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课时作业(八)必修2Unit 4Cyberspace Ⅰ.完形填空(2012·山西六所重点中学高三联考) Long long ago，there was a small village.This village had a__1__tradition.At the beginning of every year，any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年) was given land and money to build a home.The boy had to__2__his home before winter.If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter，the villagers could not__3__him in any way.One__4__，Paul and Marc reached their majority.They__5__their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes.In each village，they found the nicest __6__and talked to the owners.Each owner gladly offered__7__.After Marc saw several homes，he__8__the best ideas and went back to his own land.Paul，__9__，continued collecting more ideas.Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to__10__some of them.But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village.Marc began building his home.He had several false starts，__11__his home gradually rose from his land.By fall，Marc had finished his home.It wasn’t perfect，but it was strong and he could__12__it later.Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and__13__with home owners.The first snow came and Paul，realizing he was running out of time，__14__back to his land.He built the best home he could in the time he had，but it was__15__.The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to__16__.The villagers mourned for him.Marc__17__the winter.Each year，Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better.He became a leader in the village，__18__a family，and lived a happy，content life.We all build and improve our own mental homes.It’s__19__and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners，but we only improve our own mental home if we actually__20__the best ideas.1．A.strange B．hopefulC．literary D．cultural2．A.find B．makeC．complete D．buy3．A.help B．encourageC．scold D．persuade4．A.winter B．summerC．autumn D．spring5．A.exchanged B．received C．recognized D．accepted 6．A.girls B．jobs C．houses D．presents 7．A.rooms B．drinks C．attention D．advice 8．A.expected B．gathered C．created D．understood 9．A.similarly B．finally C．however D．furthermore 10．A.forget B．believe C．replace D．doubt 11．A.because B．although C．but D．so12．A.repair B．rebuild C．sell D．improve 13．A.conversations B．achievements C．struggles D．arguments 14．A.drove B．rushed C．flew D．moved 15．A.weak B．funny C．small D．amazing 16．A.blindness B．death C．sadness D．illness 17．A.experienced B．loved C．survived D．spent 18．A.brought B．earned C．contacted D．raised 19．A.slow B．easy C．dangerous D．special 20．A.realise B．bring C．collect D．applyⅡ.阅读理解A(2013·东北三校第一次联考) When Taylor Swift first came to the attention of the public，she was a 17-year-old newcomer who loved singing to her guitar.She seemed far more enthusiastic than skillful.Four years later，Swift became a multi-award winner.This month，she was crowned “Woman of the Yea r”by Billboard magazine，the youngest singer-song-writer ever to receive the honor.“Aged only 21，Taylor has already made a maior impact on music and has been an unbelievable role model for hopeful artists and young women everywhere，” said Bill Werde，Billboard’s director.Werde’s_words_do_not_come_from_nowhere. Unlike many pop singers，especially those who do not write their own material，Swift has the power of turning her ideas into lyrics that will set people thinking.“Hidden beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl，not-yet-a-woman sweetness is a very skillful songwriting technique，” wrote Leah Greenblatt in an American magazine.Songwriting，as Swift explains，is to cope with issues.“I tend to write about things that really impact me most.” There certainly seems to be something true and honest running through every one of the 14 songs on her album，Speak No w，about “the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18,19 and 20.”“For the audience too young to have experienced real passion or heartbreak，Swift’s songs are like a potential road map，promising things will work out OK，” commented Dorian ynskey in a British newspaper.Now Swift is getting ready to go further and has so far written about 10 songs for her 2012 album，which is about feelings of growing up and becoming an adult.“They’re sad，if I’m being honest.”“They’re about my heartbreaks and my moving on.But more importantly，they are about achieving contentment.You’re not always going to be perfectly happy as you grow up.”1．What does the writer mean by saying “Werde’s words do not come from nowhere”？A．Swift stands out as a singer and songwriter.B．Only Swift writes her own songs.C．Swift begins to take interest in singing.D．Swift decides to deal with problems in her new album.2．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A．Swift has the ability to write songs with deeper meanings.B．Swift is both enthusiastic and skillful now.C．Swift became a multi-award winner when she began to sing on the stage.D．Swift’s album Speak No w has 14 songs.3．Taylor Swift’s 2012 album mainly records________.A．dream and reality B．heartbreak and despairC．pain and growth D．problems and society4．What is the best title for the passage?A．Swift comes to people’s attentionB．Swift rises to fameC．Swift wins many awardsD．Swift experiences real passionB(2013·西安市第一次质量检测) More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday.The survey，published by the Bank of America，studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well-developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”．The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made，first-generation rich.Fifty-two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.They are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance (遗产) they plan to leave them.“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，”said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our research，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”The trend is led by the world’s richest man Bill Gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation (基金会)，and not to his children.“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，”he said.Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to wo rk but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”5．We can learn from the passage that________.A．rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritanceB．rich parents don’t equal rich kids，at least in the USC．American children don’t get to inherit their parents’ wealthD．poor children don’t expect themselves to be as rich as their parents6．According to the survey，most rich Americans________.A．think they owe their children nothingB．think it best to give their money back to societyC．doubt their childr en’s ability to handle wealthD．are confident of their children’s ability to handle wealth7．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refers to________.A．responsible children B．Bill Gates and his wifeC．first-generation rich D．rich parents8．From the last paragraph，we can see that Bill Gates wants to show________.A．the trend of leaving no inheritance to childrenB．the positive impact of charity on societyC．the way of giving back to societyD．the importance of independence for children详解答案课时作业(八)Ⅰ.完形填空语篇解读：本文为夹叙夹议文。