人教版选修七Unit 4 Sharing Using language课时作业(9).docx

unit 4 sharing using language课时作业第一节 阅读理解walt disney is credited for creating such wonderful things as donald duck and mickey mouse. however, he cannot take the credit for creating other well-loved characters, such as cinderella and snow white. they are almost automatically associated with disney because disney turned old fables(寓言)into cartoon movies.the original cinderella varies very much from the disney version we know today. it started off with the girl mourning her mothers death and going to her tomb three times a day. in addition, there were only birds that helped cinderella; there was no such thing as a fairy godmother or helpful mice, nor was there mention of a horse and carriage. the stepsisters were cruel: they always threw cinderellas food into the ashes of the fire, and made her sleep on the ashes on the floor, hence(因此)her name. in the original story, the kings ball actually lasted for three days. with the help of the birds, the girl, beautifully dressed, danced with the prince on all three nights and the prince fell in love with her. however, she broke away from him to rush back home each night. on the last night, the prince placed something sticky on the stairs; as cinderella made her escape, a shoe got stuck on it. here now is where the story becomes unpleasant: when the prince went to the house looking for the girl whose foot fit the shoe, the wicked(邪恶的)stepmother told one of her two daughters to cut off her big toe to fit into the shoe. the daughter did as told. so the prince took her away to be his bride. but, when they passed the tomb of cinderellas mother, the birds called out to the prince, “turn and peep, theres blood within the shoe; the shoe is too small, the true bride waits for you. ”realizing he had been tricked, the prince returned the daughter to her mother; the other then had to cut off part of her heel in order to fit into the shoe, with the same result. only cinderellas foot fit perfectly and so the prince chose to marry her. the story ends with the wedding day: as cinderellas two stepsisters followed her, pretending to be devoted to her so that they could enjoy the kings riches, two birds flew by and plucked(啄)out their eyes. because of their wickedness and falsehood, they had to spend the rest of their days blind. the original cinderella is so different from the disney version. thank goodness disney made such changes; it indeed was a wise move. 1.what does the underlined word “they” in the first paragraph refer to?a.such wonderful things.b.other well-loved characters.c.old fables.d.cartoon movies.2.how did cinderella get her name?a.the birds came up with it.b.it was given by disney.c.it came from the word“ash”.d.she got it from her mother.3.which of the following is true according to the original story?a.helpful mice got cinderella a beautiful dress.b.the ball was held to celebrate the princes wedding.c.cinderella left her shoe on the stairs on purpose.d.the birds told the prince that he had been cheated.4.the moral of the original story is that.a.a wicked person cannot escape punishmentb.a devoted person certainly deserves respectc.a well-behaved child earns a great rewardd.a dishonest child cannot get mother love5.what does the author think of the disney version?a.excellent.b.ordinary.c.dull.d.ridiculous.答案1.b2.c3.d4.a5.abpassenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the united states in unbelievable numbers. written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours. it was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the united states, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world. even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles(about 515 kilometers)long was seen near cincinnati. sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. where the birds were most abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. the birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants. by the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by americans need for wood, which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again. in 1897, the state of michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. the last confirmed wild pigeon in the united states was shot by a boy in pike county, ohio, in 1900. for a time, a few birds survived under human care. the last of them, known affectionately as martha, died at the cincinnati zoological garden on september 1,1914.6.in the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons.a.were the biggest bird in the worldb.lived mainly in the south of americac.did great harm to the natural environmentd.were the largest bird population in the us7.the underlined word “undoing”probably refers to the pigeons.a.escapeb.ruin c.liberationd.evolution8.what was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?a.to seek pleasure.b.to save other birds.c.to make money.d.to protect crops.9.what can we infer about the law passed in michigan?a.it was ignored by the public.b.it was declared too late.c.it was unfair.d.it was strict.答案6.d7.b8.c9.bcwhen i told my father that i was moving to des moines, iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. it was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of southern methodist university(smu)in dallas, texas. he also worked as a professor at smu, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. she couldnt afford the operation because her family was poor. her mother ran a boarding house in galveston, a seaside town near houston, texas. she was cleaning out the attic(阁楼)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿). on its top page were the words, “by o. henry. ”it was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at smu, who showed it to my father. my father had never read the story before, but it sounded like o. henry, and he knew that o. henry had once lived in houston. so it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the galveston boarding house, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. my father visited an o. henry expert at columbia university in new york, who authenticated the story as o. henrys. my father then set out to sell it. eventually, he found himself in des moines, meeting with gardner cowles, a top editor at the des moines register. cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot. my father took the money to the girl. it was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed. my father never told me what the o. henry story was about.but i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.10.who found the o. henrys manuscript?a.the girls mother.b.the authors father.c.the girl.d.the author.11.which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?a.o.henry once worked in houston.b.o.henry once stayed in galveston.c.o.henry once moved to des moines.d.o.henry once taught at smu.12.the underlined word “authenticated” in paragraph 2 probably means.a.namedb.treatedc.provedd.described13.according to the text,why did the authors father go to des moines?a.to sell the o.henry story.b.to meet the author himself.c.to talk with the o.henry expert.d.to give money to the girl.答案10.a11.b12.c13.adthe behaviour of a buildings users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the uk energy research centre(ukerc).the uk promises to reduce its carbon emissions(排放)by 80 percent by 2050,part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016.but this report shows that sustainable building design on its ownthough extremely importantis not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.the study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency(效率),which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.“technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything,” explains katy janda, a ukerc senior researcher, “consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design.”in other words, old habits die hard, even in the best-designed eco-home.another part of the problem is information. households and bill-payers dont have the knowledge they need to change their energy-use habits. without specific information, its hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices. feedback(反馈)facilities, like smart meters and energy monitors, could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use; some studies have shown that households can achieve up to 15 percent energy savings using smart meters.social science research has added a further dimension(方面),suggesting that individuals behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predictedwhether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat(恒温器),for example.janda argues that education is the key. she calls for a focused programme to teach people about b