课时作业5
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2017·奋斗中学考试)
My heroes are the Singapore Women's Everest Team.In 2009，they became the first all-women team to climb Mount Everest.The team of six young women trained for seven years before they climbed the mountain.It was difficult for them to train because Singapore doesn't have any snow or any mountains.But they didn't stop，and in the end they made it.They worked hard every day for their dream so I really admire them.
——Lance Reed, 16, from Britain
My mum，Mary Evans，is a real hero.I have a very big family, with two brothers and three sisters.My mum works very hard every day to look after us, and she is very busy.She always makes time for everyone and she always listens to me if I have a problem.I really respect my mum because she always looks after my family and makes sure we have everything we need.
——Mark Sterling,17，from America
I admire the Salwen family from Atlanta，USA.In 2006, they made a very unusual choice.They decided to sell their house and give half of the money to charity(慈善)．They moved into a smaller house and gave $800,000 to charities in Ghana. I really respect them because they gave their money to people in need.
——William Kloster, 17, from Canada
I really admire Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple.He invented a new kind of technology.Apple technology is very intelligent(智能
的)．The products that he made are also really beautiful.Steve Jobs created a successful business in IT.I was very sad when he died in October 2011.I respect him because he changed the way people use technology all over the world.
——Richard Hale, 18，from Australia
1．What do we know about the Singapore Women's Everest Team? A．They thought of giving up during training. B．They trained very hard outside Singapore. C．They made history as mountaineers. D．They never expected to make it.
2．William admires the Salwen family's ________. A．wealth C．success
3．Who is closest to his hero? A．Mark. C．Richard.
B．William. D. Lance.
答案与解析
本文主要介绍了几个人心目中的英雄。
1．C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“In 2009, they became the first all-women team to climb Mount Everest.”可知，新加坡的女子登山队在2009年登上了珠穆朗玛峰，这对全年无雪的新加坡来说是很难取得的成就，由此可知，她们创造了历史，故C项正确。
2．D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I really respect them because they gave their money to people in need. ”可知，William钦佩Salwen一家的善行，故D项正确。
B．courage D．kindness
3．A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I really respect my mum because she always looks after my family and makes sure we have everything we need.”可知，Mark心目中的英雄是自己的妈妈，由此可知，Mark和他的英雄最近，故A项正确。
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2017·广西陆川县中学模拟)
Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3：30 a．m., there was a __1__ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from __2__ to toe, explained that he had __3__out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant (怀孕的)wife and his two children __4__at the car and said that he would hitchhike (搭便车) back. Once I had __5__a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both __6__，saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he __7__me back. Before leaving, I had turned the heater __8__in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and __9__. While the little ones played and ran __10__， I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the __11__. It was about 5 a．m. before they __12__. The young fellow asked me how much he __13__me and I told him that the petrol pump (加油泵) had __14__$15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”， but I wouldn't accept it. About a month later, I received a __15__ from interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to __16__ to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It __17__ out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most __18__ person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and __19__ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this __20__， a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
1．A.kick C．beat 2．A.finger C．head 3．A.driven C．come 4．A.away C．over 5．A.supplied C．equipped 6．A.sleeping C．quarrelling 7．A.allow C．lead 8．A.on C．in 9．A.neat C．warm 10．A.around C．nearby 11．A.drivers C．customers
B．hit D．knock B．shoulder D．hand B．used D．run B．behind D．out B．poured D．filled B．crying D．fighting B．ring D．follow B．off D．over B．hot D．attractive B．inside D．along B．guests D．adults
12．A.left C．ate 13．A.gave C．owed 14．A.appeared C．calculated 15．A.call C．check 16．A.get C．requite 17．A.pointed C．worked 18．A.generous C．serious 19．A.praise C．informed 20．A.lesson C．aspect
B．arrived D．disappeared B．paid D．offered B．exhibited D．shown B．letter D．notice B．force D．hope B．turned D．found B．successful D．powerful B．persuaded D．convinced B．business D．case
答案与解析
本文作者介绍了一次助人为乐的故事。
1．D 前门有人在敲门。kick 踢；hit 撞击；beat 击打；knock敲击。根据语境可知，答案选D。
2．C 一个年轻人，从头到脚都湿透了。from head to toe从头到脚。根据语境可知，答案选C。
3．D 年轻人解释说它的汽油用完了。run out of用完，耗尽。
高三英语(人教版)总复习课时作业5
