課后練（二）

Ⅰ. 單詞拼寫

1. She took the wrong ＿＿＿＿（方法）in her dealings with them.

2. The company reported a small ＿＿＿＿（下降）in its profits.

3. No new evidence ＿＿＿＿（出現(xiàn)）during the investigation yesterday.

4. Emotional or mental problems can a from a physical cause.

5. By the end of 1980s， the computer industry was b .

Ⅱ. 單句改錯

1. The children were boring with staying indoors.＿＿＿

2. In order to finish the work you should take good advantage by the websites online.＿＿＿

3. I think I’ll stay at home rather than to go outside.＿＿＿

4. They are trying on a new female host for the radio talk show.

＿＿＿

Ⅲ. 句子翻譯

1. 通過調查，我得到的印象是他對工作感到厭倦。

2. 寒假日益臨近，可我們仍定不下來去哪兒。

3. 應該受到責備的是父母而不是孩子。

4. 她走出弟弟去世的影響，變得更堅強了。

Ⅳ. 單項選擇

1. His father was ＿＿＿ with excellent health in his eighties.

A. filledB. blessed

C. boredD. connected

2. A wrong ＿＿＿ means a waste of effort no matter how hard you have tried or how much time you have spent.

A. meansB. side

C. approachD. ways

3. After the enjoyable dinner， I invited my friend to go to the cinema but she ＿＿＿ because she had to get up early tomorrow.

A. declinedB. denied

C. forbadD. decreased

4. He joined the meeting in order to ＿＿＿ good advantage of the chance to know more information.

A. makeB. have

C. takeD. use

5. There is growing evidence showing that the economy is at last ＿＿＿ from recession.

A. emergedB. emerging

C. appearedD. appearing

6. I would prefer to spend the weekend at home ＿＿＿ drive all the way to your friend’s.

A. instead ofB. rather than

C. more thanD. other than

7. The teacher suggested that the tests in this book be arranged ＿＿＿ of difficulty because it was more convenient to use.

A. in returnB. in turn

C. in orderD. in common

8. The price of petrol ＿＿＿ sharply since last month.

A. has arisenB. has raised

C. has risenD. has lifted

9. They said they were blessed ＿＿＿ five lovely grandchildren.

A. forB. about

C. withD. by

10. Scientists are trying to find a new approach ＿＿＿ cancer treatment.

A. ofB. with

C. forD. to

Ⅴ. 完形填空

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 1 and have made up their minds to 2 the bells non-stop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run 3 through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it 4 to sleep at night， but they are 5 damage to our houses and shops of historical 6 ，” said John Norris， one of the protesters.

“ 7 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads，” said Jean Lacey， a biology student. “Why don’t they build a new road that goes 8 the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 9 village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic.”

Harry Fields also studying 10 said they wanted to make as much 11 as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to 12 . “Most of them don’t live here anyway，” he said. “They come in for meetings， and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音）， 13

they probably don’t 14 the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the 15 .”

The fourth student， Liza Vernum， said she thought the public were 16 on their side， and even if they weren’t， they soon would be.

I asked if they were 17 that the police might come to stop them.

“Not really，” she said， “actually we are 18 bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no 19 against practising.”

I 20 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

1. A. collegeB. villageC. townD. church

2. A. changeB. repairC. ringD. shake

3. A. now and thenB. day and night

C. up and downD. over and over

4. A. terribleB. difficultC. uncomfortableD. unpleasant

5. A. doingB. raisingC. puttingD. producing

6. A. sceneB. periodC. interestD. sense

7. A. IfB. AlthoughC. WhenD. Unless

8. A. toB. throughC. overD. round

9. A. prettyB. quietC. largeD. modern

10. A. physicsB. economyC. biologyD. education

11. A. effortB. timeC. troubleD. noise

12. A. standB. acceptC. knowD. share

13. A. butB. soC. orD. however

14. A. noticeB. mentionC. fearD. control

15. A. eventB. lossC. actionD. problem

16. A. hardlyB. unwillinglyC. mostlyD. usually

17. A. surprisedB. afraidC. pleasedD. determined

18. A. properB. experiencedC. hopefulD. serious

19. A. pointB. causeC. needD. law

20. A. leftB. foundC. reachedD. passed

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5738min生活類說明文8

Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today? Many people wrongly believe that when people reach an old age， their families place them in nursing homes. They are left there in the hands of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their grown-up children visit them only occasionally， and more often， they do not have any regular visitors. Actually this is not true. In fact， family members provide over 80 percent of the care that elderly people need.

Professor Samuel Preston， a social scientist at the University of Pennsylvania， studies how the American family is changing. He reports that by the time the average American couple reaches 40 years of age， they have more parents than children. This statistic（數(shù)據(jù)）shows the change in life-styles and responsibilities of aging Americans. The average middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents some time after their own children have grown up. Moreover， because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ago， family members must provide long-term care. These facts also mean that after caregivers provide for their elderly parents， who will finally die， they will be old and may require care， too. When they do， their children will probably take care of them.

Psychologists and social workers have found that all caregivers share a common characteristic: all caregivers believe that they are the best person for the job， for different reasons. One caregiver said that she had always been close to her mother. Another was the oldest child in the family. Another was the youngest child in the family. In other words， they all felt that they could do the job better than anyone else. Social workers interviewed caregivers to find out why they took on the responsibility of caring for elderly， dependent relatives. They discovered three basic reasons. Many caregivers believed that they had an obligation（義務）to help their relatives. Some stated that helping others made them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping someone now， they would get care when they became old and dependent.

1. Many people believe that in the US ＿＿＿ .

A. the old age is a lonely time in a nursing home

B. old people in nursing homes receive frequent visits from their children

C. family members are doing their best to care for the elderly

D. the nursing home staff treat old people badly

2. A middle-aged couple in the US ＿＿＿ .

A. spend more time with their children than with their parents

B. depend on their children’s aid in caring for the elderly

C. have to care for their children and parents at the same time

D. spend more time taking care of their parents than before

3. The common characteristic of caregivers is that ＿＿＿ .

A. they all have professional skills in caregiving

B. they all believe themselves to be the best caregiver

C. they are the oldest children in their families

D. they are close to their parents

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Most old people are put into nursing homes by their families， who do not visit them regularly.

B. Most old people live longer today after an illness than people did years ago.

C. Most elderly people are taken care of by their families， who often find the experience satisfying.

D. Most elderly people prefer living in nursing homes while being visited frequently by their children.

B

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4348min科普類議論文8

One of the most important things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the “best sellers” list with a sale of fewer than 100，000 copies， but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known suddenly.

This is the principle behind “quiz” or “game” shows， which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star， and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can cause problems. For example， in the 1950s， quiz shows were very popular in the US and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren， an English instructor， became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show’s producers， who were pulling the strings， gave the answers to the most popular competitors in advance. Why? Because if the audience didn’t like the person who won the game， they turned the show off. Based on his story， a movie under the title “Quiz Show” is on 40 years later.

Charles Van Doren has nothing to do with TV.

But game shows are still here， though they aren’t taken as seriously. In fact， some of them try to be as funny as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together， or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV， or that punish losers by humiliating（羞辱）them. The happiness now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money， but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

5. TV is different from a novel in the fact that ＿＿＿ .

A. it is more attractive to people

B. it can increase the sales of novels

C. it makes a person famous in a short time

D. it takes you less time to watch

6. Charles Van Doren was a person who ＿＿＿ .

A. won a job in a quiz show

B. wasn’t honest in the program

C. played a part in a movie

D. made the TV program popular

7. The writer’s attitude towards a TV quiz show seems to be ＿＿＿ .

A. interestedB. supportive

C. negativeD. positive

8. The underlined phrase “pulling the strings” in Paragraph 2 probably means “＿＿＿”.

A. controlling secretlyB. hosting the program

C. causing the problemD. solving the problem