课时分层作业(一)
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．Teenage boys are always _(反抗) against their parents. 2．The two subjects are closely (连接)． 3．The cottage is tiny，but it's (迷人的)．
4. The scientists are (做实验；试验)ways and means of solving the problem. 5．The main purpose of industry is to (创造)wealth. 6．They planned to put up a (雕像)to Queen. 7．They've changed the (外观) of the whole building. 8．He was brought up by a cold and (专横的) father. 9．She was a lady of very (优雅的) tastes.
10．Interest rates are expected to rise by one (百分比) point.
【答案】 1.rebelling 2.connected 3.charming 4.experimenting 5.create 6.statue 7.appearance 8.domineering 9.refined 10.percentage
Ⅱ.阅读理解
On one of her trips to New York several years ago，Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.
“Hey, aren't you from Mississippi？” the elegant，white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger.“I'm from Mississippi too.”
Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.
“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi，”Welty said.“I didn't know what my New York friends were thinking.”
Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine.By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside.Welty's new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion(团聚)．
“My friend said：‘Now we believe your stories，’”Welty added.“And I said：‘Now you know.These are the people that make me write them.’”
Sitting on a sofa in her room，Welty，a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.
“I don't make them up，”she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years.“I don't have to.”
Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus.It annoys Welty that，at 78，her left ear has now given out.Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片断) of a particularly interesting story.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。全文讲述了著名作家Eudora Welty在纽约的朋友聚会上，遇到了两位陌生人。大家的交流对她的写作影响很大。她经常收集人们的所见所闻，写成自己的一篇篇文章。
1．What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe? A．Two strangers joined her. B．Her childhood friends came in. C．A heavy rain ruined the dinner. D．Some people held a party there.
【解析】 细节理解题。根据第三段“...the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up，she also pulled up a chair.”可知，除了那位陌生的女士，要跟她一起吃饭的人也加入到了Welty的饭局中。B项说“她儿时的朋友加入进来了”，文中只是说几个纽约的朋友；C项说“一场大雨毁掉了晚餐”，但是文中提到下大雨是在他们吃完饭离开的时候，吃饭的时候并未受大雨的影响；D项说“一些人在那里举行了聚会”，文中并未提及。
【答案】 A
2．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty's .
A．readers C．friends
B．parties D．stories
【解析】 代词指代题。联系本段“My friend said：‘Now we believe your stories，’”Welty added.“And I said：‘Now you know.These are the people that make me write them.’”可知，朋友们相信Eudora Welty的故事是真实的，正是在现实生活中从这些陌生的人口中得到的信息才让她写出这些故事。本文并未提到readers(读者)，故排除A项；文中虽然提到了party(聚会)，但此处them并非指聚会，故排除B项；文中也提到了friends(朋友)，但此处them并非指朋友，故排除C项。
【答案】 D
3．What can we learn about the characters in Welty's fiction? A．They live in big cities. B．They are mostly women. C．They come from real life. D．They are pleasure seekers.
【解析】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Beauticians，bartenders，piano players and people with purple hats，Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends，from walks through the streets of her native Jackson...”可知，她故事中的角色都是取材于生活中各个阶层的人。A项说“他们生活在大城市”，显然与各个层次的人不符；B项说“他们大多是妇女”，也与文章不符；D项说“他们是快乐的追寻者”，文章未提及。
【答案】 C Ⅲ.阅读七选五
There are many ways to fame.Whatever your own recipe(秘诀) is，if you want to make it really big，don't follow in anyone else's footprints. 1
1．Do something unusual
Celebrity(成名)is all about standing out from the crowd. 2 Charles Blondin started it all off 150 years ago.He walked a tightrope(钢丝)across the Niagara Falls to the American side，in front of over 10,000 breathless viewers.After his success，Blondin crossed the Falls many more times in a variety of ways: in chains，on a bicycle，and once，blindfolded.
2．Discover something
The bad news is that there are no countries left to discover.The good news is that in the rainforests of Brazil，there are about three million unnamed types of beetles.One of them could be yours. 3 Though no one will enjoy hearing your name，you will be famous at least until someone comes along and discovers a cure.
3．Appear on reality TV
4 The growth of “reality TV” shows like Big Brother which star ordinary people，means that anyone can possibly become a star. 5 While the show is being broadcast，you're the biggest star on earth，but once it is over，your glamour disappears，and the life of being a nobody is waiting round the corner.
A．What will make someone remember you? B．What really counts is to explore a unique path. C．Or discover a deadly disease and give it your name.
D．They bring you fame at the speed of light，but it fades just as fast. E．Do something out of the ordinary and you'll get your piece of fame. F．Try attending an event that addresses something you don't know much about. G．There have never been more chances for “regular”people to become famous. 【答案】 1－5 BECGD Ⅳ.完形填空
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life，college sets the stage for that exploration.I myself went through this 1 process and found something that has changed my 2 at college for the better：I discovered ASL—American Sign Language(美式手语)．
I never felt an urge to 3 any sign language before.My entire family is hearing，and so are all my friends.The 4 languages were enough in all my interactions(交往)．Little
did I know that I would discover my 5 for ASL. The 6 began during my first week at college.I watched as the ASL Club 7 their translation of a song.Both the hand movements and the very 8 of communicating without speaking 9 me.What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the 10 .This newness just left me 11 more. After that，feeling the need to 12 further，I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings.I only learned how to 13 the alphabet that day.Yet instead of being discouraged by my 14 progress，I was excited.I then made it a point to 15 those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term，I 16 an ASL class.The professor was deaf and any talking was 17 .I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 18 ，if there had been any talking，it would have 19 us to learn less.Now，I appreciate the silence and the 20 way of communication it opens.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章围绕着人与自我的主题，讲述了作为正常人的作者开始认识并喜欢上美式手语的故事。
1．A.searching C．natural
B．planning D．formal
【解析】 同义复现题。由上文中的explore new aspects of life可知，所填词与explore(探索)在词义上相近，故选searching(寻找)。planning计划；natural自然的；formal正式的。
【答案】 A 2．A.progress C．major
B．experience D．opinion
【解析】 上下文语境题。根据语境可知，此处指作者发现了朝更好的方向改变自己大学经历(experience)的东西。另外，第三段中的I had experienced也给出了提示。progress进步；major专业；opinion观点。
【答案】 B 3．A.choose
B．read
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