1、课下题型练(三)Reading for Writing 写一篇语言学习的博客.阅读理解If you are like most English learners, you may be familiar with this: You think you understand a topic.Yet when asked to use what you have learned, you are not able to remember the information.Not being able to retrieve (数据检索) new ideas could happen on a te
2、st or even in a conversation.Sarah Lynn, an educational consultant and teacher, thinks English learners can improve their ability to remember and use new words by testing themselves.She adds that selftesting improves retrieval the ability to use and remember new words.Lynn is not the only expert who
3、 recommends selftesting.A paper in Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition says one benefit of testing practice is that it improves retrieval.Retrieving information once makes retrieving that information easier in the future.In addition, the paper says, when students test themselves as p
4、art of studying, they learn what they do not know.When students know what they do not understand, they can pay attention to overcoming their weaknesses.Lynn recommends that learners test themselves by getting away from what they are studying.Then, they should test themselves by thinking about what t
5、hey have learned.She recommends that learners make themselves write or speak something.Lynn suggests reading something or watching a video on the topic, then getting rid of the reading or video material and summarizing it.This will allow learners to test what they know.Next time you are studying Eng
6、lish, try to test yourself.But do not just assume that you can read something once or twice and fully understand it.Even if you highlight important points or take notes in a class, you probably do not fully understand what you learned.After all, Olympic athletes cannot learn how to swim or run just
7、from reading a book.They have to practise swimming or running every day for years.They often compete in races to test their skills.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了Sarah Lynn提出的自我测试可以提高英语学习者记忆和使用新单词的能力的观点。1Whats the common situation faced by English learners?AThey fail to come up with new ideas.BThey are not fami
8、liar with a certain topic.CThey dont learn as well as they think.DThey dont know how to improve their testtaking skills.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第一段可知，英语学习者中普遍存在的一个问题是他们掌握的知识并没有自己想象中的那么好。2Which is the advice given by Lynn about selftesting?ARecall whats learned with the book closed.BRemember whats learned by re
9、petitive reciting.CQuestion your teachers on what you doubt bravely.DChallenge yourself to learn from videos.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第三段中的Lynn recommends that learners test themselves by getting away from what they are studying.和Lynn suggests reading something or watching a video on the topic, then getting rid
10、 of the reading or video material and summarizing it.可知，Lynn建议人们脱离阅读材料或视频材料进行自我检测。3Why are Olympic athletes mentioned?ATo show how to be successful athletes.BTo make people confident of learning.CTo warn English learners not to be proud.DTo stress the significance of practice.解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段内容，尤其是
11、Olympic athletes cannot learn how to swim or run just from reading a book.They have to practise swimming or running every day for years.可知，作者提及奥运选手是为了说明英语学习也需要练习，即强调(在英语学习中)练习的重要性。4Whats the best title for the passage?ALearning Actually Takes Effort mostBImprove English by SelftestingCMemorize More
12、New WordsDWhat Is Selftesting?解析：选B标题归纳题。通读全文，尤其是第二段第一句可知，本文主要讲了英语学习者可以通过自我检测来提高掌握单词的能力，故B项为文章最佳标题。.完形填空If you have that one friend, youre rich.That one friend is different from all the others, dear as they may be.I met Jeanine on my 1 day of high school, more than 35 years ago, at the age of 15.Pai
13、nfully shy, I had 2 up for student council because I thought it might save me from wandering around a huge high school shamefully alone.It was still early in the day.Id 3 my new green trench coat and couldnt remember which building it was in. 4 there in the office, miserable, I wanted to vanish into
14、 the crowd.Heard a girls 5 ：“Do you have a lot of friends？” When I saw her tiny, delicate, with beautiful eyelashes I 6 and answered, “Are you kidding? Im the girl 7 knows.”“Well, Im nobody，” Jeanine said.That was it.The two of us were instant 8 For the next years Jeanine and I spent hours on the ph
15、one each weekday and virtually every weekend night together.As boys came and went, we drowned our 9 in tomato soup.In my mothers old Chevy, we cruised (游览) the West Side of Chicago.We sat on AI Capones grave one Halloween night.Lying on blankets under the stars, we talked of our 10 ， pouring our hea
16、rts out.Jeanine wanted to sing on the Broadway stage, 11 I wanted to write a novel.As high school 12 ， I became a student council officer and made friends by the score.Jeanine? She 13 the sidelines.She was like the angel in my pocket.I never forsook her, never excluded her.Other friends could not un
17、derstand our 14 ， because we seemed like such 15 But we werent.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章描述了作者和Jeanine的友谊，叙述了她们初次见面和交往的过程。她们分享快乐与梦想，分担痛苦与失望，同时作者表达了自己对这段珍贵友谊的重视和对好朋友的感激之情。1A.lastBfirstCnext Dsecond解析：选B35年前，作者上高中的第一(first)天就遇见了Jeanine。2A.put BstoodCsigned Dturned解析：选C作者认为自己太害羞，所以报名参加学生会以免自己一人尴尬地在这么大的校园里徘徊。3A.l
18、ost BmetCfound Dforgot解析：选A“我”弄丢(lost)了自己的衣服，记不起把它丢在哪栋楼里了。4A.Walking BRunningCStanding DJumping解析：选C“我”痛苦地站(standing)在那儿，想让自己消失在人群中。5A.noise BsoundCrumour Dvoice解析：选D这时，“我”听见一个女孩的声音(voice)。6A.smiled BlaughedCcried Dwept解析：选A“我”看见一个瘦小的女孩，心情放松下来，笑着(smiled)回答了她的问题。7A.everybody BanybodyCnobody Deach解析：选
19、C“我”回答说自己是一个没人(nobody)认识的女孩，幽默地表达了自己的处境。8A.enemies BfriendsCclassmates Droommates解析：选B两个处境相同的女孩立即成了朋友(friends)。9A.happiness BsurpriseCshocks Dsorrows解析：选D“我们”会因和男友分手而痛苦(sorrows)。10A.feelings BemotionsCdreams Dhopes解析：选C根据第七段内容可知，她们谈到自己的梦想(dreams)，一个想唱歌、一个想写小说。11A.while BsinceCevery time Dmeanwhile解析
20、：选A两个人的梦想是并列关系，所以选while。12A.went BlostCprogressed Dmissed解析：选C随着高中生活的继续(progressed)，“我”成了一名学生会干部。13A.loved BpreferredCsatisfied Dhated解析：选B分析语境可知，此处指Jeanine更喜欢(preferred)做一个旁观者。14A.devotion BloyaltyCsincerity Dtreasure解析：选A没人能理解“我们”对彼此的关爱(devotion)。15A.opposites BsimilaritiesCmistakes Dfriends解析：选A分
21、析语境可知，此处指“我们”看起来是如此截然不同(opposites)，但是“我们”又是好朋友。.应用文写作你的朋友Cheery进入高中后觉得学习英语的方式和初中相比有很大的不同，苦恼之余在博客上寻求建议。请你以李华的名义写一篇博文，给她提供一些英语学习方面的建议。要点：1.开始学习高中英语时，不要轻言放弃；2尽量多读英语文章，丰富词汇量，培养学习英语的兴趣。注意：1.词数80左右；2开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Cheery，Yours，Li Hua参考范文：Dear Cheery，I am glad to offer you some advice on how to learn
22、 English well.From my point of view，firstly，you should develop a positive attitude towards English learning.It is not easy to learn English well，but never give up.Secondly，you should often read English words to enrich your vocabulary.You can also go to the English corner where you can practise your
23、spoken English.In addition，try to read some English articles which are full of interesting sentences.Reading English articles is of great importance for you to learn English well.Gradually，you will be interested in English.Im looking forward to hearing good news from you.Best wishes!Yours，Li Hua.读后续
24、写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。My friend Barb is probably one of the busiest people at church.You can always find Barb helping take care of the old, giving items to the needy，babysitting the kids, picking up things, helping plan parties and so on what she does for everyone is seemingly endles
25、s.A few months ago, she called me on a Tuesday afternoon. After the usual exchange of pleasantries (客气话), she asked me if we had any plans for the coming Friday evening.“No，” I told her.“How would you guys like to go to Disney On Ice？” she asked.One of the touring Disney ice skating performances was
26、 in town for that weekend only.Going to it would be fun, but tickets were out of our budget (开支).At first, I thought Barb was inviting us to go with her and her husband.My first thought was that it would be nice but we cant afford it.My second thought was that of course she already knew that and tha
27、t she wanted to offer us tickets.And I would not let her or anyone else pay for our tickets.Little did I know that she had already worked out a plan.“Well, that would be nice, but .” I replied.“Good，” she stopped me speaking.“I just won four tickets, and Im giving them to your family！”“WHAT？！”I aske
28、d in surprise.“Oh yeah, I do silly things like this frequently.One of the radio stations was giving tickets to the ninth caller.I called and won.I know you guys dont usually have money for things like this, so I want you to have them.”It turned out that Barb called the radio station all the time.And
29、 this time, she won.“Ill bring the tickets to the church on Wednesday night, Okay？”注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2请按如下格式作答。On Wednesday night, she brought the tickets on time.For two kids aged 4 and 7, this was a special gift indeed.参考范文：On Wednesday night, she brought the tickets on time. They were great seats
30、to watch the performance.Barb was a pleasant and helpful person who always thought of others.I was pretty certain that she had not only gone to the radio station to get them in person, but also asked the worker there to be sure to give the best seats, because she knew our kids dreamed of watching su
31、ch a great performance.For two kids aged 4 and 7, this was a special gift indeed. It was even cool for us grownups.Our kids were especially fond of watching beloved Disney stories come to life with real actors and wonderful skating.I could see our kids eyes shining with joy that night.Because of Barb, they now have two special memories: the memory of a wonderful show, and the memory of the kindness that made it possible.Im so grateful to Barb for all that she has done.
