課后練（四）

　　Ⅰ. 選詞填空
　　從下列方框里10個單詞中選擇8個適當單詞的正確形式填入下列各句中，使其句意完整。每個單詞只使用一次。
　　1. I used to go to work by ____ when I was in London.
　　2. In order to escape from the unhappy life that he had lived for many years， he made several ____ .
　　3. Noah Webster wrote a dictionary in order to ____ the spelling of English words.
　　4. The new girl in our class has a very ____ way of speaking.
　　5. After five minutes Adam returned， ____ more hot and anxious than before.
　　6. The practice， which has been ____ by linguists and intellectuals in China， is gaining popularity here.
　　7. The teacher asked the students to write in ____ English.
　　8. The books on that shelf are for ____ only.
　　Ⅱ. 句子翻譯
　　1. 裁掉老員工的決定遭到了俱樂部中大多數人的批評。
　　2. 他竭盡全力嘗試找人幫忙，但沒人愿意幫助他。
　　3. 在社會進步與發展的同時，人們也在同環境污染作斗爭。
　　4. 就我本人而言，我完全贊成這棟樓的設計，湯姆投資了一大筆錢進去。
　　Ⅲ. 單項選擇
　　1. ___ my teacher， I’m becoming more and more interested in English.
　　A. Thanks forB. Thank for
　　C. Thanks toD. Thank to
　　2. The money he spends every month ___ about 100 Yuan.
　　A. addsB. adds up
　　C. adds toD. adds up to
　　3. You are allowed to ___ your notes if you really need to do that.
　　A. ask forB. refer to
　　C. look overD. look for
　　4. Our boss is critical ___ the way we try our best to figure out to do the work.
　　A. ofB. in
　　C. withD. at
　　5. He suggested ___ a meeting and it suggested he___ in our plan.
　　A. holding； be interestedB. to hold； be interested
　　C. holding； was interestedD. to hold； was interested
　　6. By the end of 2011， about a million people had flooded into the city， ___ up 10 percent of its total population.
　　A. madeB. make
　　C. makingD. to be made
　　7. Some people choose jobs for other reasons ___ money these days.
　　A. besidesB. for
　　C. withD. except
　　8. Tomorrow is Tom’s birthday. Have you got any idea ___ the party is to be held？
　　A. whatB. that
　　C. whichD. where
　　9. He found it increasingly difficult to read， ___ his eyesight was beginning to fail.
　　A. butB. so
　　C. forD. though
　　10. — How do you ___ we go to Beijing for our holidays？
　　— I think we’d better fly there. It’s much more convenient.
　　A. supposeB. suggest
　　C. feelD. consider
　　Ⅳ. 完形填空
　　One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant， waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept looking in my direction， 2 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him， 4 he was pretending to read， but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my 6 ， the man was clearly confused about the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other. He seemed even more confused as 9 went on and it became
　　10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 11 . When he came out， he paid his bill and 12 without another look in my direction.
　　I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 .“Well，”he said，“that man was a detective （偵探）. He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he was 15 .”“What？”I said， showing my 16 . The owner continued，“He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 17 say he looked very much like you！ Of course， since we know you， we told him that he had made a big 18 .”“Well， it’s really 19 that I came to a 20 where I’m known，”I said.“or I might have been in trouble.”
　　1. A. knewB. understoodC. noticedD. recognized
　　2. A. even thoughB. even ifC. as forD. as if
　　3. A. flatB. openC. cutD. closed
　　4. A. whereB. whatC. whichD. that
　　5. A. findB. seeC. guessD. learn
　　6. A. plate B. billC. paperD. food
　　7. A. directB. familiarC. strangeD. funny
　　8. A. chatted withB. looked atC. laughed atD. talked about
　　9. A. the waiterB. timeC. ID. the dinner
　　10. A. trueB. hopefulC. clearD. possible
　　11. A. restaurantB. washroomC. officeD. kitchen
　　12. A. leftB. actedC. satD. ate
　　13. A. wantedB. triedC. orderedD. wished
　　14. A. metB. caughtC. followedD. discovered
　　15. A. meeting with B. dealing with
　　C. fighting for D. looking for
　　16. A. careB. surpriseC. worryD. joy
　　17. A. mustB. canC. needD. may
　　18. A. wishB. mistakeC. decisionD. fortune
　　19. A. helpfulB. naturalC. optimisticD. lucky
　　20. A. officeB. cinemaC. restaurantD. bookshop
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　　Dear Editor，
　　Brockingham is run by people who are more interested in tourists than its citizens. The problem is that the people running the government refuse to accept new ideas. By banning all fast—food restaurants and discount（折扣）stores， they take away all the places kids can afford to shop.
　　These people forget that when they were young， they could go to the South Street Soda Fountain and get an ice—cream soda for 25 cents. Today you can’t find an ice—cream soda anywhere in Brockingham for less than $2！ Where can kids go for a snack？
　　There is not a single restaurant in Brockingham where a family of four can eat dinner for less than $100. Add a 15% tip and sales tax and you need to spend nearly $125 to eat a meal you could prepare at home for about $12. Have you noticed that Brockingham families never dine in Brockingham？
　　Fast—food restaurants are also a good place for school kids to get an after—school job. Fast—food restaurants are the busiest during the early supper hours when students are able to work， while the fancy（高檔的）food restaurants satisfy late—night diners’ need. Working in one of these establishments requires working shifts that are too late for most students. The City Council claims that local businessmen， rather than national chains（連鎖店）， should benefit from the tourist business. I agree that it is important to support local businesses， but I think the fast—food restaurants would encourage more people to shop in Brockingham.
　　Another thing that annoys me is that we must travel 25 miles to the nearest discount store. If I need a tire for my bike， I have a choice of buying one at Surf and Peddle Sport Shop for $15 or driving to Parkersburg Discount Center where I can buy the same kind of tire for $9. Again， I think the ban on all food chains and discount houses is counterproductive for our city.
　　Wes Woodrow
　　9th—Grade Student at Brockingham High School
　　1. Why does Wes Woodrow write this letter to the editor？
　　A. Because the government bans all fast—food restaurants and discount stores in Brockingham.
　　B. Because the writer can’t find an ice—cream soda anywhere in Brockingham for less than $2.
　　C. Because a family of four can’t find a restaurant in Brockingham to eat dinner for less than $100.
　　D. Because the writer has to travel 25 miles to the nearest discount store.
　　2. From the letter we can infer that ___ .
　　A. the writer used to buy a lot of ice—cream sodas
　　B. the students refuse to work in fancy food restaurants
　　C. the government’s ban benefits local businessmen much
　　D. discount stores usually offer a discount of 40%
　　3. The underlined word“counterproductive”in Paragraph 5 of the letter probably means ___ .
　　A. cheap， not expensive
　　B. surprising， not expected
　　C. harmful， not helpful
　　D. uncertain， not sure
　　4. One way the writer of this letter tries to convince the reader is by ___ .
　　A. complaining that someone has to drive him to Parkers—burg
　　B. getting an after—school job in fast—food restaurants himself
　　C. suggesting that many businessmen have the same opinion
　　D. giving specific examples of the high costs in Brockingham
　　B
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　　64210min科普類記敘文10
　　In 1957 a doctor in Singapore noticed that hospitals were treating an unusual number of influenza—like cases. Influenza is sometimes called“flu”or a“bad cold”. He took samples （取樣）from the throats of patients and in his hospital he was able to find the virus（病毒）of this influenza.
　　There were three main types of the influenza virus. The most important of these are type A and B， each of them having several subgroups. With the instruments at the hospital the doctor recognized that the outbreak（爆發）was due to a virus in group A， but he did not know the subgroup. Then he reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization in Geneva. WHO published the important news along with the reports of a similar outbreak in Hong Kong， where about 15—20% of the population had become ill.
　　As soon as the London doctors received the package of throat samples， doctors began the standard tests. They found that by reproducing itself at very high speed， the virus had grown more than a million times within two days. Continuing their careful tests， the doctors checked the effect of drugs against all the known subgroups of virus type A. None of them gave any protection. This， then， was something new， a new influenza virus， against which the people of the world had no help whatever.
　　Having found the virus they were working with， the two doctors then dropped it into the noses of some specially selected animals， which get influenza much as human beings do. In a short time the usual signs of the disease appeared. These experiments proved that the new virus was easy to catch， but that it was not a killer. Scientists， like the general public， call it simply Asian flu.
　　The first discovery of the virus， however， was made in China before the disease had appeared in other countries. Various reports showed that the influenza outbreak started in China， probably in February of 1957. By the middle of March it had spread all over China. The virus was found by Chinese doctors early in March. But China was not a member of the World Health Organization then and therefore did not report outbreaks of disease to it. Not until two months later， when travelers carried the virus into Hong Kong， from where it spreaded to Singapore， did the news of the outbreak reach the rest of the world. By this time it was well started on its way around the world.
　　From then on， WHO’s weekly reports described the steady spread of this great virus outbreak， which within four months swept through every continent.
　　5. The doctor in Singapore performed a valuable service by ___ .
　　A. finding the subgroup of the virus
　　B. developing a cure
　　C. keeping his patients apart from others
　　D. reporting the outbreak to Geneva
　　6. One interesting thing about the virus in the story was that it___ .
　　A. was especially weak
　　B. was similar to other viruses
　　C. could reproduce with great speed
　　D. had samples frozen and packed in dry ice
　　7. The experiments in giving the virus to animals proved that this type of influenza was easy to catch ___ .
　　A. but was not deadly
　　B. and had rather slight effects
　　C. and could possibly cause death
　　D. and did not have the usual signs
　　8. In order to keep contact with a disease such as influenza， WHO must have ___ .
　　A. highly trained experts
　　B. co—operation from every doctor
　　C. good reporting services
　　D. time to study the facts
　　9. One thing necessary for discovering influenza outbreak is ___ .
　　A. doctors and hospital services
　　B. drugs to fight the disease
　　C. the United Nations
　　D. the sick Chine