由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
Section Ⅳ Cultural Corner
姓名：________ 测试时间：45分钟 本卷总分：50分 自评或老师评分：________
基础训练
Ⅰ.根据句意及提示写出单词的正确形式
1．You mustn't go across the street when the t________ light is red.
2．What's the rate of e______between the dollar and Renminbi?
3．The United Nations is an international o________ which was founded in 1945.
4. I suppose I was looking for an o________ which was going to be an architect.
5．Though asked to speak many times，he ______(remain) silent.
6．The scenic spot is the most ________(fascinate) place I have ever been to.
7．There are many cars ________(park) in front of the stadium.
8. This has been my worst time for injuries since I started as a ________(profession) player.
答案：
1．traffic 2.exchange 3.organization
4．occupation 5.remains 6.fascinating
7．parked 8. professional
Ⅱ.句型转换
1．The house is a twostoreyhigh building.
The house is________ ________ ________.
2．It is five years since he began to work in the company.
Five years________ ________ since he began to work in the company.
He ________ ________ in the company since five years ago.
3．I have never seen the fascinating scenery before.
________ ________ ________ ________ ________I've seen the fascinating scenery.
4．Although she was tired, she kept on working.
She was tired ________ she kept on working.
5. Many questions came up at the meeting.
________ ________ ________ questions came up at the meeting.
答案：
1．two storeys high 2.has passed ; has worked
3．It is the first time 4.but 5. A number of /A lot of
Ⅲ.用正确方位表达方式填空
1．Tian'anmen Square is________.(middle，Beijing)
2．The British Isles________.(continental Europe)
3．Guangzhou is________.(east，south，China)
4．The city Urumqi is________.(northwest，China)
5．The Summer Palace is ________.(suburb，Beijing)
答案：
1．in the middle of Beijing
2．is in the continental Europe
3．in the southeast of China
4．in the northwest of China
5．in the suburb of Beijing
语篇提能
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
Ⅰ.完形填空
On Monday morning, our school's old headmaster gave a speech to the students on the playground.It is about life and __1__ ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went：
An old woman lived in a place near New York, and she would go to the __2__every morning. She would get the bus right to New York, and then sit at the street corner and __3__ every day.
Her house was very dirty, and a bad smell smelled __4__. The neighbors could not __5__ the smell any more, so they called the police officers to __6__ the place.The officers __7__ down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of __8__ all over the house that she had __9__over the years.After counting(计算总数) the money, they found she was a __10__. They waited outside her house to __11__the good news with her.When she arrived home that evening，one of the officers told her that there was no __12__for her to beg any more as she was a rich woman now.
She said __13__ at all; she went into her house and locked the door. The following morning she woke up as __14__， went to the street and continued begging.
This old woman had no great plans, dreams or anything __15__for her life.We learn nothing from this story except __16__ our attention on the things we enjoy doing. We should remain __17__ to our life, which may mean devoting(致力) ourselves to things that people around us will __18__ be against. Let nothing stop us from being happy, and let nothing else decide our fate(命运)，but __19__.What makes us happy is what __20__ in the end, not what we get.
1．A. allowing B. attracting
C. believing D. devoting
2. A. street B. railway
C. stop D. airport
3．A. beg B. wait
C. gain D. ask
4．A. pleasant B. terrible
C. frightening D. serious
5. A. explain B. forget
C. judge D. stand
6. A. clean B. close
C. control D. search
7. A. put B. looked
C. knocked D. cut
8. A. rubbish B. money
C. clothes D. food
9．A. managed B. stolen
C. bought D. collected
10. A. millionaire B. beggar
C. boss D. businesswoman
11. A. satisfy B. share
C. believe D. report
12．A. need B. doubt
C. chance D. result
13．A.something B．anything
C．everything D．nothing
14．A.usual B．actual
C．common D．regular
15．A.fortunate B．possible
C．important D．worthwhile
16．A.putting B．paying
C．turning D．focusing
17. A. true B. good
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
C. bad D. nice
18. A. usually B. seldom
C. finally D. hardly
19. A. others B. us
C. ourselves D. them
20．A. considers B. achieves
C. matters D. faces
答案：
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章通过一个故事告诉我们应该忠实于自己，不要让其他的事情决定我们的命运，要让我们自己来决定我们的命运。
1．解析：校长告诉我们要致力于对我们来说重要的东西。第17空后的“devoting(致力)ourselves to things”是提示。
答案：D
2．解析：根据下文中的“get the bus right to New York”可推断，她每天早上去车站坐车去纽约。
答案：C
3．解析：根据上下文提示可知，她以乞讨为生。第12空后的“for her to beg”是提示。
答案：A
4．解析：根据空前的“a bad smell”可知，此处表示非常难闻，闻起来很可怕。terrible“非常讨厌的，令人极不快的，可怕的”。
答案：B
5．解析：她的邻居们不能再容忍(stand)这难闻的气味。
答案：D
6．解析：根据语境可知，此处表示她的邻居们叫警察来清 理她的房子。下文中的“cleaned the house”是提示。
答案：A
7．解析：根据下文中的“They waited outside her house”和“When she arrived home”可知，当时这位老太太不在家，警察应是破门而入，把房子清扫干净了。knock“打破”，符合语境。
答案：C
8．解析：根据后文中的“After counting(计算总数)the money”可知，他们发现房子里到处都是小袋的钱。
答案：B
9．解析：这些小袋里的钱是她这些年乞讨积累起来的。collect“积累”。
答案：D
10．解析： 警察数完这些钱后，发现这位老太太是个百万富翁。故选A。
答案：A
11．解析：根据空后的“the good news with her”可知，选B。share sth. with sb.“和某人分享某物”。
答案：B
12．解析：警察告诉她，她现在已经是个富有的人了，没有必要再去乞讨。
答案：A
13．解析：老太太什么都没说就进了屋并且把门锁上。at all和否定词连用，表示“一点也不”。故选D。
答案：D
14．解析：第二天早晨，她像往常一样醒来，到街上继续乞讨。as usual“像往常一样”。
答案：A
15．解析：这位老太太没有什么伟大的计划，没有梦想，甚至没有任何对她的生活重要的(important)东西。
答案：C
16．解析：我们唯一能学到的是要集中注意力于自己喜欢做的事情上。focus one's
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
attention on sth.“集中注意力于某事物上”。
答案：D
17．解析：我们应该忠实于我们的生活。true“忠实的”，符合语境。
答案：A
18．解析：这也许意味着我们所致力的事情是周围人所常常反对的。
答案：A
19．解析：不要让其他的事情决定我们的命运，而是让我们自己来决定我们的命运。
答案：C
20．解析：使我们幸福的是最终(对我们来说)重要的东西，而不是我们所得到的东西。matter“重要，要紧”。
答案：C
Ⅱ.语法填空
Have you ever listened to young children __1__(talk) on the playground? They are always boasting(自夸). They say things like, “My dad's car is __2__(big) than your dad's，” and “My mom is smarter than yours. ”
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, __3__ were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best.__4__ the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice __5__ week，” Ted spoke next. “That's nothing，” he said. “That is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice. ” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was __6__ turn. But this time Ted thought, “I'm going to win.” Gavin didn't know what to say. He couldn't say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on __7__ silence. Both Ted __8__ Harry smiled. They were sure that for once they __9__(beat) Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We've won，” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My dad is __10__ clean that he doesn't have to bathe at all. ”
1．________ 2.________ 3.________
4．________ 5.________ 6.________
7．________ 8.________ 9.________
10．________
答案：
1．解析：young children与talk是主动关系，故用现在分词。
答案：talking
2．解析：由than可知填形容词比较级。
答案：bigger
3．解析：所填词引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语，指人，故用who。
答案：who
4．解析：所填词引导让步状语从句，表示“无论别人说什么，他总会说得更好一些”，故用whatever。
答案：Whatever
5．解析：此处意为“一周两次”，故用不定冠词a。
答案：a
6．解析：由前面three little boys可知是男生，此处表意是“轮到他说了”，故用形容词性物主代词。
答案：his
7．解析：in silence为固定搭配，意为“安静地”。
答案：in
8．解析：both... and... 用法，表示“……和……都”。
答案：and
9．解析：此处意为“他们确定这次肯定能打败Gavin”，因为Gavin一直沉默。还没确定最终谁赢，所以用过去将来时。
答案：would beat
10．解析：so... that... 是固定结构意为“如此……以至于……”。
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
答案：so
Ⅲ.短文改错
The day before yesterday, my classmates and me went to the park near my school. Can you guess that what we did there? Not for amusement but to take part in a volunteer task. We reached a park at nine o'clock. The whole class was divided three groups. Group One planted trees and water flowers. Group Two picked up litter leaving by the tourists and cleaned all the benches. The group which I was in wiped all the equipments in the Children's Playground. All of us worked hardly. Before noon we finished work. Each of us felt a little bit tired, so we were happy because we had done a good deed.
答案：
The day before yesterday, my classmates and went to the park near my school. Can you guess what we did there? Not for amusement but to take part in volunteer task. We reached a park at nine o'clock. The whole class was divided three groups. Group One planted trees and flowers. Group Two picked up litter by the tourists and cleaned all the benches. The group which I was in wiped all the in the Children's Playground. All of us worked . Before noon we finished . Each of us felt a little bit tired, we were happy because we had done a good deed.
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
习题课(1)
A
I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America.
It is said，“The best house is in America，the best wife is in Japan，and the best food is in China.” So I took pride (自豪) and __1__ to __2__“the best food” for my American family.Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking，I would do something in__3__way: changing the dishes, colour, the meat's type or the soup's style (风味)．Thus，my American friends could discover the__4__of eating Chinese food.Because of my “__5__” job，I was often rewarded(奖励)by their__6__of appreciation(感激)such as “very delicious”，“excellent”， etc.
But the joke was here: yesterday, I cooked Sichuan style__7__for dinner.I was__8__at my achievement (成就)．
When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked__9__at the fish, then looked at me.“Why do all the fish have their__10__？” they asked，“It's terrible！”
Terrible or beautiful？I don't know.But I__11__know that fish heads are delicious.The__12__is the best part of fish; in__13__only the respectable(受敬重的)guest can have the special honour of__14__it.
Another__15__thing is: the American friends often said to me“__16__”as they__17__fruits or other things.According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness __18__actually helping myself to any of the food.__19__， I said “help yourselves” to them whenever I brought home fruits.Dear me, no matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they__20__hesitated (犹豫)to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.
1．A.worry B．attention
C．delight D．pleasure
2．A.buy B．fetch
C．cook D．leave
3．A.their B．a new
C．the same D．a simple
4．A.way B．joy
C．trouble D．importance
5．A.hard B．daily
C．good D．new
6．A.expressions B．flowers
C．talk D．smile
7．A.meat B．fish
C．soup D．egg
8．A.praised B．pleased
C．good D．surprised
9．A.happily B．excitedly
C．surprisedly D．worriedly
10．A.bones B．skins
C．tails D．heads
11．A.do B．will
C．want to D．should
12．A.tail B．head
C．soup D．flesh
13．A.fact B．China
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
C．USA D．the West
14．A.enjoying B．looking at
C．playing with D．cooking
15．A.real B．exciting
C．interesting D．easy
16．A.please help us B．excuse me
C．help yourself D．eat them please
17．A.brought home B．wanted
C．were buying D．were eating
18．A.not B．but not
C．without D．nor
19．A.At last B．Above all
C．After all D．In return
20．A.usual B．often
C．never D．had
答案：
本文主要叙述了“我”在国外经常做中国菜给外国主人吃，虽然厨艺不精，但还是常受到他们的称赞。另外还举了两个例子体现了中西文化的差异。
1．解析：在国外做中国菜，显然是感到自豪和高兴。
答案：D
2．解析：从接下来的文字中可以得知是烹饪而不是其他动词。
答案：C
3．解析：从下文中可以看出“我”是以一种新的方式来做菜。
答案：B
4．解析：根据上下文，外国人吃“我”做的菜应该是感到有乐趣的。take delight in doing sth.意为“乐于做……”
答案：B
5．解析：从下文得知外国人喜欢吃“我”做的菜，那“我”的菜应该是好吃的。
答案：C
6．解析：下文提到了比如“very delicious”，“excellent”，很明显是表达的意思。
答案：A
7．解析：从下文可以得知是鱼，而不是其他食物。
答案：B
8．解析：“我”自然对自己的作品是满意的。
答案：B
9．解析：根据下文外国朋友的疑问和惊讶的语气可以选出答案来。
答案：C
10．解析：前后照应，下文提到了“fish heads are delicious”。
答案：D
11．解析：这里是加强语气，意为“我”的确知道。
答案：A
12．解析：根据上下文可以得出答案。
答案：B
13．解析：因为“我”是中国人，很明显了解中国的习俗。
答案：B
14．解析：在中国只有受敬重的人才有享用它的荣幸。
答案：A
15．解析：最后一段讲的是另外一件表现中美文化习惯上的差异的事，应该是有趣的事。
答案：C
16．解析：根据平时的口语表达可以得出答案。
答案：C
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
17．解析：根据上下文得知是买回来后让“我”随便吃。
答案：A
18．解析：中国的习俗是嘴上可能会说吃，而实际上并不会真的去吃。
答案：C
19．解析：At last“最后”，Above all“最重要的是”， After all“毕竟”， In return“作为回报”。
答案：D
20．解析：文章最后提到“until all was finished”，很明显他们是从不犹豫。
答案：C
B
Around twenty years ago I was going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying __1__ .To my shame, I had to drive a factory bus to make __2__ meet and __3__ in a friend's house.
One afternoon, while __4__ through a quiet suburban(郊外的) neighbourhood, I was __5__ sad that I kept asking myself “Why has my life become so hard？”“What's __6__ with the world？”Then I pulled over the bus to __7__ a little girl and as she passed, she handed me a pretty earring, saying she __8__ it on the floor of the bus and I should keep it __9__ the owner came to look for it.
In the evening, the owner did come to look for __10__ earring.When I handed it to her, she got very excited and __11__ saying “Thanks, you're a real gentleman.” I told her that she should thank the little girl __12__ had found it.She said, “Yes, and you are a good driver, too. What a lovely world it is！” Then she left with __13__ .I was touched by her last words. I had __14__ something was wrong with the world just __15__ my poor condition. In fact, nothing was wrong with the world.I should change my __16__ towards life.I should be positive about life.
At first it was hard, and then it got __17__ .Every day I could find things to make me happy. Then one night there was a phone call for me at my friend's house from a lady who was a manager in a large __18__ .She said she had read my application form and asked me __19__ I would like to work in the hospital.I said yes and got the job.Looking back at the __20__ ，I know the most important is to have a positive attitude towards life.
1．A. card B. car
C. book D. job
2. A. ends B. copies
C. letters D. presents
3. A. practised B. wrote
C. lived D. played
4. A. suffering B. driving
C. flowing D. walking
5．A. so B. such
C. very D. much
6．A. important B. helpful
C. clever D. wrong
7. A. come across B. drop off
C. pick out D. put up
8. A. made B. sold
C. found D. broke
9. A. in case B. as if
C. even though D. now that
10．A.its B. her
C. my D. his
11. A. admitted B. avoided
C. disliked D. kept
12. A. whose B. which
C. who D. whom
13. A. humour B. satisfaction
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
C. doubt D. anger
14. A. planned B. suggested
C. hoped D. thought
15．A.due to B. in honour of
C. instead of D. in charge of
16. A. peace B. attitude
C. stage D. quality
17. A. quieter B. higher
C. easier D. longer
18. A. hospital B. supermarket
C. park D. museum
19. A. when B. where
C. why D. if
20. A．visit B. money
C. experience D. safety
答案：
1．解析：我不能找到一份满意的工作。
答案：D
2．解析：使我蒙羞的是我不得不开一家工厂的车子，收入勉强度日。
答案：A
3．解析：并住在朋友的家。
答案：C
4．解析：一天下午，就在我开车经过一个僻静的郊外的邻里的时候。
答案：B
5.解析：我如此地伤心以致我不断问自己。
答案：A
6．解析：这世界怎么了？
答案：D
7．解析：接着我把车开到路边，把一个小女孩放下。
答案：B
8．解析：她在车的地板上发现了它。
答案：C
9．解析：我应该保存好它以防失主来找。
答案：A
10．解析：在晚上失主果真来找她的耳坠了。
答案：B
11．解析：她非常激动并不断地说。
答案：D
12．解析：我告诉她应该感谢发现它的小女孩。
答案：C
13．解析：她满意地离开了。
答案：B
14．解析：我本来以为世界有问题仅仅是因为我的状况不好。
答案：D
15．解析：见上一条。
答案：A
16．解析：我应该改变我对生活的态度。
答案：B
17．解析：起初很难，而然后比较容易了。
答案：C
18．解析：一位在大医院当经理的女士。
答案：A
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
19．解析：问我是否我想在医院工作。
答案：D
20．解析：回顾这段经历，我知道最重要的是对生活要有积极的态度。
答案：C
由莲山课件提供http://www.5ykj.com/ 资源全部免费
微信/支付宝扫码支付