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2-4Cultural Corner
Ⅰ.单句改错
1．How many jobs does the passage refer?
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2．What sort of jobs will people be done ten years from now?
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3．But there will be a raise in the demand for health care professionals. X k B 1 . c o m
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4．More home care nurses will be needed to look after the rapidly aged population.
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5．14 million Americans suffer speech or language problems.
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6．Good bet could be the leisure industry.
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7．These jobs conclude computer systems analysts and database managers.
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8．I would be very grateful that you could send me more information about the post available.
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答案：1.refer→refer to 2.done→doing 3.raise→rise 4.aged→aging 5.suffer→suffer from 6.Good→A good 7.conclude→include 8.that→if
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．—If you like, I can do some shopping for you.
—That's a very kind ________.
A．offer B．service
C．point D．suggestion
答案：A 上句意为：如果你喜欢，我可以为你去买一些东西。答语意为：你主动提出帮助，那太好了。offer在此用作名词，表示“主动提供帮助”。service“服务”；point“观点”；suggestion“建议”。
2．—I'd like to call you at 10 o'clock next Friday morning if it is convenient.
—I'm afraid I ________ an important exam.
A．will have attended B．will be attending
C．attend D．am attending
答案：B 句意是“如果方便的话，我想下周五上午10点打电话给你。”“恐怕(那时)我正在参加一个重要的考试。”此句要用will be attending表示将来某一时刻正在进行的动作。will have attended是将来完成时，表示到将来某一时刻已完成的动作。
3．Scientists think it ________ that a modern city can be built under the ocean, but we doubt whether it'll really happen.
A．probable B．possible
C．likely D．possibly
答案：B 句意是：科学家们认为一座现代化的城市有可能在海底建成，而我们却怀疑这是否真的会发生。possible在此句中作宾语补足语，表示一种潜在的可能性，并不是真的会发生。
4．I searched the website. Unfortunately, the job that I had been looking for was no longer ________.
A．valuable B．reliable
C．incredible D．available
答案：D 句意是：我在网站上搜索。不幸的是，我一直在寻找的工作不再有了。valuable“有价值的”；reliable“可靠的”；incredible“难以置信的”；available“可得到的”。
5．For a child to give up his less mature idea for a more sophisticated one, it requires that the child ________ psychologically ready for the new idea.
A．is B．be
C．were D．would be
答案：B 句意是：对于一个放弃了不太成熟的想法而寻求比较复杂的想法的孩子来说，他在心理上应为新的想法做好准备。require表示“要求”，其宾语从句要用虚拟语气，即：谓语用“should＋动词原形”。
6．My MP4 player isn't in my bag. Where ________ I have put it?
A．can B．must
C．should D．would
答案：A 此题考查can表示猜测时的用法。句意是：我的MP4没有在我的书包里，我会把它放在哪里呢？表示可能性时，只有can可用于疑问句中。
7．—Where is my dictionary? I remember I put it here yesterday.
—You ________ it in the wrong place.
A．must put B．should have put
C．might put D．might have put
答案：D 此题考查may/might表示猜测时的用法。句意是“我的字典在哪儿呢？我记得昨天把它放在这儿了。”“你可能放错了地方。”这是对过去情况的猜测，所以要用might have done。
Ⅲ.完形填空
You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can't __1__ how quickly time has passed.
If you are familiar with this __2__， you'll know how time files when you are having fun and __3__，when you are bored. Now scientists have __4__ a reason why this is the case.
Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain __5__ according to how we focus on a task. When we are __6__， we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains __7__ the clock is ticking more slowly.
In an experiment __8__ by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image __9__ researchers monitored their brain activity.
The volunteers were told to __10__ concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then __11__ the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The result showed that __12__ was more active when the volunteers paid __13__ subjects.
It is thought that if the brain is __14__ focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to __15__ its resources, and pays less attention to the clock. __16__， time passes without us really __17__ it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its __18__ energies on monitoring the passing of time. __19__， time seems to drag.
Next time you feel bored __20__， perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!
我们经常会感到快乐的时光似火箭，飞速流逝；而无聊的日子如抽丝，痛苦且漫长。这到底是怎么回事呢？
1．A.guess B．learn
C．believe D．doubt
答案：C can't believe体现出了对时间过得如此之快的惊讶与感叹。
2．A.view B．point
C．scene D．idea
答案：C scene在此表示“场景，场面”。
3．A.drags B．stops
C．backs D．gains
答案：A 根据文中倒数第二段的解释可得知答案。drag在此指“(时间)过得很慢”。
4．A.thought over B．made up
C．suggested D．come up with
答案：D come up with表示“提出”。
5．A.change B．develop
C．grow D．slow
答案：A 大脑的活动模式会根据我们对任务的注意力的不同而“改变”。
6．A.sleepy B．bored
C．excited D．active
答案：B 联系上下文可知，人在比较厌烦或感到无事可做的时候，才会觉得时间过得很慢。
7．A.report B．think
C．decide D．see
答案：B 时间过得慢只是人的一种看法。
8．A.produced B．carried
C．tried D．performed
答案：D perform“实施，进行”。 新 课 标 第 一 网
9．A.so B．after
C．while D．but
答案：C while在此表示“在……的过程中”
10．A.partly B．quickly
C．how D．first
答案：D 根据后面的then, thirdly可知D项切题。
11．A.remember B．focus on
C．forget D．tell apart
答案：B 根据上文的concentrate on可知B项正确。
12．A.the researchers B．the experiment
C．the clock D．the brain
答案：D 研究人员监测的是“大脑活动”。
13．A.much attention to B．more attention to
C．attention to many D．attention to more
答案：D 试验对象关注的项目越多，大脑越活跃，故D项切题。
14．A.busy B．likely
C．ready D．sure
答案：A be busy doing表示“忙于……”。
15．A.focus B．gather
C．reach D．spread
答案：D 联系上下文可知，当大脑专注于一个任务的多个方面时，它的精力就会被分散。spread“分散”。
16．A.However B．Furthermore
C．Therefore D．Finally
答案：C therefore因此，这样一来，表示因果关系。
17．A.recognizing B．watching
C．noticing D．counting
答案：C 根据seems to go quickly可知，时间在不知不觉中过去。notice“留意”符合语境。X Kb 1.C o m
18．A.enough B．full
C．right D．proper
答案：B 大脑不太活跃时，大量的精力都放在了留意时间的流逝上。
19．A.In fact B．As a result
C．For example D．Instead
答案：B as a result在此表示因果关系。
20．A.in class B．with work
C．in mind D．of lessons
答案：A 由the teacher可知in class正确。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer (扫盲志愿者). The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44yearold single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule (时刻表), she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label (标志)，she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read build Marie's selfconfidence (自信心), which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how selfconfident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her selfconfidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
文章大意：本文讲述了去年夏天“我”参加扫盲志愿活动的事。在这期间，“我”遇到Marie，并教她识字。后来，Marie发生了巨大变化，她找回了自信，还可以乘汽车去购物，帮儿子辅导功课……
1．What did the author do last summer?
A．She worked in the supermarket.
B．She helped someone to learn to read.
C．She gave single mothers the help they needed.
D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer.
答案：B 这是一道细节题。文章第一段第一句告诉我们，作者去年夏天参加了扫盲志愿活动，教人如何读书。
2．Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?
A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.
B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop.
C．Because she couldn't afford the bus ticket.
D．Because she couldn't find the right bus.
答案：D 这是一道细节题。由第二段第三句可判断出Marie到超市不乘公共汽车的原因是她不知道应该乘哪路公共汽车。
3．How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?
A．She knew where the goods she wanted in the supermarket.
B．She asked others to take her to the right place.
C．She managed to find the goods by their looks.
D．She remembered the names of the goods.
答案：C 这是一道细节题。根据第二段倒数第一句中的“only...by sight”可知Marie根据货物的外表来找自己所需的货物。
4．Which of the following statements is true about Marie?
A．Marie could do things she had not been able to do before.
B．Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son.
C．Marie decided to continue her studies in school.
D．Marie paid for her own lessons.
答案：A 这是一道细节推断题。根据第三段可排除B、C、D。排除B是因为不是在儿子的帮助下；排除C是因为不是在学校学习；排除D是因为教育是免费的(由文章第一句可知)。
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