1、课时作业(十七)必修4Unit 2 Working the land (限时：35分钟).单项填空1I would rather_ for a walk in the park alone than_ in the hotel room with my parents.Ago; to stay Bto go; stayCgoing; staying Dgo; stay2Investments to lower pollution levels pay off due to lower disease rates and, _ lower health care costs.Ahowever B
2、though Ctherefore Dotherwise3Launched in 2010, ChinaFace has been a daily news feature _ on a Chinese individual.Abeing focused BfocusingCto be focused Dto focus4In the last decade, Chicago public schools_ teaching of Chinese to serve 12，000 students.Aare expanding Bhave expandedCexpanded Dexpand5Th
3、e policemans_ traffic directions made all the drivers quite_Aconfused; confused Bconfusing; confusingCconfusing; confused Dconfused; confusing6I regret_ you John has been fired.I can hardly believe my ears.Hes such a fine worker.Atelling Bhaving toldCto tell Dto have told7Many single parents_with th
4、e dilemma of dividing time between work and children.Astruggled Bcaught Ctrapped Dplaced8_ their students with good social experiences and interpersonal skills，universities have become a lot more social than the “Ivory Tower” of the past.AEquip BEquippedCTo equip DEquipping9The quarrel_ to the fight
5、 started from their disbelief in each other.Aled Bto lead Cleading Dhas led10In_ recent online survey over 60 per cent of the 4, 000 participants did not agree with_ policy to charge so much import tax.Athe; a Bthe; theCa; the Da; a11Id rather_ it up than_ him for help.Agive; ask Bto give; to askCgi
6、ve; asking Dgiving; asking12I wont buy this iPhone unless the price_ to under 2，000 yuan.Areduces Bwill be reducedChas reduced Dis reduced13It takes time and lots of effort to_ trust.But we manage it in the end.Apack up Bbuild upCbring up Dtake up14Its wonderful to have a month in the faraway villag
7、e，_ all worries and responsibilities.Acontrary to Bfar fromCfar away Dfree from15Do you think a war will break out between the two countries?_ Their conflict can be settled if theyre willing to sit down for peace talks.ANo way. BThats for sure.CWhy not? DIt depends.阅读理解AAt the treaty of Lancaster in
8、 Pennsylvania, 1744, between the government of Virginia and the Six Nations, the officials from Virginia acquainted the Indians (Native Americans) by a speech, that there was at Williamsburg a college with a fund for educating Indian youth; and if the Chief of the Six Nations would send down half a
9、dozen of their sons to that college, the government would take care that they be well provided for, and instructed in all the learning of the White People.The Indians spokesman replied：“We know that you think highly of the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that to educate our young men,
10、 while with you, would be very expensive to you.We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal and we thank you heartily.”“But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things; and you will not therefore take it amiss (搞错), if our id
11、eas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.We have had some experience of it; several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignor
12、ant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors nor counselors; they were totally good for nothing.”“We are however ver
13、y much grateful for your kind offer, though we decline accepting it, and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and_”Revised from Benjamin Franklins Remarks Concerning the
14、Savages of North America.16What can we learn from this passage?AThe Whites education is better than the Indians.BThe Indians education is better than the Whites.CThe White and the Indian have different understanding towards education.DThe purpose of education for the White and the Indian is the same
15、.17According to the passage, we know the Indians education is more on_Areading skills Bliving skillsCscience exploring Dtext handling18Which of the following can be used to finish the last paragraph?Amake friends with themBmake man of themCmake them richerDmake them stronger19The passage shows us_As
16、ome aspects of the US historyBthe development of the US educationCthe relationship between the Whites and the IndiansDthe differences between two education systemsBBobby Moresco grew up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen, a tough workingclass neighbourhood on Manhattans West Side.But Hells Kitchen lies righ
17、t next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen.Being stagestruck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners.Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17.If you were a kid fro
18、m the neighbourhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal.Not an actor.Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east.He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle callsand during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2，000.“I wasnt a good actor, but I ha
19、d a driving need to do something different with my life，” he says.He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender.My father said, “Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and a daughter.”But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.Then in 1983 his younger brother Th
20、omas was murdered in a moblinked killing.Moresco moved back to his old neighbourhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony (遗产) of Hells Kitchen.Halfdeserted Streets, based on his brothers killing, opened at a small OffBroadway theatre in 1988.A Hollywood producer saw it
21、 and asked him to work on a screenplay.His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood.By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him.Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after Septe
22、mber 11.The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down.They kept pitching (竭力推销) it.Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he bo
23、rrowed money and sold his house.He and Haggis kept pushing.At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little.Moresco delayed his salary.Crash slipped into the theatres in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success
24、.It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won threeBest Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kids from Hells Kitchen.At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success.“If you have something you want to do in life, dont think about the problem
25、s，” he says，“think about other ways to get it done.”20Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order：aHis work Halfdeserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small OffBroadway theatre.bUnexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.cHe moved to Hollywood to be a taxi drive
26、r and a waiter.dHe started to learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something different.eHis younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.Adceab BdecbaCcdeab Dcedba21Why did not Bobby Moresco tell anyone that he started taking acting lessons at age 17?AHe wanted t
27、o give his girlfriend a surprise.BHis girlfriend did not allow him to do this.CHe was afraid of being laughed at.DHe had no talent for acting.22Which of the following sentences is NOT true? AHis father did not support his work as a bartender.BBefore he became an overnight success, his life experienc
28、ed ups and downs.CHis brothers death inspired his writing Halfdeserted Streets.DMoresco grew up in New Yorks Hells Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway.23The studio executives turned the script Crash down because _Athey thought the script would not be popularBthe script was not well writte
29、nCthey had no money to make the film based on the scriptDthey thought Moresco was not famous课时作业(十七).1.D2.C3.B4.B5.C6.C7.A8D考查非谓语动词。句意：现在的大学学府使学生们具备良好的社会经验和人际交往技巧，它们比以前的“象牙塔”更社会化。分析句子成分可知，universities和equip之间为主谓关系，故用equip的现在分词形式，equip意为“装备，使有能力”，所以D项正确。9C10.C11.A12.D13.B14.D15.D.A16C17.B18.B19.AB20A21.C22.D23.A