1、课时作业(十八)Module 6Old and NewSection Other Parts of the Module(本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！).用所给词的适当形式填空1Who do you suggest_(send) to work there?答案：should be sent2It is_cold today and we are half_.(freeze)答案：freezing；frozen3Large amounts of rice_(take) from the country to the city by railway.答案：are taken4Th
2、ey visited a factory_(make) toys last month.答案：making.短语填空make sense，a large amount of，used to do，go up，bring an end to，be pleased with，It isadj.for sb. to do，not unti 1Prices of fruit and vegetables have already_.答案：gone up2_us_master a foreign language.答案：It is important for；to3I_realize my mistak
3、e_then.答案：didnt；until4My grandma_raise a lot of ducks in the yard.答案：used to5My mother_very_my performance last night.答案：was；pleased with6We have wasted_energy on him.答案：a large amount of7It doesnt_to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.答案：make sense8The stories in the n
4、ewspaper_her career.答案：brought an end to.完成句子1他经常想出一些荒唐的主意，所以别人经常嘲笑他。He often_so he is often laughed at by others.答案：thinks out some ridiculous ideas2两辆车相撞时，车上的窗玻璃破裂成碎片。The car windows broke into pieces when the two cars_.答案：crashed into each other3这个地区的一些州已在努力结束这场战争。Some states in the area have tri
5、ed to_.答案：bring an end to the war4如果你不能在日常生活中使用，记忆再多的单词也没有意义。_to memorize lots of words if you cant use them in daily life.答案：It doesnt make sense.阅读理解Candlemas Day，a traditional Christian festival，is on February 2nd.It marks the midpoint of winter.It is the day of the year when all the candles，whic
6、h will be used in the church during the coming year，are brought into church and a blessing is said over them.So it is the Festival Day of the Candles.Candles were important in those days not only because there were no lights.Some people thought they gave protection against illness and famine (饥荒)For
7、 Christians，they were (and still are) reminders of something even more important.Before Jesus came to earth，it was as if everyone was “in the dark”People often felt lost，lonely and afraid.Then came Jesus with his message that he was with his followers always ready to help and comfort them，as if he w
8、as a guiding light to them in darkness.Candlemas is a day which holds many different customs.The Romans had a custom of lighting candles to drive away bad spirits in the winter.One of the most interesting customs took place in Scotland.In the old days，Candlemas was the day when children brought cand
9、les to schools so that the classrooms could have light on dull days.As time went on，gas lighting took the place of candle light.The children gave money to their teachers who would spend it on sweets and cakes for the children to eat.The boy or girl bringing along the most money was Candlemas King or
10、 Queen and he or she “ruled” for six weeks.He or she had the power to make one whole afternoon playtime every week and could also let anyone he or she liked off punishment.语篇解读圣烛节(Candlemas)又称圣布里吉德节，通常在2月2日，以庆祝春天的到来。这一天大致在冬至与春分的中间。1How did the festival get its name “Candlemas”？ACandles could protect
11、 people from illness.BThe festival is related to candles in church.CCandles could make people not afraid of dark.DThe festival is related to Jesus in America.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段可知圣烛节和教堂中的给人以光明的蜡烛有关，故选B项。答案：B2We may learn from the passage that_.ACandlemas has nothing to do with JesusBlighting candles us
12、ed to be a custom in RomeCpeople must light candles at home on Candlemas DayDstudents take candles to schools in Rome解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句中的“The Romans had a custom of lighting candles to drive away bad spirits in the winter”可知B项正确。答案：B3The last paragraph is mainly concerned with_.Adifferent customs on
13、 CandlemasBthe value of candles in RomeCstudents life on Candlemas in ScotlandDthe power of Candlemas King or Queen解析：段落大意题。最后一段第一句是主题句，然后举例说明不同地区有不同的风俗习惯庆祝圣烛节。答案：A4This passage is likely to be selected from a book of_.Astories BeducationCculture Dhistory解析：推理判断题。文章主要介绍圣烛节的相关信息，属于节日文化部分，故选C项。答案：C.任务
14、型阅读When you have a question about something，where do you go? For many people the answer is simple.They go online to a search engine (引擎) like Google or Yahoo._1_A business and international development consultant (顾问) in California，Rose Shuman，wanted to find an answer to this question，too.Her way of
15、 settling this problem is Question Box.Question Box is a service that provides answersfree of chargefor people who cannot search the Internet directly._2_Question Box began in India.People use a metal call box with a pushtotalk button to connect to an operator.As Rose Shuman explains，you just push a
16、 button and that will connect you directly to operators who are sitting in front of computers，and speak your language._3_Theyll look them up and translate the answers right back for you.In April，Question Box set foot in Uganda.Forty workers with mobile phones connect villagers to call centre operato
17、rs in Kampala._4_They wear Tshirts that say “Ask Me”_5_So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local server.That way，the researchers in Kampala can quickly search the database (数据库) for answers.AQuestion Box is very popular in many countries.BYou can ask t
18、hem any kind of questions you want.CIt is easy for them to get the information they need.DThe workers go around telling people about the service.EBut the service in Uganda is shown to be slow and not reliable.FBut what about people who may have no way to get on the Internet?GThey might not be able t
19、o read，or they simply have no chance to use the Internet.答案：1.F2.G3.B4.D5.E.短文改错A terrible storm took place in a summer night.The wind was so strong that many trees brought down.It was already eleven oclock.Li Ming who had been to night school，was still not back and her parents were very anxious.Hal
20、f an hour late the wind stopped，and it was still raining.Li Mings parents were about to looking for him when he returned.Li Ming explained the storm has pushed over many big trees as well telephone lines，blocking the roads and that the bridge had been washed away by the floods.So they had been to fi
21、nd another way back.答案A terrible storm took place i a summer night.The wind was so strong that many trees brought down.It was already eleven oclock.Li Ming who had bee to night school，was still not back and he parents were very anxious.Half an hour lat the wind stopped，an it was still raining.Li Mings parents were about to lookin for him when he returned.Li Ming explained the storm has pushed over many big trees as well telephone lines，blocking the roads and that the bridge had been washed away by the floods.So they had been to find another way back.
