高中英语（人教版）选修八Unit4Pygmalionlanguagepoints课时作业（8）
Unit 4 Pygmalion language points课时作业
Ⅰ.完形填空
Two sisters have a debate about which life is better: city or country life. The elder sister, who lives in a city, __1__ that city life is much better, __2__ they don’t have to toil (辛苦工作) in the soil, and can enjoy lots of __3__. The younger sister states that, their life is rough, but they don’t waste their time on __4__ things, such as meeting with traffic jams (交通堵塞), and have no other worries.看风景的人
The younger sister’s husband, Pahom, has the same opinion with her. He thinks that __5__ is good with their country life, except that he __6__ a bigger piece of land, so that he does not have to fear the Devil (恶魔). Pahom luckily __7__ to buy more land. __8__，with more land, his heart wants even more land. __9__ gain more, he travels to the Bashkir land. The Bashkirs have a __10__ with him that he can have as much land as much he walks through
out the __11__，for a thousand rubles (卢布). Their only __12__ is that he must come back to the starting point at the end of the day. Pahom’s __13__ to achieve more makes him walk so much that he __14__ his strength. So when he __15__ reaches the starting point, he has no strength to live and __16__. The Bashkir chie f laughs, and Pahom’s rvant states that he now needs only that much land that is enough to __17__ him.
Man is __18__ satisfied, and he often becomes greedy in an effort to __19__more. How much is more, can’t be defined, and it is up to him to __20__ how far he must go simply to achieve something he wants at the expen of others.
语篇解读：一个对土地有着过度贪欲的男人为了获得更多的土地付出了生命。
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1．A.ensures B．hopes
C．doubts D．insists
解析：选D根据上文“Two sisters have a debate about which life is better: city or country life.”以及下文的叙述可知，姐妹两个就城市生活好还是乡村生活好展开讨论。姐姐坚持认
为城市生活好。
2．A.while B．since
C．though D．whether
解析：选B根据该空上下文可知，since符合语境。姐姐坚持认为城市生活好，因为
他们不用在田里努力干活，而且可以享受安逸(comfort)。
3．A.food B．achievements
C．comfort D．scenes
解析：选C参见上题解析。
4．/doc/1818405414.html,eless B．important
C．natural D．dangerous
解析：选A根据下文“such as meeting with traffic jams (交通堵塞)”可知，妹妹认为农村生活好是因为他们的生活虽然艰苦，但没将时间浪费在没有用的事情上。
5．A.nothing B．everything
C．something D．anything
解析：选B根据上文“The younger sister’s husband, Pahom, has the same opinion with her.”可知，妹妹的丈夫同妹妹的观点一样，故他认为农村生活一切都好。
6．A.los B．owns
C．needs D．wins
解析：选C根据下文“so that he does not have to fear the Devil (恶魔)”可知，他需要一块更大的土地。
7．A.manages B．prepares
C．happens D．fails
解析：选A根据下文“with more land”可知，他成功地买到了更多的土地。
8．A.Besides B．Therefore
C．Otherwi D．However
解析：选D根据下文“with more land, his heart wants even more land”可知，然而，得到的土地越多，他想要的土地也越多。
9．A.In return to B．In time to
C．In addition to D．In order to
解析：选D根据下文“he travels to the Bashkir land”可知，为了得到更多的土地，他去了Bashkir。
10．A.talk B．deal
C．discussion D．date
解析：选B根据下文“he can have as much land as much he walks throughout the ________，for a thousand rubles (卢布)”可推断，他们有一笔交易。
我家的家风家训11．A.morning B．afternoon
C．day D．evening
解析：选C根据下文“at the end of the day”可知，他要走一整天。
12．A.rule B．wish
C．trouble D．condition
解析：选D根据下文“he must come back to the starting point at the end of the day”可知，唯一的条件是他要在天黑前回到起点。
13．A.willingness B．desire
C．ability D．way
解析：选B根据上文“his heart wants even more land”可知，此处是指他想要得到更多土地的愿望。
14．A.develops B．increas
C．los D．us
解析：选C根据上文“walk so much”以及下文“he has no strength to live”可知，他没了力气。
15．A.finally B．quickly
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C．slowly D．suddenly
解析：选A根据下文“reaches the starting point”可知，当他最终回到起点时。
16．A.stands B．smiles
0是正有理数吗C．cries D．dies
解析：选D根据上文“he has no strength to live”可知，他累死了。
17．A.reward B．bury
C．encourage D．satisfy
解析：选B根据上文的叙述可知，他死了。所以他的仆人说他现在只需要足够埋葬他那么大的土地了。
18．A.sometimes B．often
C．never D．occasionally
解析：选C根据下文“he often becomes greedy”可知，人永远不满足。
19．A.gain B．abandon
C．keep D．learn
解析：选A根据上文“he often becomes greedy”可知，他通常变得贪婪竭力想得到更多。
20．A.remember B．argue
C．regret D．decide
解析：选D根据上文“How much is more, can’t be defined”可知，取决于他自己去决
定走多远去获得他想要的东西。
Ⅱ.语法填空
“What would you do if you had only one day __1__ (leave) to live？”I asked this question to my young students when __2__ (teach) English this winter.
“I would watch television！”
司马迁作文素材“I would play with the computer！” ...
My heart was hurt. I was too frightened __3__ (listen) to more answers like that.
Ten years ago, __4__ their age, I had a different answer: I would spend the last day of mqianxing
y life with my dear grandmother.
When my grandmother was getting old and weak, my family bought her a telephone to make calls, __5__ could save time and the trouble of traveling to her home. Later we bought her a television. She must __6__ (be), we thought, very happy.
But I never really knew how Grandma felt. She __7__ (silent) pasd away without a word one night. When I heard about her __8__ (die), I felt a sharp pain in my heart. I tried to remember how my grandma looked but I failed completely! How could I remember? I __9__ (visit) her for ages!
