课时分层作业 二十
Module 5 Period 4
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. The students were protesting (抗议)at overcrowding in the university hostels. 2. He declared (宣布) that he was innocent.
3. The bank isn’t performing as well as some of its competitors (竞争者). 4. Life will change dramatically(戏剧性地) and move you in the right direction. 5. His quality (质量) of life has improved greatly since the operation. 6. The children have to join a tough (艰难的, 棘手的) selection test.
7. They are going to London first, but their ultimate(最后的) destination is Rome. 8. They won a victory (胜利) over many stronger enemies.
9. The low test score (分数), they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good university.
10. Can you be a little more specific (具体的) about when and where to go out for dinner tonight?
Ⅱ. 选择短语并用其适当形式填空
scores of, vote for, pick up, rise to one’s feet, be up to 1. Tom rose to his feet and ran towards the window. 2. There are scores of people there, maybe eighty or more. 3. We all voted for the new rule and it was passed at the meeting. 4. It is up to you to decide where to spend our holiday. 5. She picked up her little daughter on the way home from work. Ⅲ. 句型转换
1. It is reported that Feng Xiaogang has interviewed more than 10, 000 girls for the heroine in his latest work.
→Feng Xiaogang is reported to have interviewed more than 10, 000 girls for the heroine in his latest work. 【补偿训练】
①It is said that he is good at spoken English. → He is said to be good at spoken English.
②It is said that he is making a special study of modern French literature. →He is said to be making a special study of modern French literature. ③It is said that this book has been translated into English. →This book is said to have been translated into English.
2. I don’t think he is qualified for the job because he is too careless. →I don’t think he is up to the job because he is too careless. 3. Who did you support in the last election? →Who did you vote for in the last election? 【补偿训练】
A large number of people object to the government’s attitude to immigration. →A large number of people vote against the government’s attitude to immigration. 4. 60 people will be invited to be present at the meeting tomorrow. →3 score of people will be invited to be present at the meeting tomorrow. 5. He got up and headed for the door.
→He rose to his feet and headed for the door.
Ⅰ. 完形填空
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 1 . Today things are 2 ; the world has become too 3 . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are 4 our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth 5 survive(生存).
Everyone 6 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 7 , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 8 will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we 9 to use bigger and more powerful machines to 10 more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. 11 , in most countries wastes are 12 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 13 laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the 14 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough 15 . What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less 16 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops 17 five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will 18 longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 19 . Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer 20 in the future.
【语篇概述】由于世界人口急剧增长, 自然资源耗费得太快, 以至于人们不得不思考采取怎样的措施来保护自然资源。 1. A. beautiful C. rare
B. unlimited D. valuable
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。以前地球上的人口少, 好像自然资源是无穷无尽的。 2. A. common
B. the same
C. changeable D. different
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。现在情况“不同”了。 3. A. crowded
B. small
C. dirty
D. busy
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。crowded“拥挤的”, 表明现在人口急剧增长。 4. A. protecting
B. saving
C. polluting
D. fighting
【解析】选C。背景常识题。危险的化学品肯定会“污染”环境。 5. A. may not C. shall not
B. will not D. could not
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。人类将不能生存。 6. A. wonders
B. realizes
C. considers
D. discovers
【解析】选B。词义辨析题。如今人们“意识到”……。