1、Module 4Fine ArtsWestern,Chinese and Pop Arts一、单句填空1.The big flood in the summer of 2013 caused great damage to the people living in the south of China,(leave)some of them homeless.2.A woman(dig)out alive after being buried deep in the ruins for more than 200 hours.3.I cant stand(work)with Jane in t
2、he same office.She just refuses to stop talking while she works.4.(aim)at improving the taste of life,this fashion manual has been popular with youngsters.5.Do you know why they practice(play)basketball every day?They practice to join in the basketball match of our school.6.(2014北京海淀区期中,24)(attract)
3、 more visitors,the Beijing Garden Expo Park gives roses to visiting couples.7.(2014山西曲沃中学期中,29)Come on,please give me some ideas about the project.Sorry.With so much work(fill) my mind,I almost break down.8.(2014湖北高考压轴卷,21)The nine-hour college entrance examination is taken just once a year and is v
4、irtually the sole determining factor of(admit)to all Chinese colleges and universities.9.A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics,whichturn will promote its economic development.10.Everything(take)into consideration,they thought the car was good enough though it was heavy on oil.二、
5、语法填空Bill:I got a new computer yesterday.Robert:You 1(get)a new computer?Bill:Yes,a new notebook computer.Robert:2 didnt you get a desktop computer?Bill:The notebook is light,and has a3,so I can use it anywhere for a long time.I can use it on the train or the bus.Robert:Isnt the keyboard too4 to use?
6、 Bill:A little,but Ill get 5(use)to it.Robert:I think large keyboards are easier to use than small 6.Also,desktop computers are 7 (power)than notebooks.Bill:Thats true,but my notebook computer is powerful enough for me.Robert:Arent notebooks more expensive than desktop computers?Bill:Yes,desktop com
7、puters are usually less expensive,but notebook computers are portable.I can use my notebook in any room,and when Im 8(do),I can put it away.You cant put away a desktop computer.Robert:Thats true,but my desktop computer doesnt take up too much 9.Its an iMac.Bill:Thats a cool computer.I bet my noteboo
8、k was 10 than your iMac.Robert:You get what you pay for.Bill:Funny.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.三、完形填空(2014重庆,A)Five months after my husband Steve died,I woke up one morning to the maddening sound of a leaking faucet(水龙头).I knew it needed repairs badly,but it1me so much just to think of it.All our2life,I wa
9、s the “artist”,bringing to our house much imagination.Steve was the “3”one.He had a real gift for handling chores(家务活),4me from unpleasant repair jobs.But how could such a good man have his life cut short so suddenly!I had been so sad and angry that I completely5the house.That leaky faucet somehow a
10、wakened me to the fact that I now had to6the challenge of getting things fixed.I got a workman named Ahmed.Entering the house,he stopped before a picture of Steve and me.“Doesnt your husband7this kind of work?”he asked.“Its not hard.”“He died months ago.When he was alive,he did all the repair jobs8,
11、”I said quietly.Ahmed looked at me9,but didnt reply.He fixed the faucet,adjusted the dishwasher door,and replaced a showerhead.Apparently he was gifted as Steve had been.He did a(n)10job.I asked him to name his fee.“No charge,Maam,”he said.“My father died early,and the neighbors helped my family thr
12、ough.”By fixing a faucet,Ahmed mended my soul.Although I would sure carry the pain of11with me along,Ahmed reminded me of the abundant12in the world. 1.A.hurtB.puzzledC.costD.disappointed2.A.separateB.sharedC.spiritualD.social3.A.activeB.boringC.carelessD.practical4.A.attractingB.shelteringC.driving
13、D.prohibiting5.A.ignoredB.hatedC.cleanedD.missed6.A.come up withB.face up toC.look forward toD.step away from7.A.beginB.checkC.likeD.find8.A.gratefullyB.firmlyC.bravelyD.wonderfully9.A.strangelyB.innocentlyC.painfullyD.sympathetically10.A.terribleB.excellentC.importantD.dangerous11.A.lossB.failureC.
14、fearD.regret12.A.friendshipB.devotionC.kindnessD.justice四、阅读理解(2014浙江温州十校期中联考,D)Poet Dean Young has dealt with impermanence(无常)a lot in his career,but its a particularly strong theme in Youngs latest collection,Fall Higher.The new collection was published in April,just days after the poet received a
15、 life-saving heart transplant(移植)after about a decade of living with a weakening heart condition.Young,whose work is often frank and rich with twisted humor,tells NPRs Renee Montagne that as he recovers from his operation,hes also slowly returning to his everyday writing habits.“Im getting back to i
16、t,” Young says,“not with the sort of concentration and sort of flame that I look forward to in the future,but I am blackening some pages.”And on those blackened pages youll find poems like “How Grasp Green”,which carry themes of springtime and rebirth.Its one of the first poems Young has written sin
17、ce his transplant.Its easy to spot clues to Youngs awful health situation in the lines of his poetry.Fall Highers “Vintage” opens with “Because I will die soon,I fall asleep during the lecture on the ongoing emergency.” And the poem “The Rhythms Pronounce Themselves Then Vanish”published in The New
18、Yorker in Februaryopens with the CT scan that revealed Youngs heart condition.Hearts tend to come up a lot in poetry,and thats especially true if Youngs work,which has clearly been influenced by the troubles of his own heart.“A lot of times,its not just a metaphor(暗喻),” Young says.“For me,its an act
19、ual concern because Ive been living with this disease for over 10 years.My father died of heart problems when he was 49,so its been a sort of shadowy concern for my whole life.But Youngs poems also deal with more abstract matters of the heart.He wrote Fall Highers“Late Valentine” for his wife.“Weve
20、been married since late November and most of it has been spent in the hospital,” Young says of his marriage to Laurie Saurborn Young,who says “Late Valentine is very sweet.”His work also touches on themes of randomness and fatetwo factors that contributed to him getting a second chance in the form o
21、f transplanting a new heart from a 22-year-old student.“I just feel enormous gratitude,” he says of his donor.“He gave me a heart so Im still alive.Im sure Im going to think about this person for the rest of my life.”1.The poetry collection Fall Higher. A.was published in FebruaryB.is Youngs latest
22、collection of poetry C.makes darkness as its main themeD.was written after Youngs heart transplant2.We can learn from the text that Young.A.was born with heart diseaseB.received a heart transplant in FebruaryC.married a female poet after he wrote “Late Valentine”D.wrote a poem for his wife in his co
23、llection3.What does the writer try to say in Paragraph 3?A.The writer had less enthusiasm than before,but he still kept on writing.B.The writer expected some bright future,but he was disappointed.C.The writer devoted more time to poems,so he grasped a good chance.D.The writer wrote poems with less e
24、nthusiasm,so he quitted for a while.4.What is the text mainly about? A.The meaning of Fall Higher.B.Dean Young and his heart problems.C.Dean Young and his latest collection.D.An analysis of Dean Youngs poems.5.When talking about his present life,Young seems to be. A.gratefulB.pessimisticC.guiltyD.co
25、nsiderate一、单句填空1.leaving句意:2013年夏天的大洪水给居住在中国南部的人们带来了巨大损失,致使他们当中的一些人无家可归。考查非谓语动词的用法。leaving some of them homeless为现在分词短语作结果状语,表示自然的结果。2.was dug句意:在废墟深处被埋了200多个小时后一位妇女被挖出来,她仍活着。考查动词的语态。根据语境可知,主语a woman和dig之间为被动关系,且发生在过去,故填was dug。3.working句意:我不能容忍和简在同一个办公室工作,她工作时总是不停地说话。考查非谓语动词作宾语。stand doing sth.容忍做某
26、事。4.Aimed句意:这本时尚指南旨在改善生活的品位,已经受到了年轻人的欢迎。考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知此处要用过去分词作状语。5.playing句意:你知道为什么他们每天练习打篮球吗?他们训练是为了参加我们学校的篮球赛。考查非谓语动词。第一个practice后要跟v.-ing形式作宾语。6.To attract句意:为了吸引更多的游客,北京园博园给来游玩的夫妇赠送玫瑰花。根据语境可知此处考查不定式作状语,表目的。7.filling句意:拜托,请你就这项工程给我提点建议吧。对不起。我脑子里想着这么多工作,我几乎崩溃了。考查with+宾语+宾补。根据语境可知work与非谓语动词之间是主动关系
27、,故用v.-ing形式。8.admission句意:一年一度历时9个小时的高考实质上是中国所有大学和学院录取学生的唯一决定因素。考查名词。设空处前面有介词of,所以需填一个名词。9.in句意:一个整洁的环境会有助于该城市申办奥运会,而奥运会转而又会促进该城市的经济发展。考查介词短语。in turn转而。10.taken句意:把所有的东西都考虑进去,他们认为尽管这辆车耗油多但是也足够好。逗号前是独立主格作状语,根据take everything into consideration可知,everything与take之间是被动关系,应该用过去分词形式。二、语法填空语篇解读对话主要讨论其中一个谈话
28、者为什么购买笔记本电脑而不是台式电脑的原因,以及它们之间的优缺点等。1.got考查动词时态。根据语境可知这里的购买行为发生在过去,所以使用过去时。2.Why考查疑问副词。上文提到了笔记本电脑,这里问为什么不买台式电脑。3.battery考查名词。从后面提到的可以在任何地方使用很长的时间,以及常识可知答案。4.small考查形容词。与下文提到的large keyboards对比,这里指键盘小,不好使用。5.used考查固定搭配。get used to习惯于。6.ones考查代词。与句子前面提到的large keyboards呼应,代替keyboards。7.more powerful考查形容词比
29、较级。根据后面的than可知这里填形容词的比较级。8.done考查形容词。done表示“做完”的意思。9.space考查名词。根据前面提到的take up可知,此处是指占据时间或者空间,结合语境可知应填space。10.cheaper考查形容词比较级。根据下文的You get what you pay for.可知花钱值得,所以此处指买得便宜。误解分析:学生可能不注意下文中的pay for而填入其他词语,如:more beautiful,prettier或者more useful等。三、完形填空语篇解读本文为记叙文,题材为个人经历。丈夫去世好几个月了,他生前非常擅长做家务活和维修活,对于他的去
30、世“我”痛心不已,而水龙头漏水这件事让“我”明白了“我”只能去面对自己去维修东西的困难和挑战。一个修理工帮“我”修好水龙头后的一番话修补了“我”的灵魂,让“我”明白了这个世界上有许多善意的行为。1.A本题考查词义辨析。句意:我知道漏水的水龙头急需修理,可是仅仅是想一下这事我就感到很烦恼。hurt使不快,使烦恼;puzzle使迷惑不解;cost花费,使付出;disappoint使/让失望。2.B此处表示“在丈夫生前,他们共同生活的那段人生历程中”,故选B项。3.Dpractical心灵手巧的,善于制作或修补的,符合语境。4.B句意:他真的很擅长做家务活,总是保护我不让我去做那些令人讨厌的维修活。
31、shelter在此用作及物动词,意为:保护,庇护;shelter sb.from sth.庇护某人。attract吸引;drive驾驶,驱使;prohibit禁止,阻止。5.A句意:这段日子里我非常伤心难过,也非常恼火,以至于完全忽视了房子的情况。ignore忽视,不理会;hate讨厌,憎恨;clean清理,打扫;miss错过,想念。6.B句意:不知怎么地那个漏水的水龙头使我意识到了这个事实,那就是我现在不得不直面找人维修东西这一挑战。come up with突然想出/提出;face up to敢于面对(困难或不快之事);look forward to盼望,期望;step away from远
32、离。7.C句意:你丈夫不喜欢干这样的活吗?begin 开始;check 检查;like喜欢;find发现。根据句意选C项。8.D句意:他健在的时候所有这些维修活干得都很好。gratefully感激地,感谢地;firmly坚定地,坚决地;bravely勇敢地;wonderfully精彩地,极好地。根据句意答案为D项。9.D听了“我”说的话,这个维修工很同情地看着“我”,但是他什么也没说。strangely奇怪地,不可思议地;innocently天真地;painfully痛苦地;sympathetically同情地。根据情景可知答案为D项。10.B这个维修工的活干得很好。do an excelle
33、nt job做了一件极好的工作。11.A根据开头的情景可知此处描述“我”还一定会带着失去(loss)丈夫的痛苦。12.C这个维修工让“我”知道了这个世界上还有许多友好的行为。friendship友谊,友情;devotion关爱,关照;kindness善良,善意;justice公平,公正。他给“我”修好了东西还不收费,这当然是善意的行为,所以答案为C项。四、阅读理解语篇解读本文介绍了诗人Dean Young和他的最新诗歌集Fall Higher。1.B细节理解题。根据第一段的Youngs latest collection,Fall Higher可知答案为B项:这是他最新的诗歌集。这部诗歌集是在
34、4月份而不是2月份出版的,排除A项;第一句话告诉我们impermanence(无常)是该诗歌集的主题而不是darkness,排除C项;诗集是在他心脏手术后几天出版印刷的而不是写,排除D项。2.D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的He wrote Fall Highers“Late Valentine” for his wife.可知答案为D项:诗歌集中有一首他写给妻子的诗。3.A推理判断题。第三段中诗人说道:我又开始写诗了,但是没有那份专注和热情了。由此推断出答案为A项。4.C本文主要是介绍了诗人生活中面对的病痛和他的诗歌集的内容,由此可知本文的主题就是C项。5.A推理判断题。根据最后一段诗人在接受了心脏病手术后说的I just feel enormous gratitude可以推断出作者对现在充满了感激之情,故选A项。
