1、班级：姓名：Unit 16课下能力提升(一).单词拼写1We show much _ (同情) for the man who has been suffering hardships.2All of us donated money for the _ (受害者) of the earthquake.3What are the _ (标准) for deciding who gets the prize?4Frightened by the sudden thunder and lightning, the dog sat _ (颤抖) in a corner.5Not having gra
2、sped the relations between the characters of the film, I had to r_ the video to watch it again.6He was in deep s_ when he heard that his dog died.7Young children sometimes cant tell the difference between f_ and reality.8Is that an a_ painting from Picasso, or a modern copy?.选词填空in a way, on ones si
3、de, on the way to, once upon a time, block out, knock over, come into view1Our car had a flat tyre _ the airport.2They are, _， her close friends.3We sometimes draw a curtain across a window to _ the sunlight.4He saw a shop not far away _ of the road.5_ there was a poor old fisherman.6As we turned th
4、e corner, a small village _.7She was _ by a car in the accident.完成句子1到那时为止，我已经学会了1 000个英语单词。I _ 1,000 English words till then.2我花光了所有的钱之后，就回家了。After I _ all my money, I went home.3上周我待在我乡下叔叔家。Last week I _ my uncles in the countryside.4他执政已有几年了。It was several years since he _.5我本来想见他的，但我改变了主意。I _ to
5、 see him, but I changed my mind.6他刚到就又走了。He _ when he went away again.7如果他听我的劝告的话，就不会犯这样的错误了。If he _ my advice, he would not have made such a mistake.课文缩写语法填空Pliny was a Roman writer who had 1. _ a volcanic eruption as a young man. He wrote about a 2. _ eruption which 3. _ on August 24th, 79 AD. The
6、 tragedy had left a deep 4. _ (印象) on Pliny whose uncle died in the event. The whole towns and villages were 5. _ by the ashes of Mt Vesuvius. By 1748, archaeologists started to 6. _ (发现) the ancient city of Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” 7. _ a frozen moment in history. Not only the buildings
7、 and objects of Pompeii attract the people, but also the forms of the people caught in the 8._ that 9._ the imaginations of people across the world. Though the bodies of people who died in Pompeii had decayed for many years, the bodies showed their exact shapes. Today, since excavations started, peo
8、ple and archaeologists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world. In this way, the city lives on nearly 2,000 years after the eruption that 10. _ it.完形填空Vincent Van Gogh is often remembered as the painter who cut off his ear in a fit of passion. He was a lonely man who often _1_
9、 without food in order to buy paints, a man with few friends and a _2_ temper. Van Goghs strong emotions not only _3_ his life, but his paintings.Many of Van Goghs paintings were _4_ by warm, yellow sunlight because he loved how it could _5_ the world in different ways. His painting Sunflowers, for
10、example, is _6_ yellows and browns. These colors give the painting a _7_ of warmth. However, the sunflowers are _8_ dead and dying.The result is a painting that _9_ the warmth of life that Van Gogh loved with the feelings of _10_ that were all around him. It is a painting that is warm, beautiful and
11、 sad, all at the same time Van Goghs most famous painting, The Starry Night, _11_ this mixture of joy and sadness one step _12_. It is a landscape full of deep _13_ and shadows which showed the sadness Van Gogh was feeling as he was painting, _14_ what he was actually seeing.This is why Van Goghs _1
12、5_ in his painting look more imaginative than reality. The stars and moon in The Starry Night are _16_ bright; their light swirling above the darkening hills. A tree that looks like black fire cuts through the _17_ of the night, interrupting its beauty.Because of his wild emotions, Van Gogh was not
13、_18_ during his life. He sold only one painting. However, people today who stand in front of Sunflowers or The Starry Night can _19_ the same joy and sadness Van Gogh once did, _20_ he painted those deep blues and sunny yellows.1A.wentBcameCcarried Dsent2A.gentle BtenderCstormy Dshort3A.developed Ba
14、ffectedCimproved Dreduced4A.inspired BtaughtCfollowed Dmoved5A.show up Bturn upCcut up Dlight up6A.full in Bfilled withCfilled of Dfull out7A.state BlookCfeeling Dtouch8A.actually BsimplyCentirely Dfinally9A.compares BincludesCcommunicates Dmixes10A.happiness BexcitementCsadness Dworry11A.takes Bsta
15、ndsCraises Dcontinues12A.further BdeeperClonger Dcloser13A.reds BblacksCblues Dgreens14A.other than Brather thanCas well as Din addition15A.voices BpicturesCcolors Dimages16A.seldom BunusuallyCaccordingly Dproperly17A.surroundings BenvironmentCview Dsight18A.understood BnoticedCrewarded Dtrusted19A.
16、experience BrecognizeCaccept Ddetermine20A.though BhoweverCif Das.阅读理解With a red suit, a black hat and a big smile, George Bettes takes pride in spreading good cheer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth.He hands out cards identifying himself as “Dr.Laughter”The card says“La
17、ughter is My Name. Praying for Your Speedy Recovery is My Game” and calls attention to the proverb which states: A_merry_heart_does_good_like_medicine,_but_a_broken_spirit_dries_the_bones.Bettes merry heart helps heal broken spirits at the hospital. Hes also a gifted artist and draws getwell cards f
18、or the patients he visits.“Laughter is some of the best medicine you can get. It lowers blood pressure. It puts you in a happier state of mind，” said Bettes, 74, a retired soldier.Each Sunday, Bettes goes to the hospital and finds out which patients most need to be cheered.Jeanne King, a hospital te
19、chnician, said Bettes tends to visit people whose relatives and friends dont come to see them.“He has a lot of artistic ability and gives these fancy cards to the patients，” King said.On a recent visit, he talked with a woman about her two dogs, and then gave her a card picturing a lively dog and a
20、message: “Someone at home sure misses you. Get well quickly.”Bettes got the idea to help at the hospital five years ago.“My mother was in this hospital, and we didnt know whether she was going to live or die，” he said. “They took such good care of her and just put their arms around me.”He added，“The
21、 real heroes are the people who work here.”Bettes gives out more than humor during his hospital visits. Sometimes he bakes coconut and chocolate pies for employees.He greets them like old friends.“Youre looking good, kid，” he told nurse Rebekah Brooks.“We consider him family，” she said.1Bettes helps
22、 the patients by _.Atelling storiesBdrawing cardsCoffering light snacksDgiving various gifts2The underlined proverb in Paragraph 3 _.Atells how to find good medicineBshows the importance of being happyCencourages people to lead an active lifeDexplains the relationship between spirit and body3In the
23、hospital, Bettes spends more time with those patients who are _.Avery oldBseriously illClonely Ddisabled4Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AWe consider him familyBThey are the real heroesCHe brings humor to the hurtingDSomeone at home sure misses you课下能力提升(一).1.sympathy2.vict
24、ims3.criteria4trembling5.rewind6.sorrow7fantasy8.authentic.1.on the way to2.in a way3.block out4on his side5.Once upon a time6came into view7.knocked over.1.had learned2.had spent3stayed at4.came into power5.had wanted 6.had hardly arrived7.had taken.1.witnessed2.volcanic3.occurred4impression5.burie
25、d6.uncover7preserving8.disaster9.have captured10.had destroyed.1.解析：go without是固定搭配，意为“缺乏；没有”。此句意为“他是个寂寞的人，为了买颜料而没有饭吃”。其他三项都没有此种用法。答案：A2解析：由上文他“一时冲动割掉自己的耳朵”，“没有朋友”和最后一段的his wild emotions，可以推断出他的脾气很坏。stormy“激烈的；暴烈的”；short temper“急脾气”不符合句意。答案：C3解析：此句意为“梵高强烈的情感不仅影响了他的一生，也同样影响了他的绘画”，affect是“影响”之意。develo
26、p“发展”，可以排除。答案：B4解析：inspire是“激发；启发”之意，此句意为“梵高的许多画都受到温暖的黄色阳光的启发”。follow“跟随”，不合句意。答案：A5解析：句意为“因为他热爱阳光照亮世界的不同方式”，light up意为“照亮”符合句意。show up“出现”；turn up“开大(声音等)”都可排除。答案：D6解析：be filled with“充满”，也可以用be full of。答案：B7解析：此句意为“这些色彩赋予这幅画一种温暖的感觉”。feeling“感觉”；state“状态”；look“表情；外貌”；touch“触摸”，都可排除。答案：C8解析：actually意
27、为“事实上”，此句意为“然而，事实上向日葵早已枯萎或即将枯死”。答案：A9解析：由上下文可以判断此处要表达的是“结果是一幅混合了梵高所热爱的生命的温暖和萦绕着他的伤感的画”所以要用mix . with .结构。答案：D10解析：下一句和本句相互对应，由下句可以推断此处是sadness。答案：C11解析：此句意为“使这种喜悦和伤感的融合更深一步”，take steps是常见的搭配。答案：A12解析：表示“更进一步”，用further。答案：A13解析：颜色可以表达各种情感，蓝色可以表示“悲伤”，由上句“takes this mixture of joy and sadness one step
28、further”可以判断此处只能是blues。答案：C14解析：rather than是instead of之意，表示“而不是”；other than是“除之外”之意。根据句意只能选rather than。答案：B15解析：image是“图像；景象”之意；picture“图画”和painting重复。答案：D16解析：unusually表示“不同寻常地”。答案：B17解析：view表示“景色”。答案：C18解析：由句意“梵高由于他狂野的情绪而在生前不为人所了解”，可以判断此处用understood表示“被了解”。答案：A19解析：experience表示“体会；感受”。答案：A20解析：根据两
29、句之间的关系，后一句应该是一个时间状语从句，选项中只有as可以表示“当的时候”。答案：D.语篇解读：本文是记叙文。美国一位七旬老人每周到一家医院，通过画卡片的方式给病人们送去欢乐。1解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Hes also a gifted artist and draws getwell cards for the patients he visits”和第八段中的“He has a lot of artistic ability and gives these fancy cards to the patients”可知，Bettes通过画卡片的方式帮助病人们。答案：B2解析：句意理解题。这句话的意思是：快乐的心情好比灵丹妙药，低落的情绪却让骨头枯干。这句话说明了保持心情愉快的重要性。答案：B3解析：推理判断题。根据第七段中的“Bettes tends to visit people whose relatives and friends dont come to see them”可知，Bettes更关心孤独的病人。答案：C4解析：标题归纳题。本文是一篇人物报道。美国一位七旬老人每周到一家医院给病人们送去欢乐。第四段中的“Bettes merry heart helps heal broken spirits at the hopital”是重要提 示。答案：C