1、Module 4A Social SurveyMy NeighbourhoodSection Introduction,Reading & Vocabulary课后篇巩固提升一、单词拼写1.As he lives in the s of Beijing and works in the city,he has to travel a long way to work every day.答案suburb2.Dane,stop b me while I am working.答案bothering3.If you p your car here,the traffic police will f
2、ind it and give you a ticket.答案park4.How much r do you pay for this house?800 yuan a month.答案rent5.The noise was so loud that it was a n to the neighbours.答案nuisance6.Ill never borrow money from youId rather s to death.答案starve二、用下列短语的适当形式填空put upthe first timebe made ofbe fortunate insound likewalk
3、 aroundquite a lot of1.Shall we go to the seaside and for a while?答案walk around2.This cupboard wood.答案is made of3.A new supermarket will in this neighbourhood next year.答案be put up4.I having a good deskmate when I studied at No.1 middle school.答案was fortunate in5.That a good idea to me.答案sounds like
4、6.This is she has experienced disappointment.答案the first time7.You need to spend time practising playing the piano.答案quite a lot of三、完成句子1.他来中国已经5年了。 Its he came to China.答案five years since2.请把这本书与那本比较一下,找出两者间的不同。Please this book that one,and find out the difference between them.答案compare;with3.我感到幸
5、运,有这样一份好工作。I feel having such a good job.答案fortunate in4.劳驾,你能告诉我去火车站的路吗? Im sorry you,but can you tell me the way to the railway station?答案to bother5.打算在这儿盖一座高楼。 It is planned a tall building here.答案to put up四、阅读理解(语言能力思维品质)I hated nosy(好管闲事的) neighbors but I was very unlucky to have some myself.Th
6、ey moved in a couple of months back and although I never felt that they were a strange family,I always hated the way they got “too close” to me,my house,my garden,and even my garbage cans.One day,my neighbors were mowing their lawn(草坪).My garbage cans were near their lawn.For some strange reasons,I
7、found the wife looking through my garbage cans.I felt angry but since they were from a different culture,I thought that maybe it was “normal” in their opinion.That afternoon,the couple knocked on my front door.When I opened,they gave me a plastic bag.Inside were my old daily bills,bank statements an
8、d an old birthday card that my old uncle sent me.They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that might be used by others.Id heard it before.I asked them how these documents could be used by others and they started telling me their own exp
9、erience,which forced them to leave their home and move next door to me.The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills.They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans,which they actually thought was pretty strange.Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collectin
10、g their information from their rubbish.Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave the past behind so they left.As an inexperienced young man,I was very thankful.They were not nosy neighbors.They simply
11、didnt want me to experience the same thing as had happened to them.1.Why did the author feel angry?A.Because his neighbor looked through his garbage cans.B.Because his neighbors mowed their lawn one morning.C.Because his neighbors got too close to his home.D.Because his neighbors came to knock at hi
12、s door in the afternoon.答案A解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“.I found the wife looking through my garbage cans.I felt angry.”可知选A项。2.Why did the couple come to the authors home?A.To introduce themselves to the author.B.To get to know each other better.C.To return the documents to the author.D.To borrow some money fro
13、m the author.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的“They said that they were returning them to me because these.”可知选C项。3.The neighbors came to live next door to the author because .A.they no longer had money to live in their former houseB.they didnt want to live in such a noisy house as beforeC.their information was us
14、ed by their former neighborD.they thought the author was much kinder than their former neighbor答案C解析推理判断题。根据第四段最后两句和第五段第一句可知选C项。4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?A.The author was kind and helpful.B.The neighbors had to move from place to place.C.The neighbors didnt have enough money.D.The
15、author changed his opinion about his neighbors.答案D解析推理判断题。根据最后一段最后两句可知D项正确。五、完形填空(语言能力)I live in an apartment building in a planned community,including private roads.I have lived in this1 of mostly professionals and retirees (退休者)for over three years,but I had met only a few of my 2.After the3had st
16、opped falling,we were left to 4ourselves because the city and state services didnt work.I went out to the parking lot to dig out my and my girlfriends 5.I took a large metal piece of my desk to 6as a shovel(锹).After about 30 minutes of 7,some of the neighbors 8with snow shovels and told me if I help
17、ed them,they would 9me.I agreed and we dug out each others cars.The streets were 10due to a state of emergency declared by the governor,so we had nowhere to go.As I said,I only know my immediate neighbor,one who is11.But we all (we were 10 guys,all together,in the beginning) put our heads together a
18、nd figured out who was too 12or too ill to dig themselves 13 and went about,as a team,helping them.14the day went on,more and more people 15us,men and women.We became an army of snow 16,our only motivation was concern for the people who were 17 and our growing friendship.Everyone was concerned for e
19、ach other.Someone asked me if I had enough18 to get by.It was typical of the spirit of the day.I 19a lot of friends that day and we are planning a party to be held at the club house in the spring.Kindness and 20 for others has countless rewards!1.A.hometownB.townC.communityD.country答案C解析由上文的 “I live
20、 in an apartment building in a planned community,.”可知,自己住在这个社区(community)。2.A.friendsB.neighborsC.workmatesD.classmates答案B解析因为是住在社区中,且由下文的“some of the neighbors”可知,“我”仅遇到很少的邻居(neighbors)。故选B项。3.A.snowB.rainC.windD.dust答案A解析由下文的“with snow shovels”可知,是在雪(snow)已经停了之后。故选A项。4.A.know aboutB.communicate wi
21、thC.look forD.care for答案D解析由下文的 “.because the city and state services didnt work” 及第三段中的邻居们互相帮助去挖车,可以知道我们被留下自己照顾(care for)自己。因此答案为D项。know about“知道”;communicate with“与交流”;look for“寻找”。5.A.wheelchairsB.trolleybusC.carsD.coaches答案C解析由本句中的 “I went out to the parking lot to dig out.”可知,作者去停车场挖出自己的和女朋友的车(
22、cars)。6.A.digB.useC.treatD.mend答案B解析正常应该是用雪锹去挖雪,作者使用桌上大的金属片当作锹用。use as“把用作”。7.A.diggingB.buryingC.waitingD.walking答案A解析由上文 “I went out to the parking lot to dig out my and my girlfriends (cars)”,可知,在挖(digging)了大约30分钟后,一些邻居出来了。故选A项。8.A.kept outB.came outC.broke outD.took out答案B解析 联系空后的“with snow shov
23、els and told me if I helped them”可知,邻居走出来(come out)。keep out “(使)留在外面,保留”;break out“爆发”;take out“把带出来”。9.A.makeB.offerC.helpD.provide答案C解析由上文的 “.and told me if I helped them,.” 可知,如果我愿意帮助他们,他们会帮助(help)“我”的。这一点在第三段也可以知道。10.A.keptB.lockedC.trappedD.closed答案D解析由下文的 “.due to a state of emergency declare
24、d by the governor,so we had nowhere to go.”可知,街道被封锁(closed)了。故选D项。11.A.tallB.handsomeC.elderlyD.clever答案C解析联系下文“.and went about,as a team,helping them.”可知,邻居中有个人年纪大(elderly)了。12.A.youngB.oldC.unhealthyD.unconfident答案B解析由第一段中的 “.of mostly professionals and retirees(退休者) for over three years.”可知,作者住在一
25、个大多数是专业人士和退休人员的小区中三年了。因此,邻居们一起商量并弄清楚哪些人太老(old)或有病不能自己挖出来。故选B项。13.A.outB.atC.inD.down答案A解析联系空前的“who was too (old)or too ill to dig themselves”可知,因为太老或生病,而无法挖掘出来(out)。dig out“挖出;掘出”。14.A.BecauseB.AsC.WhileD.Although答案B解析as the day went on“随着日子的流逝”。此处as是连词,意为“随着”。15.A.fellB.sawC.greetedD.joined答案D解析越来越
26、多的人加入到了挖雪的队伍中。join sb.“加入某人”。16.A.diggersB.supportersC.chattersD.helpers答案A解析由上文可知,雪覆盖了社区的车,邻居们互相帮助把车挖出来,所以我们成为了一支挖雪的部队(diggers)。故选A项。17.A.struckB.stuckC.beatD.pressed答案B解析be stuck“被困住”。我们唯一的动机就是关心被困住的人们。18.A.meatB.drinkC.waterD.food答案D解析由上文的 “我们被留下自己照顾自己”以及“街道被封锁,由于政府宣布了紧急状态,因此我们无处可去”可知,“有人问我是否有足够的
27、食物(food)维持生活”。故选D项。19.A.trustedB.metC.madeD.gave答案C解析make friends“交朋友”。20.A.concernB.confidenceC.happinessD.help答案A解析由上文的 “Everyone was concerned for each other.”可知,友好和关心(concern)其他人会有无数的回报。故选A项。六、短文改错(语言能力)Last week I went to visit to my former neighbor,Mr Yang.He and I used to living next to each
28、other for many years.About half a year ago,an order came which the old building,along with many other similar ones,were going to be pulled down to make room for a main street.So I had to move apart.Mr Yang now lives in the suburbs near a beautiful park.His new apartment is much big than before.The o
29、nly problem is that it took quite a long time to get to the downtown area.Therefore,Mr Yang doesnt seem to worry about the long distance.He says that new subway line is to be built in a few year and he is sure life will be better in the future.答案Last week I went to visit to my former neighbor,Mr Yan
30、g.He and I used to livinglive next to each other for many years.About half a year ago,an order came whichthat the old building,along with many other similar ones,werewas going to be pulled down to make room for a main street.So Iwe had to move apart.Mr Yang now lives in the suburbs near a beautiful
31、park.His new apartment is much bigbigger than before.The only problem is that it tooktakes quite a long time to get to the downtown area.ThereforeHowever,Mr Yang doesnt seem to worry about the long distance.He says that a new subway line is to be built in a few yearyears and he is sure life will be better in the future.
