课时作业(三十九) 选修8 Unit 4 Pygmalion
.单项填空
1．(2017·南京四校阶段调研)—Don’t press the button，John.
—What if I________？
A．did B．would
C．willD．shall
2．(2017·江西赣州市适应性考试)The differences in the children’s achievements can not be completely explained________their social backgrounds.
A．in terms ofB．in favor of
C．in honor ofD．in charge of
3．(2017·成都第三次诊断)When first________down in Chengdu，Maria found herself unable to get used to the spicy food.
A．settlingB．settled
C．settlesD．to settle
4．(2017·辽宁省六校高三上学期联合考试)I told Mom that not everyone could manage to have 3 meals on time everyday，________？
A．could heB．didn’t I
C．didn’t sheD．could they
5．(2017·宁夏银川高三年级模拟考试)—Can you introduce me a high quality machine?
—My pleasure.________well even on wet roads，this kind of car is very popular.
A．Handled
B．To handle
C．Handling D．Being handled
6．(2017·石家庄质量检测二)The man went to bed，________and when he woke up，he found his shoes still on.
A．having drunk
B．being drunk
C．drinking D．drunk
7．(2017·东北师大附中模拟)Even though he went through the papers carefully again and again，he regretted finding that he had still________one important detail.
A．droppedB．overlooked
C．ignoredD．showed
8．(2017·浙江卷)According to scientists，our mental abilities begin to________from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.
A．differB．shrink
C．failD．decline
9．(2017·江西省六校联考)I wonder why you won’t do it as________and it’s the third time you________so.
A．I told you；doB．told to；have done
C．be told；have doneD．told；do
10．(2017·银川一中月考)When he opened his mouth to speak，his strong accent at once________the fact that he was from the south of China.
A．believedB．expressed
C．pressedD．betrayed
11．Lucy was chosen for the job because she was superior________the other candidates.
A．atB．for
C．toD．in
12．(2017·山东省实验中学高三检测)—He tried his best to make the________of the famous professor and persuaded him to be his tutor.
—May he succeed.
A．decisionB．function
C．acquaintanceD．friends
13．(2017·江苏两校期中联考)________by curiosity，he opened his wife’s notebook and began reading her diary.
A．DrivingB．Being driven
C．DrivenD．Having driven
14．(2017·四川省六校联合诊断)Both sides are determined to get what they want，and there seems to be no possibility of________.
A．competenceB．composition
C．competitionD．compromise
15．(2017·山东省十二校高三联考)—Do you think I should accept the invitation to his birthday party?
—________If I were in your shoes，I certainly would.
A．None of your business.B．Why not?
C．It depends.D．I don’t think so.空[建议用时15]
I was the first black student who came to an allwhite college of Grand Rapids，Michigan.Many of my new__1__weren’t very welcoming，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teacher.Miss Bean was angry at how__2__I was being treated，but she didn’t say this to me.Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me patiently，__3__any other teacher here.Instead of being unnoticed，I was given a question to__4__that I was smart in her class.
Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me look about myself.She insisted on knowing what I__5__difficult questions.Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France？Why？She expected me to have an
opinion
and to able to back it up.Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real__6__to education.
One day，when I was not paying attention in class，Miss Bean suddenly__7__an eraser at me.Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and send my pencil__8__.The whole class was shocked at first，and then__9__laughing.This incident became famous in the school，and because it happened to me，the students wanted to get to know me.So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her__10__，and how I became just another someone in school.
1.A.schoolmates B．teachers
C．friendsD．neighbors
2．A.kindly B．surprisingly
C．badly
D．happily
3．A.like B．dislike
C．likely D．unlike
4．A.ask
B．answer
C．show
D．consider
5．A.worried about B．looked about
C．talked about
D．thought about
6．A.key
B．sign
C．symbol
D．treatment
7．A.passed
B．handed
C．sent D．threw
8．A.flyingB．flowing
C．frying D．fleeing
9．A.dropped
B．ended
C．startedD．completed
10．A.target
B．purpose
C．destinationD．argument
.阅读理解
(2017·枣庄高三模拟)
The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are “rocketboosters” to the brain and better than the other selfhelp books，researchers will say this week.
Scientists，psychologists and the English experts at Liverpool University have found that reading the works of Shakespeare and other classical writers has a beneficial effect on the mind，catches the reader’s attention and triggers moments of selfreflection.Using scanners，they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read the works by William Shakespeare，William Wordsworth，T.S Eliot and other classical writers.
They then “translated” the texts into more “straightforward”，modern language and again monitored the readers’ brains as they read the words.Scans showed that the more “challenging” articles and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the modern versions.Scientists were able to study the brain activity as it responded to each word and record how it “lit up” as the readers came across unusual words，surprising phrases or difficult sentence structures.This “lighting up” of the mind lasts longer than the initial electrical spark，shifting the brain to a higher speed，encouraging further reading.
The research also found that reading poetry，in particular，increases the activities in the right side of the brain，an area concerned with “autobiographical memory”，helping readers to reflect on their own experiences in light of what they have read.The experts said this meant the classics were more useful than selfhelp books.
Philip Davis，an English professor who has worked on the study with the university，will
tell a conference
this
week：“Serious
literature
acts
like
a rocketbooster (火箭助推器) to the brain.”
“The research shows the power of classical literature to shift mental pathways，to create new thoughts，shapes and connections in the young and the old alike.”
1．The author mentioned Shakespeare and Wordsworth in Paragraph One to________.
A．show their great achievements
B．attract our interest in literature
C．introduce the topic of the text
D．encourage us to read their works
2．According to the text，reading classical works can________.
A．help deal with some physical problems
B．benefit our mind and thinking
C．improve our reading skills
D．help learn more about history
3．The scientists and experts did the experiment by________.
A．scanning the readers’ brain activities
B．reading works of different writers
C．lighting up the activities of the brains
D．investigating the habits of the readers
4．We can learn from Paragraph 4 that reading poetry________.
A．is concerned with the right side of the brain
B．has the same effects as reading selfhelp books
C．helps you forget the things in the past
D．makes you more serious and objective
5．What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A．To introduce some great writers in England.
B．To present a study on brain activities.
C．To introduce a research on reading classics.
D．To show the power of classical literature.
.写作
(2017·山东省济南市高三巩固性训练)
很快你们可能就要进入大学了，现在上大学的费用对于每个中国家庭来说几乎都是一笔不小的开支。下面提供了解决上大学费用的多种途径，请用英语表达出来，同时结合你的家庭实际情况，说明适合你的途径和理由。
1．解决上大学费用的途径：
(1)父母提供学费；(2)申请银行贷款；
(3)获得奖学金；(4)业余时间在校内外打工。
2．你的途径和理由。
注意：1.词数120～150；
2．短文的开头已写好，不计入总词数；
3．参考词汇：学费tuition fees；贷款loan；奖学金scholarship。
With the sharp rise of the cost of college education，students have a few ways to pay for their college tuition fees.___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
课时作业(三十九)
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．解析： 考查虚拟语气。句意为：——John，不要按那个按钮。——如果我按了，那会怎么样？if后其实是省略句，表示对现在的虚拟，应用一般过去时，故选A。
答案： A
2．解析： 考查介词短语辨析。句意为：孩子们在成绩方面的差异不可能完全从他们的社会背景角度来解释。A项意为“据，按照，在……方面”；B项意为“支持，赞成”；C项意为“为纪念，为庆祝，向……表示敬意”；D项意为“负责，主管”。由此结合空后的“social backgrounds”和语境可知，in terms of与题意相符。
答案： A
3．解析： 考查非谓语动词。句意为：刚在成都定居时，Maria发现自己很不适应这里的辛辣食物。分析句子结构可知，此处应填非谓语动词，settle与其逻辑主语Maria之间构成主动关系，而且动作已经发生，故选A，现在分词作时间状语。
答案： A
4．解析： 考查反意疑问句。若陈述部分是一个主从复合句，附加问句一般要与主句保持一致，根据本题中的“I told Mom”可知B项正确。
答案： B
5．解析： 考查非谓语动词。句意为：——你能给我介绍一款高性能的机器吗？——我很乐意。因为这款车即使在潮湿的道路上也能运行很好，所以很受欢迎。handle和this kind of car是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用handle的过去分词形式，选A。
答案： A
6．解析： 考查形容词作状语。句意为：这个男人喝醉了，睡了。当他醒来的时候，他发现他的鞋子没脱。drunk喝醉的，形容词作状语表状态。
答案： D
7．解析： 考查动词词义。句意为：尽管他将文件仔细地看了一遍又一遍，但是遗憾地发现他仍忽略了一个重要细节。此句强调无意中忽视，故选overlook。
答案： B
8．解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：据科学家说，我们的思考能力在 22 岁达到顶峰后，从 27 岁开始下降。所以用decline。differ表示“与……不同”，shrink表示“收缩”，fail表示“失败”，均与语境不符。
答案： D
9．解析： 考查省略和动词时态。句意为：我不明白你为什么不按照我告诉你的去做，你已经是第三次这样了。在时间、条件、方式、让步等状语从句中，如果从句的主语和主句的主语一致，且谓语动词是系动词be时，那么就可以把从句中的主语和系动词be一起省略。因此，第一空中，as引导的方式状语从句的完整形式为：as (you are) told to (do)；第二空中，在“It is the＋序数词＋time＋that从句(that可省略)”句式中，that从句的谓语动词要用现在完成时。
答案： B
10．解析： 考查动词词义。句意为：当他开口说话时，他浓重的口音立刻显示出他来自中国的南部地区。 betray显露出(本来面目)，背叛，符合题意。believe相信；express表达；press压，挤。
答案： D
11．解析： be superior to意为“比……优越；超过……”。
答案： C
12．解析： 句意为：——他尽力结识那位著名教授，并说服他当他的导师。——祝他成功。make the acquaintance of sb.结识；与……相见，是固定短语。make a decision about就……做出决定；function作用，功能，职能；make friends with与……交朋友。
答案： C
13．解析： 考查非谓语动词。主语he与动词drive之间构成逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词Driven作原因状语。
答案： C
14．解析： 考查名词辨析。句意为：双方都决意得到他们想要的东西，似乎没有妥协的可能。competence能力，胜任，本领；composition成分，作品；competition竞争；compromise妥协，折中。
答案： D
15．解析： 考查情景交际。答语语意是：为什么不呢？如果我是你，我肯定会接受的。根据答语第二句可知，对方认为提问者应该接受邀请，所以B项符合语境。
答案： B
Ⅱ.完形填空
语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一个黑人大学生的大学生活。
1．解析： 考查名词辨析。句意为：我的许多新老师都不太友好，除了我的历史老师Dorothy Bean。根据本句中的“but not Dorothy Bean，my history teacher”可知，此处是指他的新老师。
答案： B
2．解析： 考查副词辨析。句意为：Bean女士对我遭受如此恶劣的对待很是生气，但是她没有向我提及这些。根据第一段第二句中的“Many of my new________weren’t very welcoming”和文化背景可知，在一个全是白人的大学里上学，一个黑人学生会受到恶劣的待遇，因此答案C符合文意。
答案： C
3．解析： 考查介词辨析。句意为：Bean女士通过耐心地教我表示对我的尊重，不像(unlike)其他老师那样。与第一段第二句Bean女士和其他老师对待我的态度的不同形成呼应，故答案D符合文意。
答案： D
4．解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：她非但没有忽视我，相反她总是提问我，从而证明(show)我在班级中是一个聪明的学生。ask问；answer回答；consider考虑，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： C
5．解析： 考查动词短语辨析。句意为：她坚持要我自己思考(think about)一些比较难的问题。与下句所提出的问题及两个问号，并结合Bean的老师身份可知，答案D符合语境。
答案： D
6．解析： 考查名词辨析。句意为：Bean女士在教我独立思考才是教育的关键(key)所在。由此空后的“to”可知，应选key与其搭配。sign标牌；symbol象征；treatment治疗，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
7．解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：有一天在历史课上我走神了，Bean女士就突然朝我扔(throw)了一块橡皮。与下一句“Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand...”相呼应，故答案D符合文意。pass通过；hand递；send发射，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： D
8．解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：令人难以置信的是，那个橡皮正好击中了我的右手，把我手里的笔打飞(fly)了出去。flow漂流；fry炸；flee逃跑，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
9．解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：起初大家都惊呆了，接着大家便哄笑起来。drop低下；end结束；start开始；complete完成，根据句意可知，答案C符合文意。
答案： C
10．解析： 考查名词辨析。
句意为：因此这就是Bean女士如何让我成为她的目标(target)，如何成就在学校的另一个我的故事。purpose目的；destination目的地；argument争论，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
Ⅲ.阅读理解
语篇解读 本文为一篇科研报道。科学研究表明：阅读莎士比亚，华兹华斯等经典作家的作品，尤其是诗歌，对开发人的大脑有很大好处。
1．解析： 推理判断题。文章第二至六段是通过科学家的实验来说明阅读传统作家的作品对大脑的好处，所以第一段提到莎士比亚和华兹华斯等著名作家的目的，是为了引出本文的主题。
答案： C
2．解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“...have found that reading the works of Shakespeare and other classical writers has a beneficial effect on the mind，catches the reader’s attention and triggers moments of selfreflection.”可知，本题选B。
答案： B
3．解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“Using scanners，they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read the works...”可知，研究人员是通过扫描读者的大脑活动来检测试验结果的，故选A。
答案： A
4．解析： 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“The research also found that reading poetry，in particular，increases the activities in the right side of the brain...”可知，本题选A。
答案： A
5．解析： 写作意图题。通读全文可知，文章第一段为本文的主题段，即为了说明一项科研成果。
答案： C
Ⅳ.写作
With the sharp rise of the cost of college education，students have a few ways to pay for their college tuition fees.Many students just let their parents pay the tuition.Some students may apply for a bank loan and others will try to find parttime jobs both on campus and out of campus.Apart from these ways，many good students will win a scholarship.In this way they can pay at least part of their tuition fees.
As for me，I will let my parents pay half of my tuition fees because they are not rich enough.Besides my studies，I will take up a parttime job as a tutor teaching some high school students mathematics，physics and English，as I’m very good at these subjects.Of course I will work very hard at my lessons so that I can win a scholarship.I think that’s enough to pay the cost of my college education.