1、1Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero reading 课时作业一、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。Nowadays，especially in China，everything seems to favor social intercourse，such as gatherings of friends，KTV， group travel，dining together ， playing cards and mahjong，plus the Chinesestyle“streetcrossing group
2、”. Back home，discussions can still be boisterously carried on within the“circle of friends”of WeChat.However，these scenes cannot always ease a sense of loneliness.Zhu Ziqing，a wellknown professor of Tsinghua University，sighed with emotion ：“My loneliness increases as the scene becomes much busier.”O
3、ne popular song today is also called“A lonely man in crowds”Actually，engaging in social intercourse requires ability，while being alone involves the whole character.These days，it is not easy to calm down totally and return to ones true self.Willpower， intellect and discipline are required.Einstein sa
4、id：“It is not your working time but your spare time that determines the possibility of whether you will be successful or not.”The“spare time”he referred to could be taken as “spending time by yourself”Lonely life could be either dull，boring and tasteless or abundant，interesting and colorful，dependin
5、g on ones quality, ambition and inspiration.Just as the body constantly requires energy，the mind and soul also demand unceasing inputs.However，information ， to be processed and integrated(合并)into knowledge, thoughts and feelings，instead of bustle(忙碌)，seems to be the right condition.Successful career
6、s in all walks of life worldwide have proved that“the soul grows in peace and talent is nurtured in loneliness”In a sense，it may be reasonable to say that “Happiness tends to be shallow while loneliness involves profundity”Man，in fact ，needs loneliness more than happy time ，and only abundant lonelin
7、ess can produce quality happiness.1Which of the following can replace the underlined word “boisterously”in Paragraph 1?Asurprisingly BsadlyCbusily Dpeacefully2What can we infer from the second paragraph?ABeing alone makes people depressed.BSocial intercourse improves our happiness.COne may feel lone
8、ly even when surrounded by people.DWe should attend social intercourse to decrease our loneliness.23What can we know from Einsteins words?AYou should be successful if you spend all your time by yourself.BYou should exercise more if you want to keep your minds healthy.CYou will not become successful
9、if you join in more social intercourse.DYou will be more successful if you can make your lonely time meaningful.4Which may be the best title for this passage?ALive on Your OwnBHappiness and LonelinessCThe Secret of SuccessDPractice Your Social Ability【解题导语】本文主要讨论了孤独和幸福之间的关系。【难句分析】Einstein said ：“It
10、is not your working time but your spare time that determines the possibility of whether you will be successful or not.”分析：本句是一个复合句。It is.that.是强调句型，对 your spare time 进行强调；whether 引导宾语从句。译文：爱因斯坦说：“不是你的工作时间，而是你的业余时间决定了你是否能够成功。 ”1C 考查词义猜测。根据第一段第一句 “Nowadays, especially in China，everything seems to favo
11、r social intercourse，such as gatherings of friends，KTV，group travel ，dining together，playing cards and mahjong，plus the Chinesestylestreetcrossing group”及画线词所在句可推知，中国人喜欢社交，即使回到家也会继续忙着在朋友圈里讨论，故选 C。2C 考查推理判断。根据第二段第二句中的 “My loneliness increases as the scene becomes much busier”和第三句可推知，人们有可能在热闹的人群中反而更加孤
12、独，故选C。A 项错在孤独会让人抑郁，第二段并没有提到；B 项错在社交活动能够提高我们的幸福感，这与文章中清华大学教授说的话不符；D 项错在我们应该参加社交活动以减少我们的孤独，这与第二段第一句“However, these scenes cannot always ease a sense of loneliness”相悖，故排除。3D 考查推理判断。根据第四段 “Lonely life could be either dull, boring and tasteless or abundant，interesting and colorful，depending on ones quali
13、ty, ambition and inspiration”并结合爱因斯坦所说的话可推知，充分利用孤独的时间，不断提高自我，这样成功的几率会更大，故选 D。A 项错在如果你把所有时间用来独处，你会成功，这与第三段最后一句 “Thespare timehe referred to could be taken asspending time by yourself”不符；B 项错在如果你想思想健康就要多锻炼，文章并没有提到；C 项错在如果你参加更多的社交活动，你就不会成功，文章中没有提到，故排除。4B 考查标题判断。根据最后一段 “Man，in fact，needs loneliness more
14、 than happy 3time，and only abundant loneliness can produce quality happiness” 并结合全文的整体内容可推知，本文主要讲的是孤独和幸福之间的关系，故选 B。二、单句语法填空1We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $20, half of _it used to charge.答案：what 分析句子结构可知，本句的“half of _ it used to charge”在句中作$20 的同位语，由此可知这里要用 what 引
15、导名词性从句，作介词 of 的宾语，同时 what 在宾语从句中又作 charge 的宾语，因此填 what。2My grandfathers collection of paintings can leave a deep _(impress) on all of you.答案：impression leave a deep impression on sb. “给某人留下深刻印象”。3They built themselves large villas (别墅) in the wooded _(surround) of the town.答案：surroundings 此处 surroun
16、dings 为名词，意为“环境”。4Little babies are _(tradition) expected to imitate their fathers.答案：traditionally 此处副词 traditionally 修饰 expected to imitate。5The young woman grew up in a _(wealth) family.答案：wealthy 形容词 wealthy “富裕的”修饰名词 family。6Children are usually _(terrify) when alone in the dark.答案：terrified 形容
17、词 terrified “感到害怕的”，在句中作表语。7Nancys first reaction to the news was a strange _(mix) of joy and anger.答案：mixture a mixture of . “ 的混合体”。8The faces of four famous American presidents on Mount Rushmore can be seen at a _(distant) of 60 miles.答案：distance at a distance of 60 miles “在 60 英里外” 。9After a lon
18、g wait, some of them finally get to stay and settle _ , while others have to pack up and leave.答案：down settle down 为固定短语，在本句中意为“定居”。10Tom managed _(set) aside a few dollars of his wages each week to buy a computer.答案：to set manage to do sth. “设法做成某事” 。三、完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可能填入空白
19、处的最佳选项。4(2018江西大江二模)That was a sunny day.My father and I were on the way _1_ my uncles home.People on the street were walking leisurely and chatting _2_ ，while my father was walking in a hurry.I tried my best to _3_ him.But I was still left behind.I could not understand why he _4_ so fast.Due to the
20、 fast speed，I lost my _5_ and was completely with sweat.Somehow，I began to be angry at him.He always did not think about my_6_.“Why do you walk so fast? Dont you see me behind you？”I said _7_.“You are always like this.Why must you _8_ so loudly？”he said and his face got red right away.In fact，I deli
21、berately spoke loudly and made him angry.“It is your _9_ ！”I shouted at him immediately.“You always like to _10_ others！”he cried out.This made me fall into a rage(愤怒)Then we _ 11_ on the street.Whatever he said，I quickly answered back.At that time，I was like a wild beast，losing my temper.Many peopl
22、e stopped to look at us.I was so _12_ that I could feel my face burning，for I saw some people _13_ me，which made me lose face.I touched my face _14_ glared at him.“I will never talk to him， ”I said to myself angrily._15_ could make people forget everything that your beloved had done for you.When I w
23、ent to college，I still hated him.I did not say anything to him，_16_ I were not his daughter.Always I pretended to complain that I was too_17_ when he called me.However，it was his tears from the wornout_18_ that made me feel guilty when we met.He had given me everything he had，but I could not._ 19_ ，
24、I realized that I should not hate him.Now I begin to phone him and ask him to take care of himself.Although sometimes parents will _20_ wrong，they just hope we can be better.1A.at BtoCfor Dof2A.perfectly B eagerlyCanxiously Denjoyably3A.make fun of Bcatch up withCmake way for Dget rid of4A.walked Br
25、anCstarted Dtrained5A.temper BconfidenceCbreath Dbalance6A.beliefs BbehaviorCfeelings Drequests7A.calmly B frequentlyCsoftly Dloudly58A.tell BclaimCread Dspeak9A.fault BcrueltyCorigin Dbusiness10A.enjoy BadmireCblame Dabuse11A.fought BbargainedCconsulted Dquarreled12A.alarmed BafraidCashamed Damazed
26、13A.asking for Blaughing atCwaiting for Daiming at14A.and BsoCbut Dor15A.Anger B SenseCCare DShame16A.in case Bas ifCunless Dafter17A.wrong BcrazyCbusy Dinnocent18A.arm BfaceChead Dbody19A.Naturally BOccasionallyCObviously DGradually20A.do BgiveCfind Dkeep【解题导语】作者因一件小事和父亲在大街上争吵，致使自己颜面尽失，于是下定决心不再与父亲说
27、话。但随着岁月的流逝，作者意识到是愤怒让自己忘记了自己最爱的人为自己所做的一切，于是逐渐改变了自己对父亲的态度。1B 根据语境可知，作者与父亲是在去叔叔家的路上。on the way to.意为“在去的路上” ，符合语境。故选 B 项。2D 该句中 while 表示对比，意为 “然而”。此处是说作者和父亲走得比较匆忙，而街上的其他人走得比较悠闲，边走边开心地(enjoyably)聊着天。故选 D 项。perfectly 意为“完美地”；eagerly 意为“急切地”；anxiously 意为“焦虑地”。63B 从下文的 I was still left behind 可知，父亲走得很快，作者试
28、图赶上他，但是仍然被落在了后面。catch up with 意为“赶上” ，符合语境。故选 B 项。make fun of 意为“取笑”；make way for 意为“给让路”；get rid of 意为“ 摆脱；除去”。4A 根据第二段开头的 Why do you walk so fast？可知，此处指作者不知道为什么父亲走(walked)得那么快。故选 A 项。5C 根据空后的 completely with sweat 可知，由于走得太快，作者气喘吁吁、汗流浃背。lose ones breath 意为“喘不过气来” ，符合语境。故选 C 项。temper 意为“脾气”；confiden
29、ce 意为“ 信心”；balance 意为“ 平衡”。6C 根据上文中的 I began to be angry at him 可知，作者对父亲很生气，认为他根本不考虑作者的感受(feelings)。故选 C 项。belief 意为“信念 ”；behavior 意为“行为；举止” ；request 意为“请求；要求” 。7D 上文提到作者很生气，所以说话的声音应该是很大的。根据第 8 空后的 so loudly 也可知答案。故选 D 项。 calmly 意为“ 平静地”； frequently 意为“频繁地”；softly 意为“温柔地”。8D 根据下文的 In fact，I delibera
30、tely spoke loudly and.可知，此处指父亲埋怨作者说话声音大。故选 D 项。9A 作者责怪父亲走太快，自己跟不上，因此，此处指作者认为这都是父亲的过错(fault)。故选 A 项。cruelty 意为“残忍” ；origin 意为“起源”；business 意为“事情；商业” 。10C 作者在埋怨父亲，而此时父亲也非常生气。因此，父亲在说作者总是责备(blame)别人。故选 C 项。enjoy 意为“喜欢” ；admire 意为 “欣赏”；abuse 意为“虐待；滥用” 。11D 根据下文 Whatever he said，I quickly answered back.At
31、 that time, I was like a wild beast，losing my temper.可知，作者大发脾气，与父亲在大街上吵了起来，所以选quarreled，意为“ 争吵” 。fight 意为“打架”；bargain 意为“ 讨价还价”；consult 意为“咨询”。12C 根据空后的 I could feel my face burning 可知，和父亲吵架引来很多路人驻足观看，作者感觉自己的脸滚烫，因此可推断，作者感到羞愧(ashamed)。alarmed 意为“担忧的；恐慌的”；afraid 意为“ 害怕的 ”；amazed 意为“ 惊奇的”。13B 由空后的 made
32、 me lose face 可知，作者觉得很丢人，因为看到路人在嘲笑她。laugh at 意为“ 嘲笑”，符合语境。故选 B 项。ask for 意为“请求；要求”；wait for 意为“等待”；aim at 意为“针对；以为目标”。14A 句意为：我摸了摸我的脸，怒视着他。 touched 和 glared 是作者先后做的两个并列的动作，所以用 and 连接。15A 文中反复提到 angry，通过对与父亲吵架的描述可知，此处指生气能让人忘记你所爱的人为你做的一切。故选 A 项。716B 设空后的 I were not his daughter 为虚拟语气，作者因怒生恨，吵架后不与父亲说话，
33、就好像自己不是父亲的女儿似的。as if 意为“好像 ”，符合语境。in case 意为“以防”；unless 意为“除非 ”；after 意为 “在之后”。17C 父亲每次打电话时，作者总是抱怨太忙。 busy 意为“忙碌的”，符合语境。故选 C 项。 wrong 意为“ 错误的 ”；crazy 意为“ 疯狂的”；innocent 意为“无辜的” 。18B 眼泪应该是从脸上流下来，所以选 face。句意为：但是，当我们见面时，父亲那饱经沧桑的脸上流下的泪水使我感到内疚。19D 根据空后的 I realized that I should not hate him 可知，作者越来越理解父亲，认
34、识到不应该再恨父亲，此处强调的是一个心理逐渐变化的过程。gradually 意为“慢慢地；逐渐地”，符合语境。故选 D 项。naturally 意为“自然地”occasionally 意为“偶然”；obviously意为“明显地”。20A 尽管有时候父母会做错事，但是他们希望我们能更好。此处指可能会做错事，所以选 A 项。四、单句改错1I caught the sight of an old friend of mine while I was waiting for the bus._答案：去掉 sight 前的 the catch sight of “看见；瞥见” ，为固定短语。2With
35、 water is on all sides, the local people have to go out by boat._答案：去掉 is 逗号后没有连接词，故 “With water on all sides”是 with 的独立主格结构。3Rather than riding on a crowded bus in the morning, I always prefer to ride a bicycle._答案：ridingride prefer to do A rather than do B “比起做 B 更喜欢做 A”。4After the typhoon, people
36、 found some tall trees,measured more than 10 meters, lying on the ground._答案：measuredmeasuring measure 表示“某物的长度为” 时，是连系动词，在本句中，trees 和 measure 为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用现在分词作后置定语。5So far as the eyes can see, nothing is to be seen but sand._答案：SoAs as far as the eyes can see “在目所能及的地方”。五、短文改错A survey (调查)has recen
37、tly carried out among the students in our school about whether they 8would like it if their parents gave birth to a second child.Opinions vary wide from one to another.Most of the students supported the idea.They think that it would be amazing to have a brother and a sister to keep the company and s
38、hare secrets with.Besides，we believe a second child would bring lots of funs to the family.However，the rest of the students interviewing hold the opposite view.To start with，raising one child is already a difficult thing and the parents would have to work twice as hard if they had a second child.Wha
39、ts more，they argue whether they have been accustomed to enjoy the whole love from their parents.答案：A survey (调查)has recently carried out among the students in our school about whether beenthey would like it if their parents gave birth to a second child.Opinions vary from one to widewidelyanother.Mos
40、t of the students the idea.They think that it would be amazing to have a brother supportedsupporta sister to keep the company and share secrets with.Besides， believe a second child andor we theywould bring lots of to the family.funsfunHowever，the rest of the students hold the opposite view.To start
41、with，raising interviewinginterviewedone child is already a difficult thing and the parents would have to work twice as hard if they had a second child.Whats more，they argue they have been accustomed to the whole whetherthat enjoy enjoyinglove from their parents. 解析：A survey 和 carry out 为被动关系，所以加 bee
42、n。 解析：vary 是动词，用副词修饰，所以用 widely。 解析：这是陈述事实，用一般现在时，将 supported 改为 support。 解析：and 表示并列，此处句意为选择而非并列，故用 or。 解析：keep company 陪伴，陪同。 解析：由句意得此处主语为 students，所以为 they。 解析：fun 为不可数名词，无复数形式所以将 funs 改为 fun。 解析：student 和 interview 为被动关系，所以用 ed 形式作定语。 解析：whether 引导的是让步状语从句，而文中是陈述一个事实所以将 whether 删掉或者改为 that。解析：accustom 固定搭配 be accustomed to doing 所以将 enjoy 变为 enjoying。10 9
