高中英语 Module 3 Period One Warm u (2)

角顿市安康阳光实验学校Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema
Period One Warm­up and Reading(Ⅰ)
基础落实
Ⅰ.课文理解
1． From the first paragraph，we found the steamboat________.
A．stopped at the side of the river
B．had hit a rock and was half in and half out of the water
C．had hit a rock and had sunk under the river
D．sailing down in the middle of the river
2． Why did they get on the steamboat？Because________.
A．Jim said that they might find something useful on the boat
B．Jim was happy to get on a sinking ship
C．Huck thought there might be something useful
D．someone forced them to
3． To their astonishment，they found on the steamboat that________.
A．there was a light in one of the cabins and two people were dead B．there were some people fighting on the boat
C．two people wanted to kill a third one in one of the cabins
D．nothing happened because they were frightened to get away from the boat soon
4． We can infer that ________.
A．Huck and Jim were caught by the two men
B．the man lying on the floor was killed by the short man
C．all three men were saved
D．Huck and Jim escaped safely
5． What do you think of Huck?
A．He is a shy boy.
B．He is a clever and brave boy.
C．He is a cruel boy.
D．He had a few frightening experiences on the river.
Ⅱ.课文缩写
After midnight it began 1.________ down.Suddenly，by the light of the lightning，we saw a steamboat in the middle of the river，and we were 2.________ straight towards it.Jim and I 3.________ that sinking ship，thinking that we might find something useful on the boat.To our
4.________，we saw a light and some people in a cabin.Jim was too
5.________ to go on but I felt
6.________，wondering what’s happening.By putting my head round the door，I got to know two people wanted to shoot the one
7.________ on the floor，who was
8.________ up with rope.I tried to save him，and
9.________ Jim to help me take their boat away.As we paddled it away，we heard the two men 10.________.By then we were a safe distance away.
Ⅲ.用适当的介、副词填空
1． Huckleberry Finn (or just Huck) is a teenage boy who has run away ________ home.
2． The two of them are sailing down the Mississippi River on a raft when they see something in
the water ahead ________ them...
3． Suddenly，________ the light of the lightning，we saw something ________ the middle of
the river.
4． ________ our astonishment，there was a light in one of the cabins. 5．He sounds as if he’s going to die ________ fright.
6．We found the men’s boat tied ________ the other side of the steamboat. 7． When he heard that，the frightened man ________ the floor started crying.
8． The steamboat will sink ________ a couple of hours and he’ll go down
with it.
9． We must find their boat and take it ________，then they’ll have to
stay here.
10．The tall man is pointing a gun ________ the man on the floor.
Ⅳ.同义词语替换
1． The accident had_something_to_do_with the driver’s carelessness.
________________
2． At last，the problem was settled.
________________
3． It was a true report of the past. ________________
4． They secretly_left on a rainy night.
________________
5． I was afraid of being left by myself in the house. ________________
能力提升
阅读理解
A
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight.They hit one another hard.At the start they only fight with their fists.But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs.And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below.He is dead!
Of course he isn’t really dead.With any luck he isn’t even hurt.Why？Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains，who crash cars or even catch fire，are professionals.They do this for a living.These men are called stuntmen.That is to say，they perform tricks.
There are two sides to their work.They actually do most of the things you see on the screen.For example，they fall from a high building.However，they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫)．Again，when they hit one another with chairs，the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows，the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depends on trick of this sort，it also requires a high degree of skill and training.Often a stuntman’s s uccess depends on careful timing.For example，when he is “blown up” in a battle scene，he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work，but they lead dangerous lives.They often get seriously injured，and sometimes killed.A Norwegian stuntman，for example，skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high.His parachute(降落伞) failed to open，and he was killed.In spite of all the risks，this is no longer a profession for men only.Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action.For nowadays there are stuntwomen too.
1． Stuntmen are those who ________.
A．often dress up as actors
B．prefer to lead dangerous lives
C．often perform seemingly dangerous action
D．often fight each other for their lives
2． Stuntmen earn their living by ________.
A．playing their dirty tricks
B．selling their special skills
C．jumping out of high windows
D．jumping from fast moving trains
3． Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance?
A．Strength. B．Exactness.
C．Speed. D．Carefulness.
4．What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A．Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.
B．The percentage of serious accidents is high.
C．Parachutes must be of good quality.
D．The cliff is too high.
B
Arthur Miller (1915～2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th ler’s father had moved to the USA from Au stria­Hungary，drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”．However，he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Miller’s most famous play，Death of a Salesman，is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth.In Willy Loman，the hero of the play，we see a man who has got into trouble with this system.Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment：if he can’t do the work，then he is no good to his employer，the Wagner Company，and he must go.Willy is painfully aware of this，and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949，the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award，and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury，Connecticut，on the evening of February 10,2005，the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
5． Why did Arthur Miller’s father move to the USA?
A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B．He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”．
C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D．His family business failed.
6． The play Death of a Salesman ________.
A．exposes the cruelty of the American business world
B．discusses the ways to get promoted in a company C．talks about the business career of Arthur Miller D．focuses on the skills in doing business
7． What can we learn about Willy Loman?
A．He treats his employer badly.
B．He runs the Wagner Company.
C．He is a victim of the American system.
D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues. 8． What is the text mainly about?
A．Arthur Miller and his family.
B．The awards Arthur Miller won.
C．The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D．Arthur Miller and his best­known play.
答案
基础落实
Ⅰ.1.B 2.C 3.C 4.D 5.B
Ⅱ.1.pouring 2.sailing 3.boarded 4.astonishment 5．frightened/terrified 6.curious 7.lying 8.tied
9．persuaded 10.shouting
Ⅲ.1.from 2.of 3.by；in 4.To 5.of 6.to 7.on 8．in 9.away 10.at
Ⅳ.1.had connection with 2.solved 3.account 4.ran away 5.terrified
能力提升
1．C 2．B 3．B 4．A 5．B 6．A 7．C 8．D。