课时作业1：Reading and Thinking—Language Points

Reading and Thinking—Language Points
基础巩固
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．It occurred to me that I could ask my cousin to help me obtain(获得) a visa.
2．She acknowledged(承认) having been cheated in the market.
3．It is difficult to evaluate(评估) the damage to this village.
4．He sits down and analyses(分析) why she feels so upset.
5．He paused，apparently(显然地) lost in thought staring at the book.
6．She insists that I go to the library with her.
7．Although his wife is young，she has made wonderful scientific discoveries.
8．Reading is of vital importance in language learning.
Ⅱ.选词填空
die from，be committed to，care about，insist on，millions of，by chance
9．He cares about nobody but himself in the trip to Qingdao.
10．A group of thieves robbed the bank of millions of dollars.
11．Many people died from cholera in Europe in the last century.
12．One may make a mistake by chance but one can’t make mistakes all his life.
13．I think it is unwise that the company insists on the high price.
14．She is committed to the care of the patients.
Ⅲ.单句语法填空
15．The discovery of new evidence led to the thief being caught(catch)．
16．He was apparently(apparent)much surprised at the news.
17．Our leader insisted that we (should) carry(carry) it out.
18．Some of the people invited(invite) to the party couldn’t come.
19．He learned the distinctions(distinct) between gold and lead.
20．This material is very rare and is also hard to obtain(obtain)．
21．The old man is more than our teacher；he’s also our friend.
22．Scientific(science) research shows that women tend to survive their husbands by 5－10 years.Ⅳ.单句写作
23．此外，焦虑和担心会导致疾病。

(lead to)
In addition，anxiety and worry can lead to sickness.
24．在公园散步时，她偶然遇到了汤姆。

(by chance)
When (she was) walking in the park，she met Tom by chance.
25．那些货物正被送到地震发生过的地方。

(where引导定语从句)
The goods are being sent to the place where an earthquake happened.
26．他住在一个窗户面朝北的房间里。

(whose引导定语从句)
He lives in a room whose window faces north.
27．在会议上讨论过的那个问题很重要。

(过去分词作定语)
The question discussed at the meeting was very important.
能力提升
Ⅴ.阅读理解
Football star Jason Brown retired abruptly from the NFL(美国国家橄榄球大联盟) in 2012 in order to deal with something bigger than anything he’d faced on a football field: sweet potatoes.
Brown，then 29，moved with his wife，Tay，and their children from Missouri，where he’d played with the St.Louis Rams，back home to North Carolina，where he bought 1,000 acres in Louisburg.Overnight，he went from a football star to a family farmer.“For most people，it doesn’t make sense—why would you leave an awesome NFL career？” he says.
But Brown wasn’t going to become just any farmer.He would give away nearly everything he grew.“I didn’t feel I was just supposed to use my millions to buy food and donate it.I had to be out there doing the work and leading the way，” he says.
This radical step came to him one day when he was struck by a feeling that he had a purpose beyond sports.“Farming chose me；it was my calling in life，” he says.
Only one problem：Jason didn’t know the first thing about farming.So he did what all beginners do today—watched videos on the Internet.Then he partnered with another local farm that helped him plant fields of sweet potatoes.He named his land First Fruits Farm.
In the early fall of 2014，the first harvest was ready.Fifty pickup trucks arrived at the farm and loaded up 120,000 pounds to distribute locally.In 2015，First Fruits Farm expanded its sweet potato donations to food banks across eastern North Carolina.
Jason uses his unusual story to show local youth what it takes to grow food from start to finish.“They get that food doesn’t just magically appear in the grocery store or restaurants，” he says.
28．What did most people think of Brown’s decision to retire from the NFL?
A．They weren’t satisfied with it.
B．They couldn’t understand it.
C．They worried about it.
D．They disapproved of it.
答案B
解析细节理解题。

根据第二段最后一句中的“For most people，it doesn’t make sense—why would you leave an awesome NFL career？”可知，当他退役时，大部分人都不理解他的决定。

故选B。

29．What does the underlined word “radical” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Easy. B．Slow.
C．Great. D．Careful.
答案C
解析词义猜测题。

根据倒数第二段可知，Brown的公益事业取得了成功，说明此处画线单词所在句意为：一天这伟大的一步来到他身边……。

故选C。

30．How did Brown learn to grow food?
A．From books.
B．From the Internet.
C．By practicing on a local farm.
D．By attending beginner training classes.
答案B
解析细节理解题。

根据倒数第三段第二句“So he did what all beginners do today—watched videos on the Internet.”可知，Brown从网上学习怎样种植农作物。

故选B。

31．Which of the following can best describe Brown?
A．Brave and generous.
B．Proud and determined.
C．Ambitious and sensitive.
D．Considerate and optimistic.
答案A
解析推理判断题。

文章的前半部分讲他勇敢退役后开创新事业；倒数第二段讲他的无偿捐赠，所以他是个勇敢而慷慨的人。

故选A。

Ⅵ.完形填空
If life were a book and you were the author，how would you like the story to go？That is the question that 32 my life forever.
One day I went home from the training of snowboarding with what I thought was the flu，and less than 24 hours later，I was in a 33 on life support with less than twenty percent 34 of living.It wasn’t until days later that the doctors diagnosed me with a 35 blood infection.Over
the 36 of 2.5 months，I lost the hearing in my left ear and both my legs below the knees.When my parents 37 me out of the hospital，I 38 that I had been put together like a patchwork(拼接物)doll and I had to live with 39 legs.I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken，40 streaming down.
But I knew in order to move forward，I had to let go of the Old Amy and 41 the New Amy.It was at this moment that I asked myself that significant 42 .And that is when it 43 me that I didn’t have to be five­foot­five anymore，44 I could be as tall as I wanted.And 45 of all，I can make my feet the size of all the shoes.So there were 46 here.
Four months later，I was back upon a snowboard and won two Board World Cup gold medals，making me the highest ranked snowboarder in the world.
32．A.ruined B．changed
C．saved D．risked
答案B
解析根据下文作者生活的改变可知，这里是说，这个问题彻底改变了“我”的人生。

ruin毁灭；change改变；save获救；risk冒险。

故选B。

33．A.field B．stadium
C．hospital D．club
答案C
解析根据下一句中的“the doctors diagnosed me”可知，作者是在医院里。

field旷野；stadium 体育场；hospital医院；club俱乐部。

故选C。

34．A.chance B．decision
C．thought D．degree
答案A
解析下文提到作者被诊断出血液疾病，由此可知，作者只有少于20%的存活机会。

chance 机会；decision决定；thought想法；degree程度。

故选A。

35．A.potential B．slight
C．mild D．severe
答案D
解析根据上一句可知，作者只有少于20%的存活机会，所以她的感染应该很严重。

potential 潜在的；slight轻微的；mild温和的；severe严重的。

故选D。

36．A.course B．schedule
C．journey D．break
答案A
解析句意为：在两个半月的时间里，我的左耳失去了听力，并且失去了双腿膝盖以下的部分。

over the course of在……的过程中，该短语是固定短语。

故选A。

37．A.pulled B．delivered
C．wheeled D．dragged
答案C
解析根据上一句可知，作者双腿膝盖以下被截肢，所以只能坐在轮椅上。

pull拉；deliver递送；wheel推轮椅；drag拖动。

故选C。

38．A.worked out B．put forward
C．made sure D．felt like
答案D
解析句意为：我感觉自己就像一个布娃娃一样被组装在一起，我不得不靠假腿生活。

work out被算出；put forward提出；make sure确定；feel like感觉。

故选D。

39．A.shapely B．false
C．muscled D．heavy
答案B
解析根据上文可知，作者膝盖以下被截肢，所以只能依靠义肢走动。

shapely匀称的；false 假的；muscled肌肉发达的；heavy沉重的。

故选B。

40．A.tears B．water
C．blood D．sweat
答案A
解析根据“I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken”可知，作者泪流满面。

tear眼泪；water水；blood血；sweat汗。

故选A。

41．A.fix B．introduce
C．hug D．recognize
答案C
解析这里表示告别过去，拥抱未来，积极投入新生活。

fix修理；introduce介绍；hug拥抱；recognize认出。

故选C。

42．rmation B．favor
C．plan D．question
答案D
解析根据“I asked myself”可知，这里的意思是就在这个时候，作者问了自己那个重要的问题。

information信息；favor帮助；plan计划；question问题。

故选D。

43．A.depended on B．looked into
C．dawned on D．knocked into
答案C
解析根据语境，作者在思考人生方向时，渐渐明白自己可以不被生理的高度限制，成为一个“高大”的人。

depend on依靠；look into调查；dawn on渐渐明白；knock into撞上。

故选C。

44．A.while B．but
C．although D．so
答案B
解析联系上文，虽然作者生理上因失去双腿而矮小，但是却依然可以成为一个“高大”的人。

while虽然；but但是；although尽管；so所以。

故选B。

45．A.best B．luckiest
C．first D．strangest
答案A
解析因为是义肢，所以可以做成适合任何鞋子的尺寸，这是最大的好处。

best最好的；luckiest 最幸运的；first第一；strangest最奇怪的。

故选A。

46．A.rewards B．conflicts
C．struggles D．benefits
答案D
解析联系上文“我可以让我的脚穿进任意大小的鞋子”，这是这场病带来的益处。

reward 奖品；conflict冲突；struggle努力；benefit益处，故选D。

Ⅶ.语法填空
Faraday was the 47. (invent) of the electric generator and electric motor.Faraday’s father suffered from long­time health problems，as a result of 48. his family had little money to afford his formal schooling.But he was curious and determined to learn.
While 49. (work) in London as a teenager，he had a chance to read 50.
(vary) books that he could get his hands on.In 1812，he attended four lectures at the Royal Institution given by a famous chemist named Humphrey Davy.A year later Faraday 51.
(accept) as Davy’s lab assistant.Davy also took Faraday on 52. 18­month tour of Europe，where Faraday met some of the most famous scientists of the day.But for Davy，Faraday
53. (lose) the opportunity to gain a complete scientific education.
He soon began to do 54. (experiment) with electricity.In 1831，he discovered electromagnetic induction.And for the next eight years Faraday worked long hours in the lab，which did harm 55. his health.By the end of the decade he was in 56. poor health that
his research did not begin again until 1845.In the mid­1850s，he was forced to retire and he lived at Hampton Court until his death on August 25,1867.
语篇解读本文是一篇人物传记，讲述了发电机和电动机的发明者法拉第的生平。

47．答案inventor
解析考查名词。

空前由the修饰，因此空处用名词，故填inventor。

48．答案which
解析考查定语从句。

此处为非限制性定语从句，空处指代前面整个句子的内容，在从句中作as a result of的宾语，故填which。

49．答案working
解析考查状语从句的省略。

在while引导的时间状语从句中，当主从句的主语一致时，从句可以省略主语和be动词，本句省略了he was，故填working。

50．答案various
解析考查形容词。

此处缺少形容词修饰名词books，故填various。

51．答案was accepted
解析考查时态和被动语态。

Faraday 与accept之间是被动关系，且发生在过去，应该用一般过去时的被动语态，故填was accepted。

52．答案an
解析考查冠词。

此处用不定冠词表示泛指，18­month以元音音素开头，故填an。

53．答案would have lost
解析考查虚拟语气。

but for要不是，表示对过去事情的假设，用would have done，表示“本来会而实际没有”，故填would have lost。

54．答案experiments
解析考查名词单复数。

此处用名词复数形式表示泛指，故填experiments。

55．答案to
解析考查固定搭配。

do harm to表示“对……有害”，故填to。

56．答案such
解析考查固定结构。

such...that...表示“如此……以至于……”，用such修饰名词health，故填such。