Module 6 Old and New
.单词拼写
1．Students often find it hard to understand the ________(结构)of some long and complex sentences.
2．The hotel is too small to ________(容纳)such a large number of holiday makers.
3．Many highrising buildings are under ________(建设)，creating a vast new neighbourhood.
4．Some small businesses are using social networks to ________(产生)new ideas.
5．Many websites on the Interenet can function as a source of ________(历史的)knowledge.
6．The income gaps are widening rather than ________(缩小)．
7．The family ________(搬迁)from Beijing to Shanghai last month.
8．It's ________(极冷的)in this house.Can't I turn on the heating?
9．It is ________(可笑的)that the old lady believed the two cheats.
10．The team has made ________(巨大的)effort to make the match a success.
答案：1.structures 2.accommodate 3.construction 4.generate 5.historical 6.narrowing 7.removed 8.freezing
9．ridiculous 10.enormous
.完成句子
1．当她是学生时，她梦想成为一名演员。
As a schoolgirl, she ________________ becoming an actress.
2．你知道这座塔建于什么时候吗？
Do you know when the tower ________________________？
3．我们每个人都希望我们的梦想会实现。
Each of us wishes our dream would __________________.
4．她总算抑制住了自己的愤怒情绪。
She just managed to ________ her anger.
5．他独自离开了，没有向任何人告别。
He left alone, __________________________ goodbye to anyone else.
答案：1.dreamed of 2.dates from/dates back to/was built 3.come true/be realized 4.hold back 5.without saying
.单项填空
1．—Which mobile phone should I choose for my girlfriend?
—________， because you know her taste.
A．It just dependsB．All right
C．It's up to you
D．Glad to hear that
答案：C 考查交际用语。根据because you know her taste(因为你了解她的品味)可以判断出选C项表示“由你决定”。
2．It was said that the winter of 2012 was ________ cold but, in fact, it was not as cold as predicted.
A．frozen
B．freezing
C．freezing
D．froze
答案：B 考查固定搭配。freezing cold表示“极冷”。
3．As we all know, Michael Jackson lived ________ terrible life for many years when he was ________ child.
A．a; a
B．/; a
C．the; a
D．/; the
答案：A 考查冠词。live a/an＋adj.＋life表示“过……的生活”。child是可数名词，此处表示“一个孩子”，所以前面要加不定冠词。
4．(2012·湖州模拟)The wish of fully making use of the natural resources will eventually ________.
A．come into being
B．come into effect
C．come into power
D．come true
答案：D 考查come短语辨析。句意：充分利用自然资源的愿望终究会实现。come true实现，成为现实，符合语境。come into being形成，产生；come into effect开始生效，开始实施；come into power当权，执政。
5．Nigel couldn't ________his curiosity and opened the mysterious box，eager to know what was inside it.
A．hold back
B．set aside
C．keep up
D．put out
答案：A 考查动词短语辨析。句意：Nigel不能抑制住他的好奇心，打开了这只神秘的盒子，急于要知道里面是什么东西。hold back阻止，隐瞒，抑制，退缩；set aside留出，把……置于一旁；keep up保持；put out伸出，扑灭。
6．The storm was destructive and the first thing the local government could do was to provide ________for thousands of homeless people.
A．accommodation
B．occupation
C．furniture
D．equipment
答案：A 句意：这次暴风雨是毁灭性的，因此当地政府要做的第一件事就是要为数千名无家可归者提供食宿。accommodation食宿，膳宿。occupation职业；furniture家具；equipment设备。
7．He kept thinking of the question whether it was ________ for his father to change the habit of a lifetime in such a short time.
A．possibly
B．probable
C．likely
D．possible
答案：D 考查形容词辨析。句意为：他一直在思考这个问题：他的父亲是否有可能在短时间内改掉一辈子养成的习惯。分析句子结构可知，空格处应为形容词，故首先排除A项。C项likely用于it is likely that从句或sb./sth. is likely to do sth.；probable只用于It is probable＋thatclause.。从语境分析，他认为父亲改变习惯的可能性很小，故选possible，在语境和结构上都正确。
8．The old man has a large collection of records ________the 1950s.
A．dating back to
B．dated back to
C．was dated back to
D．date back to
答案：A 此处dating back to the 1950s 相当于which/that date back to the 1950s作定语修饰前面的records。date back to不能用于被动语态，所以作定语时，只能用它的v.ing形式。
9．The ability to communicate with other people is ________it takes to make a person successful in the society.
A．what
B．why
C．how
D．which
答案：A 考查名词性从句。句意：与其他人交流的能力是一个人在社会上成功所需要的。It takes sth. to do sth.可表示“做某事需要……”。本句中what引导名词性从句，同时是takes的宾语。
10．Shanghai has a larger population than ________in China.
A．any cities
B．all the cities
C．any other city
D．all other cities
答案：C 考查“比较级＋any/any other＋单数名词”结构，此为非最高级结构表达最高级含义的用法。结合语境应用any other city。
11．Nowadays，more and more young people ________becoming a super girl or a super boy.
A．agree on
B．dream of
C．wait for
D．get along with
答案：B 句意：如今，越来越多的年轻人梦想着成为一名超级女生或超级男生。dream of梦想着；agree on同意，赞成；wait for等候；get along with与……和睦相处。根据句意可知选B。
12．(2010·银川一中模拟)The ________ of the Itaipu Dam took 30,000 people seven years.
A．construction
B．structure
C．destruction
D．instruction
答案：A 考查名词辨析。construction“建造”；structure“结构”；destruction“破坏”；instruction“指导”。此处指“伊泰普大坝的建造花了30000人7年的时间”，故选A。
13．My mother asked me to ________ the dirty dishes from the table after dinner.
A．remove
B．refuse
C．replace
D．reduce
答案：A 考查动词辨析。remove“移开，除去”；refuse“拒绝”；replace“代替”；reduce“减少”。句意：饭后我母亲让我拿走桌子上的脏盘子。
14．Nowadays the power of the wind is being ________ to generate electricity.
A．harnessed
B．made
C．produced
D．exploited
答案：A 由句意可知，此处指利用风力发电，故选A。harness指利用自然之力；D项指“开采、开发”(煤炭等自然资源)；B、C和generate的意思重复。
15．After five hours' drive，they reached ________they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.
A．where
B．what
C．which
D．that
答案：B 考查名词性从句。句意：开车五小时之后，他们到达了他们认为是梦想中的地方。what在句中引导名词性从句，作动词reached的宾语，同时what为名词性从句的主语。
Ⅳ.完形填空
I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn't like attention drawn to myself. And
__1__
otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always
__2__
to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this
__3__
after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested
I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy
__4__
because I didn't have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the
__5__
to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “
__6__
for
it”， I wouldn't have decided to give a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the
__7__
of it! When I first started
__8__
the practice sessions, I didn't even know the rules of the game, much
__9__
what I was doing. Sometimes I'd get
__10__
and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid.
__11__， I wasn't the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to
__12__
on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn't
__13__
“just yet”．
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the
__14__
and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive
__15__
in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the
__16__—friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my
__17__
selfconfidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from
“__18__”
in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,
__19__
raising my hand—even when I sometimes wasn't 100 percent
__20__
I had the right answer. Now I have more selfconfidence in myself.
本文讲述了“我”由不自信到自信的转变。我原先是一个很不自信的学生，不愿意受到别人的关注，经常选择坐在教室的后面。但是，在老师的鼓励下，我参加了篮球队。在学习打篮球的过程中，我学会了与别人合作，交到了朋友，提高了自信。
1. A. as
B. until
C. unless
D. though
答案：C as“当……的时候”；until“直到”；unless“除非”；though“尽管”。此处表示“除非老师另行指定座位”，unless otherwise“除非另……”。
2. A. hoped
B. agreed
C. meant
D. chose
答案：D 否则我总是选择坐在教室的后面。hope to do“希望做某事”；agree to do“同意做某事”；mean to do“意欲做某事”；choose to do “选择做某事”。
3. A. continued
B. changed
C. settled
D. started
答案：B 由后文可知，这一切在我加入运动队之后都改变了。
4. A. idea
B. plan
C. belief
D. saying
答案：A 刚开始我以为加入篮球队是个疯狂的想法。idea“主意，想法”；plan “计划”；belief “信念，信仰”；saying“谚语”。
5. A. right
B. chance
C. ability
D. patience
答案：C 因为我既没有好的平衡感，也没有在队中与别人并驾齐驱的能力，他们会取笑我。right“权利”；chance“机会”；ability “能力”；patience“耐心”。
6. A. going
B. looking
C. cheering
D. applying
答案：A 要不是坚持让我尝试一下的那个老师的话，我不会决定尝试一下。go for it“努力争取；冒险尝试”。
7. A. point
B. half
C. rest
D. basis
答案：B 鼓起勇气去尝试仅仅是这件事的一半，从后文来看还有更困难的事。point “点”；half“一半”；rest “其余的”；basis“基本，根本”。
8. A. enjoying
B. preparing
C. attending
D. watching
答案：C 当我开始参加练习赛的时候，我不知道比赛规则。enjoy “喜欢，享受”；prepare“准备”；attend“参加”；watch“观看”。
9. A. less
B. later
C. worse
D. further
答案：A 我连比赛规则都不知道，更不用说我在干什么了。much less“更不用说”；much later“更晚些”；much worse “更糟糕的是”；much further“更远”。
10. A．committed
B．motivated
C．embarrassed
D．confused
答案：D 有时候我会脑子里很混乱，朝错误的方向投篮——这使我感到很愚蠢。get confused“糊涂的，混乱的”。
11. A. Interestingly
B. Fortunately
C. Obviously
D. Hopefully
答案：B 所幸的是，我不是运动队当中唯一一个新手。interestingly “有趣的是”；fortunately“幸运的是”；obviously“很显然”；hopefully“但愿”。
12. A. focus
B. act
C. rely
D. try
答案：A 因此我决定集中注意力学习这项运动。focus on“集中于”；act on“对……起作用”；rely on“依赖”；try on“试穿”。
13. A. want
B. do
C. support
D. know
答案：D 我决定在每一场练习赛当中尽自己最大的努力，对那些我不知道的东西，不要对自己太过于严厉。want“想，想要”；do“做”；support“支持”；know“知道”。
14. A. steps
B. orders
C. rules
D. games
答案：C 不久我知道了运动的规则和招数。step“步骤”；order“命令，订单”；rule“规则”；game“运动”。rule与第三段的第二句话相对应。
15. A. role
B. part
C. mind
D. value
答案：B 不久，我内心的竞争职责就把我缺乏的信心争取回来。role“角色，任务，作用”；part“部分，角色，职责”；mind“思想”；value“价值”。
16. A．process
B．operation
C．movement
D．situation
答案：A 随着时间的推移，在这个过程当中我学会了如何打球，并且交上了朋友。process“过程”；operation“经营，运转，手术”；movement“运动，活动”；situation“情形”。
17. A. expressed
B. improved
C. preserved
D. recognized
答案：B 我的自信心与日俱增，随之而来的是来自老师和同学的表扬。由前文可知我以前不自信，现在自信，故自信心“有了提高”。expressed “说出的”；preserved“保存的，
蜜饯的，
腌制的”；recognized“公认的”。
18. A. dreaming
B. playing
C. relaxing
D. hiding
答案：D 由第一段可知，我经常坐在教室后面，不想引起别人的注意，故此处表示“我从一个躲在教室后面、不想引起别人注意的学生变成了一个……”。dream“梦想”；play“玩耍，表演”；relax“放松”；hide“躲藏”。
19. A. by
B. for
C. with
D. to
答案：D 从躲在教室后面到抬起头来。from...to...“从……到……”。
20. A. lucky
B. happy
C. sure
D. satisfied
答案：C 尽管有时候我不百分之百地确信我有正确答案。lucky“幸运的”；happy“快乐的”；sure“确信”；satisfied“满意的”。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140yearold letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia JexBlake in 1873, the sevenpage document，which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives(档案) by parttime history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said：“We knew that
Sophia JexBlake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校评议委员会) at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed.While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women，I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter JexBlake wrote.”
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distancelearning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms JexBlake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually，she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
1．Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted ________.
A．to carry out a research project there
B．to set up a medical institute there
C．to study medicine there
D．to deliver lectures there
答案：C 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句内容可知，当年索菲娅给圣安德鲁斯大学写信的目的是表达她希望被允许去该大学学习医学的想法。
2．Lis Smith found Sophia's letter to St Andrews University ________.
A．by pure chance
B．in the school office
C．with her supporters'
help
D．while reading history books
答案：A 细节理解题。根据第二段可知，历史系的兼职学生利斯发现索菲娅当年给圣安德鲁斯大学的这封信纯属偶然。
3．Sophia's letter resulted in the establishment of ________.
A．the London School of Medicine for Women
B．a degree programme for women
C．a system of medical education
D．the University of Berne
答案：B 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知，虽然索菲娅的信没有为她自己带来成功，但是却促成了一个专门为女子设立的学位的创立。
4．When did St Andrews University begin to take fulltime women students?
A．In 1873.
B．In 1874.
C．In 1877.
D．In 1892.
答案：D 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，圣安德鲁斯大学开始招收全日制的女学生是在1892年。
.阅读表达
Types of buildings in ancient Egypt
Historians consider the ancient Egyptians to be the first builders known to mankind.It's through the Egyptians that the modern world learned basic design in putting up buildings.Ancient Egyptian buildings were made of sun－baked bricks，straw and mud from the Nile River.Tombs and temples，which were made of stone, lasted longer，but also deteriorated over the course of time because of earthquakes
and other acts of nature.
Types
There are three kinds of ancient Egyptian architecture：buildings for the living，buildings housing the dead and religious buildings such as temples and shrines(神殿)．Some of the world's most identifiable(可辨认的)structures come from ancient Egypt，such as the Great Pyramid，one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
________
The region's lack of rain and wood，coupled with much sunshine，made bricks the best building material in ancient Egypt.Nile mud，when mixed with straw，produced strong bricks.Houses were made of river mud.Stone was also used，although not as much as river mud.Stone was typically used for building temples and tombs，while bricks were used in building royal palaces and fortresses.Because there wasn't much wood available，it was rarely a source for building materials.
The pyramids
Most historians believe the pyramids of ancient Egypt were tombs for Egypt's pharaohs(法老)during both the Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom periods.Other theories claim the pyramids were used as sundials or giant geometric(几何学的)puzzles.The largest of the pyramids，built around 2530 B．C., was for the final resting place of Pharaoh Khufu.Until the early 1900s，it was the largest building on Earth.
Temples
Ancient Egyptians viewed their temples as homes to their gods.Temples could be either single buildings or huge complexes.The most important part of the temple was the shrine.It_was_there_that_the_image_of_a_god_was_housed.Many of the temples of ancient Egypt became complex building systems.
Columns(石制圆柱)
Architecture of ancient Egypt is known for its elegant columns, which were elaborately(精巧地)decorated with colored depictions(描述)of Egyptian life.According to the TourEgypt.com website，more than 30 different column forms have been found from various time periods.
1．What does the underlined word“deteriorated” probably mean?
______________________________________________________
2．Fill in the blank with a proper title for the next part of Types.
______________________________________________________
3．Why are bricks the best building material in ancient Egypt?
______________________________________________________
4．What's the most possible purpose for building the Pyramids?
______________________________________________________
5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
______________________________________________________
答案：
1. Get worse.
2．Building materials
3．Because the region is lack of rain and wood，coupled with much sunshine.
4．Use them as tombs for Egypt's pharaohs.
5．在那里存放着一位神的雕像．