課后閱讀作業(yè) 四 Unit 1Period 4

1、課后閱讀作業(yè) Unit 1 Period 4. 閱讀理解AQueen Victoria was monarch of Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. This period is often called the Victorian Age. Queen Victoria was a stern and serious woman. One reason she was so serious was that she had suffered a great loss. When she was twenty years old

2、, she married a German prince named Albert. Victoria and Albert were deeply in love, and their marriage was extremely happy. In 1861, after they had been married for twenty-one years, Albert died, leaving Queen Victoria heartbroken. For the rest of her life, the lonely Victoria mourned his loss. It

3、was customary in those days for a widow to dress in black for a short time after the death of her husband. But Queen Victoria dressed in black for forty years. And for forty years, as another sign of her grief, she wrote her letters on white paper edged in black. Even before Prince Albert died, Quee

4、n Victoria was known as a very serious woman. She had a strong sense of duty and worked very hard at all her tasks. In her diary she wrote, “I love to be employed; I hate to be idle. ”She never forgot that she was Britains queen and always acted with great dignity(尊嚴). Victoria had high ideals and m

5、oral standards(道德標準)that sometimes made her seem stuffy(古板的). She was also very sure of herself. She always thought that she was right, and expected everyone to agree with her. 【語篇概述】本文主要講述了維多利亞女王的故事。1. Which of the following statements about Queen Victoria is NOT true according to the passage? A. S

6、he had great confidence in herself. B. She ruled Great Britain for sixty-four years. C. She enjoyed her marriage to a German prince. D. She became a serious woman after her beloved husband died. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句“Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria was known as a very serious woman. ”

7、可知在她丈夫死前她就是一個很嚴肅的人。2. Queen Victoria wrote her letters on white paper edged in black because_. A. she was a stern womanB. black was her favourite colourC. that was one way to show her feeling of sadnessD. it was a custom among monarchs of Great Britain【解析】選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“And for forty years, as a

8、nother sign of her grief, she wrote her letters on white paper edged in black. ”可知, 她用鑲有黑邊的紙寫信表示她對丈夫的哀悼和懷念。3. All of the following characteristics EXCEPT_ can be used to properly describe Queen Victoria. A. confidentB. lonesomeC. workaholicD. indecisive【解析】選D。推理判斷題。第二段第六句“For the rest of her life, t

9、he lonely Victoria mourned his loss. ”說明她孤獨; 第三段第二句“She had a strong sense of duty and worked very hard at all her tasks. ”說明她工作很努力; 第四段第一句“She was also very sure of herself. ”說明她很自信。只有D項沒有涉及。4. The underlined word“mourned”in the second paragraph means_. A. felt sad or sorrowful in a social situatio

10、nB. expressed publicly ones sadness because someone has diedC. checked regularly in order to find out what was happeningD. included in a group of numbers, ages, measurements with particular limits【解析】選B。詞義猜測題。從下文來看, 她丈夫死后, 女王一直穿黑衣服, 用鑲有黑邊的紙寫信表示她對丈夫的哀悼和懷念, 由此可推斷該詞為“悼念; 哀悼”。BI came to live here where

11、I am now between Wounded Knee Greek and Grass Greek. Others came too, and we made these little grey houses of logs that you see, and they are square, It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square. You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because th

12、e Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the respectful circle of the nation, and so long as the circle was unbroken, the people were getting rich. The flowering tree was the

13、living center of the circle, and the circle of the four quarters nursed it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and strong wind gave strength and continuous power. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our brief. Everyth

14、ing the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. Birds make their nests in circle, for theirs are the same as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and b

15、oth are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. Our places were like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circl

16、e, the nations circle, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to nurse our children. But the Wasichus(Indian word for“white people”)have put us in these square boxes. Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us any more. You can look at our boys and see how it i

17、s with us. Where we were living by the power of the circle in the way we should, boys were men at twelve or thirteen years of age. But now it takes them very much longer to be bull-grown. 【語篇概述】本文描述了一名印第安人認為自己的民族被白人從領地趕到方形房子之后, 以前生活中的種種祥和就此消失了。5. According to the passage, the Indians_. A. dont have

18、modern instruments in their homesB. refused to move from round placesC. lived in round places, but were forced to live in square housesD. lived in round places, but then decided to move into square houses【解析】選C。主旨大意題。閱讀全文可知A、B、D不符合原文之意, 而答案C是本文大意的描述。6. Two things being compared in the passage are_.

19、A. the Indians past and present living conditionsB. the Indians past and modern beliefsC. the Indians old and new powerD. people and nature【解析】選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)本文內容可知全篇作者都在把過去的祥和與現(xiàn)在的不如人意進行對比, 故選A。7. In the second paragraph“the four quarters”refers to_. A. the four rooms of the Indians houseB. the four kin

20、ds of natural powerC. the four seasonsD. the four directions【解析】選D。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段. . . and the circle of the four quarters nursed it. The east gave. . . the south gave. . . the west gave. . . the north with. . . 可知D為正確答案。8. According to the author, once the Indians moved into square houses, _. A. they

21、had to move to other housesB. boys took more time to grow into menC. they forgot the old way of lifeD. everyone was not happy【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段But now it takes them very much longer to be bull-grown可知現(xiàn)在男孩要長大需花費更長的時間。. 完形填空Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didnt get a1to go to school. 2a child, H

22、arriet had to work very hard in3all day. That way, her owner could4a lot of money when he sold his crops. Harriet5think that she was being treated fairly. 6Harriet grew up, she ran away from the plantation(莊園)to the northern United States. There, and in Canada, 7could be free. Harriet liked to be fr

23、ee. She felt8for all of the black people who were9slaves. Harriet returned to10to help other slaves to run away. She made11that they got to the north and became free. Harriet was in great12because of a13law. The law said it was not permitted to14slaves run away. She also15that the slave owners said

24、they would16$4, 000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman. There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen17back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to18. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states19with the southern states. Harriet20the northe

25、rn states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war. 【語篇概述】美國內戰(zhàn)期間, 一位著名的黑人女英雄Harriet Tubman先后返回19次幫助南方奴隸逃往北方, 閱讀本篇, 你會對她的勇敢而欽佩! 1. A. dayB. chanceC. permissionD. moment【解析】選B。固定搭配題。此處不是強調上學時間的

26、長短, 排除A、D兩項。從下文_a child, Harriet had to work. . . 可知, 她是沒有機會去上學, 而不是別人不允許。故選B。2. A. AsB. BeingC. SinceD. Like【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。as a child相當于when she was a child。3. A. the farmB. a schoolC. the fieldsD. a factory【解析】選C。固定搭配題。從下文的That way, her owner could_ a lot of money when he sold his crops. 分析, 排除B、D兩項

27、, farm與on搭配, 故答案為C。4. A. makeB. payC. gotD. spend【解析】選A。固定搭配題。make money賺錢。5. A. certainlyB. didntC. no moreD. no longer【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。從下文她長大后, 從莊園逃跑判斷, 她認為別人對她不公平, 所以她才逃跑, 故答案為B。6. A. SinceB. AfterC. ThenD. With【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。Harriet長大以后, 從莊園逃到了美國北部。7. A. the whiteB. whiteC. blackD. black people【解析】選D。

28、邏輯推理題。她是黑人奴隸, 之所以逃到那里, 是因為那里的黑人是自由的。8. A. happyB. sureC. wrongD. sorry【解析】選D。固定搭配題。根據(jù)下文她幫奴隸逃跑一事, 她對奴隸應該感到同情、抱歉和不安, 故選D。9. A. stillB. yetC. onlyD. not【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。由上題解釋可知她為仍然是奴隸的黑人感到同情、抱歉和不安。10. A. CanadaB. the SouthC. the NorthD. the U. S. 【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。根據(jù)上下文, 她從南部逃到北部, 再返回, 應該是回到南部, 故選B。11. A. perfe

29、ctB. wayC. possibleD. sure【解析】選D。固定搭配題。make sure固定詞組, 意為“確信, 確?！?。12. A. angerB. anxietyC. hurryD. danger【解析】選D。固定搭配題。in danger固定詞組, 意為“處于危險中, 有危險”。13. A. explainedB. gainedC. passedD. broken【解析】選C。詞義辨析題。pass通過法律等, 根據(jù)上下文, 此處指“因為通過的一項法律”。14. A. helpB. set freeC. stopD. catch【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。她處于危險中就是因為法律不允許幫助奴隸逃跑, 故選A。15. A. foundB. noticedC. found outD. made sure【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。Harriet也發(fā)現(xiàn)奴隸主說他們將懸賞4 000美元抓她。find out指通過各種途徑發(fā)現(xiàn), 符合句意。16. A. payB. makeC. spendD. get【解析】選A。固定搭配題。由上題解釋可知選A。17. A. lettersB. incidentsC. tripsD. trials【解析】選C。固定搭配題。結合文章上下文, 此處指“她總共返回南方19次”, 此處trips符合語境。make trips往