1、课课练四第一节 ：语法填空Tom went to the seaside to spend his holiday last summer with his family. One day, he was swimming in the river when someone shouted, ”Look out! There is 1. shark not far away!”. On hearing the shout, Tom was scared to 2. because he was afraid of its 3. (danger) characteristic. “Just do
2、nt worry, Tom!” his father said. “But in order to avoid 4. _(harm), lets go back to our hotel.”They stayed in the seaside for several weeks. Though the weather was much hotter than that in their hometown, Tom got used to 5. and felt at home. Every morning, he got up earlier than his parents and went
3、 for breakfast ahead of time. Then he went to have a chat with his new friend, Jack, who he happened to come 6. during his holiday. Jack was a native and he was familiar7. the seaside well. He was a man with good characters. Soon they became very good friends. After they parted, they kept 8._(write)
4、 to each other. Now, Tom still often hears 9. Jack. They talked in their letters about things and persons 10. they remembered in the seaside.第二节 ：短文改错（2012年陕西卷）MyfatherandIstayedattheSouthLakeHotelforaweekwhenwevisitBeijinglastmonth.Itisinthedowntownarea,butitiseasytogotoanywherefromthehotelbypublic
5、transport.Welivedinacomfortablydouble-roomwithabigbath.WhatIlikedbestwerethefreehigh-speedInternetconnectionintheroom.Icheckedmyemailmessageseveryday.IalsosharedformyfriendsmanyphotostakinginBeijing.Thefoodwaswonderfulwithreasonableprices,andweenjoyedseverallocaldish.ItissuchgreathotelthatIwouldreco
6、mmendittoanyfriendofmewhoisgoingtoBeijing.第三节 ：七选五（2012年辽宁）For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans 71 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion todayStrauss invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around
7、the worldLevi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829 72 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brothers dry goods businessThis gave him a chance to produce his famous inventionAfter the gold rush
8、of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunesStrauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for mineralsInstead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the minersAt first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth 73 When he heard miners complaini
9、ng that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the minersThese pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make moreIn 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob
10、 Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）This made the pants last a long timeBecause Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent 74 By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made
11、 a great contribution to American fashion 75 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the worldAAs a young boy, he moved with his family to the United StatesBNobody knew what kind of material was suitableCHe did and Levi jeans
12、have been made with metal rivets ever sinceDHowever, he did not get much business for those productsEHe also made a great contribution to Americas clothing industryFSince they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer cultureGAs the business grew, Strauss got much
13、 money from it第四节 ：阅读理解(2012年四川卷D篇) In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide. Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by
14、teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan. MIT has offered a program called OpenC
15、ourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has lo
16、ng offered courses to a wider population through a similar program. The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform. MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in
17、 offering courses on the open-source edX platform.“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organizat
18、ion based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.53. According to this text, edX is
19、_.A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare B. a free computer program by MIT and HarvardC. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online coursesD. a free program online for universities worldwide54. What is said about online education in the text?A. Universities have been trying online courses.B. About 2,00
20、0 online courses have been offered.C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online.D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.55. The underlined part in the text probably means “ ”.A. Get ready for the difficulties B. Get ready for this educational changeC. Get prepared to com
21、plete the online coursesD. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses56. What can be said about MITx according to the text?A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.C. It is a standard to recognize online learners achievement.D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.
