人教版选修七Unit 4 Sharing learning about language课时作业（3）.docx

unit 4 sharing learning about language课时作业第一节 阅读理解apeople arent walking any moreif they can figure out a way to avoid it. i felt superior about this matter until the other day i took my car to mail a small parcel. the journey is a matter of 281 steps. but i used the car. and i wasnt in any hurry, either. i had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis. it is an illness to which i had thought myself immune(免疫的), for i was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. at that time, we regarded 25 miles as a good days walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as a sign of strength and skill. it did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. and the effect was lasting. when i was 45 years old i racedand beata teenage football player the 168 steps up the statue of liberty. such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. but a well-known british physician, sir adolphe abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. a person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. and walking is an ideal form of exercisethe most familiar and natural of all. it was henry thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. the man walking can learn the trees, flowers, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. he cannot learn in a car. the car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. many people dont dare to approach nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. to them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. and much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green. i say that the green of forests is the minds best light. and none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting. 1. what is the national sickness?a. walking too much. b. traveling too much. c. driving cars too much. d. climbing stairs too much. 2. what was life like when the author was young?a. people usually went around on foot. b. people often walked 25 miles a day. c. people used to climb the statue of liberty. d. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship. 3. the author mentions henry thoreau to prove that. a. middle-aged people like getting back to natureb. walking in nature helps enrich ones mindc. people need regular exercise to keep fitd. going on foot prevents heart disease4. what is compared to “a steel river” in paragraph 6?a. a queue of cars. b. a ray of traffic light. c. a flash of lightning. d. a stream of people. 5. what is the authors intention of writing this passage?a. to tell people to reflect more on life. b. to recommend people to give up driving. c. to advise people to do outdoor activities. d. to encourage people to return to walking. 答案1. c2. a3. b4. a5. dba schoolgirl saved her fathers life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic(过敏的)reaction which stopped his heart. izzy, nine, restarted father colms heart by stamping(踩)on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing. izzys mother, debbie, immediately called 999 but izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use cpr. however, she quickly discovered her arms werent strong enough, so she stamped on her fathers chest instead. debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions(按压)until the ambulance arrived. izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said:“i just kicked him really hard. my mum taught me cpr but i knew i wasnt strong enough to use hands. i was quite scared. the doctor said i might as well be a doctor or a nurse. my mum said that dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest. ”“shes a little star, ” said debbie. “i was really upset but izzy just took over. i just cant believe what she did. i really think all children should be taught first aid. izzy did cpr then the doctor turned up. colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and weve got to see an expert. ”truck driver colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. the second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment. he has now made a full recovery from his suffering. 6. izzy kicked her father in the chest. a. to express her helplessnessb. to practise cpr on himc. to keep him awaked. to restart his heart7. whats the right order of the events?izzy kicked colm. debbie called 999. izzy learned cpr. colms heart stopped. a. b. c. d. 8. what does paragraph 8 mainly talk about?a. what colm suffered. b. colms present condition. c. what caused colms allergy. d. symptoms of colms allergic reaction. 9. why does the author write the news?a. to describe a serious accident. b. to prove the importance of cpr. c. to report a 9-year-old girls brave act. d. to call peoples attention to allergic reaction. 答案6. d7. c8. a9. ccin 1943, when i was 4, my parents moved from coeur dalene, idaho, to fairbanks, alaska, where adventure was never very far away. we arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. all that sunlight was fantastic for moms vegetable garden. working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didnt care much about my bedtime. dad was a railway express agent and mom was his clerk. that left me in a mess. i usually managed to find some trouble to get into. once i had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. i had tried to light a barrel(桶)of paint but couldnt really get a good fire going. the smoke got pretty bad, though, and when i made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. the policemen took my matches and drove me home. mom and dad were occupied in the garden and dad told the police to keep me, and they did! i had a tour of the prison before mom rescued me. i hadnt turned 5 yet. as i entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. would it surprise you to know that i soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?as for leonhard seppala, famous as a dog sledder(驾雪橇者), i think i knew him well because i was taken for a ride with his white dog team one sunday. at the time i didnt realize what a superstar he was, but i do remember the ride well. i was wrapped(包裹)heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather. in 1950, we moved back to coeur dalene, but we got one more alaskan adventure when leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of alaska. 10. what can be inferred about the authors family?a. his father was a cruel man. b. his parents didnt love him. c. his parents used to be very busy. d. his mother didnt have any jobs. 11. what happened when the author was 4?a. he learned to smoke. b. he was locked in a basement. c. he was arrested by the police. d. he nearly caused a fire accident. 12. which of the following is true?a. leonhard was good at driving dog sleds. b. the author spent his whole childhood in alaska. c. leonhard often visited the authors family after 1950. d. the author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in alaska. 13. what is the authors purpose of writing the text?a. to look back on his childhood with adventures. b. to describe the extreme weather of alaska. c. to express how much he misses leonhard. d. to show off his pride in making trouble. 答案10. c11. d12. a13. a第二节 完型填空my previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. that first year, i1feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. the squirrels had no2coming up right to me for them. as the months went by, the rabbits saw that i was no3and didnt escape. when i threw carrot slices(薄片), they even came for a nibble(啃). slowly they came to4me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand. that second year, the rabbits5me, and one would even sit up for slices! while i was feeding them, i6that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an7interest in this food situation. i carefully extended a long8, with a keen eye on those teeth, and9, there were times i would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(津津有味地咀嚼)on carrots. a few months later, while10, she would even turn her back to me. 11when she was facing away, i reached out and12scratched(搔)her back with my finger. she didnt move. by year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. the groundhog13didnt have a problem with me scratching her back, and i got an idea. id always14, while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap. 15one day, just to see what she would do, i gently16one on top of the groundhogs head. again, not a17. the next time, i had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures. 18she had a slice to eat, she never19the one on her head. it was a fair20i go