1、Unit 4 Making the news课时作业.完形填空“USA! USA！” Jeremy Holst, 16, screamed from the sidelines as the clock counted down. The timer buzzed (发出蜂鸣声), and he and his teammates stormed the rink (溜冰场) to _1_ their goalkeeperbut the next person Jeremy ran to was Kenny Kinsey, 17. “We _2_ it! We won the bronze！”
2、 Jeremy said, giving him a high five.It was March, and Kenny and Jeremy had _3_ from New York City to Austria to _4_ in the Special Olympics World Winter Games as part of a floor hockey team that _5_ students with and without intellectual disabilities. “Our paths might _6_ have crossed if it werent
3、for this opportunity to _7_ together，” Jeremy says. _8_， he goes to a private school at one end of New York City, while Kenny attends a _9_ needs program at a public school all the way across town.But the two boys got along very well from the very first _10_. “We connected over our _11_ of sportsand
4、 now were like any pair of friends，” Jeremy says.And that _12_ just might have helped them bring home the bronze. “In a team meeting, Kenny spoke about how Jeremy and other team members had _13_ him even more than some of his schoolmates，” coach Joseph Stewart _14_. “That speech really brought the t
5、eam together.”The _15_ in Austria was an unforgettable moment for all involved, but the biggest _16_ these two athletes learned is more _17_ than any award. “_18_ many differences among people, it just _19_ that we can all find _20_ to combine，” Jeremy says.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是患有智障的肯尼和没有智障的杰里米从纽约前往奥
6、地利参加特奥会世界冬季奥运会室内曲棍球比赛，并获得了铜牌的情况。1A.attract BsupportCcongratulate Dhelp答案：C根据下文“We won the bronze！”可知，他和他的队友冲进了溜冰场，向他们的守门员表示祝贺(congratulate)。故选C项。2A.proved BfoundCcreated Ddid答案：D句意：“我们成功了，我们获得了铜牌！”故选D项。3A.walked BtraveledCcalled Drushed答案：B从下文可知，此处指肯尼和杰里米从纽约去(traveled)奥地利，故选B项。4A.fight BcompeteCserv
7、e Dwork答案：B根据后面的“the Special Olympics World Winter Games”及全文内容可知，此处指他们是在特奥会上参加比赛(compete)，故选B项。5A.combined BcomparedCexchanged Dtransformed答案：A此处指将健康的和有智障的学生结合在一起。combine . with .，“把和结合在一起”，故选A项。6A.still BeverCnever Dalready答案：C句意：“如果不是因为这个在一起比赛的机会，我们的路径可能永远不会(never)相交。”故选C项。7A.explore BplayCstudy D
8、perform答案：B此处杰里米说，“如果不是因为这个在一起比赛的机会，我们的路径可能永远不会相交。”故选B。8A.At most BIn shortCAfter all DAs usual答案：C毕竟(After all)，他去了纽约市一端的一所私立学校，而肯尼则在城镇的另一端一所公立学校里参加一个有特殊需求的项目。故选C项。9A.regular BspecialCnormal Dsimilar答案：B此处是指一个有特殊(special)需求的项目。故选B项。10A.practice BshowCspeech Ddiscussion答案：A但是这两个男孩从一开始练习(practice)就相处
9、融洽。故选A项。11A.expectation BtasteClove Dimpression答案：C此处杰里米说，“对体育的热爱(love)把我们联系在一起现在我们就像任何一对朋友一样。”故选C项。12A.agreement BmemoryCrespect Dfriendship答案：D句意：而这种友谊(friendship)可能已经帮助他们夺得铜牌。故选D项。13A.accepted BrefusedCdoubted Dnoticed答案：A此处是指杰里米和其他队员已经接受(accepted)他。故选A项。14A.repeats BremindsCrecalls Dresponds答案：C
10、这是教练的回忆(recalls)，故选C项。15A.accident BtripCspirit Dvictory答案：D奥地利的胜利(victory)对所有的人来说都是一个难忘的时刻，结合上文提到的“We _2_ it! We won the bronze！”可知答案为D项。16A.lesson BsubjectCskill Dfact答案：A此处指两位运动员学到的最重要的一课(lesson)比任何奖项都更有价值。故选A项。17A.humorous BinterestingCreasonable Dvaluable答案：D此处是指有价值的(valuable)。故选D项。18A.Despite
11、BBesidesCBeyond DAlthough答案：A此处杰里米说：“尽管(Although)人们之间有很多不同，但事实证明，我们都能发现一些把我们联系起来的东西。”结合句意可知答案为A。19A.comes out Bturns outCmakes out Dworks out答案：B此处表示结果证明(turns out)，故选B项。20A.nothing BeverythingCanything Dsomething答案：D此处表示发现一些把我们结合起来的事情(something)，故选D项。.阅读理解(2020石家庄市重点高中高三毕业班摸底考试)If you want to know
12、the world, you must know famous global media. Here are four wellknown ones recommended to help you learn about world affairs without leaving home.The Sun (http：/www. thesun. co. uk)The Sun is a popular newspaper owned by News Corporation founded by Keith Rupert Murdoch. It is filled with the jokes a
13、bout heads of state and major events both inside and outside Britain such as mayors trousers not being tied properly, politicians sleeping during conferences and so on. Its lively and popular style just meets the taste of the lower classes. Now its annual circulation (发行量) has reached 23,100,000 cop
14、ies.Daily Mail (http：/www. dailymail. co. uk)Daily Mail, compared to The Sun, is a little more serious. Reading the Daily Mail can not only understand major political and economic events, but also read some relaxing and helpful contents. Wellknown for female favorite topics, it is extremely popular
15、with middleclass housewives. Now its annual circulation has come to 20,930,000 copies.The Onion (http：/www. theonion. com)Tne Onion is the most popular satirical (讽刺的) magazine in the United States with a circulation of 6,900,000 copies a year, covering domestic, foreign and local news and including
16、 entertaining newspapers and websites. Most onion readers are between 18 and 44 years old.The New Yorker (https：/www. newworker. com)The New Yorker is a comprehensive magazine of America. It focuses on nonfiction, including reports and comments on politics, international affairs, popular culture, ar
17、t, science, technology and business. It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as well as humorous sketches (小品) and its unique style of the New Yorker cartoons. Its annual circulation adds up to 10,209,000 copies.篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个世界知名媒体，即太阳报每日邮报洋葱和纽约客，包括这些媒体的内容、特点、阅读
18、对象以及发行量等。1Which medium has the largest annual circulation?AThe Sun. BDaily Mail.CThe New Yorker. DThe Onion.答案：A细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“the largest circulation”定位至每个媒体介绍的发行量处；由第二段中的“23,100,000 copies”，第三段中的“20,930,000 copies”，第四段中的“6,900,000 copies a year”以及第五段中的“10,209,000 copies”可知，太阳报的年发行量最大，故A项正确。2Accor
19、ding to the text, who may be the most loyal readers of Daily Mail?AYoung people. BMiddleclass women.CLower classes. DPoliticians.答案：B细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“the most loyal readers of Daily Mail”定位到第三段倒数第二句“Wellknown for female favorite topics, it is extremely popular with middleclass housewives.”，由该句可知，中产阶级
20、的妇女是每日邮报最忠实的读者，故B项正确。3Which topic is least likely to be published in The New Yorker?AA poem. BA short story.CA humorous sketch. DA novel.答案：D细节理解题。根据尾段倒数第二句“It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as well as humorous sketches (小品)”可知，纽约客还出版文学作品，但主要是短篇故事和诗歌，以及幽默小品等，据此可知，
21、小说最没有可能在约纽客发表，故选D。(2019全国卷)Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year. Today $8 or $10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time these amounts were forbidding to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by r
22、ich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience. They were dull and visually forbidding. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.The trend, then, was toward the“penny paper”a term referring
23、 to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper；perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single copies on the street.This development did not take place overnight. It had been possible(but not easy)to buy single copies of newspapers befo
24、re 1830, but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printers office to purchase a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. However, within a few years, street sales of newspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copies was seldom a pennyusually two or
25、three cents was chargedand some of the older wellknown papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase “penny paper” caught the publics fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.This new trend of newspapers for“the man on the street” did not begin well. Some of the
26、 early ventures (企业) were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国报纸大众化的发展过程。4Which of the following best des
27、cribes newspapers in America before the 1830s?AAcademic. BUnattractive.CInexpensive. DConfidential.答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句可知，当时的美国报纸既枯燥又在视觉上令人生畏，故选unattractive “不吸引人的”。5What did street sales mean to newspapers?AThey would be priced higher.BThey would disappear from cities.CThey could have more readers.
28、DThey could regain public trust.答案：C推理判断题。根据第二段和第三段可知，报纸当时的变化趋势是越来越面向大众，变得更便宜，而且在街上就可以买到一份报纸，由此可推断报纸的街头销售意味着“报纸可以拥有更多的读者”，故选C项。6Who were the newspapers of the new trend targeted at?ALocal politicians. BCommon people.CYoung publishers. DRich businessmen.答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，报纸发展的新趋势的目标读者是普通人，故选B项。7Wh
29、at can we say about the birth of the penny paper?AIt was a difficult process.BIt was a temporary success.CIt was a robbery of the poor.DIt was a disaster for printers.答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，报纸的大众化新趋势进展得并不容易，经过了早期一些企业的失败，然后通过一些年轻而勇敢的商人的努力才成功，由此推知，大众报的出现不是一帆风顺的，故选A项。.短文改错(2019宁夏自治区银川一中高三月考)Mr Li is my hea
30、d teacher. He is now in his thirty and has been teaching in almost ten years. He has much knowledges and his teaching method is scientific. All of us enjoy his lessons which are lively and interested. Not only is he strict and also he is kind and patient. As a result, he is popular with our students
31、. All these years he has devoted to teaching his students. In addition, he often gave his encouragement to us, that means a lot to us. With his help, we have made a great progress. We all love him！答案：Mr Li is my head teacher. He is now in his and has been teaching almost ten years. He has much and h
32、is teaching method is scientific. All of us enjoy his lessons which are lively and . Not only is he strict also he is kind and patient. As a result, he is popular with students. All these years he has devoted to teaching his students. In addition, he often his encouragement to us, means a lot to us.
33、 With his help, we have made great progress. We all love him!1thirtythirties考查固定结构。“in ones逢10的基数词的复数形式”表示在某人几十岁时，故把 thirty改成 thirties。2infor考查固定用法。此处表示一段时间，故把in改为for。3knowledgesknowledge考查名词。knowledge “知识”，是不可数名词，无复数形式，故把knowledges改成 knowledge。4interestedinteresting考查形容词。从句主语为his lessons，指事物，故用现在分词
34、interesting作表语，表示“有趣的”，故将interested改为interesting。5andbut考查固定短语。固定短语not only . but also . “不但而且”，故把and改成but。6ourus考查代词。根据句意可知，这里指“我们学生”，后面的 students是us的同位语，故用us students作with的宾语，故把our改为us。7has后加been考查固定短语。短语be devoted to “致力于”，故在has后加been。8gavegives考查动词的时态。根据全文可知，此处应用一般现在时，客观地描述李老师的人物性格和特征，故把gave改成gives。9thatwhich考查定语从句的引导词。非限制性定语从句不可用关系代词that引导，这里用关系代词which，指代前面主句所述内容，故把that改为which。10去掉a考查固定短语。make progress “取得进步”，其中progress是不可数名词，无复数形式，前面不能加不定冠词，故把 great前的a去掉。