1、Module 4 Music Born in America课时作业14Grammar时间状语从句和省略.单词拼写1Harmonious (和谐的) societys tomorrow will be able to be better!2Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues (美德)3Judging from his letters, he seems to have quitted/quit (辞去) his job.4I love sailing on the lake. Its so refreshing (令人耳目一新
2、的) to feel the wind in my hair and water on my face.5His humorous (幽默的) remark lightened the tense atmosphere.6We have learned a great deal from her devotion (忠实) to her work and to her readiness to help others.7The children who have been encouraged by their parents to take a parttime (业余的) job will
3、 have more selfconfidence.8I know you have a tight schedule (日程), so I wont take up more of your time.9We looked to him to settle most of the troubles that arose (产生) among us.10Ive got to leave a bit early, otherwise (否则) Ill miss the train.单句语法填空1I appreciate the professors new approach to teachin
4、g (teach) languages.2For this job you need a lot of patience; likewise you need a sense of humour (humorous)3Bored (bore) with that urban life because of its crowds and pollution, many people want to live in the country.4Howard has declined to_come (come) and in that case we can ask somebody else.5M
5、en still have an advantage over women when hunting for certain jobs.6Many great men have arisen (arise) from humble beginnings.7Tom stuck to his decision and quit/quitted (quit) his job.8It has been five years since she went abroad.9When seeing (see) that, I was almost moved to tears.10This is the f
6、irst time I have_traveled (travel) to China.完成句子1Id rather ride a bicycle to go to work rather_than_take_a_bus (而不是乘公交车)2We keep_in_touch_with_him (与他保持联系) on QQ after graduation.3Please remember to put_the_books_in_order (把书整理好) before leaving the room.4Every means has_been_tried_out (已被尝试). No one
7、 is effective.5The stars came_out (出来，出现) as soon as darkness fell.6The house isnt big enough for me, and furthermore, its too far_from_the_town (离城镇远)7I was_deeply_impressed_by (被留下深刻的印象) what I saw and heard during this visit.8The two bottles stood_side_by_side_on_the_table (并排放在桌上).语法填空When a sto
8、rm is coming, most people leave the area as _1_ (quick) as possible and head _2_ safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk _3_ (kill) by floods or 100kilometeranhour winds for the excitement of watchi
9、ng the storm close up. “Storm chasing” is becoming an _4_ (increase) popular hobby, especially in the Midwest of the United States, _5_ there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000
10、 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop. Although anyone can do it , storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents _6_ (cause) by driving in a
11、heavy rain. If you are a _7_ (begin), it is much _8_ (safe) to join a group for stormchasing vacations during the storm season.Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement. “Storm chasing is 95% driving，” says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer stormchasing. “Sometimes you c
12、an sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.” _9_， for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life，” says Jasper Morley. “Every storm is _10_ example o
13、f the power of nature, It is the greatest show on Earth.”本文为科普说明文。文章介绍了一种美国中西部流行的新型冒险活动Storm chasing。1quickly解析：考查副词修饰动词。句意：当暴风雨来临时，大多数人会尽快离开这个地区。句中的quick用于修饰动词leave，修饰动词要用副词形式，故填 quickly。2for解析：考查固定搭配。句意：当暴风雨来临时，大多数人尽可能快地离开该地区，前往安全地带。head for.为固定搭配，意为“朝走去/出发”。因此填for。3being_killed解析：考查固定用法。句意：因为观看暴风
14、雨的逼近令人兴奋，这些人愿意冒着被洪水或每小时100公里的大风杀死的危险。risk doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“冒险做某事”。而句中的主语the people与kill二者是被动关系，所以要用被动，因此填being killed。4increasingly解析：考查副词。句意：“追逐风暴”越来越成为一种流行的爱好，尤其是在美国中西部。句中的increase在句中与形容词popular一起修饰名词hobby，修饰形容词要用副词形式。根据语境可知，本句指的是越来越，而increasingly 为“越来越，日益”，因此填increasingly。5where解析：考查定语从句。句意：“追逐
15、风暴”正在成为越来越流行的嗜好，尤其是在美国的中西部地区，在三月和七月之间常有风暴。分析句子可知，本句的先行词the Midwest of the United States后有一个非限制性定语从句，the Midwest of the United States在从句中作地点状语，所以要用关系副词 where引导，因此填where。6caused解析：考查非谓语作后置定语。句意：暴风雨追逐者也经常在暴雨中开车造成的事故中受伤。分析可知，本句中的名词事故(accidents)是由暴雨中开车造成的，事故是被造成的，因此要用过去分词作后置定语，故填caused。7beginner解析：考查名词作表
16、语。句意：如果你是初学者，。分析句子可知，本句是指初学者，即为名词beginner，所以要填beginner。8safer解析：考查比较级。much为副词，一般用于修饰形容词或副词的比较级，所以这儿要用比较级safer。9However解析：考查连词。本句是承上启下，连接上段与本段的。上一段说“即使这样，风暴追逐也并非都是冒险和兴奋。有时要等好长时间”，下文又说“对于风暴追逐者来说，一切都是值得的” 。可知在意义上是转折的。根据本空后有“逗号”，可知只能填转折连词however，因此填However。10an解析：考查冠词。句意：每一场暴风雨都是自然力量的一个大例子，它是地球上最伟大的表演。根
17、据语境可知，本句是表示数量“一”，因此填an。.完形填空From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _1_ I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _2_ ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he w
18、ould shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _3_ about build selfconfidence and working toward a _4_.So it was with really great _5_ that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and _6_ my 68yearold father sweating in his shirt _7_ rising to play the piano in his very first recital.My fathe
19、r had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldnt _8_ lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _9_ too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasnt _10_ there. When he retired three years ago, he _11_ his church music director to take him as a stud
20、ent.For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he _12_ stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the _13_？ I worried, remembering those split seconds _14_ ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _15_. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _16_ fingers that once
21、baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I _17_ he had been doing what music teachers always stress: _18_ the music and pretend the others arent there.“Im _19_ of him for starting something new at his age，” I said to my son Jeff.“Yeah, and doing it so _20_，” Jeff added. With his first recital, my father ta
22、ught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30plus years ago.作者父亲小时候因为家境贫穷无法学习钢琴，但是他没有放弃梦想。在退休以后开始学习钢琴，并在演奏会上有很精彩的表现。这个故事告诉我们：勇气和毅力能够让我们实现自己的理想。1A.reflected Bexplained Cmeant Dproved答案：C解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.反射；反映；B.解释；C.意味着；D.证明。句意：从我2年级开始，就一直有一件事情让我很害怕：独奏演唱会。独奏演唱会意味着我要在很多
23、陌生人前面弹奏这一首乏味的乐曲。根据句意，故C正确。2A.would Bcould Cmight Dshould答案：A解析：考查情态动词词义辨析。A.过去常常；B.能够；C.也许；D.应该。句意：每年我都请求爸爸我是否可以不参加这一次的独奏演唱会，但是每年爸爸都拒绝我的要求。本句中的would表示过去常常。故A正确。3A.nothing Beverything Canything Dsomething答案：D解析：考查代词词义辨析。A.没有事情；B.所有事情；C.任何事情；D.一些事情。句意：当我请求的时候，他总是嘀咕着一些话，如要有自信，要朝着目标而努力等等。这些都是爸爸嘀咕的一些话。故D
24、正确。4A.goal Bstage Cjourney Dchance答案：A解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.目标；B.舞台，阶段；C.旅途；D.机会。本句是父亲拒绝我的请求时所提出的理由，要求我朝着目标进行努力，不要放弃每一次锻炼的机会。故A正确。5A.trouble Bsatisfaction Cstrength Ddisappointment答案：B解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.麻烦事；B.满意；C.力气，优点；D.失望。根据下文可知这次是爸爸进行独奏演唱会，对于爸爸在台上因紧张而流汗，我很高兴。他也体会到我小时候的情况，所以本题B项符合上下文。6A.kept Bsent Cwatched Df
25、elt答案：C解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.保持；B.派，送；C.观看，注视；D.感觉。句意：看着68岁的父亲在站起来弹钢琴之前流汗，我感觉很满意，因为他也体会到我当年的心情了。故C正确。7A.through Bfrom Cagainst Dbefore答案：D解析：考查介词辨析。A.通过；B.来自；C.违背，与相反；逆着；D.在之前。在正式演奏之前，表演的人通常都要起立向观众示意。本句表示父亲在站起来弹钢琴之前流汗。故D正确。8A.miss Bafford Cselect Dunderstand答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.错过，思念；B.承受得起，买得起；C.精选；D.理解。句意：我父
26、亲从小就想学习钢琴，但是他家很穷，承担不起钢琴课的费用，所以他一直没有实现自己学习钢琴的愿望。故B正确。9A.as Bonce Cif Dwhile答案：A解析：考查连词辨析。A.正如，因为；B.曾经，一旦；C.如果；D.当时；然而。句意：他本可以继续为自己小时候没有能够学习钢琴而遗憾，正如我们中很多人一样。本句是一个非限制性定语从句，指很多人都会为以前没有做过的事情遗憾，但是不是采取行动。而父亲不是这样的人，在退休以后，他实现了自己的钢琴梦。故A正确。10A.educated Bprotected Cstuck Dspoilt答案：C解析：考查形容词词义辨析。A.教育的；B.受保护的；C.被
27、困住，被卡住；D.惯坏的。句意：虽然父亲小时候没有学习钢琴，但是他一直都梦想着自己能够学习，没有被卡在这一点上，在退休以后实现了自己的梦想。故C正确。11A.allowed Binvited Cinspired Dpersuaded答案：D解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.允许；B.邀请；C.鼓励；D.说服。句意：退休以后他说服了教堂里的音乐老师收他为学生，开始学习钢琴。根据上文可知他参加演奏会，说明他参加了钢琴的学习。故D正确。12A.roughly Bsimply Cmerrily Dcuriously答案：B解析：考查副词词义辨析。A.大概地；B.仅仅，只是；C.快乐地，愉快地；D.好奇地。句
28、意：他做到钢琴前有一会，他只是盯着自己的手指在看，而没有开始弹钢琴，这让我们很担心他是否忘记乐谱了。故B正确。13A.words Bvideos Cnotes Dlessons答案：C解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.话；B.视频；C.笔记，注释；D.课程，教训。句意：难道他忘记了自己的音乐乐谱上的注释了吗？本句是作者在猜测父亲为什么会没有开始弹奏。14A.decades Bweeks Chours Dmoments答案：A解析：考查上下文串联。本题是推算时间。根据上文可知父亲已经68岁了，_19_空后I said to my son Jeff.可知我也有了儿子，我在怀疑他是不是和20年前的我一样在
29、登台表演的时候头脑一片空白？故A正确。15A.play Bfreeze Cclick Dadjust答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.玩耍，弹奏；B.冷冻，僵住；C.点击；D.调整。句意：我在想他是不是和我表演时一样头脑空白，手指僵硬。什么都弹奏不出来呢？根据上下文串联可知B正确。16A.same Bwarm Cdifferent Ddirty答案：A解析：考查形容词词义辨析。A.同样的；B.温暖的；C.不同的；D.脏的。句意：但是很快，优美的旋律就被那只给我装钓鱼的饵料的同样的手弹奏了出来。本句是指现在弹奏钢琴的手和之前给我装钓鱼的饵料的手是同样的手。故A正确。17A.predicted
30、Brealized Cimagined Dinsisted答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.预测；B.意识到；C.想象；D.坚持认为/要求。句意：我突然意识到他在做老师一直要求我们做的事情：把注意力集中到音乐，假装认为别人都不在。只有这样才可以进入忘我的境界，弹奏出美妙的音乐。故B正确。18A.pass over Bturn up Cbring in Dconcentrate on答案：D解析：考查动词短语辨析。A.忽视，去世；B.出现，调高；C.介绍，引进；D.集中注意力于。句意：我突然意识到他在做老师一直要求我们做的事情：把注意力集中到音乐，假装认为别人都不在。故D正确。19A.ashamed Baware Ctired Dproud答案：D解析：考查形容词词义辨析。A.羞愧的；B.意识到的，知道的；C.疲惫的；D.自豪的。句意：我为他感到很自豪，在如此的年龄能够尝试新的事情。根据句意可知D正确。20A.casually Banxiously Cnicely Dfrequently答案：C解析：考查副词词义辨析。A.随意地；B.焦虑地；C.令人满意地，很好地；D.频繁地。句意：Jeff说：是的，而且他做得很好。本句是我的儿子对我的父亲的评价。故C正确。
