1、Communication Workshop and Culture Corner一、根据句意及首字母提示补全句子,使句子完整正确1.Eating more vegetables and less fat will greatly b your health.答案:benefit2.He i the key into the lock but found he couldnt open it.答案:inserted3.The children were a over which TV program to watch.答案:arguing4.I found he was not r and I
2、 had to rely on myself.答案:reliable5.He must have reached his l of patience,for he lost his temper.答案:limit6.C with most of your classmates,you are lucky.答案:Compared7.The d the storm caused was beyond repair.答案:damage8.An adults personality is said to be the c result of inheritance(遗传),environment an
3、d upbringing.答案:combined9.Boya and Ziqi were good friends because only Ziqi could a Boyas music.答案:appreciate10.I am sure youre too s.Its impossible for him to say something to hurt you.答案:sensitive二、选择适当的短语,并用其正确形式完成句子1.on averagebe addicted togo uptake placeso farbe sensitive tofed upargue about1Y
4、ou looks .Something boring must have happened to you.答案:fed up2.Great changes in my hometown these years.答案:have taken place3.This kind of paper light.答案:is sensitive to4.There are 400 visitors to the park every week.答案:on average5.Its said that the price of cars by 3% next week.答案:will go up6.This
5、is the best film I have seen .答案:so far7.Children are easy to computer games.答案:be addicted to8.Its really a problem worth .答案:arguing about三、完成句子,每空一词1.上个世纪以来,人们一直在享受电脑带来的好处。People the of computers since last century.答案:have been enjoying;benefits2.这个牙医每天平均要看七个病人。 ,the dentist treats seven patients
6、 every day.答案:On average3.在过去的一年里,石油价格上涨了百分之三十。The price of the petrol 30% in the last year.答案:has gone up by4.他一直在进步。He is making progress .答案:all the time5.那个地区三分之二的儿童患有与那儿受污染的水有关的病。 children in the area the disease the polluted water there.答案:Two in three;suffer from;related to四、用适当的介词或副词填空1.Beca
7、use the price of houses has gone ,we cant afford to buy one.答案:up2.Frank earns 2,000 dollars a month average.答案:on3.Many of her friends think she is very strange.None of them can figure her .答案:out4.Stuck the traffic jam,we arrived at our destination two hours late.答案:in5.The Great Wall is often com
8、pared a dragon.答案:to五、阅读理解1.Theyre the bane(烦人的事) of city drivers everywhere:those traffic lights that invariably turn to red just as you approach,making even the shortest journey a stop-start affair.But now a German car-maker has come to the rescuewith a device that ensures you can always arrive at
9、 a light when it is green.The in-car gadget tells drivers how fast to go in order to sail through a junction by “speaking” to special transmitters fitted inside a traffic signal that can be up to 300 yards away.After marking the cars position and route,it displays the most suitable speed on a screen
10、.It works on Wireless Local Area Network(WLAN)technology and can be fixed to any car make(品牌).Audi,which has developed the device called Travolution,claims extensive trials(大量的试验)have been so successful that in one phase of testing,cars nearly always hit a light on green.The car-maker also says the
11、system will help cut exhaust emissions(废气排放)because fewer cars will be standing still at lights.But it admits the technology will not benefit the driver if the roads are particularly blocked.“This could be an extremely useful tool for reducing CO2.However,it will need to be tested in many real and d
12、ifferent types of traffic conditions to make sure there are no problems with other drivers,” said the AA(Automobile Association).It need not be fixed to all vehicles to bring benefitsAudi believes that if around ten percent of cars in any given city were fixed with the technology,all road users woul
13、d notice an improvement in traffic levels.1The in-car device can help you always arrive at a green light by .A.telling you when the light will turn greenB.suggesting the most suitable speedC.showing you how far the traffic lights areD.displaying the number of the cars nearby答案:B解析:根据第二段第一句话可知答案。2.Wh
14、at do we learn from the passage about Travolution?A.It can be used only in Audi cars.B.It is produced by an English company.C.It will take the place of traffic lights.D.It will benefit the environment.答案:D解析:根据第四段第一句“This could be an extremely useful tool for reducing CO2.”可知该种装备环保。3.We can learn fr
15、om Paragraph 4 that the AA thinks .A.drivers should be trained to use TravolutionB.Travolution will bring problems to the driversC.more tests on Travolution should be doneD.Travolution will be useful to all the drivers答案:C解析:根据第四段中“However,it will need to be tested in many real and different types o
16、f traffic conditions to make sure there are no problems with other drivers.”可知还需要对该装备进行更多的测试来保证其对其他司机没有问题。4.According to Audi,a citys traffic situation will get better as long as .A.about 10% of cars are fixed with TravolutionB.most drivers start to use TravolutionC.Travolution is cheap enough for m
17、ost driversD.other companies buy the technology答案:A解析:根据文章最后一段中“Audi believes that if around ten percent of cars in any given city were fixed with the technology,all road users would notice an improvement in traffic levels.”可得出答案。六、书面表达1.按下列要点,写一篇120词左右的短文,描述你所居住的地方。1你的居住地的概况;2你觉得你所居住的地方的优点;3有哪些让你不满
18、意的地方;4你希望当地有关部门做些什么。答案:写作指导:对于你所居住的地方,你肯定有许多话要说。但本题要求用简短的篇幅对其进行描述,所以不能面面俱到,要选择它与众不同的地方,比如它有什么特别的好处,目前它存在什么主要的问题,最后可以提一些建设性的建议,使它变得更加美好。参考范文:I live in Lanshan District,which is the center of the city.There are many shops and places of entertainment and it is convenient to go shopping and relax oursel
19、ves.But there are some annoying problems.The worst of them is the heavy traffic.We have more cars than the city can stand and every day the roads are full of various cars and the whole city are full of waste gas.Another problem is that there are too many street lamps,which make the night so bright that no star can be seen and even it is hard for citizens to fall asleep.So I hope the council can do something to make our transportation more smooth and convenient and the night quiet and comfortable.
