高中英语Module4WhichEnglis练习外研版选修8

高中英语Module4WhichEnglis练习外研版选修8

‎ Section Ⅱ　Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary—Language Points 课时作业 Ⅰ.单句语法填空 ‎1．You can count on them to help you, for they are kind.‎ ‎2．The key to resolving the unemployment problem lies in creating more job opportunities.‎ ‎3．—Do you have a minute？I've got something to tell you.‎ ‎—OK, as/so long as you make it short.‎ ‎4．The two sides debated with each other about/on/over who was the better for a whole day.‎ ‎5．All people, whether they are old or young, rich or poor, have been trying their best to help those in need since the disaster.‎ ‎6．Was it when he was playing volleyball on the playground that he got hurt?‎ ‎7．The girl ran to tell her teachers that she had been accepted by a key university instantly (instant) she got the notice.‎ ‎8．My bicycle and my brother's bicycle look so similar that it's hard for me to tell (tell) them apart.‎ ‎9．It doesn't matter whether/if you turn right or left at the crossing—both roads lead to the park.‎ ‎10．She is an American，but she likes learning Chinese. She says Chinese is as popular (popularity) a language as English.‎ Ⅱ.单句改错 ‎1．In England, it's easy to tell a person's class from his speech. ‎ from→by ‎2．It is difficult for him finish the task within two hours. ‎ him后加to ‎3．You can take as much books as you like. ‎ much→many ‎4．He shook me by the hand and we opened a conversation instant.‎ ‎ instant→instantly ‎5．Nothing in the particular in this store appeals to me. ‎ 去掉the 7‎ Ⅲ.阅读理解 CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO READ SENTENCES LIKE THIS? Every one of us gets so used to punctuation marks that not many of us give them a second thought. Actually, the ancient Greeks wrote this way. The lack of punctuation marks probably didn't bother good readers, though. As they read, they just put pauses where they fit best. Also at this time, sentences switched directions. A sentence read from left to right. The next one read right to left, and then left to right again, etc. The ancient Romans sometimes punctuated like this: They·put·something·that·can·separate·words·in·a·sentence. The word punctuation actually comes from this idea and the Latin word puncture, which means a dot.‎ When the 5th century arrived, there were just two punctuation marks: spaces and points. The spaces separated words while the points showed pauses in reading. Then in the 13th century, a printer named Aldus Manutius tried to standardize punctuation. He always used a period for a complete stop at the end of a sentence. He used a slash (/) to indicate a short pause. Over time, that slash was shortened and curled, and it became the modern comma(逗号)．‎ Since that time, other marks have enlarged the punctuation family. The exclamation mark(感叹号) comes from the Latin word io. It means “exclamation of joy”. The question mark originally started out as the Latin word questio，meaning question. Eventually, scholars put it at the end of a sentence to show a question.‎ Punctuation even keeps changing nowadays. New marks are coming into existence, and old punctuation marks are used in new ways. Take for example the “interrobang”. This 1962 invention combines the question mark and exclamation mark for times when writers want both. For example, “She did what！？” or “How much did you pay for that dress！？” Obviously, the interrobang is not widely used or recognized yet, but its invention shows that English is not yet finished with its punctuation.‎ ‎【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了英文中标点符号的起源和发展。‎ ‎1．From the first paragraph, we can know that .‎ A．good readers had trouble reading without punctuation marks B．a sentence always read from left to right in ancient ‎Greece C．the ancient Greeks switched the direction of punctuation marks D．the use of punctuation marks can date back to ancient times 解析：选D　推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后两句“The ancient Romans 7‎ ‎ sometimes... which means a dot.”可推知，标点符号的使用可以追溯到古代。故答案选D。‎ ‎2．The passage is developed by .‎ A．time　　 B．space C．comparison D．importance 解析：选A　篇章结构题。文章第二、三、四段开头第一句都与时间有关，由此可推知，本文是按照时间顺序来写作的。故答案选A。‎ ‎3．We can learn from the passage that .‎ A．ancient Romans didn't use any punctuation marks B．exclamation and question marks came from Latin C．spaces and slashes were already used before the 5th ‎ century D．Aldus Manutius first started to use commas 解析：选B　细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二、四句可知，感叹号和问号都起源于拉丁语。故答案选B。‎ ‎4．What can be concluded from the last paragraph?‎ A．The combination of two marks will not work.‎ B．It takes time for people to accept new punctuation marks.‎ C．Old punctuation marks need to be standardized.‎ D．Punctuation marks are still changing today.‎ 解析：选D　细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第一句“Punctuation even keeps changing nowadays.”和最后一句中的“but its invention shows that English is not yet finished with its punctuation”可知，英语中的标点符号至今还在继续变化。故答案选D。‎ Ⅳ.完形填空 Sandy Greenberg came from a poor family. He went to Columbia‎ ‎University on a scholarship and there he met his roommate who also was receiving financial 1 .‎ Unfortunately, Sandy had a(n) 2 disease during his second year at Columbia‎ ‎University, and finally he became blind. But 3 for Sandy, something else also happened to him—his roommate would 4 his textbooks to him, every night after he lost his sight.‎ As a result, Sandy went on to 5 with honors. He went off to study at the University‎ of ‎Oxford. He was still quite poor, but he had managed to 6 about five hundred dollars as he went along.‎ His roommate 7 went on to graduate school. One day, Sandy got a 8 ‎ 7‎ from him. His former roommate said, “Sandy, I'm really 9 I really don't like being in graduate school, and I don't want to do this.”‎ ‎“Well, what do you want to do？” Sandy 10 .‎ His roommate told him, “Sandy, I really love to 11 . I have a high school friend who plays the guitar. And we would really like to 12 our hand at the music business. But we need to make a promo record (宣传唱片), and in order to 13 that I need $500.”‎ Sandy‎ took all his life savings without 14 and sent it to his roommate. Well, his roommate was the 15 famous singer, Art Garfunkel, and he 16 up with another musician, Paul Simon. That $500 17 them make a record that finally became The Sound of Silence.‎ How we are able to deal with ‎18 in our lives will be influenced by how we deal with others 19 the way. What we get will depend a lot on what we 20 . And that's the end of the story of doing well by doing good.‎ ‎【解题导语】　桑迪在哥伦比亚大学上学时得到过室友无私的帮助。后来，室友遇到困难，桑迪毫不犹豫地伸出了援手，帮助室友实现了梦想。这篇文章告诉我们一个人生道理：回报取决于付出，助人者人助之。‎ ‎1．A.aid B．advice C．crisis D．pressure 解析：选A　根据前面讲的桑迪是靠奖学金上的大学以及句中的also可知，他的室友也很穷，也接受经济“资助”。‎ ‎2．A.eye B．ear C．nose D．bone 解析：选A　根据第三空前的“he became blind”可知，此处指桑迪上大二时“眼睛”得了病。‎ ‎3．A.finally B．luckily C．sadly D．excitedly 解析：选B　由下文可知，虽然桑迪失明了，但他的室友每天晚上都会给他读课本。相对于失明的不幸，这是不幸之中的幸事，故用luckily。‎ ‎4．A.lend B．offer C．read D．return 解析：选C　由上下文可知，桑迪失明了，所以他的室友应该是每天晚上给他“读”课本。‎ ‎5．A.survive B．research 7‎ C．leave D．graduate 解析：选D　根据下一句讲的桑迪到牛津大学继续深造可推知，桑迪在室友的帮助下完成了学业并以优异的成绩“毕业”了。‎ ‎6．A.save B．lend C．share D．borrow 解析：选A　根据下文中的“Sandy took all his life savings”可知，尽管桑迪的生活依然很贫困，他还是设法“积攒”了大约500美元。‎ ‎7．A.never B．still C．either D．also 解析：选D　根据该段最后的“I really don't like being in graduate school”可知，桑迪的室友“也”进入了研究生院学习。‎ ‎8．A.message B．call C．card D．report 解析：选B　根据下文对话的情节可知，此处指桑迪接到了前室友的“电话”。‎ ‎9．A.unhappy B．unhealthy C．homesick D．lonely 解析：选A　根据该空后的内容可知，他的室友很“不开心”。‎ ‎10．A.suggested B．answered C．asked D．laughed 解析：选C　根据该空前引号中的问句可知，此处应填asked。‎ ‎11．A.work B．sing C．dance D．travel 解析：选B　根据下文他的室友说要录制一张宣传唱片可知，他的室友非常喜欢“唱歌”。‎ ‎12．A.wave B．wash C．try D．clean 解析：选C　此处指他们很想在音乐界一试身手。try one's hand意为“初试身手，一试身手”。‎ ‎13．A.win B．do C．prove D．earn 解析：选B　此处指为了去“做”那件事(指录制一张宣传唱片)，他们需要500美元。‎ ‎14．A.permission B．admission C．hesitation D．expectation 解析：‎ 7‎ 选C　根据上文可知，在桑迪最困难的时候，室友帮助了他，故此处应指桑迪毫不犹豫地拿出自己所有的积蓄，寄给了室友。without hesitation意为“毫不犹豫地”。‎ ‎15．A.other B．similar C．former D．later 解析：选D　此处指桑迪的室友就是“后来”著名的歌手Art Garfunkel。‎ ‎16．A.teamed B．came C．showed D．set 解析：选A　上文中，阿特·加芬克尔在电话中对桑迪说：“我有个高中时的朋友是弹吉他的。我们俩很想在音乐界一试身手。”由此可以看出，此处指他与另一位音乐家成立了一个组合。team up with (sb.)意为“(与某人)结成一队”。‎ ‎17．A.saw B．helped C．hoped D．let 解析：选B　由上文可知，那500美元“帮助”他们制作出一张唱片。‎ ‎18．A.interests B．opportunities C．difficulties D．feelings 解析：选C　联系阿特·加芬克尔和桑迪的互助经历，作者发表议论。此处指在生活中应对困难的能力与我们如何待人有很大的关系。‎ ‎19．A.across B．in C．by D．along 解析：选D　此处指一直以来我们如何待人影响着我们在生活中应对困难的能力。along the way意为“在……过程中；在生活道路上”，符合语境。‎ ‎20．A.take B．give C．like D．learn 解析：选B　此空与句中的get相对应。本句意为：我们所得到的在很大程度上取决于我们所付出的。这就是作者要通过这样一个故事来说明的人生道理。‎ Ⅴ.短文改错 Three weeks ago I bought the electronic dictionary at a shop.But I hadn't used it for several day when I found it didn't work.So I went to the shop, but only to be told that the problem could not be solved unless it was sent back the factory where it was made. Then I did like I was told without any delay.Unfortunately, the factory promised to repair the dictionary and sent it back in a week. Two weeks has past, but I haven't yet received one. I have no idea why things are like this. I'm looking forward to receive my dictionary as soon as possible.‎ 答案：‎ 7‎ Three weeks ago I bought electronic dictionary at a shop. But I hadn't used it for several when I found it didn't work. So I went to the shop， only to be told that the problem could not be solved unless it was sent back the factory where it was made.Then I did I was told without any delay. ，the factory promised to repair the dictionary and it back in a week. Two weeks has ，but I haven't yet received .I have no idea why things are like this. I'm looking forward to my dictionary as soon as possible.‎ 7‎