1、课时作业43.阅读理解AGoing out guideR&B：Melanie FionaKnown for such songs as “It Kills Me” and “This Time”， R&B singer Melanie Fiona made her first musical album (专辑) in 2009 with “The Bridge” and followed it up with “The MF Life” in 2012. A new album, “Next Train”， is planned to drop.8 pm, Feb.13. The Howar
2、d Theatre.2028032899.$30$59.99.Ballet：John Crankos “Romeo & Juliet”Celebrated South African choreographer (舞蹈指导) John Cranko created the dance inspired by Shakespeares lovers with a score by Sergei Prokofiev. The production was first performed in the United States in 1969 and returns to the Kennedy
3、Center under the artistic direction of Julie Kent. Feb.1418. Kennedy Center.2024674600.$25$160.Exhibit (展览)：“Brand New：Art and Commodity (商品) in the 1980s”This exhibit shows the commodification of art in the 1980s, when trade, art and entertainment became unclear. The exhibit shows works by some of
4、todays most influential artists, including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Julia Wachtel.Feb.14 through May 13. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.2026331000. Free.R&B：Valentines Love JamR&B artists are known for some of our most beloved (钟爱的) love songs, and the performers lined up for this show
5、are no exception. Singersongwriters Tyrese (“Sweet Lady”) and Joe (“I Wanna Know”) join forces with SWV (“Weak”), Dru Hill (“Beauty”) and Next (“Wifey”) for this show.8 pm, Feb.17. EagleBank Arena.7034934000.$59$99.本文是一篇应用文。推荐了四场值得去的展览或演出并做了一些简要介绍。1Which number should you call if you are interested
6、in dance?A7034934000.B2026331000.C2024674600.D2028032899.答案：C解析：细节理解题。由Ballet：John Crankos “Romeo & Juliet”部分中的“Celebrated South African choreographer (舞蹈指导) John Cranko created the dance”可知，你如果对舞蹈感兴趣的话，可以看这个芭蕾舞演出，应该拨打电话2024674600。故选C项。2Where can people enjoy a free show?AHirshhorn Museum and Sculpt
7、ure Garden.BKennedy Center.CEagleBank Arena.DThe Howard Theatre.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词free，将答案定位到Exhibit (展览)：“Brand New：Art and Commodity (商品) in the 1980s”部分的内容，该展览的举办地址为“Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden”。故选A项。3When can you attend a love song concert?AFeb.18.BFeb.17.CFeb.14.DFeb.13.答案：B解析：细节理
8、解题。根据题干中的“love song concert”将答案定位至R&B：Valentines Love Jam部分的内容，根据该部分中的“R&B artists are known for some of our most beloved (钟爱的) love songs”以及“8 pm, Feb.17”可知，观众可以在2月17日观看该演唱会。故选B项。BWhen I was a very little child, I remember, I watched TV and saw other children suffer in other parts of the world. I w
9、ould talk to myself, “When I grow up, and when I can become rich, Ill save kids all over the world.”At the age of 17, I began my career here in America, and by 18, I started my first charity organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years, and I met, helped, and ev
10、en lost some of the most beautiful souls, from sixyearold Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia (白血病)her story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors, to 2012 when my grandmother lost her battle with cancer, which is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foun
11、dation (CLF). Were all humans. And we all just want a chance: a chance at life, a chance in education, a chance at a future, really. And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.People make it seem too hard to do charity work. The truth is, you dont hav
12、e to be rich to help others. You dont need to be famous. You dont even have to be collegeeducated. But it starts with your neighbor, the person right next to you, the person sitting next to you in class, the kid down the block in your neighborhood. You just do whatever you can to help in any way tha
13、t you can. And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one organization or one situation that touches your heart. My grandmother always used to say, “If youve got a dollar, theres plenty to share.”本文是一篇记叙文。作者年少时立志长大后帮助遭受苦难的孩子，长大后作者用行动兑现了自己的诺言。4What did the aut
14、hor want to do at a young age?AWatch TV.BGrow up quickly.CBecome wealthy.DHelp other children.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I would talk to myself, When I grow up, and when I can become rich, Ill save kids all over the world”可知，小时候作者想要帮助其他的孩子。故选D项。5Which of the following directly caused the author or create
15、and develop the CLF?AA sixyearold kids request.BHer grandmothers death from cancer.CMany volunteers inspiration for it.DOther organizations encouragement.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“to 2012 when my grandmother lost her battle with cancer, which is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lion
16、el Foundation (CLF)”可知，作者的祖母因癌症去世，这正是作者创办和发展CLF的原因和动力。故选B项。6What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AA chance.BA life.CA task.DAn organization.答案：B解析：代词指代题。根据画线词所在句“And at CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one”可知，CLF的使命是影响尽可能多的生命，但这需
17、要从影响一个生命开始。由此可知，one指代的是上文提到的“many lives”中的一个。7What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph?ADo little things to help those around them.BWork very hard to get a college education.CChallenge their friends to offer help.DDo charity work when they are rich.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“But it st
18、arts with your neighbor.in your neighborhood”和“You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today, I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one organization or one situation that touches your heart”可知，作者建议人们做力所能及的事来帮助周围的人。.完形填空When our restaurant
19、business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”At the _1_ of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I _2_ a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a _3_， permanent campsite in the park and _4_， the hosts served as a link between the parks gu
20、ests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rentfree place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an _5_ for the following day.The park was _6_， so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭
21、鼬) walking toward our table. We _7_ climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to _8_ our camp.Having survived that night, we were _9_ that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our _10_ and gave us a beauti
22、ful campsite.That evening, _11_， we learned about the canyon _12_. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay _13_ in the dark until the winds died away._14_ the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck. And we managed to _15_ the little money my
23、 wife _16_ by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful _17_. For a time after our business _18_ I thought I might lose my family as well.Living in the tiny _19_ with no television, we sat close together reading and tal
24、king. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself _20_ for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!餐馆生意失败后作者和妻子一起去了得克萨斯州。作者在帕罗杜洛峡谷州立公园的入口处，看到了招聘公园管理人员的广告。作者因为这个岗位能提供免费的野营地而去参加应聘。然后他与妻子一起在野营卡车里过了几周的艰苦生活，但是这样的生活使作者能够和妻子紧靠在一起阅读和谈话。最
25、终，作者不仅对所经历的磨难充满感激，而且回归了家庭，并最终爱上峡谷公园的一切。1A.backBedgeCcentreDentrance答案：D解析：招聘广告一般都贴在入口处。edge“边缘”；entrance“入口”。2A.sponsoredBpublishedCnoticedDanswered答案：C解析：作者注意到一则招聘公园管理人员的广告。sponsor“赞助”；publish“出版”。3A.safeBfreeCconvenientDbeautiful答案：B解析：根据下文中的“a rentfree place”可知，这个岗位提供一个免费的、永久性的营地。4A.in returnBin
26、timeCin shortDin turn答案：A解析：根据空前表述这个岗位提供永久性的营地和空后的这个岗位的职责并结合选项可知，此处应是作为回报，这些被招聘来的管理人员在公园游客和护林人员之间起联系作用。in return“作为回报”；in time“及时”；in short“总而言之”；in turn“轮流，转而”。5A.attemptBagreementCappealDappointment答案：D解析：根据第10空有一句“The next day we met with the people who ran the park”可知，此处是作者与招聘人员约好第二天见面。agreement
27、“同意，协议”；appeal“呼吁，吸引力”；appointment“预约，约会，约定”。6A.crowdedBdangerousCidealDquiet答案：A解析：根据空后的“so it took us some time to find an available site”可知，作者花了一些时间才找到可用的位置，故可反推出：公园是十分拥挤的。crowded“拥挤的”；ideal“理想的”。7A.repeatedlyBimmediatelyCeventuallyDcalmly答案：B解析：根据语境可知，看到两只臭鼬爬过来，作者和妻子立即爬到桌子上。repeatedly“反复地”。8A.at
28、tackBleaveCpassDsearch答案：B解析：根据该句中的“waited for them”和语境可知，此处表示作者和妻子等着臭鼬离开。9A.satisfiedBdeterminedCconfidentDaware答案：C解析：根据空处前后的内容可知，那一夜他们有惊无险地度过了，所以此处作者很自信其他一切都会好起来的。satisfied“满意的”；determined“有决心的”；aware“知道的，意识到的”。10A.responsibilitiesBrequirementsCcircumstancesDconditions答案：A解析：根据空前一句可知，作者与招聘人员见了面，招
29、聘人员肯定要向作者说明作者他们的工作职责。requirement“要求”；circumstance“情况，情形”。11A.moreoverBthereforeCmeanwhileDhowever答案：D解析：根据第13空后的“winds”可知，此处表达的是，那天夜里他们遭遇到了峡谷狂风。与上文他们自信地认为一切都会好起来形成转折，故用however“但是，然而”。moreover“此外，而且”。12A.windsBsnowsCwoodsDtrails答案：A解析：参见上题解析。13A.shakingBquarrellingCmourningDaching答案：A解析：根据空前一句“They w
30、ere strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently”可知，狂风摇动着野营车，作者和妻子也随之摇动直到狂风渐息。shake“摇动”；quarrel“争吵”；mourn“哀悼，忧伤”；ache“疼痛”。14A.AfterBBetweenCDuringDBeyond答案：C解析：根据语境可知，在接下来的几周时间里，作者和妻子学会了在卡车中生存并设法依靠妻子临时代课挣来的少量的钱生活。15A.give awayBhand outClive onDput aside答案：C解析：参见上题解析。give away“赠送；泄露”；h
31、and out“分发”；live on“依靠生活”；put aside“忽视；储存”。16A.borrowedBearnedCpostedDraised答案：B解析：参见第14题解析。post“邮寄，张贴”；raise“举起，筹集”。17A.businessBcareerCfamilyDimage答案：C解析：根据下文中的“I might lose my family as well”可知，此处表达的是开了一个成功的店，然后又失去了它，(这一过程)使得作者很少有时间建立一个成功的家庭，故选C。18A.startedBfailedCexpandedDdeclined答案：B解析：根据第一段第一句
32、中的“When our restaurant business failed”可知，此处是生意失败后的一段时间内，作者认为自己连家也可能失去。fail“失败”；expand“扩大”；decline“下降，拒绝”。19A.truckBparkChouseDcamp答案：A解析：根据上文中的“survive in our truck”可知，此处表示作者夫妻俩生活在无电视的狭小的野营车内。20A.desperateBreadyCsuitableDthankful答案：D 解析：根据本段最后一句“We had become a family”和空前的“a jeweled sky”可知，此处应是作者对过去的磨难充满了感激。desperate“绝望的”；suitable“适合的”；thankful“感激的”。
