1、Unit 4Making the newsSection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending课时过关即时巩固一、单词拼写1.Much to their (高兴),their son was admitted into a famous company.答案:delight2.He (要求) that I should help him.答案:demanded3.I cannot (集中) on my work when there is too much noise in the classroom.答案:concentrate4.He
2、 can be (依赖)on to finish the task.答案:depended5.Its difficult to (评估)a persons ability.答案:assess6.I will go there to (协助)him in doing the work.答案:assist7.Im sorry.I didnt make you (通知)of the truth of the matter earlier.答案:informed8.The young man is (指责)of being late for work.答案:accused二、用下列单词或短语的适当形式
3、填空so as toadmirableaccuse .ofconcentrate on acquireassistinformassess1.She couldnt a book very long.答案:concentrate on2.He his boss keeping back his money.答案:accused;of3.Gradually we experience in how to do the work.答案:acquired4.The test questions are kept secret prevent cheating.答案:so as to5.I them
4、that I would return to my country soon.答案:informed6.He was asked to them in designing a building.答案:assist7.That he is always ready to help others is .答案:admirable8.The value of the computer is at 2,000 yuan.答案:assessed三、完成句子1.他们不想依靠邻居们来帮忙。They dont want to their neighbors help.答案:depend on;for2.我给她
5、留下口信,以便告知她这件事情。I left her a message tell her about it.答案:so as to3.老师要求所有的学生按时完成作业。The teacher demanded that all the students their homework on time.答案:should finish4.警方指控他偷了钱。The police the money.答案:accused him of stealing5.你应该在周五之前上交论文。You your paper before Friday.答案:are supposed to submit四、用所给单词的
6、适当形式填空1.After (submit)the report to the chairman,they decided to have a good rest.答案:submitting2.He is so lazy that it is difficult to make an (assess) of his ability.答案:assessment3.They believe the fire was (deliberate)set to the house,not by accident.答案:deliberately4.His gave him a lot of .(assist
7、)答案:assistant;assistance5.Once he treated being a doctor as his ,he looked more every time we saw him.(profession)答案:profession;professional6.Usually this work (demand)much patience and time.答案:demands7.The leader his workers of the that was useful to the work.(inform)答案:informed;information8.He is
8、a boy with little power of ,so he has difficulty in on his study.(concentrate)答案:concentration;concentrating五、阅读理解Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past.There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day.Most people only read the sports pages,the adv
9、ice or the gossip columns,the comics,and perhaps the classified advertisements.Most people dont take time to read real news.Editors attempt to catch the readers interest with pictures and exciting headlines.These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pi
10、ck up the paper.The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper.This is why editors always look for a good first page story and a headline to make them stop and look.If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough,perhaps they
11、 will go on to read the front page.They may read the headlines,but that is all,then they turn to the sports page,or comics,or advertisements.It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore.They say they get the news on television now.More people watch television news because it is
12、 easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper.What about you?Do you read news from a newspaper?Do you think it is easier to get news from television?Or do you care about news at all?Would you mind if there were no news?1.According to the passage,newspapers are .A.more popular todayB.less pop
13、ular todayC.as popular as beforeD.getting more and more popular答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据文章的第一句话“Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past.”可知,报纸的地位已不如从前。2.We can know from the passage that newspaper editors think the important part of a newspaper is .A.the front pageB.the sports page
14、C.the headlinesD.the classified advertisements答案:A解析:推理判断题。文章第一段提到新闻编辑往往采用一些令人感兴趣的图片和标题来吸引读者注意,而这些技巧一般被用在报纸的头版。3.According to the author,which of the following newspapers will most probably attract the readers attention?A.The ones with interesting pictures and exciting headlines on the front page.B.
15、The ones with sports news on the front page.C.The ones with classified ads on the front page.D.The ones with gossip columns on the front page.答案:A解析:推理判断题。报纸编辑往往用一些图片和令人感兴趣的标题来吸引读者注意。4.According to the passage,most people read all of the following EXCEPT .A.the sports pageB.comicsC.advertisementsD.r
16、eal news答案:D解析:细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句“Most people only read the sports pages,the advice or the gossip columns,the comics,and perhaps the classified advertisements.”和第四句“Most people dont take time to read real news.”可以得出答案。5.The authors attitude toward newspapers is .A.sympatheticB.criticalC.negativeD.unde
17、termined答案:A解析:主旨归纳题。由文章的第一句话可知作者对报纸今非昔比的状况似乎有点感慨,作者认为报纸应该受到人们更多的关注。六、语篇填空In China,more and more middle school students are getting 1.(short) sleeping time than before.More students sleep less than nine 2.(hour) every night,because they have much homework to do.Some homework 3.(give) by their teache
18、rs,and some by their parents.Also,some students dont know how 4.(save) time.They are not careful enough while they do their homework,so it takes them a lot of time.Some students spend too much time 5.(watch) TV or playing computer games.They stay up very late.Some students have to get up early every
19、 morning on weekdays to get to school 6. time by bus or by bike.It can be 7. long way from home to school.It will 8.(probable) make them sleepy during school hours.Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for 9.(they) health.For children,they should make the most of their time.When they have enough time for sleeping,they will find it much better for both their study 10. health.答案:1.shorter2.hours3.is given4.to save5.watching6.on7.a8.probably9.their10.and
