1、课时跟踪检测(三) Using Language.单词拼写1Weather is changeable at this time of year.2You are my most loyal friend.3She was always optimistic,_even when things were at their worst.4Make sure that your speech is attractive in case the audience will get bored while listening to you talking for a long time.5Busine
2、ss leaders are cautioning (警告) against further actions.6The opening of this section of the road is delayed(耽搁) until September.7My father always discourages (劝阻) me from being a lawyer.8Regular exercise helps keep your weight down.单句改错1Judged from his accent, he must be from Hunan.JudgedJudging2It w
3、as in the school where we met for the first time.wherethat3There were such many people in the hall that I didnt find him.suchso4Big companies often delay to pay their bills.to_paypaying5There is no doubt whether he can win the game.whetherthat.完成句子1Its_very_discouraging (很让人沮丧的是) that every time I t
4、ry to ride a bicycle, I fall off.2Brad was Janes brother!No_wonder/It_was_no_wonder_(that) (难怪) he reminded me so much of Jane!3All the radioactive materials give_off (放射出) the harmful radioactive ray which can be deadly at high levels.4The_caution (警告) on the back of our TV says, “Dont open the cov
5、er without profession”5I know you hate him very much, but after_all (毕竟), he is your only brother.6When he was seeing the boring (令人厌烦的) film, he was very disappointed (感到失望的)7The teacher suddenly appeared at the door and the noise in the classroom died_down (逐渐消失)8You should grasp_his_meaning (领会他的
6、意思) when he speaks to you.阅读理解AThe NEET GenerationThey are adults but not independent.They are energetic but choose not to work.They are called “NEETs”， that is, young people Not in Education, Employment or Training. The word originated in the UK in the 1980s, and the phenomenon is now in China.“Mos
7、t of the NEET people are the first generation of Chinas one child policy，” believes Sun Yunxiao, a specialist with the China Youth Research Centre. Born in the late 1970s and 1980s, they are called the “little emperor” of the family and have grown up under attentions of parents and grandparents, whi
8、ch often prove to be boring as well as unnecessary. Many have got used to life under others support instead of creating their own. To make matters worse, they are also the products of testguided education, few having strong professional or social skills.Until now there are still no official statisti
9、cs (统计) of NEET numbers in China, but according to one statistic issued at the 2005 NPC session, the number of young unemployed has for the first time surpassed laidoff workers in China, and 70 percent of these people, many with academic degrees, are dependent on their parents.To reduce NEET numbers
10、, Sun Yunxiao insists that it is important to change Chinese parents thinking. Instead of arranging everything for their children, parents should help them learn to manage their own lives at an early age.Li Tianguo, a researcher at the Labour Science Study Institute, suggested that all middle school
11、s and colleges should strengthen development education, opening classes of personal career design while increasing students time for social activities. Society should also set up special organizations to help NEETs learn professional skills and provide psychological (心理的) and even financial help to
12、get them back to work.1What do we know about the term “NEET”？AIts the name of an organization.BIt was originated in China.CIt might be “need” and “eat” joining together.DIts a word formed in the same way as USA.解析：选D词义猜测题。NEET是“Not in Education, Employment or Training”的缩写，USA是“United States of Ameri
13、ca”的缩写，因此两个词的构词法相同。2They are NEETs now mainly because they _.Aare lazyBlack certain abilityCare too proud Dare too well off解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句中“few having strong professional or social skills”可知。3What can we learn from the statistic issued at the 2005 NPC session?AMost laidoff workers are NEETs.BMo
14、st young Chinese are NEETs.CThere are fewer laidoff workers than NEETs.DThere used to be more NEETs than laidoff workers.解析：选C细节理解题。根据“.according to one statistic issued at the 2005 NPC session，the number of young unemployed has for the first time surpassed laidoff workers in China.”可知没有工作的年轻人的数量首次超
15、过了下岗工人的数量。4What is suggested to help the youths stop being NEETs?AChanging Chinese parents thinking.BImproving school and college education.CCreating more job opportunities.DFounding special organizations.解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“Society should also set up special organization to help NEETs learn profess
16、ional skills and .”可知。BMany years ago, an experiment in education was carried out in secret at a school in England.The school had two classes for children of the same age.At the end of the school year an examination was held, in order to select the children for the classes of next year.However, the
17、results of the exam were never made known.In secret, based on their performance in the exam, the higher performing and lower performing children were divided equally between the two classes.Only the headmaster and the psychologists knew the truth.Teachers for the next year were carefully selected fo
18、r equal ability and experience.Even the classrooms were chosen with similar facilities (设备)Everything was made as equal as possible, except for one thing: one was called “Class A”， the other, “Class B”In everyones minds the children in Class A were the clever ones, and the kids in Class B were not s
19、o clever.Some of the parents of the Class A children were pleasantly surprised that their children had done so well and rewarded them with presents and praise, while the parents of some of the Class B kids complained that their children did not work hard enough and took away some of their rewards.Ev
20、en the teachers taught the Class B kids in a different manner, not expecting so much from them.For a whole year the illusion existed.Then there was another end of year exam.The results were not surprising.The children of Class A performed so much better than those of Class BIn fact, the results were
21、 just as if they had been the top half chosen from last years exam.They had become “Class A” children.And those in the other group, though equal the year before, had now become “Class B” kids.That was what they were told for a whole year, that was how they were treated, and that was what they believ
22、ed so that was what they became.语篇解读：本文是说明文，介绍了一个令人深思的教育实验：学生资质相当且学习条件相同的两个班由于分别接受积极和消极的外部影响，一年以后两个班的成绩出现明显差距。这证明了外部影响的重要性。5According to the text, it is a fact that _.Athe Class A kids worked harderBthe Class A kids had better facilitiesCkids in the two classes had equal abilityDteachers of Class A
23、were more experienced解析：选C细节理解题。由第一段的“Everything was made as equal as possible, except .”及第三段的“And those in the other group, though equal the year before”可知，两个班的学生资质相当而且学习条件相同。6The underlined word “illusion” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_”Areward systemBfalse impressionCteaching plan Dol
24、d tradition解析：选B词义猜测题。由该词所在段落的内容尽管两个班的孩子无区别，但由于班级冠名不同而导致了家长、老师的错误印象和分别对待可知，illusion指“错觉”。7Why didnt the Class B kids perform well in the second exam?ABecause they didnt work hard.BBecause they had lost selfconfidence.CBecause their teachers were irresponsible.DBecause what they learned was too diffi
25、cult.解析：选B推理判断题。根据文章末句“that was what they .what they became”可知，B班的学生被认为比较差，最后他们失去了自信，也就真的差了。8The experiment proved the importance of _.Agreat ambitions Bnatural talentsCstrong determination Doutside influence解析：选D推理判断题。本文介绍了一个教学实验：学生资质相当并且学习条件相同的两个班由于分别接受积极的和消极的外部影响，一年以后两个班的成绩出现明显差距。因此这项实验证明了外部影响的重要性。
