1、课时作业21Great scientists.完形填空Susie Goodall finally was discovered and rescued. She was a volunteer in the _1_ Golden Globe Race accompanying sailors through the _2_ every June. On Wednesday morning, Goodall was 2,000 miles west of South America when her boat was like a drunken man in a strong wind and
2、 a broken bar knocked her _3_ unconscious. But soon after that she _4_ and at once rang the alarm through her emergency system. And a series of troubling _5_,which had recorded her happenings during the journey, were _6_ on her social media page at once.Chiles Maritime Center received her _7_ and so
3、on ordered a ship to change its _8_ to rescue Goodall. Meanwhile, all Goodall could do was waittrying to keep her boat _9_ in the waving South Pacific and pumping out water that was _10_ into the damaged cabin (船舱). That made her _11_ her present situation.The Chilean ship finally _12_ Goodall. Then
4、 lowering down a small boat to save her seemed _13_ because up to 13 feet waves would _14_ the boat at any time. _15_,crew members on board _16_ another way. They lowered a long thick rope from the ship, and _17_ Goodall from her ship to safety. As luck would have it, the chosen method _18_ worked.G
5、oodall arrived at the Chilean port without any delay. On her social media page, Goodall wrote, “They were the hardest and loneliest days Ive ever had. Actually, all I wanted was a break with no _19_ to the busy daily life. But I might as well _20_ home instead of giving up.”Susie Goodall在陪同水手参加Golde
6、n Globe Race比赛的过程中,所乘船只因遇到巨浪而剧烈摇晃,她自己也被断裂的栏杆砸晕;醒来后,她立即拉响了警报器;后来在智利海事中心的帮助下,她最终转危为安。1A.final BpreviousCmonthly Dannual答案:D解析:根据第2空后的“every June”可知,Susie Goodall每年都会作为志愿者陪同水手参加比赛。故选D。2A.tour BvoyageCtrip Dscene答案:B解析:根据空前的“sailors”以及下文中的“her boat”可知,这些人参加的是航行比赛,故选B。3A.permanently BtotallyCtemporarily
7、Dseriously答案:C解析:根据第4空后的“at once rang the alarm”可知,她只是被断裂的栏杆暂时砸晕了。故选C。4A.awakened BsleptCshouted Dcried答案:A解析:根据第3空后的“unconscious”及该空后的“rang the alarm”可知,她不久就醒过来了。故选A。5A.updates BquestionsCfantasies Dthoughts答案:A解析:根据该空后的“which had recorded her happenings”以及第6空后的“on her social media page”可知,记录她在航行中发
8、生的事情的一系列最新信息立即就被发布在社交媒体网页上。故选A。6A.put BgatheredCposted Dsent答案:C解析:参见上题解析。A项意为“放,安置”;C项意为“发布”;D项意为“发送”。7A.call BwarningCsignal Dreply答案:C解析:根据第4空后的“rang the alarm through her emergency system”可知,她当时拉响了警报器,由此可知,此处表示智利的海事中心收到了她发出的信号。故选C。8A.system BcourseCsubject Dpolicy答案:B解析:根据第7小题的解析可知,海事中心收到信号后,即刻命
9、令一艘船改变航向(course)去营救Goodall。9A.dry BtidyCstill Dsteady答案:D解析:根据空后的“the waving South Pacific”可知,当时海浪凶猛,因此她在等待的过程中,尽量让船保持稳定(steady)。10A.leaking BflyingCflowing Ddropping答案:A解析:根据上文中的“pumping out water”及下文中的“the damaged cabin (船舱)”可知,当时船已经受损,并且开始渗水。leak“渗入”。11A.curious about Bworried aboutCsatisfied wit
10、h Ddisappointed with答案:B解析:根据第9、10小题的解析可知,当时船已经开始渗水,她需要在巨浪中稳住船只、抽掉渗入的水等待救援。由此可推知,她对自己当时的处境非常担心。故选B。12A.rescued BabandonedCpassed Dspotted答案:D解析:根据下文中的“lowering down a small boat to save her”可知,赶来救援的智利船只发现了(spotted)她。13A.fast BproperCimpossible Duncomfortable答案:C解析:根据下文中的“up to 13 feet waves”并结合常识可知,
11、当时放下小船去救她这一做法看起来是不可能的,当时海浪太大,小船随时都有可能被海浪吞没。故选C。14A.swallow BliftChit Dpush答案:A解析:参见上题解析。15A.Besides BOtherwiseCInstead DAlso答案:C解析:根据第13小题的解析及第16空后的“another way”可推知,考虑到用小船救人是不可能的,而有船员推荐另外一种方式。16A.changed BrecommendedCadmired Ddescribed答案:B解析:参见上题解析。17A.pulled BkeptCgrasped Dfetched答案:A解析:根据上文中的“They
12、 lowered a long thick rope from the ship”可推知,营救人员放下一根又长又粗的绳子,然后将Goodall从她自己的船上拉到安全的地方。故选A。18A.hardly BprobablyCusually Dreally答案:D解析:根据最后一段第一句中的“Goodall arrived at the Chilean port”可知,用绳子救人的方法真的奏效了。故选D。19A.answer BaccessCdamage Dcontribution答案:B解析:根据空前一句可知,在海上遇险的那几天是她最艰难、最孤独的时期。由此可推知,被营救之后,她只想休息,而不想
13、再让自己接触那些繁忙的日常事务。20A.drive BrideCwalk Dsail答案:D解析:根据第19小题的解析可知,虽然她不想再如此劳累了,但她还是认为自己最好还是开船返航回家,而不是就这样放弃。故选D。.应用文写作假定你是李华,你校刚刚成立一个中国传统文化社团。你的英国朋友Tom在青岛大学留学,他对中国文化很感兴趣。请你给他写一封信,邀请他来参加活动,内容包括:1该社团成立的目的;2该社团的活动内容;3邀请他方便时来参加活动。注意:1.词数80左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Tom,The Chinese Traditional Culture Club has b
14、een started recently. I am writing to invite you to participate in the activities.In order to enrich our campus life and keep the Chinese traditional culture alive, the Students Union of our school has set up the Chinese Traditional Culture Club. It aims to protect the Chinese traditional culture by
15、 organizing all kinds of activities. For example, some experts will be invited to give us lectures. In the meanwhile, some speech contests and talent shows will be held. The members will celebrate the traditional festivals in creative ways. Since you are interested in Chinese culture, I think it is
16、a great opportunity for you. You are sure to benefit a lot from it.I hope you will have a great time.Yours,Li_Hua.读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150词左右。In Your EyesThe park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. I was deserted. Endless quarrels with my
17、family had left me nowhere to go but this desolate corner of the park. As I sat on the bench, things happening recently began to flash through. Days seemed months to me recently. No cozy home to stay. No happy memories with family. No considerate family members to talk to. Even the book I was readin
18、g was no fun. Not content with life, I had a good reason to frown, for the world was intended to drag me down.If that wasnt enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted (倾斜的) down and said with great excitement, “L
19、ook what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, with its petals (花瓣) all wornnot enough rain, or too little light. He must have picked the flower somewhere shady and sunless, just like where I was staying these days. I couldnt help selfpitying. Wanting him to take his dead flo
20、wer away and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then looked away.But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with certainty,“It surely smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. Thats why I picked it; here, its for you.”The flower before me
21、was dying or dead, not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.” But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he held it midair without reason. Curiosity drove me to look into his eyes.
22、 Blue as the sea, there was no color of light in his beautiful eyes.答案Paragraph 1:It was then that noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was blind. I heard my voice trembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best flower. “Youre welcome,”he smil
23、ed, and then ran off to play, not realizing the impact hed had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a selfpitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my selfindulged plight (困境)? Perhaps hed been blessed with true sight from his heart by God.Paragraph 2:For all
24、of those times I myself had been blind towards the world around me. Through the eyes of a blind boy, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. I decided and promised to see beauty and appreciate every second of my life. Then I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose, smiling like that young boy. Another flower in his hand was about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.