人教版選修八Unit 4 Pygmalion reading課時(shí)作業(yè) (1).docx

unit 4 pygmalion reading課時(shí)作業(yè)一、閱讀理解 a“in the past going to the dentist wasnt always easy, but today it is! new dental technologies like air abrasion (研磨) mean up to 80% of patients dont even need a shot! other state-of-the-art advancements make your treatment completely comfortable. call me if you want gentle, affordable dental care.”dr. john b. gentletotal family carep children very welcomep comfortable ultrasonic cleaningsp sealants to prevent holesp fluoride treatmentsp lifelike false teeth and partialstomorrows dentistry todayc air abrasion means dentistry without drills or needles!c in-mouth camera examination provides unmatched diagnostic and treatment accuracyc computer imaging shows the results before work is donecosmetics(美容) for your best smilej teeth whitening fast results, very affordablej mercury(汞)-free, white fillings matches your natural teethj porcelain crowns for stained or bad-looking teethj natural looking, durableconveniencesa 24 hour emergency treatmenta cable tv in every rooma free second opiniona prepayment discountsa interest free financinga insurance accepteda credit cards and online pay acceptedcall now for your free in-mouth camera examination:1. who might be most interested in this advertisement?a. those who want to become dentists.b. those who want to receive tooth treatment.c. those who want to sell tooth medical equipment.d. those who want to write an article on tooth care.2. according to the advertisement, those who may go to the dentists are probably attracted by _.a. new dental technologies b. cheapest natural-looking cosmeticsc. free emergency treatment d. discounted in-mouth camera examinationbhe built a small house on a piece of rough land. in the wet season there was a plentiful stream, and over the years he encouraged the dry forest to surround him with a thick screen. the greener it became the easier it was to forget the outside. in time melio learnt how to live in spite of the difficulties up on that mountain shelf.his only neighbors were a family group of parakana indians who, for reasons known only to themselves, took a liking to melio. their chief never looked closely at melio and said to himself that this white man was as mad as a snake which chews off its own tail. the parakanas taught melio to catch fish with the help of a wild plant which made them senseless in the stream. it gave off a powerful drug when shaken violently through the water. they showed him how to hunt by laying traps and digging. in time melios piece of land became a regular farm. he had wild birds, fat long-legged ones and thin chickens, and his corn and salted fish was enough to keep him stocked up through the wet season.the parakanas were always around him. hed never admit it, but he could feel that the trees were like the rods of a prison; they were watching him. when they came to him, the indians never entered his house with its roof of dried grass and leaves. they showed themselves by standing in the shade of the trees at the clearings edge. melio could never persuade them to come any closer.the group guessed at melios hatred for his civilized brothers in the towns far away. they knew melio would never invite any more white men up here. this pleased the parakanas. it meant that traders looking for rubber and jewels would never reach them. their melio would see to that. they were safe with this man and his hatred.3. melio wanted the forest around him to become thick because it _.a. helped him forget the world he hatedb. prevented the parakanas from watching himc. reminded him of his homed. protected him from the rain4. melio kept himself alive during the rainy season by _.a. growing corn on his farmb. catching wild animals in trapsc. eating what he had in storec. fattening (養(yǎng)肥) his chickens5. the parakanas believed themselves safe because _.a. melio could protect them against the invaders b. no other whites would come to their land c. the traders would buy their rubber and jewelsd. melio never fought with them for foodcpeople from east asia tend to have more difficulty than those from europe in distinguishing facial expressions-and a new report published online in current biology explains why. rachael jack, university of glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均勻的) across a face as westerners do, easterners fix their attention on the eyes. “we show that easterners and westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” jack said. “westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.” according to jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. as a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. the researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 western caucasian and 13 east asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. they compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. it turned out that easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did westerners. the cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions, jack said. our data suggest that whereas westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. in short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. from here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified(多樣性) these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. otherwise, when communicating emotions across cultures, easterners and westerners will find themselves lost in translation.6. the discovery shows that westerners _ a. consider facial expressions universally reliable b. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth c. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways d. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions7. what were the people asked to do in the study? a.to classify some face pictures. b. to get their faces impressive. c.to make a face at each other.d. to observe the researchers faces.8. in comparison with westerners, easterners are likely to _ a. do translation more successfullyb. examine the eyes more attentively c.study the mouth more frequentlyd. read facial expressions more correctly9. what can be the best title for the passage? a. the eye as the window to the soul b. effective methods to develop social skills c. how to increase cross-cultural understanding d. cultural differences in reading emotionsdso bitter a dark winter day in 1942 was no different from any other day in this concentration camp. i was almost dead, surviving from day to day, since i was brought here with thousands of other jews. each day, as more disappeared, the hungry past seemed like a mere dream, and i sank deeper and deeper into despair(絕望).suddenly, i noticed a young girl, on the other side of the barbed wire, stopped and looked at me with sad eyes seeming to say that she understood. then she reached into her pocket, and pulled out a red apple. she looked cautiously to the left and the right and then with smile of triumph quickly threw the apple over the fence. i ran to pick it up, holding it in my trembling frozen fingers. her eyes twinkled. in my world of death this apple was an expression of life, of love.she came at the same time to the spot the next day. and again she brought me an apple flying it over the fence with that same sweet smile. for seven months we met like this. sometimes we exchanged a few words, sometimes just an apple. but one day i could barely speak as i said what must be said: “dont bring me an apple tomorrow. i am being sent to another camp.” turning before i lost all my control, i run away and i couldnt stand looking back.with months passing and nightmares continuing, the memory of this girl sustained me through the hopelessness. over and over in my mind, i saw her face, her kind eyes, i heard her gentle words, i tasted those apples. and then the war ended and i was freed. i lost everything that was precious to me including my family.but i still had the memory of this girl, a memory i carried in my heart and gave me the will to go on as i moved to america to start a new life. in the new york city a friend convinced me to go_on_a_blind_date with a girl named roma. reluctantly, i agreed. “where were you during the war?” roma asked me gently.“i was in a concentration camp in germany，” i replied.roma got a faraway look in her eyes, as if she was remembering something bittersweet.“what is it?” i asked.roma explained in a soft voice. “you see, when i was a young girl i lived near a concentration camp, where i used to visit a boy prisoner every day bringing him apples. i would throw the apple over the fence and he would be so happy.”roma sighed heavily and continued, “it is hard to describe how we felt about each otherafter all we were young and we only exchanged a few wordsbut i can tell there was much love there. but i cannot bear thinking that he was killed, and i try to remember him as he was for those months we were given together.”with my heart pounding so loudly, i looked directly at roma and asked, “and did he tell you not to bring an apple tomorrow because he was sent to another camp?”“how on earth could you possibly know that?”i took her hands in mine and answered, “because i was that boy, roma.”for many moments, there was only silence. we could not take our eyes from each other, behind which, as the veils of time lifted, we recognized the soul. finally, i said, “roma, i don t ever want to be separated from you again. now i am free, and i want to be together with you forever. dear, will you marry me?” i saw the same twinkle in her eyes that i used to see as roma said yes.on valentines day, 1996, i brought roma to the oprah winfrey show because i wanted to tell her on this national program what i felt in my heart every day: “darling, you fed me in the concentration camp when i was hungry. and i am still hungry, for something i will never get enough of: your love.”10. which of the following can describe the feeling of the author when he recognized the girl?a. bitter and grateful. b. surprised and joyous.c. embarrassed but hopeful. d. depressed but determined.11. what can we conclude from the passage?a. love frees us of all the weight and pain. b. war makes man grow up or sink down.c. a man can be destroyed but not defeated.d. wait is bitter but its fruit is very sweet.12. what does the underlined phrase “go on a blind date” in paragraph 5 mean?a. fall in love b. attend a wedding partyc. get married d. have an appointment13. which is the correct order of the following events?a. a girl stopped and looked at me with sad eyes as if she understood.b. i could barely speak because i was going to be sent to another camp.c. more people disappeared in the camp and i sank into further despair.d. i wanted to express what i felt in my heart on the oprah winfrey show.e. i went on a blind date with a girl and we finally recognized each other.f. i was freed but lost everything that was precious to me including my family.a. fedbac b. cabfed c. cfebda d. fbcade14. the article is organized _a. in order of time b. in order of importance c. by comparison d. by giving examples15. what could be the best title of the passage?a. great hunger for your loveb. apples pulling me throughc. days in the concentration camp d. a blind date in new york 二、 書面表達(dá) 請(qǐng)閱讀下面短文，并按照要求用英語寫一篇150詞左右的文章。taking babies on their flights can be unbelievably discouraging for parents. theyre often faced with the passengers who may get annoyed. stares, sighs, complaints and shakes of the head are just a few things that keep parents from looking their fellow passengers in the eye. therefore, some parents try to make it easier for their fellow passengers by handing out goodie bags as a beforehand apology usually filled with some candy and a set of ear plugs(耳塞). going with the bag is a note like this:hi stranger!my name is andaqi. i will be 4 months on january 15th and this is my first flight.ill try to be on my best behavior, but id like to apologize in advance if i lose my cool, get scared or my ears hurt. im also at the beginning stages of teething so i dont always feel good. i know im just a baby but i want you to enjoy this flight as well.my mom, niqelle, packed you this goodie bag with a few treats.there are also ear plugs in case my first public serenade isnt as enjoyable to you as it is to my mom.have a great flight and thanks for understanding!andaqi & niqellethis immediately went viral online. some think its a nice gesture and theyre just trying to be nice a good instinct in these tense times. however, others think differently as babies should not need to apologize for being babies. 【寫作內(nèi)容】1. 用約30個(gè)詞概括上述短文的主要內(nèi)容；2. 用約120個(gè)詞就上述話題發(fā)表你的看法，內(nèi)容包括以下要點(diǎn)： （1）你是否贊成這種行為； （2）用2 3個(gè)理由或論據(jù)支撐你的看法?！緦懽饕蟆?.寫作過程中不能直接引用原文語句；2.作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱；3.不必寫標(biāo)題?！驹u(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】?jī)?nèi)容完整，語言規(guī)范，語篇連貫，詞數(shù)適當(dāng)。_ _參考答案 閱讀： ba acb babd badbaa書面表達(dá)：possible versions: (approval)to apologize for their babies possible annoying noises, some mothers hand out goodie bags and notes in the name of babies to passengers around. this soon becomes a buzz topic. (30words)such an initiative and behavior, from