happy that she had sent the butterfly back to nature.9As is known to all，Mark Twain was one of the greatest authors (author) in America and in the world as well.10My brother told me that he found a girl waiting (wait) for me at the gate, but when I went there I found her gon
4、e (go).阅读理解Whether kids are reading an interesting book or watching a funny television show, there are three words they probably fear hearing in the evening: time for bed! Theres always a question existing in their mind: why does bedtime always have to arrive so soon to break up whatever fun were ha
5、ving?Most children will ask for extra time. Some may even try to argue with logic (逻辑). After all, arent adults supposed to set a good example for children? If adults stay up later, shouldnt children be allowed to stay up later, either? Unfortunately for children everywhere, that_logic_simply_doesnt
6、_hold_water. In fact, science is fairly on the side of adults. No matter how unfair it seems, children simply need more sleep than adults.Even though sleeping seems to be the most boring and unproductive thing you could be doing, its actually very important to your physical and mental health. In add
7、ition to providing energy for your body, sleep helps your brain work at its best, too. Scientists believe that the brain remains active during certain periods of sleep, sorting through and storing information from the day.As a general rule, young children need somewhere between 9 and 11 hours of sle
8、ep each night. Teenagers usually need between 8 and 10 hours of sleep nightly. But why do kids need that extra sleep? In fact, children are still in the process of growing both physically and mentally and that extra sleep is what their bodies need to grow in a healthy way. Once they have stopped gro
9、wing, they dont need as much sleep.Sleeping less on a regular basis can do harm to your health. In addition to feeling physically tired, you can also feel psychologically (心理上地) tired when you cant get enough sleep. It can lead to an inability to focus and think clearly. Being overly tired can also
10、make relativelyeasy things seem nearly impossible. Whats worse, too little sleep can make you get sick easily.【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文，儿童处于成长阶段，与成人相比，需要更多的睡眠，以保证他们的身体健康地成长。1What do we know about kids in Paragraph 1?AThey dislike sleeping.BThey fear hearing orders at night.CThey hate bedtimes breaking up their
11、 fun.DThey need extra time to read or watch TV.答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Theres always a question existing in their mind: why does bedtime always have to arrive so soon to break up whatever fun were having？”和第二段中的“Most children will ask for extra time.”可知，孩子们讨厌睡觉影响他们的娱乐。2The underlined part in Paragraph
12、2 means that logic _.Adoesnt make sense Bcant be provenCshould be supported Dneeds to be explained答案与解析：A句意理解题。根据第二段中的“In fact, science is fairly on the side of adults.”可知，科学是站在成年人这边的，所以可推测，此句是指孩子们所谓的逻辑站不住脚。3According to the passage, why do kids need extra sleep compared with adults?AIt helps them g
13、row taller.BIt improves their intelligence.CIt benefits their healthy growth.DIt reduces their risk of developing disease.答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第四段中的“In fact, children are still in the process of growing. extra sleep is what their bodies need to grow in a healthy way. Once they have stopped growing, they d
14、ont need as much sleep.”可知，孩子们之所以比成人需要的睡眠时间多，是因为他们还在长身体，充足的睡眠可以使得他们健康地成长。4What is the last paragraph mainly about?AThe benefits of sleeping properly.BThe cause of peoples sleeping less.CThe negative effects of sleeping less.DThe connection between sleep and illness.答案与解析：C段落大意题。最后一段主要讲睡眠时间少可能会带来的负面影
15、响。.完形填空All passengers boarded (登机), and the flight would be on time. I went up to the gate (登机口) to get the papers from the gate staff and _1_ an adult passenger sitting there crying, which was very _2_. So I asked the gate staff what was up and they told me that the passenger was not _3_ to board d
16、ue to a problem of his ticket. His last name in the ticket was _4_ wrongly by a letter but he had _5_ it before.After my asking, the man said that his father was just in the _6_ and he needed to take this flight to hopefully see him before he _7_. Unfortunately, there was nothing the gate staff coul
17、d do about it. They told him to buy a new ticket. _8_， the flight was to leave ten minutes later and it was _9_ for him to do so. He told me he would be really _10_ if he wouldnt be able to say his final goodbye to his dad. Seeing a grown man crying sadly, I was sure that he was telling the _11_.I _
18、12_ for a while and then thought of _13_ I could do to help him. As a member of staff, I have a _14_ I can issue (发) tickets through an online system to my family or _15_. Then, I provided a staff ticket for this passenger. I passed the ticket to him _16_ his knowing what Id done. He was so _17_ and
19、 it was all that I wanted to see. I just hoped that he wouldnt _18_ any of his fathers last words. Later, the gate staff told me they would help me keep the _19_ as we can use the staff tickets only for people we know.I was so proud that day _20_ I did something meaningful for a person in need.【语篇解读
20、】本文是一篇记叙文，作者是飞机上的工作人员，一次他利用自己的权利及时地帮助了一位陷入困境的乘客。1A.noticed BgreetedCrescued Dencouraged答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者应该是去拿文件时注意到(noticed)有一位乘客在登机口哭泣。2A.funny BcommonCunusual Ddangerous答案与解析：C根据语境可知，成年乘客哭泣应该是不寻常的(unusual)。3A.forced BallowedCadvised Dpersuaded答案与解析：B根据下文的“due to a problem of his ticket”可知，那位乘客因为他的机
21、票问题而不被允许(allowed)登机。4A.read BspelledCunderstood Dremembered答案与解析：B根据“His last name in the ticket. wrongly by a letter”可知，那位乘客机票上的姓氏应该是被拼(spelled)错了一个字母。5A.found BrecordedCimagined Dignored答案与解析：D根据语境可知，那位乘客票面上的姓名有误，但他之前没有注意到(ignored)。6A.airport BofficeCschool Dhospital答案与解析：D根据下文的“if he wouldnt be a
22、ble to say his final goodbye to his dad”可知，那位乘客的父亲快要去世了，所以应该是在医院(hospital)里。7A.gave up Bcame backCpassed away Dsettled down答案与解析：C根据“he needed to take this flight to hopefully see him”可知，那位乘客希望乘这班飞机赶到医院，在他父亲临终(passed away)前见一面。8A.Instead BHoweverCOtherwise DTherefore答案与解析：B根据语境可知，工作人员告诉该乘客重新买张票，但是(H
23、owever)飞机马上起飞，时间来不及了。前后是转折关系。9A.special BstrangeCimpossible Dunbelievable答案与解析：C根据上文的“the flight was to leave ten minutes later”可知，飞机还有十分钟就要起飞了，重新买票是不可能的(impossible)。10A.regretful BconfusedCanxious Dhopeless答案与解析：A根据下文的“if he wouldnt be able to say his final goodbye to his dad”可知，如果不能跟父亲临终道别，那位乘客应该会
24、非常遗憾懊悔(regretful)。11A.lie BtruthCjoke Dstory答案与解析：B根据上文的“Seeing a grown man crying sadly”可知，看到一个成年男人哭得那么伤心，作者确信他说的是真话(truth)。12A.checked BguessedCpredicted Dconsidered答案与解析：D根据语境可知，作者考虑了(considered)一会儿，想到了能帮助那位乘客的办法。13A.nothing BanythingCsomething Deverything答案与解析：C根据语境可知，作者考虑了一会儿，想到了能帮助那位乘客的办法(some
25、thing)。14A.goal BdutyCtask Dright答案与解析：D根据下文的“I can issue tickets through an online system to my family”可知，作为工作人员，作者有权(right)通过在线系统为一些人签发机票。15A.pets BfriendsCcustomers Dpassengers答案与解析：B根据下文的“we can use the staff tickets only for people we know”可知，工作人员只能为自己的家人和认识的朋友(friends)买票。16A.for BafterCsince D
26、without答案与解析：D根据语境可知，作者并不期望回报，所以他只是将买好的票递给那位乘客，没(without)让他知道作者为他所做的事情。17A.calm BbraveCpleased Dcurious答案与解析：C根据下文的“it was all that I wanted to see”可知，那位乘客很欣喜(pleased)，这是作者想看到的。18A.miss BrepeatCforget Dmind答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者希望那位乘客不会错过(miss)他父亲的任何临终遗言。19A.secret BruleCpromise Dappointment答案与解析：A根据下文的“a
27、s we can use the staff tickets only for people we know”可知，工作人员只能为认识的人买票，所以严格来说作者的做法是违规的。但登机口工作人员表示会帮作者保守这个秘密(secret)。20A.because BbeforeCuntil Dunless答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者那天感到非常自豪因为(because)他为有需要的人干了件有意义的事。.短文改错When I came to the USA last summer, everything was new with me: language, food, eating habits
28、and everything. I am looking for Chinese people all time because I felt very lonely. Soon we found a Chinese group and we started to do differently activities. Finally, I found that interested me most reading. Our reading group got together every two months to sharing some good books. We often had h
29、ad meetings in a members house but we had a good time there. It was good to have this kind of activity because I forgot all my problem, at least for the moment.答案：When I came to the USA last summer, everything was new wit me: language, food, eating habits and everything. I a looking for Chinese peop
30、le all time because I felt very lonely. Soon w found a Chinese group and we started to do differentl activities. Finally, I found tha interested me most reading. Our reading group got together every two months to sharin some good books. We often had meetings in a members house bu we had a good time there. It was good to have this kind of activity because I forgot all my proble， at least for the moment.
