2021学年Unit 4 Space Exploration当堂检测题

课时分层作业(十一)

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．For 25 days, she never left her baby, not even to find something to eat(eat)!

2．He was the right person to do(do) the job.

3．(2018·全国卷Ⅰ)You don't have to run fast or for long to see (see) the benefit.

4．(2018·全国卷Ⅱ)The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve (improve) water quality.

5．(2017·浙江6月卷)Sixteen years earlier, Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring to cook (cook) a meal.

6．She is always the first to come and the last to leave(leave)．

7．Have you got a letter to write(write)?

8．Do you have the ability to read(read) and write in English?

9．(2018·浙江6月高考)The easiest way to accomplish(accomplish) this is to make sure you conduct yourself as a good neighbor should.

10．The tunnels provide a place for the turtles to slip(slip) into and protect them.

Ⅱ.完形填空

Costello was afraid of homeless people.“I was so  1  when I saw a homeless person walking along the street，” he said.But that changed seven years ago after his wife, a volunteer at a(n)  2  shelter, persuaded him to help with a holiday dinner for shelter people.Costello went to a store and bought  3  for the residents (居民). At the shelter，Costello gave a pair of socks to a woman. She asked him if she could have a pair of socks for a friend who wasn't with her that day. He  4  her another pair. “She started to cry and told me that  5  had ever given her socks before，” Costello said.“Then she gave me a hug.” That experience at the shelter helped Costello  6  his fear of the homeless. It also led him to set up a group called “The Joy of Sox”. “The Joy of Sox” collects socks from donors and gives them mostly to  7  in the area, where Costello and his wife Nancy live.But the group has been  8  its reach. It now provides socks to homeless shelters in 21 states and three countries.

Why socks? Costello explained that some Americans gave food or coats to shelters.  9  donating socks was not something most people thought about. Socks are very helpful in keeping people  10  in cold weather. Most of the time shelters can find enough food, but socks are much more  11  to get.

Costello said his hope for “The Joy of Sox” is that it is to be the best sock  12  in the world.He said, “We're starting a new tradition to break a new record every year, but it really isn't about us. It's about whom we are  13  ．” Costello expected  14  as many as 250，000 pairs of socks to be  15  by the end of the year.

【语篇解读】　本文语篇类型是记叙文，主题语境是社会。Costello曾经害怕流浪者，但是在妻子引导他帮助这些人后，他开始喜欢帮助这些人，并且成立了The Joy of Sox，用来给无家可归的人提供袜子。

1．A.excited　　　　　　 B．upset

C．annoyed D．scared

D　[根据空前Costello was afraid of homeless people可知，此处是指害怕。]

2．A.homeless B．animal

C．local D．temporary

A　[根据上下文内容可知，此处是指流浪者庇护所。]

3．A.food B．socks

C．fruit D．clothes

B　[根据空后Costello gave a pair of socks to a woman可知答案。]

4．A.refused B．invited

C．showed D．gave

D　[由前一句中的gave a pair of socks to a woman可知选D。]

5．A.nobody B．somebody

C．anyone D．everyone

A　[因为从没有人给过她袜子，所以她收到袜子后很激动。]

6．A.express B．hate

C．feel D．end

D　[由上文内容可知，送袜子的经历帮Costello消除了对流浪者的恐惧心理。]

7．A.shelters B．homes

C．farms D．factories

A　[根据第8空后provides socks to homeless shelter有提示。]

8．A.controlling B．expanding

C．choosing D．creating

B　[空前提到The Joy of Sox的袜子给了Costello和他妻子所住地区的流浪者庇护所，空后提到这个组织将袜子提供给了21个州和3个国家的流浪者庇护所可知，此处是指这个组织正在扩大范围。]

9．A.Because B．Therefore

C．And D．But

D　[空前提到一些人会捐给食物或外套，空后提到捐袜子是大部分人不会想到的东西，故该处为转折关系。]

10．A.warm B．active

C．different D．pleasant

A　[袜子在天气寒冷的时候，有助于让人保暖。]

11．A.comfortable B．important

C．difficult D．interesting

C　[根据空前的转折but可知，袜子是更难得到的。]

12．A.store B．company

C．design D．charity

D　[根据上文内容可知，The Joy of Sox是一个慈善组织。]

13．A.knowing B．helping

C．playing with D．laughing at

B　[根据上文内容可知，该组织的成立不是为了自己，而是为了他们帮助的人。]

14．A.hopefully B．certainly

C．gratefully D．seriously

A　[Costello希望到了年底可以有25万双袜子被捐出去。]

15．A.sold B．made

C．donated D．worn

C　[参考上题解析。]

Ⅲ.语法填空

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Reading aloud is a good habit for children. Some parents may ask their children to read aloud at 1.         early age, which may help them become more focused, according to a new study 2.        (publish) in the journal Pediatrics. These children trained to read aloud are not only better able to sit still but also better able to get along 3.        (good) with their friends and teachers.

The research 4.        (do) by a team led by Dr. Alan Mendelsohn of NYU Langone Medical Center. The researchers studied how children's 5.        (program) that promote (促进) positive parenting activities, such as reading out loud and playing pretend, affect children's 6.        (develop)．

Researchers performed a test after some children took part 7.         their Video Interaction Project from birth to age 3. At every visit, the families in the program were filmed reading or 8.        (play) with their children. The film was then reviewed by a coach 9.         helped parents learn more about their own powerful role in their children's growth. Results showed that these children could do things more carefully and had 10.        (few) attention problems by the time they started school.

【语篇解读】　本文语篇类型是说明文，主题语境是社会。研究显示给孩子大声朗读能提高他们的注意力。

1．an　[at an early age意为“早年；年轻时；在很小的时候”。]

2．published　[published in the journal Pediatrics是过去分词短语作定语，修饰study(publish与逻辑主语之间是被动关系)。]

3．well　[get along well with sb.意为“与某人相处融洽”。]

4．was done　[主语是谓语动词do的承受者，需用被动语态；此处描述的是过去的事情，故用一般过去时。]

5．programs　[由空后的that promote...可知，此处用program的复数形式。]

6．development　[这里意思是“影响孩子们的发展”，此处填develop的名词形式。]

7．in　[take part in意为“参加；参与”。]

8．playing　[空白处所填词与reading为并列关系，故填playing。]

9．who/that　[空白处所填词引导定语从句，并在从句中作主语。]

10．fewer　[根据空前的do things more carefully可知，此处应填比较级形式。]