课时分层作业(八) Section Ⅲ、Ⅳ
[语言知识练习固基础]
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1．The method ems good，but it needs to be tried out．
2．While walking(walk) along the street，I heard my name called.
3．We are trying to form a harmonious(harmony) society to meet people's need.
4．Plea keep your things together.They are not in good order.
5. I'll just get the dishes washed(wash) and then I'll come.
6．The judge praid the firefighters for their bravery and devotion(devote) to duty.
7．It's difficult to keep pace with the rapid change of the situations.
8．Far from helping(help) the situation，you have just made it wor.
9．We tried in vain to persuade him not to smoke，and he continued to smoke when we were not at home.
10．I love sailing on the lake.It's so refreshing (refresh) to feel the wind in my hair and water on my face.
Ⅱ.单句改错
1．The singer told us that her new album would be come out the next month.
去掉be
2．Every effort has been devoted to study the origin of cancer.
study→studying
3．I advid him to think twice before deciding to quit from school.
去掉from
4．Misunderstanding arin from the lack of communication can be cleared up.
arin→arising
5．She encourages us to think carefully every time when she puts forward questions.
去掉when
[高考题型练习提能力]
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Kendrick Lamar，who was born on June 17，1987 in Compton，California，has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music.He is the first winner who is not a classical or jazz musician.Columbia University awards the music prizes each year，which are a great honor.Lamar also got $15，000.
Farah Griffin，a teacher at the school，was in the group that picked Lamar's album for the Pulitzer Prize.“It's big for hip hop.I think it's also big for our country and for music，”she said，“But it's big for the Pulitzer Prize，too.”
Lamar's album is called “DAMN”，which includes words that adults may not want kids to hear.He us rhymes to tell stories about black life.His songs are about race，social justice and problems with police.But they are also about love and hope.
Music experts love the album.Music buyers do，too.That is something new as past Pulitzer Prize winners have been loved by experts，but they have not always sold a lot of albums.
Griffin said she thought some people “wouldn't like the idea”of giving the prize to a rapper.She thought some might be angry.But she was surprid.“I haven't heard a lot of that，”she said.
Regina Carter was also in the group that picked the album.“If a work is great enough，you can't deny(否认)it，”she said.
The first Pulitzer Prizes were given in 1917，and music started to be honored in 1943.Awards ud to go only to writers of classical music becau it is more formal and it came from Europe.The Pulitzer Prizes have not always honored AfricanAmerican musicians.Some wanted to give a special prize in 1965 to Duke Ellington，who was a great jazz artist，but he did not get a Pulitzer.A prize did not go to a jazz work until 1997.There is now more popular music among the prizes.LinManuel Miranda wrote the hip hop musical “Hamilton” and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。文章介绍了在2018年获得普利策音乐奖的说唱歌手——肯德里克·拉马尔。
1．What can we learn about Lamar from the text?
A．He put out his first album in 2018.
B．He learned hip hop from Farah Griffin.
C．He is a graduate of Columbia University.
D．He has made history by winning a Pulitzer Prize.
D [细节理解题。根据第一段中的He is the first winner who is not a classical or jazz musician可知，肯德里克·拉马尔是第一个荣获普利策音乐奖的说唱歌手，所以他创造了历史。 ]
2．What is special about Lamar's album “DAMN”？
A．It is a bad ller.
B．It is given a great honor.
C．It is unaccepted by adults.
D．It aims to tell his own stories.
B [细节理解题。根据第四段的内容可知，肯德里克·拉马尔的专辑“DAMN”不仅获得了专家的认可，而且在市场上非常畅销，由此可知，人们非常认可他的专辑。 ]
3．What made Griffin surprid?
A．Other music experts' opposition.
B．Some people being angry with rappers.
C．People's attitude toward Lamar's winning.
D．Regina Carter not wanting to pick “DAMN”
C [推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的内容可知，Griffin以为让一位说唱歌手获得普利策音乐奖会使有些人生气，但是事实并非如此，大家对他获奖一事持支持态度，这让Griffin很惊讶。 ]
4．Why did the author mention LinManuel Miranda?
A．To speak highly of hip hop musicians.
B．To introduce a worldfamous popular star.
C．To show the Pulitzer Prize has changed over time.
D．To prent the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
C [推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Awards ud to go only to writers of classical music及There is now more popular music among won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016可知，以前的普利策音乐奖都是颁给古典乐的，而随着时代的进步，越来越多的流行音乐也获此殊荣，作者提到创作嘻哈音乐的LinManuel Miranda获得普利策戏剧奖是为了说明普利策奖在随着时代的进步而变化。]
B
There are all kinds of ways to go fishing.Probably one of the most interesting ways of catching fish though is stilt fishing(立钓)，something that is only found in the clear waters of Sri Lanka，an island in the Indian Ocean.
