1、 - 1 -Unit 5 Music Period 4 Using Language课后阅读训练. 完形填空Do you know one bird whose name is crow(乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow,who thought it was too much trouble to 1 food. “Caw!Caw!”he said,“If someone brought me my food every day,Id be very 2 !”One day,he saw a(n)
2、 3 pigeon flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks,”the crow said to himself. So the crow 4 the pigeon until they came to a 5 . There were some other 6 there too. Before long,an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone,the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw!
3、Caw!”he said. “Can I 7 you?”“No,you cant!” 8 the pigeons angrily. “We dont know you. ”The crow went home feeling 9 . But he suddenly had a(n) 10 . “Ill paint my 11 grey,”he said,“and then the pigeons will 12 I am one of them. ”After he finished the painting,he flew off to the park and was 13 by the
4、pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw!Caw!Give lots to me!”he said loudly. 14 ,the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him 15 . Sadly,the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends,the other crows saw him,they asked him to 16 . Th
5、ey did not 17 him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt 18 than before. His own 19 did not want him, 20 the pigeons wouldnt let him into their group. “What looks easier isnt always so,”the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”【语篇概述】本文讲述了一只懒惰的乌鸦不愿觅食而扮成鸽
6、子,打算和鸽子混吃,最终被鸽群及自己的老友赶出去的故事,并最后领悟了“看起来容易的事并不是如其表面那么容易”的道理,最终悔恨自己把羽毛涂成灰色的行为。1. A. pick out B. look forC. put away D. hand in- 2 -【解析】选 B。习语搭配题。由第一段的 a lazy crow 和 If someone brought me my food every day 可以看出它认为寻找食物太困难而不愿自己觅食,故选 B。2. A. lovely B. healthyC. happy D. pretty【解析】选 C。词语辨析题。由 If someone bro
7、ught me my food every day 可得出如果有人每天给它送食物,它肯定非常高兴,故选 C。3. A. boring B. funny C. old D. fat【解析】选 D。词语辨析题。由第二段的 How happy and well-fed it looks 中的 well-fed(喂养得很好)可得出这只鸽子是肥的,故选 D。4. A. followed B. caughtC. protected D. taught【解析】选 A。词语辨析题。由第二段 they came to a_. There were some other_there too 中的 came 和 t
8、here too 可知乌鸦是跟着鸽子来到了一个地方。故选 A。5. A. square B. forest C. park D. house【解析】选 C。背景常识题。在国外,鸽子一般都会成群结队地在公园出现,让游客或行人进行喂养,故选C。6. A. men B. visitorsC. pigeons D. crows【解析】选 C。词汇复现题。由第二段的 There were some other_there too 中的 too 和 When the man had gone,the crow flew over to the pigeons. 中的 pigeons 可得出这儿也有许多鸽子
9、,故选C。7. A. help B. joinC. see D. believe【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。乌鸦看到了那个人送的食物想加入鸽子群和它们一起分享食物。8. A. explained B. advisedC. shouted D. continued【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。由第三段 the pigeons angrily. “We dont know you. ”中的 angrily可知是向乌鸦生气地大声喊叫。9. A. lucky B. asleep C. tired D. sad【解析】选 D。词汇复现题。乌鸦由于鸽子群不让它加入而感到悲伤,由第五段的开头 Sadly 也可
10、以看出- 3 -此处应为 sad,故选 D。10. A. idea B. choiceC. change D. accident【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。由第四段大意可以看出它突然有了一个将羽毛涂成灰色的想法,故选 A。11. A. head B. feathersC. feet D. legs【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。由最后一段最后一句话“I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”可知此处应选 feathers,故选 B。12. A. understand B. guessC. hope D. think【解析】选 D。词语辨析题。乌鸦将羽
11、毛涂成了和鸽子羽毛一样的颜色,那么鸽子会主观认为乌鸦是同类,所以选 think,故选 D。13. A. welcomed B. discoveredC. noticed D. attacked【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。由第四段 The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw!Caw!Give lots to me!”可以看出它被鸽子群接受了,故选 A。14. A. Strangely B. FinallyC. Suddenly D. Interestingly【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。由第四段 The cr
12、ow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw!Caw!Give lots to me!”可以看出因为它见到食物太激动而突然得意忘形才导致后面被鸽子识破了真相,故选 C。15. A. wait B. stop C. cry D. leave【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。由第一次被鸽子赶走和 Sadly,the crow flew to his own forest. 及 the pigeons wouldnt let him into their group 可以看出鸽子再次让乌鸦离开它们,故选 D。16. A. go aw
13、ay B. give upC. set off D. hurry up【解析】选 A。习语搭配题。A 离开;B 放弃;C 出发,动身;引爆;拉响警报等;D 快速地。由第五段 did not want him 和 the pigeons wouldnt let him into their group 可以得知它的朋友们也让它离开,故选A。17. A. miss B. like- 4 -C. know D. forget【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。由第五段 because of his grey-painted feathers 可知由于它的羽毛颜色没有恢复成原来的样子最终没被它的朋友们认出来,
14、故选 C。18. A. colder B. worseC. busier D. stronger【解析】选 B。词语辨析题。由第五段 So the crow felt_than before. 中的 than before 可以看出 before 应该指的是以前被鸽群赶走的悲伤心情,故选 B。19. A. brothers B. friendsC. parents D. sisters【解析】选 B。词汇复现题。由前文的 But when his old friends,可知应是朋友,故选 B。20. A. though B. butC. as D. and【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。它的老朋
15、友不要它,它也无法回到鸽子群里了,这里应该是并列关系,故选D。. 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()画掉。修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改 10 处,多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。When I first learn to write in English,I ran into much difficu
16、lties. The main problem was that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate into my own language everything which I came across while I was reading. My teacher advised myself to keep a diary. I followed his advices and put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself a
17、s I was learning to express myself with simple English. One day I wrote a story and showed to my teacher. He liked it very much that he read it to the class. All said that the story was a good one. Their words were an great encouragement to me. - 5 -阅读理解Short and shy,Ben Saunders was the last kid in
18、 his class picked for any sports team. “Football,tennis,Cricketanything with a round ball,I was useless. ”he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in Englands rural Devonshire. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him.
19、At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually,Saunders set his mind on building up his body,increasing his speed,strength and endurance. At age 18,he ran his first marathon. The following year,he met John Ridgway,who became famou
20、s in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways school of Adventure in Scotland,where he learned about the older mans cold-water - 6 -achievements. Intrigued,Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions
21、,then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys,and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didnt say,You are completely crazy,”Saunders says. In 2001,after becoming a skilled skier,Saunders
22、started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite,had a closer experience with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit. Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole,and hes skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other
23、Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation. This October,Saunders,27,heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back,an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis. 【语篇概述】本文为记叙文。一个小男孩因为身材矮小,性格内向而不参加任何一种运动,但在 15 岁生日那天收到了一份礼物一辆山地自行车,从此改变了自
24、己的命运;他爱上了运动并最后成为世界上单独滑雪而登上北极的年龄最小的人。1. The turning point in Saunderslife came when_. A. he started to play ball gamesB. he started to receive Ridgways trainingC. he ran his first marathon at age 18D. he got a mountain bike at age 15【解析】选 D。细节理解题。根据第二段中的“It was a mountain bike he received for his 15t
25、h birthday that changed him. ”可知,15 岁生日那天收到的山地自行车改变了他。2. What do we know about Saunders?A. He once worked at a school in Scotland. B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole. C. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole. D. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid. 【解析】选
26、A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways school of Adventure in Scotland”可知 Saunders 曾受雇于 Ridgway,在苏格兰探险学校工作过。- 7 -3. It can be inferred that Saundersjourney to the North Pole_. A. was accompanied by his old playmatesB. was supported by other Arctic explorersC. set a record in
27、 the North Pole expeditionD. made him well-known in the 1960s【解析】选 C。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole,and hes skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation. ”,可知他成为世界上单独滑雪而登上北极的年龄最小的人,创造了新的世界纪录。
