人教版选修七Unit 5 Traveling abroad reading课时作业(7).docx

unit 5 traveling abroad reading课时作业第一节 阅读理解ahilversum is a medium-sized city between the major cities of amsterdam and utrecht in the gooi area of north holland, the netherlands. unlike most of the netherlands, hilversum is actually in a hilly area with the soil mostly consisting of sand. once called the garden of amsterdam, it still attracts travelers to come over to cycle and walk through the surrounding forests. they visit it for a relaxing day off from the urban madness. for dutch people, hilversum is all about textile(纺织)and media industries, and modern architecture. in history, hilversum was largely an agricultural area. daily life was marked by farming, sheep raising and wool production. a railway link to amsterdam in 1874 attracted rich traders from amsterdam to hilversum. they built themselves large villas(别墅)in the wooded surroundings of the town. one of the families moving in was the brenninkmeijers, currently the wealthiest family of the netherlands. they moved in after big success in the textile industry and aided a substantial textile industry in hilversum. but the textile boom lasted only several decades. the last factory closed in the 1960s. the change to a media economy started in 1920, when the nederlandse seintoestellen fabriek(nsf)established a radio factory in hilversum. most radio stations settled in the large villas in the leafy areas of the town. television gave another push to the local economy. hilversum became the media capital of the netherlands, and dutch television stars moved into the leafy neighborhoods surrounding the town. in the early 1900s, modern architects w. m. dudok and j. duiker placed hundreds of remarkable buildings in hilversum. these modern architectural masterpieces(杰作)are so many that hilversum almost feels like an open air museum. dudok alone shaped most of 20th century hilversum and approximately 75 buildings still bear his unique characteristics. his masterpiece, hilversum town hall, was built in 19281931. it has wide international fame and is included in many architecture textbooks. the building has a remarkable shape and looks like a combination of“blocks”. actually, one may start his journey of modern architecture by walking or biking the w. m. dudok architectural route in hilversum. 1. hilversum is different from most of the netherlands in that. a. it has a large populationb. it is cut off from big citiesc. it has many beautiful gardensd. it is in a hilly area with sandy soil2. what was the greatest contribution of the brenninkmeijers to hilversum?a. building a railway link to amsterdam. b. helping its textile industry to develop. c. constructing large villas for the poor. d. assisting its agricultural industry. 3. the beginning of the media industry in hilversum was marked by the establishment of. a. a radio factoryb. the media capitalc. a radio stationd. a tv station4. what is known about w. m. dudoks hilversum town hall?a. it consists of approximately 75 buildings. b. it looks like an open air museum in the city. c. it is a classic example in architecture textbooks. d. it has shaped most of 20th century hilversum. 答案1. d2. b 3. a4. cbyou are the collector in the gallery of your life. you collect. you might not mean to but you do. one out of three people collects tangible(有形的)things such as cats, photos and noisy toys. these are among some 40 collections that are being shown at “the museum of”the first of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectors. in doing so, they will promote a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent. some of the collections are fairly commonrecords, model houses. others are strangely beautifulbranches that have fallen from trees, for example. but they all reveal(显露)a lot of things;ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are. others on the way include“the museum of collectors”and “the museum of me”. these new ones, it is hoped, will build on the success of “the museum of”. the thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so. they hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect. some collectors say they started or stopped making collections at important points:the beginning or end of adolescence“its a growing-up thing;you stop when you grow up, ”says one. other painful times are mentioned, such as the end of a relationship. for time and life can seem so uncontrollable that a steady serial(顺序排列的)arrangement is comforting. 5. how will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?a. by collecting more tangible things. b. by showing what ordinary people have collected. c. by correcting what museums normally represent. d. by accumulating 40 collections two years from now. 6. what can be learned about collectors from their collections?a. who they are. b. how old they are. c. where they were born. d. why they might not mean to collect. 7. which of the following is an aim of the new museums?a. to help people sell their collections. b. to encourage more people to collect. c. to study the significance of collecting. d. to find out why people visit museums. 8. according to the last paragraph, people may stop collecting when they. a. become adultsb. feel happy with lifec. are ready for a relationshipd. feel time to be uncontrollable答案5. b6. a7. c8. acthe idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aidwe simply weigh too much, and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink. however, several types of animals can walk on water. one of the most interesting is the common basilisk basilicus basilicus, a lizard(蜥蜴)native to central and south america. it can run across water for a distance of several meters, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the waters surface with its feet. the lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward. for humans to do this, wed need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate “hitting. ”but fortunately there is an alternative: cornflour. by adding enough of this common thickening agent to water(and it does take a lot), you can create a “non-newtonian” liquid that doesnt behave like normal water. now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles(粒子)in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick liquid of cornflour. fun though all this may sound, its still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice. if you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sinkand take a shower afterward!9. walking on water hasnt become a reality mainly because humans. a. are not interested in itb. have biological limitationsc. have not invented proper toolsd. are afraid to make an attempt10 what do we know about basilicus basilicus from the passage?a. it is light enough to walk on water. b. its huge feet enable it to stay above water. c. it can run across water at a certain speed. d. its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in water. 11. what is the function of the cornflour according to the passage?a. to create a thick liquid. b. to turn the water into solid. c. to help the liquid behave normally. d. to enable the water to move rapidly. 12. what is the authors attitude toward the idea of humans walking on water?a. it is risky but beneficial. b. it is interesting and worth trying. c. it is crazy and cannot become a reality. d. it is impractical though theoretically possible. 答案9. b10. c11. a12. ddsummer activitiesstudents should read the list with their parents/carers, and select two activities they would like to do. forms will be available in school and online for them to indicate their choices and return to school. before choices are finalised, parents/carers will be asked to sign to confirm their childs choices. activitydescriptionmember of staffcostoutdoor adventure (out)take yourself out of your comfort zone for a week, discover new personal qualities, and learn new skills. you will be able to take part in a number of activities from canoeing to wild camping on dartmoor. learn rock climbing and work as a team, and enjoy the great outdoor environment. mr. clemens140wwbattlefields and paris(wbp)on monday we travel to london. after staying overnight in london, we travel on day 2 to northern france to visit the world war battlefields. on day 3 we cross into belgium. thursday sees us make the short journey to paris where we will visit disneyland paris park, staying until late to see the parade and the fireworks. our final day, friday, sees us visit