高中英语 Unit 4 Pygmalion Section Ⅳ Gram

感顿市安乐阳光实验学校Section Ⅳ Grammar &

Writing

课时作业

Ⅰ. 单句语法填空

1. You should realize that your remarks (remark) may hurt the

feelings of people around you.

2．Even though he went through the papers carefully again and again,

he regretted finding that he had still overlooked (overlook) one

important detail.

3．The curtains I bought many years ago in the supermarket have

faded

(fade) in the sun.

4．Tom arrived at school late again, which made him feel awkward and

uncomfortable (comfort)．

5．After a long talk, my parents and I came to a compromise on my

monthly expense.

6．Lucy was chosen for the job because she was superior to the other

candidates.

7．It is required that the books in the library should be classified(classify) by subject.

8．The well­dressed lady is reported to have been robbed (rob) of

her wallet yesterday.

9．Please wait here and show the guests in when they don't know

how

to find the art show hall.

10．Generally speaking (speak), tourists should first visit cities

like Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

A

Have you ever heard of an old saying? Intelligence is a born ability

while goodness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they're given after all.

Choices can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon many years ago. I came across the fact

that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I'd never

seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building

an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I

had just turned 30 years old, and I'd been married for a year. I told

my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy

thing that probably wouldn't work since most start­ups don't and I wasn't sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young

boy, I'd been a garage inventor. I'd always wanted to be an inventor,

and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of

very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went

to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the

Internet. He took me for a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully

to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it

would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good

job. ” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think

about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light,

it really was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give

it a shot. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing.And I suspected

I would always be haunted by a decision not to try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my

passion, and I'm proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are

our choice.

【解题导语】 本文通过作者讲述自己创办亚马逊网上书店的过程，告诉读者坚持自己的选择，虽然困难却是值得的。 1．What inspired the author with the idea of building an online

bookstore?

A．His dream of being an inventor.

B．The support of his wife.

C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

D．Millions of exciting titles.

解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I got the idea...the

Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I'd never seen or

heard of anything that grew that fast”可知，因特网使用率的迅速增长激发了作者创建网上书店的想法。故选C。

2．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined

sentence?

A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb

him.

B．He would be very excited if he tried it out.

C．He would be always having a doubt if he didn't try.

D．The decision not to try the online bookstore would terrify him.

解析：选A 句意猜测题。根据第三段的倒数第二句“I didn't think I'd

regret trying and failing. ”可知，作者不会后悔去尝试或者失败，但是有了想法却从未尝试过会让他不能释怀。haunt意为“萦绕于脑际，长期不断地缠扰(某人)”。故选A。

3．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Cleverness and Kindness

B．The Starting of Amazon

C．Following My Passion

D．We Are What We Choose

解析：选D 标题归纳题。根据第一段的最后一句“Choices can be

hard. ”以及最后一段的末句“For all of us, in the end, we are our

choice. ”可知，作者以自己的亲身经历强调了坚持自己的选择对人生的意义。

4．We can know from the passage that________.

A．the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B．the author wanted someone else to try the idea

C．the author might not regret if he failed the idea

D．the author might go back to his boss if he failed

解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Seen in that light, it really

was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot.

I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. ”并结合文章主旨可知，作者即使失败也不后悔自己的选择。 B

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