四十的英语

课时作业(四十)

(时间：45分钟满分：100分)

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Everyyear,agoodmanytouristsareattractedtovisitthe

oldtempledating(date)backtotheeleventhcentury.

2．WhenJennymadethemistakeagain,therewasnoaltern

ativeforherbutto_take(take)thepunishment.

3．Onepersonshoulddescribehisorherside,andtheother

personshouldlistenwithoutinterrupting(interrupt)．

4．Annesharpened(sharp)herpencilandcontinuedherhom

ework.

5．Weareworkingontheassumptionthattheconferencewill

takeplaceasplanned.

6．Forestelephants，

asthenamesuggests,liveintropicalforestsandhavestraigh

ttrunksandroundedears.

7．—Look,thelatestiPadminiisveryfantastic.

—IfonlyIhad(have)themoneytobuyit.

8．Inordertodotheexperimentwell,therearchcenterhas

tokeepupwiththelatestcomputerandhardwareregardless

oftheprice.

9．Unfortunately,werushedthefallenoldmantohospital,on

lyto_be_told(tell)thatwewereresponsibleforhim.

10．Foraverylongtime,peoplealwayshavebeentryingtofi

ndoutthesignificance(significant)oflife.

Ⅱ.单句改错

1．Youcanbepaidincashweeklyorbychequemonthly；

ative→alternatives

2．→out

3．Thevegetablesshouldcutupintosmallpiecesanddropp

后加上be

4．→to

5．Theroadledtoourschoolwasdestroyedbyrainlastnight

.led→leading或在led前加上that/which

6．Allthepeopleshouldbetreatedwithrespectregardlessra

ce，less后加上of

7．ionissimilarw

→to

8．Assumeitrainstomorrow，whatshallwedo？

Assume→Assuming

9．Hesaidtheoldbuildingwasdatedbacktothesixteenthc

entury.去掉was

10．Whataterribleexperience！Anywhere，youaresafe；

that’re→Anyway

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

(2016·贵州六市联

考)Youmaynotpaymuchattentiontoyourdailyelevatorride.

Manyofusualiftveraltimesduringthedaywithoutreall

Gray,Ph.D.,oftheUniversityofNo

rthCarolina，

U.S.,hasmadeithisbusinesstoexaminethisoverlookedfor

ownasthe“ElevatorGuy”．

“Theliftbecomesthisinterestingsocialspacewhereetiquette

(礼

仪)issortofodd，”GraytoldtheBBC.“Theyaresociallyvery

interestingbutoftenveryawkwardplaces.”

on

eelcomesin,e，

accordingtoGray,liftursunthinkinglygothroughatpatt

theBBCwhathehadobrved.

Heexplainedthatwhenyouaretheonlyoneinsidealift,you

candowhateveryouwant—it’syourownlittlebox.

Iftherearetwoofyou,yougointodifferentcorners，

standingdiagonally(对角线

地)acrossfromeachothertocreatedistance.

Whenathirdpersonenters，

nthereisafou

rthpersonitbecomesasquare，

personisprobablygoing

tohavetostandinthemiddle.

Newentrants(新进入

者)totheliftwillneedtosize_upthesituationwhenthedoors

，

formostpeopletheruleissimple—lookdown，

orlookatyourphone.

Whyarewesoawkwardinlifts?

“Youdon’thaveenoughspace，”ProfessorBabetteRennebe

rg，aclinicalpsychologistattheFreeUniversityofBerlin，

toldtheBBC.“Usuallywhenwemeetotherpeoplewehaveab

outanarm’t’snotpos

sibleinmostelevators.”

Insuchasmall，

enclodspaceitbecomesveryimportanttoactinawaythat

cannotbeconstrued(理

解)asthreateningorodd.“Theeasiestwaytodothisistoavoi

deyecontact，”shesaid.

语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了电梯里一

些容易被忽视的礼节：每当有人进入电梯时，电梯里

人的位置随之变化，以此来保持距离和空间。

1．Themainpurpoofthearticleisto________.

A．remindustoenjoyourlvesintheelevator

B．tellussomeunwrittenrulesofelevatoretiquette

C．shareaninterestingbutawkwardelevatorride

D．analyzewhatmakespeoplefeelawkwardinanelevator

B[推理判断题。本文主要讲述了电梯里一些容易被忽视的礼

节：每当有人进入电梯时，电梯里人的位置随之变化，以此来

保持距离和空间。故选B项。]

2．AccordingtoGray，whenpeopleenteranelevator，

theyusually________.

A．turnaroundandgreetoneanother

B．lookaroundorexaminetheirphone

C．makeeyecontactwiththointheelevator

D．trytokeepadistancefromotherpeople

D[细节理解题。根据第五段Iftherearetwoofyou，

yougointodifferentcorners，

standingdiagonallyacrossfromeachothertocreatedistance

.和第六段中的

Afifthpersonisprobablygoingtohavetostandinthemidddl

e.可知，每次有人进来，他们都会移动位置来保持距离。故选

D项。]

3．Theunderlinedphra“sizeup”inParagraph7isclost

inmeaningto________.

A．judgeB．ignore

C．putupwithD．makethebestof

A[词义猜测题。根据画线词上文可知，每次有人进来，他们

都会选目测判断一下，然后再适当移动位置。由此可推测，画

线短语意为“判断”，故选A项。]

4．Accordingtothearticle,peoplefeelawkwardinliftsbecau

of________.

A．someone’soddbehaviors

B．thelackofspace

C．theirunfamiliaritywithoneanother

D．theireyecontactwithoneanother

B[细节理解题。根据倒数第三段提出的问题

Whyarewesoawkwardinlifts？以及下文的回答

Youdon’thaveenoughspace...可知，我们在电梯里感到尴尬

的原因是缺乏足够的空间。故选B项。]

B

(2016·皖北协作区高三联

考)tographer,

stson

wasborninthemiddleofalongstoryaboutTheEndangered

htercamealongwithapackofgraywolv

es.

Twentystorieslater,though,itwasthestoryinthatI’llremem

hestoryaboutthelossofwilderness—

s

edtakingpictureson

thedaywhenshefoundthattumor(肿

瘤)．Cruelly,stmas,shehadbec

ysshewassosickthatshecouldn’t

watchTV.

i

meyoucanfeelityourlf,it’softenbiggerthanthedoctorwa

ntsittobe.

swerealreadyshortwit

methisterribledia,unfairasstormathar

ceralsohasthepowertochangeus,forgoo

nedtosimplifyeverything,enjoyingwhatwehavein

steadoffeelingsorryforwhatwedon’evenmadem

hadmademeastrangertomythre

no

anewwayoflifeandnewwayofeing,allfr

omthecancer.

Intheend,lessofitthan

nthoughitturnedoutthatK

athy’scancerhadnotspread,andherprognosis(诊

断)wasgood,wetriedtomakeitallcountnow,enjoyingever

ypartofeveryday.

I’thesky,archingfor

nterstormscome,KathyandIgather

ourchildrenandtakethetimetocatchsnowflakes(雪

花)ll,whatwe’relivi

ngfor.

语篇解读在感恩节那天，妻子被诊断患有癌症。

正是这个原因，让作者改变了自己的生活方式，从

投入工作无暇顾及家庭的摄影师变成了一个珍惜和

家人在一起的人。

5．Asaphotographer,theauthorudto________.

A．leavehisdaughterwithapackofgraywolves

B．expresshislovetohisfamilyinaspecialway

C．missagreatmanyimportanthistoricalmoments

D．devotemuchmoretohiscareerthanhisfamily

D[细节理解题。根据第一段可知，作者作为一个摄影师，他

的大部分时间都献给了工作，连孩子的出生都无暇顾及。另外

根据第四段中的

“Myworkhadmademeastrangertomythreekids”可知，

“我”的工作使“我”对三个孩子来说成为了陌生人，故D项正

确。]

6．Whydidtheauthordecidetostoptakingpictures?

A．Tocurehisowndia.

B．Tospendmoretimewithhiswife.

C．Toekabetterposition.

D．Toleavethewildernessalone.

B[细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Thatwas...thattumor(肿

瘤)”可知，妻子患上癌症，于是“我”决定停止摄影，为的是能有

更多的时间陪妻子，故B项正确。]

7．Whatisthebiggestchangethecancerhasbroughttothe

author?

A．Hetreasureverybitoftimewithhisfamily.

B．Hebecomesastrangertohischildren.

C．Hetakeshisworkmoreriously.

D．Hefocusmoreonmedicalcare.

A[推理判断题。根据第四段中的

“Butcancer...abetterfather”可知癌症使我们改变了很多，我

们学会享受生活而不是抱怨，癌症使“我”变成了一个更好的父

亲；另外根据第五段最后一句中的

“wetriedtomakeitallcountnow,enjoyingeverypartofevery

day”可知，我们珍惜和家人在一起的每一刻，故A项正确。]

8．Theauthorandhisfamilycatchsnowflakesontheirtongu

esprobablybecau________.

A．thesnowflakestasteverygood

B．snowflakesarewhattheyfeedon

C．theyregardthatasawaytoenjoylife

D．thereisbeautifullightinthesnowflakes

C[推理判断题。根据最后一段中的

“Afterall,whatwe’relivingfor”可知，“我”

和家人把这当做享受生活的一种方式，故C项正确。]

Ⅳ.短文改错

(2016·沈阳二中上学期期

中)LastweekIwenttopayavisitformyformerneighbor，

udtolivingnexttoeachotherformanyy

alfayearago，

anordercamewhichtheoldbuilding，

alongwithmanyothersimilarones，

weregoingtobepulleddowntomakeroomforamainstreet.

wlivesinthesuburbnea

apartmentismuchmorebiggertha

yproblemisthatittookquitealongtimetog

ore，

esn’

saysthatnewsubwaylineistobebuiltinafewyearandhe

issurelifewillbebetterinthefuture.

答案第一句：for→to

第二句：living→live

第三句：which→that；were→was

第四句：I→we

第六句：去掉more

第七句：took→takes

第八句：Therefore→However

第九句：that后加a；year→years

课时作业(四十)

(时间：45分钟满分：100分)

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Everyyear,agoodmanytouristsareattractedtovisittheoldtempledating(date)backto

theeleventhcentury.

2．WhenJennymadethemistakeagain,therewasnoalternativeforherbutto_take(take)t

hepunishment.

3．Onepersonshoulddescribehisorherside,andtheotherpersonshouldlistenwithoutint

errupting(interrupt)．

4．Annesharpened(sharp)herpencilandcontinuedherhomework.

5．Weareworkingontheassumptionthattheconferencewilltakeplaceasplanned.

6．Forestelephants，

asthenamesuggests,liveintropicalforestsandhavestraighttrunksandroundedears.

7．—Look,thelatestiPadminiisveryfantastic.

—IfonlyIhad(have)themoneytobuyit.

8．Inordertodotheexperimentwell,therearchcenterhastokeepupwiththelatestcom

puterandhardwareregardlessoftheprice.

9．Unfortunately,werushedthefallenoldmantohospital,onlyto_be_told(tell)thatwewere

responsibleforhim.

10．Foraverylongtime,peoplealwayshavebeentryingtofindoutthesignificance(signific

ant)oflife.

Ⅱ.单句改错

1．Youcanbepaidincashweeklyorbychequemonthly；

ative→alternatives

2．→out

3．Theve

后加上be

4．→to

5．→leading或在led前加上

that/which

6．Allthepeopleshouldbetreatedwithrespectregardlessrace，

less后加上of

7．→to

8．Assumeitrainstomorrow，whatshallwedo？Assume→Assuming

9．Hesaidtheoldbuildingwasdatedbacktothesixteenthcentury.去掉was

10．Whataterribleexperience！Anywhere，youaresafe；

that’re→Anyway

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

(2016·贵州六市联

考)usualiftveralti

Gray,Ph.D.,oftheUniversityofN

orthCarolina，

U.S.,ho

wnasthe“ElevatorGuy”．

“Theliftbecomesthisinterestingsocialspacewhereetiquette(礼

仪)issortofodd，”GraytoldtheBBC.“Theyaresociallyveryinterestingbutoftenveryawkw

ardplaces.”

oneelcomesin,wemayhave

e，

accordingtoGray,the

BBCwhathehadobrved.

Heexplainedthatwhenyouaretheonlyoneinsidealift,youcandowhateveryouwant—

it’syourownlittlebox.

Iftherearetwoofyou,yougointodifferentcorners，standingdiagonally(对角线

地)acrossfromeachothertocreatedistance.

Whenathirdpersonenters，

nthereisafourthpersonitbecomesasquare

，

personisprobablygoingtohavetostandinthemiddle.

Newentrants(新进入

者)totheliftwillneedtosize_upthesituationwhenthedoorsslideopenandthenactdecisiv

，formostpeopletheruleissimple—lookdown，orlookatyourphone.

Whyarewesoawkwardinlifts?

“Youdon’thaveenoughspace，”ProfessorBabetteRenneberg，

aclinicalpsychologistattheFreeUniversityofBerlin，

toldtheBBC.“Usuallywhenwemeetotherpeoplewehaveaboutanarm’slengthofdistance

t’snotpossibleinmostelevators.”

Insuchasmall，

enclodspaceitbecomesveryimportanttoactinawaythatcannotbeconstrued(理

解)asthreateningorodd.“Theeasiestwaytodothisistoavoideyecontact，”shesaid.

语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了电梯里一些容易被忽视的礼节：每

当有人进入电梯时，电梯里人的位置随之变化，以此来保持距离和空间。

1．Themainpurpoofthearticleisto________.

A．remindustoenjoyourlvesintheelevator

B．tellussomeunwrittenrulesofelevatoretiquette

C．shareaninterestingbutawkwardelevatorride

D．analyzewhatmakespeoplefeelawkwardinanelevator

B[推理判断题。本文主要讲述了电梯里一些容易被忽视的礼节：每当有人进入电梯时，电梯

里人的位置随之变化，以此来保持距离和空间。故选B项。]

2．AccordingtoGray，whenpeopleenteranelevator，theyusually________.

A．turnaroundandgreetoneanother

B．lookaroundorexaminetheirphone

C．makeeyecontactwiththointheelevator

D．trytokeepadistancefromotherpeople

D[细节理解题。根据第五段Iftherearetwoofyou，yougointodifferentcorners，

standingdiagonallyacrossfromeachothertocreatedistance.和第六段中的

Afifthpersonisprobablygoingtohavetostandinthemidddle.可知，每次有人进来，他们都

会移动位置来保持距离。故选D项。]

3．Theunderlinedphra“sizeup”inParagraph7isclostinmeaningto________.

A．judgeB．ignore

C．putupwithD．makethebestof

A[词义猜测题。根据画线词上文可知，每次有人进来，他们都会选目测判断一下，然后再适

当移动位置。由此可推测，画线短语意为“判断”，故选A项。]

4．Accordingtothearticle,peoplefeelawkwardinliftsbecauof________.

A．someone’soddbehaviors

B．thelackofspace

C．theirunfamiliaritywithoneanother

D．theireyecontactwithoneanother

B[细节理解题。根据倒数第三段提出的问题Whyarewesoawkwardinlifts？以及下文的回

答Youdon’thaveenoughspace...可知，我们在电梯里感到尴尬的原因是缺乏足够的空间。

故选B项。]

B

(2016·皖北协作区高三联

考)tographer,mylifeismeasuredfromonest

stsonwasborninthemiddleofalongstoryaboutTheEndangeredS

htercamealongwithapackofgraywolves.

Twentystorieslater,though,itwasthestoryinthatI’hestoryabout

thelossofwilderness—

stheonethatmadetimestand

edtakingpicturesonthedaywhenshefoundthattumor(肿

瘤)．Cruelly,stmas,ysshe

wassosickthatshecouldn’twatchTV.

imeyoucanfeelityourlf,it’s

oftenbiggerthanthedoctorwantsittobe.

methisterrible

dia,ceralsohasthepowertochangeus,forgoo

nedtosimplifyeverything,enjoyingwhatwehaveinsteadoffeelingsorryforwhat

wedon’hadmademeastrangertomythree

anewwayoflife

andnewwayofeing,allfromthecancer.

Intheend,

eventhoughitturnedoutthatKathy’scancerhadnotspread,andherprognosis(诊

断)wasgood,wetriedtomakeitallcountnow,enjoyingeverypartofeveryday.

I’thesky,ntersto

rmscome,KathyandIgatherourchildrenandtakethetimetocatchsnowflakes(雪

花)ll,whatwe’relivingfor.

语篇解读在感恩节那天，妻子被诊断患有癌症。正是这个原因，让作者改变

了自己的生活方式，从投入工作无暇顾及家庭的摄影师变成了一个珍惜和家人

在一起的人。

5．Asaphotographer,theauthorudto________.

A．leavehisdaughterwithapackofgraywolves

B．expresshislovetohisfamilyinaspecialway

C．missagreatmanyimportanthistoricalmoments

D．devotemuchmoretohiscareerthanhisfamily

D[细节理解题。根据第一段可知，作者作为一个摄影师，他的大部分时间都献给了工作，连

孩子的出生都无暇顾及。另外根据第四段中的

“Myworkhadmademeastrangertomythreekids”可知，“我”的工作使“我”对三个孩子来说

成为了陌生人，故D项正确。]

6．Whydidtheauthordecidetostoptakingpictures?

A．Tocurehisowndia.

B．Tospendmoretimewithhiswife.

C．Toekabetterposition.

D．Toleavethewildernessalone.

B[细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Thatwas...thattumor(肿瘤)”可知，妻子患上癌症，于是

“我”决定停止摄影，为的是能有更多的时间陪妻子，故B项正确。]

7．Whatisthebiggestchangethecancerhasbroughttotheauthor?

A．Hetreasureverybitoftimewithhisfamily.

B．Hebecomesastrangertohischildren.

C．Hetakeshisworkmoreriously.

D．Hefocusmoreonmedicalcare.

A[推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Butcancer...abetterfather”可知癌症使我们改变了很多，

我们学会享受生活而不是抱怨，癌症使“我”变成了一个更好的父亲；另外根据第五段最后一句

中的“wetriedtomakeitallcountnow,enjoyingeverypartofeveryday”可知，我们珍惜和家

人在一起的每一刻，故A项正确。]

8．Theauthorandhisfamilycatchsnowflakesontheirtonguesprobablybecau________.

A．thesnowflakestasteverygood

B．snowflakesarewhattheyfeedon

C．theyregardthatasawaytoenjoylife

D．thereisbeautifullightinthesnowflakes

C[推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Afterall,whatwe’relivingfor”可知，

“我”和家人把这当做享受生活的一种方式，故C项正确。]

Ⅳ.短文改错

(2016·沈阳二中上学期期中)LastweekIwenttopayavisitformyformerneighbor，

alfayearago，

anordercamewhichtheoldbuilding，alongwithmanyothersimilarones，

weregoingtobepulleddowntomakeroomforamainstreet.

apar

yproblemisthatittookquitealongtimetog

ore，

esn’thatnewsubwaylineist

obebuiltinafewyearandheissurelifewillbebetterinthefuture.

答案第一句：for→to

第二句：living→live

第三句：which→that；were→was

第四句：I→we

第六句：去掉more

第七句：took→takes

第八句：Therefore→However

第九句：that后加a；year→years