1、Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines单元素能自测.完形填空A group of homeless children in the Indian capitalNew Delhi publish a newspaper. It tells about their own_1_. It is called Balaknama, which means “childrens voice”. It is written and_2_by children. About 10, 000 people_3_it. The children write about povert
2、y, child labor, underage marriages and drugs. When_4_arrive and the team sits down to select stories, lots of fights_5_ . They argue, “This story will have more impact than that story.” So there are a lot of _6_before the final_7_ goes to print. The newspaper has 70_8_in several states and 14 in the
3、 capital. All of the reporters, editors and managers are_9_children. Many of their parents are_10_and cannot read or write. The children now earn money, and many of them_11_classes online that may help them find a job. The newspaper is published every month. It has eight pages. In 2002, when it bega
4、n_12_, the newspaper was published four times a year. It has _13_the lives of many of the children who publish it, and hopes to_14_the lives of thousands of others. Nongovernmental organizations and charity groups_15_the newspaper. Sanjay Gupta leads a group that helps the children and_16_money to t
5、he newspaper. “They feel very encouraged when people_17_ them. I think this is a really_18_tool to empower (使自主) them.” said he. The newspaper costs about three cents. That is less than the_19_of a small cup of tea in India. _20_, the small cost gives the children hope that they will someday have a
6、home and a job.语篇大意:本篇文章属于夹叙夹议文。印度首都新德里一些无家可归的孩子发行了一份报纸,这份报纸讲述了他们自己的生活。1A.families Bparents Clives Dhopes答案:C解析:根据下文内容尤其是“poverty,child labor,underage marriages and drugs”可知,这份报纸讲述的是孩子们自己的生活。2A.edited Bsold Cbought Dtold答案:A解析:根据上下文内容可知,报纸出版要经过写稿和编辑的流程。 3A.join Bread Ccover Dcontrol答案:B解析:根据语境可知,大约有
7、10 000人读这份报纸。4A.messages Bwords Creports Devents答案:C解析:根据下文中的“to select stories”可知是报道来了。5A.break out Bgive out Cwork out Dcarry out答案:A解析:由语境可知,报道抵达后,编辑小组坐下来挑选故事,这时会发生许多争吵。下文中的“They argue”也是提示。break out意为“爆发”。6A.problems Bquestions Cdebates Dactions答案:C解析:根据上文中的“lots of fights”和“They argue,This stor
8、y will have more impact than that story.”可知,在最后定稿之前有很多争论。7A.decision Bselection Csubject Ddiscussion答案:B解析: 参见上题解析。selection意为“选择,被选中者”。8A.reporters Bactors CmanagersDchildren答案:A解析:根据数字和地点可知,此处指的是记者。9A.homeless Bstrict Cenergetic Dorganized答案:A解析:根据文章首句“A group of homeless children in the Indian ca
9、pitalNew Delhi publish a newspaper”可知,所有的记者、编辑和管理者都是无家可归的孩子。10A.patient Bhealthy Cjobless Dcareless答案:C解析:根据孩子无家可归可以判断,他们的父母应该是没有工作的。运用排除法可知,C项符合语境。11A.attend Bdiscover CcreateDfound答案:A解析:由语境可知,这些孩子现在能赚钱,他们中许多人在网上上课,这些课程可能帮助他们找到工作。attend classes意为“上课”。12A.operations Bdesigns Creaction Dperformance答
10、案:A解析: 2002年,报纸刚刚开始发行时,每年出版四次。operation意为“经营”。13A.recorded Bchanged Ctreated Dreplaced答案:B解析:根据上文内容可知这份报纸改变了许多办报纸的孩子的生活,并希望改善数千名其他孩子的生活。14A.improve Benlarge Creduce Dchoose答案:A解析:参见上题解析。improve意为“改善,提高”。15A.supply Badopt Ccopy Dsupport答案:D解析:根据语境及下文内容可知,非政府组织和慈善团体帮助了他们。support意为“支持,帮助”。16A.lends Bpa
11、ys Cdonates Dreturns答案:C解析:根据上文中的“helps the children”可以判断,此处讲述Sanjay Gupta的善行。故选C。17A.appreciate BrefuseCbelieve Dinvite答案:A解析:当人们欣赏他们(发行报纸的孩子们)的时候,他们感觉很受鼓舞。appreciate意为“欣赏,赏识”。18A.useless Bpowerful Cgrateful Dunnecessary答案:B解析:根据空后的“to empower(使自主) them”可知应选B项。19A.shape Bquality Ctaste Dprice答案:D解析
12、:根据上文中的“The newspaper costs about three cents”以及“less than”可以判断,此处在价钱上作对比。20A.Therefore BMeanwhileCBesides DHowever答案:D解析:根据语境可知,空处前后为转折关系,故选D。.阅读理解语篇大意:文章介绍的是杂志的征稿启事,以及各个版面的稿费和要求。1How much will the magazine pay for a joke to be published?A$50.B$100. C$150.D$350.答案:A解析:细节理解题。根据Anecdotes and Jokes:$5
13、0可知,这本杂志会为笑话付50美元的稿费,所以选A。2If you want to share a story of your pets with the readers,you need to submit it to _.AAnecdotes and JokesBSmart AnimalsCPower of LoveDMy story答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据Smart Animals:Send us a tale about the strange behaviour of unique pets or wildlife in up to 300 words,可知,如果你想和读者分享
14、宠物的故事,你需要提交给Smart Animals,所以选B。3A story showing peoples generosity should be emailed to the editor at _.AjulietBsusanCaudreyDnanjc答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据Power of Love:Acts of generosity.Email:susan.可知,展示人们慷慨的故事应该把电子邮件发给susan的编辑,故选B。4An inspiring story sent to the magazine should _.Adescribe strange behaviou
15、rBcontain less than 800 wordsCbe real and originalDbe published before答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据My Story:Your story must be true, unpublished, original and 8001 000 words.可知一个激励人心的故事应该是真实的,原创的,故选C。.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。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用
16、斜线()划掉。修改:在错词下面画一横线,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。Dear editor,Im Li Hua,a high school student.During the summer vacation,I go to stay with my grandma on a small village.One day,I was amazed to see thousands of egrets(白鹭),an endanger species,flying to the mountains around a
17、 village.The villagers said the improving environment made these egrets to come back.But two weeks late,the villagers told me that lots of the egret eggs had stolen,about that I felt much upset.I think we should make the public know the importance of protecting rarely animals and take active and eff
18、ective measure to protect them.Yours,Li Hua答案与解析1gowent考查动词时态。从整篇文章看,讲述暑假里的事情,要用一般过去时态,go的过去式是went。2onin考查介词。“在小村子里”,要用介词in。3endangerendangered考查形容词。endanger意为“危及;危害”,是动词,要用形容词作定语,endangered意为“(物种)有灭种危险的,濒临灭绝的”。4athe考查冠词。此处village是第二次提到,要用定冠词the。5egrets后去掉to考查动词不定式省略。make是使役动词,后接动词不定式时,要去掉不定式符号to。6l
19、atelater考查副词。late意为“迟,晚”,根据句意,应是“两周后”,later意为“后来”。7had后加been考查动词的被动语态。 eggs与steal之间是动宾关系,要用被动语态,had后加been构成过去完成时态的被动语态。8thatwhich考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句,但介词后要用which,不能用that。9rarelyrare考查形容词。animals是名词,要用形容词修饰,副词rarely的形容词是rare。10measuremeasures考查名词。measure意为“措施,办法”,是可数名词,要用复数形式。.书面表达假如你是李华,在网上看到一个美国
20、中学生Peter的征友帖子,请你给他写一封书信。表达自己想成为他的笔友的愿望。信件的内容应包括以下几点:1.你的基本信息:性别、年龄、年级等;2.你的性格特点、个人爱好等;3.表达出你想与对方成为笔友的诚意。2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear_Peter,I_saw_your_information_on_the_website_and_knew_that_you_wanted_to_make_a_Chinese_friend._I_am_so_glad_because_I_am_looking_for_a_pen_pal,_too._I_am_a_teenager_of_your_a
21、ge_and_I_am_now_in_the_first_grade_of_high_school._I_am_an_outgoing_boy_who_loves_sports_and_music._I_am_on_the_school_basketball_team_and_I_have_won_several_prizes_in_singing_contests_in_my_school._I_am_the_only_child_in_my_family_and_I_love_making_friends._What_kind_of_hobbies_do_you_have?_Tell_me_more_about_yourself.I_am_looking_forward_to_your_reply.Yours,Li_Hua