1、Section Discovering Useful Structures.单句语法填空1The reason _ she changed her mind is quite clear.2The days _ they travelled together meant a lot to him.3I saw a house, the windows of _ were broken.4She has two sons, both of _ graduated from Harvard University.5Nobody knows the reason for _ she didnt at
2、tend the meeting.6We went through a period _ communications were very difficult in the rural areas.7The children, all of _ had played the whole day long, were worn out.8We visited the car factory _ my uncle once worked three years ago.9This is the factory _ I visited last year.10The old man has two
3、sons, and both of _ are lawyers.完成句子1他不能到那里去的原因是他卧病在床。The reason _ was that he was ill in bed.2我们生活在许多事情可以在电脑上做的时代。We are living in an age _ on computer.3毕业以后，他回到那个他长大的小镇上。After graduation he returned to the small town _.4我不喜欢你跟你父母讲话的方式。I dont like the way _.5那间在大火中被毁坏的屋子已经被重新修好了。The house _ in the
4、terrible fire has been repaired.6我永远也不会忘记和你一起工作的日子。Ill never forget the days _.7我们在学生中进行了一次调查，78%的学生投票支持Lee来当班长。We made a survey among the students, _ Lee their monitor.8他是我的一个老同学，我前几天在街上偶然遇见了(come across)他。He is one of my old schoolmates, _ the other day in the street.阅读理解Learning Chinese could be
5、one of the most important decisions you have ever made. Chinese is becoming the language to learn in the 21st century. With the worlds largest population and the rapidly growing middle class, China stands to become the engine of the worlds economy in the coming years. This will make learning Chinese
6、 very important for people in many industries, or for those who wish to visit China or learn from its culture and history.There is an ongoing effort to modernize the writing system and standardize the language. An increasing number of people learning Chinese are learning Mandarin, so unless you abso
7、lutely need to learn another dialect (such as Cantonese), be sure you are studying Mandarin. For native English speakers, Chinese is one of the most difficult and most different languages to learn. The vocabulary is wholly unfamiliar and unlike anything we know. In addition, in the Chinese tone syst
8、em, words are spoken in rising or falling tones, which help to distinguish them. Furthermore, there is the Chinese writing system a collection of thousands of individual ideograms (表意文字), or symbols, which represent a word or an idea. These ideograms have no phonetic (语音的) value that is to say, we c
9、ant tell how the word is pronounced by how it is written. There is a method of presenting written Chinese in a phonetic script called pinyin. If you are learning Chinese, youll be working with this pinyin system, but the beauty of the traditional writing system shouldnt be passed up. All these facto
10、rs make learning Chinese difficult for us. Yet, for a determined learner, theres always a way to overcome these difficulties.1Why is learning Chinese becoming more and more important?AChinese engines are very welcome.BChina has the worlds largest population.CThere are more and more rich people in Ch
11、ina.DChina is becoming more and more important to the worlds economy.2What can we learn from the text?AThe author thinks Chinese is as difficult as English.BThe author is interested in the Chinese language and its culture.CForeign languages can play a great role in industrial development.DAs long as
12、 the pinyin system is learned well, one can learn Chinese well.3Whats the last paragraph mainly about?AThe difficulties of learning Chinese.BThe advantages of learning Chinese.CThe Chinese tone system.DThe Chinese writing system.4What would be probably written following this text?AThe sources of Chi
13、nese characters.BThe importance of learning Chinese.CThe advice on how to learn Chinese.DThe difficulties of learning other languages.完形填空My parents came to America in the early 1970s. My grandmother on my mothers side was a very wise woman. She was probably the _1_ person I have known, _2_ she only
14、 went to second grade. But she had her daughters go to school and asked them to tell her everything they were _3_ in school. She got along well with everyone. She used to say, “If you do right to people, most of them will do _4_ to you.” She advised us to stay away from gossip. She taught us to trea
15、t people with good _5_. It was the essence (精髓) of living in harmony with other people. She was always _6_ to help a neighbor. If a woman just had a baby, she would _7_ soup. My grandmother was everybodys mother and grandmother. She _8_ 99 years. She died during a nap (小睡). She had gone to take a(n)
16、 _9_ in a rocking chair. She told her daughter that she was _10_ and needed a nap. The next thing I _11_ , “Mama！” They say that you see the person you love just before you die, so she probably saw her mother! All of us were in deep sorrow. Over the years I have stayed in _12_ with cousins. Ive neve
17、r been back to Cuba. The last time I was there was 1959. I do _13_ the people and the beaches. However, the people are not there anymore. My friends and family are not there. I miss things like carnival (狂欢节) which is great _14_ with singing and dancing in the streets. I even went to a nightclub or
18、two when I was very young. All of these _15_ me a wonderful and unforgettable memory.1A.oldest BlaziestCwisest Dshortest2A.yet BsoCand Dor3A.reading BwritingClearning Dteaching4A.right BwrongCgood Dharm5A.manners Bluck Cmethods Dhabits6A.generous BoutgoingCready Dsatisfied7A.order BcookCheat Dbuy8A.
19、lived BstayedCdeveloped Dlasted9A.trip BadventureCmeal Drest 10.A.hopeless Bbored Ctired Dbrave11A.noticed Bsaid Cmade Dheard12A.distance Bmind Ctouch Dcondition 13.A.meet Bcall Cdivide Dmiss14A.interest BfunChappiness Dcraziness15A.left BexpressedCmarked Dcreated课时作业(十七).单句语法填空1why/for which2.when3
20、.which4whom5.which6.when7.whom8where9.that/which10.them.补全句子1why he could not go there2when many things are done3where/in which he grew up4(that/in which) you speak to your parents5which was destroyed6when I worked together with you778% of whom vote8who/whom I came across.阅读理解【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了学习中文的
21、重要性、中文的特点以及学习中文的困难。1答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据第一段中的“China stands to become the engine of the worlds economy in the coming years. This will make learning Chinese very important for people in many industries”可知，学习中文变得越来越重要是因为中国对世界经济变得越来越重要，故D项正确。2答案与解析：B推理判断题。通读全文可推知，作者对中国语言和其文化很感兴趣，故B项正确。3答案与解析：A段落大意题。根据最后一段中的“
22、For native English speakers, Chinese is one of the most difficult and most different languages to learn”及后文内容可知，本段主要介绍了学习中文的困难，故A项正确。4答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Yet, for a determined learner, theres always a way to overcome these difficulties”可知，然而，有决心的学习者总会有办法克服这些困难，由此可推知，接下来作者可能会给出关于如何学习中文的建议，故C项正确。.完形
23、填空【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的外祖母虽然受教育程度不高，但是她的睿智和善良对孩子们的影响却是深远的。【重点词语链接】harmony n. 融洽；和睦We should be aware of the need to be in harmony with the environment.我们应该意识到与环境协调的必要性。1答案与解析：C根据前句内容可知，作者认为外祖母可能是他所认识的最睿智的人。故选C。2答案与解析：A空前提到外祖母是个睿智的人，空后讲她只上到二年级，前后分句之间是转折关系。故选A。3答案与解析：C根据语境可知，外祖母让自己的女儿们上学，并且让她们把在学校里学到的所有知
24、识都讲给她听。故选C。4答案与解析：A根据下文中的“It was the essence (精髓) of living in harmony with other people”可推知，外祖母认为，如果你善待他人，大部分人也会善待你。故选A。5答案与解析：A根据本段对外祖母的介绍可知，她教育孩子们要礼貌待人。good manners“有礼貌”。故选A。6答案与解析：C由下文列举的内容可知，外祖母总是乐意帮助邻居。be ready to do sth.“乐意做某事”。故选C。7答案与解析：B联系实际可知，当有妇女生产时，外祖母会为她煮汤。故选B。8答案与解析：A根据语境可知，外祖母活了99岁。故
25、选A。9答案与解析：D根据空前内容可推知，外祖母是在休息时去世的。take a rest“休息”。故选D。10答案与解析：C根据语境和常识可知，外祖母告诉女儿她要打个盹，由此推断她是感觉累了。故选C。11答案与解析：D根据下文中讲人们在死亡之前会看见爱的人可推知，作者听见了外祖母喊“妈妈”。12答案与解析：C多年来作者仍与表亲们保持着联系。stay in touch with sb.“与某人保持联系”。故选C。13答案与解析：D作者再也没有回到古巴，但他的确想念那儿的人们和海滩。故选D。14答案与解析：B根据常识可知，狂欢节时人们在街上载歌载舞是一种乐趣。故选B。15答案与解析：A根据上文作者的回忆可知，所有这一切给作者留下了美好而难忘的回忆。故选A。
