1、Period Four Grammar 他获得了诺贝尔和平奖, 但最后却被暗杀 ; 他的演讲我有一个梦想 , 更是催人奋发, 他就是马丁路德 金。1. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Dr King received a good education. B. The reason why Dr King devoted himself to the civil rights movement. C. Dr Kings house was bombed. D. Dr King will b
2、e remembered by people forever. 【解析】选 C。细节理解题。文章中并未提到“马丁路德 金的家被炸”, 其他三项文章都有涉及, 故选 C。2. Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in_. A. 1958 B. 1963 C. 1964 D. 1968【解析】选 C。推理判断题。由 At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr. , was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Priz
3、e. 可知马丁路德金三十五岁获得诺贝尔和平奖, 而他是 1929 年出生, 故选 C。3. Which is the correct time order of the following events? a. Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia. b. Dr King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. c. Dr King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. d. Martin graduated from Morehouse College. e. Martin Luther
4、 King Day was declared a national holiday in the U. S. . f. Dr King gave his I Have a Dream speech. A. afdcebB. adfcebC. afdbceD. adfcbe【解析】选 D。推理判断题。根据文章可知马丁 1929 年出生; 1963 年作了 I Have a Dream的演讲; 马丁 15 岁上大学, 可推知其大学毕业应在 1963 年前; 1964 年获得诺贝尔和平奖; 1968 年被暗杀; 1968 年后为了纪念这位杰出的领导人有了马丁路德金纪念日, 故选 D。BThe vio
5、lin of todays style was first made in the 1500s. Before that there had been other stringed(有弦的 )instruments that used bows to vibrate(使振动)the strings such as the lyra and the rebec from the middle ages. It is thought that the first violin to have four strings and closely look like the modern violin
6、was built by Italian Andrea Amati in 1555. The King of France at the time, Charles IX, had Amati build him 24 violins after he saw Andrea Amatis violin. The oldest violin today is one of these 24 violins and is called the Charles IX. Andrea Amati built his violins in Cremona, Italy where he and his
7、sons would also teach some of the worlds finest violin makers. As a result, Cremona was the home of violins and the place where the worlds greatest violins were made. Over the next 100 years the violin had become a very popular instrument throughout all of Europe. The construction and art of buildin
8、g violins reached its peak(顶峰)in the 1600s with the two most famous violin makers, the Guarneri and the Stradivari family. They were both in Cremona, Italy and both learned from the Amati school of the violin making. Their musical instruments are still considered the best ever made. A Stradivari vio
9、lin, nickname The Hammer, sold for $ 3. 5 million in 2006. Over the years the violin has gone through changes of design to end up with todays construction. The first violins had shorter and thicker necks. Many of the changes were made to allow for a higher pitch(音高)as well as to produce more volume
10、for orchestras(管弦乐). 【语篇概述】悠扬的小提琴曲, 往往令人心旷神怡, 但小提琴的发展历史你了解吗? 4. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. Two kinds of violins. B. Strings used on violins. C. Two bows used in violins. D. Two stringed instruments. 【解析】选 D。词义猜测题。根据第一段第二句 Before that there had been other stringed instr
11、uments that used bows to vibrate the strings 可知, 画线部分是指两种有弦的乐器。5. What did Charles IX do after he saw Amatis violin? A. He tried to improve it. B. He showed great interest in it. C. He asked him to build a modern violin. D. He named all the violins the Charles IX. 【解析】选 B。推理判断题。根据第二段中的 Charles IX, h
12、ad Amati build him 24 violins after he saw Andrea Amatis violin. 可知, Charles IX 对那支小提琴很感兴趣。6. What can we learn about The Hammer? A. It came from the Amati school. B. It was made by the Stradivari family. C. It was the greatest favorite of top violinists. D. Its the most expensive violin worldwide.
13、【解析】选 B。细节理解题。根据第四段第二句 The construction and art of building violins reached its peak in the 1600s with the two most famous violin makers, the Guarneri and the Stradivari family. 可知, The hammer 是由 the Stradivari 家族做出来的。7. Why were many changes made to violins according to the last paragraph? A. To ma
14、ke them thicker. B. To make them look better. C. To improve their sounds. D. To reduce the length of the necks. 【解析】选 C。细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句 Many of the changes were made to allow for a higher pitch as well as to produce more volume for orchestras. 可知, 做那些改变是为了改进小提琴的声音。VIII. 完形填空Charlotte Whitehead was b
15、orn in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While 1 her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(n) 2 in medicine. At 18 she married and 3 a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a 4 . Her husband suppo
16、rted her decision. 5 , Canadian medical schools did not 6 women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study 7 at the Womens Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to 8 her medical degree. Upon graduation, Charlotte 9 to Montreal and set up a private
17、 10 . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a 11 doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber(木材)and railway camps. Charlotte 12 herself operating on damaged limbs and setting 13 bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area. But C
18、harlotte had been practicing without a license(执照). She had 14 a doctors license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was 15 . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to 16 her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to 17 her patients to spend t
19、ime studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to 18 a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte 19 to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73. In 1993, 77 years after her 20 , a medical license was issued to
20、Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor“this courageous(勇敢的)and pioneering woman. ”【语篇概述】本文讲述了一位加拿大女医生冲破性别歧视的羁绊救死扶伤的故事。1. A. raising B. teaching C. nursing D. missing【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。根据后面的“her ill elder sister”可知, 此处应该为“ 护理她生病的姐姐”。nurse 护理。2. A. habit B. interestC. opinio
21、n D. voice【解析】选 B。固定搭配题。have an interest in. . . 对 感兴趣, 为固定搭配。3. A. invented B. selectedC. offered D. started【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。 18 岁时结了婚, 所以开始拥有了家庭。4. A. doctor B. musicianC. lawyer D. physicist【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。根据上文中的“她对医学感兴趣”及下一段中的 Canadian medical schools 可知, 此处应为想当医生。5. A. Besides B. UnfortunatelyC. Oth
22、erwise D. Eventually【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。结合上文可知她想学医, 但是由本句中的“ 加拿大医学院在那时不接受女学生”可知, unfortunately 不幸的是, 符合语境。6. A. hire B. entertainC. trust D. accept【解析】选 D。词语辨析题。此处强调 “加拿大的医学院不接受女学生” 。hire 雇用; entertain 娱乐; 使有兴趣; trust 信任; accept 接受。7. A. history B. physicsC. medicine D. law【解析】选 C。词汇复现题。结合上文, 不能在加拿大学习, 她只
23、好去美国学医。8. A. improve B. saveC. design D. earn【解析】选 D。词语辨析题。她用五年的时间获得了医学学位。earn 挣得; 赢得。9. A. returned B. escapedC. spread D. wandered【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。一毕业, 她就回到了蒙特利尔, 第一段第一句有提示。10. A. school B. museumC. clinic D. lab【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。学医之后, 她回家开了一家诊所。clinic 诊所; 门诊部。11. A. busy B. wealthyC. greedy D. lucky【解析】
24、选 A。逻辑推理题。根据后文“Charlotte_herself operating on damaged limbs and setting_bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area. ”可知, 她终日很忙碌。12. A. helped B. foundC. troubled D. imagined【解析】选 B。固定搭配题。find oneself doing. . . 发觉自己在做某事 ; find herself operating on. . . 此处强调她自己一直忙于做手术。13. A. harmful
25、B. tiredC. broken D. weak【解析】选 C。词汇复现题。根据句中的“damaged limbs”可知, 此处应选“broken”最佳, set broken bones 接断骨。14. A. put away B. taken overC. turned in D. applied for【解析】选 D。背景常识题。没有行医执照仍然需去申请。apply for 申请。15. A. punished B. refusedC. blamed D. fired【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。句中 but 起到转折的作用, 她申请行医执照, 但是被拒绝了。16. A. display
26、 B. changeC. preview D. complete【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。马尼托巴医学院要她在一所加拿大的医学院里完成学业。complete 完成。17. A. leave B. chargeC. test D. cure【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。根据语境, Charlotte 拒绝离开她的病人, 花费时间学习她已经知道的东西。18. A. sell B. donateC. issue D. show【解析】选 C。词语辨析题。由于医学院拒绝发给她行医执照, 她只好要求立法机构给她发行一个执照, 但是也被拒绝了。sell 卖; donate 捐赠; issue 发行; show 表演。19. A. continued B. promisedC. pretended D. dreamed【解析】选 A。逻辑推理题。根据语境, Charlotte 在没有执照的情况下 , 继续行医直至 1912年。20. A. birth B. deathC. wedding D. graduation【解析】选 B。词汇复现题。结合上文, 发给她行医执照应该是她去世后 77 年的事了。
