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课时作业(七) Unit 2 Period 3
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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One of Australia's “Big Things”, the Giant Koala, is located midway between the Victorian towns of Stawell and Horsham at a small town called Dadswells Bridge. Dadswells Bridge is regarded as the gateway to the Grampians Ranges. The Giant Koala is the “Guardian of the Grampians”.
Stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner or just drop in for some takeaways, a hot drink or a nice cold ice cream.Try our range of oldstyle lollies(糖果) or make selection from our lolly shop with a large range of chocolates and lollipops. You can even have your party at the Giant Koala in the newly landscaped courtyard fed with our famous camp oven roasted meat.
Make use of our BBQ, and bring your own meat and have a picnic out in our courtyard or among the animals in the zoo. The Giant Koala has a large range of gifts and souvenirs for all ages so that you can take a soft toy koala away with you as a reminder of your visit.
The new owners of the Giant Koala, Rob and JulieAnne, have recently added a zoo which is home to two koalas and other native Australian animals and some farm animals.
You can have your photo taken with our koalas for a small fee. We have just completed a children's “Petting Zoo” where they can pat animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, baby turkeys and chickens.
The Giant Koala made an appearance in the movie Charlie&Boots and was featured in the Telstra Bigpond advertisements this year.
A series of eight “Big Things” in Australia has just been released on Redhead Matches and the Giant Koala was selected to be part of this series and you can find them in supermarkets now.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了澳大利亚的一个旅游景点Giant Koala,人们可以在这里吃到各种糖果,还可以自己烧烤,与考拉合影等。
1.The underlined word “fed” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “______”.
A.eaten B.encouraged
C.regarded D.supplied
解析:选D 词义猜测题。由上文可知,本段介绍Giant Koala有的东西,所以推知此处表示Giant Koala提供出名的野营烤炉烤肉。所以fed在此处的意思是“提供”。与D选项意思一致。
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the Giant Koala is ______.
A.a small town
B.a place for sightseeing
C.a famous person
D.a very large creature
解析:选B 推理判断题。由文章第二至五段所述内容可知,Giant Koala里有商店、景观庭院、动物园等,人们可以在这里吃饭,举办聚会,购买礼物、纪念品,以及与考拉合影等,所以推断Giant Koala应该是一个旅游景点。故选B。
3.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Have Lunch at the Giant Koala
B.Australia's “Big Things”
C.Welcome to the Giant Koala:an Unforgettable
Experience
D.Best Gifts You Can Buy at the Giant Koala:Soft Toy Koalas
解析:选C 主旨大意题。本文主要为旅游景点Giant Koala做宣传,吸引人们来这里玩,故C项最适合作为本文的标题。
4.The passage is most likely to be taken from ____.
A.a tourist website B.a food column
C.a science magazine D.a research study
解析:选A 推理判断题。本文介绍的是一个旅游景点,所以最有可能来自旅游网站。故选A。
B
The Paris museum—the Pompidou Centre—has a secure place in the heart of Paris and in Parisians' hearts.But it wasn't always the case.
“When it was first built,the reaction was one of disbelief,” said Serge Lasvignes,president of the Pompidou Centre.“Le Monde newspaper wrote the museum's construction brought shame on Paris,and city politicians thought their money had been totally wasted,” said Lasvignes.Critics said it looked like an oil refinery (炼油厂).
France's first museum entirely devoted to contemporary art saw the light of day thanks to the determination of one man—Georges Pompidou,an art lover who served as France's president from 1969 to 1974.
In 1971,he started an international competition to build the museum,originally known as the Centre Beaubourg.The winning team,which included three young architects from Britain and Italy,was completely unknown at the time.Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers,the two architects who saw the project through,made the plan a reality.
“They didn't think they had a chance to win.So they thought they might as well do exactly what they wanted,” Lasvignes said.
“The design took everyone by surprise and it was completely different from any other museum.Someone said to Piano,‘Your thing is terrible—with the escalator (自动扶梯) on the outside,it looks like a supermarket!’” Lasvignes added.
Forty years later,the museum still tries to make culture available to everyone,Lasvignes said.He calls the Pompidou Centre a museum like no other.“We are not only a museum,” he said.“We have concerts,debates,performances,a library...and everything flows together.” Pompidou felt putting up walls between different forms of art was harmful.“So we are a house of culture where people return again and again,” Lasvignes said.
【语篇解读】 本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了欧洲最大的艺术博物馆——巴黎的蓬皮杜中心。
5.What was people's attitude to the Pompidou Centre at first?
A.They disliked it.
B.They respected it.
C.They were curious about it.
D.They paid little attention to it.
解析:选A 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“...one of disbelief”“brought shame on Paris”“their money had been totally wasted”以及“looked like an oil refinery”可知,一开始人们不喜欢蓬皮杜中心。
6.Who completed the construction of the Paris museum?
A.President of the Centre Beaubourg.
B.Three unknown French architects.
C.Georges Pompidou.
D.Piano and Rogers.
解析:选D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers,the two architects who saw the project through,made the plan a reality”可知,Piano和Rogers负责建设蓬皮杜中心。
7.What was the Pompidou Centre like in Lasvignes' eyes?
A.Very solid.
B.Quite traditional.
C.Entirely original.
D.Extremely simple.
解析:选C 推理判断题。根据第五段中的“they thought they might as well do exactly what they wanted”和第六段中的“it was completely different from any other museum”可知,Lasvignes应该认为蓬皮杜中心的设计别出心裁。
8.Which is a notable feature of the Pompidou Centre?
A.It collects great masterpieces.
B.It holds various cultural events.
C.It is the world's biggest art museum.
D.It is particularly attractive to foreigners.
解析:选B 细节理解题。根据倒数第一段中的“‘We are not only a museum,’he said.‘We have concerts,debates,performances,a library...and everything flows together.’”可知,蓬皮杜中心的显著特点是,它不仅仅是一家博物馆,同时也举办各种文化活动。
Ⅱ.七选五
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Landmark structures that were built to stand the test of time were usually carefully protected over the years, allowing them to appear close to the same as they were constructed. However, many famous landmarks no longer look the same. __1___
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of America's premier landmarks and it's a wonder of modern bridge engineering. Chicago engineer Joseph Strauss designed the structure that took more than four years to complete. __2__ Then, the Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspended bridge span(跨度)in the world.
In the city that never sleeps, Times Square is a busy collection of Broadway theaters, cinemas, restaurants and electronic billboards. __3__ Over the past century, Times Square has undergone numerous adjustments, including a difficult period after the Great Depression. However, it has survived and is a popular tourist destination today.
__4__ The stone structure sits near the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt and depicts a mythical creature with a human head and the body of a lion. Although the precise age is not known, the colorless sculpture shows the impact that centuries of desert weather have faded the magnificent(宏伟的)figure. __5___
A.The Great Sphinx is the largest and most famous statue in the world.
B.The recent discovery shows it was more colorful in its original days.
C.The name, initially called Long Acre Square, was changed in 1905.
D.It was widely praised and finally became a symbol of freedom.
E.Besides, it was open to traffic on May 27, 1937.
F.However, it cracked and had to be removed.
G.They have changed significantly.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。本文介绍了几处著名的地标建筑。
1.解析:选G 考查过渡句。根据空前句可知,许多著名的地标看起来不再一样,G项(它们已经发生了巨大的变化)承接上文,并引起下文要介绍的内容,符合语境。故选G。G项中的changed 与上文中的no longer look the same照应。
2.解析:选E 考查细节句。根据空前句可知芝加哥工程师约瑟夫·施特劳斯设计的这个结构花了4年多的时间才建成,由空后句可知金门大桥拥有世界上最长的悬索桥跨度,作者的叙述一直围绕着金门大桥这个主题。E项(此外,它于1937年5月27日开放)介绍了完成后的开放时间,符合语境。故选E。
3.解析:选C 考查细节句。根据上下文可知,本段介绍了Times Square的基本情况,结合选项可知,只有C项(最初的名字叫朗埃克广场,于1905年更名)中含有关键词Square,故选C。
4.解析:选A 考查主旨句。根据空后句可知,这座石头建筑坐落在埃及的吉萨大金字塔附近,描绘了一个有着人头和狮子身体的神秘生物,可知本段在介绍埃及的狮身人面像,所以A项(狮身人面像是世界上最大、最著名的雕像)符合语境。A项中的statue与后文的sculpture照应。故选A。
5.解析:选B 考查细节句。根据空前句可知,尽管具体的年代还不清楚,但这座颜色暗淡的雕像显示了几个世纪的沙漠天气使这尊宏伟的雕像褪色的影响,此处在介绍狮身人面像的色彩。B项(近期发现表明,它在最初的日子里颜色更加鲜艳)符合语境,colorful与原文中的colorless和faded相对应。故选B。
Ⅲ.语法填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Travelling around the Sydney district is a wonderful experience.
The sightseeing options are 1.______(end), but most travellers begin on the harbour at the Sydney Opera House. Known as one of the wonders of the world, it is 2.______ photographer's dream.
There is a huge 3.______(choose) of accommodations available in the city and its surrounding area. Darling Harbour is famous for its restaurants and fourstar hotels. Under the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge is the Rocks, a shopping district, which 4.____(call) “the heaven of shoppers”. You can spend at least half a day 5.______(wander) through the alleys and side streets to take 6.______ everything the shops offer. On the other side of the harbour 7.______ (lie) another mustvisit spot, the Taronga Zoo Sydney. With an exciting collection of native animals, including lions and giraffes, 8.____ is rare to find a zoo with a view of Darling Harbour and the city skyline.
The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is within walking distance of the Opera House, and is an absolutely perfect place for a picnic lunch. After lunch, take a walk to Sydney Tower, 9.________ you can get 360degree 10.______(forgettable) views of the city.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了悉尼的一些著名景点,表达了去悉尼旅游是一次绝妙的经历。
1.endless 考查词形转换。可供观光的选择是无穷无尽的。空处作be动词are之后的表语,用形容词形式。所以填endless。
2.a 考查冠词。此处泛指“一个摄影师的梦想”,且photographer的首字母发音是辅音,所以填不定冠词a。
3.choice 考查词形转换。此处指有大量的住宿选择。前面有冠词修饰,用名词。所以填choice。
4.is called 考查被动语态。which指代先行词the Rocks,并在从句中作主语,与call之间是被动关系,所以用被动语态。故填is called。
5.wandering 考查非谓语动词。“spend time (in) doing sth.”是固定短语,意为“花费时间做某事”。故填wandering。
6.in 考查介词。你可以花费至少半天的时间,漫步于街头巷尾,去观看商店提供的东西。“take in”是固定短语,在此意为“观看”。
7.lies 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。此处是一个完全倒装句。主语“another mustvisit spot”是第三人称单数,此句中用一般现在时,谓语动词需填lies。
8.it 考查代词。分析句子可知,“to find a zoo with a view of Darling Harbour and the city skyline”是真正的主语,所以前面应该用形式主语it。
9.where 考查定语从句。此处“Sydney Tower”是先行词,关系词在定语从句中作地点状语,所以用关系副词where。
10.unforgettable 考查词形转换。在那里,你可以看到360度的难以忘怀的城市景观。结合句意可知,此处需填“forgettable”的否定形式“unforgettable”。
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