高二英语暑假作业8

- 1 - 高二英语暑假作业（八） 一、美文晨读 To protect celebrities from the photographers who hound them, the mayor of Malibu has made a decision. “All professional photographers who want to take photos of celebrities in Malibu must be licensed. The license will cost $2,000 a year,” said Mayor Eddie Arnold. “I know that sounds like a lot, but these people can make a lot of money off one photo.” In fact, a recent photo of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new baby sold for $4 million. They had contracted with a magazine for the photo, and then donated the money to a charity for children. A couple of years before that, a photo of Brad and Angelina walking along an African beach sold for $400,000. So celebrity photos, contracted or candid, can make a photographer wealthy. But the stalking that goes on can make a celebrity crazy; recently, an actor punched out a photographer. Stalking can be dangerous to the public, too. Recently, paparazzi in nine different cars chased after Britney Spears as she left a friend's house to go to a nearby restaurant. The driver of one car, intent on beating his competitors, struck a man in a crosswalk. The man was taken to the hospital with two broken legs. Nobody took his photo. That accident prompted the mayor’s decision. The very cost of the license, he said, would reduce the number of photographers who hang around in Malibu. “Good riddance,” said one restaurant owner. “Some of them hang around my restaurant every Saturday. They never buy lunch or dinner. They just use my rest room all day long.” The paparazzi, of course, were angry. “We’re just little people trying to make a buck,” said Ansel Adams. “Most of us never have big paydays. Malibu should collect the $2,000 only if we actually sell a photo.” 二、词汇训练 1. Researchers c_________ living conditions in London with those in other places. 2. I don’t think anybody m _________ to her apart from herself. - 2 - 3. He prefers q__________ to quality when food is concerned. 4. The d_________we have collected are not enough to be convincing. 5. Everything was in a s_________ of disorder. 6. The number of the children in the school has __________（降低）by 500 this year. 7. She _________（安排）all her business affairs before going on holiday. 8. Some children can’t go to school because of _________（缺乏）of money. 9. He studied the German market to find the _________（潜力）there for profitable investment. 10. Having no children of their own they decided to __________（收养）an orphan. 三、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于 3 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dawn graduated several years ago. She __1__________(be) a successful model, and 2________(find) a job had not been a problem ─ until _3_________(recent). When Dawn did start trying to find another type of job, she found in interview after interview that computer literacy was a must to 4 _____(employ). __5_______ Dawn had always been afraid of learning computer while in college ─ our school didn’t require to learn computer at that time — she managed to get a degree __6_______ ever confronting(面对) a computer. Finally, after months of searching for a job, Dawn failed. She had to admit that sidestepping (回避) computer literacy hadn’t been a good idea._7______, She enrolled in a computer course at 8 ____adult vocational school. __9__________(surprise), although she had been afraid of learning computer, she took to computers __10________much that after about a year she opened her own computer-based business. 四、阅读理解 A During the early years of the settlement of the American continent, a highly distinctive form of English, spoken by the black population, was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainland. The beginning - 3 - of the seventeenth century saw the emergence（出现）of the slave trade. Ships from Europe traveled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses. The ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle” of journeys, and the process began again. Britain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200 years of trading had taken place. By the middle of the nineteenth century, there were over four million black slaves in America. The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin（混杂的）forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors, many of whom spoke English. Once they arrived in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between the black population and their new owners, and among the blacks themselves. Then, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole（克里奥尔语）speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations（种 植园）, and in the coastal towns and islands. 1. Which of the following is the correct route taken by slave traders? A. Europe → the West African coast → the Caribbean islands and the American coast → England. B. Europe → the West African coast → Europe → the Caribbean islands and the American coast. C. The West African coast → Europe → the Caribbean islands and the American coast → Europe. D. The West African coast → Europe → the Caribbean islands and the American coast → the West African coast. 2. It can be inferred that slaves in the same ship _____. A. didn’t communicate with each other B. could understand several - 4 - languages C. spoke different languages D. came from the same place 3. Creole speech comes from _____. A. Spanish and English B. English and African languages C. a European language and an American language D. an African language and an Asian language 4. What is the passage mainly about? A. The history of the slave trade. B. The so-called “Atlantic triangle”. C. Languages spoken in America. D. How a particular version of English was born. B A rocket began countdown（倒数计秒）. It was a common sound in the 1960s. But this was not just another countdown. It was the beginning of a historic event. It was the countdown for Apollo 11 — the space flight that would carry men to the first landing on the moon. In the spaceship at the top of the rocket were three American astronauts whose names would soon be known around the world: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong was the commander of the spaceship. Edwin Aldrin was the pilot of the moon lander. The astronauts gave it the name the Eagle. Michael Collins was the pilot of the command module（驾驶舱）, Columbia. He would wait in orbit around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed and explored the surface. On Earth, all activity seemed to stop. President Richard Nixon gave federal government workers the day off to watch the moon landing on television. Around the world, 500 million people watched the television report. Countless millions more listened on their radios. Armstrong and Aldrin started the lander rocket engine. It slowed the spacecraft - 5 - and sent it down toward the landing place. It was in an area known as the “Sea of Tranquility”. The moon lander, controlled by a computer, dropped toward the airless surface of the moon. 140 meters from the surface, the astronauts took control of the lander from the computer. They moved the Eagle forward, away from a very rocky area that might have caused a difficult landing. It took the astronauts more than three hours to complete the preparations for leaving the lander. It was difficult—in the Eagle’s small space—to get into space suits that would protect them on the moon’s surface. Finally, Armstrong and Aldrin were ready. They opened the door. Armstrong went out first and moved slowly down the ladder. At 2:56 on July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his foot on the moon. “That’s one small step for man,” he said, “one giant leap for mankind.” 5. Why did the three American astronauts on Apollo 11 soon become famous around the world? A. Because people had never seen such brave astronauts as them before. B. Because the first landing on the moon attracted the world’s attention. C. Because people all over the world watched the moon landing on TV live. D. Because President Richard Nixon thought highly of what they did. 6. Armstrong and Aldrin moved the Eagle forward before it landed on the moon’s surface in order to _____. A. reach the area called the “Sea of Tranquility” B. look for a rocky area for landing C. complete the preparations for leaving the lander D. choose a flat place for a safe landing 7. It took a long time for Armstrong and Aldrin to leave the Eagle because _____. A. they had difficulty in putting on their space suits in the Eagle’s small space B. they had so many things to deal with before leaving C. they needed enough time to get used to the airless conditions on the moon D. the landing caused some troubles for the Eagle - 6 - 8. What Neil Armstrong said in the last paragraph means that _____. A. his first step on the moon was a historic achievement for mankind B. many people made contributions to the first flight to the moon C. more would be achieved after the first landing on the moon D. greater efforts would have to be made to further explore the space 五、书面表达 最近，你校同学正在参加某英文报组织的一场讨论。讨论的主题是：公园要不要收门票? 请你根据下表所提供的信息，给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论情况。 60％的同学认为 40％的同学认为 1. 不应该收门票； 2. 公园是公众休闲的地方； 3. 如收门票，需建大门和围墙，会影响城市形象。 1. 应收门票，但票价不要太高； 2. 支付园林工人工资； 3. 购买新的花木。 注意：1. 信的开头已为你写好。 2. 词数：120 左右。 3. 参考词汇：门票---entrance fee Dear Editor, I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we have had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks. ________________________________________________________________________________ _ ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ - 7 - ________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ 二、词汇训练 1. compared 2. matters 3. quantity 4. data 5. state 6. decreased 7. arranges 8. lack 9. potential 10. adopt 三、短文填空 1. had been? 2. finding 3. recently.4 employment 5. Since 6 without 7. Therefore/Thus 8 an 9.Surprisingly 10. so 四、阅读理解 1-4 ACBD 5-8 BDAA 五、书面表达 Dear editor, I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we have had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks. Sixty students out of one hundred think that an entrance fee should not be bought before one enters a park, for it is a place for the public to go to when they are free. If a ticket must be bought, a gate and walls have to be built for a park, which will make a city look ugly. Forty students out of one hundred think that an entrance fee should be bought before one enters a park, but the price of the ticket should be reasonable. Money that is got from ticket selling can be used to pay the gardening workers and buy different kinds of flowers and trees. As for myself, I really think parks are good places to go to at weekends and on holidays. At the same time, we, as visitors, should pay the entrance fee when we enter a park. After all, it takes a lot of money to maintain a park in good working order. Do you agree with me, dear editor? Yours truly, Li Hua