nit 5　Theme parks

　　A級:基礎鞏固

　?、?語境填詞

　　1.The coastal areas have mild winters,but by contrast the 　(center) plains become extremely cold.?

　　答案:central

　　2.He was a fit and 　(athlete) young man who joined a physical culture club.?

　　答案:athletic

　　3.My last job lacked 　(various);I was doing the same things all the time.?

　　答案:variety

　　4.My daughter likes to describe her 　(fantasy) dreams to me.?

　　答案:fantastic

　　5.The date of the meeting has been 　(advance) from Friday to Monday.?

　　答案:advanced

　　6.The boys 　(amusement) themselves by drawing pictures of their teacher.?

　　答案:amuse

　　7.We have already discussed this matter at great 　(long).?

　　答案:length

　　8.The government is trying to 　(attractive) more investment into the shipbuilding industry.?

　　答案:attract

　　9.Sam has gained the 　(admit) to a famous university.?

　　答案:admission

　　10.She 　(major) in maths and physics at university.?

　　答案:majored

　?、?單句改錯

　　1.This kind of friendly and harmonious atmosphere is unique for our company,and you can’t experience it in any other place.

　　?

　　答案:for→to

　　2.Each group introduced “their country’s” culture,advance technology,environment protection,and new green energy.

　　?

　　答案:advance→advanced

　　3.Word came that the young businessman got close to be killed in the train accident.

　　?

　　答案:be→being

　　4.Don’t cry because it came to end;smile because it happened!

　　?

　　答案:end前加an

　　5.Everyone in the village is very friendly.It doesn’t matter if you have lived there for a short or a long time.

　　?

　　答案:if→whether

　　B級:能力提升

　　Ⅲ.閱讀理解

　　閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。

　　A

　　Today we’ll talk about reading.When we read a text,our eyes move across a page in short,quick movements.We recognize words usually when our eyes still fixate(停留,凝視).Each time they fixate,we see a group of words.This is known as the recognition span or the visual span(視幅).The length of time for which the eyes stop varies from person to person.It also varies within any person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text.In addition,it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.

　　Unfortunately,in the past,many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the page.As a result of this misleading emphasis(強調)on the purely visual aspects of reading,many exercises have been designed to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation.For example,in some exercises,words are flashed on to a screen for a tenth of a second.One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point,taking in the words on either side.Such word patterns are often formed in the shape of pyramids(金字塔),so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive(連續的)fixation.All these exercises are very clever,but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words.Consequently,for these reasons,many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training,especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated(孤立的)words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.?

　　1.The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following factors except 　.?

　　A.lighting and tiredness

　　B.the length of a group of words

　　C.one’s purpose in reading

　　D.one’s familiarity with the text

　　解析:根據文章第一段的“Italsovarieswithinanypersonaccordingtohispurposeinreadingandhisfamiliaritywiththetext.Inaddition,itcanbeaffectedbysuchfactorsaslightingandtiredness.”可排除A、C、D三項,故選B項。

　　答案:B

　　2.The author may believe that reading 　.?

　　A.requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation

　　B.requires a reader to see words more quickly

　　C.demands a deeply-participating mind

　　D.demands more eyes than mind

　　解析:根據第二段的“Readingrequirestheabilitytounderstandtherelationshipbetweenwords.”可知作者認為閱讀需要大腦去理解。

　　答案:C

　　3.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

　　A.The ability to see words is not needed for an efficient reading.

　　B.The reading exercises mentioned are useless for reading.

　　C.The reading exercises mentioned can’t help improve reading.

　　D.The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far.

　　解析:根據文中的畫線句子以及前句的兩個句子判斷作者認為這樣的訓練提高閱讀該段文章的速度和能力,而對閱讀能力的提高卻微乎其微,故選C項。

　　答案:C

　　4.Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A.The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.

　　B.Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.

　　C.The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.

　　D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.

　　解析:根據文章第一段的“Eachtimetheyfixate,weseeagroupofwords.Thisisknownastherecognitionspanorthevisualspan(視幅).”排除A項;根據文章第二段的“Consequently,forthesereasons,manyexpertshavenowbeguntoquestiontheusefulnessofeyetraining,especiallysinceanyapproachwhichtrainsapersontoreadisolated(孤立的)wordsandphraseswouldseemunlikelytohelphiminreadingacontinuoustext.”排除B項;根據“Asaresultofthismisleadingemphasis(強調)onthepurelyvisualaspectsofreading,manyexerciseshavebeendesignedtotraintheeyestoseemorewordsatonefixation.”排除C項。

　　答案:D

　　5.The tune of the author in writing this text is 　.?

　　A.critical　B.neutral

　　C.supportive D.optimistic

　　解析:通讀全文可知作者對現在閱讀能力培訓持否定態度。

　　答案:A

　　B

　　Arriving in Sydney on his own from India,my husband,Rashid,stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.

　　During the first week of his stay,he went out one day to do some shopping.He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone.He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers,including his passport.

　　He reported the case to the police and then sat there,lost and lonely in a strange city,thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organised again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.

　　Late in the evening,the phone rang.It was a stranger.He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions.Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶)that had been left out on the footpath.

　　My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents.Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers.Her parents had carefully sorted them out,although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents.At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.

　　That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people.We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.

　　6.What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

　　A.Go shopping. B.Find a house.

　　C.Join his family. D.Take a vacation.

　　解析:細節理解題。從第一段中的“...lookingforahouseformeandourchildren.”可知,Rashid到了悉尼之后,計劃為家人尋找一座房子。

　　答案:B

　　7.The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from 　.?

　　A.a friend of his family B.a Sydney policeman

　　C.a letter in his papers D.a stranger in Sydney

　　解析:細節理解題。從倒數第二段最后一句可知,女孩的父母是從文件的一封信中找到了Rashid的電話號碼。

　　答案:C

　　8.What does the underlined word“restored”in the last paragraph mean?

　　A.Showed. B.Sent out.

　　C.Delivered. D.Gave back.

　　解析:詞義猜測題。從最后一段最后一句“Westillremembertheirkindness...”可知,那一家人把Rashid的文件還給了他。由此推出畫線詞restored意為“歸還”,故選D項。

　　答案:D

　　9.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

　　A.From India to Australia.

　　B.Living in a New Country.

　　C.Turning Trash to Treasure.

　　D.In Search of New Friends.

　　解析:主旨大意題。標題要與文章的內容相關,既要有高度的概括性,同時又能吸引讀者的注意力。TurningTrashtoTreasure既能體現出本文出現的trash,也能體現出所撿到的文件的重要性。該標題中的treasure與trash相呼應,既概括出了故事的內容又能夠引起讀者的興趣。

　　答案:C

　?、?短文改錯

　　假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

　　增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

　　刪除:把多余的詞用斜線()劃掉。

　　修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

　　注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;

　　2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。

　　Family is a most important part in my father’s life.He usually helps my mother do housework if he has any free time.Although he is a busy businessman,but he spends a lot of his free time hang out with my brother and me.He always supports my education.He sent me to the best schools and allow me to study abroad when I was 18.And he always listens to my idea even though they are stupid sometime.My father has a warm heart,whom is famous in our community.Most of my neighbors know my father because his kindness.Every time he sees the homeless in the street,he stops to give him some money.At weekends,he provides free rides for old people of our community.

　　答案:第一句:a→the

　　第二句:any→some

　　第三句:去掉but;hang→hanging

　　第五句:allow→allowed

　　第六句:idea→ideas;sometime→sometimes

　　第七句:whom→which

　　第八句:because后加of

　　第九句:him→them

　　nit 5　Theme parks

　　A級:基礎鞏固

　?、?語境填詞

　　1.The coastal areas have mild winters,but by contrast the 　(center) plains become extremely cold.?

　　答案:central

　　2.He was a fit and 　(athlete) young man who joined a physical culture club.?

　　答案:athletic

　　3.My last job lacked 　(various);I was doing the same things all the time.?

　　答案:variety

　　4.My daughter likes to describe her 　(fantasy) dreams to me.?

　　答案:fantastic

　　5.The date of the meeting has been 　(advance) from Friday to Monday.?

　　答案:advanced

　　6.The boys 　(amusement) themselves by drawing pictures of their teacher.?

　　答案:amuse

　　7.We have already discussed this matter at great 　(long).?

　　答案:length

　　8.The government is trying to 　(attractive) more investment into the shipbuilding industry.?

　　答案:attract

　　9.Sam has gained the 　(admit) to a famous university.?

　　答案:admission

　　10.She 　(major) in maths and physics at university.?

　　答案:majored

　?、?單句改錯

　　1.This kind of friendly and harmonious atmosphere is unique for our company,and you can’t experience it in any other place.

　　?

　　答案:for→to

　　2.Each group introduced “their country’s” culture,advance technology,environment protection,and new green energy.

　　?

　　答案:advance→advanced

　　3.Word came that the young businessman got close to be killed in the train accident.

　　?

　　答案:be→being

　　4.Don’t cry because it came to end;smile because it happened!

　　?

　　答案:end前加an

　　5.Everyone in the village is very friendly.It doesn’t matter if you have lived there for a short or a long time.

　　?

　　答案:if→whether

　　B級:能力提升

　?、?閱讀理解

　　閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。

　　A

　　Today we’ll talk about reading.When we read a text,our eyes move across a page in short,quick movements.We recognize words usually when our eyes still fixate(停留,凝視).Each time they fixate,we see a group of words.This is known as the recognition span or the visual span(視幅).The length of time for which the eyes stop varies from person to person.It also varies within any person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text.In addition,it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.

　　Unfortunately,in the past,many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the page.As a result of this misleading emphasis(強調)on the purely visual aspects of reading,many exercises have been designed to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation.For example,in some exercises,words are flashed on to a screen for a tenth of a second.One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point,taking in the words on either side.Such word patterns are often formed in the shape of pyramids(金字塔),so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive(連續的)fixation.All these exercises are very clever,but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words.Consequently,for these reasons,many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training,especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated(孤立的)words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.?

　　1.The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following factors except 　.?

　　A.lighting and tiredness

　　B.the length of a group of words

　　C.one’s purpose in reading

　　D.one’s familiarity with the text

　　解析:根據文章第一段的“Italsovarieswithinanypersonaccordingtohispurposeinreadingandhisfamiliaritywiththetext.Inaddition,itcanbeaffectedbysuchfactorsaslightingandtiredness.”可排除A、C、D三項,故選B項。

　　答案:B

　　2.The author may believe that reading 　.?

　　A.requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation

　　B.requires a reader to see words more quickly

　　C.demands a deeply-participating mind

　　D.demands more eyes than mind

　　解析:根據第二段的“Readingrequirestheabilitytounderstandtherelationshipbetweenwords.”可知作者認為閱讀需要大腦去理解。

　　答案:C

　　3.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

　　A.The ability to see words is not needed for an efficient reading.

　　B.The reading exercises mentioned are useless for reading.

　　C.The reading exercises mentioned can’t help improve reading.

　　D.The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far.

　　解析:根據文中的畫線句子以及前句的兩個句子判斷作者認為這樣的訓練提高閱讀該段文章的速度和能力,而對閱讀能力的提高卻微乎其微,故選C項。

　　答案:C

　　4.Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A.The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.

　　B.Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.

　　C.The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.

　　D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.

　　解析:根據文章第一段的“Eachtimetheyfixate,weseeagroupofwords.Thisisknownastherecognitionspanorthevisualspan(視幅).”排除A項;根據文章第二段的“Consequently,forthesereasons,manyexpertshavenowbeguntoquestiontheusefulnessofeyetraining,especiallysinceanyapproachwhichtrainsapersontoreadisolated(孤立的)wordsandphraseswouldseemunlikelytohelphiminreadingacontinuoustext.”排除B項;根據“Asaresultofthismisleadingemphasis(強調)onthepurelyvisualaspectsofreading,manyexerciseshavebeendesignedtotraintheeyestoseemorewordsatonefixation.”排除C項。

　　答案:D

　　5.The tune of the author in writing this text is 　.?

　　A.critical　B.neutral

　　C.supportive D.optimistic

　　解析:通讀全文可知作者對現在閱讀能力培訓持否定態度。

　　答案:A

　　B

　　Arriving in Sydney on his own from India,my husband,Rashid,stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.

　　During the first week of his stay,he went out one day to do some shopping.He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone.He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers,including his passport.

　　He reported the case to the police and then sat there,lost and lonely in a strange city,thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organised again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.

　　Late in the evening,the phone rang.It was a stranger.He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions.Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶)that had been left out on the footpath.

　　My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents.Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers.Her parents had carefully sorted them out,although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents.At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.

　　That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people.We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.

　　6.What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

　　A.Go shopping. B.Find a house.

　　C.Join his family. D.Take a vacation.

　　解析:細節理解題。從第一段中的“...lookingforahouseformeandourchildren.”可知,Rashid到了悉尼之后,計劃為家人尋找一座房子。

　　答案:B

　　7.The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from 　.?

　　A.a friend of his family B.a Sydney policeman

　　C.a letter in his papers D.a stranger in Sydney

　　解析:細節理解題。從倒數第二段最后一句可知,女孩的父母是從文件的一封信中找到了Rashid的電話號碼。

　　答案:C

　　8.What does the underlined word“restored”in the last paragraph mean?

　　A.Showed. B.Sent out.

　　C.Delivered. D.Gave back.

　　解析:詞義猜測題。從最后一段最后一句“Westillremembertheirkindness...”可知,那一家人把Rashid的文件還給了他。由此推出畫線詞restored意為“歸還”,故選D項。

　　答案:D

　　9.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

　　A.From India to Australia.

　　B.Living in a New Country.

　　C.Turning Trash to Treasure.

　　D.In Search of New Friends.

　　解析:主旨大意題。標題要與文章的內容相關,既要有高度的概括性,同時又能吸引讀者的注意力。TurningTrashtoTreasure既能體現出本文出現的trash,也能體現出所撿到的文件的重要性。該標題中的treasure與trash相呼應,既概括出了故事的內容又能夠引起讀者的興趣。

　　答案:C

　　Ⅳ.短文改錯

　　假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

　　增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

　　刪除:把多余的詞用斜線()劃掉。

　　修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

　　注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;

　　2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。

　　Family is a most important part in my father’s life.He usually helps my mother do housework if he has any free time.Although he is a busy businessman,but he spends a lot of his free time hang out with my brother and me.He always supports my education.He sent me to the best schools and allow me to study abroad when I was 18.And he always listens to my idea even though they are stupid sometime.My father has a warm heart,whom is famous in our community.Most of my neighbors know my father because his kindness.Every time he sees the homeless in the street,he stops to give him some money.At weekends,he provides free rides for old people of our community.

　　答案:第一句:a→the

　　第二句:any→some

　　第三句:去掉but;hang→hanging

　　第五句:allow→allowed

　　第六句:idea→ideas;sometime→sometimes

　　第七句:whom→which

　　第八句:because后加of

　　第九句:him→them