1、SectionLearningaboutLanguage,UsingLanguage,SummingUp&LearningTip课后篇巩固提升一、请用括号内单词的适当形式填空1.I must make an (apologize) to him for not going to his party.答案apology2.(obvious),youre worried about something;why not get it off your chest?答案Obviously3.The fans felt they (fool) because the star didnt keep hi
2、s promise.答案were fooled4.She speaks English so well that her friends are filled with (admire).答案admiration5.Students should aim to become more (independence) of their teachers.答案independent6.You need (permit) from the World Wide Web before you can access information.答案permission7.Seeing such extraor
3、dinary (beautiful),I think every cell(细胞) in my body wakes up.答案beauty8.When he at last managed to get a copy of the book,it looked as though he (find) a priceless treasure.答案had found9.The (origin) picture is in the British Museum.答案original10.My son (weep) and told me that his pet dog had been sen
4、t into hospital.答案wept二、用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空turn upkeep ones wordhold ones breathset offremind.of.have funwipe away1.You should always ,otherwise no one will depend on you any longer.答案keep your word2.The children are when they are watching the wonderful cartoon.答案holding their breath3.I couldnt find my
5、watch for a long time,but then one day it in a coat pocket.答案turned up4.It is late now.We need to at once,otherwise we cant catch the last bus.答案set off5.I in playing cards with the children last night.答案had fun6.Talking of the matter me the terrible experience when we worked together.答案reminds;of7.
6、The girl tears and went on with her sad story.答案wiped away三、用适当的介词、副词或连词填空1.In ancient times,people would starve they couldnt find food.答案if2.There are festivals for special people events.答案or3.Im going to buy a camera a DVD with the money.答案either;or4.I like wooden furniture, wooden tables,wooden s
7、ofas and wooden chairs.答案like5.What he said just now reminded me that American professor.答案of四、翻译句子1.目前他还没有出现。(turn up)答案He hasnt turned up so far.2.所有人都屏住呼吸看谁会赢得这场篮球赛。(hold ones breath)答案All people held their breath to see who would win the basketball match.3.你必须为你的粗鲁行为向老师道歉。(apologize)答案You must a
8、pologize to the teacher for being so rude.4.他提醒我那个承诺。(remind)答案He reminded me of that promise.5.汤姆和他的父亲昨天动身去了美国。(set off)答案Tom and his father set off for America yesterday.五、阅读理解The name Christmas is short for “Christs Mass”.A Mass is a kind of church service.Christmas is a religious festival.It is
9、the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world.But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion.Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating Christmas in t
10、he world.The birth of Jesus had a story:In Nazareth,a city of Galilee,the virgins name was Mary,who was engaged to Joseph.Before they came together,she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.Her husband Joseph planned to put her away secretly.While he thought about these things,Gabriel,an angel of
11、the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him not to be afraid to take Mary as wife.Mary will bring forth a son,and he shall call his name,Jesus,for he will save his people from their sins.Joseph went up out of Galilee,out of the city of Nazareth,into Judea,to the city of David,which is called Be
12、thlehem,because he was of the house and the lineage of David,to be registered with Mary,his engaged wife.So it was while they were there that the days were completed for her to be delivered.And she brought forth her firstborn son,and wrapped him in cloth;and laid him in a manger,because there was no
13、 room for them in the hotel.Christmas is the feast of the birth of Jesus,on 25th December every year.But nobody knows the actual birthday of Jesus.And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a pleasant Santa Claus was first made popular in the ninete
14、enth century.1.The first paragraph suggests that Christmas has nothing to do with .A.religionB.church serviceC.JesusD.peoples crimes答案D解析细节理解题。依据文章第一段可知,“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写,弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式,圣诞节是一个宗教节,我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝。所以圣诞节跟人们的犯罪无关,答案为D项。2.From the second paragraph we can know .A.all the services in Christ
15、ian churches are the same in the worldB.all the festivities of Christmas are related to religionC.the ways of celebrating Christmas have been changing over timeD.people began to send gifts and Christmas cards since the appearance答案C解析推理判断题。依据第二段第一句可知A项错误;依据第二段第二句可知B项错误;依据第二段第三句可知交换礼物,寄圣诞卡并非是圣诞节出现伊始的
16、庆祝方式,故排除D项;依据第二段第三句的“themodernwaysofcelebratingChristmas”可知答案为C项。3.Why was Jesus placed in the manger after his birth?A.Because his mother was feeding horses then.B.Because there was no place for them in the hotel then.C.Because angels wanted to give him a miserable experience.D.Because his mother w
17、as looked down upon by others then.答案B解析细节理解题。依据文章倒数第二段最后一句“.andlaidhiminamanger,becausetherewasnoroomfortheminthehotel”可知答案为B项。4.From the passage we can know .A.the actual time when Jesus was born is still unknownB.the accurate time when Jesus was born is on 25th December,1846C.Santa Claus first ap
18、peared in the eighteenth centuryD.the real place where Jesus was born is Nazareth答案A解析细节理解题。依据文章最后一段第二句可知A项正确,B项与其不相符;而圣诞老人是在19世纪出现的,C项错误;依据倒数第二段可知耶稣的诞生地是Bethlehem,所以D项错误。六、语篇填空Dragon Heads-raising Day,1. falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month,is one of the Chinese traditional f
19、estivals.As the proverb goes,“The dragon is awake,2.(raise) its head.” On this day,dragons,a prominent totem(图腾) in Chinese culture raise 3.(they) heads with the sound of thunder.Around this time,the earth 4.(burst) with life.Grass and trees are beginning to shoot up.In ancient China,people 5.(pray)
20、 beside a river or a lake for the precious spring rain to breed their crops.6.(tradition),food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of the dragon.For instance,wontons were called “dragons eyes”.The special 7.(food) usually eaten on this day include dragons scales,popcorn and pigs heads.In Shanx
21、i,people get their hair 8.(cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new.In 9. countryside in Hebei Province,people would fetch water from a well at dawn.It was believed 10. on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collector a good harvest.答案1.which2.raising3.their4.is bursting5.would pray/prayed6.Traditionally7.foods8.cut9.the10.that