1、 Section The Language Points of Reading课时作业(一)对应学生用书P39完形填空Back in 1959，when I was 13，I attended a school in Brooklyn. Because of the Sabbath on Friday，we had an early _1_ from school. Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball. I always _2_ myself instead in a small
2、 public library，_3_ for hours before sundown，the beginning of the Sabbath.There was a kind of _4_ in that library that led me to worlds that I thought Id never see. I was _5_ to the Green Mountain Boys，to Isaac Asimov robots，to the swashbuckling novels of Thomas B. Costain and to a whole host of _6_
3、 of the mind. I found a paradise (乐园) of silence where I could _7_ my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds._8_， after watching the current generation of teens _9_ in the troubled waters of technology，I had little confidence in the _10_ of the book. I felt sure that the physical object w
4、ould be a thing of the past which the Twitter (推特) world had already _11_， limiting the imagination of this _12_ to the few characters that they could _13_ in the shortest period.But on a Saturday in August，I was shocked into the _14_ that my fears might be unnecessary.Stony Brook University _15_ a
5、competition for teens representing local public libraries. The participation of my granddaughter，Kayla，brought it to my _16_.In the Student Activities Center，hundreds of young people came in character costumes， _17_ ready to respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read. They had spe
6、nt the summer in _18_.Imagine，an entire summer reading when they could have lazed with their smartphones and followed the president into the Twitter universe. _19_， they followed their imaginations and _20_ themselves to the books. Perhaps there is hope for the word.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了“我”与阅读之间的故事以及“
7、我”对阅读的态度的转变。1.A.start B.release C.reply D.warning答案：B根据上文中的“Because of the Sabbath on Friday”可知，周五是安息日，故此处表示我们放学很早。release “释放，放出，放走”，符合语境。2.A.found B.imagined C.amused D.noticed答案：A根据上文中的“Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball.”并结合语境可知，大多数同学会去当地公园打篮球或棒球，而“我”总是发现
8、(found)自己在一个小公共图书馆里。3.A.dreaming B.discussing C.reading D.struggling答案：C根据上文中的“in a small public library”可知，“我”在一个小公共图书馆里，故此处指在太阳下山之前阅读(reading)几个小时。4.A.book B.quiet C.guide D.light答案：B根据下文中的“my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds”可知，“我”可以在图书馆里探索内在自我，找到其他世界的珍宝。所以此处表示在这个图书馆里有一种宁静(quiet)
9、，它能带“我”抵达“我”认为“我”永远都见不到的世界。下文中的“a paradise (乐园) of silence”也是提示。5.A.introduced B.bound C.persuaded D.forced答案：A根据语境可知，此处指“我”被引见(introduced)给了很多书中的人物。6.A.fights B.analyses C.images D.adventures答案：D根据语境可知，此处指给“我”带来了精神上的冒险(adventures)。7.A.lose B.explore C.ignore D.desert答案：B根据语境可知，在这片安静的乐园里，“我”可以探索(exp
10、lore)内在自我，找到其他世界的珍宝。8.A.However B.MoreoverC.Therefore D.Furthermore答案：A根据下文的描述可知，上下文存在转折关系，故选However “然而”。9.A.ruined B.drawn C.stuck D.abused答案：C根据“the troubled waters of technology”可知，此处表示如今陷入技术混乱的一代青少年。stuck “陷入，困于”。10.A.publication B.survival C.substitute D.content答案：B根据下文尤其是下文中的“I felt sure that
11、 the physical object would be a thing of the past”可知，“我”感觉这个有形的物质实体(书)将会成为过去，故此处指“我”对书的存活(survival)抱有很少的信心。11.A.destroyed B.reached C.attracted D.overtaken答案：D根据语境可知，此处表示推特世界已经超越了(overtaken)这个有形的物质实体。12.A.librarian B.generation C.university D.neighborhood答案：B根据上文中的“after watching the current generat
12、ion of teens”可知，此处指把这一代(generation)青少年的想象力限制在少数几个人物身上。13.A.consume B.play C.recognize D.defeat答案：A此处表示这一代青少年关于这几个人物的想象力可以在最短的时间内消耗掉(consume)。14.A.hope B.promise C.awareness D.inspiration答案：C根据上文中的“But on a Saturday in August”及下文中的“Stony Brook University _15_ a competition for teens representing loca
13、l public libraries.”的描述可知，此处指“我”震惊地意识(awareness)到“我”的恐惧可能是不必要的。15.A.proposed B.abandoned C.delayed D.hosted答案：D此处表示Stony Brook大学为代表当地公共图书馆的青少年举办了(hosted)一场比赛。16.A.attention B.memory C.home D.childhood答案：A此处表示“我”的孙女Kayla的参与引起了“我”的注意(attention)。bring . to ones attention “引起某人的注意”。17.A.hopefully B.enth
14、usiastically C.never D.physically答案：B根据上文可知，成百上千的学生来参加比赛，所以空处表示他们热情地(enthusiastically)准备回答与他们所读的书相关的问题。18.A.advance B.vain C.preparation D.presentation答案：C根据上文中的“respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read”及下文中的“an entire summer reading”可知，此处指他们用暑假的时间进行准备(preparation)。19.A.Instead
15、B.Somehow C.Anyhow D.Unfortunately答案：A上文提到想象一下，他们整个夏天都在阅读，他们本可以懒散地玩智能手机，这与下文中的“他们顺着他们的思维”形成转折，故选Instead “相反”。20.A.delivered B.betrayed C.devoted D.left答案：C上文提到他们整个夏天都在阅读，所以选C。devote “献身，致力，倾注”。阅读理解AI was browsing through different websites and almost all of them had headlines like，“Simon Cowells TV
16、show Red or Black？ loses more than a million viewers，” “Pay TV losing thousands of viewers！”， “Are TV shows doomed (注定) to lose viewers？” and so on.The Web is taking overThere are a couple of reasons why TV has been losing viewers. The major contributor to this is the Internet. Everything you find o
17、n TV can be found on the Web，but not vice versa. Computers are more interactive (交互的) and are broadly used compared to the television. Videos of ones favorite songs and soaps can be downloaded and seen whenever one desires to. So，who really needs the TV now?_Ideally，if one is not employed，then he/sh
18、e would spend more time watching TV. However，what if the financial state of that unemployed person makes him/her unable to afford to watch TV? Thats the kind of financial state many people are in today. Those who had taken a housing loan and were hit by the economic crisis moved back to live with th
19、eir families. A lot of questions have been raised on how the decreasing TV viewership is going to hit the television industry. There has been a shift in television advertisements to other carriers. Restaurants，newspapers and websites are now receiving more advertisements. This will definitely decrea
20、se the money earned by the TV industry. But in the long run，because of the increasing competition with the Web，there will be more creativity. This will only improve the content seen by the viewers.However，TV will always remain as a musthave thing in every home. A TV brings people together. A TV will
21、 always be preferred for enjoying live soccer matches，new TV series and your favorite movies. A computer may be your personal equipment but a TV serves to be a family attraction.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。电视节目收视率下降的新闻随处可见，作者分析了其原因，并对电视的未来发展形势做出了判断。1.It can be inferred in the first paragraph that _.A.surfing the
22、Internet is more popular than watching TVB.watching TV is harmful to our healthC.there are many different creative programs on TVD.TV is losing its popularity答案：D推理判断题。第一段所列的所有新闻标题都是关于电视节目收视率下降的，由此可知，电视的受欢迎程度正在下降。2.Whats the best title for the third paragraph?A.There are more choices for entertainme
23、ntB.Unemployment is affecting TV viewershipC.More people are living togetherD.Busy life and less free time are influencing the situation答案：B段落大意题。从第三段第一句“Ideally，if one is not employed .”可知，本段讨论的是失业问题对电视的受欢迎程度的影响。3.We can learn from the last paragraph that _.A.TV is still the most popular mediumB.th
24、e TV industry needs more competitionC.TV wont be replaced by the InternetD.the TV industry has more creativity than other media答案：C推理判断题。最后一段主要说的是电视的重要性。从最后一句可知，作者认为电视不会被网络取代。4.In which part of a magazine would you most probably find the passage?A.Education. B.Entertainment.C.History. D.Figures.答案：B
25、推理判断题。文章主要分析了电视收视率下降受网络媒体的影响及未来发展趋势，故最有可能在杂志的娱乐版中找到。B(2019辽宁六校协作体高三上学期期初联考)According to a Pew Research Center report，“71% of those 1018 turn to the internet as a main news source.” Another Pew report found says that on an average day，29 percent of young people were “newsless” meaning they did not ge
26、t any news，from traditional platforms，mobile phones，or even social networks.Despite the fact that both my husband and I are in journalism，my husband as a design editor and myself as a writer，I have often wondered if our four sons would grow up to read printed pages with their own children someday.I
27、got my answer last week when my failure to renew us living in a newspaper desert for two weeks. Normally we get both The VirginianPilot (the paper for which my husband works) and The Christian Science Monitor Weekly print edition. Our four sons have grown up with a variety of print newspapers availa
28、ble daily. That has changed slightly since our youngest，Quin，10，has also become an online news tracker.However，it wasnt until the newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week that I learned how deeply attached they all are to the printed，paper，page. Thats when we decided to make a lis
29、t of what we have come to rely on newspapers to do cheaply and immediately.Heres the list we made together of what our newspaper is used for beyond learning the news itself: as an umbrella when caught in rain; to stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry; to stuff in hats to keep their shape; to stuff und
30、er doors and in cracks to stop cold wind from coming in; to wallpaper for a doll house (my dad did that once).Despite the growing list of household uses，my sons love for reading the paper before it becomes cage liner has helped me to realize that there is still hope that our kids and future generati
31、ons will continue to value the printed news as more than just a means to a crafting project end，but to getting a more touchable grasp on the issues they may face in life.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。根据一份报告，在1018岁的人群中，有71%的人将互联网作为主要的新闻来源。平均每天有29%的年轻人“无新闻”，这意味着他们没有从传统平台、手机甚至社交网络上获得任何新闻。5.What is the Pew Research Cen
32、ter report probably about?A.Childrens news source.B.Quality of journalism.C.Childrens afterclass activities.D.Parentchild relationships.答案：A细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “71% of those 1018 turn to the internet as a main news source”可知，the Pew Research Center的报告大概是孩子们的新闻来源。故选A。6.When did the author learn how deeply
33、attached her children are to newspapers?A.Our four sons would grow up to read printed pages with their own children.B.Our youngest，Quin，10，has also become an online news addict.C.The newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week.D.We decided to make a list of what we have come to rely
34、on newspapers.答案：C细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“However，it wasnt until the newspapers . they all are to the printed，paper，page.”可知，报纸一周有七天不送到家门口的时候，作者才知道她的孩子对报纸有多深的依恋。故选C。7.Which is not on the list of using newspapers for household?A.To wallpaper for a doll house.B.To get news from social networks.C.To act as an u
35、mbrella when caught in rain.D.To stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind coming in.答案：B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Heres the list we made . to wallpaper for a doll house (my dad did that once).”可知文中没有提到B项。故选B。8.How should children and future generations continue to value the newspaper?A.Using it as a me
36、ans to a crafting project end.B.Relying on it to do cheaply and immediately.C.Growing up with a variety of print newspapers available daily.D.Getting a more touchable grasp on the issues they may face in life.答案：D细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“. still hope that our kids . the issues they may face in life”可知，儿童和子孙后代应该对他们在未来生活中可能面临的问题产生更大兴趣，并因此重视报纸。故选D。
