1、课时作业32.阅读理解AA primary school principal in north China has become the latest Internet celebrity for leading some cool moves during a morning exercise routine with his students.Every morning, 40yearold principal Zhang Pengfei at the Xi Guan Primary School in Linyi county, Shanxi province would lead ab
2、out 700 pupils on the playground in a synchronised “ghost shuffle” routinea dance that incorporates contemporary jazz steps with heel, toe and arm movements. The bold headmaster thought the fun and energetic exercise routine would better encourage students to get active instead of “being glued to th
3、eir mobile phones”The schools new 30minute dance routine has replaced the governmentimposed broadcast callisthenics (健身操) programme, a short workout that has been a requirement at every primary, middle and secondary school in China since 1951. “I thought we needed a change because the students have
4、been losing interest in doing the broadcast callisthenics routine，” Zhang told Southern Metropolis Daily.The dedicated principal said he came across a group of people doing the “ghost shuffle” routine at a public plaza last summer and decided to learn the dance himself. “I thought the dance would be
5、 great for kids，” he said. “The music is full of energy and it really gets the happy feeling of flowing.” In October, he introduced the choreographed (编舞) routine to all of his students and shortly after, even teachers and staff were joining in the activity. “Now the students arent constantly on the
6、ir phones. I sometimes catch them watching different dance routine videos and learning new moves！” the proud headmaster told reporters.The video quickly went around on Chinese social media, with a Weibo topic page titled “principal leads students in ghost dance routine” gathering 250 million views.
7、“This is perhaps the best adaption of sport and entertainment for children，” a comment on Weibo read.山西临猗县西关小学校长对学校的课间操进行了改革，选用“鬼步舞”代替课间操，他认为这种舞蹈音乐节奏强烈，充满正能量，对孩子的身心健康有益。这位校长领着孩子们在课间跳“鬼步舞”的视频迅速成为热点。1What can we know from the passage?AZhang Pengfei is a primary school principal in south China.BXi Guan
8、 Primary Schools new 30minute dance routine is both fun and energetic.CDoing the broadcast callisthenics routine is only required at primary schools in China.DFew people showed interest in Zhang Pengfeis ghost dance routine video on Weibo.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第二段尾句可知，这位大胆的校长认为，这种有趣且充满活力的锻炼动作能更好地鼓励学生活跃起来，而
9、不是“粘在手机上”。据此可知，这种舞蹈有趣且充满活力，故B项正确。2What can we infer from the last paragraph?APeople hold a critical attitude towards the adaptation.BPeople hold an indifferent attitude towards the adaptation.CPeople hold a negative attitude towards the adaptation.DPeople hold a supportive attitude towards the adapt
10、ation.答案：D解析：推理判断题。通读尾段可知，“校长带领学生跳鬼步舞”的视频在微博上被大量点击浏览；根据尾句中的“This is perhaps the best adaption of sport and entertainment for children”可知，微博评论认为这种舞蹈可能是孩子们运动和娱乐的最佳方式。据此可推知，人们支持这种改编的舞蹈，故D项正确。3What can we learn from the passage?AThe “ghost shuffle” routine was created by Zhang Pengfei.BThe “ghost dance”
11、 is a form of callisthenics in China.CThe principal leads students in the ghost dance routine.DThe primary school is famous in China.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的内容，尤其是第一句中的“Every morning, 40yearold principal.would lead about 700 pupils on the playground in a synchronised ghost shuffle routine”可知，校长带领学生跳“鬼步舞”
12、。4From which part of a magazine can we read this passage?AAgriculture.BTechnology.CEconomy.DEducation.答案：D解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文与学校教育相关，故最可能选自杂志的教育版块，故D项正确。BPublic libraries are an excellent resource for research, literacy (读写能力) education, and readingcentered events. Most towns have one or share librar
13、y services with other towns through a mobile library, and the use of a public library is free to people who are willing to apply for a library card.There are several primary sources of library funding (资金), starting with national funds which are distributed to states or provinces. These regions send
14、 the funds on to public libraries. Local governments also play an important role in providing funding for libraries, and most librarians apply for grants (拨款). Finally, private donations help to maintain librariesmost libraries have an association of Friends of the Library which organizes fundraisin
15、g sales and pays annual dues to help maintain the library.Grants and private donations can also be used to provide a large amount of funding for public libraries, and some large libraries maintain a separate staff member to increase the amount of funding that they can obtain through these sources. G
16、rants include technology grants which allow libraries to install and upgrade computer systems, grants which focus on a particular topic such as science, fiction, childrens books, or local history, and education grants which support locallybased community efforts such as afterschool reading programs.
17、 Many private donors are pleased to support their local public libraries by donating funds or including some library in their wills, and libraries reward their donors with treats like afterhours visits or privileged access to special collections.By combining multiple resources, creative librarians c
18、an keep their libraries useful, informative, and fun for browsers. When it comes to supporting public libraries, every little bit counts：if you cannot afford to donate to a local library, think about volunteering time to help shelve books, lead afterschool programs, or organize fundraisers. Being ac
19、tive with your public library is a very important way to contribute to your local community.本文是说明文，主要介绍了图书馆资金的几个主要来源。5How many main sources of library funding are mentioned?ATwo.BThree.CFour.DFive.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第二段可知，图书馆资金来源主要有三个：国家资金；当地政府的拨款；私人捐款。6How is the funding made use of according to the te
20、xt?ABy exploring more about history.BBy developing a scientific computer system.CBy holding afterschool activities for students.DBy enriching special collections for the donors.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“education grants which support locallybased community efforts such as afterschool reading programs”可知，
21、有些资金用于为学生举办一些课外读书活动。7What does the underlined word “browsers” refer to in the last paragraph?AViewers in the library.BPrograms used to view documents.CPeople running the library.DDonors visiting the library regularly.答案：A解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句可知，通过组合多种资源，有创造力的图书馆馆长可以使他们的图书馆有用、信息丰富并且对于browsers来说有趣。故可推知bro
22、wsers应是去图书馆的人。8What is the purpose of the text?ATo stress the value of public libraries.BTo appeal for donation to local libraries.CTo introduce sources of public library funding.DTo show the procedure of funding libraries.答案：C解析：写作意图题。本文主要介绍了图书馆资金的几个主要来源，故答案为C。.七选五Whats the purpose of building pati
23、ence abilities? In a word, happiness. Better relationships, more success. But indeed it takes efforts to build them successfully. _1_ Thus, when the big ones come, we will have developed the patience we need for hard times.Understand the addictive nature of anger and impatience. We, human beings, ar
24、e still constructed with our old reptilian (爬行动物的) brain that protects our physical and emotional survival. On the emotional survival side, we want our way to get ahead, to achieve, and to “look good”. Lets just face it. _2_ So the first step in growing patience is to get in touch with the addictive
25、 quality of the opposite of patienceanger, impatience, blame and shame. We all have them. And we can grow beyond them.Upgrade our attitude towards discomfort and pain. Pain has its purposes and pushes us to find solutionswe try to change the other person, situation or thing that we think is causing
26、our discomfort. But the problem is that it is not the outside thing thats the source of our pain, but how our mind is set. _3_Pay attention when the impatience or pain starts. Most of us dont really realize it when we are feeling even the smallestbut very presentpainful feelings. _4_ But to really c
27、are for ourselves, get curious about whats actually happening in the moment inside you. Focusing on whats actually happening, you can notice the worry of not wanting whats happening, the resistance._5_ When you find yourself impatient, or angry with yourself, you can remind yourself that you are gro
28、wing, and that, “Sure, this is understandable; this is what happens to me when Im bothered.” You can say to yourself, “Its true. I dont like this; this is uncomfortable, but I can tolerate it.”APractice positive selftalk.BSo the solution to pain is an inside job.CPatience abilities benefit you in ma
29、ny ways.DLearn to forgive yourself for being impatient in hard times.EWe ignore the fact that were in pain and focus completely on fixing the problem.FThe urge to protect ourselves and what we consider valuable is absolutely habitforming.GEffective ways are recommended to train ourselves to work wit
30、h little pain and annoyance.本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了培养耐心的几个有效的方法。1G解析：根据空前一句以及空后一句“Thus, when the big ones come, we will.hard times”可知，成功地培养耐心需要花费精力，因而推荐一些有效的方法用来训练我们应对痛苦及烦恼的能力，因此当更大的麻烦来临时，我们将已经有耐心应对困难的时刻。故G项符合语境。2F解析：根据空后的“So the first step.blame and shame”可推知，保护我们自己和我们认为有价值的东西的冲动绝对是由习惯养成的，因此要做的第一步就是了解负面情绪根深
31、蒂固的本性。故选F。3B解析：根据空前一句“But the problem is that it is not the outside thing thats the source of our pain, but how our mind is set”可知，问题不是出现在引起痛苦的外在因素上面，而是出现在我们的思考方式上，因此解决痛苦是一种内在的活动。故选B。4E解析：根据空前一句“Most of us dont really realize it.painful feelings”及空后的“get curious about whats actually happening in the
32、 moment inside you”可知，我们经常忽略了这样一个事实，即我们处于痛苦之中，而我们的关注的焦点总是全部集中在解决问题上。5A解析：根据文章结构和空处所在位置可知，空处为段落主题句；通读本段可知，本段主要是说要积极地自我对话，故A项符合语境。.语法填空Humans are naturally good at focusing on specific voices among the noisea phenomenon _1_ (know) as the cocktail party (鸡尾酒会) effect. However, automatic speech separati
33、on remains to be a bit _2_ (challenge) for computers. Now a new program could stop _3_ (listen) to background noise in videos in order to hear _4_ a particular person on screen is saying.The programa new Artificial Intelligence (AI) system_5_ (design) by Google researchers. It could use both audio a
34、nd visual cues (提示), such as mouth movements, _6_ (separate) sounds from different speakers in videos. Researchers tested their AI system on cocktail partylike short videos that had two or three people talking with each other, with various _7_ (level) of background noise. By watching and listening t
35、o the videos, it could distinguish which sounds were coming from each speaker more accurately _8_ a similar algorithm (算法)“We are trying to design _9_ faster version of the program now. It will not only improve the speech separation quality _10_ (significant) in mixed speeches, but also associate th
36、e separated, clean speech tracks with the visible speakers in the video，” the researchers said.本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了研究人员设计了一款人工智能软件，它能够成功地识别嘈杂环境中不同人的声音。1known解析：考查非谓语动词。phenomenon和know之间是被动关系。所以用过去分词作后置定语，故填known。2challenging解析：考查形容词。根据空格前的a bit以及语境可知，此处需填形容词表示自动的语音分离对计算机来说是有挑战性的，故填challenging。3listening解析
37、：考查非谓语动词。此处语境表示一款新的人工智能软件可以无视噪音，需用stop doing sth.，故填listening。4what解析：考查连词。此句为动词hear引导的宾语从句，且连接词在宾语从句中作动词saying的宾语，故填what。5was_designed解析：考查动词的时态语态。The program和design之间是被动关系，且根据下文时态可知，此处需用一般过去时的被动语态，故填was designed。6to_separate解析：考查非谓语动词。动词不定式to separate作目的状语，故填to separate。7levels解析：考查名词。根据空格前的various可知，此处应用名词复数形式，指不同程度的背景噪音。故填levels。8than解析：考查介词。根据空格前的more accurately可知此处用比较级，故填介词than。9a解析：考查冠词。根据语境可知，此处泛指一款更快的软件版本，故填不定冠词a。10significantly解析：考查副词。副词significantly修饰动词improve，故填significantly。