1、课时作业(十二)Cultural Corner & Writing.单词拼写1An _ (巨大)building was built along the river.2On a _(大雾)day，youd better not go out.3On the _ (观察台)on the mountain，you will see the whole city clearly.4The plane _(坠毁)into a mountain and the passengers on it were injured.5Its very cold today；the temperature has d
2、ropped to the _ (冰冷的)point.6What a _ (荒唐的)suggestion！To go such a far place on foot!.单项填空1You must bring _ end to this silly behavior，otherwise you are in _ great trouble.Athe；aBthe；theC/；the Dan；/2In my opinion，what he told us just now about the affair simply doesnt make any _.Ameaning BideaCsense
3、Dpoint3You cant be careful enough to drive on the _ road in _ weather.Afreezing；frozen Bfreezing；freezingCfrozen；freezing Dfrozen；frozen4(2013德阳高一调研)The doctor thought _ would be good for you to have a holiday.Athis BthatCone Dit5_ you have seen both fighters，_ will win?ASince；do you think whoBAs；wh
4、o you thinkCWhen；whoeverDSince；who do you think6(2013广元高一检测)He often thinks out some _ ideas so he is often laughed at by others.Aimportant Bnecessary Cordinary Dridiculous7He waited _ the fog disappeared and he was able to return home later.Awhen BbeforeCas Duntil8From her _ expression，I knew she h
5、adnt expected I would ask her such an _ question.Aastonished；astonishingBastonishing；astonished Castonished；astonishedDastonishing；astonishing9(2013济南高一检测)My friend showed me round the town，_ was very kind of him.Awhich BthatCwhere Dit10Mr.Wang，our headmaster，is now_.You cant find him at school.Aon
6、holiday Bin holidayCon a holiday Din a holiday.阅读理解AAre you tired？Do you often catch colds and flu？If so，you might consider changing your sleep habits.Good health demands good sleep.Studies have shown that most people need eight hours of sleep each night.Americans，however，on average，get only seven h
7、ours.Onethird of us get just six hours，and good health is not simply a matter of how much sleep you get，but also the type of sleep you get.Nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep allows your body to grow and repair itself.During NREM sleep，your muscles relax.Your heart rate and breathing rate decrease.Yo
8、ur eyes roll slowly back and forth then they stop moving.Most of the sleeping you do is NREM sleep.Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep restores your brain.During REM sleep，you dream.You may not remember every dream，but every time you sleep，you dream.Your eyes move back and forth quickly.Your breathing ra
9、te and heartbeat increase.Your muscles become paralyzed (麻痹的)About 25 percent of your sleep is REM sleep.You need enough of both kinds of sleep to be healthy.Is it a real concern if you dont get enough good sleep？It certainly is.Poor sleep puts you and others at risk.More than 100,000 car accidents
10、are caused each year by drivers who nod off (打盹)Almost D|S100 billion is lost yearly in the business and environmental field.People deprived_of sleep have been factors in the Challenger space tragedy，the Exxon Valdez oil spill (溢出)，and the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident.So do yourself and everyo
11、ne around you a favour.Dont cheat yourself out of good sleep!1This passage is mainly about _.Awhy people dreamBwhat happens during REM sleepCwhy people catch colds and fluDthe importance of sleep2Most sleep at night is _.ANREM sleepBREM sleepCgood quality sleepDsleep that makes you become paralysed3
12、“Good sleep” can be described as _.Agetting about eight hours of the two types of sleepBsleeping soundly through the nightCgetting more than seven hours of sleep each nightDhaving sleep that prevents accidents4The underlined phrase “deprived of” in the last paragraph means “_”Anot wantingBstopped fr
13、om havingCtrying to get Dasking forB(2013新课标全国卷)In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival(节日) of music，dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.It quickly attracted fam
14、ous names such as Alec Guinness，Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团)It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge(挑战) to the official festival.Eight t
15、heatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform，and they did so in a public house disused for years.Soon，groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University，and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge，Durham and Birmingham were mak
16、ing the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by littleknown writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.Today the “Fringe”，once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre，music and dance on every one of the
17、 21 days it lasts.And yet as early as 1959，with only 19 theatregroups performing, some said it was getting too big.A paid administrator(行政人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself.In 2004 ther
18、e were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries.More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.5What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?ATo bring Europe together again.BTo honor heroes of World War .CTo introduce young theatre groups.DTo a
19、ttract great artists from Europe.6Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?AThey owned a public house there.BThey came to take up a challenge.CThey thought they were also famous.DThey wanted to take part in the festival.7Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?APopular write
20、rs.BUniversity students.CArtists from around the world.DPerformers of music and dance.8We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival_.Ahas become a nonofficial eventBhas gone beyond an art festivalCgives shows all year roundDkeeps growing rapidly.翻译句子1那架飞机在山中坠毁。(crash)_2人们正在为结束环境污染而战。(bring an
21、end to)_3你刚才说的有道理。(make sense)_4他独自抚养这个孩子真是太难了。(形式主语)_5你认为谁将派去那儿工作？(疑问词插入语陈述句)_课时作业(十二).1.enormous2.foggy3.observatory4. crashed5. freezing6.ridiculous.1.D考查冠词。句意：你必须立刻结束这种愚蠢的行为，否则，你将陷入很大的麻烦中。bring an end to “结束；终止”；in trouble “处于麻烦中”。2C句意：依我看来，刚才他告诉我们的关于这件事的话没有任何意义。make sense“讲得通；有道理；有意义”。其他选项均不与ma
22、ke搭配构成此意。3C第一空填frozen表示“结冰的”；第二空填freezing表示“极冷的”。故答案为C。4D代词 it的两个重要用法是作形式主语和形式宾语。本题考查it作形式主语，it在这里代指后面的真正主语to have a holiday。5Dsince引导状语从句，附带说明原因。do you think是插入成分，其余部分是宾语从句，作think的宾语；由于引导词在从句中作主语，所以要用主格who(不用whom)。6D句意：他经常想出一些荒唐的主意，所以经常被别人嘲笑。ridiculous荒唐的，符合句意。important重要的；necessary必要的；ordinary普通的。
23、7Duntil在句中引导时间状语从句，表示“直到”。when表示“当的时候”；before表示“在之前”；as表示“随着”。8A句意：从她那吃惊的表情我看得出，她没有料到我会问她如此令人吃惊的问题。astonished指“(人)吃惊的”；astonishing指“令人吃惊的”。9A句意：我朋友带我参观了这座城镇，这真是太好了。分析句子结构可知，此处用which引导非限制性定语从句，指代整个主句的内容。10Aon holiday在休假中，符句句意。.【语篇解读】本文主要论述了睡眠的重要性。1D文章第一段讲述了健康与睡眠的时长和类型有关，文章第二、三段介绍了两种睡眠方式，最后一段说明睡眠不足所带来
24、的害处，因此全文的中心是睡眠的重要性，故答案选D项。2A根据第二段最后一句“Most of the sleeping you do is NREM sleep”可以得出答案。3A由第一段第四句“Studies have shown that most people need eight hours of sleep each night”，和第二段最后一句“You need enough of.to be healthy”可知，好的睡眠要两种睡眠方式，故A项正确。4B文章最后一段主要是说明睡眠不足所带来的危害，由此推断“People deprived of sleep”应该是指睡眠不足的人，故
25、正确答案为B项。【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。1947年一群艺术界的著名艺术家在一位奥地利指挥家的带领下，决定在爱丁堡举办国际艺术节来使整个欧洲在二战后再团结起来。没想到这个艺术节得到了许多人的青睐，并迅速发展。5A细节理解题。根据第一段的The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.可知答案为A项。6D细节理解题。根据第三段的.in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform，and they did so in a public house disu
26、sed for years.可知一些没被邀请的剧团是自己想参加艺术节，故答案为D项。7B细节理解题。从第四段可知答案为B项。8D推理判断题。从最后一段的一系列数据可知答案为D项。.1.The plane crashed in the mountains.2.People are fighting to bring an end to the pollution of the environment.3.What you said just now made sense.4.It was pretty hard for him to bring up the child on his own.5.Who do you think will be sent to work there?
