课时跟踪练(二) Warming Up & Reading — Language Points
一、全练语言点，基稳才能楼高Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．Everybody admires (羡慕) him for his fine sense of humor. 2．Li Bai and Du Fu were both well-known Chinese poets (诗人)． 3．It is difficult to get used to another country's customs (风俗)． 4．It is my belief (信心) that he will succeed in carrying out the experiment. 5．Millions of people in the area starved (挨饿) to death after a big earthquake. 6．There is a great demand for agricultural (农用的) machinery in this country. 7．She looked sad，hopeless of the arrival (到来) of her friend.
8．Many awards (奖) will be given to the winners in the coming music ceremony. 9．If our team wins in the event, there will be a celebration (庆祝)． 10．He traveled around the country gathering (收集) facts about folk songs. Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．Many people died of starvation (starve) in Africa that year. 2．I hold the belief that he will succeed.
3．Awarded (award) the first prize in the competition, he felt happy and satisfied.
4．In order to go to the palace ball, the pretty girl is dressing herself up carefully.
5．I think it's impolite to play a trick on others just for fun. 6．They call their son Albert Franz in memory of their father. 7．New Year celebrations (celebrate) in Scotland go on for three days. 8．It seemed as if the man in picture had_moved (move).
9．The Spring Festival is coming. I'm looking forward to returning (return) home. 10．With a lot of work to_do (do), he wasn't allowed to go out. Ⅲ.选词填空
take place， in memory of， dress up， play a trick on， look forward to， day and night， as though， have fun with 1．The animal was walking as_though it had hurt its leg. 2．In my opinion, it is wrong of you to play_a_trick_on the blind.
3．Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed_up to the nines. 4．I'm looking_forward_to paying a visit to you next week. 5．As we all know, the Olympic Games take_place every four years.
6．A museum was built in_memory_of the victims (受害者) in the big earthquake. 7．On the weekends, I like to get together and have_fun_with my good friends. 8．In the past, poor workers worked day_and_night,_but they still lived a hard life.
Ⅳ.课文语法填空
There are all kinds of 1.celebrations (celebrate) throughout the world. Different countries have different festivals. Festivals of the Dead are held to honour the dead or 2. to_satisfy (satisfy) the ancestors. Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. In China，the Dragon Boat Festival 3.honours (honour) the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. The most 4.energetic (energy) and important festivals are Spring Festivals 5.that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat 6.such things as dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money 7.in red paper. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals，8.which take place forty days before Easter,9.usually (usual) in February. People celebrate festivals 10.to_have (have) fun with each other and enjoy life.
Ⅴ.串点成篇微表达
Carla和Hari是好朋友，他们都日夜(day and night)盼望(look forward to)着愚人节的到来。他们两个都想在这一天捉弄(play a trick on)一下对方。他们一致赞同在书店门口见面，看看谁首先被捉弄。愚人节那天，Carla把自己打扮成(dress up)一个老人并按时到了那儿。她认为守了信用，Hari将认不出来她。但是Carla突然听到有人说“愚人”。是Hari来了，他来晚了半个小时。Carla无法屏住呼吸，笑了。他们彼此玩得很开心(have fun with)，好像(as though)什么也没发生过。
Carla and Hari are good friends. They looked forward to the arrival of April Fool's Day day and night. They both wanted to play a trick on each other on that day. They agreed to meet at the gate of the bookstore to see who will be fooled first. On April Fool's Day, Carla, dressing herself up as an old man, arrived there on time. She thought she kept her word and Hari would not recognize her. But suddenly, Carla heard “April fool！”. It's Hari who arrived late for half an hour. Carla couldn't hold her breath, laughing. They had fun with each other as though nothing had happened.
二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧Ⅰ.完形填空
While driving home today, I passed a man who was holding a sign, begging for
donations. I had __1__ dollar(s) in my wallet. I decided that I was not going to give __2__ money was so tight right now.
Then, I felt it __3__ not to give, and therefore I __4__ to give him half of what I had. I rolled down my window and __5__ him one dollar. He said, “God bless you！” and I said, “You too.” It was not a full __6__.
As I __7__ away, I wished that I had __8__ more to him, and I wished that I had given him all that I had, but instead I was too __9__ to give more of myself.
On my way home, I wondered why helping others didn't make me happy. I wondered if I had __10__ a powerful universal law — the law of giving from my __11__ instead of my head. Perhaps just __12__ not giving it all from my heart, I had blocked (阻塞) what I need to __13__ right now.
I did not feel guilty, __14__ I did feel sad in my heart over my __15__. My giving was from my head, not my heart. Now I __16__ have the other dollar in my wallet. I hope that I will have a __17__ soon to give it all.
It is true that all of us should have courage to __18__ all that we have. Though we do __19__ money to buy our own children food and clothes, Christmas presents, socks, toilet paper and so on, we are __20__ to try our best to help those in need of our help.
语篇解读：本文为夹叙夹议文。作者因为没有尽其所能去帮助他人而遗憾，也因此意识到我们应该发自内心地尽最大努力去帮助那些需要帮助的人。
1．A.one C．three
B．two D．four
解析：选B 由第二段“... give him half of what I had ... him one dollar.”和倒数第二段“Now I __16__ have the other dollar in my wallet.”可判断，作者总共只有两美元。
2．A.if C．when
B．though D．because
解析：选D “因为(because)”目前手头很紧，所以作者决定不给钱。 3．A.necessary C．unimportant
B．normal D．wrong
解析：选D 由作者随后返回可判断，他认为一分钱都不给是“不对(wrong)”的，所以“决定(decide)”给钱。
4．A.decided C．asked
B．refused D．agreed