課時(shí)作業(yè)(一)Unit19LanguageⅠ.完形填空Birthdaycelebrationsaremeanttobe，theyoftenturnintoexpensivenightmareswithwastedfoodalsocomeyearafteryear，whichmeansthewastewill__3__foryearstocome!Myolderdaughter__4__fourlastwasthefirsttimeeverthatwehadareal“birthdayparty”fortosay，Iwasincredibly__5__withanumberofthingstodealplannedforweeksandevenlostafewnightsofsleepoveritworkedoutreally__6__intheend.Inordertohaveasimplebirthdayparty，youneedtoplan“plan”，Idon’tmean__7__themenu；thisismoreaboutsittingtogetherwiththebirthdaychildto__8__aboutwhatheorshewantsforaearlywillgiveyoutimeto__9__ifproblemsarise.Abirthdaypartycanbeincrediblysimpleifweconsideritasa“celebration”__10__a“party”．Formydaughter，herbirthdaywasaboutfriends，fun，and__11__giftswiththesickkidsinthesmiledwith__12__everytimeItoldarelativeorafriendaboutherchoicetogiveherowngiftstothekidsinthehospital.Havingasimplebirthdaypartycouldbehardifyouaregoingagainstthe__13__offriendsandtheextendedrestofthefamilyinthebirthdaydiscussion—thiswillmaketheprocessalittleplantoafewclosefriends，__16__ifitneedstheircooperationinsomehada__17__withafewfriendswhenIplannedformydaughter’sbirthdayhelpedthemunderstandmyidea，andithelpedmefeel__18__withmydecision.Acelebrationdoesnot__19__withjustthe，talkaboutwhythedaywassomuchfunwithyourchild，and__20__thebestpartsforhappierandmoremeaningfulbirthdaypartiesinthefuture.語篇解讀如何給所愛的人過一個(gè)簡單而有意義的生日？你也許能從這篇文章中得到啟示。1．A．Otherwise B．HoweverC．Besides D．Therefore解析：根據(jù)前面一句Birthdaycelebrationsaremeanttobefun.和后面的theyoftenturnintoexpensivenightmares...可知此處應(yīng)使用表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞語。答案：B2．A．unnecessary B．impossibleC．unpleasant D．unbelievable解析：從前面的theyoftenturnintoexpensivenightmareswithwastedfood可知作者對(duì)這些東西的態(tài)度是消極的，認(rèn)為這些禮物不是必需的。答案：A3．A．finish B．recoverC．continue D．wait解析：從Theyalsocomeyearafteryear可知此處作者要表達(dá)的意思是這些事情還會(huì)持續(xù)發(fā)生。答案：C4．A．cost B．madeC．took D．turned解析：從后面的Itwasthefirsttimeeverthatwehadareal“birthdayparty”forher可知此處說的是女兒四歲了。答案：D5．A．stressed B．shockedC．confused D．moved解析：從后面的Iplannedforweeksandevenlostafewnightsofsleepoverit可知作者很有壓力。答案：A6．A．hard B．wellC．strangely D．regularly解析：從Fortunately可知事情的結(jié)局不錯(cuò)。答案：B7．A．describing B．concludingC．deciding D．observing解析：做計(jì)劃可能涉及到的是決定菜單。答案：C8．A．read B．guessC．learn D．mention解析：做計(jì)劃時(shí)跟小壽星一起進(jìn)行討論應(yīng)該是了解他/她想要什么。答案：C9．A．prove B．performC．judge D．change解析：出現(xiàn)問題時(shí)應(yīng)該對(duì)計(jì)劃進(jìn)行修改。答案：D10．A．insearchof B．insteadofC．a(chǎn)saresultof D．inexchangefor解析：作者希望大家把生日宴會(huì)當(dāng)成一個(gè)慶祝，而不是宴會(huì)。答案：B11．A．counting B．comparingC．discussing D．sharing解析：從后面的Shesmiledwith...everytimeItoldarelativeorafriendaboutherchoicetogiveherowngiftstothekidsinthehospital.可知此處是指女兒與醫(yī)院里的孩子們分享禮物。答案：D12．A．surprise B．puzzleC．pride D．doubt解析：母親在他人面前夸獎(jiǎng)女兒時(shí)，女兒應(yīng)該感到驕傲。答案：C13．A．expectations B．suggestionsC．findings D．orders解析：如果你的計(jì)劃與朋友們所期望的不一樣就會(huì)造成問題。答案：A14．A．Involve B．ForgetC．Appreciate D．Protect解析：要把事情變得簡單就應(yīng)該讓其他人也參與到事前的討論中。答案：A15．A．Return B．MailC．Explain D．Lend解析：本段主要講的是生日計(jì)劃要考慮到他人的想法，需要與人討論，所以此處作者建議向朋友解釋清楚生日計(jì)劃。答案：C16．A．extremely B．finallyC．obviously D．especially解析：especially表示“尤其是”，需要朋友的配合時(shí)，更得向他們解釋你的計(jì)劃。答案：D17．A．quarrel B．reportC．speech D．conversation解析：從后面的Ithelpedthemunderstandmyidea可知作者與朋友們進(jìn)行了交流、談話。答案：D18．A．clever B．commonC．comfortable D．funny解析：和朋友們談過后作者對(duì)自己的計(jì)劃也更放心了。答案：C19．A．end B．improveC．succeed D．develop解析：從后面的Afterwards，talkaboutwhythedaywassomuchfunwithyourchild，and...可知作者提醒大家還有后續(xù)動(dòng)作。答案：A20．A．lookforwardto B．makesenseofC．takepartin D．takenotesof解析：要把最美好的部分記錄下來，才能為以后服務(wù)。答案：DⅡ.閱讀理解AustralianEnglishhasmanywordsthatsomeconsideruniquetotheofthebestknownisoutback，whichmeansaremoteareawherefewpeopleisTheBush，meaningeitheranativeforestoracountryareaingeneral.“Bush”isawordwhichcomesfromDutchlanguage“Bosch”．However，bothwordshavebeenwidelyusedinmanyEnglish-speakingcountries.EarlysettlersfromEnglandbroughtothersimilarwords，phrasesandusagestowordsoftenusedbycountryAustralianshavechangesinexample，creekinAustralia，asinNorthAmerica，meansastreamorasmallriver，whileintheUKitmeansasmallwatercourseflowingintothesea；bushorscrubinAustralia，asinNorthAmerica，meansawoodedarea，butinEnglandtheyarecommonlyusedonlyinpropernames.Theoriginsofotherwordsarenotassometimesmeans“true”，“isthattrue？”or“thisisthetruth！”Itisoftenthoughtthat“dinkum”datesbacktotheAustraliangoldrushesofthe1850s，andthatitcamefromtheCantonese“dingkam”，meaningtopexpertsthoughtthatitcamefromadisappearingdialectinEngland，where“dinkum”meant“hardwork”or“fairwork”，whichwasalsotheoriginalmeaninginAustralianEnglish.Similarly，g’day(goodday)，atypicalAustraliangreeting，doesn’thavethesamemeaningwith“goodday”inothervarietiesofEnglishandisneverusedasanexpressionfor“farewell”，as“goodday”isinotherissimplyusedasagreetinginAustralianlanguageandtheirdailylife.語篇解讀本文主要介紹了澳大利亞英語的發(fā)展。很多原始的單詞在澳大利亞使用時(shí)賦予了新的意思并得到了全世界的認(rèn)可。1.Theword“bush”islistedinthefirstparagraphtoshowAustralianEnglish________.A．isverypopularallovertheworldB．isdifferentfromAmericanEnglishC．hasaddednewwordstothelanguageD．hasplayedakeyroleinBritishEnglish解析：推理判斷題。從第一段前三句可知，作者以該詞為例的目的是為了說明澳大利亞英語里有很多人們認(rèn)為非常特別的詞匯，故選C。答案：C2．Whatdoestheword“creek”meaninAmericanEnglish?A．Asmallwatercourseflowingintothesea.B．Apropernamesofsomefamilies.C．Astreamorasmallriver.D．Awoodedarea.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段第三句可知，專家認(rèn)為該詞在美國英語中指的是“小河，小溪”，故選C。答案：C3．Wheredoexpertsthinktheword“dinkum”comesfrom?A．China. B．England.C．America. D．Australia解析：推理判斷題。從第三段尾句可知，專家認(rèn)為該詞起源于英國，故選B。答案：B4．“Goodday”isoftenusedbytheAustraliansto________.A．sayhellotoothers B．saygood-byetoothersC．wishgoodlucktoothers D．tellotherstohaveagoodsleep解析：推理判斷題。從最后一段可知，“g’day”或者“goodday”在澳大利亞英語中是用來打招呼的，而不是用來告別，故選A。答案：AMostparentsinBritainlogontosocialnetworkingsiteslikeFacebooktospyonwhattheirchildrenaredoing，astudyhasshowedthatnearly55%ofparentsthoughtofsnooping_aroundontheirchildren’sprofiles(基本信息)toseewhattheyareupdidittoavoidhaving“awkwardconversations”withthechildrenbutnearlyaquarteradmitteditwastheonlywaytheycouldfindoutabouttheirlives.WebsiteslikeFacebookandMySpacealongwithmicroblogginghavebecomepopularamongteenagersandfromtheOfficeforNationalStatisticsshowthatlastyearamong16to24-year-olds,75%postedmessagesonmajorityof13to16-year-oldshavemorethan100“friends”onFacebookwhilemorethan750,000areusingthewebsitebelowtheagelimit，whichis13.Expertsandparentshoweverhaveexpressedanxietyabouthowtheycanmonitorwhattheyoungareuptowhentheygoonein20mothersandfathersevenlogonwithafriend’saccounttoavoiddetectionandgainbetteraccesstotheirchildren’sprofiles.While55%saidtheydidspyontheirchildren,40%saidtheydidnot，buttheremaining5%saidtheywoulddoiftheyknewhow.Some41%monitortheirchildren’sstatusupdatesand39%lookattheir“wall”，whichiswheretheyandfriendscanwriteunderonethird,29%，lookedatpicturestheirchildrenhaduploaded(上傳)．Whenaskedwhytheybehavedliketheydid,6%ofparentsblamedtheir“overprotective”instincts(本能)and14%admittedtheywerejustbeingcurious.語篇解讀一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，超過一半的父母會(huì)登錄Facebook之類的社交網(wǎng)站，窺探自己的孩子在做些什么。5．Whatdotheunderlinedwords“snoopingaround”probablymean?A．Postingmessagesfreely. B．Investigatingsecretly.C．Movingaroundcasually. D．Communicatingeasily.解析：詞義推測(cè)題。本文開頭便點(diǎn)明很多英國的家長會(huì)登錄一些社交網(wǎng)站，窺視自己的孩子在做些什么，再根據(jù)文中多處出現(xiàn)的spyon，monitor等不難推斷，snoopingaround為其近義詞，意為“窺探”。答案：B6．Accordingtothetext，whatmakesexpertsandparentsworried?A．Whatchildrenwriteintheirprofiles.B．Whomthechildrenwouldmakefriendsw