1、课时作业(十六)Unit 6Section Starting out & Understanding ideas.阅读理解ACleaning your plate may not help feed hungry children today, but the old advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the worlds growing population.Hard
2、 data is still being collected, but experts in Chicago say about 30% to 50% of the food produced in the world goes uneaten. The average American throws away 33 pounds of food each monthabout $40 worth, which means each person throws away almost 400 pounds of food every year. The US Department of Agr
3、iculture says that 23% of eggs and an even higher rate of produce end up in the trash(垃圾)“We forget we have all these fresh fruitand vegetables, and at the end of the week we have to throw them away，” said Esther Gove, a mother of three young children in South Berwick, Maine. “Now, I dont buy as muc
4、h fresh produce as I used to.”But the effect of food waste arrives far beyond the kitchen. Agriculture (农业) is the worlds largest user of water, a big consumer of energy and major emitter of greenhouse gases during production. Experts say reducing waste is a simple way to cut stress on the environme
5、nt and can ease pressure on farmers, who will be called on to feed an expected 9 billion people around the world in 2050, compared with about 7 billion today.No matter how sustainable (可持续的) farming is, if the foods not getting eaten, its not sustainable and its not a good use of our resources. In r
6、icher nations, fruit and vegetables end up in the trash because they arent pretty enough to meet companies standards, and have gone bad in a home refrigerator or arent eaten at a restaurant. In developing countries, much food goes wrong before it gets to the market because of poor roads and lack of
7、refrigeration. High food prices are another reason, because some people cant afford the food thats produced.1From the first paragraph. we know that cleaning your plate _.Ais your mothers best advice for youBcan help solve certain problems in the worldCcan help feed hungry children all over the world
8、Dhelps meet the growing populations needs2The underlined word “emitter” in Paragraph 4 means “_”Auser BfinderCprotector Dproducer3Which of the following topics may follow the text?AMore examples of food waste.BWays to reduce food waste.CExperts ideas on the environment.DAdvice for food with high pri
9、ces.B“Creativity is the key to a brighter future，” say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925 , we might not have the product that we now think of as great importance: a new type of
10、tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many peopl
11、e. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their working time just thinking about and developing new ideas.Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence. The fact that a person is hig
12、hly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writ
13、ing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can gain information but cant recognize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems.It is important t
14、o give children choices. From the earliest age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if its choosing between two food items for lunch, decisionmaking helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should try to let them decide how to use their time
15、or spend their money. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.4What did the company where Drew once worked learn from its mistake?AIt should encourage people to work a longer time.BPeople should be discouraged to think free
16、ly.CPeople will do better if they spend most of their working time developing new ideas.DIt is necessary for people to spend some of their working time considering and developing new ideas.5We can know from the passage that creativity is _.Asomething that most people are born withBsomething that has
17、 nothing to do with intelligence at allCa way of using what one has learned to work out new problemsDsomething that is not important to the life in the future at all6Why dont schools try to encourage creativity?AThey dont think creativity education is important.BThey dont want their students to make
18、 mistakes.CThey pay no attention to examination marks.DThey think it impossible to develop creativity in class.7What should parents do when their children decide how to spend their money?AAllow them to have a try.BTry to help them as much as possible.CTake no notice of whatever they do.DOrder them t
19、o spend the least money.阅读七选五Do you want to give your child the best start in life? Helping him to become a good, confident(自信的) reader is one of the most valuable things you can do. These simple little things below take up your little time. _1_ Let your kid “catch” you reading. Buy a novel or a mag
20、azine next time youre at the grocery store. Maybe you guess it._2_Ask your child about what hes reading at school and at home. _3_. So care about your child and get your child to talk about what his class is reading. If time is short, you can even do this on the drive home from school or while youre
21、 getting dinner ready.There are words all around. Point them out! _4_ Theyre also on menus and the backs of boxes. Point them out to your child. Ask him if he can read a word youve both just seen, and if he doesnt know what it means, make a point of looking it up in a dictionary when you get home._5
22、_ This trick (诀窍) works for kids of almost any age. For the youngest kids, hearing a bedtime story makes them realize that books have words, and those words tell them many things. Older children can sit next to you and read along. Kids who are reading on their own might even want to read a story to
23、you.ATurn bedtime into “story time”BMove your child into reading independently.CWords are on subway signs and the sides of buses.DThat just lets your kid see you reading and enjoying it.EBut they can surely develop your child into a good reader.FMost kids love to talk when their parents are paying m
24、uch attention.GHowever, they can make a big difference if your child wants to learn to read.课时作业(十六).阅读理解A【语篇解读】本文描述了食物浪费的现状，告诫人们要尽量减少食物浪费。这不仅有益于环境，而且能帮助养活不断增长的世界人口。1答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第一段可知，吃干净盘中食物有助于减少食物浪费，有助于保护环境，并帮助养活不断增长的世界人口，由此可知，吃干净盘中食物可以帮助解决世界上的某些问题，故选B项。2答案与解析：D考查词义猜测。根据画线词所在句中的“greenhouse gas
25、es during production”并结合常识可知，在农业生产过程中，会产生大量的温室气体，因此农业也是温室气体的主要制造者，故选D项。3答案与解析：B考查推理判断。本文描述了美国食物浪费的现状、浪费食物对环境的影响并分析了发达国家和发展中国家食物浪费的原因，告诉我们要尽量减少食物浪费，这不仅有益于环境，而且能帮助养活不断增长的世界人口。所以接下来可能介绍减少食物浪费的方法。故选B项。B【语篇解读】本文讲的是创造力是拥有一个更光明的未来的关键，它并非是人与生俱来的，需要后天的培养。4答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中的“And his former company learne
26、d from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their working time just thinking about and developing new ideas”可知，它鼓励人们花15%的工作时间去思考和开发新的想法。故选D。5答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据文章第三段中的“Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence”可知，A项
27、表述错误，B项表述过于绝对；根据第一段中的“Creativity is the key to a brighter future”可知，D项表述错误；根据第三段最后一句可推知C项正确。故选C。6答案与解析：A考查细节理解。根据文章第四段中的“With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers”可知，许多教育工作者认为创造力教育并不重要。
28、故选A。7答案与解析：A考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“As children grow older，parents should try to let them decide how to use their time or spend their money”可知，当孩子们花钱时，父母应尝试让他们自己做决定。故选A。.阅读七选五【语篇解读】作者对于如何帮助孩子成为一个好的、自信的读者给出了一些建议。1答案与解析：G依据上一句可知，下面这些简单的小事会占用你一些时间。该空承接上文，G项中的However起着承上启下的作用，上文中的simple little things与G项中的“make
29、a big difference”形成对比。E项过于绝对。2答案与解析：D本段的主旨句是“Let your kid catch you reading”，即让你的孩子“撞见”你阅读，D项中的“see you reading and enjoying it”与之吻合，符合语境。3答案与解析：F本段的主旨句是“Ask your child about what hes reading at school and at home”，下文说所以要关心你的孩子，让你的孩子谈论他的班级正在阅读的内容，而F项“父母很关注时，大多数孩子喜欢交谈”起连接上下文的作用，故选F。4答案与解析：C依据上文中的“There are words all around”和下文中的“Theyre also on menus and the backs of boxes”可知，C项“地铁标志和公交车的侧面上有文字”与之吻合。5答案与解析：A本空是尾段的主旨句，通读下文可知，作者建议利用睡前时间讲故事让孩子们有意识地注意故事中的词，A项“把就寝时间变成故事时间”与之吻合。
