1、课时作业(十六).1.reference 2.specialists 3.achievement 4consideration 5.behaviour.6.Once/If 7.intended 8.are crowding9to support 10.delivered.11.by chance 12.came across 13.refer to 14carry on 15.look down on/upon.One possible version ：Daisy has devoted all her life to the homeless children. Therefore, he
2、r behaviour has won everyones respect. Recently, I came across Daisy, who was invited to deliver a speech. She said， “Caring for children is an ordinary job, but dont look down upon ordinary jobs. Once you begin to do something, you must carry on with it. Otherwise you will never achieve anything.”.
3、【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文。文章通过研究黑猩猩玩棍棒游戏，告诉我们不同性别的差异及其社会影响。16C 细节理解题。根据第一段中 “A new study finds that young females in one group of African chimps(黑猩猩) use sticks as dolls more than their male peers(同龄人) do，often treating pieces of wood like a mother chimp caring for a baby.”可知，年轻的雌性黑猩猩把棍棒看成婴儿。故选 C 项。17D 推理判断题。
4、根据第三段中 “Far more often，they fought with sticks，an infrequent behaviour among females”可知，用棍棒打架在年轻的雌性黑猩猩中是一种不常见的行为，据此推断，它们很少使用棍棒来打架。故选 D 项。18A 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中 “Kanyawara youngsters learned from each other to play with sticks as if caring for babies.”可知，小猩猩是从彼此之间学会玩棍棒游戏的。故选 A 项。19B 推理判断题。根据第二段中 “This fi
5、nding supports an argument that biology as well as society underlies boys and girls different toy preferences.”可知，本文主要是通过介绍黑猩猩玩棍棒游戏来告诉我们不同性别的差异及其社会影响。故选 B 项。.【文章大意】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了两个男孩采访一位这个时代伟大的新闻广播员和记者，在采访结束时，这位新闻界的前辈告诉他们“只有成为一名好的倾听者，才能有出色的采访” ，即好好地倾听对方的回答会创造伟大的采访。20B 根据上文的“a 16yearold reporter a
6、nd cameraman for his high schools television station.”可知，他最好的朋友也是电视台的一名记者。television station 电视台。21D 因为他们是记者，所以他们提出的疯狂想法应该是采访一些这个时代伟大的新闻广播员和记者。become 变成； know 知道；study 学习；interview 采访，面试。22A 根据上句“they wrote personalized, handwritten letters to dozens of them.”以及本句中的but(除之外)可推知，除了 Walter Cronkite 之外没
7、人回信。 reply 回答，答复。23B 根据后文“suddenly they had spent their whole hour robotically ”可知，Walter Cronkite 很慷慨地提出与男孩们度过整整一个小时。24C Stephen 和他的朋友明白这将是他们一生中最重要的报道事件。challenging 挑战性的；fortunate 幸运的；important 重要的；rewarding 值得的。25D 因为这是他们一生中最重要的报道事件，因此他们要认真地准备这次采访。separately 分离地；anxiously 焦虑地；independently 独立地；car
8、efully 认真地。26A 他们收集了许多精心准备的问题，并且反复练习。gather 聚集；employ 雇用； receive 收到；compose 组成，作曲。27C 当采访的那一天到来的时候，他们做好了准备。pass 通过；end 结束；arrive 到来；occur 发生。28D 他们一个问题接一个问题地问 Mr Cronkite，并在笔记本上仔细地核对每个问题。look at 看；break down 破坏，打倒；leave out 排除，不包括；check off 核对。29A Mr Cronkite 非常耐心地回答问题。 patient 耐心的；funny 有趣的；strang
9、e 奇怪的；wise 明智的。30B 当他们收拾东西的时候， Mr Cronkite 问了男孩们一个重要的问题。make up 编造；pack up 收拾；turn up 出现；clean up 打扫。31C 根据后文“Being a good listener, boys.Thats what truly makes a great interview.”可知，此处表达“你们知道是什么能真正创造一次伟大的采访吗？”32C Stephen 和他的朋友猝不及防，所以他们快速地搜索笔记本。search through 把仔细搜查一遍。33B 他们搜索笔记本，但上面没有提供明显的答案。answer
10、答案。34D Mr Cronkite 很快救了他们，解释说 “成为一名好的听众会创造一次伟大的采访 ”。complain 抱怨；warn 警告； declare 宣布；explain 解释。35A 根据上句中的“Being a good listener”可知，此处表示 “做一个好的倾听者总会引导你进入下一个最好的问题。 ”36B 男孩子们抬头看着这位大名鼎鼎的播音员，他们突然意识到他们花了一整个小时机械地照书面稿问了一些问题。master 掌握； realize 意识到；expect 期望； remember 记得。37C 他们突然意识到他们花了一整个小时机械地照书面稿问了一些问题。show
11、 展示；donate 捐献；ask询问；guide 指导。38A 他们突然意识到他们花了一整个小时机械地照书面稿问了一些问题，没有真正倾听或对单一答案做出反应。respond 回答，做出反应；stick 坚持；object 反对；agree 同意。39D 如果他们仔细听了， Mr Cronkite 的回答会引导着他们进行一个更加有意义的采访。 effective 有效的；unforgettable 难忘的；interesting 有趣的；meaningful 有意义的。.【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了厦门一位 85 岁的老奶奶，独自抚养七个孩子，孩子长大后她却拒绝和孩子们住在一起。她独自居住并且
12、不断地尝试新事物，她在探索生命的过程中表现出来的激情激励了不少网友。40eastern 考查形容词。修饰名词用形容词 eastern。41towards/to 考查介词。attitude towards/to 对待的态度。42reserved 考查非谓语动词。句意：从幼年开始，为了养活一家人，她就做过了各种男人干的工作，从养猪到耕地到捕鱼样样都行。be reserved for 留作之用， (专)供之用。此处是过去分词作定语。43Though/Although 考查连词。句意：虽然她的孩子们想接她过去一起住，但老奶奶更喜欢自己住并认为她还很年轻，可以去尝试新事物。根据句意可知填 Though/
13、Although。44to live 考查非谓语动词。prefer to do sth 更喜欢做某事。45they 考查代词。句意：她修眉，买面膜，然后意识到它们是年轻女性生活的一部分。它们代指修眉、买面膜，在句中作主语，故填 they。46lied 考查动词时态。整篇文章的主体时态为一般过去时，故用 lie 的过去式 lied。句意：她甚至撒谎说跟旅游团去旅游了。47starting 考查非谓语动词。句子已有谓语，判断横线处是非谓语；逻辑主语 she 与 start 之间是主动关系，故用现在分词 starting 作伴随状语。48a 考查冠词。文中只是指乘坐公交，而不知道乘坐哪一班次，表泛指
14、，所以填 a。49curiosity 考查名词。根据 and passion 可知，用名词 curiosity 作主语表示“好奇心” 。课时作业(十七).1.equipment 2.occupation 3.freedom menting 7.stayed 8.it 9.to reduce 10.Satisfied.11.Thanks to 12.build up 13.leads to14keep；free from 15.focus on.One possible version ：As you know, farmers in China used to be disturbed by
15、hunger. For decades, they struggled to search for ways to increase rice harvests, but without success. Thanks to Dr Yuans research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before, which means 22% of the worlds people have got rid of hunger. Most of the farmers say they ar
16、e now quite satisfied with their life and would rather be farmers.【文章大意】 本文为议论文，由人们花很多钱去购买有机食品入题，提出“有机食品真的比传统食品更好吗”？然后引用专家的调查结果证实有机食品并未比传统食品有更好的营养成分。16D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句 “We did not find strong evidence that organic food is more nutritious or healthier”可知 D 项正确。17C 细节理解题。第四段的 “Neither organic nor trad
17、itional foods showed levels of chemicals high enough to go beyond food safety standards.”可知选 C 项。18B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第四句 “The researchers did find that organic milk and chicken contained higher levels of omega3 acids, a healthy fat also found in fish that can reduce the risk of heart disease.”可知B 项正确。1
18、9A 观点态度题。根据作者在第一段提出人们不值得花过多的钱去买有机食品，以及最后一段引用USDA(美国农业部)的观点“whether you buy organic food or not, finding the freshest foods available may have the biggest effect on taste.”以及最后一句可看出作者对有机食品持质疑的态度。故 A 正确。.【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了世界粮食短缺的现状以及原因。20E 根据下句“Today, nearly 11 per cent of people on Earth suffer fr
19、om hunger, according to a recent State of Food Insecurity in the World report published by the United Nations.”可知，世界上还有许多人正在遭受饥饿折磨，命运悲惨，故选 E。21D 根据下句“There are many reasons why food does not go from the producers to the consumers.”可推知，不是只要人们需要就可以得到食物的，故选 D。22G 根据下句“An average person in the US spends
20、 just 6.6% of the income on food.”可推知，此处对比了贫穷国家和富有国家在食物上的花费比例。23F 根据上句“Drought is one of the most common causes of food shortage in the world.”可知，自然灾害给农业生产带来很大的影响，故选 F。24C 根据下句“Food that is wasted uses up precious natural resources.”可推知，许多食物没有被消费掉，而是被白白浪费掉了，故选 C。.Last Sunday we went to work on our s
21、chool farm.Upon arrival, we were divided into group .We got down to work at once after getting settle .Some of us picked apples or others loaded baskets of apples onto the trucks.We /also help with the corn harvest.We cut the corn ears off and piled up.Never in my life had I seen such much corn in t
22、he field.I felt it was a great fun.Then we had a party on the open air, that we sang songs and danced happily.It was really an unforgettably experience for us all.课时作业(十八).1.directions 2.astonishing 3.reaction4Unfortunately 5.performance.6.when 7.Convinced 8.worse 9.were10had graduated.11.cut off 12
23、.picked out 13.be too particular about 14.be content with 15.up to now.One possible version ：Liu Dacheng is an ordinary farmer, who is content with his life now. He likes singing very much and he often entertains people with his songs. Though his family was badly off，he overcame a lot of difficultie
24、s and practised singing， making himself famous in his hometown.Fortunately，his convincing voice contributed to his success in a singing competition on CCTV. Now he often appears in the programmes of CCTV.【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了人们在理解笑话方面存在的问题，如果想要很好地理解一则笑话，需要人们去了解笑话中所蕴含的文化背景及讲笑话的人的幽默方式。16D 推理判断题。根据该句话 “Theres
25、 more to understanding a joke in a foreign language than understanding vocabulary and grammar.”以及第三段第一句“In fact, most of the time, jokes are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humour in the same way.”可知，笑话只对那些共享一个文化背景或有同样幽默方式的人才好笑。据此推断，要想理解一则外语笑话，最好去了解当地的文化。故选 D 项。17
26、D 推理判断题。根据第二段中的 “I could never speak to people on the same level as I would speak to a native English speaker.I almost came across as quite a boring person because all I could talk about was facts.”可知，Hannah Ashley 在西班牙时，她从来不能像跟一个以英语为母语的人交流一样与西班牙人进行交流。她认为对于西班牙人来讲，她差不多是个相当无趣的人，因为她所能讲的都是事实。故选 D 项。18A
27、细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “In fact, most of the time, jokes are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humor in the same way.”可知，大部分时间，笑话只对那些共享一个文化背景或有同样幽默方式的人才好笑。由此可知，华裔美国喜剧演员黄西在美国相当出名，但是在中国的演出却不被中国人买账，原因就在于中美幽默因为文化差异而存在不同。故选 A 项。19C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的 “In fact, most of the time, jokes
28、are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humour in the same way.”及第四段、第五段列举的澳大利亚、英国和美国人在理解笑话方面的不同可推知，不是所有以英语为母语的人都能容易地理解英语笑话。故选 C 项。.【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者和兄弟在父母不在时玩“捉迷藏”游戏无意打碎明代花瓶并去买只新的来忏悔的故事。20A 根据语境可推知，主人公在得知父母回来很晚时就决定玩“捉迷藏”游戏。decide 决定；expect 期望；pretend 假装；happen
29、发生。21B 结合语境“except in the front room.”可推知，供 “捉迷藏”的场地并不宽阔。time 时间；space空间；light 光；work 工作。22C 根据下文“we were not allowed in there by ourselves.”可推知，这是他们想玩游戏的问题和麻烦所在。puzzle 困惑； reason 原因；problem 问题；answer 答案。23D 根据语境“we just took the risk.”可推知，他们无论如何都要冒这个险，先玩起来再说。moreover 此外； instead 反而，相反；therefore 因此；
30、anyway 无论如何，不管怎样。24D 与语境“both of us were cautious”呼应可推知，作者他们在那个地方很小心谨慎地来回走动。freely 自由地；quickly 迅速地；excitedly 激动地；carefully 小心地，仔细地。25C 根据上文“My brother Greg and Ito play hideandseek.”可推知，藏起来的作者被兄弟发现了。hear 听到； follow 跟随；discover 发现；take 带走。26B 根据下文“We heard a crash.”可知，作者把什么东西给碰倒了，有东西碎了，这让他们很惊恐。excite
31、ment 激动，兴奋； horror 可怕，恐怖；joy 开心；disappointment 失望。27B 根据上文“We heard a crash.”可知，作者不用查看就知道有东西碎了，因为他们听到了碎裂的声音。after 在 之后； before 在之前；when 当时候；until 直到。28C 根据语境可知，他们犯了错，解释会让父母更生气。permission 允许；information 信息；explanation 解释；instruction 指导。29C 根据语境可知，母亲在质问孩子们所做的错事。could 用于否定或疑问句表示推测，符合语境。must 必须； might 可
32、能；could 能够；would 会。30B 与语境“could voice no answer.”呼应，并结合上文“She cried”可推知，作者他们当时被妈妈质问时，很害怕。polite 礼貌的；frightened 受惊的，害怕的；annoyed 恼火的；stupid 愚蠢的。31C 根据语境“stayed there alone by herself, much like a statue.”可推知，妈妈后来把两人打发走了，一个人像一座雕塑般留在那里。question 质询，审问；answer 回答；dismiss 解散；comfort 安慰。32D 根据语境“struggling
33、to decide what we might do tofor it”可推知。作者和兄弟两个人彻夜长谈，讨论弥补方案。sleep 睡觉；listen 倾听；work 工作；talk 谈话，谈论。33A 固定词组搭配 make up for 意为“弥补” ，与上文作者他们打碎东西呼应。make up 化妆，编造；carry on 继续； look after 照看； get away 离开，出发。34B 根据语境可知，毕竟是作者他们自己攒下来的钱，所以希望能足够买一个花瓶。more 更多；enough 足够； less 更少；some 一些。35B 根据语境“every local shop
34、until we found a good copy.”可推知，两人把当地每个店都搜索了一遍，最终找到了一个很好的复制品。after 在之后；through 通过；with 和，随着；for 因为，为了。36C 与上文“we set off”形成呼应可知，他们后来带着新买的花瓶回来了。remain 依然，保持；stay 待，保持；arrive 到达； leave 离开，留下。37D 然后把所买的花瓶给父母看。 spare 节约；serve 服务；connect 联系；present 呈现，展示。38B 固定词组搭配 reach out 意为“伸出手来” ，与语境“took it from Gr
35、eg and then passed it to Mum.”符合。come 来；reach 到达；watch 观看；cry 哭，喊。39A 根据上文可知，他们已经去买了一只新的来弥补他们所打碎的那只花瓶，因此父母应该明白作者他们对自己犯下的错感到很难过和后悔。sorry 遗憾的，难过的； proud 骄傲的；delighted 开心的；clumsy 笨拙的。.【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文。研究发现，在飞行过程中，宇航员的大脑会改变形状。40to look 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知， “to look into how the brain changes in space”是定语，修饰
36、the first study。当名词前有序数词修饰时，后面经常接动词不定式作定语。41astronauts 考查名词复数。astronaut 是可数名词。且根据“twelve of ”可知，宇航员不止一个，故应用名词复数形式。42experienced 考查时态。由上文可知，该句描述的是过去的事情，故该句应用一般过去时。43different 考查形容词。 different 是形容词，修饰名词 parts。44bigger 考查形容词比较级。句意：宇航员在太空度过的时间越长，差别就越大。 “the 比较级，the比较级” 是固定句型，意为“越，越” 。45interesting 考查形容词
37、。interesting 是形容词，意为“有趣的，有意思的” ，修饰名词 findings。46so 考查连词。句意：一个发现是，没有重力意味着身体中的液体不会向下流动，所以，颅骨内大脑的位置有所变化。前后两句之间是因果关系，故填连词 so。47caused 考查非谓语动词。句意：他们可以治疗一些因为长期卧床而引发了一些问题的人。分析句子结构可知， “caused by longterm bed rest”是定语，修饰 problems；problems 和 cause 之间是动宾关系，故用过去分词作定语。48to 考查固定搭配。句意：他们还可以帮助那些有脑积液的人，脑积液会导致大脑损伤。le
38、ad to 是固定搭配，意为“导致，造成” 。49how 考查名词性从句。句意：我们将会更多地了解大脑内的神经元是如何连接在一起的。分析句子结构可知， “how neurons(神经元)in the brain connect”是宾语从句。结合句意，该从句应用 how 引导。课时作业(十九).1.anger 2.association 3.defence 4.curiosity 5.understanding.6.to suffer 7.truly 8.representing 9.teaching10to know.11.at ease 12.losing face 13.turn his
39、back to 14.in defence 15.On the contrary.One possible version ：In general, people from different cultures may misunderstand the body language they use. For example, when we nod at somebody we mean we agree with him. But in some countries, on the contrary, nodding ones head means disagreement. As a r
40、esult, they are likely to misunderstand us when communicating with us. So when abroad, we should know more about their culture and try not to lose face; while at home, we should try to put foreigners at ease.A【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了在不同国家、不同文化背景下的社会礼仪的不同。16B 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 “as a British person, somebody s
41、tanding too close may make youfocus less on what somebody is saying than on how close they are to you ”可知，初次与英国人见面站得太近会让他感觉不舒服，所以最好保持一臂的距离，故 B 项正确。17D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “In America, New Yorkers often have smaller requirements than residents of western states, like Montana, Shenandoah and Wyoming.”可知，生活在
42、人烟稀少的怀俄明州和蒙大拿州的人需要更多的私人空间，故 D 项正确。18A 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的 “but very friendly and helpful to foreigners.”可知，英国人并不是像看起来那样冷漠，而是十分友好，故 A 项正确。19C 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 “The website adds that they are not as standoffish and aloof as they may seem, but very friendly and helpful to foreigners.”可知，尽管英国人看起来冷漠，但其实是十分友好的，故
43、C 项正确。B【文章大意】 本文介绍了不同国家之间的语言交谈的文化差异。20C 细节理解题。根据“While Sara felt Betty didnt hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk.”可知，Sara 认为 Betty 坚持不到她讲话的结束，Betty 抱怨 Sara 从不给她说话的机会。故选 C 项。21B 推理判断题。根据“ Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses
44、 between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American.Betty often felt interrupted by Sara.But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland.And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers
45、from Latin America or Israel.”可知，Sara 和 Betty 谈话时，Sara 期望对话停顿短些，而 Betty 和芬兰人谈话时发现芬兰人停顿时间更长。Sara 和拉丁美洲人和以色列人谈话时感觉很难插话。由此可知拉丁美洲人和以色列人说话停顿最短。故选 B 项。22C 推理判断题。根据文章的第三段可知，不同国家之间的对话停顿时间不同，这是由各国的文化决定的。故选 C 项。23D 词义猜测题。在画线的这一段提到了谈话风格的差异对人们生活有很大的影响。上文所举事例的主人公希望“能够快速流利地交流” 。故选 D 项。.When talking about sport, I
46、 always feel very exciting , because I like sport so much. I love playing tennis, but it is my favourite sport.One day that I came home after school, I turned on TV and watch a tennis match.At / first, I was attracted by the two beautiful tennis player .When I watched the match for ten minutes I fou
47、nd it wonderful.From now on, I started to watch tennis matches.I have learned to play the tennis, and I often invite my friends play with me.My love to tennis are more than I could express.I am so luckily to have some friends who share the same interest with me.课时作业(二十).1.central 2.amusement 3.attra
48、ctive4admission 5.various.6.whatever 7.preserved 8.getting 9.amused 10.Founded.11.in advance 12.is famous for es true es to life 15.have been familiar with.One possible version ：Now Im in a dinosaur theme park, which is modelled after life in the days of the old creature dying out hundreds of millions of years ago. Arriving here，I find various kinds of dinosaurs living in the Jurassic age.All the dinosaurs are so vivid that they seem t
