1、课时作业(一)Unit 1Cultural relicsSection Warming up & ReadingPrereading(本栏目内容,在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订!).阅读理解ADear students,Most of us get some exercise walking or riding our bikes to school,but that just isnt enough.Why not get into shape by playing the most popular sport in the worldsoccer?Two weeks ago,Ms Gold
2、stein,the physical education teacher,posted a notice about an exciting new soccer club (for Grades 35)To join,all you have to do is sign your name and be at school for the fun of it on Saturday mornings.Youll make new friends and share information about famous teams and players.Ms Goldstein will tea
3、ch,so youll learn basic skills and new techniques (技巧) to improve your game.Thats good news because soccer is a game you can love three seasons a year.The only time you cant play is when there is snow.However,it is hard to believe that only nineteen people signed up for the new club.Maybe kids dont
4、want to give up their Saturday mornings.But if you think about how we spend Saturday mornings now,soccer looks good.Doing housework and watching TV are not as much fun as playing soccer with friends.If you didnt sign up because youve never played soccer before,dont worry.Beginners are welcome and Ms
5、 Goldstein will give youmore help.Just act now!The equipment is cheap.All you have to bring is your feet.The Students Union语篇解读本文是应用文。作者希望孩子们积极加入学校的足球俱乐部。1We can learn from the text that the club_.Awas first set up for beginnersBis just open to students of Grade 3Cwas probably started two weeks agoD
6、is available every day except for Sundays解析:推理判断题。由第二段中的Two weeks ago,Ms Goldstein.new soccer club可知,这个足球俱乐部可能是两周前成立的,故选C项。答案:C2. What does the author think of playing soccer?AIt makes people famous easily.BIt does students a lot of good.CIt is a very dangerous game.DIt is as interesting as watching
7、 TV.解析:细节理解题。由第一段中的Why not get into shape.soccer?和第二段中的Youll make new friends.players可知,作者认为踢足球对学生们来说有很多好处,故选B项。答案:B3The author writes the text mainly to_.Atalk about how to be an excellent playerBencourage the students to join a soccer clubCadvise the students to take more exerciseDintroduce Ms Gol
8、dstein to the students解析:写作目的题。由第一段中的Why not get into shape.soccer?和最后一段中的Just act now!可知,作者通过本文旨在鼓励孩子们加入该足球俱乐部,故选B项。答案:BBClaudette Colvin by Phillip HooseWho says teenagers cant change the world?This book tells the true story of 15yearold Claudette Colvin and how her fight for justice (正义) led to t
9、he end of separation between races in buses in Alabama in 1956.Inkdeath by Cornelia FunkeIn the final novel of Cornelia Funkes popular Inkheart trilogy (三部曲),Meggie and her father,Mo,travel through Inkworld,a dark and dangerous place full of villains (歹徒)At the heart of this unusual tale is a questi
10、on:Can you change your own life?To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThis Pulitzer Prize winner is the only book author Harper Lee ever wrote.Set in the South in the 1930s,the story is told by a young girl named Scout.Her dad is a lawyer who takes a difficult case (案子) that shakes up their town and ch
11、anges their lives.A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L EngleMegs father is a scientist who has gone missingand he happens to be lost in a whole other universe!As Meg and her little brother,Charles Wallace,get on a plane for a special task to save their father through space and time,Meg must discover her
12、 own strength and courage.Margaret BourkeWhite by ChristopherCL.AndersonMargaret BourkeWhite was one of the first women photojournalists.She helped pioneer the whole field!This book explains how she caught some of the most important historic moments of the 20th century.语篇解读本文是应用文。文章主要介绍了五本书。4Who hel
13、ps to set up a fair system?AScout.BMeggie.C.Claudette Colvin. DMargaret BourkeWhite.解析:细节理解题。根据Claudette Colvin这本书中的介绍可知,15岁的Claudette Colvin为正义而战并最终使得亚拉巴马州的公交车在1956年废除了种族歧视。答案:C5Which of the following books is part of a series?AInkdeath.BA Wrinkle in Time.CTo Kill a Mockingbird.DMargaret BourkeWhit
14、e.解析:细节理解题。根据Inkdeath这本书中介绍的In the final novel of Cornelia Funkes popular Inkheart trilogy可知,Inkdeath是系列书中的一本。答案:A6A Wrinkle in Time is mainly about_.Awhat Meg and his brother meet in the universeBhow two children save their fatherCthe scientific knowledge of the universeDa funny trip through space
15、and time解析:主旨大意题。根据A Wrinkle in Time这本书的介绍:Meg的父亲失踪在一个完全不同的宇宙中,她和弟弟一起展开了营救父亲的行动。由此可知,这本书主要是关于两个孩子营救父亲的故事。答案:B7In which part of a magazine can we expect to find the text?AHistory.BScience.CPolitics.DLiterature.解析:文章出处题。本文主要介绍了五本书,因此是关于文学的。答案:DCAs a child,Helen Cordero liked listening to the stories t
16、old by her grandfather each evening.She imagined telling the same stories to her own grandchildren.She grew up to become a famous artist.Helen began as a potter (制陶工人),making beautiful bowls.Her most popular piece of artwork,however,was a small figure (像) of a seated woman holding a baby in her arms
17、.She called it Singing Mother.People loved the Singing Mother figures.To buy them museum collectors traveled to the Cochiti Pueblo in northern New Mexico where Mrs.Cordero lived.She could not make them fast enough to keep up with the needs.One day,a pottery collector suggested that the artist add mo
18、re children to her Singing Mother figures.She immediately thought of her grandfather,Santiago Quintana.She liked the idea because,as she said,“There were always lots of us grandchildren around him.” So,in 1964,the first Storyteller figure was born.The first piece she made was a grandfather sitting,w
19、ith five children around him.Each child had a different facial expression.The grandfathers mouth was wide open.So many people wanted the figures that she gave up her other artwork to work on the Storytellers.To make her figures,Mrs.Cordero preferred the brown clay (黏土) of her hometown,and often walk
20、ed a long way to collect it.She talked to the tiny figures in an effort to put her own “happy,special feeling” into every character she created.Mrs.Cordero was always surprised that her Storytellers were enjoyed by so many people.But her admirers (赞赏者) know why her work is so well liked.She was an e
21、xcellent artist who refused to take shortcuts.She once said,“To make good pottery,you have to do it the right way,the old way.”Today we are thankful to both Helen Cordero and her grandfather.The Storyteller figures make us remember the kind people in our own lives who have told us stories to live by
22、.语篇解读本文是记叙文。文章介绍了陶艺家Helen Cordero创作的陶器。8Whats the difference between the Singing Mother and the Storyteller?AThe Singing Mother didnt become wellknown.BThe Singing Mother didnt include children.CThe Storyteller was based on a real person.DThe Storyteller expressed childish feelings.解析:细节理解题。根据第四段的Sh
23、e immediately thought of her grandfather和So,in 1964,the first Storyteller figure was born可知,Storyteller这个陶器的原型是真人。答案:C9We can infer from the text that Helen Cordero_.Aoften asked for adviceBworked in a famous museumCmade her sculptures very quicklyDwas greatly influenced by her grandfather解析:推理判断题。根
24、据第一段和第四段可知,Helen Cordero从小爱听祖父讲故事,并且是祖父给了她创作Storyteller陶器的灵感。由此可推断,她深受祖父的影响。答案:D10Why is Helen Corderos work so popular?AIt gives people a kind of happy feeling.BIts material came from a special place.CIts made in traditional ways.DIt has attractive designs.解析:推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的She was an excellent arti
25、st who refused to take shortcuts和她自己说的话To make good pottery,you have to do it the right way,the old way.可知,她制作的陶器深受人们的喜爱是因为陶器反映了传统的做法。答案:C11Whats the best title for the text?ATelling stories in clayBCreating good potteryCThe history of storytellingDThe amazing life of an artist解析:标题归纳题。文章主要介绍了陶艺家Hel
26、en Cordero创作的Storyteller陶器广受人们喜爱。由此可知,A项很形象地概括了文章的主旨。答案:A.七选五When I was a little girl,every time my dad was repairing something,he would ask me to hold the hammer.And so we would have a time for a conversation.I grew up and left home for college and since then,my dad had been calling me every Sunday
27、 morning.And when several years later I bought a house,my dad went to paint it by himself for three days in the summer heat._1_But I was too busy in those days.I did not find any time for a conversation with him.Four years ago,my dad was visiting me.He spent hours putting together a swing set (秋千) f
28、or my daughter.He asked to bring him a cup of tea and have a talk with him._2_I didnt have time for any long conversations that day.One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as usual.I was in a hurry,so our conversation was short._3_My dad was sent into hospital.Immediately I bought a ticket for a
29、flight and on my way I was thinking about all missed occasions (时刻) to have a talk with him.By the time I arrived,my dad had passed away._4_ I realized how little I knew about my dad,his deepest thoughts and his dreams.After his death I learned much more about him,and even more about myself.All he e
30、ver asked me was my time._5_AA few hours later that day came a call.BBut I had to prepare for a trip that weekend.CI never saw my dad drinking or taking a night out.DAnd now his time has all my attention every single day.EAll he asked was to hold his paint brush and talk to him.FNow it was he who di
31、d not have time for a conversation with me.GI noticed that my dad had forgotten some things that we discussed lately.语篇解读本文是记叙文,话题是日常生活类。默默为作者和家人付出的父亲最大的希望莫过于作者能多陪他说说话、聊聊天。但是作者一直没有意识到这一点,错过了很多次和父亲交谈的机会。1解析:作者小时候经常会帮修理东西的父亲拿锤子,这是父女俩交谈的好机会。后来作者长大了,离开家,买了房子,父亲亲自帮女儿粉刷房子。根据后文所讲的作者那几天特别忙,没有时间和父亲交谈可知,此处是讲父
32、亲希望女儿还能像小时候那样帮他拿着刷子,然后父女俩就能有机会说说话,故答案填E。答案:E2解析:父亲探望女儿时给外孙女搭了秋千,此时他最希望的是女儿能给他端杯茶,陪他好好说说话。根据空后所讲的作者那天没有时间陪父亲好好聊聊可知,作者那时忙着为周末外出做准备,所以没有时间,故答案填B。答案:B3解析:一个周日的早上父亲照例给作者打电话。作者很忙,所以没说几句就挂了电话。根据空后所讲的父亲住院了可推知,之后作者又接到一个电话,故答案填A。答案:A4解析:父亲不幸去世了,即便此刻作者在身边,他也不会再有时间和作者交谈了,故答案填F。答案:F5解析:以前一直是父亲渴望女儿腾出时间陪他说说话,而现在父亲去世了,留下的是女儿对父亲无尽的思念,期盼父亲能有时间和她说说话,故答案填D。 答案:D