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课时作业(二) English around the world
世界上的英语
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.It is so nice to hear from her.________,we last met more than thirty years ago.
A.What’s more B.That is to say
C.In other words D.Believe it or not
2.Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living________of the working people.
A.cost B.situation
C.level D.standard
3.It turned out that one of the children I thought a girl was________a boy.
A.specially B.usually
C.especially D.actually
4.I didn’t________my primary school classmate Jane until I listened to her selfintroduction.
A.know B.recognize
C.find D.realize
5.It is the fourth time that she________you in a week.
A.rings B.has rung
C.has been ringing D.is ringing
6.I will never understand how it________that you were an hour late on such a short journey.
A.came over B.came out
C.came up D.came about
7.—Go for a trip to Qingdao,OK?
—________.I’d like to see the sea.
A.I couldn’t agree more B.I’m afraid not
C.I believe not D.I don’t think so
8.The openair celebration has been put off________the bad weather.
A.in case of B.in spite of
C.instead of D.because of
9.The manager requested that no one________of his decision until the next meeting.
A.would tell B.told
C.be told D.would be told
10.His________was so strong that I couldn’t understand a word he was saying.
A.noise B.voice
C.accent D.sound
11.After long and hard work,the police at last discovered the________of the baby found by the side of a road.
A.dialect B.identity
C.situation D.condition
12.You should________any opportunities you have to practise English.
A.make use of B.play a part in
C.get along with D.make fun of
13.—Tom is wise enough to achieve his success.
—But in my opinion,he is________than wise.
A.luckier B.more lucky
C.much luckier D.rather lucky
14.Your story is perfect;I’ve never heard________before.
A.the better one B.the best one
C.a better one D.a good one
15.“Be careful;do not stand________to the fire,Jim,” Mrs Thompson said to her little son.
A.close B.closely
C.closed D.closing
Ⅱ.阅读理解
(2010年安徽两地三校联考)
L’HAYLESROSES,France:Three teenage girls admitted starting a fire in a suburban Paris housing project over the weekend that killed 17 people,including three children,police said yesterday.A fourth girl was held yesterday morning.
The fire in a 19storey building south of Paris was the third fatal blaze in the Paris area in nine days.The death toll rose to 16 after a man died last Sunday in a hospital,where seven others were being treated for serious injuries,police said.
Three teenagers taken in for questioning on Sunday admitted having started the fire for fun,police said.Two of the suspects were 18yearold,the other was 16,police said.Further details were not available.
Witnesses claimed to have seen a group of youths who lived in the building start the fire,said Patrick Seve,mayor of the town of L’HAYLESROSES,near Orly airport,where the building was located.
The fire is believed to have broken out in the lobby (门厅) of the building before raging up a stairwell at least three floors.Some residents jumped from windows as the fire spread through the building’s entrance.
Authorities were investigating possible criminals in an August 26 fire that killed 14 African children and three adults in a Paris apartment building.Three days later,another fire killed seven in a building.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy suggested on French television on Sunday night that copycats (盲目模仿者) were at work.“Each time there is a new story,sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals,” Sarkozy said,promising severe punishment for anyone found guilty of arson (纵火).
1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
A.Three girls were caught setting fire to a building.
B.The fourth girl wasn’t present when the fire broke out.
C.All the people lost their lives before police came.
D.Paris was troubled by fire during that period.
2.Why did the teenagers start the fire?
A.They were interested in playing with fire.
B.They wanted to make fun of their parents.
C.They were not satisfied with the surroundings.
D.They wanted to warm themselves.
3.From the fourth and fifth paragraphs we know that________.
A.the witnesses must have put out the fire
B.the lobby of the building was covered with wood
C.the witnesses were familiar with the teenagers
D.the residents shouldn’t have jumped from windows
4.What the Minister said in the last paragraph means that________.
A.he doesn’t like to listen to new stories
B.he has no time to write new stories
C.teenagers often have ideas to turn into criminals
D.teenagers may do the same as others have done
(2010年广东华南师大附中综合测试)
For most people,shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall.Soon,that will change.Electronic commerce (trade)is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices.There will,however,be a cost:protecting the consumer from being cheated will be harder.Many governments therefore want to apply strict regulations to the electronic world.But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate selfregulation.
Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs or their rights to refund when goods are faulty.But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence is on the screen.Even in a country where a clear right to compensation exists,the online customer in Tokyo,say,can hardly go to New York to get a refund for a clothes purchase.
One answer is for government to cooperate more:to recognize each other’s rules.But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules.And plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober countries to accept.There is,however,another choice.Let the electronic businesses do the regulation themselves.They do,after all,have a selfinterest in doing so.
In electronic commerce,a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset.Governments,too,may compete to be trusted.For instance,customers ordering medicines online may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration;or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict,and buy from Switzerland instead.
Customers will still need to use their judgment.But precisely because the technology is new,electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than customers of the normal sort.And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down.In this way,at least,the advent of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws,not more.
5.According to the author,what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?
A.Selfregulation by the businesses.
B.Strict consumer protection laws.
C.Close international cooperation.
D.Government protection.
6.In case an electronic shopper bought faulty goods from a foreign country,what could he do?
A.Refuse to pay for the purchase.
B.Go to the seller and ask for a refund.
C.Appeal to consumer protection law.
D.Complain about it on the Internet.
7.In the author’s view,businesses would place a high emphasis on honest dealing because in the electronic world________.
A.international cooperation would be much more frequent
B.consumers could easily seek government protection
C.a good reputation is a great advantage in competition
D.it would be easy for consumers to complain
8.We can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the FDA in the United States is________.
A.very quick B.very cautious
C.very slow D.rather careless
9.If a customer buys something that does not meet his expectation,what is the advantage of dealing through electronic commerce over the present normal one?
A.It will be easier for him to return the goods he is not satisfied with.
B.It will be easier for him to attain the refund from the seller.
C.It will be easier for him to get his complaints heard by other consumers.
D.It will be easier for him to complain about this to the government.
Ⅲ.短文填词
We middle school students have had many tests and exams.We have both achieved success and suffered________1.________
failure.Different students take different attitudes to failure.Some fall in low spirits when they do p________in the exams.2.________
They lose heart and interest in study,________(显得) 3.________
disappointed.Others take a positive attitude in face of failure.They
________(鼓励) themselves to be selfconfident.4.________
They try to find out the causes________that they 5.________
will avoid________the same mistakes again.I stand 6.________
by those who dare to challenge themselves.Great men may fail dozens of times b________they succeed.So in my 7.________
opinion,it doesn’t matter w________we succeed or 8.________
not.What c________is what attitudes we are to take.9.________
Faced with failure,we should________(记住) 10.________
the proverb by heart “Failure is the mother of success.”
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.D 句意为“收到她的来信太好了,信不信由你,我们上次见面还是30多年前”。What’s more.另外,此外,That is to say.也就是说,In other words.换句话说,Believe it or not.信不信由你。
2.D living standard生活水准。
3.D 考查副词辨析。actually实际上,事实上。句意为:那些孩子中,我原来以为是女孩的那个孩子结果实际上是男孩。specially特意地;专门地;usually通常;especially特别地,专门地。
4.B 考查动词辨析。recognize辨认出。句意为:我直到听到了我的小学同学Jane自我介绍时才认出她来。know知道,认识;find找到,发现;realize意识到,实现。
5.B 考查句式结构。在句型It is/was the first/second/thrid...time (that)...中,that从句中的谓语动词通常要用完成时态。
6.D 考查短语辨析。come about发生。常用于句型:How does it come about that...?该句型意为“……是怎么发生的?”该句意为:在如此短的旅程中你晚了一个小时,我根本不明白这件事是怎么发生的。come over(从远处)来到;come out出来,出版,开花,发芽;come up上来,走近,被提出。
7.A 考查交际用语。I couldn’t agree more是表示同意对方的答语,意为“我非常同意”。其他三个选项都表示否定,与I’d like to see the sea矛盾。
8.D 考查短语辨析。because of因为。句意为:由于天气恶劣,露天庆祝大会被推迟了。in case of以防,万一;in spite of不管,不顾;instead of代替。
9.C 考查动词用法。request要求,请求,其后的宾语从句的谓语动词要用“should+动词原形”,should可以省略。句意为:这位经理要求下次开会前不要向任何人透漏他的决定。
10.C 考查名词辨析。accent口音。句意为:他的口音很浓,他说的话我一个字也听不懂。noise噪音;voice嗓音;sound声音(泛指各种声音)。
11.B identity身份。dialect方言;situation形势,局面,关系;condition状态,状况,情形。
12.A make use of利用。句意为“你应该利用每个机会来练习英语”。play a part in参与;get along with与……相处,进展;make fun of嘲弄,取笑。
13.B 考查形容词和固定句式。句意为:“汤姆很聪明,所以取得了成功。”“但在我看来,与其说他聪明,倒不好说他幸运。”固定句式more+adj./n.+than+adj./n.表示“与其说……倒不如说……”。
14.C never...better比较级的否定形式表最高级的含义。I’ve never heard a better one before.意为“这是我听过的最好的故事”。
15.A close作形容词或副词的意思是“近的(地);接近的(地)”。closely意为“差别很小地;几乎一样地;紧紧地;仔细地”。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
【语篇解读】 本文说明当电影、电视、文艺作品中出现了新的犯罪行为时,这种犯罪行为便在青少年中很快蔓延开来。很多青少年由于意志力不强,在对新奇事物盲目模仿中走上了犯罪道路。
1.D 推理判断题。A项与文中内容不符;B项在文中没有信息支持;C项错误,并非所有人都死了;D项可由第二段第一句“这是巴黎地区9天内的第三场致命火灾”推出。
2.A 细节理解题。由第三段第一句“...admitted having started the fire for fun”可知答案。
3.C 推理判断题。由第四段中“Witnesses claimed to have seen a group of youths who lived in the building start the fire”可知该题选C项。
4.D 推理判断题。本段说明了青少年常盲目模仿而犯罪。“Each time there is a new story,sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals”暗示了答案。
【语篇解读】 本文谈论了在电子商务中卖方、买方及政府三方的角色。
5.A 细节理解题。从第一段的“But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate selfregulation”和第三段的“Let the electronic businesses do the regulation themselves”可知答案为A。
6.D 细节理解题。从最后一段的“And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down”可知答案应为D。通过排除法也可轻易排除A、B和C三项。
7.C 细节理解题。从第四段的“In electronic commerce,a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset”可知答案应为C。
8.B 推理判断题。从第四段的“For instance,customers ordering medicines online may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration”可推测答案应为B。
9.C 细节理解题。从最后一段的“And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down”可知答案应为C。
Ⅲ.短文填词
1.from 2.poorly 3.appearing 4.encourage
5.so 6.making 7.before 8.whether
9.counts 10.remember
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