1、课时作业2基础检测1Until now，we have raised 50,000 pounds for the poor children，which is quite unexpected.2I didnt become a serious climber until the fifth grade，when I went up to rescue a kite that was stuck in the branches of a tree.3Happiness and success often come to those who are good at recognizing the
2、ir own strengths.4Finally he reached a lonely island which was completely cut off from the outside world.5The museum will open in the spring with an exhibition and a viewing platform where visitors can watch the big glasshouses being built.6Many countries are now setting up national parks where anim
3、als and plants can be protected.7“You cant judge a book by its cover，”as the old saying goes.8We have launched another manmade satellite，which is announced in todays newspaper.9There is no simple answer，as is often the case in science.10The president of the World Bank says he has a passion for China
4、，which he remembers starting as early as his childhood.11St. Petersburg is a very beautiful city, which was once called Leningrad.12In Xian，I met a college student，who has a strong love for cultural relics and took me to visit the History Museum.13They moved the boxes to a mine，where they wanted to
5、hide them.14Such people as he has mentioned are not allowed in.15We take pity on these children，whose parents died in the earthquake.能力提升阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。When we hear the word “pyramid” there is little doubt that Egypt and the desert come to mind. Did you know, however, that continen
6、ts and oceans away in what is today Central America and Mexico people also built pyramids? While they look somewhat different from the ones we see in Egypt, they also were built with great skill.The pyramids of Central America were built by the Mayan(玛雅) and Aztec(阿芝台克) peoples, as well as other sma
7、ller groups. Both Mayan and Aztec cultures built pyramids for their gods. They thought that building higher pyramids would allow them to get close to heaven. These cultures believed that the gods were found in nature. One of the most important gods was the sun. Many of the pyramids were for their su
8、n god. At the top of the pyramids they built temples to make the gods happier. However, pyramids were not used only for their gods.Before Europeans came to the area in the 1500s, many of the cultures of the Americas, such as the Mayan and Aztec, had much knowledge about mathematics and astrology. Th
9、ey thought that the night sky could be used as a mirror to explain many aspects of life, which is the reason why they studied it carefully. The temples on top of the pyramids were also used as places for watching the skies. The Mayans had a solid understanding of the movement of stars and planets. T
10、his helped them understand the seasons. They were the first to create a 365day calendar.本文是一篇说明文，介绍了除了埃及，中美洲的玛雅人和阿芝台克人也建造了金字塔，他们建造金字塔是为了他们的神和研究天空。1Why did Mayan and Aztec peoples build pyramids?AFor their kings.BFor themselves.CFor their gods and to study the sky.DFor the moon.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“B
11、oth Mayan and Aztec cultures built pyramids for their gods.”和第三段中的“The temples on top of the pyramids were also used as places for watching the skies.”可知，玛雅人和阿芝台克人建造金字塔是为了他们的神和研究天空，故C项正确。2Which of the following sentences is not true?ABefore Europeans came to the area, the Mayans and Aztecs had no kn
12、owledge about mathematics and astrology. BBuilding higher pyramids would allow the Mayans and Aztecs to get close to heaven.CMany of the pyramids were for the sun god.DThe Mayan and Aztec pyramids built look somewhat different from the ones built in Egypt.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Before Europeans came t
13、o the area in the 1500s, many of the cultures of the Americas, such as the Mayan and Aztec, had much knowledge about mathematics and astrology.”可知，在欧洲人来到这里之前，玛雅人和阿芝台克人就对数学和占星学有一定的了解，故A项表述错误，故选A。3Where did people build pyramids besides Egypt?AIn Central America. BIn Japan.CIn Egypt. DNot mentioned.答案
14、：A解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“in what is today Central America and Mexico people also built pyramids？”可知，除了埃及，中美洲的人也建造了金字塔，故A项正确。4Where can you find the passage?AA newspaper. BAn advertisement.CA novel. DA science magazine.答案：D解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了除了埃及，中美洲的玛雅人和阿芝台克人也建造了金字塔，他们建造金字塔是为了他们的神和研究天空，这一话题属于科学范畴，应该出自一本
15、科学杂志，故D项正确。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The FittingIn of Suzy KhanThe first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her.She was really small for her age of 12.The boys in my class often 1._A_ about her and laughed their heads off.She would open a book, pretending to read, with tear
16、s dropping on the open page.All I knew was that she was an orphan (孤儿) from Africa.She had just been adopted by a family in town who 2._B_ that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids.I looked down at this 3._C_ girl and promised myself that somehow I would h
17、elp her.But how could I help her 4._C_ in with us? There had to be a 5._D_.One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had 6._C_ her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n) 7._B_ copy.I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the c
18、oming 8._D_ show.So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had 9._D_.“Wow, its wonderful.” said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted 10._C_ the talent show.“I need more of these, but I just dont have enough 11._B_.Could you help me, Suzy？”On the
19、 day of the talent show, Suzys 12._D_ were everywhereall over the hall and all over the school, each one different.“And finally，” said Mr Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, “we have a(n) 13._A_ award.Im sure youve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded.“One of our own stud
20、ents 14._A_ them.”I could hear everyone whispering.“Who in our school could draw 15._B_ well？”Mr Brown waited a while before saying, “16._D_ this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a 17._A_，too.Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new studentSuzy Khan！”Mr Brown thanked her for all the wond
21、erful posters and gave her a professional artists set.“Thank you，” she cried.I18._B_， at that time when I was looking at her excited face, shed probably never 19._C_ anything in her whole life.Everyone started to 20._A_ their hands.Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening.I kne
22、w then Suzy was going to be all right.1A.joked Bcared Ctrained Dworried2A.reported BdecidedCcomplained Dquestioned3A.rich Bproud Ctiny Dpopular4A.come Bfall Cfit Dtie5A.manner Bpattern Cchoice Dway6A.read Btaken Copened Dput7A.free Bperfect Cfinal Dextra8A.art Btalk Cquiz Dtalent9A.colored Bwritten
23、Ccarved Ddrawn10A.at Bafter Cfor Daround11A.room Btime Cpaper Dinterest12A.gifts Bbooks Cphotos Dposters13A.special Bacademic Cnational Droyal14A.painted Bfound Cprinted Dcollected15A.very Bthat Cquite Dtoo16A.If BThough CUnless DSince17A.prize Brank Crest Dplace18A.replied BrealizedCremembered Dreg
24、retted19A.offered BvaluedCowned Dcontrolled20A.clap Bwave Craise Dshake本文是一篇记叙文。本文讲了一个来自非洲的儿童Suzy被一个美国家庭收养，为让孩子了解美国生活，他们把孩子送进学校和美国孩子一起学习。但那些美国孩子却经常嘲笑她。一次偶然的机会，作者发现了她的绘画才能，并把她介绍给艺术老师。艺术老师也认同她的绘画才能，让她帮自己制作才艺秀的海报。在才艺秀结束的时候，校长颁发给Suzy一个特殊的奖项，同学们也认可和接纳了她。解析1考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。根据语境，这里是说“班里的男孩子会拿她开玩笑，然后就是哄堂大笑。而她
25、也只好眼含泪水地假装看书。”joke about拿开玩笑；care about介意，在乎；train about关于的训练；worry about为担忧。故选A。2考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.reported报告；B.decided决定；C.complained抱怨；D.questioned询问。这个非洲孤儿被一个美国家庭收养，这个美国家庭认定和美国孩子在一起才能让她学会美国的生活方式。decide这里是认定、断定的意思。故选B。3考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A.rich富有的；B.proud骄傲的；C.tiny极小的；D.popular流行的，受欢迎的。根据上文叙述，这个女孩比同龄12
26、岁的孩子都要瘦小，所以“我低头看着这个小小的女孩子，下决心无论如何都要帮助她”。A、B和D三项显然都不符合语境。tiny very small。故选C。4考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.come来；B.fall落下；C.fit适合；D.tie系。我打算帮助这个女孩与大家融洽相处。文章标题已给出提示。fit in with“适合，与一致”。故选C。5考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A.manner方式；B.pattern模式；C.choice选择；D.way方式。根据上文作者决定帮助小女孩与大家融洽相处，可知此处是指必须寻找一个办法/方法。manner做事或行为方式，多指行动的特殊方式或独特的方法；
27、pattern指模式、花样、图案等；choice指选择；way指方式、方法、手段等，可指一般的方法，有时也指个人的方法或方式。因为这里没有谈到什么方法，所以只能用笼统的方法way。故选D。6考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.read阅读；B.taken拿走；C.opened打开；D.put放置。Suzy把书打开到火车图片那里。open.to把翻到，to是介词，表达“到地方”。其他均不合适。故选C。7考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A.free自由的；B.perfect完美的；C.final最后的；D.extra额外的。她对火车图的复制，效果怎样要看文中第9题后的陈述，“Wow, its wonde
28、rful”可知，非常好，此题选项中的perfect与此相近。故选B。8考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A.art艺术；B.talk谈论；C.quiz小测试；D.talent才能，天才。根据后文第10题后的陈述“the talent show”可知这是一个才艺秀。故选D。9考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.colored涂色；B.written书写；C.carved雕刻；D.drawn绘画。根据上文陈述，Suzy在画火车，所以这里应该是作者把她画的东西展示给美术老师看。故选D。10考查介词词义辨析及语境理解。根据文章内容，这里是老师拿出一张“为”才艺秀做的海报。for意为“为”。故选C。11考查名词词
29、义辨析及语境理解。A.room房间；B.time时间；C.paper纸；D.interest兴趣。由该空前面的“more”和空后的“help”两个词可知，老师还需要更多的海报，但老师“没有足够的时间”，所以才请Suzy帮忙制作。故选B。12考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A.gifts礼物；B.books书；C.photos 照片；D.posters海报。上文已谈到，美术老师想让Suzy帮忙制作一些海报，所以，才艺秀当天应该到处都能看到Suzy制作的海报。故选D。13考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A.special特殊的；B.academic学术的；C.national国家的；D.royal皇家的
30、。才艺秀当天大家都表演了，还要颁发一个特殊的奖项给制作海报的人，因为制作海报原本不是才艺秀的内容。故选A。14考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.painted画；B.found发现；C.printed印刷；D.collected收集。文中这句话的意思说“我们一个学生画了这些海报”，除了draw以外，我们还可以使用paint一词，表示绘画。故选A。15考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。修饰形容词或副词，表示“那么，那样”一般用so，也可以用that，二者意思相近。that wellso well。故选B。16考查状语从句的连接词及语境理解。A.If 如果；B.Though尽管；C.Unless除非；D.
31、Since 因为。“因为这位同学如此努力地画了这些海报”，所以值得奖励。sincenow that/because。故选D。17考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A.prize奖品；B.rank等级，军衔；C.rest 休息；D.place地方。因为努力画了这些海报，这位同学值得奖励。故选A。18考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.replied回答；B.realized意识到；C.remembered记得；D.regretted后悔。该空描写作者的思想活动，是意识到她从来没有拥有过什么。故选B。19考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.offered提供；B.valued评估，估价；C.owned 拥有；D
32、.controlled控制。作者意识到Suzy从未拥有过东西。故选C。20考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A.clap鼓掌；B.wave挥手；C.raise提高；D.shake摇动。因为她画得好，得到校长表扬，才能得到大家认可，所以大家为她鼓掌。clap ones hands鼓掌。故选A。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。Some people thought in 1941 the Nazi army stole the Amber Room,1.which was once called the eighth wonder of the world.Others
33、believed that it 2.was_destroyed (destroy)by the Nazi army in the World War .In fact, nobody knows 3.what exactly happened to it.It is certain that the Amber Room was 4.highly (high)thought of.It was a great treasure decorated with gold and jewels.Afterwards, Catherine had more details 5.added (add)
34、to it. Just imagine how 6.amazing (amaze)it was! So 7.it is no wonder that many people have been looking for it since it got missing.The searches came to no end.In order to celebrate the 300th birthday of St.Petersburg, the Russians and Germans decided to rebuild it by 8.studying (study)old photos o
35、f the former Amber Room.The rebuilding lasted 24 years and shows the world 9.a new Amber Room, attracting millions of 10.visitors (visitor)around the world.本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了曾经是世界第八大奇迹的琥珀屋，以及它的重建。解析1考查定语从句。句中先行词为the Amber Room，在非限定性定语从句作主语，故用关系代词which引导。句意：一些人认为1941年纳粹军队偷走了琥珀屋，它曾被称为世界第八大奇迹。故填which。2考查时态
36、和语态。代词it与动词destroy之间为被动关系，发生在过去，故用一般过去时的被动语态。句意：其他人认为它在第二次世界大战中被纳粹军队摧毁。故填was destroyed。3考查名词性从句。宾语从句中，从句缺少主语，故用what引导。句意：事实上，没有人知道到底发生了什么。故填what。4考查副词。修饰动词thought，故用副词形式。句意：毫无疑问，人们对琥珀屋评价很高。故填highly。5考查非谓语动词。名词details与add之间为被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。句意：后来，凯瑟琳二世又给它添加了更多的细节。故填added。6考查形容词。此句为感叹句，Howadj.主语谓语！句意：想象
37、一下这是多么神奇！ 此处修饰物用动词ing形式，故填amazing。7考查代词。句中真正的主语为that many people have been looking for it since it got missing，用it作形式主语。句意：所以，自从它失踪以来，很多人一直在寻找它，这也就不足为奇了。故填it。8考查非谓语动词。介词by后接v.ing形式。句意：为了庆祝圣彼得堡建城300周年，俄国人和德国人决定通过研究这座琥珀屋的旧照片来重建它。故填studying。9考查冠词。new Amber Room为单数可数名词，这里表示“一个新的琥珀屋”，故用不定冠词a。句意：重建持续了24年，向世界展示了一个新的琥珀屋，吸引了世界各地数以百万计的游客。故填a。10考查名词复数。名词visitor为可数名词，根据millions of可知用复数形式。句意：重建持续了24年，向世界展示了一个新的琥珀屋，吸引了世界各地数以百万计的游客。故填visitors。