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课时跟踪检测(八)
[对应学生用书P184]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.On weekends I used to go out to enjoy the beauty (美) of nature.
2.As the saying (谚语) goes, “A man depends upon his parents at home and upon his friends abroad.”
3.Black and white are the colours which never go out of fashion (时尚).
4.Digital (数字的) technology helps us to communicate with each other more easily.
5.Both of her children have a talent (天赋) for dance.
6.This is a good book so far as its content (内容) is concerned.
7.He doesn't want to live in the shadow (阴影) of his brother.
8.The achievements (成就)of this research will be of great importance for humans.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.The boy who is standing there has a talent for writing.
2.I am very content with my life at present.
3.Let's go downtown and pick up some fashionable (fashion) clothes for you.
4.The experts say that sleep helps us strengthen (strength) new memories.
5.Let's plant more trees and flowers to beautify (beauty) our city.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他们去跳舞,都会不欢而散。(end up)
2.We cannot help the way in which people speak of us.
别人如何谈论我们,我们自然无从干预。(the way)
3.I regret to say that we have no news for you.
我很遗憾,我们没有给你带来什么消息。(regret)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(江苏省通州高级中学2020—2021学年“一市一所”教育联盟高一上学期12月第一次联测)When I was growing up my family was very poor.One year, we celebrated Christmas late because Dad needed to construct a tree from the roadside branches he could find the week after the holiday.Money was a hardtocomeby thing.
By the time I was in primary school, I had become creative in obtaining money.I used to go to the local flea market on Sundays.On one such visit, I noticed a woman selling a popular toy, the Chinese YoYo, ten for a dollar.I thought I could risk a buck, and I bought ten.By the end of the week, I sold all ten... each for a dollar.When I returned to the market the next Sunday, I reinvested my ten dollars and bought a hundred more.
Being in a difficult financial situation taught me perseverance (坚持不懈) and adaptability early on.I am an ele