課后練（三）

Ⅰ. 單詞拼寫

1. She’s ＿＿＿＿（傳統(tǒng)的）in her views and faithful to her family.

2. The children cooperated with their teacher in keeping the classroom ＿＿＿＿（整潔的）.

3. He made sure the rope were ＿＿＿＿（拉緊的）in case that the goods would fall from his car.

4. The president of the company doesn’t want to be involved with any illegal affairs， so he hires a legal c .

5. You should have finished your work as yesterday was the d .

Ⅱ. 單句改錯

1. A boy as well as his mother were walking along the street.

＿＿＿

2. Andy Lau regularly star in romantic comedies.＿＿＿

3. Otherwise， the dog will soon be abandoned on its owner.＿＿＿

4. A new Chinese-English dictionary will soon come on.＿＿＿

Ⅲ. 句子翻譯

1. 我得早點離家去趕公車，不然就會在上學(xué)第一天就遲到。

2. 事實真相幾個星期以后才得到披露。

3. 遞交申請書的截止日期是下星期二。

4. 他不但沒有逃跑，反而留下來陪他的母親。

Ⅳ. 單項選擇

1. It is the protection for animals ＿＿＿ really metters， ＿＿＿ how many animals are born.

A. that; other thanB. what; except

C. which; otherwiseD. that; rather than

2. The news ＿＿＿ that London won the chance to hold the Olympic Games in 2012.

A. came inB. came out

C. came toD. came by

3. It is his talented performance ＿＿＿ his gentleness that really struck us.

A. as soon asB. as long as

C. as well asD. as far as

4. The increasing price of houses has lead to a(n) ＿＿＿ in the number of people who are going to buy one.

A. declineB. increase

C. boomingD. rejection

5. We even have no time to go out and have some fun， with the exam ＿＿＿ .

A. to approachB. approached

C. approachesD. approaching

6. Mr Johnson’s tight ＿＿＿ made him put off his trip to Europe.

A. scheduleB. attitude

C. appointmentD. transport

7. People nowadays begin to choose fashionable clothes rather than the ＿＿＿ ones.

A. convenientB. conventional

C. primitiveD. ordinary

8. I read his article again and again， trying hard to understand what he wanted to say but ＿＿＿ .

A. in natureB. in vain

C. in caseD. in effect

9. We could not prove he was ＿＿＿ the crime， so we had to release him.

A. concerned aboutB. concerning with

C. concerned withD. concerning about

10. We weren’t ＿＿＿ so many people ＿＿＿ come to the party.

A. expected; toB. expecting; of

C. expected; ofD. expecting; to

Ⅴ. 閱讀理解

Lie in bed， by an open window， and listen.

“No air conditioning， how can you sleep?” a friend asks， horrified. I tell her my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and reduce our electric bill. On this first night of our cost-cutting plan， it’s only 85 degrees. We’re going to suffer， but the three kids complain anyway.

They’ve grown up in 72-degree comfort， protected from the world outside. “It’s too hot to sleep，” my 13-year-old daughter complains. “I’m about to die from this heat，” her brother complains down the hall. “Just try it tonight，” I tell them. In truth I’m too tired to turn for long. My face is sweaty， but I lie quietly listening to the cricket choirs（合唱）outside that remind me of childhood.

The neighbor’s dog howls. Probably a passing squirrel（松鼠）. It’s been years since I took the time to really listen to the night.

I think about grandma， who lived to 92 and still helped with my mom’s gardening until just a few weeks before she died. And then， I’m back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood. I moved my pillow to the foot of grandma’s bed and turned my face towards the open window. I turned the pillow， hunting for the cooler side. Grandma saw me turn over and over. “If you just watch for the breeze，” she said， “you’ll cool off and fall asleep.”

I stare at the filmy white curtain， willing it to move. Lying still， waiting， I suddenly notice the life outside the window. The bug chorus. Neighbors， porch（門廊）-sitting late， speak in unclear words that calm me.

“Mom， did you hear that?” my seven-year-old son cries. “I think it was an owl（貓頭鷹）family.”

“Probably，” I tell him. “Just keep listening.”

Without the working air conditioner， the house is peaceful， and the natural night noises seem close enough to touch. I hope I’m awake tonight when the first breeze comes in.

1. On the first night of the writer’s cost-cutting plan， her children ＿＿＿ .

A. live a comfortable life as usual

B. begin to be unhappy

C. are protected from the world outside

D. are about to die from the heat

2. The author talks about her grandmother and her childhood to show that ＿＿＿ .

A. people used to live a hard life

B. people at that time were hardworking

C. she has learned a great deal from her grandma

D. it’s OK for people to live a simple life

3. In the writer’s eyes， her children are ＿＿＿ .

A. free from parents’ protection

B. dependable because of parents’ love

C. lacking in real test of hardships in life

D. full of dissatisfaction with life

4. Which of the following titles best suits the passage?

A. Waiting for the Breeze

B. An Interesting Experience

C. Life at Present and Life in the Past

D. Different Times， Different Children

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When Wei Yong returned home to his parents’ village last year， Shangma Huangtou， to visit his 77-year-old mother， he heard about the tremors. Late one night， the villagers told him the village was rocked by what everyone thought was an earthquake. The ground shook. The houses trembled. And the earth broke open.

There had been no earthquake， however. Instead， here in this small village in the central province of Shanxi， three large coal mining operations had been digging underground for coal—day and night， sometimes using dynamite（炸彈）. And from far below， they had broke the earth.

While Shanxi provides the coal that powers China’s economy， thousands of areas of land are sinking because of underground coal mining.

All night long， residents here say， trucks carrying coal waste empty their load off the side of the mountain. And all day long trucks overloaded with coal run past the village， breaking the roads and covering the road-side homes with coal waste.

Today， Shangma Huangtou has no water. Villagers say the stream running through here dried up 10 years ago. Now， the wells have run dry， too. It used to be that every family had a well; now the village hires a truck to fetch water from a mile away.

Some villagers often talk about the village’s founding myth， an old fable（神話）about how the beautiful village was founded in ancient times with a small lake in its center. But one day， according to the fable， a smart man from southern China came and stole the village frog， bringing ruin to Shangma Huangtou.

“I don’t believe this myth，” Mr Lin， the village chief， said. “I believe there’s no water because of the coal mines. The earth is like the human body. And the water is like the blood in your veins（血管）. But now there’s no water; no blood.”

1. The underlined word “tremors” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “＿＿＿”.

A. noisesB. developments

C. shakesD. sounds

2. The land of Shangma Huangtou is sinking because of ＿＿＿ .

A. continuous underground coal mining

B. frequent earthquakes

C. heavy traffic

D. the overuse of underground water

3. The author writes the last two paragraphs to ＿＿＿ .

A. show the long history of the village

B. tell us the future of the village

C. tell the reason why the village is sinking

D. show coal mining’s bad effect on the village

4. What lesson can we draw from the examples of Shangma Huangtou village?

A. People couldn’t live on without water.

B. Coal mining should be stopped.

C. Government should improve village economy.

D. Environment is as important as economy.

B

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4838min人物類記敘文8

James Rumsey was a successful businessman in Bath， Virginia in 1784 when he met George Washington. When the hero of the Revolutionary War stopped in Bath， Rumsey was anxious to show Washington his invention. It was a model of a boat that used the power of a river’s current（水流）to travel against the current. The boat had a set of wheels with two long poles fastened under the boat body. Rumsey placed the boat in the Potomac River and the current turned the wheels round and round quickly， which in turn， forced the poles to push against the riverbed moving the boat against the current， according to Joel Achenbach in The Grand Idea.

Washington wrote of the invention in his diary on September 6， 1784， “The model， and its operation upon the water， which had been made to run pretty fast， not only made me believe what I before thought， but that it might be turned to the greatest possible means of transportation.” Washington even gave Rumsey a letter stating that he had seen the boat in operation. Rumsey published the letter in newspapers and used it to raise money.

The following year， Washington became president of the Patowmac Company. One of Washington’s first problems was that he couldn’t find anyone with experience of building canal（運河）. In July 1785， Washington remembered Rumsey’s walking boat and decided that Rumsey was the man to build the canal， according to Achenbach.

In the year between Rumsey had continued his work on the mechanical boat he had showed Washington， but a full-scale model had not worked as well as the smaller version. The larger boat’s poles would stick or slip on the bottom of the river and when the boat did move forward， it lurched（蹣跚）and leaned dangerously.

As making this idea a success seemed to be slipping away， Rumsey turned his sights to a new way to allow a boat to move against the current， steam power. However， Washington employed Rumsey to his career just as he was considering the solution. Washington hired him at the annual salary of 200 pounds a year.

5. Which of the following statements about Rumsey’s invention is TRUE?

A. It was driven by steam power.

B. It could save energy.

C. It was used in the war.

D. It was practical.

6. The best title of this passage could be “＿＿＿”.

A. Rumsey’s Walking Boat

B. Rumsey and Washington

C. Working Wonders

D. Creative Thinking

7. When Washington saw the model， ＿＿＿ .

A. he gave Rumsey a lot of money

B. he didn’t believe it

C. he had a deep impression

D. he was taken in

8. We can conclude from the passage that ＿＿＿ .

A. Rumsey became rich owing to his invention

B. Joel Achenbach wrote this story

C. Rumsey’s boat was a success

D. Washington trusted Rumsey very much