1、活页作业(十一).阅读理解AIn George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion,the storyline centers around three main characters:Eliza Doolittle,Professor Henry Higgins,and Colonel Pickering.Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl who is under the instruction of Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering to learn proper grammar and phonet
2、ics.Eliza can be characterized as a very sensitive and emotional person.She seeks to be treated like a duchess by men.Her personality clashes (冲突) with the personality of Professor Higgins in an extreme way.Professor Higgins is an arrogant (傲慢的),workobsessed expert in phonetics who views Eliza simpl
3、y as an experiment.He is a bachelor who has never found a place for women in his life due to his obsession (痴迷) with language.Colonel Pickering is a gentleman from India who is also an expert in language.He is gentler than Higgins and treats Eliza with respect while maintaining a professional intere
4、st in her.These three make up the main action of the play as Eliza learns speech of the upper class from them.She manages to pass herself off as a Hungarian princess at a formal party.This achievement makes Eliza give credence to the efforts of Higgins and Pickering.After experiencing life in the up
5、per class,Eliza settles for a lowerclass life with a man who loves her for who she is and wants to marry her.After some small and unimportant disputes,Eliza and Higgins remain friends later.Other memorable characters include Mrs.Higgins who maintains an authoritative figure over her grown son and Mr
6、.Doolittle who rises from a dustman to a respected speaker in the community.I think that this is a good book because it shows that happiness can be achieved without wealth and fame.I highly recommend it due to its emphasis on grammatical and phonetic correctness.1Eliza learns speech of the upper cla
7、ss because _.Ashe wants to do an experimentBshe wants to marry a gentlemanCshe has to play a princess at a partyDshe wants to be treated respectfully2What does the underlined part“give credence to”in Paragraph 1 mean?ABelieve.BChange.CFancy. DObtain.3The passage is probably _.Aa research paper Ba te
8、aching planCa book report Da diary4Who treats Eliza Doolittle in a more respectful way?AHenry Higgins. BColonel Pickering.CMrs.Higgins. DMr.Doolittle.语篇解读:作者分析了Pygmalion一书中人物之间的关系,谈到了自己阅读这本书的体会,并向读者推荐这本书。1解析:细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“She seeks to be treated like a duchess by men.”可知,Eliza Doolittle想让人们像对待公爵夫人那
9、样对待她,也就是说她想让别人毕恭毕敬地对待她。答案:D2解析:词义猜测题。根据上文可知,Eliza想让人们像对待公爵夫人那样对待她,而通过Higgins和Pickering的努力后,她成功冒充成了公爵夫人,由此可知,这次成功使Eliza相信Higgins和Pickering的努力。答案:A3解析:推理判断题。作者首先分析了Pygmalion一书中人物之间的关系,然后谈到了自己阅读这本书的体会,并向读者推荐这本书,因此这篇文章可能是一篇读书报告。答案:C4解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中“Colonel Pickering is gentleman from India who is also a
10、n expert in language.He is gentler than Higgins and treats Eliza with respect while maintaining a professional interest in her.”可知,Colonel Pickering对待Eliza Doolittle更加和蔼。答案:BB(2017全国卷)In the coming months,we are bringing together artists from all over the globe,to enjoy speaking Shakespeares plays i
11、n their own language,in our Globe,within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for.Please come and join us.National Theatre of China Beijing|ChineseThis great occasion(盛会)will be the National Theatre of Chinas first visit to the UK.The companys productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese thea
12、tre.This production of Shakespeares Richard will be directed by the Nationals Associate Director,Wang Xiaoying.Date & Time:Saturday 28 April,2.30pm & Sunday 29 April,1.30pm & 6.30pmMarjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi|GeorgianOne of the most famous theatres in Georgia,the Marjanishvili,founded in 1928,appe
13、ars regularly at theatre festivals all over the world.This new production of As You Like It is helmed(指导)by the companys Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.Date & Time:Friday 18 May,2.30pm & Saturday 19 May,7.30pmDeafinitely Theatre London|British Sign Language(BSL)By translating the rich and humorous
14、 text of Loves Labours Lost into the physical language of BSL,Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeares comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.Date & Time:Tuesday 22 May,2.30pm & Wednesday 23 May,7.30pm Ha
15、bima National Theatre Tel Aviv|HebrewThe Habima is the centre of Hebrewlanguage theatre worldwide.Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution,the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s.Since 1958,they have been recognised as the national theatre of Israel.This production of Shakesp
16、eares The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.Date & Time:Monday 28 May,7.30pm & Tuesday 29 May,7.30pm语篇解读本文是四则广告,属于应用文。文章主要介绍了四家剧院有关莎士比亚戏剧的演出信息。5Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?ARichard .BLoves Labours Lost.CAs You Like It.DThe Merchant of Venice.解析:细节
17、理解题。根据National Theatre of China Beijing|Chinese下面的第三句“This production of Shakespeares Richard will be directed by the Nationals Associate Director,Wang Xiaoying.”可知,将要在中国国家大剧院上演的是Richard ,故选A项。答案:A6What is special about Deafinitely Theatre?AIt has two groups of actors.BIt is the leading theatre in L
18、ondon.CIt performs plays in BSL.DIt is good at producing comedies.解析:细节理解题。根据Deafinitely Theatre London|British Sign Language(BSL)下面的第一句“By translating the rich and humorous text of Loves Labours Lost into the physical language of BSL.”可知,在Deafinitely Theatre中,戏剧是用BSL(英国手语)来演出的。故选C项。答案:C7When can yo
19、u see a play in Hebrew?AOn Saturday 28 April.BOn Sunday 29 April.COn Tuesday 22 May.DOn Tuesday 29 May.解析:细节理解题。根据题干中的in Hebrew可以定位至Habima National Theatre处,根据最后一部分内容“Date & Time:Monday 28 May,7.30pm & Tuesday 29 May,7.30pm”可知,在5月29日是可以看戏剧的,故选D项。答案:D.语法填空There was once a king of Scotland 1._ name wa
20、s Robert Bruce.The king of England was 2._ war with him.Bruce fought the enemy 3._ (brave)Six times he led his brave little army against his enemy;and six times his men 4._ (beat)One day,feeling tired and sick at heart,he lay on the ground under a farmhouse.It seemed to him that it was no use 5._(fi
21、ght) any longer.As he lay thinking,he saw 6._ spider over his head,getting ready to weave her web.Six times she tried to throw her thread from one beam to another,and six times she failed.“Poor thing!”said Bruce.“You,too,know 7._ it is to fail.”8._the spider did not lose hope.She got ready to try fo
22、r the seventh time.Bruce almost forgot his own troubles as he watched her 9._ (struggle) with the thin thread.Would she fail again?No!The thread was carried safely to the beam.“I,too,will try a seventh time!”cried Bruce.10._ (inspire) by the spirit of the spider,Bruce called his men together and mad
23、e careful plans.Soon another battle was fought.This time the king of England was defeated and driven out of Scotland.答案:1.whose2.at3.bravely4.were beaten5fighting6.a7.what8.But9.struggling10.Inspired.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处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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
24、其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()画掉。修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。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。Yesterday,I went to a booking office to buy ticket.I was about to leave while I saw a foreigner in trouble.He stood there,worrying.I walked up and asked what was wrong with him.He said he wants to buy a t
25、icket to Hangzhou.The problem was that there were four bus station there,but he did not know which one he was to go to.However,I decided to help him.I asked the ticket seller that about the information of the bus stations.Then I explained it for him.Finally,he got his ticket.He was so thankful to my
26、self that he offered me $10 as a reward,but I refused in a politely way.答案:Yesterday,I went to a booking office to buy ticket.I was about to leave I saw a foreigner in trouble.He stood there,.I walked up and asked what was wrong with him.He said he to buy a ticket to Hangzhou.The problem was that there were four bus there,but he did not know which one he was to go to.,I decided to help him.I asked the ticket seller about the information of the bus stations.Then I explained it him.Finally,he got his ticket.He was so thankful to that he offered me $10 as a reward,but I refused in a way.