1、Section Introduction,Reading & Vocabulary课时演练促提升一、单词拼写1.Everyone should be treated with (公正).答案:justice2.Who is keeping (秩序) on the spot?答案:order3.Regular exercise is of great (重要性) to us.答案:importance4.The company is very (有影响的) in this area.答案:influential5.The three other doctors had (辞职) as well.
2、答案:resigned6.His vacation freed him from the s of his job.答案:stress7.We helped him out of (善良).答案:kindness8.Men and women have e rights in our country.答案:equal9.I believe in him.I am sure of his h.答案:honesty10.We should follow the (原则) of seeking truth.答案:principle二、完成句子1.你相信中国传统的中草药吗?Do you Chinas
3、traditional herbal medicine?答案:believe in2.我的新裙子和你的那件相似。My new dress is the one you have.答案:similar to3.孟子周游列国诠释他的哲学。Mencius travelled explaining his philosophy.答案:from state to state4.是我姑姑把我抚养成人的。It was my aunt who me.答案:brought;up5.他讲笑话的方式很奇怪。The way he tells a joke is strange.答案:in which6.他戒烟的原因是
4、他生病了。The reason he gave up smoking was he became ill.答案:why;that7.这个国家与邻国已经打了两年仗了。The country has been with its neighbour for two years.答案:at war8.我的闹钟坏了,今天早晨3点就把我叫醒了。My clock was and woke me up at 3 this morning.答案:out of order9.椅子全都放得不是地方。The chairs are all .答案:out of position三、阅读理解AKong Zi,also c
5、alled Confucius(551479 B.C.),and Socrates(469399 B.C.)lived only a hundred years apart.During their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece,but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas,and how these ideas in turn,sh
6、aped their societies.Neither philosopher lived in times of peace,though there were more wars in Greece than in China.The Chinese states were very large and feudal,while the Greek city-states were small and urban.The urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical(激进的)than Co
7、nfucius.Unlike Confucius,Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively.Thus,Socrates was able to be more idealistic,focusing on issues like freedom,and knowledge for its own sake.Confucius,on the other hand,advised those in government service,and many of his students went on to governme
8、nt service.Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life.“Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth,though some had more potential than others,and that it was knowledge that set men apart.Socrates focuse
9、d on the individual,and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom.He believed that some had more potential to develop their reason than others did.Like Confucius,he believed that the superior class should rule the inferior(下层的) classes.For Socrates,the family was of no importance,a
10、nd the community of little concern.For Confucius,however,the family was the centre of society,with family relations considered much more important than political relations.Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first
11、 paragraph?A.Socrates and Confucius had much in common.B.Confucius had much influence on Socrates ideas.C.The societies were influenced by the philosophers ideas.D.There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece.答案:C解析:根据文章第一段最后一句后半句“.and how these ideas in turn,shaped their societies”可知C项正确,
12、而A项在第一段没有提及,B项与D项与第一段的“During their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece.”不符。2.Socrates shared with Confucius the idea that .A.all men were equal when they were bornB.the lower classes should be ruled by the upper classC.the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdomD.people sh
13、ould not do to others what they did not want others to do to them答案:B解析:根据第三段最后一句“Like Confucius,he believed that the superior class should rule the inferior classes.”可以判断。3.What made some people different from others according to Confucius?A.Family.B.Potential.C.Knowledge.D.Community.答案:C解析:根据文章第三段
14、中“.and that it was knowledge that set men apart.”可以判断。4.This passage is organized in the pattern of .A.time and eventsB.comparison and contrastC.cause and effectD.definition and classification答案:B解析:文章的谋篇布局主要是以比较和对照来阐述两位伟大哲学家孔子与苏格拉底的哲学思想对社会的影响以及思想观点的相似与不同的。故B项正确。BThe kids in this village wear dirty,
15、ragged clothes.They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud.They have no school.Yet they all can chant the English alphabet,and some can make words.The key to their success:20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S.group called One Lapto
16、p Per Child.The goal is to find out whether kids using todays new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say theyre already amazed.“What I think has already happened is that
17、 the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,”said Matt Keller,who runs the Ethiopia program.The fastest learnerand the first to turn on one of the tabletsis 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse.The devices camera was disabled to save memory,yet within weeks Kelbesa had
18、 figured out its workings and made the camera work.He called himself a lion,a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.With his tablet,Kelbesa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows.Then he spelled words on his own.“Seven months ago he didnt know any English.That
19、s unbelievable,”said Keller.The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,”where they can read to learn.It wont be in Amharic,Ethiopias first language,but in English,which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.5.How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the villag
20、e?A.It trains teachers for them.B.It contributes to their self-study.C.It helps raise their living standards.D.It provides funds for building schools.答案:B解析:根据第三段第一句“The goal is to find out whether kids using todays new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers e
21、xist.”可知,这个项目的目标是看一看在没有学校和老师的地方,使用新技术的孩子是否能够通过自学学会阅读。故B项正确。6.What can we infer from Kellers words in Paragraph 3?A.They need more time to analyze data.B.More children are needed for the research.C.He is confident about the future of the project.D.The research should be carried out in kindergartens.答
22、案:C解析:根据文章第三段中凯勒的话可知,事实证明,通过这个项目,孩子们学到的知识比他们在幼儿园待一年学到的还多。因此他对这个项目的前景是充满信心的,故选C项。7.It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could .A.learn English words quicklyB.draw pictures of animalsC.write letters to researchersD.make phone calls to his friends答案:A解析:根据倒数第二段第二句“Then he spelled words on his
23、own.”和其末尾凯勒所说的“Seven months ago he didnt know any English.Thats unbelievable.”可知,七个月前Kelbesa不懂英语,而现在可以重新排列字母HSROE,把它们重新组合成自己所知道的一种动物的名字,然后自己拼写单词,因此A项正确。8.What is the aim of the project?A.To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.B.To make Amharic widely used in the world.C.To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.D.To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.答案:C解析:根据最后一段可知这个项目旨在让埃塞俄比亚的孩子们通过深度阅读达到学习英语的目的,故选C项。
