课时作业(四十六) [选修8 Module 4 Which English？]
(限时：35分钟)Ⅰ.单项填空1．It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music,
but it is________ another to play it well yourself. A．quite
B．very
in order that
3．________ I can see,
there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.
A．As long as
B．As far as
C．Just as
D．Even if
4．Even though Lucy and Kathy are good friends,
Lucy ________to lending her ID card to Kathy to apply for a credit card.
A．stuck
B．referred
C．turned
D．objected
5．He played the computer game till late last night, ________early this morning.
A．or rather
B．other than
C．rather than
D．more than
6．He could not ________ his dislike for that man.
A．overcome
B．defeat
C．overthrow
D．overtake
7．The teacher explained the ________ of the theme expressed in the poem.
A．reference
B．significance
C．means
D．signal
8．—We didn't find the Blacks________ the lecture.
—No one had told them about________a lecture the following day.
A．to attend; there to be
B．attending;
there beingthere be
D．attend; there was but________ it.
A． I would rather not do
B．I'd rather not have done
C．I shouldn't do
D．I'd better not do
10．—Why do you drink so much coffee?
—Well,
________ it keeps me awake at night, I see no harm in it.
A．although
B．for
C．as long as
D．as far as
11．We've just moved into a bigger house and there's a lot to do. Let's________ it.
A．keep up with
B．do away with
C．get down to
D．look forward to
12．The ground is slippery.Hold on to the rope and don't ________．cquired
B．finishedignificance
15. This stamp is________because all others like it have been lost or destroyed. So it is invaluable.
A. unique
B. abundant
C. exceptional
D. splendid
Ⅱ.完形填空 I sat in tears.
Finally,
I'd succeeded in getting both kids to bed. I got them both washed,
__16__ by cries of delight,
crazy running around,
laughing and throwing things. __17__ calmed down,
they lay in their beds as I gave each the five minutes' back rubs as usual. Then I began the night time routine of a song,
both kids' __18__. I sang it over and over until they seemed fully engaged in __19__.
A recently __20__ man with full custody (监护权) of his children,
I was determined to give them as __21__ and stable a home life as possible. I __22__ a happy face for them. Everything was just as it had always been with the exception __23__ their mother was now missing. There,
another night successfully __24__.
I rose slowly,
tiptoed out of their room and went downstairs.
Sitting at the __25__ room table,
I realized that this was the first time since I came home from work that I'd been able to __26__ sit down.
Then it all crowded in on me：the fatigue(疲惫),
the __27__ the worry about bills I wasn't sure I pay that month. And __28__. I felt as though I was at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness. I sat there,
silently sobbing. Just then,
a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face peered up at me. I looked down into my fiveyearold son's __29__ face.
I was __30__ to be seen crying by my son. “I'm sorry,
Ethan,
I didn't know you were still awake. I'm sorry,
I'm just a little __31__ tonight.”
揑t's okay,
Daddy. It's okay to cry,
you're just a __32__.?Id can't express how happy he made me,
who gave me __33__ to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be __34__，
that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and __35__ my feeling. Somehow,
it was possible for me to get to sleep that night. Thank you,
my son.
16．A.excited
B．accompanied or later
B．Or ratherjoy
D．imagination C．regular
D．normal
22．A.put on
B．looked on
B．that
D．whethercelebrated
C．dismissed
D．concluded
25．A.dining
B．sitting
C．bed
D．study
26．A.almost
B．just
D．hardlyzled
B．suspectedC．anxious
D．unluckyA.sad
B．happy阅读理解 The way we do things round here
Some years ago,
I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that started,
“Dear John,
I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.”That “quite”saddened me.I thought he was saying “we're kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.”Then I discovered that in American English “quite”sometimes means “very”，
while in British English it means “fairly”．
So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I don't just mean the words people speak. It is body language,
dress,
manners,
ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures(文化)． food and hours of work—while others may be deeper and take longer to deal with.Mostly,
it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them,
like the climate(气候),
while getting on with business.；the service is better；you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again.However,
other differences can be troubling,
like punctuality(准时)．If you invite people to a party at 7 o'clock your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time in Germany,
five minutes early in the American Midwest,
an hour early in Japan,
15 minutes afterwards in the UK,
up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece.I prefer not to use the word “late” because there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country.
36．The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought________.
A．the American bank didn't think much of him
B．the American bank might hire another person
C．it's difficult to get used to American culture
D．it's easy to misunderstand Americans
37．The word“highlights”in Paragraph 2 probably means________.
A．encourages
B．helps to narrow
C．increases
D．draws attention to
38．According to the author,
what should we do with most cultural differences?
A．Ask the native people for help.
B．Understand and accept them.
C．Do things in our own way.
D．Do indepth research.
39．When invited to a party the people who are usually punctual are________.
A．Italians
B．Germans
C．Greeks
D．the British