课时作业(十七) [必修4 Unit 2 Working the land]
[限时：30分钟]
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get ________ second chance to make ________ first impression.
A．a; the
B．the; the
C．a; a
D．the; a
2．He told us whether ________ a picnic was still under discussion.
A．to have
B．having
C．have
D．had
3．Tim is in good shape physically ________ he doesn't get much exercise.
A．if
B．even though
C．unless
D．as long as
4．________ Saturday, rather than ________ at home, I preferred ________.
A．It being; stay; to travel
B．Being; to stay; to travel
C．Having been; stay; traveling
D．It was; to stay; traveling
5．—Sorry, I have to ________ now. It's time for class.
—OK, I'll call back later.
A．hang up
B．break up
C．give up
D．hold up
6．The school is giving most of these children hope for the future by providing them with a chance to _______ knowledge.
A．require
B．acquire
C．achieve
D．discover
7．I have to see the doctor because I ________ a lot lately.
A．have been coughing
B．had coughed
C．coughed
D．cough
8．If the food tastes nice, I'll go to buy some more; ________， I won't go.
A．if not
B．when not
C．if any
D．whenever
9．It is required that the football match ________ put off ________ the bad weather.
A．be; thank to
B．be; due to
C．was; thanks to
D．was; owing to
10．________ of their bad habits, the boys ________ from being dependent on their parents to ________ for others.
A．Having rid; have switched; sacrificing
B．To rid; are switching; sacrifice
C．Rid; switched; sacrificing
D．Having been rid; are switched; sacrifice
11．She prefers ________ her clothes by hands rather than by machine.
A．having washed
B．washing
C．being washed
D．to wash
12．Strangely, the two men look ________ alike that nearly all the people think they are twin brothers.
A．too much
B．such much
C．much too
D．so much
13．I'm certain David's told you his business troubles. ________， it's no secret that he owes a lot of money to the bank.
A．However
B．Anyway
C．Otherwise
D．Though
14．Joseph ________ to evening classes since last month, but he still can't say “What's your name？” in Russian.
A．has been going
B．went
C．goes
D．has gone
15．—Is it all right if I keep this photo?
—________.
A．No, you don't
B．No, it shouldn't
C．I'm afraid not
D．Don't keep it
Ⅱ.阅读理解
All over my garden I've planted nothing but roses, because I especially love the flower. A close friend came for a visit the other day. I told her that she should pick a bunch of roses to beautify her bedroom. I promised that the smell of the roses would be wafted far, far away.
That girl friend of mine, walking into the garden in high spirits, smelt here and there, but in the end she didn't pick a single rose. I said that she could pick many flowers; I told her that I was not a flower farmer and didn't make a living out of them. Saying so, I raised the scissors for the sacrifice of the flowers, but she stopped me, crying no, no, no!
To cut such beautiful roses would hurt one, she said. With her hands seizing at my sleeves, she told me that by no means should they be cut. Roses are the smiling face of the earth, and who could be so ironhearted as to destroy such a charming smile?
My mind was shocked: the ugly earth, the tough earth, the plain earth—it is for the reason of that smile that it wins the care and pity of people.
16．The writer plants nothing but roses in her garden probably because ________.
A．she can make money out of them
B．her friends like them
C．she enjoys the roses very much
D．the roses sell well
17．The underlined word “wafted” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “________”．
A．given off
B．lost
C．destroyed
D．thrown away
18．Why did the writer's close friend refuse to pick a single rose?
A．Because the roses were not beautiful.
B．Because she loved the roses very much.
C．Because she did not like this kind of roses.
D．Because the writer did not want to give her any.
19．What is the best title for the passage?
A．The Pity of People to the Roses
B．A Lover of Flowers
C．A Lovely Rose Garden
D．The Smiling Face of the Earth
Ⅲ.任务型阅读
阅读下面的美国名人信息，根据他们各自的信息，从A－F六则内容中找出适合他们的最佳选项，其中有一项是多余的。
20．As a young woman, she worked as a teacher and raised four children. She and her husband were very involved in local politics. Then one day, she decided to run for officer herself and she won. She served first as country commissioner, then as Texas state treasurer. In nineteen ninety she was elected governor. She fought for equal rights, environmental protection and laws to restrict guns. She created a government in which women, Hispanics, and AfricanAmericans played important roles.
21．MASH, was released in nineteen seventy. It tells about a group of American medical workers in a temporary military hospital in Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s. It questions the rules of the military establishment in a way that was sharply funny and intelligent; Nashville came out in nineteen seventyfive. It provides a complex look at changes in the country music industry. Many of his thirtythree films were nominated for Academy Awards, including The Player and Gosford Park.
22．She learned traditional music at her Christian religious center. But she liked the popular jazz and rock music of the time even more. She left home at a young age to build a career in music. Soon, she became known as “the girl with the tear in her voice” because of her emotional way of singing. Her popular songs helped build the Atlantic Records company and she continued performing for the rest of her life until she died recently at the age of seventy six.
23．He is known as Johnny, wrote about many subjects, from politics and war to food and drink. During his fortythree years writing for the New York Times newspaper, he enjoyed a rich and eventful career. He was the paper's chief reporter in cities like London, Moscow, Lagos and Nairobi. He covered events such as the Vietnam War, the Iranian revolution and the Gulf War. He reported on ten presidential elections. And, his opinions on fine foods, travel and the world's best restaurants were very influential.
24．He wrote Lie Down in Darkness published in nineteen fiftyone when he was only twentyfive. It is about a troubled young woman who kills herself. It established him as a great new voice in American literature; he also wrote The Confessions of Nat Turner in nineteen sixtyeight which told about a nineteenth century slave revolt in the southern state of Virginia; and Sophie's Choice won the American Book Award in nineteen eighty. It is a tragic story about a woman and her children who were sent to a Nazi death camp in Poland during World War Two.
A．Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1897. She began singing in church. Soon, her rich deep voice became widely known in the area. Marian Anderson received many honors and awards during her life. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in nineteen sixtythree. Marian Anderson died at the age of ninetysix. Experts say she is remembered not only for the quality of her voice, but also because of the way she carried out her right to be heard.
B．Movie director Robert Altman died in November 2006, in Los Angeles, California. He was eightyone years old. During his fiftyyear career, he made some of the most influential movies of modern times.
C．Ann Richards died in September 2006 at the age of seventythree. At her funeral service, leaders from around the country gathered to celebrate her life. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the service. He said Ann Richards helped create a world where young girls could be scientists, engineers and police officers. He said she was a great woman with a big heart and big dreams.
D．Journalist R．W. Apple died in October 2006 at the age of seventyone. Earlier this month his friends and family gathered in Washington, D．C. for a large memorial service. Famous writers, politicians, and cooks told about his warm personality, sharp intelligence, and extraordinary energy. After the service, guests enjoyed fine foods provided by some of the best cooks in the area.
E．William Styron died in November 2006 at the age of eightyone. His stories are filled with rich language and complex moral questions. Many of his books try to understand the evil actions of people. Later in life William Styron suffered from severe depression. After recovering, he wrote honestly and bravely about his experience in Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness. He received great praise for educating people about the difficulties of mental illness.
F．Ruth Brown was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1928 and died in October 2004. Brown recorded many rhythm and blues hits in the 1950s. She also fought for musicians rights. In 1988, Atlantic Records agreed to pay her and thirtyfive other musicians the money they owed them for using their songs for twenty years.
答案
课时作业(十七)
Ⅰ.1.C 考查冠词用法。句意：第一印象最持久。毕竟，你不会再有机会去形成第一印象。第一空后有second，在此表示再一次机会，而不是表顺序，应用不定冠词；第二空中的第一印象是泛指，也不是表示顺序，又根据题干可以判断impression在此处是可数名词，可数名词单数表泛指时须用不定冠词，故选择C项。
2．A 考查非谓语动词。句意：他告诉我们是否去野营还在讨论当中。分析句子可知“whether ＋to do sth.”作宾语从句的主语，He told us 后省略了宾语从句的引导词that。
3．B 考查状语从句。句意：尽管Tim不经常锻炼，但他身材很好。前后是让步关系，故选B项。
4．A 考查非谓语动词。句意：在星期六，比起呆在家里，我情愿去旅游。由“prefer to do…rather than do…”结构便可知A项正确，此处把rather than结构提前了。It being Saturday为独立主格结构。
5．A 考查动词短语辨析。句意：“对不起，现在我得挂断电话了。该上课了。”“好吧，等会儿我再打电话。”hang up意为“猛地挂断，中止(与某人的)电话交谈”，符合语境。break up意为“(集会)结束，解散；(恋爱或婚姻中的男女)分手”；give up意为“放弃；认输；猜不出，交出；自首；泄露”；hold up意为“举起，支持，支撑，拦住，耽搁”。
6．B 考查动词辨析。句意：这所学校通过给大部分孩子提供获得知识的机会，给予他们对未来的希望。acquire意为“获得”，符合语境。require意为“要求”；achieve意为“实现”；discover意为“发现”。
7．A 考查动词的时态。句意：我得去看医生，因为我近来一直咳嗽得很厉害。根据句子中的lately可知，设空处表示现在的事情，故用现在时态，排除B、C两项；D项表习惯性动作，故被排除。现在完成进行时表示动作从过去开始，持续到现在且现在还在进行。
8．A 考查省略。句意：如果这些食物好吃，我再去买些。否则，我就不去买了。if not意为“否则”；if any意为“若有的话”；whenever意为“无论什么时候”；无when not这种表达。根据句意，正确答案为A项。
9．B 考查虚拟语气及固定短语辨析。句意：由于天气不好，足球赛被要求推迟了。在It is required that…句型中，从句的谓语动词用“should ＋ 动词原形”，should可以省略，所以排除C和D两项。没有thank to这种用法，所以排除A项，正确答案为B项。
10．C 考查非谓语动词。rid of 是一个固定搭配，意为“使摆脱；使去掉”。switch from…to…也是固定搭配，意为“从……转向……”，其中to是介词，后面需跟名词或动名词形式。所以正确答案为C项。
11．D 考查非谓语动词。句意：她喜欢用手洗衣服而不愿用洗衣机洗。固定表达prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.意为“宁可做……而不做；喜欢做……而不做……”，所以正确答案为D项。
12．D 考查副词用法。句意：奇怪的是，这两个人看起来这么相像，以至于几乎所有人都认为他们是双胞胎兄弟。too much 后跟不可数名词或单独使用，意为“太多”；much too后跟形容词或副词原级，意为“太，很”；没有such much这种表达；so后可跟形容词或副词，所以正确答案为D项。
13．B 考查副词辨析。句意：我敢肯定，戴维已经告诉你他生意上的麻烦。不管怎样，他欠银行许多钱不是什么秘密了。anyway意为“无论如何”；however意为“然而”；otherwise意为“否则”；though意为“虽然”。根据句意可知正确答案为B。
14．A 考查动词的时态。句意：约瑟夫从上个月就开始上夜校，但是他还不会用俄语说“你叫什么名字”。本题从时间状语“自从上个月开始”可知需用现在完成时，又因为说话时他还在继续上课，所以要用现在完成进行时。
15．C 考查交际用语。句意：“这张照片我保存行吗？”“恐怕不行。”答语应为委婉拒绝。A、B、D均不符合题意。
Ⅱ.本文为夹叙夹议文。主要讲述了“我”种了一园的玫瑰，朋友来访时，“我”建议她可以把花摘回，放在屋里，可朋友说玫瑰是地球的笑脸，决不能采摘。
16．C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“All over my garden I've planted nothing but roses, because I especially love the flower.”可知，“我”种玫瑰是因为“我”非常喜欢玫瑰，故选C项。
17．A 词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句“…the smell of the roses would be wafted far, far away.”可猜出玫瑰的香味应该能散发到很远，故选A项，give off意为“散发出”。B项意为“遗失，失败”；C项意为“毁灭”；D项意为“扔掉”。
18．B 推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“That girl friend of mine, walking into the garden in high spirits, smelt here and there…”以及第三段第三句“Roses are the smiling face of the earth…”可知，作者的这个朋友应该是非常喜欢玫瑰，故选B项。
19．D 主旨大意题。综观全文，以及倒数第二段最后一句“Roses are the smiling face of the earth…such a charming smile？”以及最后一段“My mind was shocked: the ugly earth, the tough earth, the plain earth—it is for the reason of that smile that it wins the care and pity of people.”可知选D项。
Ⅲ.20.C 21.B 22.F 23.D 24.E