高中英语 Module 1 Life in the Future The Fourth Period

Module 1 Life in the Future
The Fourth Period
Writing：
以trees为题写一篇100-120字的短文，要求包含以下内容：
1.树木的用途：
(1)为人们提供建筑和制造桌椅纸X的木头；
(2)制造氧气，净化空气；
(3)盛夏时遮荫，美化环境；
(4)防止土壤被雨水冲走。

2．我们应该多栽树，保护森林制止乱砍滥伐。

改错：
My cousin Li Hong and I went on trip to my uncle’s last Sunday. We were riding along a hillside then suddenly some big stones were rolled down and knocked down our bikes. Li Hong’s legs got serious hurt and so was mine. We couldn’t move a bit.Fortunately，I saw some farmers ahead. Waving our hand，we cried for help like crazy. On hearing us，they ran to the spot as fast as they could. Thanks to their help，we were all sent to a nearby hospital and received the treatment on time. Although we do not know about their names，we feel they like our dear big brothers and sisters.
There are many differences between British English and American English.I used to teach a course about the differences between the two. We speak English on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean but we have many differences in our mon language. We have examples of the same words having very different meanings，differing spellings of the same words as well as pletely different words for the same things. Here are some examples.
A cookie in the US is called a biscuit in the UK. A biscuit in the US is a small cake in the UK. Crisps in the UK，are known as chips，but we British people eat a plate of chips that you call fries in the US. In the UK，a pie can be made from either meat or fruit，while in the US pies are normally made from fruit；pot pies are made from meat. Most things are measured in grams and kilograms in the US，not pounds and ounces.
One very obvious (明显的) difference is the side of the road we each choose to drive on. Petrol in the UK is gas in the US. The place where we fill up our cars，in the UK，is a garage；while in the US，it’s a gas station. The term garage is also used as a place to store your car next to or close by your house. In the UK we call a lorry what is known as a truck in the US.
An elevator in the US is called a lift here，and the first floor in the US，is called the ground floor here，so many visitors get off on the wrong floor in British hotels.
I could continue with this. There are countless examples of differences within our one shared language. With so many differences，no wonder it’s hard to understand each other well.
1．The passage is mainly about the differences between British English and American English in________.
A．vocabulary B．grammar
C．sound D．spelling
2．It’s implied in the passage that the author may be________.
A．a driver from the US B．a cook from the US
C．a teacher from the UK D．a gas station worker from the UK 3．In the author’s opinion，________.
A．language differences don’t affect understanding
B．the same words in the two different types of English may have different spellings C．there will be fewer differences between American and British English in thefuture D．it is impossible that some Americans get off on the wrong floor in British hotels 4．Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
A．Petrol in the UK is gas in the US.
B．Fries in the US are chips in the UK.
C．A cookie in the US is a biscuit in the UK.
D．A gas station in the UK is a garage in the US.
There was a small boy living on a farm which seemed like so far away from everywhere. He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his everyday jobs and go out again later in the evening to do the same 1.
During sunrise he would 2a break and climb up the fence so that he could see the house with golden windows 3 the distance. He thought 4 great it would be to live there and his 5 would wander to imagine the modern equipment and electric devices that might 6 in the house. “If they could 7 the golden windows, they 8 have other nice things.” He then 9 himself, “Some day I will go there and see that wonderf ul place.”
Then one morning his father told him to stay at home and he would do the everyday jobs. 10 that this was his chance, he packed a sandwich and11 the field towards the house with golden windows.
He walked and walked. As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he misjudged the long 12 and something else was very wrong. As he 13 the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad 14 of a painting surrounded by a broken-down fence. He went to the tattered (破烂的) door and 15. A small boy very 16 his age opened the door.
He asked him if he had seen the house with 17 windows. The boy said “Sure, I know” and 18 him to sit on the porch (门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from 19 he just came; the sunset 20 the windows of his house to gold there.
1. A. homework B. classes C. cleaning D. ones
2. A. take B. give C. do D. start
3. A. from B. in C. over D. across
4. A. much B. even C. very D. how
5. A. feet B. eyes C. mind D. heart
6. A. sit B. exist C. stand D. disappear
7. A. change B. share C. provide D. afford
8. A. can’t B. must C. have to D. need to
9. A. promised B. supported C. pitied D. encouraged
10. A. Hearing B. Imaging C. Realizing D. Ignoring
11. A. crossed B. found C. planted D. chose
12. A. situation B. thought C. distance D. opinion
13. A. approached B. considered C. enjoyed D. noticed
14. A. case B. memory C. part D. need
15. A. listened B. knocked C. waited D. leaned
16. A. satisfied withB. familiar withC. fond of D. close to
17. A. worn B. golden C. favorite D. beautiful
18. A. invited B. persuadedC. helped D. managed
19. A. when B. why C. where D. what
20. A. made B. drove C. turned D. Put
When I came to Cincinnati as an aupair(家庭打工留学生)，a lot of things there were different from what I knew.My host family lived in a huge house I could only describe as a “castle”．In Germany I had lived in a small apartment together with my mom.Soon I found out that the “castle” was actually rather small in our neighborhood.
Everybody there was very friendly and polite. They greeted you when they were walking by at least 3 feet away from you.They must not have seen a German au pair before，for most people I met asked me all kinds of questions about Germany.I enjoyed answering their various strange questions.I made a lot of friends and I started to hang out with them.
Of course，there were a numbor of new things，and it took me the whole year to find them all out.I never got homesick.Perhaps it was because I did not have too many negative (负面的) experiences and felt loved and weled there.
However,I had undergone some painful experience back in Germany.I was frustrated by the way people would run me over and not even say “Sorry.”Taking up my studies at the TU­Dresden I felt lone ly.Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn(离群的) and I missed ewerything I had in Cincinnati.Germany was so “cold”．I found it so much harder to make new friends.After six months I got a roommate and only two good friends.I also flew back to Cincinnati several times for long periods.I felt that without those visits I was not able to make it.
Now I am over this German culture shock.It almost took me an entire year.I am still going back and forward between Dresden and Cincinnati four times a year.
1．In the opinion of the author，life in Cincinnati was________.
A．wonderful B．hard C．painful D．strange
2. The underlined word “undergone” in Paragraph 4 probably means________.
A．weled B．accepted C．expected D．suffered
3．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the author?
A．She lived with her mother in a big house in Germany.
B．She never went back to Cincinnati after she came back to Germany. C．She seldom hung out with her American friends as she was too busy.
D．She did miss her friends in Cincinnati when she was at the TU­Dresden. 4．What is the best title for this passage?
A．University life in Germany
B．My culture shock experience
C．Advantages of living in USA
D．How to be an aupair in USA。