1、Module 4Section Grammar & Writing课时作业.单句语法填空1(四川卷)More expressways will be built (build) in Sichuan soon to promote the local economy.2(2019湖南衡阳五校联考)Do you have any problems if you are offered(offer) this job?Well, Im thinking about the salary.3I have gained much experience by trying(try) different
2、jobs.4Come and sit down by the fire.Your hands feel (feel) so cold.5A new cinema is being built (build) in my hometown now.The workers hope to finish it next month.6What happened to the priceless works of art?They were destroyed(destroy) in the earthquake last month.7After school we went to the read
3、ing room to do some reading, only to be told that it was being decorated(decorate)8Unless some extra money is found(find)，the theatre will close.9This kind of electric bike sells well.All bikes here have been sold out so far.(sell)10Tom was made to recite(recite) the whole text as a punishment yeste
4、rday.阅读理解AEdwin Hubble made his most important discoveries in the 1920s.Today, other astronomers continue the work he began. Many of them are using the Hubble Space Telescope that is named after him.Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri.He spent his early years in the state of
5、 Kentucky. Then he moved with his family to Chicago, in Louisville.He attended the University of Chicago.He studied mathematics and astronomy(天文学)Hubble was a good student.He was a good athlete, too.He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909.He also was an exce
6、llent boxer.Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college.Instead, he decided to continue his studies.He went to Queens College at Oxford, England.At Oxford, Hubble studied law.He was interested in British Common Law, because his family had come to Ame
7、rica from England many years before.He spent three years at Oxford.In 1913, Hubble returned to the United States.He opened a law office in Louisville, Kentucky.After a short time, however, he decided he did not want to be a lawyer.He returned to the University of Chicago.There, once again, he studie
8、d astronomy.Edwin Hubble was the first person to use the Hale Telescope.He died in 1953 while preparing to spend four nights looking through the telescope at the sky.Hubbles work led to a new research on the birth of the universe.One astronomer said scientists have been filling in the details ever s
9、ince.And, he said, there was a long way to go.【解题导语】本文介绍了天文学家哈勃一生的学习和成长经历。1What would be the best title for this passage?AEdwin Hubbles LifeBEdwin Hubbles DiscoveriesCThe Hubble Space TelescopeDEdwin Hubblea Famous Lawyer解析：选A标题归纳题。全文介绍了哈勃这位科学家一生的学习和成长经历，故A项为正确答案。2According to this passage, Edwin Hu
10、bble was most interested in _.AsportsBlawCastronomyDmathematics解析：选C推理判断题。第二段和第三段描述了哈勃的学习经历，其中提到了他所涉猎的学科。根据哈勃最后的选择能看出他对天文学最感兴趣。3Which of the following shows the RIGHT order according to this passage?aHe joined the University of Chicago championship basketball team.bHe studied astronomy at the Univer
11、sity of Chicago once again.cHe moved to Louisville with his family.dHe used the Hale Telescope to look at the sky.eHe became a lawyer in Louisville for a short period of time.Ac，a，b，d，eBa，c，b，e，dCc，a，e，b，dDa，b，d，e，c解析：选C细节理解题。根据全文的介绍可知，哈勃先是随家人搬到路易斯维尔(c)；然后在芝加哥大学加入了篮球队(a)；之后他从英国回来做了一段时间的律师(e)；然后又学习天文
12、学(b)；最后他第一个使用了Hale望远镜(d)。4From this passage, we know that _.Athe Hubble Space Telescope was made by Hubble himselfBEdwin Powell Hubble went to Oxford, England in 1910CEdwin Powell Hubble grew up in Marshfield, MissouriDHubble died while he was looking at the sky解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段第三、四句可知，哈勃在英国待了三年，于191
13、3年回到美国，也就是说，他是1910年去的英国。B“Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines，” say UK researchers.Their study found that theobromine(可可碱), found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medi
14、cine at present.The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment.“While coughing is not necessarily harmful, it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in
15、 treating this problem，” said Professor Peter Barnes.Ten healthy volunteers were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin,
16、 which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicine is stopping coughs.The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin needed to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group.When they were given codeine they needed
17、 only slightly higher levels of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo.The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a nerve activity(神经活动), which causes coughing.They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleep
18、iness.【解题导语】本文主要介绍了在巧克力中发现的可可碱可以用来治愈咳嗽。5According to Professor Barnes, theobromine _.Acannot be as effective as codeineBcan be harmful to peoples healthCcannot be separated from chocolateDcan be a more effective cure for coughs解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“that theobromine(可可碱), found in cocoa, was nearly a
19、third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine”说明，他们认为可可碱是一种有效的治疗咳嗽的方法，故选D。6We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment _.Awere patients with bad coughsBwere divided into three groupsCreceived standard treatmentsDsuffered little side effects解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Ten healthy volunteer
20、s were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment.”，说明他们被分成三队，每一队都服用不同的东西，故选B。7Which of the following would be the best title for the text?ACodeine: A New MedicineBChocolate May Cure CoughsCCough Treatment: A Hard CaseDTheobromine Can Cause Coughs解
21、析：选B标题归纳题。根据文章第一段，说明本文主要是讲巧克力中发现的某种物质可以用来治愈咳嗽，故选B。.语法填空In ancient times, a king had a block of rock placed on a roadway.Then he 1._ (hide) himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.Some of the 2._ (king) wealthiest merchants and courtiers(大臣) came by and simply walked around it
22、.Many loudly blamed the king for not 3._ (keep) the roads clear, but 4._ did anything about getting the big stone out of the way.Then a peasant came along 5._ (carry) a load of vegetables.On approaching the rock, the peasant laid down his burden and tried 6._ (move) the stone to the side of the road
23、.After much pushing and straining, he 7._ (final) succeeded.Just as the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock had been.The purse contained many gold 8._ (coin) and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the
24、 rock 9._ the roadway.The peasant learned 10._ many others never understood.Every obstacle(障碍) presents an opportunity to improve ones condition.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。古代有一位国王在公路上放置了一块大石头，看看是否有人愿意搬开石头，以试人心。1解析：考查时态。文章主体时态为一般过去时，故此处谓语动词用hide的过去式hid。答案：hid2解析：考查名词所有格。此处需要形容词修饰后面的名词，所以用名词所有格形式。答案：kings3解析：考查非谓
25、语动词。动词keep作介词for的宾语，故需要用动词ing 形式。答案：keeping4解析：考查代词。从转折连词“but”和后文的“anything”可知，此处应填不定代词none，用来指代前面提到的那些大臣和富商们。答案：none5解析：考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，carry的逻辑主语是a peasant，两者为主动关系，故此处用carry的现在分词作伴随状语。答案：carrying6解析：考查非谓语动词。try to do sth.意为“努力做某事”，为固定用法。答案：to move7解析：考查副词。此处修饰动词应该使用副词形式。答案：finally8解析：考查名词复数。根据空前的
26、“many”可知，后面名词应该使用coin的复数形式。答案：coins9解析：考查介词。remove.from.意为“把从中搬走(除掉)”，为固定搭配。答案：from10解析：考查宾语从句。此句意为：这位农民学到了许多其他人永远不明白的东西。所填词引导宾语从句，在从句中作understood的宾语，故填 what。答案：what.书面表达袁隆平是一位杰出的科学家， 请你根据本单元内容以及以下所提供的信息， 写一篇有关袁隆平的简介。要点提示：1袁隆平被誉为“杂交水稻之父”；21930年生于北京，大学毕业后， 一直从事农业教育和杂交水稻研究；3他培植出的高产水稻， 很大程度上解决了中国人的吃饭问题
27、；4他获得了“国家最高科学技术奖”我国的“诺贝尔奖”。注意：词数100左右。参考词汇：高产的highyield；国家最高科学技术奖State Supreme Science and Technology Award_One possible version：Yuan Longping, who is praised as “Father of Hybrid Rice”， was born in Beijing in 1930.Since he graduated from university, he has been working as an educator on farming and
28、 a researcher on hybrid rice.The highyield rice bred by him has partly solved the feeding problem of so many people in our country.Because of this, he received “State Supreme Science and Technology Award”， known as the Nobel Prize in China.Yuan Longping is also a wellknown expert in the world.He has made outstanding achievements in agricultural science and is highly thought of by us Chinese people.