【同步练习】Unit 18 Lesson 1（北师大）-1

Unit18 Beauty Lesson1 What Is Beauty 同步练习同步练习 A The British National Health Service NHS was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care free of charge for everybody in the country Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals Nowadays central government is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxation and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people such as children pregnant women pensioners and those on Income Support are exempt from payment Most people are registered with a local doctor a GP or General Practitioner who is increasingly likely to be part of a health centre which serves the community 阅读理解阅读理解词语填空 可重复使用 1 a man grows older he becomes wiser 2 They sang merrily they passed the square 3 he arrived I was making coffee 4 She closed her eyes she sighed 5 The football players were playing hard their fans were shouting at the top of their voice 6 he talked a lot there was not much in what he said 7 we fail again we won t give up this experiment As as when as while Though Although Even if II 选择填空 根据所 给中文提示完成下列 句子 1 布朗先生一到华 盛顿就会给我们打电 话 Mr Brown will phone us he to Washington 2 音乐会里没有一 个空位子 尽管这是 一个极其寒冷的夜晚 There was not an empty seat it was an cold night 3 我的父亲过去抽 烟很凶 但是现在他 不再吸烟了 My father but now he doesn t smoke any more 4 这种练习会给你 带来不好的效果 This kind of exercise will have a bad you 5 无论谁找到丢失 的花瓶 都会得到一 大笔酬金 A large will be offered to finds the missing vase 6 尽管他很强壮 他搬不动这个箱子 he can t life the box 7 她的歌前一部分 充满愤怒 而最后的 部分表达了爱和欢乐 The first part of her song was anger the last part expressed love and joy As soon as gets In the concert although extremely Used to smoke heavily Effect on Rewards whoever Strong as he is Though he is strong Filled with full of while III 根据句意 用括 号内所给词的适当形 式填空 1 As a on the piano she will give a on the stage tomorrow perform 2 He was very at being kept waiting for so long a time anger 3 The news that the concert had been cancelled me that is I was very disappoint 4 The new laws become next week effect 5 They voted to give the police more to make them more power 6 Throughout the concert the atmosphere inside the concert hall was extremely excite 1 performer performance 2 angry 3 Disappointed disappointed 4 Effective 5 Power powerful 6 exciting IV 熟读课文并进行 课文填空 填写时 请不要查书 Last Thursday night hundreds of fans went to see Alanis Morissette in concert It was her first in England since she won this year s Grammy Award for the best rock song The singer has a strong fan in England it was an extremely cold night there was not an empty seat in the concert During the 3 hour concert Alanis sang many songs which feeling such as love and joy Her performance was creative and The enjoyed the concert and sang along to nearly every song The concert was exciting and everyone was greatly by her brilliant music and singing As the population of Britain gets older the hospital service now treats more patients than before although patients spend less time in hospital NHS hospitals many of which were built in the nineteenth century provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480 000 medical staff The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbours During the 1980s there was considerable restructuring of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services for example cleaning At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS including allowing some hospitals to be self governing and encouraging GPs to compete for patients Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from 1 We can know from the first paragraph that A the original aim of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care for everybody B people didn t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set up C patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948 D the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers 2 What do we know about the NHS A It s managed by the central government B Its cost is mainly paid for by the National Insurance contributions C It hires more people than any other unit in Europe D Fewer patients go to its hospitals than before because they spend less on health care 3 All the following statements about GPs are true except that they A take care of the local people s health B often take part in competitions to see who is the best C work under high pressure nowadays D have more responsibilities than before 4 What does the underlined word exempt probably mean A sufferingB different C preventedD free 5 The biggest problem for the NHS is A many hospitals are too old to be used B some services are in the charge of individuals C more and more patients go to GPs for treatment D there is not enough money for further reform B Artificial 假的 flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes They are made from a variety of materials such as wax and glass so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers In making such models painstaking and artistry are called for as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world In all there are several thousand models in colored glass the work of two artist naturalists Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States Although it was never completed It contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases and thousands of flower parts and magnified details Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure The models are kept in locked cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use 6 Which of the following is the best title for the passage A An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers B The Lives of Leopold and Rudolph C Flowers Native to the United States D Material Used for Artificial Flowers 7 It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of Leopold and Rudolph was to A create a botanical garden where only exotic flowers grew B do a thorough study of plant structure C make a copy of one member of each United States flower family D show that glass are more realistic than wax flowers 8 The underlined word it refers to A the intention B the collection C one member D each flower family 9 Which of the following is NOT included in the display at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University A Models of 164 families of flowering plants B Magnified details of flower parts C Several species of native birds D A group of diseased fruits 10 Which of the following statements is true of the flowers at Harvard University A They form a completed collection B They have a marvelous fragrance C They are loaned to schools for classroom use D They use authentic representations 答案和解析答案和解析 A 国家保健中心由中央政府直接负责 但由地方当局管理 建立国家保健中心 的最初目的是为农村居民提供免费的基本健康护理 尤其儿童 孕妇等可享受 免费治疗 1 C 细节理解题 根据最后一自然段最后一句可知 建立国家保健中心的最 初目的是为农村居民提供免费的基本健