课时作业(十) 必修2 Unit 5 Rhythm
.完形填空
(2012·合肥第一次质量检测)
Recently divorced and unemployed，I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella，for my old one had__1__，and I could not__2__another one.
I sat down in the__3__and there against my seat was a(n) __4__silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had__5__seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved__6__.The uswal procedure would have been to__7__the umbrella to the conductor，but an idea__8__to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and__9__opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I__10__a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady__11__.
Yes，she said__12__，that was her umbrella，which her parents，now dead，had given her as a birthday present.But，she__13__，it had been stolen__14__her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I__15__I was looking for a job and went directly to her house.She took the umbrella，and her eyes were filled with__16__.She wanted to give me a __17__，but—though twenty dollars was all I had in the world—her happiness at regaining this__18__possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have__19__something.We talked for a while and I left.
A week later，I got a job as a sales manager __20__.It might be my kindness that paid off.But who knows?
1．A.broken upB．gone away
C．fallen apart
D．faded away
2．A.afford
B．borrow
C．find
D．repair
3．A.office
B．bus
C．theater
D．train
4．A.ugly
B．beautiful
C．worn
D．ancient
5．A.even
B．always
C．already
D．never
6．A.design
B．number
C．name
D．brand
7．A.turn in
B．show off
C．open up
D．carry away
8．A.occurred
B．ran
C．struck
D．happened
9．A.firmly
B．suddenly
C．casually
D．thankfully
10．A.read
B．searched C．got
D．used
11．A.appeared
B．replied
C．answered
D．screamed
12．A.in surprise
B．in panic
C．in silence
D．in anger
13．A.assumed
B．added
C．declared
D．announced
14．A.from
B．in
C．beside
D．of
15．A.mentioned
B．forgot
C．realized
D．remembered
16．A.memory
B．honor
C．tears
D．thanks
17．A.gift
B．position
C．hug
D．reward
18．A.expensive
B．common
C．rare
D．special
19．A.bought
B．ruined
C．expressed
D．enjoyed
20．A.immediately
B．naturally
C．hopefully
D．unexpectedly
.阅读理解
A
(2016·河南洛阳统一考试)
Have you dreamed of building your own machine？Do you wish you could invent something new？Here we look at a few British inventions of recent times.
Adaptive glasses
Do you wear glasses？If so，can you imagine life without them？In 1985，Joshua Silver，a professor at Oxford University，asked himself，“Can I invent a pair of glasses that could be changed by the wearer？” He designed two plastic lenses (透镜) that are filled with a special liquid.Using syringes (注射器) you change the liquid between the lenses until you can see clearly.The glasses are not beautiful but they are easy to use and cheap to make.
The windup radio
When you switch your TV on tonight，think about all those people without electricity.Thinking about this，Trevor Baylis came up with the idea of designing a radio that could be powered by hand.In common with Joshua Silver he wanted his invention to be cheap and easy to use.He wanted even the poorest people in
developing
countries，who don’t have electricity and cannot afford batteries，to use it.The radio has a generator (发电机) which is powered by turning a handle.In 1996 it won the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design.
The Dyson vacuum ( 真空) cleaner
In many homes around the world you can see a cleaner that looks like a spaceship.This is the Dyson vacuum cleaner which uses something called ”cyclonic separation“ to separate the dirt.You do not need a bag for your cleaner and it does not get blocked so it is very practical.The idea came to Sir James Dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner.He decided he could design a better one and in 1993 he opened his own factory.The Dyson is now one of the bestselling cleaners in the UK and Dyson is believed to have earned over a billion pounds.
The Zapata Flyboard
Have you ever dreamed of zooming through the water and leaping in the air like a dolphin？Now you can thanks to a flyboard，built by water sports enthusiast Frank Zapata.With it you can dive back in the water and out again.It’s possible to jump to incredible heights out of the water—over 30 feet.The basic flyboard model comes in at ￡4,200.
So keep dreaming and inventing.One day you might get it right.
1．Which might be the best title for the passage?
A．Greatest Inventions
B．Scientists’ Stories
C．Magic Glasses
D．Beautiful Minds
2．What can we learn about adaptive glasses?
A．They are very expensive.
B．The inventor is a student.
C．The glasses are fragile.
D．They don’t look very nice.
3．Which invention won an award?
A．Adaptive glasses.
B．The windup radio.
C．The Dyson vacuum cleaner.
D．The Zapata Flyboard.
4．The Dyson vacuum cleaner was invented with the purpose of________.
A．helping people use cleaners more easily
B．making Dyson a rich businessman
C．keeping the house cleaner than before
D．taking the place of human cleaners
B
(2016·山西省六所重点中学联考)
What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball？That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players，and some anxiety among those of us with soccerplaying children.
For the study，researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults，men and women.All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed yearround in adult soccer leagues.Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year，as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.
Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned，using a complicated new MRI technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.
According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month，the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory，attention and the processing of visual information，compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.
This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”，like that after a serious concussion，the researchers reported，even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.
The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them，forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.
5．The passage is most probably a________.
A．news report
B．research report
C．story for soccer players
D．text for doctors
6．From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have________.
A．significant effect on one’s brain
B．little effect on one’s brain
C．nothing to do with the brain injury
D．one’s memory improved
7．What is likely to be the cause of memory loss?
A．Playing soccer frequently.
B．Tests of their memory.
C．White matter loss.
D．Information processing.
8．The underlined word “fumbling” is closest in meaning to________.
A．remembering
B．misunderstanding
C．recalling
D．missing课时作业(十)
.完形填空
语篇解读： 家庭的不幸、失业的压力和生活的窘迫并没有让我丧失道德，我将捡到的雨伞归还给了它的主人。最终善有善报，我出乎意料地找到了一份销售经理的工作。
1．解析： 我没有雨伞，因为那把旧伞已经“散架”了。break up“(使)破碎”；go away离开；走开；fade away褪色；逐渐消失，均不符合语境。答案： C
2．解析： 由于离婚和失业，我买不起另外一把伞。afford表示“买得起；能支付”。
答案： A
3．解析： 根据下一段的开头“I got off the bus...”可知，我在“公共汽车”上坐了下来。
答案： B
4．解析： 本句的后半部分提到这把伞是丝质银柄，由此可知这是一把非常“漂亮的”伞。答案： B
5．解析： 这把伞做工讲究，我以前“从未”见过如此可爱的东西。
答案： D
6．解析： 根据第10空后面的“...for the name on the umbrella.”可知，伞柄上刻有一个“名字”。
答案： C
7．解析： 这是在公共汽车上捡到的别人丢失的东西，正常的程序是把雨伞“上交”给售票员。turn in上交。
答案： A
8．解析： 我“想到”一个主意，决定自己带着雨伞找到失主。occur to sb.”(主意或想法突然)浮现于某人的脑海中”。
答案： A
9．解析： 作者在倾盆大雨中下了车，由此可知作者打开这把伞遮雨时非常“感激”。
答案： D
10．解析： 我从电话簿上”查找”雨伞上的那个名字。search“查找，搜寻”。
答案： B
11．解析： 我拨通电话后，一位女士“接听”了电话。此处answer表示“接电话”。
答案： C
12．解析： 女士突然有了雨伞的消息，自然感到非常“惊讶”。后三项分别表示“恐慌”“沉默”“愤怒”，显然不符合语境。
答案： A
13．解析： 此处add表示“补充说”。assume“假定”；declare宣布，声明；announce宣告，公布。
答案： B
14．解析： 这把伞一个月以前就被人“从”门阶前偷走了。
答案： A
15．解析： 女士如此激动以至于我当时“忘记”了自己正在寻找工作，径直去了那位女士的家。
答案： B
16．解析： 女士接过这把雨伞后，眼中溢满了“泪水”。
答案： C
17．解析： 根据本句内容可知，女士想给我钱作为“报酬”。
答案： D
18．解析： 第四段提到这是女士已经去世的父母送给她的生日礼物，由此可知这是一把非常“特殊的”雨伞。
答案： D19．解析： 我相信接受了她的钱就会“毁坏”某种东西。
答案： B
20．解析： 下一句提到也许是我的善心有了回报，由此可知我“出乎意料地”得到了一份销售经理的工作。
答案： D
.阅读理解
语篇解读： 本文通过向大家介绍近期英国的几项发明来鼓励大家积极思考，发明新事物。
1．解析： 考查主旨大意。根据文章第一段和最后一段可知，作者意在通过介绍英国最近的几项发明来鼓励人们创新思维并进行发明创造，故D项作为本文的标题最合适。
答案： D
2．解析： 考查细节理解。根据“Adaptive glasses”下面的最后一句中的“The glasses are not beautiful”可知，这种眼镜并不美观。
答案： D
3．解析： 考查细节理解。根据“The windup radio”下面的最后一句“In 1996 it won the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design.”可知答案为B。
答案： B
4．解析： 考查推理判断。根据“The Dyson vacuum (真空) cleaner”下面的“The idea came to Sir James Dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner.”可推知，发明者Dyson之所以有这样的创意是由于以前他自己在使用真空吸尘器时感到很不方便，故答案为A项 。
答案： A
语篇解读： 研究表明，经常用头顶球会对大脑的内部构造造成严重影响，进而影响人的记忆力、注意力以及对视觉信息的处理能力。
5．解析： 推理判断题。根据第二段开头部分中的内容可推知，本文是一篇研究报告。
答案： B
6．解析： 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains”可推知，频繁地用头顶球对大脑有显著的影响。
答案： A
7．解析： 细节理解题。结合第四段中的 “loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory”以及下一段的开头部分可知，记忆力的丧失可能与大脑中的白色物质缺失有关。
答案： C
8．解析： 词义猜测题。结合画线词前面的“worse at recalling lists of words”和“forgetting”可推知，fumbling与missing的意思最相近。
答案： D