高中英語北師大版Unit16Stories課時作業(yè)5

課時作業(yè)(五)Unit16StoriesⅠ.語法填空1.Hepromisedtopresentme________abeautifulgift.答案：with2．Heiseagertoachievesuccess，________ontheotherhand，hedoesn’twanttoworktoohard.答案：butbuildinghadbeenoutofconditionforyears，sowedecidedtogetit________(rebuild)．答案：rebuilt4．—Willyoube________(avail)thisafternoon，John?—It’mafraidI’llbecalledinbymyboss.答案：available5．Manyofthemturnedadeafeartohisadvice，________________theyknewittobevaluable.答案：eventhough6．—Thelastone________________(arrive)paysthemeal.—Agreed!答案：toarrive7．Idon’tneedtheliteratureyouverymuchallthesame.答案：at8．Itwaswhathedid________whathesaidthatannoyedme.答案：rather9．Iguesswe’vealreadytalkedaboutthisbeforebutI’llaskyouagainjust________________.答案：incase10．Itwouldmake________(sensible)toleavebeforeitgotdark.答案：senseⅡ.完成句子1．Canyou____________________(弄懂)thispoem?答案：makesenseof2．Thejobwasn’tveryinteresting，but____________________(另一方面)itwaswell-paid.答案：ontheotherhand3．He______________________________(獻給她一束花)．答案：presentedherwithabunchofflowers4．Hewas____________________(傷得如此嚴(yán)重以致)hecouldn’twalk.答案：sobadlywoundedthat5．I’ll__________________________(讓人修自行車)whileyoucook.答案：have/getmybikefixedⅢ.閱讀理解WhenIwasgrowingup，Iwasinterestedinscienceandmathandlovedfindingouthowthingsworked.Atfifteen，Iboughtmyselfacomputerandtookitwerethedayswhenyoucouldtakethetopoffand，withthehelpofbooks，knowwhateachofthepartswiththatcomputertaughtmethatyoulearnalmosteverythingbydoing.MyearlycuriosityaboutcomputershelpedleadmetothejobIhavetoday，whichIwheneverIseekidsbecomingpassionateaboutaninterest，Itrytoencouragethem.It’sgoodtobealsothinkit’sgoodtotrynewwaysofdoingthings.Atoneofmyfirstjobs，Ilearnedthislessonthroughwassixteen，andIgotajobwiththeHoustonPost，sellingnewspapersovertheco-workersandIwouldcallpeopleandsay，“Hey，wouldyouliketobuytheHoustonPost？”Duringmyfirstfewweeks，IlearnedthatmostpeoplewhowantedtobuythenewspaperwereeithermovingorgettingIthought，“Well，howcanIgetthenamesofallthesepeoplewhoaremovingorgettingmarried？”IdidsomeresearchandfoundoutthatalotofthatinformationislegallyavailabletoIlearnedhowtogetthosenamesandaddresses，Isentoutofferstobuytheexperimentwasasuccess！Withinmyfirstmonthonthejob，Ibecamethetopsalesperson.Itwassimplyamatteroffindinganopportunityandtryinganewwayofdoingsomething.Kidshavefreshapproachestothings，andtheyoftencomeupwithgreatnewyoupursue(追求)yourinterestsandfollowyourdreams，alotcancandobigthings，andyoushouldn’tbediscouragedbypeoplewhotellyouotherwise.語篇解讀本文是記敘文。作者告訴我們不僅要對事物充滿好奇，而且要尋找機會嘗試新的做事方式。1．Theauthortookthecomputerapartto________.A．repairitB．doanexperimentC．satisfyhiscuriosityD．testhisknowledgeofcomputers解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的Ilovedfindingouthowthingsworked可知，作者之所以拆開電腦是因為他對電腦充滿好奇，想知道電腦是如何工作的。答案：C2．Theunderlinedword“passionate”inParagraph3canbebestreplacedby________.A．crazy B．carefulC．doubtful D．concerned解析：詞義猜測題。由本段出現(xiàn)的curiosity及Itrytoencouragethem可知，這里應(yīng)該指當(dāng)孩子們顯示出極大的興趣時。答案：A3．Theauthor’sexperienceofsellingnewspapersshowstheimportanceof________.A．patience B．creativityC．hardwork D．a(chǎn)clearaim解析：推理判斷題。由文中出現(xiàn)的trynewwaysofdoingthings和tryinganewwayofdoingsomething可知，作者旨在說明創(chuàng)新很重要。答案：B4．Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthetextisto________.A．encouragethereader B．entertainthereaderC．instructthereader D．informthereader解析：寫作目的題。作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷說明興趣和創(chuàng)新的重要性，旨在鼓勵讀者。從文章第三、四段及最后一段都可看出這一意圖。答案：ADolphins，notelephants，mayhavethebestmemoriesofanynon-humanspecies.Inanewstudy，scientistssaydolphinshaveshownanabilitytodiscriminateformertankmates’soundsfromothers’evenafterbeingapartfromthemformorethan20years.Thestudy，donebyresearchersattheUniversityofChicago，showsthatdolphinshavethelongestsocialmemoryeverrecordedfornon-tothestudy，dolphins’skillsinrecognizingthesoundsmaybebetterthanhumans’facialrecognitionskillsbecausehumanfaceschangeovertime.“Thisshowsusananimalabilityatalevelthat’sveryconsistentwithhumansocialmemory，”saidJasonBruck，anexpertwholedthestudy.Bruckcollecteddatafrom53comparedthedolphins’reactionstosoundsofformertankmateswiththoseofdolphinsthatwerenotfamiliarwitheachinitialstudiesshowedthat“dolphinsgetboredquicklylisteningtosoundsfromdolphinstheydon’tknow.”“Whentheyhearadolphintheyknow，theyoftenquicklyapproachthespeakerplayingtherecording，”Brucksaid.“Attimestheywillwhistle(吹口哨)atitandtrytogetittowhistleback.”Brucksaiddolphinsevenrespondedtocallstheyhadnotheardindecades.Inoneexample，BruckplayedarecordingofafemaledolphinnamedAllie，whocurrentlylivesattheBrookfieldZoo，forBailey，afemalenowinBermuda.ThepairhadlastlivedtogetheratDolphinConnectionintheFloridaKeyswhenAlliewastwoyearsoldandBaileywas20yearsandsixmonthsaftertheirlastcontact，BaileystillrecognizedtherecordingofAllie’ssounds.“Theabilitiesofdolphinsarereallywell-developed，”Brucksaid.“Butwhydotheyneedthiskindofmemory？I’mnotweshouldworkhardtofindout.”語篇解讀本文是說明文。文章主要介紹了對海豚記憶力的一項研究。5．Theunderlinedword“discriminate”inParagraph2probablymeans________.A．copy B．recordC．produce D．recognize解析：詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下一段的dolphins’skillsinrecognizingthesounds及文中多處出現(xiàn)的recognized可知。答案：D6．TheexampleofBaileyandAlliesuggeststhat________.A．dolphinshaveagoodmemoryB．dolp