1、第一部分选修六Unit 2 .阅读理解2015 TFK Poetry ContestCalling all poets! TIME for Kids has a challenge for you: Write a funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poets work. Enter it in the TIME for Kids Poetry Contest. As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poet
2、ry of their own, TIME for Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.1. How to enter: This contest begins 12：01 am on October 6, 2015 and ends 11：59 pm on December 24, 2015. To enter, mail the following information to 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York
3、, New York 10020: (a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme(韵律); (b) Entrants first name only and a parents mail address. Limit one entry per person. By entering, Entrant promises that the entry: (1)is original; (2)has not been published in any medium; (
4、3)has not won an award.2Judging: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality(50%), use of language and rhyme(25%) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest(25% ). The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.3Priz
5、es: Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手) from which one grandprize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grandprize winner will receive an online class visit from Childrens Poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetryThe Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kid
6、s, approximately value: $275. The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitts newest book of poetryThe Armpit Doom: Funny Poems for Kids, and both their poems and that of the grandprize winner will be published at .4Eligibility(参赛资格): Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and th
7、e District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at the time of entry.5Winners list: For names of the winner and finalists, visit (after March 1, 2016, available for a period of 10 days)文章大意：本文是应用文。文章主要介绍TIME for Kids这个网站举办青少年诗歌比赛的相关规则。1The purpose of the contest is t
8、o _.Aencourage children to learn from other poetsBhelp children realize the dream of poetry writingCencourage childrens interest in poetry writingDencourage children to read more original poems答案：C细节理解题。第一段说因为对诗歌感兴趣的孩子越来越少，因此决定组织此次比赛来改变这一状况，故选C。2Which of the following characteristics of a poem is va
9、lued most in judging?ABeing creative and original.BUsing a proper number of words.CUsing proper language and rhyme.DBeing appropriate to the contest theme.答案：A推理判断题。Judging这一部分的评分标准中，占比重最大的是creativity and originality，占50%，由此可推知原创和创新最重要，故选A。3What can be known about the finalists of the contest?AThey
10、will get a great deal of money.BTheir poems can be read at .CThey will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt.DTheir poems will appear in Nesbitts newest book.答案：B细节理解题。由Prizes这一部分中.both their poems and that of the grandprize winner will be published at .可知，他们的诗将在网站上刊登。4According to the contest
11、rules，_.Apoems can be sent to the organizers by emailBall children have the right to take part in the contestCthe number of poems to enter the contest is not limitedDthe result of the contest will be unknown before March, 2016答案：D推理判断题。最后一段说获奖者和决赛者名单要2016年3月1日之后才公布，故选D。.完形填空Run Away, Dont DelayOne n
12、ight, my son was watching his big screen TV alone, and I decided to join him. He was watching a show_1_there were college students going to a gettogether in Washington DC, and_2_the thousands who gathered there to celebrate something. When they got there, they started becoming_3_in drinking, and doi
13、ng drugs. I didnt want to watch it any more, so got up and went to bed.About 330 am. I awoke, and lay there thinking about_4_， and a poem began forming in my mind, which began as, “_5_sin(something wrong)comes calling, or knocking at your door, run away, dont delay，_6_sin is like a magnet, and it wi
14、ll pull you down, run away, do not_7_.” As I lay there, there was music which_8_it, and I knew that there was no way I would remember it by_9_， so I got up and sat at the table, trying to_10_both the words and the music which came to me at the time._11_the pattern was set, and I had the notes writte
15、n down in my notebook, the_12_of the poem came to me as well.When it got_13_I decided to sit down at the piano and began trying to play it. My family came into the sitting room and I told them about the song, and wanted to_14_it with them. They all liked it, and_15_several times that day, I sang it
16、again, and played it again, trying to fix it in my_16_.Later, I wanted to put the song on paper_17_just the little dots in my notebook indicating how high and how_18_to go. Not knowing how to do that, I_19_the song, and then sent it to my sister, Jennie, who had written many songs using her own poet
17、ry and music, and soon, here came the music and words all done up_20_. I was so glad.文章大意：一天晚上，“我”和儿子一起看电视。受到电视中情节的启发，“我”写了一首诗并谱上曲。1A.thatBwhichCin which Dfor which答案：C此句是一个定语从句。in which中的which指代先行词a show。2A.joining BwatchingCreporting Dencouraging答案：Ajoin sb.“和某人一起做(某事)”，此处指大学生们和很多人一起庆祝。3A.satisfie
18、d BinvolvedCexcited Dembarrassed答案：Bbe involved in.“参与；卷入”。4A.the tragedy Bthe accidentCthe mistake Dthe program答案：Dprogram“节目”；此处指代1空前的show。5A.Whenever BHoweverCWherever DWhoever答案：Awhenever“每当时”；句意：当错误敲你的门时，马上跑开，不要犹豫。6A.for BwithCthus Dotherwise答案：Afor在此表原因，用于主句之后。7A.see BstayCcare Dtake答案：B此处选sta
19、y与前面的delay和韵，而且同义。8A.caught up withBgot on well withCtook part inDcame along with答案：Dcome along with“同一起出现”。9A.now BheartCnight Dmorning答案：D我睡不着了，我想在天亮前一直记着是不可能的。10A.turn off Bwrite toCput down Dlook back答案：Cput down“记下；写下”。11A.Since BOnceCBefore DBecause答案：Bonce“一旦”；一旦确定下模式和音符，这首诗的其余部分也随之而来。12A.sty
20、le BotherCrest Dpart答案：Cthe rest“剩余部分；其余”。参见上题。13A.light BsunnyCwell Dperfect答案：Aget light“天亮”。14A.learn BcheckCshare Dwrite答案：Cshare sth. with sb.“和某人分享”。此处指我迫不及待地想和家人分享我新想出的诗。15A.so BsuchCvery Dtoo答案：A我的家人都很喜欢这首诗，“所以”那一天我吟诵了好几次。16A.dream BheartClife Dfamily答案：Bin ones heart“在某人内心深处”。17A.but for Bi
21、nstead ofCother than Das if答案：Binstead of“而不是”。我想把诗写下来，而不是仅仅停留在我的笔记本上的小点点。18A.big BfarClow Dsweet答案：C该空与前面的high对应相反。19A.recorded BsangCplayed Dprinted答案：Arecord“录制”。20A.kindly BcarefullyCfriendly Dnicely答案：Dnicely相当于well。.语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Julie enjoyed reading when young. She
22、grew up in _1_ key middle school in her city, _2_ her parents both taught Chinese. That meant she was surrounded by either teachers who were busy teaching or students who _3_(devote) to their studies. So she developed her love of _4_.Her interest _5_ reading also benefited from the fact that _6_ par
23、ents only let her watch half an hour of TV a day. She learned to use her mind and imagination to entertain _7_. Its not really _8_(surprise) that reading became her vocation. When not reading she enjoyed watching films, walking and relaxing with her friends. Reading brought her much _9_(please) and
24、she never wanted to stop learning. Not only did reading enrich her knowledge _10_ it improved her learning scores.文章大意：Julie热爱阅读，这得益于她的父母。而热爱阅读让她受益匪浅。答案：1命题立意：考查冠词。解析：aJulie在她所在城市的一所重点中学长大。不定冠词表泛指。2命题立意：考查定语从句。解析：where在这所中学里，她的父母教授汉语。此处应填关系词引导定语从句；从句部分her parents both taught Chinese不缺少主语、宾语，所以填关系副词；
25、先行词为school，所以填where。3命题立意：考查时态和语态。解析：were devotedwho在此引导定语从句，所以填谓语动词；be devoted to“热爱，致力于”。 4命题立意：考查非谓语动词。解析：reading第一段第一句话“Julie enjoyed reading.”和第二段第一句话“Her interest _5_ reading.”都有提示。 5命题立意：考查介词。解析：ininterest后常接介词in。6命题立意：考查代词。解析：her她对阅读的兴趣得益于她父母规定她每天只能看半小时电视。7命题立意：考查代词。解析：herselfentertain onese
26、lf“自娱自乐”。8命题立意：考查非谓语动词。解析：surprising修饰物应该用其现在分词形式的形容词surprising。9命题立意：考查名词。解析：pleasure由空所在上下文可知，应该填名词形式pleasure。10命题立意：考查连词。解析：butnot only.but(also).“不但而且”。.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用()划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出
27、修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。(2015浙江六校联考)One Sunday, I was reading my book while it suddenly occurred to me that it was mother birthday the next day. However, I forgot it complete. I was worried that I didnt prepare any present to her. At that moment, idea of online shopping
28、came to my mind. I clicked the mouse and search some famous shopping websites. Having compared the prices of many dress, I chose one with a reasonable price which I supposed Mum would appreciate it and bought it as soon as possible. The next day I received the dress as expected without get out of my
29、 room. You see, online shopping is very convenient that it has made our life colorful.答案：One Sunday, I was reading my book it suddenly occurred to me that it was birthday the next day. However, I forgot it . I was worried that I didnt prepare any present her. At that moment, idea of online shopping
30、came to my mind. I clicked the mouse and some famous shopping websites. Having compared the prices of many ， I chose one with a reasonable price which I supposed Mum would appreciate it and bought it as soon as possible. The next day I received the dress as expected without out of my room. You see,
31、online shopping is convenient that it has made our life colorful.1命题立意：考查连词。解析：whilewhen。当我正在读书时，我突然意识到第二天是母亲的生日。英语中be doing sth. when.是一个固定句型，意思是“正在做某事时，突然”。2命题立意：考查名词。解析：mothermothers。此处表示“母亲的生日”，要用名词所有格。3命题立意：考查副词。解析：completecompletely。修饰动词forgot要用副词形式。4命题立意：考查介词。解析：tofor。prepare sth. for sb.是固定用
32、法，意思是“为某人准备某物”。5命题立意：考查冠词。解析：在idea前加the。由于idea后面有介词短语of online shopping修饰，表示特指，所以要用定冠词the。6命题立意：考查时态。解析：searchsearched。根据句子结构判断，and连接两个并列的谓语，故用searched，与clicked并列。7命题立意：考查名词。解析：dressdresses。由于该名词前有many修饰，所以要用复数形式。8命题立意：考查定语从句。解析：去掉it。分析句子结构可知，which I supposed Mum would appreciate是一个定语从句，修饰先行词price，which在从句中作appreciate的宾语，所以应删除it。9命题立意：考查非谓语动词。解析：getgetting。在介词without之后要用动词ing形式。10命题立意：考查连词。解析：veryso。分析句子结构及语境可知，此处为so.that.结构，表示“如此以至于”。
