1、课时作业(二十二)必修4Module 4 Great Scientists(限时：35分钟).单项填空1_， they couldnt make her change her mind.AHard as they triedBTried hard as theyCAs they tried hardDThey tried as hard2One learns a language by making mistakes and _them.Acorrects BcorrectCto correct Dcorrecting3Why does the river smell terrible? Be
2、cause large quantities of water _. Ahave polluted Bis being pollutedChas been polluted Dhave been polluted4Up to this year, our Party has_for more than 90 years.Acome to power Bin powerCcome into power Dbeen in power5John isnt here today. Who can_him in the game?Areplace Btake the placeCinstead of D
3、in place of6His idea of having weekly family meals together, which seemed difficult at first, has _ many good changes in their lives. Agot through Bresulted from Cturned into Dbrought about7He tried to make it _ to his parents that he didnt like the job at all.Aclear Bclean Cobvious Danxious8After n
4、umerous experiments, some doctors have made a _ in the treatment of cancer. Abreakdown Bbreakup Cbreakthrough Dbreakout9Tom, youve got an A in the final English exam. Congratulations!Thanks. But I never thought the result came out so fast. The papers _ when I left the teachers office just now.Ahad b
5、een marked Bwere still being markedCare still marking Dhad been marking10The key _ the problem of traffic jams is to pay the “congestion charge” _ by the mayor of London. Ato solving; introducingBto solve; introducing Cto solving; introducedDto solve; introduced11Tell me _ how it came about that you
6、 were 20 minutes late for class. You neednt go into details.Ain advance Bin vainCin power Din brief12The moment I saw him, his name simply _ me, and I stood there not knowing how to address him.Achoked BescapedCfailed Dconfused13If immigrants are given the right to stay in Britain, some say it would
7、_up to 1 billion in extra tax revenue.Abring in Bbring aboutCbring up Dbring out14We welcome rain，but a(n)_large amount of rainfall will cause floods.Aeventually BextremelyCgradually Dpartly15The old man was taking a walk, _ by his grandson. Asupporting Bsupported Cbeing supported Dhaving supported.
8、阅读理解AJeffrey Bezos, founder, president and chairman of the board of A, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mothers ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25，000acre farm at Cotulla. Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on
9、their farm. Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents garage into a laboratory for his science projects. After he graduated from Princeton University with a degr
10、ee in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vicepresident, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery tha
11、t changed his life, and the course of business history. In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2，300 per cent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce, and immediately began consid
12、ering the possibilities. Bezos founded A in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified to all kinds of products. His work with A
13、mazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dotcom entrepreneurs. He was named Time magazines Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by the US News & World Report as one of Americas Best Leaders. Bezos Amazon has become “the earths biggest anything store”. A is now cal
14、led “one of the smartest strategies in business history”Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives in the north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. “Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company，” he said.16In his childhood, Bezos _Ahad to work with his gra
15、ndfather on their farm all day longBshowed great interest in scienceCdidnt get along well with his brothers and sistersDwanted to become a businessman17Jeffrey changed the course of business history because he _Alooked forward to a bright career in finance on Wall StreetBconsidered the possibility o
16、f setting up an original companyCfounded a new form of commerce that developed fast laterDwas the first to speak of Internet commerce18Which of the following isnt mentioned in the passage?AHow hard Bezos studied in Princeton University.BA only sold books in the beginning.CBezos not only devoted his
17、life to Internet commerce but also to charity.DThe reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found A.19It can be inferred from the passage that _Ait was Bezos grandfather on the farm who helped him a lotBBezos invented ecommerce to win the world fame overnightCBezos has a sharp business mind and a kind he
18、artDBezos aimed at setting up “the earths biggest bookstore”BWhen you get in your car, you reach for it. When youre at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, its the third most addictive thing in modern life, th
19、e cellphone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.The costs are becoming more and more evident, and I dont mean just the monthly bill. Dr Chris Knippers, a counsellor at the Betty Ford Cen
20、tre in southern California, reports that the overuse of cellphones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to onetoone personal contact, and an escape from reality. Sounds extreme, but weve all witnessed the evidence: the person at a restaurant who tal
21、ks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teenager who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Mas
22、sachusetts, notes that cellphone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing
23、use of phones, email and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we dont have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cellphones have produced fewer friends，” he says.If the cellphone has tru
24、ly had these effects, its because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cellphones in use. Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.20From the first two paragraphs, we can know_Acellphones h
25、ave become as addictive as cigarettesBcellphone addiction is good for building personal relationshipsCpeople are longing to have their own cellphonesDcellphones are the same as cigarettes 21Cellphone addiction has caused the following effects EXCEPT _Aa barrier to personal contact Bfewer friendsCan
26、escape from reality Da serious illness 22The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means “_”Aignore BcontrolCdevelop Drescue 23The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that _Awomen use cellphones more often than menBtalking on the phone while driving is dangerousCcell
27、phones do not necessarily bring people togetherDcellphones make onetoone personal contact easy 24Which of the following is the best title for the passage?ACellphones are the new cigarettesBCellphones are harmful to the societyCThe new report about the cellphoneDThe disadvantages of the cellphone 课时作业(二十二).1.A2.D3.D4.D5.A6.D7.A8.C9B10.C11.D12.B13.A14.B15B句意：这位老人在他的孙子的搀扶下散步。support与the old man之间是动宾关系，故用动词的过去分词作状语。.A16B17.C18.A19.CB20A21.D22.B23.C24.A
