Assignment 1
一．默写重点单词与词组
1.垃圾食品_________
2.小吃,快餐_________
3.发烧_________
4.大量的_________
5.应该,应当_________
6.成熟的桃子_________
7.平衡的饮食_________ 8. 可口的,好吃的_________
9.蘑菇_________ 10.软饮料_________
二．单词拼写
1.I've got a terrible p_________ here.Ouch!
2.The two nurses are very kind and patient.They look after their p_________ very carefully.
3.We must be careful with our diet if we want to keep up with the high p_________ of modern life.
4.Vegetables are good because they contain plenty of v_________.
5.When playing football,you might be using 400_________(卡)an hour.
6.The boy doesn't feel well.He needs to be e_________.
7.Eating too much cream and butter c_________ heart illnesses.
8.My _________(建议)is that you should not eat hamburgers.
9.Many people make _________(选择)from their eating habits based on what they believe.
10.Have you considered _________(讨论)your study plan in the class meeting?
三.句型转换
1.If our body lacks any of vitamins, we'll become sick.
If our body _________ _________ _________ vitamins, we'll become sick.
2.Eating habits become part of who we are.
Who we are is _________ _________ eating habits.
3.Our eating habits have changed, as has our way of life.
Our eating habits have changed and our way of life _________ _________ too.
4.I advise you to learn to make the right choices.
You _________ _________ learn to make right choices.
5.I advise you not to eat so much junk food.
You _________ _________ _________ eat so much junk food.
四.单项选择
1.It’s cold outside .You __________put on your coat.
A. had better to B . had better C. would rather D. would better to
2.You'd better not wake me up when you come in, ________ ?
A. had you
B. hadn't you
C. wouldn't you
D. would you
3.I was really anxious about you. You ________ home without a word.
A. mustn't have left
B. oughtn't to leave
C. oughtn' t to have left
D. shouldn't leave
4.----When can I come for the photos?
----I need them tomorrow afternoon .They _____be ready by 12:00.
A. can
B. should
C. might
D. need
5.-----_______you l like to have some noodle _____supper?
------Yes, I’d love to.
A Can .with B. Would .for C .Could . to D. Will .of
6.It is good__________ the health to take a walk in the morning.
A. of
B. for C .at D. to
7.The film_______ a novel by D. H. Lawrence.
A. is based on
B. Is based by
C. based on
D. based by
8 .______________we could afford it, we wouldn’t go abroad for our holidays.
A. Even if
B. Because
C. Now that
D. However
9 .My luggage was closely_______ when I entered the country.
A. examined
B. tested
C. checked
D. looked at
10.—Does it matter, Doctor? —No, ________.I suggest you____ more exercise
A. something wrong; to take
B. the place hurts; take
C. .As the boy was weak in health, his doctor_______ him to take more exercise.
A. hoped
B. suggested
C. thought
D. advised
12.All the rooms are_______ with electric lights.
A. supplied
B. given
C. offered
D. burnt
13.—You must have been tired out yesterday.—Oh,________ .I felt as if I were dying.
A. not a bit
B. not at all
C. not a little
D. not nearly
14.After the quarrel, he_______ lives here.
A. no longer
B. not any more
C. no more
D. not any longer
15.Would you slow down a bit, please? I can’t_______ you.
A. keep up with
B. put up with
C. make up to
D. hold on to
答案
一．1.junk food 2.snack 3.have a fever 4.plenty of 5.ought to 6.ripe peach 7.balanced diet8.tasty9.mushroom10.soft drink
二．1.pain 2.patients 3.pace 4.vitamins 5.calories 6.examined7.causes
8.suggestion9.choices 10.discussing
三．1.is short of 2.based on 3.has changed 4.had better 5.ought not to
四. BBCBB BAAAD DACAA
Assignment 2
一．巩固单词
stomach peach examine energy fever mixture mineral protein function digest gain
brain tasty sleepy chemical
balance diet ___ mixture ripe_______ digest_______
二．翻译练习
我认为薯条属于垃圾食品，因为它富含大量的脂肪糖分。(contain)
I think fried chips ___ _______ _____ because they ____ ____ _____fat and ___
你吃水果时要小心。(careful)
You _____ ______ ____ __________ with fruit.
老师们应当特关那些跟不上班级发展的同学。
Teachers ought to help the students who can’t____ ___ ___ the class.
只有这样我们才能保证自己对生活中的挑战和机遇有充分准备。
___ ____this way _____ _____ be ready for the _______ and _________ in life.
我们只需对它们进行清洗或剥皮。
All we have to _____ is _______or peel them.
三..完型填空
Mary’s parents are different from the average. While she was 1 up they required her
to 2 . First of all she had to work around their home. Later on Mary worked for other people.
When Mary was 14 years old, her mother and father told her that they were no 3 going to buy her clothes. Sure, they would continue to buy shoes for her and also the special clothes 4 suits, but 5 else was her responsibility. Some people thought that they were 6 , but they wanted to teach Mary some 7 lessons. One thing she learned was that nothing is cheap or 8 She learned how to deal with her money 9. Another thing she learned was how to keep from 10 out her clothes too fast.
Also, even 11 Mary went to school she was 12 to work. All through her high school and 13 years she worked as well as studied. Mary’s parents had plenty of 14 but they felt she would 15her education more if she had to 16 it. And strange 17 it may seem, they had heard that students who worked part-time generally got 18 grades than students who did no work.
Now Mary is a mother herself. She requires her 19 to do the same 20 she did, especially working part-time as they go to school.
1. A. raising B. bringing C. growing D. getting
2. A. study B. play C. learn D. work
3. A. longer B. money C. more D. hope
4. A. and B. or C. as D. like
5. A. what B. anything C. nothing D. everything
6. A. responsible B. lazy C. poor D. careless
7. A. difficult B. daily C. valuable D. useless
8. A. free B. expensive C. useful D. proper
9. A. quicklyB. slowly C. carefully D. suddenly
10. A. working B. wearing C. giving D. taking
11. A. when B. as C. until D. since
12. A. permitted B. required C. going D. forced
13. A. hard B. work C. other D. college
14. A. time B. children C. money D. work
15. A. value B. have C. use D. receive
16. A. enjoy B. pay C. pay for D. work for
17. A. thing B. as C. enough D. although
18. A. worse B. better C. more D. less
19. A. husband B. mother C. parents D. children
20. A. as B. what C. which D. like
四. 阅读理解
Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “Health is the greatest wealth,” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse(脉搏), test your blood pressure, take your tem-perature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story.
An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease.
He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other wor ds, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman ca me into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
1. The writer thinks that _____.
A. health is more important than wealth
B. work is as important as studies
C. medicine is more important than pleasure
D. nothing is more important than money
2. What advice did the doctor NOT give the old man?
A. Take long walks.
B. Smoke more than one cigarette a day.
C. Eat a lot of meat.
D. Drink two glasses of red wine every day.
3. The underlined part “he had never felt a healthier man” means “______”.
A. he was feeling better than ever
B. he wasn’t a healthy man
C. he was feeling worse than before
D. he will be well again
4. From the last sentence of the passage, we can learn ______.
A. the man was a heavy smoker before seeing the doctor
B. the man didn’t smoke so much before seeing the doctor
C. the man didn’t smoke before seeing the doctor
D. the man began to learn to smoke before seeing the doctor
5．What is the greatest wealth?
A. money
B. health
C. the best work
D. good marks
答案
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湖南高考英语专题复习完形填空(含答案) 一、高中英语完形填空 1．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项。 Several years ago, my company experienced a slowdown in business. We hoped that it was only 1 . We had work enough for only four days of the week. So we decided that we would 2 from Monday through Thursday, and take Fridays to do 3 projects in our hometown. One day, we went to a very old gentleman's 4 to do a total cleanup. When we arrived, an elderly woman 5 us at the door. We thought she was the wife, but it turned out she was the 6 . She was 75, and her father 97! Soon, we began to 7 the house and the yard. It was 8 how much work a group could get done when everyone was working 9 . That gentleman's house went from dirt to a sparkling clean palace by the time we 10 . The thing I most remember about that day, 11 , was not the great cleaning job that we did, but something 12 . When we walked into the house, I noticed the wonderful drawings that 13 the walls. The daughter told us that her father had 14 them, and that he hadn't 15 art until he was 80 years old. I was 16 : these drawings were works of art that could have easily been hanging in a museum. At the time, I was in my early 30s and wanted to do something that would 17 my creative and artistic competence more than being president of a company would 18 . I had felt that it was too 19 to make a change at this "advanced" stage of my life. Boy! My 20 belief system got expanded that afternoon! 1. A. temporary B. easy C. proper D. impossible 2. A. rest B. play C. start D. work 3. A. research B. service C. design D. class 4. A. company B. house C. office D. room 5. A. showed B. helped C. invited D. greeted 6. A. colleague B. wife C. daughter D. partner 7. A. sell B. buy C. clean D. tour 8. A. amazing B. amusing C. boring D. tiring 9. A. individually B. together C. alone D. equally 10. A. finished B. washed C. started D. arrived 11. A. however B. therefore C. instead D. moreover 12. A. similar B. familiar C. different D. absurd 13. A. built B. faced C. made D. decorated 14. A. colored B. painted C. observed D. purchased 15. A. appealed to B. given up C. kept to D. taken up 16. A. disappointed B. embarrassed C. shocked D. satisfied
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this 41 process and found something that has changed my 42 at college for the better: I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语). I never felt an urge to 43 any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The 44 languages were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my 45 for ASL. The 46 began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club 47 their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very 48 of communicating without speaking 49 me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the 50 .This newness just left me 51 more. After that, feeling the need to 52 further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club`s meetings. I only learned how to 53 the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my 54 progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to 55 those meetings and learn all I could. The following term, I 56 an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was 57 . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 58 , if there had been any talking, it would have 59 us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the 60 way of communication it opens. 41. A. searching B. planning C. natural D. formal 42. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion 43. A. choose B. read C. learn D. create 44. A. official B. foreign C. body D. spoken 45. A. love B. concern C. goal D. request 46. A. meeting B. trip C. story D. task 47. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed 48. A. idea B. amount C. dream D. reason 49. A. disturbed B. supported C. embarrassed D. attracted 50. A. end B. past C. course D. distance 51. A. showing B. acting C. saying D. wanting 52. A. exercise B. explore C. express D. explain 53. A. print B. write C. sign D. count 54. A. slow B. steady C. normal D. obvious 55. A. chair B. sponsor C. attend D. organize 56. A. missed B. passed C. gave up D. registered for 57. A. prohibited B. welcomed C. ignored D. repeated https://www.doczj.com/doc/543061857.html,stly B.Thus C.Instead D.However 59.A.required B.caused C.allowed D.expected 60.A.easy B.popular C.quick D.new
高中英语语法填空专项训练八 A Adam is 46. freshman in senior high school. 47. (go) from junior high school to senior high school is a really big difficulty to him. The first week was a little confusing. First, he had to think very carefully about 48. courses he wanted to take. On the 49. (recommend) of the school adviser, he chose the suitable ones. Chinese is a very difficult language for him, but he hopes to be fluent when he 50. (graduate). As for extra-curricular 51. (activity), he tried to join the school football team, but the coach refused because of his poor performance. 52. (obvious), he was unhappy, but he won’t quit. He joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, he works at a soup kitchen and hands 53. food to homeless people in the community. 54. he is worried about keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and it’ll be quite difficult 55. (get) used to all the homework, he is happy to be there. He will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future. B The following true story happened several years ago in the Paris Opera. A famous singer had agreed 71. (sing), and ticket sales were increasing. As a matter of fact, the night of the concert found the house packed and all the 72. (ticket) sold. The feeling of excitement was in the air as the house manager took the stage and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your enthusiastic support. I′m afraid because 73. illness, the man whom you come to hear will not be performing tonight. But we have found a person to take 74. (he) place. He will provide you with 75. same joy.” Hearing this, the crowd shouted in 76. (disappoint) and failed to hear the announcer mention the stand-in’s name. The stand-in performer tried his best. When he had finished, there was nothing 77. an uncomfortable silence. No one applauded (鼓掌). 78. (sudden), a little boy stood up and shouted, “Daddy, I think you are wonderful!” In a moment, the crowd 79. (break) into thunderous applause. We all need people in our lives 80. are willing to stand up once in a while and say, “I think you are wonderful.”
高一英语必修4单选练习 1. When he was a boy, he used to go there and watch _____. A. to repair bicycles B. bicycles to be repaired C. bicycles being repaired D. repairing bicycles 2. --- Have you considered _____ your job as a teacher? --- Yes. I like the job because a teacher is often considered _____ a gardener. A. to change; to be B. to change; being C. changing; being D. changing; to be 3. The dog, _____, will be made a good watchdog. A. to train properly B. being trained properly C. properly to train D. trained properly 4. _____ the diamond, he had to look for a place to hide it. A. Having stolen B. Having been stolen C. Stolen D. Stealing 5. _____ the front door _____, he had to enter the room through the back door. A. Seen; painted B. Seeing; painted C. Being seen; being painted D. Seeing; being painted 6. And there, almost _____ in the big chair, sat her little brother, who never had to be told to keep quiet. A. having lost B. losing C. to be lost D. lost 7. He looked around and caught a man _____ his hand into the pocket of a passenger. A. put B. to be putting C. to put D. putting 8. To answer correctly is more important than _____. A. that you finish quickly B. finishing quickly C. to finish quickly D. finish quickly 9. The old farmer, _____ the badly injured and burnt soldier, came out of the burning farmhouse, calling continuously for help. A. supporting B. having supported C. being supported by D. being supported 10. In January , 2004, the United States successfully launched “Spirit”, a Mars Exploration Rover, _____ a new milestone in the history of mankind. A. it marked B. marking C. marked D. to mark 11. It was getting dark; I found a car _____ in a pool by the side of the road. A. to be stuck B. stuck C. sticking D. stick 12. You can’t imagine what great trouble they have _____ the problem _____. A. to solve; being talked about B. solving; discussing C. to solve; to talk about D. solving; being discussed 13. The monument was built in honor of the explorer who was believed _____ the river. A. to have discovered B. to have been discovered C. to discover D. having been discovered 14. The thief fell to the ground, his left foot _____ and blood _____ down from his mouth. A. breaking; running B. broken; running C. breaking; run D. broken; run 15. The program was so exciting that the children kept their eyes _____ on the screen. A. to fix B. to be fixed C. fixed D. fixing 16. As I will be away for at least a year, I’d appreciate _____ from you now and then so that I can know how everyone is getting along. A. having heard B. to hear C. hearing D. being heard
高考完形填空专项训练步步高 抓好三方面●跨好三大步●做好三结合 ------谈完形填空解题技巧中学生在做完形填空题时存在的问题，概括起来有以下三方面： 1.不善于抓文章的主旨大意，并以此为中心展开对整篇文章的推理、判断，导致理解上出现偏差，甚至和文章的中心相悻。 2.容易受定势思维的影响，对文意分析不透，忽视特定语境中知识的运用。 3.对完形填空题怀有厌倦、畏惧心理，以至做题时处于应付状态，做题能力得不到提高。 那么，怎样才能提高做完形填空题的能力呢？我们应从以下三方面入手训练思维能力和解题技巧：抓准主旨、透析文意、理清逻辑。并在做题过程中把这三方面与做完形填空的三大步骤“通读、精读、复读”有机结合，明确每步的思维主攻方向。即抓好三方面，跨好三大步，做好三结合。 一、通读短文抓主旨 一般情况下，完形填空短文都不给标题，不容易把握文章的主题和大意。但短文首句通常不设空格，这就为我们窥视文章全貌提供了一个窗口，而尾句往往是文章的总结、结论或点睛之笔，所以抓住开篇启示作用的首句和总结概括性的尾句是必要的。借助于首尾句给予的启示，克服不良心理的影响，满怀信心，全神贯注，目光越过空格，注意能体现文章大意的关键词句，尽力从整体上理解短文大意，这是逐空填词的重要依据和基础。如果一开始就忙于见空填空，势必无法从整体上把握全文概要，无法形成连贯的思路，只见树木不见森林，理解偏离文章的中心，造成顾，此失彼的错误，甚至影响做题速度。 抓住了文章的主旨大意后，我们围绕主旨大意去阅读、预测、推理、判断，往往会收到事半功倍的效果。尤其是一些干扰性强，容易使人犯想当然错误的选项就会迎刃而解。 二、精读短文析文意 在基本抓住文章的主旨后，应逐句精读短文，逐题分析选项，对特定的语境做深人的理解，克服“定势思维”，根据全文大意和词不离句，句不离文的原则，逐项填空。切不可以单纯的词汇辨析或语法角度去做题，而应以能否恰如其分地表达文意作为选择最佳答案的唯一标准。要吃透文意，理解到位，我们应做到以下几点： 1.从上下文的角度考虑，注意其内在联系。就题论题，断章取义，忽视上下文的信息提示是我们常犯的错误。因此我们在做题时要注重暗含的信息提示，找准突破口，确保文意畅通。 2.从词汇意义及用法、惯用法和搭配的角度去考虑，准确判断。NMET完形填空题中考查词汇意义及用法、惯用法和搭配的题目逐年增多，必须结合上下文把握文意，研读
完形填空专项练习： 1 A "dark horse "is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, 1 the experts said he had little chance of winning. In politics, an 2 candidate (候选人) for office who 3 a nomination(提名)or election is called a "dark horse". British Prime Minister Benjamin Disrael is believed to 4 the first to use the phrase. In his novel, "The Young Duke ", published in 1831, Disrael described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell 5 ,while "a dark horse "which had never been thought of rushing past the grandstand (看台)in a sweeping triumph. From racing to politics was a short step. As a political phrase, “dark horse ” 6 for the first time in the national Democratic Party congress of 1844. The "dark horse" was James Knox Polk who became the llth President of the United States. Polk had been the leader of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839. He had 7 been Governor of the state of Tennessee. But as a national leader, he was considered a political 8 . Nevertheless, he 9 won the Democratic nomination and was elected 10 .Martin Van Buren of New York, A former President, seemed sure of getting the nomination. But he opposed making the territory of Texas part of the United States as mother state. He was 11 it because there was slavery in Texas. Van Buren did not want another slave state in the Union. As a result, he 12 support among those Democrats who supported slavery. At the 1884 congress, Van Buren could not get enough votes to win the nomination. The congress got into 13 . Therefore, the Democratic leaders decided that the only wise thing would be to run a "dark horse ", 14 who could unite the party. And so, one of the party leaders, George Bancroft, proposed the name of James Knox Polk. He won, and the party 15 behind him, And he defeated his opponent , Henry Clay of the Whig Party. 16 the 1844 congress, the "dark horse "candidates became an established fact of national political life. One historian said, "The invention of the dark horse was 17 a remarkable product of our professional politics. "This made 18 possible for party leaders to choose candidates who were not tied to certain ideas. Therefore, they represented 19 and had developed 20 enemies. 1. A. so B. even though C. so that D. as if 2. A. unknown B. famous C. popular D. known 3. A. accepts B. looks forward to C. refuses D. wins 4. A. be B. being C. been D. have been 5. A. about B. behind C. asleep D. back 6. A. happened B. appeared C. used D. was come about 7. A. as well B. either C. also D. too 8. A. somebody B. everybody C. anybody D. nobody 9. A. difficultly B. successfully C. surprisingly D. easily 10. A. President B. a President C. the President D. the governor 11. A. for B. against C. in favor of D. in favor with 12. A. won B. received C. lost D. wasted 13. A. votes B. help C. efforts D. money