1、SectionCExtendedreading&Project&Assessment必备知识基础练.单句语法填空1.Nothing is (happy) than having a cold drink in a hot day.2.She was (fortune) enough to find a job as soon as she graduated from the university.3.He jumped with joy on (hear) the news.4.The competition attracted over 500 contestants (represent
2、) 8 different countries.5.He made a rule to get up before seven in the morning.6.It was so noisy outside that he couldnt settle down his study.7.He lay in the bed,his head (rest) on his arms.8.We should be grateful if you would reply at your earliest (convenient).9.Users can buy books,book tickets,a
3、nd get all sorts information from the Internet.10.There is a wide (select) of food in this restaurant.短语填空set off,take a bite of,stay up,after all,light up,hang up,attach importance to,focus on1.When she saw her exam results,her eyes in amazement.2.His eyes slowly began to what looked like a small d
4、ark ball.3.What Im going to do in this lecture is to something very specific.4.In the meanwhile,his son his apple,spat it out,and suddenly burst out crying.5.,there are enough bad things in the world and worrying doesnt help.6.This is when they turn it off and the towel.7.With so much homework to do
5、,I will have to late tonight.8.We should childrens mental health.完成句子1.那就是你不对的地方。(表语从句)Thats .2.他一到机场,便受到总理的欢迎。(on+名词)He was greeted by the Prime Minister .3.我发现待在家里什么都不做毫无乐趣。(形式宾语)I just staying at home doing nothing.4.听说他在这起事故中受了伤,我内心充满了担忧。(独立主格结构)I heard that he got injured in the accident,.5.没有人
6、比她更细心。(否定词+比较级)than she is.能力素养提升练.阅读理解People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions,and a new report published online in CurrentBiology explains why.Rachael Jack,University of Glasgow researcher,said that rather than scanning evenly (
7、均匀的) across a face as Westerners do,Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said.“Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure,whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略)
8、 the mouth.”According to Jack and her colleagues,the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed.As a result,facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.Th
9、e researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories:happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,or neutral.The
10、y compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did.“The cultural difference in eye movements that they show
11、 is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said.“Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion,Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”In short,the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion.Fro
12、m here on,examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion.Otherwise,when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures,Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.1.The discovery shows that Westerners
13、.A.pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouthB.consider facial expressions universally reliableC.observe the eyes and the mouth in different waysD.have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions2.What were the people asked to do in the study?A.To make a face at each other.B.To get their fa
14、ces impressive.C.To classify some face pictures.D.To observe the researchers faces.3.In comparison with Westerners,Easterners are likely to.A.do translation more successfullyB.study the mouth more frequentlyC.examine the eyes more attentivelyD.read facial expressions more correctly4.What can be the
15、best title for the passage?A.The Eye as the Window to the SoulB.Cultural Differences in Reading EmotionsC.Effective Methods to Develop Social SkillsD.How to Increase Cross-cultural UnderstandingBIn 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an in
16、ternational festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Burton,Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团).It became a fixed event
17、every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.At the same time,the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge(挑战) to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years.Soo
18、n,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University,and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.Today
19、the “Fringe”,once less recognized,has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts.And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.A paid administrator(行政人员) was first employe
20、d only in 1971,and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself.In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries.More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.5.What was the purpose o
21、f Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?A.To bring Europe together again.B.To honor heroes of World War .C.To introduce young theatre groups.D.To attract great artists from Europe.6.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?A.They owned a public house there.B.They came to take up
22、 a challenge.C.They thought they were also famous.D.They wanted to take part in the festival.7.What does the “Fringe” in the third paragraph mean?A.Unpopular groups.B.Non-official groups.C.Foreign groups.D.Local groups.8.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .A.has become a non-official
23、 eventB.has gone beyond an art festivalC.gives shows all year roundD.keeps growing rapidly.语法填空The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the 1.(important) festivals in China.It is an evening celebration when families gather together to light lanterns,eat moon cakes 2. appreciate the round moon.On that night
24、,the moon appears 3.(be) roundest and brightest.The full moon is a symbol for family reunion,which is 4. that day is also known as the Festival of Reunion.The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations date back to more than 2,000 years ago.In the Tang Dynasty,people began to enjoy and worship the full moon 5
25、. a custom.In the Southern Song Dynasty,however,people sent round moon cakes to their relatives as gifts in 6.(express) of their best wishes for family reunion.7. it turned dark,they gazed up at the fall silver moon or went sightseeing by lakes 8.(celebrate) the festival.Since the Ming and Qing dyna
26、sties,the custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration 9.(become) even more popular.Together with the celebration appeared some special customs in different parts of the country,such as 10.(burn) incense(香),planting Mid-Autumn trees,lighting lanterns on towers and fire dragon dances,etc.应用文写作假设你是李华
27、,你打算利用假期出国旅游。请你就此给你的美国笔友 Michael发一封电子邮件,谈论你出国旅游的原因,并邀请Michael有时间来中国。要点如下:1.出国旅游很有意义;2.开阔眼界,了解国外的风俗和历史;3.和来自不同文化背景的人交朋友,学习外语;4.放松身心,欣赏美景。注意:1.词数80左右(信的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数);2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Michael,How are you?These days,I am planning to travel abroad during the vacation.Yours truly,Li Hua答案：.1.happ
28、ier2.fortunate3.hearing4.representing5.it6.to7.resting8.convenience9.of10.selection.1.litup2.setoff3.focuson4.tookabiteof5.Afterall6.hangup7.stayup8.attachimportanceto.1.whereyouarewrong2.onhisarrivalattheairport3.finditnopleasure4.myheartfullofworry5.Noonecanbemorecareful.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了在解读情
29、感方面的东西方文化差异。1.A细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Westernerslookattheeyesandthemouthinequalmeasure,whereasEasternersfavortheeyesandneglectthemouth.”可知,西方人对眼睛和嘴巴同样重视,故选A项。2.C推理判断题。根据第五段中的“.byrecordingtheeyemovementsof13WesternCaucasianand13EastAsianpeoplewhiletheyobservedpicturesofexpressivefacesandputthemintocategories:
30、happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,orneutral.Theycomparedhowaccuratelyparticipantsreadthosefacialexpressionsusingtheirparticulareyemovementstrategies.”可推知,这些人被要求去对一些人脸图片进行分类,故选C项。3.C细节理解题。根据第六段中的“ItturnedoutthatEasternersfocusedmuchgreaterattentionontheeyesandmadesignificantlymoreerrorsthan
31、Westernersdid.”可知,与西方人相比,东方人更注意观察眼睛,故选C项。4.B主旨大意题。通读全文,且根据最后一段中的“.culturalfactorshavediversifiedthesebasicsocialskillswillhelpourunderstandingofhumanemotion.Otherwise,whenitcomestocommunicatingemotionsacrosscultures,EasternersandWesternerswillfindthemselveslostintranslation.”可推知,西方人与东方人在情感表达和解读上存在文化
32、差异。所以短文的最佳标题为“在解读情感方面的文化差异”,故选B项。【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章按照时间顺序,从创设目的、参与群体、发展规模等方面对爱丁堡音乐节进行了简要而准确的叙述,回顾了爱丁堡音乐节的发展历程。5.A细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“TheideawastoreuniteEuropeaftertheSecondWorldWar.”可知,设立EdinburghFestival是为了在第二次世界大战后重新团结欧洲。故选A项。6.D细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Eighttheatregroups.therighttoperform”可知,这些队伍认为每个人都有表演的权力,所以他
33、们想要参加节日。故选D项。7.B词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“Atthesametime,theFringeappearedasachallengetotheofficialfestival.”可知,Fringe与official是相对的,再根据“Eighttheatregroupsturnedup”以及第四段中的“Soon,groupsofstudents.eachsummertoperform”可知,很多团体和大学生也参与了进来,所以Fringe意为“非正式的”,所以选B项。8.D推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“todaythereareeightadministratorsworking.f
34、rom50differentcountries”可知,它发展得非常快。所以选D项。.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中秋节的习俗。1.mostimportant考查形容词最高级。根据空前的oneofthe可知,此处填形容词最高级,故填mostimportant。2.and考查连词。空格前后为并列关系,故填and。3.tobe考查非谓语动词。appeartodosth.为固定搭配,意为“看起来做某事”。故填tobe。4.why考查连接词。分析句子结构可知,此空引导表语从句,所填的词在从句中作原因状语。故填why。5.as考查介词。asacustom表示“作为一种习俗”,故填介词as。
35、6.expression考查名词。inexpressionof意为“表达”,为固定短语,故填expression。7.After考查连词。本句引导时间状语从句,首字母大写,故填After。8.tocelebrate考查非谓语动词。此处为动词不定式作目的状语,故填tocelebrate。9.hasbecome考查动词时态和主谓一致。根据“SincetheMingandQingdynasties”可知,主句要用现在完成时;主语为thecustomofMid-AutumnFestivalcelebration,谓语用第三人称单数。故填hasbecome。10.burning考查非谓语动词。as为介词
36、后接动词-ing形式,故填burning。.DearMichael,Howareyou?Thesedays,Iamplanningtotravelabroadduringthevacation.Ithinktravellingabroadisverymeaningful.First,travellingabroadcanbroadenmyhorizons.WhenIvisitaforeigncountry,Icanlearnmoreaboutthecustomsandhistoryofthecountry.Atthesametime,Icanmakelotsoffriends.Besides,communicatingwiththelocalpeoplewillgivemethechancetolearnaforeignlanguage.ThemostimportantthingisthatIcanrelaxandenjoythebeautifulscenery.Michael,pleasecometoChinawhenyouarefree.IdohopeyoucanwitnessthegreatchangesinChina.Yourstruly,LiHua