2017英语一轮复习学案：Revision of Module4（无答案）外研版必修4

　　Learning aims

　　to memorize the important words and phrases

　　to revise the texts

　　to practice reading excercises

　　Ⅰ Dictation

　　Ⅱ Cloze test

　　1. Read the passage about Stephen Hawking and fill in the following blanks.

　　Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in the world partly because of his scientific discoveries and partly because of his physical disability. ___________ in 1942 in Oxford and ______________ from Oxford University, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Victims of this disease cannot move and cannot speak _________ their brains may work ______________. In Stephen Hawking’s case it was discovered ___________ he was a brilliant scientist. ___________

　　in a wheelchair and speaking through a special computer, he has become the voice of science. He has spent his career at Cambridge University, ___________ he became Professor of Physics in 1977. His work was in the area of cosmology and he ________ about black holes in space. His book A Brrief History of Time __________ (publish) in 1988 and is till a best-seller.

　　2. Read passage “The Student Who Ask Questions”and then fill in the blanks.

　　Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, is a leading figure in the rice-growing world. He was born and brought up in China. As a boy he ________________

　　in many schools and __________

　　the nickname, “the student who ask questions”. From an early age he was interested in plants and began experiments in crop bleeding when he was a young teacher. He thought that the key to _______

　　people was to have more rice and to produce it _______ quickly. And there was only one way to do this – by _________ different species of rive plant, and then he could produce a new plant ____________ could give a higher yield than either of the original plants. He worked hard for years. Finally, in 1970 a naturally sterile male rice plant ______________. This was the breakthrough. Researchers were brought in from all over the China and the research ______________

　　by the government. As a result of his discoveries Chinese rice production rose ________ 47.5 percent in the 1990’s. Yuan Longping’s rice _______________

　　to other countries, such as Pakistan and the Philippines.

　　Ⅲ Reading

　　As soon as he finished his homework．Eric jumped onto his bicycle and rode off in the direction of the beach. While he was __36__

　　along．He thought about the whales. He hoped he would see them again today．After he got to the beach．Eric __37__ his bicycle behind a bush so that no one could see it from the road．Then he ran down onto the sand． __38__

　　it was only four in the afternoon，the sky was already growing dark. Eric frowned．If it __39__ he wouldn’t be able to see the whales because they would stay in deeper water．He hurried along the beach __40__ the rocks．They were the best place to watch the whales from because of their 41．Before Eric reached the rocks he felt a drop of water on his head．“Oh no!” he thought.

　　“Now the whales will stay in the deep water and I won’t be able to

　　__42__ them!” But just then he saw a large shape on the beach.

　　It was a young whale! The whale had come too close to the shore and got stuck on the

　　__43__ !

　　At first the whale didn抰 move at all and Eric thought it was_l_44__ ．Then he saw its tail move weakly．Eric turned and ran through the rain as fast as he could back to his bicycle．He had to get __45__!

　　Unless they got the whale back in the water soon，it would die and Eric couldn’t let that happen．

　　36．A．riding

　　B．running

　　C．getting

　　D．walking

　　37．A．sent

　　B hid

　　C．look

　　D．got

　　38．A．As

　　B．Since

　　C. Because

　　D．Although

　　39．A．shone

　　B．snowed

　　C. rained

　　D．blew

　　40．A．into

　　B．off

　　C. to

　　D．from

　　41．A．length

　　B．size

　　C. height

　　D shape

　　42．A．watch

　　B．kill

　　C. catch

　　D．save

　　43 A．soil

　　B．beach

　　C．grass

　　D．water

　　44 A．dead

　　B．pretty

　　C．lovely

　　D alive

　　45．A．care

　　B．water

　　C．medicine

　　D. help

　　My favourite great book is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain．Tom lives with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St. Petersburg, Missouri．He’s a lively and clever young boy，and he finds himself in many exciting adventures．He runs away with his two friends，Huck Finn and Joe，to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days．With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave．and finally，they find a box of gold．

　　My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead．He decides to go

　　to his own funeral．He hides and watches for a time．

　　and then suddenly he appears． Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive．

　　Tom is the hero of the story，but there are other important characters．Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him．Becky is pretty with fair hair，Joe is Tom’s best friend．and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.

　　The theme of the

　　story

　　is about children growing up．It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom，social rules and how people are

　　punished for bad behaviour.

　　Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876，but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today． And although it’s only a story.

　　Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in

　　the 19th century，so it sounds very real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on--- read it! I know you’ll enjoy it，too

　　51．Where does Tom run away with his two friends?

　　A．To a quiet street．

　　B To a small town．

　　C．To an island．

　　D．To a forest．

　　52．Who is the bad man in the story?

　　A．Huck Finn．

　　B Injun Joe．

　　C．Becky．D．Polly．

　　53．How did people feel when Tom appeared at his own funeral ?

　　A．They were surprised and pleased．B．They were surprised and sad

　　C．They were worried and excited．

　　D．They were frightened and happy．

　　54．The whole book is mainly about _______ ．

　　A．freedom and social rules

　　B．children’s bad behaviour

　　C the growth of young children

　　D．strangers in American small towns

　　55．The writer writes the article to ____．

　　A．ask us to read the book

　　B．tell us how popular the book is today

　　C．tell us when Mark Twain wrote the story

　　D．tell us why the story sounds very real