1、课时作业12Language Awareness 2, Culture Corner & Bulletin Board.单词拼写1The disaster led to a crisis (危机) of confidence in NASAs leadership.2She gave a little cough (咳嗽) to attract my attention.3In a little while we lost our sense (感觉) of direction.4The circus (马戏团) actors never failed to attract crowds of
2、 curious people.5The lady is always talking to others with an ironic (冷嘲热讽的) tone.单句语法填空1A lawyer is often called in to write a will.2It would be no use my taking (take) up the matter now.3Im not making fun of you. On the contrary, I admire what you did.4Faced (face) with the robbers, the little gir
3、l remained calm.5The couple gave away most of their fortune to the poor in their small town.6There was a message attached (attach) to the flowers.7This restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that/which many others are short of.8Its a waste of time doing (do) such useless things.9The way tha
4、t you do the work is different from anyone else here.10After I waited for what seemed two hours, the opening ceremony finally began.单句改错1Facing with such matter, he felt lacking in courage.FacingFaced或去掉with2Hurry up, kids! The school bus was waiting for us！wasis3It matters most in learning to paint
5、 is keeping practising.ItWhat4A young man attached he to me at the party and I couldnt get rid of him.hehimself5I wrote this story just for funs and to get your imagination started！funsfun6I find the article totally disgusted and tiring.disgusteddisgusting7He has been convinced the fact that this on
6、e is far from being true.convinced后加of8I know nothing about the young lady except she is from Beijing.except后加that9When the man came in, gun in hand, we all stood there, astonishing.astonishingastonished10That struck me most in the movie was the fathers deep love for his son.ThatWhat.选词填空1I should p
7、oint_out that none of these paintings is good.2Its cruel to make_fun_of people who are disabled.3It also might be_related_to the presence water and water ice.4The government called_on the workers to oppose waste.5It was a pity that the girl gave_up half way.完成句子1Early to bed and early to rise will_d
8、o_good_to your health.早睡早起对你的身体有好处。2The_way_(that/which)_I_thought_of to solve this problem proves to be practical.我想出的解决这个问题的方法被证明是可行的。3We have reached_a_point_where a change is needed.我们已经到了必须改变的地步。4You should be ashamed of_what you have done.你应为自己所做的事感到羞愧。5I need to give_away some of these old cl
9、othes.我需要把这些旧的衣服送出去一些。6Faced_with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.面临这么多困难，我们没能按时完成任务。.完形填空Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They _1_ with them lots of waste. The _2_might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers (
10、冰川) are disappearing, changing the _3_ of Kilimanjaro.Hearing these stories, Im _4_ about the placeother destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.However, I soon _5_ that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of _6_ among tons of rubbish. I find a _7_ mountain, with
11、toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are _8_ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be _9_.The best of a Kilimanjaro _10_， in my opinion, isnt reaching the top. Mountains are _11_ as spiritual places by many cultures. This _12_ is especiall
12、y evident on Kilimanjaro as _13_ go through five ecosystems (生态系统) in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3,000 meters, _14_ lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather _15_low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass.
13、 I _16_ twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4,000 meters is the highland _17_： gravel (砾石), stones and rocks. _18_ you climb into an arcticlike zone with _19_ snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.Does Kilimanjaro _20_ its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists
14、ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者爬乞力马扎罗山感受到了那里的环境有了巨大的改变。1A.keep Bmix Cconnect Dbring答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。根据上文“Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.”可知，每年大约有4万人试图攀登非洲最高峰乞力马扎罗山。由此可推知，他们带来了大量的垃圾。故选D。2A.st
15、ories Bbuildings Ccrowds Dreporters答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。根据上文可知，此处指这帮登山的人可能会破坏这个地方的美丽景色。crowd意为“一伙人，一帮人”，符合语境。故选C。3A.position Bage Cface Dname答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。根据本句中的“The glaciers (冰川) are disappearing, changing”可知，冰川正在消失，改变了乞力马扎罗山的面貌。故选C。4A.silent Bskeptical Cserious Dcrazy答案：B解析：考查形容词辨析。根据上文和空格后的“as purer nat
16、ural experience”可知，作者对这个地方持怀疑态度。skeptical意为“怀疑的”，符合语境。故选B。5A.discover Bargue Cdecide Dadvocate答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。根据本句中的“that much has changed”可知，作者很快就发现，情况已经发生了很大的变化。故选A。6A.equipment Bgrass Ccamps Dstones答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。根据下文中的“at camps and along the paths”可知，此处指营地在成吨的垃圾中。故选C。7A.remote Bquiet Ctall Dclean答案
17、：D解析：考查形容词辨析。根据本句中的“mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths”可知，作者发现了一座很干净的山，这座山的营地和小路边都有厕所。故选D。8A.new Bspecial Csignificant Dnecessary答案：C解析：考查形容词辨析。根据上文可知，此处指环境方面的挑战是最显著的。故选C。9A.paying off Bspreading out Cblowing up Dfading away答案：A解析：考查动词短语辨析。A项意为“成功，奏效，达到目的”；B项意为“散开”；C项意为“爆发，爆炸”；D项意为“
18、逐渐消失”。根据上文中的“The environmental challenges are significant but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be”可知，尽管环境方面的挑战是显著的，但是坦桑尼亚国家公园管理局所付出的努力似乎在取得成效。故选A。10A.atmosphere Bexperience Cexperiment Dsight答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。根据下文中的“in my opinion, isnt reaching the top”和第四段内容可知，在作者看来，在乞力马
19、扎罗山最棒的体验不是到达山顶。故选B。11A.studied Bobserved Cexplored Dregarded答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。根据本句“Mountains are _ as spiritual places by many culture.”可知，许多文化都把山视为精神圣地。regard.as.是固定短语，意为“把视为”。故选D。12A.view Bquality Creason Dpurpose答案：A解析：考查名词辨析。根据上文可知，这种观点在乞力马扎罗山尤为明显。故选A。13A.scientists Bclimbers Clocals Dofficials答案：B解
20、析：考查名词辨析。根据本句中的“go through five ecosystems (生态系统)”和下文可知，登山者在几千米的空间内经历了五个生态系统。故选B。14A.holding on to Bgoing back to Cliving up to Dgiving way to答案：D解析：考查动词短语辨析。A项意为“抓紧，不放开”；B项意为“返回，追溯到”；C项意为“不辜负”；D项意为“为代替”。根据上文中的“At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3,000 meters”可知，热带雨林在海拔3 000米的地方突然消失，取而代
21、之的是低矮的植物。故选D。15A.changes Bclears Cimproves Dpermits答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。根据下文中的“low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass”可知，再往上走，天气就变了低矮的云层笼罩着长满青草的山坡。故选A。16A.match Bimagine Ccount Dadd答案：C解析：考查动词辨析。根据上一句中的“thick grass”和下文中的“twelve shades of green from where I stand”可知，作者在自己站
22、着的地方数出十二种绿色。故选C。17A.village Bdesert Croad Dlake答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。根据本句中的“gravel (砾石)，stones and rocks”可知，海拔4 000米以上是高原沙漠，有砾石、石块和岩石。故选B。18A.Obviously BEasily CConsequently DFinally答案：D解析：考查副词辨析。根据下文中的“you climb into an arcticlike zone”并结合上文中的“At the base.3,000 meters. 4,000 meters”可知，最后你爬到了一个类似北极的地带。故选D。1
23、9A.permanent Blittle Cfresh Dartificial答案：A解析：考查形容词辨析。根据本句中的“an arcticlike zone with _ snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear”可知，此处指拥有永久积雪和冰川的类似北极的地带。故选A。20A.enjoy Bdeserve Csave Dacquire答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。根据下文中的“its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of
24、 peace”可知，此处作者质疑因周围挤满游客而破坏了安宁的气氛的乞力马扎罗山是否名副其实。deserve ones reputation意为“名副其实，名不虚传”。故选B。.短文改错We have lived in the house for ten years, so the kitchen is the heart of our home. For us, the kitchen is where holds special sounds, smells and memories. We enjoy the sound of my grandmother sings old songs
25、coming from her childhood as she cooks. Every week he prepares a delicious meal to us. We often sit in the kitchen talking while we waited for the food to be ready. It may seem like a special place to someone else, but when I am in low spirit, it warms me like a big blanket on a winter morning. Before the school, we say goodbye to our parents and hug them cheerful when we get home.答案
