PAGEPAGE1Module1Europe課時作業(yè)（十三）建議時間/30分鐘Ⅰ.閱讀理解A詞數(shù):237話題:旅游文體:應(yīng)用文WheretogoinAugust?InEuropeAugustistheheightofthepeakseason!MillionsofholidaymakersfromaroundtheworldinvadethebeachesandcountrysideofSouthernEurope.Theclimateisgreatfortravelforjustaboutthewholeofthecontinentwithjustafewareasaffectedbyextremeheat.ThenorthofEuropeislovelyduringthismonthandsummeristheidealtimetovisitthosecountriesthataregenerallyconsideredalittlecoldanddampsuchasIrelandorHolland.InAsiaThisseasonisconsideredtheleastfavourable.Themonsoon(季風(fēng))seasonisatitsheightoverthemajorityofthisareawiththeexceptionofonlyafewcountries(KeralaorTamilNaduinIndia,BaliandthesouthernislandsofIndonesia,etc.).Everywhereelseahot,andverydampclimateprevails(盛行).InAfricaTheMaghrebcountriesarecrowdedwithtourists.Theclimateishotanddry.TheAtlanticcoastofMoroccoispleasantthankstotheoceaninfluence.Furthertothesouthitistherainyseasonanditisonlyalongthelatitude(緯度)ofKenyaandTanzaniathattheclimatebecomesfavourabletovisitors.InAmericaThenorthisgenerallyhotanddry(sometimesextremelyhotinthedesertstowardsthewestoftheUSA).CentralAmericaexperiencesashortrainyseasonatthistimebuttowardsthesouththeconditionsaremorefavourable.Tobeavoided:AlthoughJulyandAugustarefavourabletotravel“climatically”speaking,itisoftennotsopleasantwhenitcomestoquietnessandprices.ThevastmajoritiesofEuropeancountrieshavetheirmainholidaysduringthisperiodsothehotelsaregenerallycrowdedandthepriceshighforthemajorityofdestinations.1.WhichpartmaybethelastchoicefortravellinginAugust?A.Asia. B.Africa.C.SouthernEurope. D.SouthernAmerica.2.Besidesclimate,cancontributetoyourdisappointmentwhentravelling.

A.hotelprices B.peacefulenvironmentC.transportationexpenses D.troublesomeholidaymakers3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“invade”inthepart“InEurope”mean?A.Immigrationto. B.Visitseparately.C.Enterinlargenumbers. D.Attackandoccupy.Ⅱ.閱讀七選五詞數(shù):242話題:東西方文化差異文體:說明文DifferentculturesTheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.4

TheoriginoftheEasterncultureismainlyfromtwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bothofthetwoculturesaredevelopedbyrivers—theYellowRiverinChinaandtheHinduRiverinIndia.5

WhenthetwomotherriversgavebirthtotheEasternculture,anotherfamousculturewasbroughtupontheMesopotamianPlain—theMesopotamianCivilization.ThiscivilizationlaterondevelopedintotheculturesofAncientGreeceandAncientRome.6LiketheChineseculture,theEuropeanculturealsocrossedwaters.WhentheBritishsettleddowninAmerica,theirculturewentwiththemovertheAtlanticOcean.SotheAmericanculturedoesn‘tdistinguishfromtheEuropeanculturealot.

Atthesametime,someotherdifferencesaddtotheculturaldifferences.Takethelanguagesystemforexample.IntheEast,mostlanguagesbelongtothepictographiclanguagewhiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedontheLatinsystem.Othercauseslikehumanracedifferencescountaswell.Butwhat‘smore,duetothefardistanceandthesteepareasbetweentheEastandtheWest,thetwoculturesseldomcommunicateuntilrecentcenturies.7

Thedifferencesareeverywhere.8Butdifferentculturesmaketheworldof21stcenturymorecolourful.Theculturalgapshouldnotbetheobstacletothecivilizationofhumanbeing.Itoughttobethemotivationofourgoingfarther.

A.Letusworktogethertokeepavarietyofcultures.B.Andthesetwoarewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.C.Oneimportantthingistolearnaboutothercultures.D.Thisisbecausetheculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole.E.Theyareobviousandaffectpeople‘swaysofthinkingandtheirviewsoftheworld.F.Theyhelpedthetwoculturesdevelopforcenturiesandformtheirownstyles.G.Sotheygrewuptotallyintheirownwayswithalmostnointerferencefromtheother.Ⅲ.完形填空詞數(shù):305話題:幫助他人文體:記敘文LeslieMorissette‘sson,Graham,was6yearsoldwhenhewasdiagnosedwithleukemia(白血病).ThroughoutGraham‘hehospital,Grahamconnectedwitheveryonehemet,from10patientstoyoungerchildren.“Hewould11othersickchildrenhistoysoractsillytomakethemlaugh,”Morissettesaid.“Graham‘sspecialspiritiswhatkeptmegoing.Hegavemetheenergyandthe12tofightwithhim.”In1997,whenhewas8yearsold,Grahampassedaway.

13byhowGrahamlivedhislifecaringaboutothers,Morissette14thenon-profitGrahamtasticConnectioninhishonour.Theorganizationprovidesfreetechnology—includingcomputers,iPads,androbots—forchildren15cancerandotherseriousillnesses.

OneofthemajorgoalsofMorissette‘sworkisto16kidstotheirclassrooms,whichreallyhelpsthemcontinuetheir17despitehospitalizationsanddays18fromschool.

Therobots“transport”childrenrightintotheclassroominrealtime.Theycan19therobotsrightfromtheir20bedorhome.Ifachildisunabletoattendschool,theycan21logontotheirtabletorlaptopandcallintotherobot.Theycan22upanddowntheschoolpaths.Theycangotolunchwiththeir23.Therealmagichappensbetweenclasses,whenthey‘rewalkingdownthehallwaywiththeirfriends,byrobot,24theirweekendandtheirfavouritefoodsandotherthings.It‘sgreattechnologythatreallygiveschildrenthefeelingofcontrol,whentheirworldismaybe25control.

“EverytimeIcanhelpachildinneed,Ifeel26Grahamissmilingdown,”Morissettesaid.“IbelievethatGraham‘s27livesonintheworkthatIdo.AndI‘m28andprivilegedtobeabletodoitinhishonour.”

9.A.surgery B.treatmentC.vacation D.rest10.A.elderly B.sleepyC.deadly D.naughty11.A.buy B.chargeC.return D.lend12.A.focus B.strengthC.resource D.attention13.A.Confused B.DepressedC.Inspired D.Worried14.A.left B.visitedC.benefited D.founded15.A.causing B.curingC.battling D.preventing16.A.connect B.forceC.invite D.throw17.A.career B.educationC.struggle D.business18.A.missed B.stoppedC.suffered D.graduated19.A.operate B.buildC.steal D.separate20.A.flower B.riverC.hospital D.hotel21.A.hardly B.accidentallyC.simply D.luckily22.A.drive B.jumpC.climb D.walk23.A.parents B.friendsC.doctors D.patients24.A.talkingabout B.puttingoffC.dependingon D.thinkingof25.A.under B.withinC.awayfrom D.outof26.A.evenif B.asthoughC.incase D.sothat27.A.success B.joyC.love D.fortune28.A.angry B.sadC.careful D.proud課時作業(yè)(十三)Ⅰ.【文章大意】“八月到哪里去旅游?”歐亞美非的旅游勝地都在等著你。在這則旅游廣告中作者介紹了幾個大洲的旅游勝地。1.A推理推斷題。依據(jù)InAsia中“Thisseasonisconsideredtheleastfavourable.”可知,八月不適合去亞洲旅游,故選A。2.A細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)Tobeavoided中“AlthoughJulyandAugustarefavourabletotravel‘climatically’speaking,itisoftennotsopleasantwhenitcomestoquietnessandprices.”可知,酒店的價格可能會讓你在旅行時感到悲觀。故選A。3.C詞義揣測題。依據(jù)InEurope中“Augustistheheightofthepeakseason!MillionsofholidaymakersfromaroundtheworldinvadethebeachesandcountrysideofSouthernEurope.”可知,八月是旺季的高峰,來自世界各地的數(shù)百萬游客涌入南歐的海灘和鄉(xiāng)村。依據(jù)句意可知此處invade的意思是“大量地進(jìn)入”,故選C。Ⅱ.【文章大意】本文是說明文,介紹了東西方文化的起源及發(fā)展和它們之間的差異。4.D下文都與兩種不同的文化體系有關(guān),說明這是造成文化差異總的緣由,而D項(這是因為東西方文化系統(tǒng)總體上是兩個獨(dú)立的系統(tǒng))內(nèi)容與下文內(nèi)容相對應(yīng)。故選D項。5.F依據(jù)“Bothofthetwoculturesaredevelopedbyrivers—theYellowRiverinChinaandtheHinduRiverinIndia.”可知,中國的母親河是黃河,而印度的則是印度河。F項(它們幫助兩種文化發(fā)展了幾個世紀(jì),形成了自己的風(fēng)格)與上句為承接關(guān)系,故選F項。6.B另一種文化孕育于美索不達(dá)米亞平原——美索不達(dá)米亞文明,即后來的古羅馬文化和古希臘文化。B項(這兩種文化作為歐洲文化的根基而著名)與上文相對應(yīng),故選B項。7.G依據(jù)上一句“Butwhat‘smore,duetothefardistanceandthesteepareasbetweentheEastandtheWest,thetwoculturesseldomcommunicateuntilrecentcenturies.”可推知,溝通很少的結(jié)果是這兩種文化各自成長。分析選項可知G項(它們完全以自己的方式成長,幾乎沒有相互干涉)符合題意,故選G項。8.E“Thedifferencesareeverywhere.”這一句提到的是緣由。因此本句提到的是這些差異很明顯并且影響人們的思索方式和世界觀。分析選項可知E符合題意。Ⅲ.【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文,主要講解并描述一個人在兒子患白血病逝世后,化哀思為力氣,創(chuàng)建非營利性組織,幫助他人的故事。9.B依據(jù)上文“LeslieMorissette‘sson,Graham,was6yearsoldwhenhewasdiagnosedwithleukemia(白血病).”,并結(jié)合語境“inthehospital”可知,Graham因為患病在醫(yī)院接受治療,故選B。surgery外科手術(shù);treatment治療;vacation假期;rest休息。10.A與語境“youngerchildren”呼應(yīng)可知,從老到少的病人,Graham都進(jìn)行了接觸,故選A。elderly年齡大的,老的;sleepy昏昏欲睡的;deadly致命的;naughty調(diào)皮的。11.D依據(jù)語境可知,Graham會把自己的玩具借給其他生病的小摯友玩或者扮傻去逗他們笑,故選D。buy買;charge收費(fèi);return歸還,返回;lend借出。12.B與語境“theenergy”呼應(yīng)可推知,Graham的這種精神賜予Morissette力氣與他一起戰(zhàn)斗,故選B。focus中心點(diǎn),焦點(diǎn);strength力氣;resource資源;attention留意。13.C依據(jù)上文“‘Graham‘sspecialspiritiswhatkeptmegoing.’”可推知,Morissette被Graham的精神所激勵,故選C。confuse使迷惑;depress使抑郁;inspire激勵;worry擔(dān)憂。14.D依據(jù)語境“non-profitGrahamtasticConnection”可知,此處表示創(chuàng)立一個組織,與下文“Theorganization”呼應(yīng),故選D。leave離開;visit參觀,探望;benefit使受益;found建立。15.C與上文“‘Hegavemetheenergyandthe…tofightwithhim.’”呼應(yīng)可知,這個組織是幫助患病的孩子們同癌癥或其他嚴(yán)峻疾病做斗爭的,故選C。cause引起;cure治療;battle戰(zhàn)斗,斗爭;prevent阻擋。16.A依據(jù)下文“Therobots‘transport’childrenrightintotheclassroominrealtime.”可知,Morissette工作的主要目標(biāo)之一是把孩子們和學(xué)校聯(lián)系在一起,幫助他們接著學(xué)業(yè),故選A。connect連接,聯(lián)系;force強(qiáng)迫;invite邀請;throw扔。17.B結(jié)合語境“totheirclassrooms”可推知,患病的孩子們因為須要就醫(yī),因此學(xué)業(yè)就會被耽擱,所以Morissette來幫助他們接著接受教化,故選B。career職業(yè);education教化;struggle掙扎;business生意。18.A因為住院就醫(yī),于是患病的孩子們錯過了很多上學(xué)的日子,故選A。miss錯過,惦念;stop停止,阻擋;suffer受苦,遭遇;graduate畢業(yè)。19.A與語境“therobots”呼應(yīng)可知,機(jī)器人是被操縱的,故選A。operate操作,限制;build建立,建立;steal偷;separate隔離。20.C依據(jù)上文“Therobots‘transport’childrenrightintotheclassroominrealtime.”可推知,孩子們可以在病床上或者家里操縱機(jī)器人,與下文“Ifachildisunabletoattendschool,theycan…logontotheirtabletorlaptopandcallintotherobot.”呼應(yīng),故選C。flower花;river河;hospital醫(yī)院;hotel賓館。21.C依據(jù)語境可推知,這些機(jī)器人操縱起來很簡潔,故選C。hardly幾乎不;accidentally偶然地,意外地;simp