课时讲练通高中英语 Module 4 A Social SurveyMy Neighbourhood Period 3 Grammar课后阅读训练 外研版必修1.doc

module 4 a social survey-my neighbourhood period 3 grammar. 阅读理解our town is in the eastern part of our country. once a year, we elect a girl to show how beautiful and great our town is. all the girls are eager to get this position in an effort to become popular. it was not an easy choice, since there were eight girls to choose from. the elder judge finally decided that either sara or may would get the position. both girls were beautiful with extraordinary appearance. besides, they had a good education and cared about how pollution had a bad effect on the earth. most importantly, both girls got up early to eat eggs at their breakfast. eggs were important to people of the east of our town because the economy here depended mainly on the production of eggs. “either girl will win, ”my father said, “but someone will cry in the end. ”“either will be fine, ”i said, “they are both great girls. ”the final round was held at the east edge of our town. sara lived nearby so she did not need to get up early to arrive. however, she was the first person there. “you know what they say about the early bird. ”she said with a smile. however, may arrived fifteen minutes late to the competition. “its the taxi drivers fault, ”she said, “i told him to head east, but he was in one ear and thought i said bread cheese. you know, bread cheese is the name of our neighboring town. ”i thought may would certainly lose because she was late, but to my surprise, she turned out to be the winner. the judges liked her answer to their last question, “if you could have anything in the world, what would it be? ”sara replied, “world peace. ”may, on the other hand, said, “better market to have our eggs sell well. ”【语篇概述】本文介绍了作者所在的城镇选女代言人的经过。1. what does the underlined sentence“you know what they say about the early bird. ”mean? a. she liked the early bird very much. b. she was sure that she would succeed. c. she lived nearby, so she should get there early. d. she wanted to show off her good language knowledge. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。根据第五段及下文可以看出她对自己获胜非常有信心。2. why was may chosen in the end? a. because she arrived late and gave enough explanation. b. because she gave a different answer from saras. c. because she looked more beautiful than sara. d. because her answer was more practical than saras. 【解析】选d。推理判断题。根据最后一段sara replied, “world peace. ”may, on the other hand, said, “better market to have our eggs sell well. ”可知。3. according to the passage, which of the following maps is correct? 【解析】选c。推理判断题。根据our town is in the eastern part of our country. 和the final round was held at the east edge of our town. 及you know, bread cheese is the name of our neighboring town. 可知。. 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。travel 1. _(become)a fixture in many peoples lives. gone are the 2. _(day)when travel was restricted to 3. _of wealth and fame. nowadays, it is not 4. _(common)for students to travel to europe for a summer of backpacking, or even to see the elderly 5. _(hike)in the peruvian andes(安第斯山脉). 6. _most tourists still choose to go with a group of travelers, many people are leaving the tour bus behind and 7. _(choose)to travel outside of a tourist group. with the increase 8. _travel and tourism, countries such as thailand are finding major portions of their economy 9. _(fund)by“tourist”dollars. with this money from tourists, these countries are improving the lives of their people and building 10. _their home country. 1. 【解析】has become。考查时态。根据句意可知用现在完成时, 主语travel是第三人称单数, 故用has become。2. 【解析】days。考查名词。这是一个倒装句, 谓语动词是are, 主语就是复数名词, days“时代, 时期”。3. 【解析】those。考查代词。指代那些有钱的人, 故用代词those。4. 【解析】uncommon。考查形容词。由句子可知本句是双重否定句, 意为学生去欧洲旅游是正常的。5. 【解析】hiking。考查非谓语动词。see sb. doing sth. 看到某人在做某事。6. 【解析】although。考查连词。句子缺少连词, 根据句意可知是让步状语从句, 故填although。7. 【解析】choosing。考查时态。and连接两个并列成分many people are leaving the tour