尤溪一中2020-2021高二下校本作业5阅读理解.docx

1、尤溪一中2020-2021高二下校本作业5阅读理解"Did you hear what happened to Adam last Friday?" Lindsey whispers to Tori.With her eyes shining, Tori brags, "You bet I did. Sean told me two days ago."Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about? It just happens to be yours truly, Adam Freedman. I can tell y

2、ou that what they are saying is （a） not nice and （b） not even true. Still, Lindsey and Tori aren't very different from most students here at Linton High School, including me. Many of our conversations are gossip（闲话）.I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people, it can give gossiper

3、s a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about. Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out 一 that a person would rather keep se

4、cret. The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is, the juicier the gossip it makes. Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie. People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.If we know that gossip can be harmful, then why do so many of us do it? The answer

5、 lies in another effect of gossip: the satisfaction it gives us. Sharing the latest rumor（传言）can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don't. Similarly, hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the "in group." In other words, gos

6、sip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority（优越感）.Gossip also can have a third effect: it strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act. Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group. Translated int

7、o high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention. The do's and don'ts conveyed through gossip will never show up i

8、n any student handbook.The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation. The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, think about why you want to gossip and what effects your njuicy story1' might have.1. The author uses a conversation at the beginning of the passage to.A. intr

9、oduce a topicB. present an argumentC. describe the charactersD. clarify his writing purposeAn important negative effect of gossip is that it.A. breaks up relationshipsB. embarrasses the listenerC. spreads information aroundD. causes unpleasant experiences3.In the author, s opinion, many people like

10、to gossip because it.A. gives them a feeling of pleasureB. helps them to make more friendsC. makes them better at telling storiesD. enables them to meet important peopleProfessor David Wilson thinks that gossip can.A. provide students with written rulesB. help people watch their own behaviorsC. forc

11、e schools to improve student handbooksD. attract the police's attention to group behaviorsWhat advice does the author give in the passage?A. Never become a gossiper.B. Stay away from gossipers.C. Don't let gossip turn into lies.D. Think twice before you gossip.*选做作业第二部分：完形填空Alia Baker is a l

12、ibrarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a 6 place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They 7 various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was 8 that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more 9 to her than mountains of gold. The books are in every

13、language 一 new books, ancient books, 0 a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.She had asked the government for 11 to move the books to a 12 place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. 13 , she brought books home every night, 14 her car late after work. He

14、r friends came to 15 her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant 16 to hide some books. All through the 17 , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, 18 them over the seven-foot wall and 19 them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war 20 . Th

15、en nine days later, a fire burned the 21 to the ground.One day, the bombing stopped and the 22 left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be 23 again while the city was 24 . So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the su

16、burbs（交S 区）.Now Alia waited for the war to end and 25 peace and a new library.4. A. meetingB. workingC. personalD. religious7. A. raised7. A. raisedB. handledD. discussedC. reported8. A. worried9. A. practical10. A. then11. A. permission12. A. large13. A. Fortunately14. A. starting15. A. stop16. A.

17、intended17. A. war18. A. put19. A. hid20. A. approached21. A. restaurant22. A. neighbours23. A. sold24. A. occupied25. A. dreamed of26. A. worried27. A. practical28. A. then29. A. permission30. A. large31. A. Fortunately32. A. starting33. A. stop34. A. intended35. A. war36. A. put37. A. hid38. A. ap

18、proached39. A. restaurant40. A. neighbours41. A. sold42. A. occupied43. A. dreamed ofB. angryB. preciousB. stillB. confirmationB. publicB. SurprisinglyB. parkingB. helpB. pretendedB. nightB. openedB. exchangedB. eruptedB. libraryB. soldiersB. readB. bombedB. believed inC. doubtfulC. reliableC. evenC

19、. explanationC. distantC. SeriouslyC. fillingC. warnC. happenedC. buildingC. passedC. burntC. continuedC. cityC. friendsC.savedC. quietC. cared aboutD. curiousD. expensiveD. ratherD. informationD. safeD. SecretlyD. testingD. rescueD. agreedD. wayD. threwD. distributedD. endedD. wallD. customersD. mo

20、vedD. busyD. looked for第三部分：读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。An old wooden seat that Susan extremely valued often reminded her of mother's Golden Rule.Back in the 1930s, the country life was really tough. One day after dinner, Susan's mother sat on the seat, announcing to the childre

21、n the Golden Rule: "Treat others the way you want to be treated." Susan reflected carefully and seriously on what her mother had said. She resolved that she would keep in mind and follow the rule.One Saturday afternoon, she went to farmer Jason's inn （小方候馆）to get the pay for her mother

22、's washing for the guests there, which amounted to five dollars. She found Jason in the yard, who, as all the villagers knew, was selfish and mean.His eyes clouded with anger, as he had just finished a quarrel with one of his guests. He held in his hand an open wallet, full of bills. He barely n

23、oticed Susan until she made her request for the money. Instead of shouting at her, as usual, for troubling him when he was busy, he handed her a bank note.Feeling relieved for escaping from Jason so easily, Susan hurried out of the inn. When carefully putting the money into her pocket, she discovere

24、d that Jason had given her two bills instead of one, and her first reaction was joy at the unexpected prize. She looked around and there was nobody nearby to share her discovery. "It is mine. All mine." she said to herself. "I will buy mum a new coat with it, and she can give her old

25、one to sister Mary, and then Mary can go to the Sunday school with me next winter. I wonder if I can buy a pair of shoes for brother Tom too."Just at that moment, she realized that Jason must have given the extra money to her by mistake, and therefore she had no right to own it. But a voice of

26、temptation （诱惑）whispered, "He gave it, and you can keep it. He will never know, even if it is a mistake."注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右：2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。As Susan hurried home, this conflict went oe in her mind.Susan's fhce became red with embarrassment and annoyance.参考答案1-5. AD ABD*选做作业读后续写：As Susan hurried home, this conflict went on in hei mind. When she passed through the gate, her eyes fell upon the wooden seat. Instantly, the words of the Golden Rule rang in her ears. Turning around quickly, she raced along the road breathlessly until she found herself