Module 6 课下能力提升(二十四)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
The Poetry Foundation recently named American poet Jack Prelutsky as the nation's first children's poet laureate (桂冠诗人). The group created the award as a way to increase Americans' love of poetry from an early age.
As children's poet laureate, Jack Prelutsky will give two public readings in the next two years. He will also advise the Poetry Foundation about children's literature and take part in projects concerning children and poetry.
Jack Prelutsky has been writing poetry for children for almost forty years. He has written more than thirty-five books of poems. His first book was called A Gopher in the
Garden.It was published in 1967. His latest is called Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems.
Jack Prelutsky is well known for creating new words by combining two words to create a new kind of creature. For example, he combined “radish” with “shark” to get “radishark”. “Lion” and “broccoli” became a “broccolion”.
Jack Prelutsky says children like his poems because he writes about things they care about. Poetry experts say Jack Prelutsky's poems recognize children's feelings. An example of this is the poem My Sister Is a Werewolf which is about how it feels to be different.
Jack Prelutsky also writes poems about American holidays. From the romance of Valentine's Day to the thrills of Halloween, from the stuffing (and over-stuffing) of Thanksgiving to the joy of Christmas, Jack captures these milestones of childhood with delightfully silly poems.
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. Poems with New Words Grow Popular B. First Children's Poet Laureate Named C. Children's Love for Poetry Increased D. Jack Prelutsky Awarded Nationwide 2. What is Jack Prelutsky famous for? A. His productivity. B. His long time of writing. C. Creating new words in his poems. D. His poems about American holidays.
3. Which is the right order according to the passage? a. two public readings b. A Gopher in the Garden
c. Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems d. My Sister Is a Werewolf
A. b, c, d, a B. d, a, c, b C. b, d, c, a D. a, b, c, d 4. What can we learn from the passage? A. The Poetry Foundation was set up recently. B. Jack has written thirty-five poems for children.
C. The new words Jack created in his works are easy to understand. D. Jack's poems about holidays are not popular with Children. Ⅱ.任务型阅读
Bored by the Chinese courses he was majoring in, Zuo Cheng, 18, couldn't imagine having to drag himself into class day after day, week after week, for four years.
The Beijing Language and Culture University student decided that enough was enough. 1.________
“It may seem like I've wasted a year and have to start college all over again, but now that I've settled on a field I'll be able to concentrate，” Zuo said.
Zuo is not alone.
At the China Three Gorges University in Yichang in Hubei Province 53 out of 59 students in the Physics Department took transfer exams last semester. 2.________
“3.________ Many students picked colleges before majors, only to discover their mistakes a few weeks after arrival on the campus，” said Jiang Xin, 20, who was able to switch to electrical engineering and automation from physics.He said that physics graduates had few other options besides going into teaching. 4.________
A new survey, of 2,500 students nationwide starting in September this year, suggests that as many as 35 percent of students are disappointed by their courses.
However, Shao Yangfang, who works at the admissions office of University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, advised students to consider both short-term and long-term goals.
“After graduation do you want to find yourself in a job very specially related to your college major？Or, would you like to possess the knowledge and skills that will enable you to work in many areas？5.________ Above all, your choice of major should
be based on your own interest, abilities and personality，” Shao said.
A. These are the questions students need to consider. B. He added that a career in education just didn't suit him. C. Many college students don't care about their future career. D. Unfortunately only 22 of them got a place on another major.
E. When we were at high schools very few of us understood how a major relates to a career.
F. When we were at high schools, we already knew what are hot majors and what are unexpected ones.
G. After rounds of exams and interviews, he managed to transfer to the Department of International Accounting.
Ⅲ.完形填空
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27,1807 in Portland, Maine. His father, Stephen, was a lawyer so Henry was born to a rich family. Henry began __1__ at age three. By the time he was six he was the smartest boy in the school. He was very __2__ at spelling and arithmetic. __3__ Henry loved to write and __4__ became very good at it. Henry' father wanted him to become a lawyer, but after Henry __5__ from Bowdoin College in Maine at the age of 19 he dreamed of becoming a __6__. Henry wanted to travel to Europe to study. He followed that __7__， and later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor at age 22.
In 1831 Henry __8__ Mary Storer Potter, a former schoolmate. He settled __9__ and started The New England. He and his wife travelled to Europe, __10__ he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch language and literature.
The next year Henry began __11__ in Harvard. He moved into a room of the famous Craigie House in Cambridge. In the Craigie House, Henry __12__ to write poems and books.
In 1812 Longfellow's poem Evangeline was __13__. Many people said Evangeline was his best poem. In 1819 he resigned from Harvard to __14__ his time to his writing. Song
of Hiawatha, written in 1820, was also very __15__， as it was one of the first poems
to __16__ the Native American Indian culture. When The Courtship of Miles Standish __17__ in 1857, it sold 25,000 copies on the first day of publication.
The next few years were __18__ with honours and rewards. He was __19__ to the House
of Windsor by Queen Victoria by __20__ of the Prince of Wales. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.
1. A.work B. life C. career D. school 2. A.glad B. good C. excited D. disappointed 3. A.But B. So C. Unless D. Since
4. A.suddenly B. immediately C. eventually D. luckily 5. A.graduated B. learned C. escaped D. finished 6. A.lawyer B. professor C. tourist D. scientist 7. A.route B. promise C. dream D. permission 8. A.ignored B. engaged C. welcomed D. married 9. A.in B. back C. up D. down 10. A.when B. where C. which D. what 11. A.teaching B. studying C. founding D. charging 12. A.regretted B. remained C. continued D. declared 13. A.published B. printed C. lost D. sold 14. A.refer B. devote C. prefer D. owe
15. A.terrifying B. necessary C. popular D. satisfying 16. A.select B. affect C. elect D. reflect
17. A.tried out B. put out C. brought out D. came out 18. A.presented B. hidden C. filled D. compared 19. A.forced B. invited C. taken D. carried 20. A.request B. offer C. order D. rule Ⅳ.语法填空
Robot teachers are now very popular with pupils in some primary schools in South Korea. Compared with human teachers, the robot teachers are 1.________ (patient). They never get angry and are always kind to the students. That's 2.________ the children can always get on well with their robot teachers.
English-teaching robots 3.________ (send) to three primary schools for eight weeks last December. 4.________ (equip) with a microphone and video camera, the robots teach students as teachers. Researchers found that the English-teaching robots helped raise students' interests in the language and build up their 5.________ (confident). More and more students came to like studying and they got better grades in exams. Meanwhile, other robot teachers, 6.________ can teach math, science and art, have also been developed.
Many people think these robot teachers should be used 7.________ faraway village schools so that the children there can also receive a good education. 8.________ (give) rural school children more learning chances, the South Korean government has expressed great interest in 9.________ (develop) these robots.No doubt there will be more and more robot teachers working with students. Perhaps they will 10.________ (complete) replace human teachers one day in the future. Who knows?
Ⅴ.短文改错
I was real sad when I found my bicycle went wrong again. Tired of repairing it again and again, I decided buy a new one. After school, I went to a shop locating in the center of the city with a friend called Jack. The black bicycle attracted my eyes as soon as we went into the store. It looked so cool that I could hardly wait to ride it. The shopkeepers told us that it was the latest bicycle.
He wanted to charge me for 800 yuan, that was too high for me. I just couldn't afford such an expensive one. Then I choose another one, which cost him only 200 yuan. It was
2017-2018学年高中英语外研版选修八习题：Module 6 课
