1、课时作业1Starting out & Understanding ideasA Milwaukee bus driver went above the call of duty when she stopped to save an unlikely wouldbe passenger: a toddler.Irene Ivic was driving on a freeway overpass when she _1_ a barefoot toddler，Milwaukee County Transit system spokesman Matt Sliker said.The chil
2、d，wearing a red onesie and a diaper，was quickly _2_ to the crossroads.“Im just grateful I was in the right place at the right time，”Ivic said at the awards ceremony held in her _3_ on Thursday.Ivic stopped the bus and ran out to _4_ the toddler. She carried the child to the bus, _5_ passengers gathe
3、red in disbelief.“Oh my God.Oh my God. I am _6_，”Ivic said in the video as she sat down in the drivers seat with the toddler.A passenger on the bus took off her winter coat and wrapped it _7_ the little girl, who was _8_ to touch. Ivic sat talking to the child，stroking her hair.The little one soon f
4、ell asleep in her _9_.The 19monthold had been cold and scared but was _10_ unharmed，police said.“Authorities eventually _11_ the baby with her father，”Sliker said.This is the ninth _12_ a lost or missing child has been _13_ by a Milwaukee County Transit System driver in recent years，according to the
5、 statement.“I absolutely love kids.I used to be a _14_ and I have children of my own，so Im so happy to help this sweet，_15_ baby，”Ivic said.本文是一篇记叙文。司机Irene Ivic在使命召唤下，停下车救下了一个不太可能的潜在的乘客：一个蹒跚学步的孩子。官方最终让孩子与父亲团聚。她很高兴能够帮助这个可爱的、纯真的婴儿。1A.crashed BspottedCescaped Dguided答案：B解析：考查动词。A.crashed碰撞；B.spotted发现
6、；C.escaped 逃脱；D.guided指导。Irene Ivic在高速公路立交桥开车时，她发现了一个赤脚的孩子。故选B。2A.running BskippingCrushing Dwalking答案：D解析：考查动词。A.running跑；B.skipping跳过；C.rushing猛冲；D.walking走路。这个孩子，身穿红色连体装和尿布，很快就走到了十字路口。故选D。3A.memory BhonorCfavor Dmind答案：B解析：考查名词。A.memory记忆；B.honor荣誉；C.favor帮助；D.mind思想。周四的时候为她举办颁奖仪式，所以对她来说是一件荣耀的事。故
7、选B。4A.calm down Blook intoCpick up Dhold back答案：C解析：考查动词词组。A.calm down使冷静下来；B.look into 调查；C.pick up拾起，接送，收到，偶然学到；D.hold back隐瞒，退缩。Ivic停了车，跑出去接孩子。故选C。5A.where BwhenCwhy Dhow答案：A解析：考查定语从句。她带着孩子上了巴士，乘客们难以置信地聚集在那里。此处是where引导的定语从句。故选A。6A.scolding ByellingClaughing Dshaking答案：D解析：考查动词。A.scolding 责备；B.yel
8、ling叫喊；C.laughing大笑；D.shaking摇动。由“Oh my God”可知此处是指Ivic救了孩子之后的后怕，所以在颤抖。故选D。7A.beside BagainstCaround Don答案：C解析：考查介词。车上一名乘客脱下冬天的大衣，裹住小女孩，她摸起来很冷。包裹婴儿用around，表示围在她的周围。故选C。8A.cold BhotCsmooth Dsick答案：A解析：考查形容词。A.cold冷的；B.hot热的；C.smooth顺利的，光滑的；D.sick厌恶的，病态的。车上一名乘客脱下冬天的大衣，裹住小女孩，她摸起来很冷。故选A。9A.seat BarmsChan
9、ds Dchest答案：B解析：考查名词。A.seat座位；B.arms胳膊；C.hands手；D.chest胸部。小家伙很快就在Ivic 的怀里睡着了。in ones arms “在某人怀里”，故选B。10A.therefore BespeciallyCotherwise Dmeanwhile答案：C解析：考查副词。A.therefore因此；B.especially尤其是；C.otherwise在其他方面，否则；D.meanwhile与此同时。警方说，这个19个月大的婴儿一直感到寒冷和恐惧，但除此之外没有受伤。故选C。11A.discovered BinformedCrecognized
10、Dreunited答案：D解析：考查动词。A.discovered发现；B.informed告知；C.recognized 认识；D.reunited使重聚。当局最终让孩子与父亲团聚。故选D。12A.time BchanceCcase Daccident答案：A解析：考查名词。A.time次数；B.chance机会；C.case情况；D.accident事故。这是密尔沃基县公交系统司机近年来第九次发现失踪儿童。故选A。13A.reported BsolvedCfound Dadopted答案：C解析：考查动词。A.reported报道；B.solved解决；C.found发现；D.adopte
11、d采用，采纳。这是密尔沃基县公交系统司机近年来第九次发现失踪儿童。故选C。14A.mother BgirlCparent Dteacher答案：D解析：考查名词。A.mother母亲；B.girl女孩；C.parent父亲或母亲；D.teacher老师。我非常喜欢孩子。我曾经是一个老师，我有我自己的孩子，所以我很高兴我能够帮助这个可爱的、纯真的婴儿。根据语境 used to be，可知A、B、C不合适，故选D。15A.innocent BprettyClucky Dbrave答案：A解析：考查形容词。A.innocent纯真的；B.pretty漂亮的；C.lucky幸运的；D.brave勇敢的
12、。我非常喜欢孩子。我曾经是一个老师，我有我自己的孩子，所以我很高兴我能够帮助这个可爱的、纯真的婴儿。故选A。AWhen the telephone rings late at night，most women guess it must be one of only four or five people calling. A sister? Maybe. An emergency? Possibly. A mother? Probably not at that time of night. Much more probably it is a close female friend cal
13、ling to tell you that she is heartbroken because she has split_up with her boyfriend again or perhaps simply that a good movie has just started on TV.At a time when family are spread far and wide and marriages often end in divorce, friendships are becoming more and more important. Erika, a 32yearold
14、 lawyer, is strengthened by her tenyear friendship with her married friend Jane. “I was very sick one night, so I called Jane at about 3：00 am to talk about it，” she says. “She was very supportive and even came over to take me to the doctors.”As American TV shows like Friends have become more popula
15、r, many of us are beginning to see the value of such friendships.TV shows like this tell us that our romantic relationships may not last, but we need to keep in touch with our close friends if we want to survive.With Erikas family 200 miles away, it is Jane who keeps a spare set of keys to Erikas ap
16、artment and waters her plants whenever she is away. “Having Jane around gives me a certain amount of freedom. It is not the kind of thing that you could ask anyone to do, but she knows I would do the same for her.” Jane, who may move to a different city soon, is worried about leaving such a support
17、system of friends. “My friends have more to do with my life than my parents and, therefore, I dont have to spend a lot of time explaining things to them. Friends are more up to date with what is happening.”这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过介绍三个场景半夜闺蜜来电，32岁律师Erika与好友Jane的故事，老友记里友情的珍贵，为大家揭示了一个道理：生命中友谊很珍贵。1A late night
18、phone call for most women is probably from _.Aa friend Ba relativeCa doctor Da stranger答案：A解析：细节理解题。从文章第一段中的“Much more probably it is a close female friend calling to.”可知，半夜给大多数女性打来电话的更可能是亲密的朋友。故A选项正确。2What does the underlined phrase “split up” in Paragraph 1 mean?AShown up. BPicked up.CTaken up. DB
19、roken up.答案：D解析：词义猜测题。画线短语所在句子“.that she is heartbroken because she has split_up with her boyfriend again.”意为“因为她又一次和男朋友分手了所以很心碎”。A.Shown up 露面，露出；B.Picked up 拾起，捡起；C.Taken up 占用，开始从事；D.Broken up 分手。故D选项正确。3Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AFriendship CountsBFriendship Deman
20、ds FreedomCFriendship Needs UnderstandingDFriendship Strengthens Romance答案：A解析：标题判断题。本文在第三段和第四段结尾都点名了中心。第三段段尾句意：像老友记这样的电视剧告诉我们浪漫的关系有可能不会长久，但是我们要想生存一定要有好朋友。第四段段尾Jane说的话的意思：生命中朋友有时比父母还重要，你不用花很多时间去向她们解释什么。她们也总是先知道你发生了什么事。这两个段尾句都在讲述朋友的重要性。故A选项正确。BTransportation and communication networks bring people to
21、gether. Yet sometimes people themselves create barriers (障碍) to transportation and communication. In some countries, laws stop people from moving freely from place to place. Over the centuries, many groups of people have been denied the freedom to travel because of their race, religion, or nationali
22、ty. In the Middle Ages, for example, Jews were often forbidden to move about freely within certain cities. South Africas government used to require black Africans to carry passes when they travel within the country. Some governments require all citizens to carry identification papers and to report t
23、o government officials whenever they move.Countries set up customs posts at their borders. Foreign travellers must go through a customs inspection before they are allowed to travel in the country. Usually travellers have to carry special papers such as passports and visas (签证). Some countries even l
24、imit the number of visitors to their country each year. Others allow tourists to visit only certain areas of the country, or they may require that travellers be with an official guide at all times during their stay.Many of those barriers to travel also act as barriers to communication. When two gove
25、rnments disagree with each other on important matters, they usually do not want their citizens to exchange news or ideas freely. Countries often try to keep military or industrial information secret.Today, people have the ability to travel, to communicate, and to transport goods more quickly and eas
26、ily than ever before. Natural barriers that were difficult or dangerous to cross a hundred years ago can now be crossed easily. The barriers that people themselves make are not so easy to overcome. But in spite of all the different kinds of barriers, people continue to enjoy travel and the exchange
27、of goods and ideas.在当今全球化大背景下，人们交流的形式多种多样，除了最常见的语言沟通，旅游渐渐成为一个重要的沟通途径。但是在这种情况下，交流障碍与信息沟通壁垒同样存在，本文分析了这一方面。4The examples in Paragraph 1 are used to tell the readers that _.Apeople have been allowed to travel freely within the countryBpeople have not been permitted to travel freely for various reasonsCt
28、ravellers have to carry special papers such as passports and visasDcustoms posts are necessary at the borders of the countries答案：B解析：目的意图题。根据原文可以总结出段落大意：Yet sometimes people themselves create barriers(障碍) to transportation and communication.(然而有时候，人们又在交通和沟通方面上制造出一些障碍)可知，由于各种原因沟通并和旅行不是完全畅通无阻的。5Some g
29、overnments limit the freedom of communication because _.Athey intend to keep their national secrets unknown to othersBthey think such freedom will lead to warsCthey often disagree with each other on important mattersDthey want to show their authority over communication答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的Countries
30、often try to keep military or industrial information secret.(一些国家经常尽力保护军队或者工业机密信息)可知选择A项。6We may learn from the passage that _.Apeople do not care about the removal of barriers between countriesBpeople can not remove the obstacles made by themselvesCmanmade barriers are sometimes harder to overcome
31、than natural onesDbarriers should be taken for granted as they always exist答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段的Natural barriers that were difficult or dangerous to cross a hundred years ago can now be crossed easily.The barriers that people themselves make are not so easy to overcome.(在数百年前可能看起来很难打破或者打破后极具危险性的自然障碍却
32、在今天很容易被打破了。人们自己制造的障碍就没有那么容易克服了。)可知选择C项。7Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?ABarriers Made by PeopleBFunctions of CommunicationCRestrictions on TransportationDProgress of Human Society答案：A解析：标题判断题。本文主要围绕人为障碍人际交流这一话题展开。所以选择A项。阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。No trip would
33、 be complete without experiencing the local food culture. Actually, China has various kinds of delicious food, including a wide variety of local snacks.For most of the foreigners I contacted, and myself _1_ (include), Peking Duck, Mongolian Hot Pot are the favourite Chinese dishes. China is a place
34、_2_ the food is not only delicious, but the _3_ (cheap) Ive ever found._4_ my last night in Beijing before _5_ (return) to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What a beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases，
35、_6_ (attract) silverware (银餐具) and beautiful chopsticks. I was handed _7_ menu and found most of the prices were especially low for the high quality of the food. The duck came in whole or half, along with all the little decorationsa little tortilla (玉米粉圆饼) to put the sliced duck and vegetables in, c
36、hopped onion and sauce.Anyway, I ordered a whole duck, thinking Id just take the rest back to my hotel _8_ (eat) later if I couldnt finish it. _9_ (believable), in the end there was none of the whole duck _10_ (leave) on the plate.这是一篇记叙文。作者认为如果在旅行中没有体验当地的美食，那这次旅行是不完整的。中国美食不仅好吃，价格也便宜。作者分享了自己在回国前一晚去一
37、个北京烤鸭餐厅吃烤鸭的经历。1included解析：考查过去分词。句意：对于我接触到的很多外国人，包括我自己，北京烤鸭和蒙古火锅是最受喜欢的中国美食。由于myself与include是被动关系(我被包含在内)，故填include的过去分词included。2where解析：考查定语从句。句意：目前为止，中国是一个我发现的不仅食物好吃，并且食物最便宜的地方。这是一个定语从句，先行词是place，在从句中作地点状语，故填关系词where。3cheapest解析：考查形容词最高级。句意：目前为止，中国是一个我发现的不仅食物好吃，并且食物最便宜的地方。由“Ive ever found(我至今发现过的)
38、”可知，这里填形容词最高级。故填cheapest。4On解析：考查介词。night/morning/noon等词前加修饰词表强调在某一个特定的时间，要用介词on。空格后的night前有修饰词my和last，故填On。5returning解析：考查动名词。句意：返回美国前在北京的最后一个晚上，我去了别人早建议我去试试的一个北京烤鸭店。“before(在之前)”在这里是一个介词，其后直接跟动词的时候需要用动名词形式。故填returning。6attractive解析：考查形容词。句意：多么美丽的地方！墙上有非常好的木制字体，花瓶里有新鲜的花，还有引人注目的银餐具和漂亮的筷子。此处修饰名词，故用形容
39、词。故填attractive。7a解析：考查不定冠词。句意：他们递给我一个菜单，我发现对于这样高质量的食物，大多数价格都是相当低的。“menu”第一次出现，不是特指，是泛指。故填a。8to_eat解析：考查不定式。句意：无论如何，我点了一只整的烤鸭，想着如果吃不完就把剩下的带回旅馆晚些吃。这里用不定式作目的状语，故填to eat。9Unbelievably解析：考查副词。句意：不可思议的是，最后盘子里整只烤鸭一点也没有剩下。这里的空格修饰整句话，需要用副词。故填Unbelievably。10left解析：考查过去分词。句意：不可思议的是，最后盘子里整只烤鸭一点也没有剩下。“none of the whole duck”与“leave”之间是被动关系(被剩下)，故填left。