Module 4 Music Born in America
.单词拼写
1．His method presents a new a ________ to learning foreign languages.
2．Our teacher has advanced the d________ for handing in homework by one week.
3．Unfortunately there has been a sharp d ________ in demand this year.
4．The book made a deep i________ on him.
5．They worked hard day and night to finish the project ahead of s________.
6．The tourists ________ (抗议)about the bad service at the restaurant.
7．I do believe it is possible for different ethnic groups to live together in ________(和谐)．
8．Since the 1980s，the computer industry has ________(迅速发展)．
9．There are new ________ (技巧)for producing special effects in movies.
10．Advanced figures are ________(涌现)in large numbers in this era of ours.
答案：1.approach 2.deadline 3.decline 4.impression 5.schedule 6.protested 7.harmony 8.boomed 9.techniques 10.emerging
.根据句意，用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
arise， devote， rather than， try out， far from， rhythm， otherwise， boom， in order， take advantage of 1．We ________ full ____________ the hotel facilities.
2．Do the exercises with slow, ________ movements.
3．You'll have to go, ________ you'll miss the bus.
4．Many problems ________ from the lack of communication.
5．We were deeply impressed by his ________ to his career.
6．By the 1980s, the computer industry was ________.
7．She telephoned ________ wrote.
8．The computer is working ________.
9．________ your new motorbike in the driveway.
10．It is ________ clear what he intends to do.
答案：1.took; advantage of 2.rhythmic 3.otherwise 4.arose
5．devotion 6.booming 7.rather than 8.in order 9.Try out
10．far from
.单项填空
1．During the break time, workers discussed many ________ to solving the problems in their work.
A．approaches B．means
C．plans
D．ways
答案：A 句意：在休息时，工人们讨论了解决工作中遇到的问题的多种方法。A、B、D三项都可当“方法”讲。A项后接介词to；B项后接of；D项后接of或to do不定式；C项plan“计划”，后接不定式作定语。
2．He has quit ________ computer games since his parents caught him.
A．playB．playingC．playedD．to play
答案：B quit后接名词或动名词，答案为B。
3．My phone is ________. Can I use yours?
A．in order
B．out of order
C．out of the order
D．in the order
答案：B 由后句的“Can I use yours？”可知my phone是出故障了，故答案为B。out of order表示“出故障”。
4．(2011·长春模拟)Your understanding on the theory is ________ satisfactory. You must read more after class.
A．far from
B．up to
C．along with
D．free of
答案：A 句意：你对这个理论的理解远不令人满意。课下要多读一读。far from “远非，绝不”，符合句意。up to “多达，直到”；along with“和……一起”；free of“无……的；摆脱……的”，都不符合句意。
5．The idea for the new plan came to his mind, ________ to his experiment in the lab.
A．while devoting
B．while devoting himself
C．while he was devoted
D．while devoted
答案：C 句意：当他在实验室专心于实验时，对于这个新的计划他想到了办法。因为在这个句子中，主从句的主语不一致，所以A、B、D都是错误的。
6．I was not ________ that I had cut myself until I saw the blood all over my hand.
A．astonished B．annoyed
C．conscious
D．afraid
答案：C 句意：直到看到满手的血，我才意识到我割伤自己了。astonished“对……感到惊讶的”；annoyed“烦恼的”；conscious“有意识的”；afraid“害怕的，担心的”。结合语境，C项为正确答案。
7．(2011·安庆模拟)The head of the company promised to deal with matters of this sort ________ he returned to his office.
A．until
B．while
C．by the time
D．the moment
答案：D 句意：公司领导答应一回到办公室就处理这种问题。the moment用来引导时间状语从句，意为“一……就……”。
8．I'd like to take ________ of this opportunity to thank you for your help.
A．advantage B．case
C．use
D．care
答案：A 句意：我要利用这次机会来感谢你的帮助。take advantage of“利用”；take care of“小心照管”。
9．You'd better ________ the instructions so that the children could understand them.
A．decline
B．reduce
C．concentrate
D．simplify
答案：D 句意：你最好把这些指示简化一下，以便孩子们能够理解它们。decline“下降，谢绝”；reduce“减少”；concentrate“全神贯注”；simplify“简化，使……简明”。结合语境，应用simplify。
10．________ the bananas to go bad, he preferred to sell them at half price.
A．Rather than allowing
B．Rather than to allow
C．More than allow
D．Rather than allow
答案：D prefer to do A rather than do B表示“与做B相比宁愿做A，宁愿做A而不愿做B”。本句中rather than被提到了句首。
11．On Monday morning, while the sun was ________ in the east, we watched the national flag ________ to the top of the pole.
A．raising; arise
B．rising; arising
C．raising; rise
D．rising; being raised
答案：D rise vi. “升起”；arise vi. “出现，兴起”；raise vt. “举起，使……升高”。
12．Her son, to whom she was so ________， went abroad ten years ago.
A．lovedB．caredC．devotedD．affected
答案：C be devoted to sb.表示“对……挚爱”。
13．The advantage human beings have to ________ the sun is worth discussing.
A．take of B．play with C．take on D．do with
答案：A “human beings have to take of the sun”是一个定语从句，修饰advantage，其实是考查了take advantage of“利用……”。
14．(2011·哈师大附中高三期中考试)She ________ to have lunch with her friend, saying that she wasn't feeling well.
A．declinedB．resignedC．tendedD．approved
答案：A 根据后半句的内容可知她“婉言拒绝”和朋友一起吃午饭。后三项分别表示“辞职”；“趋向”；“赞成”。
15．(2011·湖南濮阳调研)The long speech ________ by that old professor seemed ________ and endless. He felt so ________ that he nearly fell asleep.
A．gave; disappointed; boring
B．given; disappointed; bored
C．giving; disappointing; boring
D．given; disappointing; bored
答案：D 句意：那位老教授的报告似乎很令人失望而且没完没了，他如此厌烦以至于都快睡着了。given by that old professor是过去分词短语作后置定语修饰speech。句中是说报告让人失望，所以用disappointing。后一句描述的是他的感受，因此用bored。
.完形填空
It was my birthday, so my wife, my brother and my child treated ourselves to dinner in a restaurant that we had never been to before. As we walked back to our car, a very thin man __1__ my brother saying he hadn't eaten for a while and asking for __2__ .Usually my wife
and I treat
such __3__ with suspicion (怀疑)
but my brother took a __4__ approach and he started talking with the man.
The man said he was a __5__ and had come to Dubai from Pakistan to find a __6__. His visa was expiring(到期) in three or four days.
He had no friends here, couldn't __7__ a singing job, and was surviving hand to mouth. He had a __8__ ticket that had to be confirmed.
To do this he needed 70 dirhams.
My brother gave him 20 dirhams for __9__ and asked the man to give him a __10__ from the airline's ticket office the next day. He also __11__ the man a travel card for the Dubai metro(地铁)．
__12__， I found out that my brother went to the ticket office the next day and had this man's __13__ confirmed. There were some __14__ fees, plus the man had 300 dirhams room rent to be __15__.Having done all that my brother then helped the man get some chocolates and __16__ to take back home to his family.
The man was so __17__. He kept in touch and __18__ called my brother from Pakistan later，__19__ him for all his help.
Well, it was a valuable lesson in human __20__ that I learned from my younger brother on my birthday!
1．A.followed
B．affected
C．informed
D．approached
答案：D 由下文可知，这个很瘦的男子和作者的弟弟说话了，因此这里是指他走近了作者的弟弟。approach意为“走近，靠近”。
2．A.food
B．money
C．service
D．advice
答案：B 由第二段的内容可知，该男子向作者他们说明了自己现在的困境，他特别提到了他需要确认返程机票的钱。由此判断，他要的是“钱”。本题很容易因为空前的he hadn't eaten for a while而误选A项，结合下文可知，单要食物并不能解决他的问题，因此可排除该项。
3．A.dreams
B．suggestions
C．requests
D．wishes
答案：C 上文中的asking for money是一种“请求”，故用request。
4．A.different
B．proper
C．perfect
D．short
答案：A 由空前的but可知，作者在这里将自己与弟弟进行了比较；再根据下文的叙述可知，弟弟采取了不同的(different)方法。
5．A.writer
B．singer
C．painter
D．teacher
答案：B 由7空后的a singing job可推知，他是一名歌手(singer)。
6．A.friend
B．chance
C．college
D．job
答案：D 联系语境和后面的内容可知他从巴勒斯坦来迪拜是为了找一份工作(job)。
7．A.get
B．offer
C．keep
D．hold
答案：A 由上下文可知，他现在缺钱，只能勉强度日，因此判断他没有找到工作，故用get符合文意。
8．A.free
B．special
C．return
D．single
答案：C 由下文可知，那个男子是要回家，因此此处应是a return ticket(往返票)。
9．A.food
B．petrol
C．clothes
D．hotels
答案：A 第四段中提到作者的弟弟去售票处确认了机票，又付清了房租，因此推断这20迪拉姆应该是让他买“饭”的钱。
10．A.note
B．name
C．hand
D．call
答案：D 由12空后的内容可知，弟弟第二天去了售票处。由此可知，此处是指他让那人第二天从航空公司的售票处给他打电话(call)。
11．A.lent
B．gave
C．promised
D．sent
答案：B 上一句中有gave him 20 dirhams，该空前有also，由此可知，此处指弟弟还给了那人一张迪拜地铁的乘车卡。
12．A.Therefore
B．However
C．Later
D．Again
答案：C 空后的内容是后来作者发现的事情，故用later。该空后面的内容与上文没有因果或者转折关系，因此可以排除A、B两项。
13．A.ticket
B．identity
C．visa
D．paper
答案：A 根据上文中的“He had a 8(return) ticket that had to be confirmed.”可知，此处是指弟弟去确认了那人的车票(ticket)。
14．A.high
B．extra
C．low
D．useless
答案：B 联系空后的plus the man had 300 dirhams roomrent可知，除了付确认机票的钱，弟弟还为那人付了其他额外的(extra)费用。
15．A.collected
B．accepted
C．lost
D．paid
答案：D 根据上文可知，这300迪拉姆是要支付(pay)的房费。
16．A.pictures
B．instruments
C．gifts
D．cards
答案：C 由空后的to take back home to his family可知，此空填的是那人要带回家的东西，因此C项gifts最合适。
17．A.touched
B．satisfied
C．disappointed
D．encouraged
答案：A 弟弟为那人做了这么多，那人应该很感动(touched)。下一句说那人回国后还与作者的弟弟保持联系，也可以看出这一点。
18．A.also
B．even
C．almost
D．never
答案：B 回国后，他继续与弟弟保持着联系。此处指他“甚至”打国际电话给弟弟，故用even。
19．A.asking
B．mentioning
C．refusing
D．thanking
答案：D 联系空后的for all his help可知，那人打电话给弟弟是为了“感谢”他对自己的帮助。
20．A.history
B．thought
C．kindness
D．society
答案：C 文中所描述的作者弟弟的行为体现出的是一种人性之善，这给作者上了宝贵的一课。human kindness意为“人性之善”。
.阅读表达
We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four.Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner.I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang.
Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and they would take the guests' coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived.I introduced my two daughters to each of them.The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss (关爱) over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile.They said she was a great girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make_a_big_“to_do” over the younger one because she's the one who seemly more easily hurt.We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child.I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined (逊色，相形见绌)．I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes.I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, “What are you doing, my dear？”
`She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don't people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I'm not pretty? Is that why they don't say nice things about me as much？”
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend's home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
1．What were Kristen and Kelly asked to do last Sunday evening? (No more than 20 words.)
_______________________________________________________
2．Why did the guests praise Kelly so much rather than Kristen? (No more than 15 words.)
_______________________________________________________
3．The underlined expression “make a big ”to do “over” in Paragraph 4 means ________.(No more than 5 words.)
4．Why did Kristen feel sad and cry？(No more than 15 words.)
_______________________________________________________
5．In your opinion, how should adults treat children? (No more than 15 words.)
_______________________________________________________
答案：
1．They were asked to join Mommy in answering the door.
2．Because Kelly was younger
3．Show more care
4．Because she didn't get much praise like Kelly.
5．open
Ⅵ.书面表达
假如你上周末参加了某旅行社组织的所谓生态游，你觉得名不副实。请你根据下表内容把自己经历的这次生态游和对真正生态游的看法写出来。
1. 所谓的生态游：
欣赏风景，享受新鲜空气
有人摘花、捉鸟、乱扔垃圾
2. 真正的生态游：
享受自然，同时也是一种责任
要保护自然，保护野生动物
带走美好回忆，留下青山绿水
答案：
Last weekend I went on an eco－travel with a travel agency. All the way we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and fresh air. But a few of us picked flowers while going sightseeing. Some even tried to catch the birds they saw. What was worse, many tourists threw rubbish here and there. The rubbish may do harm to wildlife there.
I don't think this is a true eco－travel. A true eco－travel is a tour that not only allows us to express our love for nature, but needs our responsibility as well. As we enjoy the beauty of nature, we should try our best to protect it. And we should also try to protect wildlife. A true eco－travel should be like this: take nothing away but your good memory; leave nothing behind but all the green trees and the clean water.