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作业(一) 语基落实训练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.The Great Wall is one of the most breathtaking (令人惊叹的) sights in the world.
2.Joanne stood with her hands on the sink, staring (凝视) out of the window.
3.This is a world of diverse sources (来源) of information, from newspapers and books to TV, radio, music and even real people.
4.He sought (寻找) everywhere for materials and finally his efforts paid off.
5.Most of the evidence was destroyed (破坏,毁掉) in the fire, thus making it almost impossible to prove the murderer guilty.
6.We eventually (最终) wound up staying in a little hotel a few miles from town.
7.The story describes the extraordinary encounter (邂逅) between a man and a dolphin.
8.Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived (幸存).
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.Food allergies can result in an enormous variety (vary) of different symptoms.
2.He gave me a determined (determine) look, as if to say that he would not change his mind.
3.From seeing the wildlife to witnessing sunrises, the whole experience was amazing (amaze).
4.It was an extremely cold winter evening and freezing (freeze) fog hung in the air.
5.On her day of discharge, we shared in her delight at her recovery (recover).
6.I have already taken steps to speed up a solution (solve) to the problem.
7.The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
8.There has been a mixed reaction (react) to her appointment as a director.
9.It's widely accepted that friendship is_founded (found) on mutual trust.
10.Don't mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may give away the shocking (shock) ending.
Ⅲ.选词填空
cut down, fall off, at a speed of, concentrate on, recover from, after all, in search of, lead to
1.You really shouldn't have reacted to his comment on your work so violently.After_all he meant no harm to you.
2.As far as I know, it was the car accident due to drunk driving that led_to his being killed.
3.If you are trying to acquire a new skill, please concentrate_on gaining some practical experience.
4.I drove my car at_a_speed_of 100km per hour in the highway this afternoon.
5.He was forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in_search_of work.
6.She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered_from her injuries.
7.They ordered that for every tree cut_down two more be planted.
8.How did it come about that the car fell_off the bridge into the river?
Ⅳ.多维表达
1.(完成句子) The reason why_we've_to_grow_trees_is_that they can provide us with fresh air.
我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。
2.(完成句子) You should pay special attention to the beginning of the passage while_you_are_reading.
当你阅读时你要特别注意文章的开头。
3.(完成句子) We are living in an age_when_many_things_are_done_on_computer.
我们生活在一个许多事情都可以在电脑上完成的时代。
4.(句式升级)If you work harder, you will make more progress.
→The_harder you work, the_more_progress you will make.(用“the+比较级”结构升级)
5.(句式升级)The house has been pulled down.He lived in the house 10 years ago.
→The house where_he_lived_10_years_ago has been pulled down.(用定语从句升级)
作业(二) 语篇提能训练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2024·青岛模拟) A six-year-old longing to keep a unicorn (独角兽) in her backyard figured she'd get the hard part out of the way first.
Last November, Madeline wrote a letter to the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control with a straightforward request.“Dear LA County, I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one.Please send me a letter in response.”
Director Mayeda replied two weeks later.The department does in fact license unicorns, she said, under certain conditions.Those include polishing the unicorn's horn at least once a month with a soft cloth, feeding it watermelon at least once a week, covering it with only nontoxic and biodegradable sparkles and giving it regular access to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows.And, because unicorns are indeed very rare to find, the department is also giving Madeline a toy unicorn to keep her company during her search, as a token of appreciation.
“It is always rewarding to hear from young people who thoughtfully consider the requirements of providing a loving home for animals,” Mayeda wrote in the letter.“I like your sense of responsible pet ownership to seek permission in advance to keep a unicorn in Los Angeles County.”
Mayeda told the Washington Post that this is the first time the department has received a request for a license for a unicorn or any mythical creature.They were impressed with the first-grader for wanting to ask permission in the first place, and doing her research to work out how to go about that.She and her colleagues deal with a lot of “life-and-death” issues on the job, whether that's seeing cases of animal abuse or animals hurting people or making decisions about having to put down dangerous or sick animals.So Madeline's letter has considerably brightened their spirits, and she is due to visit the department this week to discuss her unicorn license application.Safe to say, she's in for a magical surprise.
语篇解读:本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了六岁的孩子Madeline写信给动物保护部门,希望获得许可养一只独角兽。
1.Why did Madeline write the letter?
A.To apply to visit a unicorn.
B.To learn to provide animal care.
C.To ask permission to keep a unicorn.
D.To figure out how to find a unicorn.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知,Madeline写这封信是为了申请饲养一只独角兽。
2.What can we learn from paragraph 3?
A.Her application was disapproved.
B.Requirements should be met for the license.
C.She was presented with a live unicorn.
D.Guidance was given for her search.
解析:选B 细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知,要获得许可应满足一些要求。
3.Which of the following best describes Mayeda?
A.Imaginative.
B.Sensitive.
C.Flexible.
D.Convincing.
解析:选B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Mayeda在回信中肯定并且赞扬了Madeline的行为可推知,Mayeda很体贴谨慎。
4.Why does the department think the letter “has brightened their spirits”?
A.Because it is the first application letter for a pet.
B.Because animal protection is a life-and-death issue.
C.Because they are worn out with their daily work.
D.Because they are touched with the girl's deeds.
解析:选D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“They were impressed with ...work out how to go about that.”和“So Madeline's letter has considerably ...a magical surprise.”可知,该部门认为这封信 “振奋了他们的精神” ,因为他们被女孩认真的行为感动了。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
(2024·临沂模拟) Many humans have a mental number line that often puts smaller numbers on the left and bigger numbers on the right — if asked to organize several bunches of grapes by size, you'd likely line them up by increasing number of grapes from left to right.Like many humans, honeybees seem to prefer their numbers ordered from left to right, a new study claims.__5__ Researchers reported their findings October 17 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Martin Giurfa, a biologist, tested 134 honeybees on their number-ordering abilities.First Giurfa had to teach his bee pupils to recognize numbers.Using sugar water, he guided honeybees into a testing bee house built from a repurposed wine box.For each bee, he hung a panel on the back of the box with a certain number of symbols on it — one, three or five.__6__ So they'd learn to associate the number with food.By varying what the symbols looked like between visits, he ensured the bees were learning the number itself and not certain shapes or arrangements.
__7__ Giurfa removed the training panel and set up two mirror-image panels, one on the left wall of the box and one on the right.These new panels either had the same number of symbols as the training panel, fewer symbols or more.Which panel did the bees fly to — left or right? “__8__” Giurfa says.Of the bees trained on “one”, 72 percent flew to the “three” panel to the right, but of the bees trained on “five”, 73 percent went to the “three” panel to the left.“That's exactly the concept of the mental number line,” Giurfa says.
Though some cognitive (认知的) powers seem to be uniquely human, Giurfa thinks there is danger in dismissing the abilities of animals.“We are different from animals in some aspects,” he says, “but we are very similar in others.__9__”
A.Then he fed them the sugar water.
B.It depends on the reference number.
C.However, not everyone is convinced.
D.After 30 trips to the box, it was time for a test.
E.It suggests that honeybees have a “mental number line”.
F.Giurfa thinks bees and chicks have inborn mental number lines.
G.Denying this similarity will not help us understand what we are.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。新的研究称,像许多人一样,蜜蜂也有数字排序能力,而且它们似乎更喜欢从左到右排列数字。
5.选E 由本文首句及空前一句“Like many humans, honeybees seem to ...claims.”可知,人类的大脑中有“a mental number line”,习惯性把数字从小到大按从左往右的顺序排列,研究表明蜜蜂也和人类一样,由此推测,蜜蜂大脑中也有这样一个“a mental number line”,所以E项符合语境。
6.选A 根据空前“Using sugar water, he guided ...three or five.”及空后“So they'd learn to associate the number with food.”可知,空前讲的是Giurfa在板子上写上数字教蜜蜂认识数字,空后说明蜜蜂学会把数字和食物联系起来,由此推测,空处应该是描述喂食物,结合前面“Using sugar water”,所以A项符合语境。
7.选D 根据上一段末句“By varying what the symbols looked like between visits...shapes or arrangements.”可知,实验过程中训练蜜蜂多次,结合下文“Giurfa removed ...the bees fly to — left or right?”对蜜蜂进行考试,由此可知,D项承上启下,符合语境,其中trips呼应上文中的visits。
8.选B 根据下文“Of the bees trained ...the “three” panel to the left.”可知,蜜蜂会飞到哪块板上,是以它们训练时的数为参数的。由此可知,B项契合下文。
9.选G 根据上文“Though some cognitive(认知的) powers ...we are very similar in others.”可知,Giurfa认为,科学证明有些动物的认知能力和人类很相似,这不容忽视,不应该否认,由此可知,G项符合语境,表示否认动物和人类的相似性对我们没有好处,其中this similarity呼应上一句中的“we are very similar in others”, denying(否认)与上文dismissing(驳回,不考虑)意思相近。
Ⅲ.完形填空
(2024·深圳调研)Natalie and Callie, both 13 years old, started raising monarch butterflies for fun in 2020.But after realizing monarch butterflies were an endangered species, their__10__soon turned into a serious mission.
They learned that the population of monarch butterflies had __11__ since the early 1990s, due to habitat __12__ and widespread use of chemicals, which made the milkweeds monarch butterflies __13__ for their main diet dangerous to eat.
So the girls teamed up with a national non-profit group to plant a native garden __14__ for the monarch butterflies.The garden grew organic milkweeds that __15__ and kept the butterflies.To help __16__ the locals to sustain the monarch butterfly's population, they created an exhibition about monarch butterflies in the local library.They also wanted to put up an educational sign in town, but it __17__ a lot.To cover the expense,they set up a stand at the Farmers Market to sell their __18__ milkweeds for people to plant.Although the fundraising days were __19__, they finally succeeded in earning enough money with their hard work and people's support.
The team has won the Silver Award for their __20__ of taking care of these butterflies, but they are not __21__ with their work.“Our next step is to cut down on the use of __22__ to guarantee a safe environment for the monarch butterflies,” said Natalie.In the award ceremony, their teacher Brian __23__, “I am so proud of them for their constant __24__.”
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了13岁的Natalie和Callie保护黑脉金斑蝶的故事。
10.A.dream
B.hobby
C.career
D.decision
解析:选B 根据上文中的“started raising monarch butterflies for fun”可知,Natalie 和Callie之前养黑脉金斑蝶只是一种业余爱好(hobby)。
11.A.doubled
B.aged
C.declined
D.exploded
解析:选C 根据上文中的“monarch butterflies were an endangered species”可知,黑脉金斑蝶的数量在下降(declined)。
12.A.management
B.assessment
C.selection
D.destruction
解析:选D 根据语境可知,此处讲的是黑脉金斑蝶数量下降的原因。根据空后的“widespread use of chemicals”和常识可知,黑脉金斑蝶数量下降的原因之一是栖息地遭到了破坏(destruction)。
13.A.relied on
B.kept off
C.broke down
D.gave away
解析:选A 根据空后的“their main diet dangerous to eat”可知,黑脉金斑蝶依赖(relied on)马利筋草,将其作为主要食物。
14.A.partly
B.secretly
C.rarely
D.specially
解析:选D 根据下文中的“grew organic milkweeds”可知,两个女孩与国家级非营利性团体在当地种了一个专门(specially)针对黑脉金斑蝶的花园。
15.A.attracted
B.protected
C.monitored
D.trapped
解析:选A 上文中讲到了马利筋草是黑脉金斑蝶的主要食物。结合上文中的“grew organic milkweeds”可知,她们在花园里种植了有机马利筋草。有机的马利筋草可以吸引(attracted)黑脉金斑蝶。故选A项。
16.A.employ
B.educate
C.force
D.limit
解析:选B 根据语境和常识可知,她们在当地图书馆举办展览是为了教育(educate)当地人维持黑脉金斑蝶的数量。
17.A.meant
B.cost
C.changed
D.hurt
解析:选B 根据下文中的“To cover the expense” 和“the fundraising”可知,在镇里搭建教育标牌花费(cost)较大。
18.A.dry
B.medical
C.healthy
D.wild
解析:选C 此处呼应上文中的“organic milkweeds”,因此这些马利筋草是健康的(healthy)。
19.A.pleasing
B.light
C.long
D.disappointing
解析:选C 根据下文中的“they finally succeeded in earning enough money”可以推断,筹款活动尽管花费的时间有点儿长(long),但效果还不错。
20.A.project
B.concept
C.schedule
D.assignment
解析:选A 根据语境和上文中的“a serious mission”可知,此处指的是她们保护黑脉金斑蝶的项目(project)。
21.A.concerned
B.connected
C.finished
D.occupied
解析:选C 根据下文中的“Our next step is to cut down on the use”可知,她们保护黑脉金斑蝶的行动并没有结束(finished)。
22.A.chemicals
B.time
C.funds
D.energy
解析:选A 根据上文中的“widespread use of chemicals”和下文中的“guarantee a safe environment for the monarch butterflies”可知,她们的下一步是要减少化学品(chemicals)的使用,以确保黑脉金斑蝶的环境安全。
23.A.quoted
B.continued
C.replied
D.commented
解析:选D 根据下文中的“I am so proud of them for their constant________ ”可知,这是老师对她们的评论(commented)。
24.A.donations
B.support
C.patience
D.efforts
解析:选D 根据全文可知,Natalie和Callie一直在为保护黑脉金斑蝶而努力(efforts),老师也为此而感到骄傲。
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