UNIT 5 Period Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1 ENLIGHTENING A MIND（课时作业）-【优化探究】2021-2022学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册同步导学案（北师大版）

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．This technique (技巧) is useful but it has its limitations.

2．I wish he'd show me a little more sympathy (同情)．

3．I really can't understand this. Please enlighten (指导) me.

4．He was too stubborn (固执的) to admit that he was wrong.

5．The reasons for this behavior are fairly straightforward (简单的)．

6．He seems to be a bit of a philosopher (哲学家)．

7．What more could an educator  (教育工作者) hope for than a student's desire to learn.

8．He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight (视力)．

9．There was a small stream (水流) at the end of the garden.

10．Each computer language has its own syntax and vocabulary (词汇)．

Ⅱ.单句语法填空

1．We need to analyse (analysis) what went wrong.

2．The new drug has great significance (significant) for the treatment of the disease.

3．She's not very consistent (consist) in the way she treats her children.

4．Exceptionally (exceptional), students may be accepted without formal qualifications.

5．Clearly, dropping this restriction (restrict) would allow the other species to recover.

6．Tom's whole class were of a pattern—restless, noisy, and troublesome (trouble)．

7．Forecasters say the storms may not be as bad as they initially (initial) predicted.

8．The news caused great excitement (excite) among her friends.

9．Jealousy causes distress and painful (pain) emotions.

10．Scientists are puzzled (puzzle) as to why the whale had swum to the shore.

Ⅲ.完成句子

1．I am a funny teacher, I know that humor is important when teaching.

我是一个有趣的老师，我知道，教学时幽默是很重要的。

2．It's important to know your own strengths and weaknesses.

了解自己的优缺点很重要。

3．This was because each sign represented only one sound in their language.

这是因为在他们的语言中，每个符号只代表一种声音。

4．I'll give you a key so that you can let yourself in.

我把钥匙给你，你可以自己开门进去。

5．It was the first time she had seen him in person.

这是她第一次见到他本人。

Ⅳ.阅读理解

Three very strong women—my mother, my grandmother, and Melinda—deserve big credit (赞扬) for helping me become the man I am today. But Blanche Caffiere, a very kind librarian and teacher I've never written about publicly before, also had a huge influence on me.

When I first met Mrs. Caffiere, she was the elegant and engaging school librarian at Seattle's View Ridge Elementary, and I was a shy fourth grader. I was desperately trying to go unnoticed, because I had some big deficits, like terrible handwriting and a killingly messy desk. And I was trying to hide the fact that I liked to read something that was cool for girls but not for boys.

Mrs. Caffiere took me under her wing and helped make it okay for me to be a messy, nerdy boy who was reading lots of books.

She pulled me out of my shell by sharing her love of books. She started by asking questions like, “What do you like to read？” and “What are you interested in？” Then she found me a lot of books—ones that were more complex and challenging than the Tom Swift Jr. science fiction books I was reading at the time. For example, she gave me great biographies she had read. Once I'd read them, she would make the time to discuss them with me. She sincerely listened to what had to say.

Through those conversations about books in the library and in the classroom we became good friends.

Looking back on it now, there's no question that my time with Mrs. Caffiere helped spark my interest in libraries (Melinda's and my first large­scale effort in philanthropy) and my focus on helping every child in America get the benefit of great teachers. It's remarkable how much power one good person can have in shaping the life of a child.

[语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在学校时遇到的一位好老师——Blanche Caffiere。她通过鼓励作者阅读，帮助他摆脱束缚成为更好的自己。文章点明了一个好老师对孩子的影响力是非凡的。

1．We can learn from the passage that the author was         before he met Mrs. Caffiere.

A．an average student

B．not able to read and write

C．hated by other boys

D．not self­confident

解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的“...I was a shy fourth grader. I was desperately trying to go unnoticed...(……我是一个害羞的四年级男孩，拼命想让自己不被注意……)”可推知，作者当时是不自信的。

答案：D

2．What does the underlined word “deficits” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A．Accidents.　　　　　　 B．Strengths.

C．Problems.  D．Concerns.

解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的“like terrible handwriting and a killingly messy desk (例如书写糟糕，凌乱不堪的桌子)”可知，此处列举的是作者的缺点。由此推知，画线词的意思是“缺点，问题”。

答案：C

3．Mrs.Caffiere helped the author by         .

A．sharing reading reflections with him