Unit13　People

第2课时

Ⅰ.完形填空

(2011•南昌调研)

Inthedepthsofmymemory，manythingsIdidwithmyfatherstilllive.Thesethingshavecometorepresent，infact，whatIcall__1__andlove.

Idon’tremembermyfatherevergettingintoaswimmingpool.Buthedid__2__thewater.Anykindof__3__rideseemedtogivehimpleasure.__4__helovedtofish;sometimeshetookmealong.

ButIneverreallylikedbeingonthewater，thewaymyfather__5__.Ilikedbeingatthewater，movingthroughit，__6__itallaroundme.Iwasnotastrong__7__，oronewholearnedtoswimearly，forIhadmy__8__.ButIlovedbeingintheswimmingpoolclosetomyfather’sofficeand__9__thosesummerdayswithmyfather，who__10__comebyonabreak.IneededhimtoseewhatIcoulddo.Myfatherwouldstandthereinhissuit，the__11__personnotinswimsuit.

Afterswimming，Iwouldgo__12__hisofficeandsitonthewoodenchairinfrontofhisbigdesk，whereheletme__13__anythingIfoundinhistopdeskdrawer.Sometimes，ifIwasleftaloneathisdesk__14__heworkedinthelab，anassistantorastudentmightcomeinandtellmeperhapsIshouldn’tbeplayingwithhis__15__.Butmyfatheralways__16__andsaideasily，“Oh，no，it’s__17__.”Sometimeshehandedmecoinsandtoldmetoget__18__anicecream...

Apoetoncesaid，“Welookatlifeonce，inchildhood;therestis__19__.”AndIthinkitisnotonlywhatwe“lookatonce，inchildhood”thatdeterminesourmemories，__20__who，inthatchildhood，looksatus?

1.A.desire　　　　　　　　　　 B.joy

C.anger D.worry

2.A.avoid B.refuse

C.praise D.love

3.A.boat B.bus

C.train D.bike

4.A.But B.Then

C.And D.Still

5.A.expected B.desired

C.wished D.did

6.A.having B.leaving

C.making D.getting

7.A.swimmer B.rider

C.walker D.runner

8.A.hopes B.faiths

C.rights D.fears

9.A.spending B.saving

C.wasting D.ruining

10.A.should B.would

C.hadto D.oughtto

11.A.next B.only

C.other D.last

12.A.awayfrom B.outof

C.by D.inside

13.A.putup B.breakdown

C.playwith D.workout

14.A.themoment B.thefirsttime

C.while D.before

15.A.fishingnet B.officethings

C.woodenchair D.labequipment

16.A.stoodup B.setout

C.showedup D.turnedout

17.A.fine B.strange

C.terrible D.funny

18.A.thestudent B.theassistant

C.myself D.himself

19.A.memory B.wealth

C.experience D.practice

20.A.as B.but

C.or D.and

Ⅱ.阅读理解

(2010•深圳二模)

In“Relax，We’llBeFine”，columnistDavidBrookswrites，“Thefactis，despitealltheproblems，America’sfutureisextremelybright.”

MrBrooksacknowledgesthe“Accordingtorecentsurvey,60percentofAmericansthinkthecountryisheadinginthewrongdirection.ThesamepercentagebelievethattheUSisinlong­termdecline.Thepoliticalsystemisnotfunctional.Afinancialcrisislooksunavoidable.Thereareplentyofreasonstobesad.”

But，hewrites：“Demographers(人口统计学家)predictthatoverthenext40years，theUSpopulationwillincreasebyanadditional10millionpeople，to400millionoverall.Thepopulationwillbedetermined，hardworkingandrelativelyyoung.In2050，onlyaquarterwillbeover60，comparedwith31percentinChinaand41percentinJapan.”

Astherisinggenerationleadsaneconomicrecovery，itwillalsoparticipateinacommunal(ofcommunity)one.Wearelivinginaglobalageofsocialentrepreneurship(创业精神).

Insum，theUSisontheedgeofademographic，economicandsocialrecovery，builtonitshistoricstrengths.TheUShasalwaysbeengoodatdestructivechange.Andit’salwaysbeengoodatdecentralizedcommunity­building，too.Surelyacountrywiththismuchgoingforitisnotgoingtowaitaroundpassivelyandletarottenpoliticalculturedragitdown.

1.Inhisarticle“Relax，We’llBeFine”，DavidBrooksintendsto________.

A.encourageAmericanstobeoptimisticabouttheirfuture

B.giveAmericanscouragetofacetheirfinancialcrisis

C.persuadeAmericanstolivehappilyandgenerously

D.inspireAmericanstoleadaneconomicrecovery

2.ThereareallthereasonsforAmericanstobeunhappyexcept________.

A.thefunction­failedpoliticalsystem

B.theincreasingpopulation

C.thedecliningeconomy

D.thewrongdirectionandfinancialcrisis

3.Overthenext40years，accordingtoDavidBrooks，Americanswillbe________.

A.moreoptimisticandhumorous

B.morepessimisticandstronger

C.moreenergeticandpromising

D.moreconsiderateandaggressive

4.Intheauthor’sopinion，America________.

A.hasalwaysbenefitedfromwars

B.hasdonewellbyitspoliticalsystem

C.hascontributedalottohumanprogress

D.hascontributedtoworld’seconomy

5.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat________.

A.Americanpoliticalsystemandculturearebackward

B.Americaisnotanationtogiveintodifficulties

C.Americansareverydestructiveandaggressive

D.Americahasbeeninaneconomicandsocialrecovery

(2010•南京三模)

Wetypicallyassociatetheword“science”withapersoninawhitecoatdoingexperimentsinalaboratory.Ideally，experimentsshouldplayasbigaroleinthehumansciencesastheydointhenaturalsciences;butinpracticethisisnotusuallythecase.Thereareatleastthreereasonsforthis.

1.Humanscientistsareoftentryingtomakesenseofcomplexrealworldsituationsinwhichitissimplyimpossibletoruncontrolledexperiments.

2.Theartificialityofsomeoftheexperimentsthatcanbeconductedmaymakethebehavioroftheparticipantsabnormal.

3.Therearemoralreasonsfornotconductingexperimentsthathaveanegativeeffectonthepeoplewhoparticipateinthem.

Facedwiththeabovedifficulties，whatarehumanscientiststodo?Onesolutionistowaitfornaturetoprovidetheappropriateexperimentalconditions.Wecan，forexample，learnsomethingabouthowanormalbrainfunctionsbylookingatpeoplewhohavesufferedbraindamage;andwecangainsomeunderstandingintotherolesplayedbygenesandtheenvironmentbystudyingtwins，whohavebeenseparatedatbirthandbroughtupindifferentfamilies.Inthecaseofeconomics，economichistorycanprovideuswithabankof—admittedlynotverywell­controlled—experimentaldata.

However，humanscientistsdonotjustsitaroundwaitingfornaturalexperimentstoarise.Theyalsothinkofsomeexperimentsoftheirown.Supposeyouwanttoknowhowababyseestheworld.Wecannot，ofcourse，askthebabysinceithasnotyetlearnttospeak.Soitmightseemthatallwecandoisguess.Peopleusuallywon’tchangetheirminduntilitwasfoundoutthatbabiestendtostareatsurprisingthingslongerthanatunsurprisingones.Thiskeyunderstandingwaslikeopeningawindowontothedevelopingmind.Therewasnowawayoftestingbabies’expectationsandgettingsomeideaofhowtheyseetheworld.Theresultingexperimentalevidencesuggeststhat，beforetheyaresixmonthsold，babiescanalreadydothefollowingthings:figuringoutthatobjectsconsistofpartsthatmovetogether，beingawareofthedifferencebetweenlivingandnon­livingthingsandevendoingsimplearithmeticwork.

6.Whatistrueaboutthenaturalsciencesandthehumansciencesaccordingtothispassage?

A.Bothhumanscientistsandnaturalscientistscanruncontrolledexperiments.

B.Experimentsdonebyhumanscientistsandnaturalscientistsareartificial.

C.Bothhumanandnaturalscienceexperimentsshouldbeofthesameimportance.

D.It’snotmoraltoconducthumanscienceexperiments.

7.Whatdoweknowabouthumanscientistsfromthispassage?

A.Theyarewhitecoatscientists.

B.Theyhavemoreexperimentalsourcesthannaturalscientists.

C.Theyconductexperimentspassively.

D.Theyfacemoredifficultiesincarryingouttheirresearch.

8.Whichofthefollowingexperimentsbelongstohumanscienceexperiment?

A. Vinegar_VolcanoVinegarandbakingsodamakeforafunandeasyscienceexperiment.Trycreatingavinegarvolcano.

B. TasteWithoutSmellPutyoursensestothetestwiththissimpleexperimentthatshowstheimportanceofyoursenseofsmell.

C.

D. MakeaRainbowUsesunlightandwatertomakeyourownrainbowwiththiscoolexperimentthatwillteachkidshowrainbowsworkwhiletheyenjoyafunactivity.

9.Whatdoestheauthortellusinthispassage?

A.ABCsaboutthescienceexperiment.

B.Someknowledgeofscience.

C.Somedifferencesbetweenthehumansciencesandthenaturalsciences.

D.Thesimilarityofthenaturalsciencesandthehumansciences.

课时作业(二十六)答案

Ⅰ.完形填空

[语篇解读]　本文讲述了作者在童年时与父亲一起享受的快乐。

1.解析：　考查名词。根据原文的and可知这一空所填的词应该和love是同义词，故选B。

答案：　B

2.解析：　考查动词。根据下一句中“givehimpleasure”可知，父亲确实喜欢水。

答案：　D

3.解析：　考查名词。根据上下文可知，父亲是喜欢水的，因此和水有关的自然是驾船游玩了。

答案：　A

4.解析：　考查连词。根据上下句可知，此处的意思是：父亲不仅喜欢驾船游玩，而且也喜欢钓鱼，这与前面说的父亲喜欢水是相互呼应的。

答案：　C

5.解析：　考查动词。此处的意思是：作者不喜欢父亲在水上活动的方式。did是泛指父亲以前所做的，而不是期望之类的。

答案：　D

6.解析：　考查使役动词。此处表达的意思是：让水在自己周围，即玩水。

答案：　A

7.解析：　考查名词。根据下面一句话可知：作者不是一个擅长游泳的人。

答案：　A

8.解析：　考查名词。根据上下文可知一个小孩子不敢游泳是因为害怕水，而不是其他原因。faith信仰;right权利;hope希望，故选D。

答案：　D

9.解析：　考查动词。根据上文提到的，作者喜欢待在父亲办公室附近的游泳池玩，可知他乐意和父亲待在一起。

答案：　A

10.解析：　考查情态动词。根据上下文，此处的意思是：父亲常常在他休息时来看我。would意为过去常常，故选B。

答案：　B

11.解析：　考查形容词。根据上下文的意思可知：父亲是游泳池唯一一个没有穿泳衣的人。

答案：　B

12.解析：　考查动词词组搭配。根据下文：我坐在父亲办公桌前的木椅子上可知，我当时是在父亲的办公室里，而不是路过(goby)、离开(goawayfrom)或出去(gooutof)。

答案：　D

13.解析：　考查动词短语搭配。根据下文15空前面的playwith的提示可知答案。

答案：　C

14.解析：　考查连词。while意为与此同时。父亲工作时，我一个人被留在了办公室。themoment一……就;thefirsttime第一次;before在……之前，都不符合句意。

答案：　C

15.解析：　考查名词。根据上下文可知作者是在父亲的办公室里玩，因此本题应选B项，意为办公室的小东西。

答案：　B

16.解析：　考查动词词组词义辨析。standup站起来;setout出发、着手做;turnout结果证明是，均不符合句意。本句的意思是：父亲出现了，然后随和地说。

答案：　C

17.解析：　考查形容词。根据上句的saideasily可知此处是it’sfine.意为没有关系。

答案：　A

18.C

19.解析：　考查名词。根据下文20空前的提示可知答案。

答案：　A

20.解析：　考查连词。根据上文的提示notonly可知，此处应该是but(also)这样一个固定连词词组搭配。

答案：　B

Ⅱ.阅读理解

[语篇解读]　文章通过一个专栏作家的分析，告诉我们，尽管美国最近面临很多问题，但是美国的未来还是很有活力、很有前途的，旨在鼓励美国人去乐观地面对国家的未来。

1.解析：　意图推断题。第一段是文章的总起段，下文都是围绕这一段展开的。由第一段引号中的内容可以看出，DavidBrooks的目的在于鼓励美国人乐观地面对未来，也就是说A项正确。

答案：　A

2.解析：　细节理解题。从第二段可知，目前美国的社会问题包括：thecountryisheadinginthewrongdirection;long­termdecline;Thepoliticalsystemisnotfunctional;Afinancialcrisis等，这些在A、C、D项中均有提及，利用排除法可以得出答案。

答案：　B

3.解析：　推理判断题。倒数第三段他对几个重要国家的人口老龄化问题进行了分析：40年后，与中国(60岁以上老人占31%)和日本(60岁以上老人占41%)相比，美国60岁以上的老人仅占25%，由此可以推断，他要表达的意思是：美国将更有活力(energetic)和前途(promising)。

答案：　C

4.解析：　细节理解题。从倒数第一段中的TheUShasalwaysbeengoodatdestructivechange可以看出，这几个选项中只有A项符合。

答案：　A

5.解析：　推理判断题。从整篇文章的内容，尤其是从文章最后一段最后一句可以推断出B项正确。

答案：　B

[语篇解读]　人文科学有别于自然科学，本文就人文科学的特殊性进行了阐述，让读者明白它与自然科学的区别。

6.解析：　考查细节理解。由第一段中的第二句话可知试验在人文科学和自然科学中应同等重要，C项正确。A、B两项明显与文章内容不符;根据文章中第3点可知那些对参加试验的人有不好影响的试验涉及道义上的问题，而选项D说做人文科学试验都是不道德的，这与文中说法不一致。

答案：　C

7.解析：　考查推理判断。根据文章中第1点与后两段内容可知人文科学家们在进行研究的时候面临很多困难。

答案：　D

8.解析：　考查推理判断。根据文章倒数第二段中的事例可知人文科学试验有一定的困难性，常涉及人体等方面的功能研究，因此选项C符合题意。

答案：　C

9.解析：　考查大意归纳。综观全文可知，本文主要介绍了humansciences与naturalsciences的不同之处，因此选项C正确。

答案：　C