2021_2022学年新教材高中英语Unit1PeopleofAchievementReadinga

课时分层作业(三)

Ⅰ.阅读

In the 1940s, Lena Horne was the first African­American in Hollywood to sign a

long­term contract with a major movie studio.Her deal with MGM stated that she would

never play the role of a servant.During this period, African­American actors were

mostly limited to playing servants or African natives.

But this refusal also limited her movie career.Horne was generally only offered

the role of a nightclub singer.Her characters did not interact with white characters

in these movies.This way, her part could be cut from the version of the movie that

played in Southern States.

Lena Horne later wrote that the movie producers did not make her into a servant,

but they did not make her into anything else, either.Lena Horne once said that World

War Ⅱ helped make her a star.She was popular with both black and white servicemen.She

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Using Language

词汇知识·自主学习

Ⅰ. 根据语境与汉语提示写出正确的单词

1. the general theory of relativity 广义相对论

2. a man of genius 一个有天赋的人

3. a quiet and gentle man一个文静又温柔的男人

4. Swiss patent office瑞士专利局

5. a strong passion for knowledge对知识的强烈热情

6. four extraordinary physics papers

四篇非凡的物理学论文

7. gradually improved health 健康逐渐好转

8. the doors of academic institutions学术机构的大门

9. as a consequence 结果

10. the Institute for Advanced Study高级研究所

11. encounter people on the street在街上遇到行人

12. Professor Einstein爱因斯坦教授

13. his remarkable achievements他的非凡成就

14. a portable device 一台便携式设备

15. a rough draft of the letter 这封信的草稿

Ⅱ. 根据提示用恰当的短语填空

1. There are many other folks who have made contributions to(为……做出贡献) his word

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2. The sports meet to be held tomorrow is cancelled due to (由于)the bad weather.

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Period Four

题组A 基础练

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．A puter is a ________(设备) for processing information.

2．________(教授), for the most part, are firmly mitted to teaching, not research.

3．This is absolutely the most disappointing situation I've ever ________(遇到)．

4．That is a charitable ________(机构) for the education of young children.

【答案】1.device 2.Professors 3.encountered

4．institution

Ⅱ.短语填空

to one's surprise, scores of, take notes on, make a good living, put forward

1．They ________ everything the mothers and babies did.

2．Most people have to make a living which not just only make a living but also

hope ________.

3．Over the years several similar theories ________.

4．________， she saw the old woman still waiting for her.

5．Some ________ people acknowledged that there was a crisis.

【答案】1.took notes on 2.to make a good living

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Ⅰ. 阅读理解

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In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in

Britain. People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first

novel to RobinsonCrusoe in 1719—but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The

steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy(识字) rate in

England was under 50%. Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the

authors, often with something like “By a lady〞. Novels, for the most part, were

looked upon as silly, immoral, or just plain bad.

In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer

and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication

of novels and their readership and whose characters—from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim—were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dickens’ greatness is unchallenged.