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西安市阎良区武屯中学高二年级英语暑假作业第六周【词汇积累】一、单词拼写1. We all shared in her happiness when she won the_____________ (奖学金).2. Do you have an intense _____________ (欲望) for truth and honesty?3. The local government raised large sums for highway_____________ (建造).4. The child’s bad behaviour_____________ (反映) his home training.5. Chinese subway trains are now _____________ (出口)to developed countries including the United States.6. They _____________(声称) to have discovered a cure for the disease.7. In a good _____________ (婚姻), both husband and wife work hard to solve any problems that arise.8. The _____________ (原则) of the design is to offer the best to the readers.9. As we know, the bank has three_____________ (分支) all over the country.10. Instead of throwing away the rubbish, why not _____________ (回收利用) it?二、词性转换1. All the wheat _____________ (gather) in before it rained.2. She turned the steering wheel _____________ (sharp) to the left to avoid a cyclist.3. The team will _____________ (definite) lose if he doesn’t play.4. The climate is mild all year around, _____________ (mean) it is always a good time to visit.5. It’s no use _____________ (argue) with him; however hard I tried to persuade him to join us, he did not change his mind.6. Yang Liwei is one of the most famous _____________ (astronaut) in the world.7.I didn’t fancy _____________ (swim) in that water.8. He had the good sense to withdraw from the_____________ (elect) contest.9. All non-violent religious and political_____________ (believe) should be respected equally.10. As a result, these students to tend _____________ (feel) sleepy all day and have bad memories. 【语法冲关】一、非谓语1. Dozens of families recently arrived at the animal park after hours of driving, only __________ (find) it closed for the winter.2. He hopes to get established enough __________ (make) a living from his work.3. Today, 90 percent of children aged 11 to 16 from the same area go to the same school without _________ (take) any entry examination.4. As Kevin gazed at the river, he caught sight of several people on the bank ______ (move) toward the water.5. “I let them talk about their opinions,” she said, “They feel better when ______ (tell) someone how they want things to be.”6. He raised his voice in order to make himself ______ (hear).7. ________ (see) those photos, she remembered her childhood.8. She came into the house, ________ (carry) a lot of books.9. Attheageof15,Makosinskicreatedaprototype (原型) foraflashlight _____ (power) by the heat of one’s hand.10. Michael Engel, a professor at the University of Kansas, was approached__________ (examine) the grasshopper further.二、语法填空It was a moving moment at the National Zoo in Washington. Thousands 1 people came to say goodbye to the zoo’s most popular star, 2 is actually a panda. Bao Bao, the panda’s name, left for her new home back in Chengdu, China on Feb. 22, 2017. She’s th e first female panda born in the US and 3 (win) the hearts of many Americans since her birth three and a half years ago. Bao Bao must be sent back to her 4 (origin) hometown due to an agreement between China and the US that demands every baby panda should return to China by the age of four. Pandas’ lovely black-and-white appearance 5 (make) them popular around the world. In fact, in the past they were sent to other countries as gifts, known as “Panda Diplomacy(外交)”. Now, pandas face the problem of 6 (die) out and we can 7 (rare) see them in the wilderness. Therefore, China has stopped giving away pandas for free because of 8 (they) decreasing number. On 9 contrary, any zoos outside China wanting a panda must offer a fee10 (protect) this kind of precious animal.三、短文改错As we all know, over seventy percent of our planet are covered by sea, where is rich in salt as well as fish. What’s more, there is a great deal of oil or gas under the sea. In other words, the sea is the place with so many important things we live in. However, with the world population increased rapidly, overfishing has become a serious problem. Every day a lot of rubbishes and waste water are poured into the sea, so the sea is bad polluted. As a result, the number of fish has obviously decreased. Besides, some are dying out or have been died out. Therefore, it is time for everybody protect the sea.【阅读拓展】(1)Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him food, wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent droughtand floods.Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers.Two thousand years ago, a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became bare and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult sometimes to make the people realize this. They cut down the trees but are too careless to plant and look after new trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees, their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in, and also bind the soil. This prevents the soil from being washed away. But where there are no trees, the rainfalls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, and this causes floods and the rain carries away the rich top soil in which crops grow. When all the top soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.1. Trees are useful to man mainly in three ways, the most important of which is that they can ____.A. keep him from the hot sunshineB. protect him from drought and floodsC. make him draw quick profit from themD. enable him to build warships2. The underlined word “bind” in Paragraph 5 means “______”.A. to wash awayB. to make stay togetherC. to make wetD. to improve3. The purpose that the writer wrote this article is to ______.A. tell people the use of woodB. tell people the function of tree rootsC. warn that man mustn’t destroy forests any moreD. explain how trees help to prevent drought and floods(2)The story of Santa Claus began hundreds of years earlier. During the fourth century, a Roman Catholic church official called Nicholas of Myra became famous for his many good actions. Nicholas was made a saint after his death and it became common in northern Europe to hold acelebration on December 6th,the day Nicholas died. All kinds of stories were told about saint Nicholas and the Dutch brought one of these stories with them to America. They believed that each year the saint rode a white horse from home to home. He gave presents to children who had been good, and coal or straw to children who had been bad. Other Americans who lived nearby greatly enjoyed the Dutch celebrations. They decided to make saint Nicholas part of their own celebration of Christmas. But he got a new name Santa Claus. It was taken from the Dutch words for Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus. The Dutch imagined Saint Nicholas to be a serious, even frightening person, who could punish as well as give gifts. But in 1822,an American named Clement C. Moore wrote a Christmas poem for his children, the poem called A Visit from St. Nicholas, created a completely new Santa Claus. Dr. Moore described a short, happy, little man who rode in an open sleigh. The sleigh was pulled from house to house by eight white reindeer. At each house Santa delivered gifts by dropping them down the chimney into the fireplace. Dr. Moore’s poem was published in a newspaper in New York, in 1823. It soon became popular all over America and it became the source for the Santa Claus American children still believe in today.An American artist named Thomas Nast also played a part in creating Santa Claus. Beginning in1860’s, Mr. Nast drew pictures of Santa Claus for an American publication called Harper’s Weekly. These pictures showed a fat, smiling old man with a red nose and white beard. He was dressed in a red suit with white fur and a black belt. Today more than one hundred years later, that same Santa Claus can be seen everywhere at Christmas time.1. Nicholas died ________.A. on December 25thB. on December 6thC. in 1822D. in 18232. Nicholas became famous because ________.A. he lived during the fourth centuryB. he was a Roman Catholic Church officialC. he did a lot of good deedsD. he lived in Myra, the ancient capital of Lycia3. The Dutch believed that Saint Nicholas ________.A. gave presents to each childB. gave nothing to the bad childrenC. gave coal or straw to the bad childrenD. gave presents to the adults4. The Santa Claus that American children trust today comes from _______.A. a newspaperB. a poemC. a chimneyD. a forest(3)I had a quick thirty-minute stopover in Detroit before heading home to Toronto. After 1 up the passage in a hurry, I realized that my gate was on the opposite end of the airport.Luckily, I got there with five minutes to 2 and stood waiting to becalled.I was tired and had a 3 scheduled right after I was home. Butthen came the 4 , “It seems we have overbooked the flight. Wouldanyone volunteer to stay for the 5 flight?” There were 100-plus peopleand not a 6 person said a word.The next flight was in four hours. I 7 and saw businessmenneeding to get home for work, mothers to see their kids, kids to see theirfriends, and more 8 , I saw people that needed to be helped. Eventhough I 9 to be home just as much as anyone, something inside mesaid that I should volunteer and offer some 10 to this group of strangers.The gate attendant(服务员)had said that the flight couldn’t board untilsomeone volunteered.I picked up my bag, 11 to the gate attendant and said, “Ivolunteer!” A big 12 spread over her face.As she was 13 my ticket, I got my meeting rescheduled. Theattendant 14 me my new boarding pass. All the 15 boarding theirflight, I was happy that I had been able to 16 .When boarding the plane, I was surprised to 17 that I wasarranged (安排) to be seated in first class. How 18 I was for everythingthat had happened. With no thought of 19 , I gave with the intention toserve others, and that kindness was 20 to me with an upgrade to first class!1. A.driving B.wandering C. rushing D.breaking2. A.take B.waste C. enjoy D.spare3. A.call B.meeting C. treatment D.case4. A.requirement B.conclusion C. announcement D.reply5. ter st C. earlier D.first6. A.normal B.former C. single D.nice7. A.set off B.looked around C. stood by D.ran away8. A.seriously B.willingly C. hopefully D.importantly9. A.voted B.happened C. wanted D.refused10. A.kindness B. money C.guidance D. encouragement11. A.listened B.walked C. reported D.explained12. A.doubt B.worry C. smile D.fear13. A.processing B.holding C. booking D.checking14. A.handed B.promised C. sold D.brought15. A.staff B.businessmen C. volunteers D.passengers16. A.help B. speak C. interact D.leave17. A.warn B.remember C. advise D.discover18. A.anxious B.thankful C. responsible D.suitable19. A.praise B.loss C. danger D.reward20. A. returned B. sent C. introduced D. shown【作文训练】一、应用文假定你是李华,在澳大利亚悉尼一所高中做交换生,得知当地一家中文培训中心正在招募志愿者。
本材料为新视野大学英语4 Unit1--Unit5 Section A课后练习根据老师的出题范围有所删减Unit 1 ③1。
As the gender barriers (crumbled),the number of women working as lawyers,doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid—20th century.2. With the data collected each year,the owner of the shop can (discern)customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.3. His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to (surpass) his personal goals.4. He is a man with a(n) (shrewd)business sense。
He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune。
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The (conversion)of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.6。
海南省天一大联考2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末统考模拟试题考生请注意:1.答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内,不得在试卷上作任何标记。
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考试结束后,请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)1.If you want to see Mr. Johnson on Friday morning, make sure he is ______ ahead of time.A.approachable B.accessible C.available D.convenient2.Some schools, including ours, will have to make ________ in agreement with the national soccer reform.A.amusements B.adjustmentsC.appointments D.achievements3.-- Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.---Thanks. You _______ it. I could manage it myself.A.needn’t do B.shouldn’t have done C.mustn’t do D.needn’t have done 4.—Do you know when your mother ________ to pick you up?—At 11:40 am.A.had come B.is comingC.has come D.would come5.We’ll go early.,we may not get a seat.A.Otherwise B.Meanwhile C.However D.Besides6.Laughter produces short-term changes in the function of the heart and blood circulation,_________heart rate and oxygen consumption.A.increasing B.to increase C.having increased D.being increased 7.________about the man wearing sunglasses during night that he was determined to follow him.A.So curious the detective wasB.So curious was the detectiveC.How curious was the detectiveD.How curious the detective was8.Her doctor indicated that even adding a(n) _____ amount of daily exercise woulddramatically improve her health.A.modest B.equalC.exact D.considerable9.Face the problem bravely and you ______ a new way to success.A.find B.found C.will find D.have found10.—Mr, White, do you have anything ________?—No, nothing. You can take a rest now.A.type B.typed C.to type D.to be typed11.Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students ________ what is bothering them.A.to talk over B.talked overC.talk over D.having talked over12.The Japanese suffering from the worst natural disasters . A.are; ever since B.are; of all timeC.is; ever since D.is; of all time13.I live in a town ______ runs a small and winding river.A.through which B.which C.in which D.where14.The new means of transport ________ in this city, so whether it will work out remains to be seen.A.have never tried B.has never tried C.have never been tried D.has never been tried15.—Smoking should be banned in public.—. ____It is harmful to both the smokers and non-smokers.A.I’d love to B.It’s my pleasureC.I’m with you on that D.It’s up to you16.Though our football boys are faced with four goals behind, they are still struggling hard in the field to ______.A.face the music B.save faceC.cost their arm and leg D.land on their feet17.(2015·北京)___________the early flight, we ordered a taxi in advance and got up very early.A.Catching B.CaughtC.To catch D.Catch18.The post office is closed ______ Saturday afternoon.A.on B.in C.of D.at19.After looking at many new cars, I found ________ which I would accept just assuitable.A.it B.this C.that D.one20.--- You look happy today. Is there anything good?--- I’m very delighted ______ as one of the exchange students.A.to choose B.to have been chosenC.choosing D.having been chosen第二部分阅读理解(满分40分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
注:数字的最后一个表示答案如11140401表示本题选择第1答案;11140804表示答案为41844+英语II(1)普通单元作业答案20120320第1单元参考答案1 各种类的a full range of2 合适的appropriate3 有空做某事available for4 快乐极了be over the moon5 与……相关be relevant to6 (使)破裂burst7 突然出现burst in8 关系connection9 考虑consideration10 柜台counter11 当前的current12 版edition13 随函附上enclose14 工程技术engineering15 询问enquire16 失败failure17 决赛final18 公司firm19 嗜好hobby20 行业industry21 影响influence22 兴趣interest23 新闻学journalism24 回顾look back25 制造manufacture26 尤其particularly27 时期period28 工作安排placement29 产品product30 购买purchase31 变化幅度range32 球拍racquet33 定期地regularly34 有关的relevant35 要求require36 冒险的risky37 特别的special38 专长specialisation39 立即straightaway40 成功success41 聘用take on42 胜利者winner1 This word is not in c _u _r _r _e _n _t (当前的) use. current2 His mother has a good i _n _f _l _u _e _n _c _e (影响) on him. influence3 She has no i _n _t _e _r _e _s _t (兴趣) in him. interest4 "The factory was built for the m _a _n _u _f _a _c _t _u _r _e (制造) ofcars." manufacture5 Our car is a p _r _o _d _u _c _t (产品) of that factory. product6 What more do you r _e _q _u _i _r _e (要求) me to do? require7 "At school his s _p _e _c _i _a _l _i _z _a _t _i _o _n (专长) ismathematics." specialization8 We meet sometimes, but not r _e _g _u _l _a _r _l _y (定期地) . regularly9 The meeting was a complete f _a _i _l _u _r _e (失败) . failure10 The doctor is not a _v _a _i _l _a _b _l _e (有空) now. available1 "1. Something that is d is suitable for a particular situation.2. Something that is d to a person is valuable and useful to that person.3. A d is a relationship between two things, or people.4. If you d someone, you use your power to make them agree with you.5. The d of a race, or competition is the person that wins it.6. If you d something with a letter, you put it in the same envelope.7. If you d about something, you ask for information about it.8. The d is the last game and decides who is the winner.9. A d is an activity that you enjoy doing in your spare time.10. To d something means to make it in a factory."appropriate<|>relevant<|>connection<|>influence<|>winner<|>enclose<|>enquire<|>f inal<|>hobby<|>manufacture1 Please find ____________ a brochure in the letter. enclosed2 I don't think what you said ____________ the topic. is relevant to3 I am sorry I am not available ____________ the party on Sunday. for4 He was ____________ about his new car. 111404015 We were playing games on the computer when he _____________. 111405016 When I looked _____________, it wasn't such a bad experience. 111406027 He ____________ me to help him with his English. 111407038 Parents have great influence ____________ their children. 111408049 Buying a second-hand car can be a ______________ business. 1114090310 I am told you are going to take ____________ new members of staff. 111410041 For what does John go to see Mrs Smith? 112201022 What does John do now? 112202023 According to Mrs Smith, what can be included in the application letter? 112203044 The sentence "At least it will help you to the interview stage, I think." means __________. 112204031 This passage mainly tells us __________. 112301032 According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________. 112302023 "Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, butshe didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that?" 112303014 What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean? 112304025 What is the best title for this passage? 112305041 I ____________ a good film on TV at the moment. 113101022 He's not German. He __________ from l瑞典Switzerland l0 . 113102023 Be quiet! Someone ___________. 113103014 _________ to go out tonight? 113104015 I __________ my new job. 113105026 They _________ four languages very well. 113106021 "The dog / hate / to have / a bath. _The dog hated having a bath."The dog hated having a bath.2 "She / quite like / to wear / designer(s') clothes._She quite liked wearing designer(s') clothes."She quite liked wearing designer(s') clothes.3 "They / hate / to begin / a new term at school._They hated beginning a new term at school."They hated beginning a new term at school.4 "I / loathe / to run / at the gym._I loathed running at the gym."I loathed running at the gym.5 "She / love / to do / puzzles. _She loved doing puzzles."She loved doing puzzles.6 "He / be keen on / to come / to my house for dinner._He was keen on coming to my house for dinner."He was keen on coming to my house for dinner.1 While he _was mending (mend) the car, the police _arrived (arrive). was mending, arrived2 "They _shouted (shout) to him while he _was crossing (cross) the road." shouted, was crossing3 "He _didn't hear (not / hear) them because the children _were making (make) toomuch l噪音noise l0 ." didn't hear, were making4 She _made (make) him a coffee while he _was watching (watch) TV. made, was watching5 We _were thinking (think) about Peter when we _got (get) a l电话phone call l0 from him. were thinking, got a phone call6 He _wasn't looking (not / look) when the car _hit (hit)him. wasn't looking, hit7 They _were talking (talk) in French, so we _didn't understand (not / understand) them. were talking, didn't understand8 When I _saw (see) the accident, I _was standing (stand) by the door. saw the accident, was standing1 "Angela began by working in Paris. Angela had a job in a cosmetics company. b2 (where) b0_Angela began by working in Paris, where she had a job in a cosmetics company." Angela began by working in Paris, where she had a job in a cosmetics company.2 "Angela enjoyed the job. Angela left the job. Angela felt she was not paid enough. b2 (but, because) b0_Angela enjoyed the job, but she left it because she felt she was not paid enough." Angela enjoyed the job, but she left it because she felt she was not paid enough.3 "Angela liked London. Angela's brother lived there. b2 (because) b0_Angela liked London because her brother lived there." Angela liked London because her brother lived there.4 "Then Angela found another job. The job had very good l前途prospects l0 . b2 (with) b0_Then Angela found another job with very good prospects." Then Angela found another job with very good prospects.5 "Angela had enough experience. She decided to set up her own company. b2 (and) b0_Angela had enough experience and decided to set up her own company." Angela had enough experience and decided to set up her own company.6 "Angela now works in London and Paris. She has a team of 60 people. The team are French andEnglish. b2 (with, who) b0_Angela now works in London and Paris with a team of 60 people, who are French and English." Angela now works in London and Paris with a team of 60 people, who are French and English.1 being at home 32 watching cricket 13 going to concerts 24 walking 15 reading 36 architecture 27 spending time with my family 38 bird watching 19 gardening 310 visiting old houses 211 music 212 playing with dogs 113 watching tennis 314 cooking 315 eating out in restaurants 216 going to the cinema 21 I _was _born in Kandar, Sri Lanka in _1958 . was born, 19582 My _father worked as a _British civil servant. father, British3 I _studied law at Oxford _University . studied, University4 I am a _lecturer in law. lecturer5 I live in _London . London6 I am currently _working on a _book about company law. working, book7 In my spare time I like _reading , gardening and _cooking . reading, cooking8 At the weekends I often _go _to _the _cinema and _walk in the countryside. go to the cinema, walk1 "You can say something about where you are from, what you do for a living(typically what your job is), where youlive and work, what your hobbies are, what kinds of entertainment, movies, sports, or books you are interestedin, etc.Here is a list of expressions you may use when you are making a self-introduction: Giving your nameMy name is… It means…Call me…Everyone calls me… b4Where are you from… b0I live in…I am from…I was born in…and lived in…until I moved to…when I was…My hometown is… b4Where you wor k/study… b0I am a long distance learner at…I am majoring in…My major is…I work for a company called…I am in business as a trader.My primary job is…Introducing your familyI am married and have two children. My family members are…I have one older brother and two younger sisters.Talking about hobbies/things you likeI started playing piano when I was in the third grade.My hobby is listening to rock music.What do you do in your spare time?We have been very involved in…My favorite kind of computer games are action games, such as…b4 Talking About Myself"第2单元参考答案1 羡慕admire2 擅长艺术的artistic3 当局authority4 拜访call in on sb5 跟着……一起来come along6 恼火的cross7 残酷的cruel8 拆毁demolish9 (患)糖尿病的diabetic10 诊断diagnose11 带气泡的饮料fizzy drinks12 永远forever13 游乐场funfair14 山羊goat15 和善的good-natured16 说闲话gossip17 长大grow up18 内部的inner19 敬慕look up to20 忠诚的loyal21 市场market22 嫁;娶marry23 擅长音乐的musical24 英镑pound25 容忍put up with26 香肠sausage27 出发(去) set out (for)28 谈吐得体的sophisticated29 专家specialist30 度过spend31 照料take care of32 发生take place33 责备tell off34 试验try out35 无论怎样的whatever36 轮wheel1 I a_d_m_i_r_e (羡慕) him for his skill. admire2 He was a very a_r_t_i_s_t_i_c (擅长艺术的) man.artistic3 "The a_u_t_h_o_r_i_t_i_e_s (当局) should stop them doing that."authorities4 I was a little c_r_o_s_s (恼火的) when he played the computer games.cross5 They are c_r_u_e_l (残酷的) to animals.cruel6 They are going to d_e_m_o_l_i_s_h (拆毁) that old factory.demolish7 Her parents want her to m_a_r_r_y (结婚) a rich man.marry8 What did the doctor d_i_a_g_n_o_s_e (诊断) him as?diagnose9 Would you like some f_i_z_z_y (带气泡的) drinks?fizzy10 I hope we'll be friends f_o_r_e_v_e_r (永远) .forever1 "1. Ad is an event held in a park at which people pay to ride on various machines for fun.2. Ad is a farm animal that is about the size of a sheep.3. If youd with someone, you talk about other people.4. If someone isd , they are firm in their friendship.5. Ad person doesn't get angry easily.6. Ad is a person who has a particular skill.7. Ad is a place where goods are bought and sold.8. Someone who isd has a natural ability and interest in music.9. If youd time doing something, you use your time doing it.10. Thed is the unit of money which is used in Britain."funfair<|>goat<|>gossip<|>loyal<|>good-natured<|>specialist<|>market<|>musical<|>spend<|>pound1 The teacher told __ for being late for class. 211401032 He always keeps __ me how to do the job. 211402013 They plan to set ____ the Great Wall at six o'clock. 211403044 I can't put __ the noisy people outside. 211404035 They __ for nearly three years. 211405046 When I saw her for the first time, I __ her. 211406027 My old friend called __ me last week. 211407028 Will you __ us to the theatre? 211408039 Students all looked __ their mathematics teacher. 2114090210 What has __ to your car? 211410011 According to the passage, when Anna was a child, she _________.212201012 It can be inferred from the passage the author thinks looking after little children is ___________.212202023 What does "take after" mean in the first sentence of paragraph 2?212203034 My daughter and I have little in common in terms of ___________.212204045 From the passage, we can see the author's description of his daughter is ___________.212205041 Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to Greenleas?212301032 When she got married, she lived __________.212302043 How did she know so many people?212303024 "The sentence ""I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business"" in thelast paragraph means __________."212304035 What does this passage mainly deal with?212305011 "to take after to grow up to get round someoneto look up to someone to look after someone to bring someone upto be something to tell someone off1. ""Where were you born?""""I was born in Scotland, but I_grew up in London.""2. ""You play the piano beautifully.""""Thank you. I_take after my mother. She is a professional musician.""3. ""The boss is angry about your last report.""""Don't worry – I can_get round him.""4. ""Are you close to your grandparents?""""Yes, they_looked after me after my parents died.""5. ""Why is your son crying?""""He was naughty and I_told him off (him).""6. ""Why are you giving that wallet to the police?""""My parents_brought me up (me) to be honest.""" grew up1 She's going to b2 bring b0 her children b2 upb0 to be honest and loyal.213201022 I am not very good at b2 looking after b0 children.21320202 3 When she b2 grew up b0 a bit, we spent a lot of time together.213203014 She b2 takes after b0 her mother.213204025 My wife b2 took care of b0 her.213205026 I don't ever remember b2 tellingb0 her b2 offb0 .213206011 When I was young, I_used to live in the country.used to2 "Every Saturday when it was sunny, I_used to<||>would meet my friends to go for a cycle ride."used to / would3 After the cricket we_used to<||>would sit under a tree and talk about sport.used to / would4 We_used to enjoy playing cricket in a field.used to5 When we were older we_used to<||>would talk about girls.used to / would6 I_used to be in love with Mary, – then I met Suzie.used to1 "I don't like Jane. She's nosey.to ask questions (keep) _She keeps asking questions. "She keeps asking questions.2 "I don't want to work with Frank any more. He's very unkind.to say I am stupid (always)_He's always saying I am stupid.<||>He is always saying I am stupid. "He's always saying I am stupid. / He is always saying I am stupid.3 "I hate my brother. He's so lazy.to stay in bed all day (forever)_He's forever staying in bed all day.<||>He is forever staying in bed all day. "He's forever staying in bed all day.4 "Max is very aggressive.To startl争吵,打斗fightsl0 (keep)_He keeps starting fights. "He keeps starting fights.1 David likes skiing. What does he like doing?2 Ian is tall and fair. What does he look like?3 David is outgoing. Ian is more shy. What are they like?4 David has dark hair, dark eyes and dark skin. What does David look like?5 David's like his father. Who's he like?1 "1. d2. d3. d4. d5. d6. d7. d " brother's birthday<|>speaker's birthday<|>invite friends<|>get £1<|>go to the funfair<|>have tea<|>listen to records1 "used to be a senior engineerwould work in a factoryis very serious about everythingpay attention to the detailstake afterhave influence uponlooks likeb4 My Family b0"第3单元参考答案1 连同……一起along with2 可供选择的办法alternative3 外表appearance4 熏肉bacon5 出生be born6 照料care for7 照顾老人的人carer8 犯罪行为crime9 约会date10 下降decline11 离婚divorce12 自由freedom13 美发师hairdresser14 负责head15 想象imagine16 保持联系keep in touch17 通常地normally18 不时地now and again19 显然地obviously20 个人的personal21 比例proportion22 骄傲的proud(of)23 最近的recent24 退休retire25 抢劫,抢掠rob26 明显的sharp27 显著的significant28 大小size29 微小的slight30 社会society31 自发地spontaneously32 平稳的steady33 紧张的stressful34 吐司面包toast35 使……受限制trap36 受害者victim1 There's no a_l_t_e_r_n_a_t_i_v_e(可供选择的办法)but to go on.alternative2 She was a young woman of good a_p_p_e_a_r_a_n_c_e(外表).appearance3 We have b_a_c_o_n(熏肉), eggs and sausage for breakfast.bacon4 He has been the c_a_r_e_r(照顾老人的人)for the old man for ten years.carer5 A knife was found at the place of the c_r_i_m_e(犯罪行为).crime6 She had a d_a_t_e(约会)on Sunday.date7 The prices on oil d_e_c_l_i_n_e_d(下降).declined8 They got d_i_v_o_r_c_e_d(离婚)after only one month of their wedding.divorced9 He is making s_t_e_a_d_y(平稳的)progress in his work.steady10 Everyone should be allowed f_r_e_e_d_o_m(自由)of choice.freedom1 "1. Adis a person who cuts, colours, and arranges people's hair.2. If youdsomething, you think about it and you have a picture in your mind.3. If you do somethingd, you do it in the usual way.4. If you feeld, you feel pleased about something good.5. Thedof one kind of thing in a group is the number of things of that kindcompared to the total number of things in the group.6. Adchange is great in amount, or degree.7. Adis the people who live in a country and their way of life.8. Adis someone who has been hurt or killed.9. Adfact or thing is one that is important or shows something.10. If youda department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it."hairdresser<|>imagine<|>normally<|>proud<|>proportion<|>sharp<|>society<|>victim<|>significant<|>head1 I was told she __________ her boyfriend. 311401032 We do meet ___________, but not regularly. 311402023 What was she __________ yesterday? 311403014 I am __________ be a Chinese. 311404035 __________ you still in touch with your old friends? 311405046 Who __________ your baby when you went to work? 311406027 My mother _____________ for almost two years. 311407038 He ____________ a teacher's family. 311408019 This is ____________ conversation. 3114090210 These shoes are comfortable __________ pretty. 311410041 What does the passage mainly discuss? 312201042 During the last ten years, __________. 312202013 According to the passage, thel同居cohabitationl0rate in the UK tends to __________. 312203024 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? 312204015 The last paragraph tells us that__________. 312205041 What does this passage mainly deal with? 312301022 Their breakfast from Monday to Saturday usually includes__________. 312302013 Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage? 312303044 From the passage, we learn Lily's mother ___________. 312304015 How does Lily feel about caring for her mother? 312305031 "After the last war there was a sharp rise in the population.After the last war the population_rose sharply." rose sharply2 "During the last ten years there has been a significant rise in women's wages.During the last ten years women's wages_have risen significantly." have risen significantly3 "Since last October there has been a slow fall in inflation.Since last October inflation_has fallen slowly." has fallen slowly4 "Last year there was a slight increase in the average wage.The average wage_increased slightlylast year." increased slightly5 "In the last 100 years there has been a slow decline in the birthrate.In the last 100 years the birthrate_has declined slowly." has declined slowly6 "Last century there was a rapid rise in life expectancy.Life expectancy_rose rapidlylast century." rose rapidly1 "Unemployment fell_by1.5 million last year. It fell_from4.5 million_to3 million. It hasalready fallen_byhalf a million this year,_to2.5 million this month." by; from; to; by; to2 "Inflation rose_by4% in ten years: it was 5% in 1991, but it rose_from6% in 1992_to9% in 1999. In 2000, however, it fell_from9%_to7%. In 2001 it decreased further_by 3% and at the end of the year it was 4%." by; from; to; from; to; by1 occasionally 22 now and again 23 usually 34 always 35 never 16 regularly 27 often 38 not often 19 hardly ever 110 from time to time 211 sometimes 21 I lived with my parents, then I_left( leave ) home for the first time when I went to university. left2 My brother_lost ( lose) his job three times in thel经济衰退期recessionl0. lost3 "I _got divorced(get divorced) in 1995 when my son was five years old, but his father still livesvery near and he sees his son now and then." got divorced4 My mother_retired(retire )before my father when she was 60. retired5 My grandmother was 93 when she_died(die ). died6 We_moved( move) house three years ago when my husband got a job in another city. moved1 "1.d2.d3.d4.d5.d" l离婚率the divorce ratel0<|>l结婚率the marriage ratel0<|>l同居率the cohabitation ratel0<|>l单亲率the lone parent rate l0<|>l出生率the birth ratel01 |p10<|>10<|>300<|>300<|>\Data\pic\soundplay.gif<|>\Data\Sound\Unit 3\3152\u3_lis2_1.mp3I_write a postcard to my parentsfrom time to time. write a postcard to my parents2 |p10<|>10<|>300<|>300<|>\Data\pic\soundplay.gif<|>\Data\Sound\Unit 3\3152\u3_lis2_2.mp3I never_remember my brother's birthday. remember my brother's birthday3 |p10<|>10<|>300<|>300<|>\Data\pic\soundplay.gif<|>\Data\Sound\Unit 3\3152\u3_lis2_3.mp3Every now and again I_telephone my aunt. telephone my aunt4 |p10<|>10<|>300<|>300<|>\Data\pic\soundplay.gif<|>\Data\Sound\Unit 3\3152\u3_lis2_4.mp3I am occasionally_too selfish to help in the house. too selfish to help in the house5 |p10<|>10<|>300<|>300<|>\Data\pic\soundplay.gif<|>\Data\Sound\Unit 3\3152\u3_lis2_5.mp3I don't often_telephone my cousins. telephone my cousins6 |p10<|>10<|>300<|>300<|>\Data\pic\soundplay.gif<|>\Data\Sound\Unit 3\3152\u3_lis2_6.mp3I am hardly ever_worried about my job.worried about my job1 "Describing your daily routines in the morning, evening and so on.pick up my daughters10.5(接女儿)s0do some grocery shoppings10.5(买菜)s0be good at cookings10.5(擅长做饭)s0current affairss10.5(时事)s0b4My Family Life"第4单元参考答案1 了不起的amazing2 逗乐amuse3 道路弯曲处bend4 偶然by chance5 取消cancel6 继续carry on7 受伤者casualty8 相当大地considerably9 陶器crockery10 设计design11 编辑editor12 整个的entire13 最后eventually14 出口export15 垮台fall16 跟随follow17 新鲜的fresh18 旅游指南guidebook19 移交hand over20 港湾harbour21 惊骇的horrified22 热衷的keen23 正常的normal24 拥有own25 汽油petrol26 利润profit27 正经的proper28 快速行进race29 不情愿地reluctantly30 争吵row31 航行sail32 不久shortly33 观光sightseeing34 起诉sue35 日落sunset36 自愿地voluntarily37 野生动物wildlife1 The police said there was no c_a_s_u_a_l_t_y(受伤者)in the accident. casualty2 He works as an e_d_i_t_o_r(编辑)of a magazine. editor3 He spent his e_n_t_i_r_e(整个的)life in China. entire4 Their products are e_x_p_o_r_t_e_d(出口)to many countries. exported5 The g_u_i_d_e_b_o_o_k(旅游指南)can give you some information. guidebook6 I was h_o_r_r_i_f_i_e_d(惊骇的)at the news. horrified7 The price of p_e_t_r_o_l(汽油)is going up. petrol8 The p_r_o_f_i_t_s(利润)in this business are not large. profits9 There was such a beautiful s_u_n_s_e_t(日落). sunset10 You must learn the p_r_o_p_e_r(正确的)way to do things. proper1 "1. You say that something isdwhen it is very surprising.2. If somethingdyou, it makes you want to laugh.3. If youdsomething, you stop it from happening.4. If you aredon doing something, you very much want to do it.5. When someoneda building, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it.6. If youdsomeone, you move along behind them.7. Something that isdis usual and ordinary.8. If youdsomewhere, you go there as quickly as possible.9. If something is going to happend, it is going to happen soon.10. You say a shipdwhen it moves over the sea." amazing<|>amuses<|>cancel<|>keen<|>designs<|>follow<|>normal<|>race<|>shortly<|>s ails1 The boy is keen __________ computer games. 411401042 It is one of the most __________ films that I have ever seen. 411402023 I found this book in the bookstore __________ . 411403014 Let's carry __________ this discussion at some other time. 411404035 They plan to __________ in the city. 411405026 He spent __________ doing his homework. 411406017 They walked in the woods __________ they dropped. 411407048 His story __________ all the students in the classroom. 411408029 Can you drop __________ at the station? 4114090110 All the people were horrified __________ the news. 411410031 The topic sentence of paragraph 1 is ________. 412201012 The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is _________. 412202033 Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of paragraph 3? 412203024 What is the central idea of the last paragraph? 412204045 The passage mainly deals with ________. 412205021 Why did he (the second speaker) give up his first job? 412301042 It can be inferred from the passage that ___________. 412302013 Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? 412303024 It can be inferred from this passage that _________. 412304015 What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph? 412305041 She_bought(to buy) a cat for her mother last Christmas.bought2 Oh look, the bed is dirty now. The cats_have slept(to sleep) on them.have slept3 A dog_bit(to bite) me yesterday morning.bit4 The dog_ate(to eat) the chicken I had cooked for lunch.ate5 I think the dog_smelt(to smell) it from the garden.smelt6 I_took(to take) the dog to a training class last week. He hasn't improved.took7 Oh, no! We_have lost(to lose) the bird. It_has flown<||>flew(to fly) into the garden.have lost; has flown / flew8 Oh no! I_have forgotten(to forget) the dog. I left him outside the chemist's.have forgotten1 "The family_who<||>thatcouldn't pay the bills was sued by the man_who<||>thatowned the company."who / that, who / that2 The person_whom<||>thathe met on the boat became his wife.whom / that3 The war correspondent_who<||>thatwrote the article has returned.who / that4 The article_which<||>thathe wrote has been published several times. which / that5 The children_whom<||>thathe looked after were all under five.whom / that6 The story_which<||>thathe wrote was the one_which<||>thatgot him the job.which / that ,which / that1 "--Where ________ the recorder? I can't see it anywhere.-- I ______ it right here, but now it's gone." 413301022 "--Are you free in July?-- No, I _________ with my parents in July." 413302043 The restaurants ________ are good but the _________ here are much better. 413303014 I started looking after other children _______ parents went out to work. 413304035 This is the house _______ he lived last year. 413305036 _______ I enjoy most is ______ I can have a holiday from work. 413306047 I'm leaving for New York _____ three days' time. 413307028 I'm in Greece at the moment. I like the weather ________. 413308019 He is very keen ______ football. 4133090310 We ____________ the bathroom and plan _____________ the bedroom this year. 413310041 413401032 413402023 413403044 413404035 413405016 413406027 413407018 413408039 4134090410 413410031 what are you doing then? Tomorrow I'm meeting Mr Jones.2 what are you doing after that? The day after tomorrow I'm driving to Baltimore.3 what are you doing next? In three days' time, I'm visiting GIB International.4 And then? A week tomorrow I'm returning to London.1 I_am not going toretire.am not going to2 I_am goingto work till I drop.am going3 I_am signinga new contract with an Italian customer.am signing4 I_am having discussionswith an agent in Brazil.am having discussions5 My wife_is comingas well.is coming6 We_are stayingfor two weeks.are staying7 We_are visitingRio.are visiting8 Then we_are travellingup to the north where I_am meetingsome clients.are travelling…am meeting1 "There have been many changes in my lifes10.5(生活发生了许多变化)s0be better offs10.5(生活状况更好)s0preserved pickless10.5(咸菜)s0move from a cramped and gloomy room to a big and bright flats10.5(从狭窄阴暗的房间搬到大而明亮的单元房)s0getting arounds10.5(出行)s0b4Changes in My Lifeb0"。
单项选择He hasn’t got any hobbies pared D.matched【3】A.parents B.adolescents C.psychologists D.youths【4】A.assistance B.protection C.involvement D.preference【5】A.differences B.similarities C.choices D.relations【6】A.slightly B.passively C.highly D.fairly【7】A.in case of B.in spite of C.in view of D.in fear of【8】A.equal B.safe C.long D.short【9】A.fault B.turn C.job D.attitude【10】A.when B.how C.why D.what【11】A.confused B.disappointed C.amazed D.satisfied【12】A.however B.still C.yet D.thus【13】A.unreasonable B.changeable C.understandable D.avoidable 【14】A.confirmed B.convinced C.realized D.reflected【15】A.decides B.lowers C.helps D.stimulates【16】A.appearance B.performance C.establishment D.development 【17】A.value B.devote C.fill D.save【18】munication B.conflicts C.cooperation petitions【19】A.start B.ignore C.consider D.stop 【20】A.home B.school C.career D.profession 【答案】【1】B【2】C【3】A【4】C【5】A【6】C【7】A【8】B【9】C【10】B【11】A【12】D【13】C【14】A【15】B【16】D【17】C【18】B【19】A【20】D【解析】【1】本空考查动词短语基本含义的辨析。
Lesson4 The Trial That Rockedthe World震撼世界的审判A buzz ran through the crowd as I took my place in the packedcourt on that swelter ing July day in 1925. The counsel for my defence was the famouscrimina l lawyerClarenc e Darrow.Leading counsel for the prosecu tion was William Jenning s Bryan, the silver-tongued orator, three times Democra tic nominee for Preside nt of the UnitedStates,and leaderof the fundame ntalis t movemen t that had brought about my trial.在一九二五年七月的那个酷热日子里,当我在挤得水泄不通的法庭里就位时,人群中响起一阵嘁嘁喳喳的议论声。
我的辩护人是著名刑事辩护律师克拉伦斯.达罗。
担任主控官的则是能说会道的演说家威廉.詹宁斯.布莱恩,他曾三次被民主党提名为美国总统候选人,而且还是导致我这次受审的基督教原教旨主义运动的领导人。
A few weeks beforeI had been an unknown school-teacher in Dayton, a littletown in the mountai ns of Tenness ee. Now I was involve d in a trial reporte d the world over. Seatedin court, ready to testify on my behalf,were a dozen disting uished profess ors and scienti sts, led by Profess or Kirtley Matherof Harvard Univers ity. More than 100 reporte rs were on hand, and even radio announc er s, who for the first time in history were to broadca st a jury trial. "Don't worry, son, we'll show them a few tricks," Darrowhad whisper ed throwin g a reassur ing arm round my shoulde r as we were waiting for the court to open.几个星期之前,我还只是田纳西州山区小镇戴顿的一名默默无闻的中学教员,而现在我却成了一次举世瞩目的庭审活动的当事人。
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形考任务2一、选择填空题目 1— Hi, Wang Xin ,nice to meet you!— Hi, Liu Hui, _____________________选择一项:A. nice to meet you too.B. how do you do?C. I'm fine, thank you.题目 2— Hi! How are you doing?选择一项:A. That's all rightB. How are you doing?C. I'm doing well.题目 3Bai Mei don't know Liu Hui, so Zhuang Hua _________ her to Liu Hui.选择一项:A.introduceB.speakC.talk题目 4When you feel _________, you should go to see a doctor.选择一项:A.sickB.safeC.Sad题目 5People can't live without____________ sun.选择一项:A. aB. anC. the题目 6二、阅读理解:完形填空题(每空10 分)操作提示:通过题目中的下拉选项框选择恰当的词语补全填空。
Social work helps people to have a B life. In many cases this requires the social worker to help people to overcome the negatives in their lives. Social work includes from helping a Ato get into college to counseling a person with illness. In most cases the role of a social worker is to help peopleto C the skills.Most of the time a social worker is going to be dealing A people who are having a difficult time. Often poverty plays a big part in the need for the services of social worker. Social workers often interview people to getan understanding of the problem. From there the social worker will help them to come up with a plan to C their situation.1.A. good B. better C. rich2.A. student B. doctor C. lawyer3.A. take B. think C. develop4.A. with B. on C. in5.A. change B. meet C. improve一、选择填空题目 1— Albert, this is Jim.— ______________ Jim?选择一项:A. Pleased to see you,B. How do you do,C. Thank you,题目 2— What is your major?选择一项:A. Li Mei .B. A fresh man .C. Education.题目 3I enjoy__________ books in the library.选择一项:A.readB.readingC.to read题目 4She is ____________ General Manager of___________ big company.选择一项:A. a, anB. the, aC. a, the题目 5I _____________ an Open University student.选择一项:A.amB.areC.is题目 6二、阅读理解:选择题(每题10 分)Social Workers Social workers help people overcome problems and make their lives better. If people are homeless, sick, or having family problems, social workers will work with them. If students have trouble in school, social workers help them too.Social workers help these people in different ways. One way is to find resources for people. They find outwhat kinds of help people need. Then, they set up programs to meet the needs of the individual12. They mayfocus on child abuse, poverty, violence, and other problems. For someone with family difficulties, social workers may find a parenting class or a support group. For a homeless person, they may find a place for them to live anda career training program. For a student, they may find a mentor or a learning disability expert.Many social workers give counseling. They talk to people about their lives and help them understand and solve their problems and to make plans.Most social workers spend the day in an office. Some travel to the people they help. Sometimes, they meet with people in the evening or on weekends. Social workers can be very busy when they are helping many people at once.1.According to the text, what is not social workers'job?A. to help people with family problemsB. to make people's lives betterC. to do the housework for people2. For someone with family problems, social workers willA. find them a place to liveB. find them a career training programC. find them a parenting class3. Social workers build to provide the help for people in need.A.problemsB.daysC.resources4. Which of the following sentence is not true?A. Social workers give some advice to people.B. Most social workers think of their job as boring.C. Social workers may help many people at a time.5. The main point of this passage is aboutA. How busy social workers areB. How social workers do their jobC. How tired social workers are一、选择填空题目 1— How about going to the class together?选择一项:A. Of course not.B. That sounds great.C. I don't like it.题目 2— Albert, this is Jim.— ______________ Jim?选择一项:A. Pleased to see you,B. How do you do,C. Thank you,题目 3I would _________ any weakness and any fear.选择一项:eB.overcomeC.throw题目 4Social workers should learn how to _________ people.选择一项:A. look atB. look intoC. look after题目 5They _____________ some social work at the weekends.选择一项:A.doB.doesC.did题目 6二、翻译题,每题10 分操作提示:通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。
初中英语必修三单词复习题及答案解析1.Armed with the information you have (搜集), you can set out making a (灯笼) by yourself. I think it will be full of (高兴).2.As the people (行进) into the (教堂), they heard a (宗教的) song being played.3.It is (典型的) of him to (装饰)a room with different colors, which (包括) from red to yellow.4.I (认为) that I would (祝贺) him on his success at the (典礼). However, the event was canceled.5.The (收获) festival, an important (农业的) festival, is celebrated by people after all the (农作物)have been gathered in. It shows that people are (感激的)for the food they are given.6.The exhibition which is regarded as (有重大意义的) (以……为特色)paintings by contemporary artists. Their works (反映)their (信任)in future life.7.There’s a feeling among a lot of people that music has become too (商业化的).8.She was a beautiful girl with the (优雅) of a natural model.9.After she danced, people (鼓掌) wildly.10.The waste the factories create goes into the (大气层) and makes us sick.11.I guess there are much less people in the arctic (地区) than here.12.I want him to (尊重) me as a career woman.13. This film is a real_________ (reflect) of the living conditions of people in the western region.14. All non-violent religious and political (believe) should be respected equally.15. Our _______(origin) plan was to go to Spain, but it was too expensive.16. The new drug has great________ (significant) for the treatment of the disease.17. ________(typical), he would come in late and then say that he had to go early.18. Apart from a few faults, he is a________ (faith) friend.19. The meeting between the two families was a ________(joy) one.20 .I want to express my (congratulate)on your success.21.T he hotel has plenty of rooms (range) from single room to presidential suite, even walk-in guests are not to feel disappointed.22.T he necklace (decorate) with pearls must be very valuable.23.T he discovery of the new drug is (significance) for people suffering from heart problems.24.T he study was carried out inn one small town, so we couldn’t be sure that the results were truly (represent).25.I think we should stress the education of our traditional (美德),which are all (宝贵的). We should also (拒绝) bad values in our life.26.M any students (抱怨) about the high (学费) fees of the university. But the official related (回应), “We charge fees based on certain rules,and our (奖学金) is on the increase. ”27.I n the last two (十年), the industry of (保险) has seen a (急剧的) increase. The (多数的) of people have bought various types of (保险), especially those who have (退休) from work.28. In a good (婚姻),both husband and wife work hard to solve any problems that arise.29. His (被动的) attitude made me really annoyed.30. The (原则) of the design is to offer the best to the readers.31. Social evolution always takes place in the (困境) of economic development and cultural preservation.32. They expect him to do well in the next (选举).33. That will give us time to sell it (别的地方) if you are not interested.34. The invitation says that everyone should wear a (伪装).35. Chinese subway trains are now (出口) to developed countries including the United States.36. A sense of humor can also help to ease the (紧张) between people.37. The people in the city were in (绝望) because the war was approaching.38. The (major) of students in my class are from the countryside.39. The new manager’s proposal met with firm (reject).40. Some people thought that Joe was lucky enough (elect) as the team leader.41. He became a keen golfer after his (retire) from politics.42. The woman had her baby (deliver) safely, which made all her relatives become less worried.43.If the young tree (bite) by insects, it will send out a particular smell.44.Thanks to his (assist), we go out of the dark cave safely.45.The Journey to the West is a Chinese novel (publish) in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty.46. When we ________ (寻求) to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. 47.I like to read and fill my brain with knowledge, so finding ____(素材) for writing is easy for me. 48.The salesgirl works ________________ (在城镇商业中心区), while she lives in the suburbs.49.As a professor, he wants to know what ________(百分比) of the population is overweight. 50.Spring is coming. The ________(温和的) wind blows on the face. It’s very comfortable.51.The students in their ________(整齐的) school uniforms lined up for the flag-raising ceremony. 52.The letter ________ (包含) information about the company’s legal affairs.53.California has many ________ (移民) from all over the world.54.Only a small ________ (少数) of students are interested in politics these days.55. Li suggests traditional Chinese clothes while Su thinks the school uniforms are more________(suit).56. _______(fortunate), people are beginning to realize how serious this situation is.57.English is a language shared by several ____(diversity) cultures, each of which uses it differently.58. They were the kind that I did not have in my ________(collect) so I placed them carefully in my bag.59. They are looking forward to ______ (settle) the argument between the neighbors.60. It is pity that he failed to gain ________ (admit) to the university of his choice.61. The new bridge designed by the famous architect is under ________ (construct) now.62.If plastic and rubber are burnt, they will give off ________ (poison) gases.63. For many people,the idea of inheriting cultural legacy has never (occur)tothem.64. What you wear should be stylish and clean,and must_____ (definite) fit well.65.A wallet has been found and can ________(claim) at the manager’s office.单词题答案:gathered, lantern, joy, marched, church, religious, typical, decorate, range, figured, congratulate, ceremony,harvest, agricultural, crops, grateful, significant, features, reflect, beliefs/faith, commercial,grace,clapped, atmosphere, regions, respect, reflection, beliefs, original, significance, Typically, faithful, joyful, congratulations, ranging, decorated, significant, representative,virtues, precious, reject, complained, tuition, responded, scholarship, decades, insurance, sharp, majority, insurance, retired, marriage, passive, principle, dilemma, election, elsewhere,disguise, exported, tension,despair, majority, rejection, to be elected, retirement, delivered, is bitten, assistance, published, seek, material, downtown, percentage, mild, neat, contained, immigrants, minority, suitable, Fortunately, diverse, collection, settling, admission, construction, poisonous, occurred, definitely, be claimed语法填空答案:语法填空:The Dragon Boat FestivalIn 2022, Chinese Dragon Boat Festival ____1___ (fall) on June 3, a Wednesday. It is known as the Duanwu Festival in China.As the first ____2____ (tradition) Chinese festival listed on the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritages, it is one of the three most important lunar ____3____ (festival) in China, along ____4____ the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. To celebrate this festival, there ____5____ (be) a three day holiday in China since 2008.Dragon Boat Festival dates back to 2,000 years ago and there are many legends about this festival,among ____6____ the most famous one is about commemorating Qu Yuan, famous patriot poet during Warring States Period.Dragon boat racing is the main custom in the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that in ancient times, when Qu Yuan drowned (淹死) ____7____ (he) in the river, many fishermen rode their boats on the river, trying to find his body, but in vain. Some locals threw rice rolls, eggs and meat into the river to feed the creatures under the river, ____8____ (hope) they wouldn’t eat the body of Qu Yuan. Years later people used leaves to roll the rice rolls and tightened them with colorful threads, which is known as Zongzi.Now eating Zongzi has become ____9____ important part of Dragon Boat Festival celebration. It _____10_____ (believe) that the most outstanding versions of Zongzi can be found in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Zongzi is not only popular in China, but it has also spread to Korea, Japan and other countries in Southeast Asia.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内的单词的正确形式。
3117《大学英语3》复习范围I.Choose the right one1.Oxford University was established_____________A.during 1100B.during the 1100C.during the 1100sD.during 1100s2. The manager of the hotel requests that their guests ______ after 11:00 p.m.A. not play loud musicB. don‟t play loud musicC. wouldn‟t play loud musicD. couldn‟t play loud music3. Medical research has shown that the widespread of the use of cigarettes contributes __________ the increase of cancers.A. forB. withC. toD. in4. We have tried out various approaches _______the problem.A. toB. withC. forD. at5._________, I would have answered.A.If I heard youB.Did I hear youC.Had I heard youD.If I would have heard you6.Safety belt usage has increased from 21% to 70% in America,_________an estimated 75000 lives.A.savingB.savedC.saveD.saves7.________winter has come, many students in our school are very active to participate in long-distance. running around the West Lake.A.SinceB.ForC.HoweverD.When8. Many sources of information are sure to ______ our chances of getting in touch with the current events in the world.A. enhanceB. expandC. imagineD. limit9. If you want to travel around the world, you should make a careful plan ______________.A. in shortB. in advanceC. in timeD. in schedule10.His watch didn‟t work prop erly. He thought that something was wrong with it.__________,he had to have it repaired.A.In any caseB.In no caseC.In most casesD.In case11.Never before__________________.A.anything so tragic had happened in American skating sport.B.had anything so tragic happened in American skating sportC.had so tragic anything happened in American skating sport.Dso tragic anything had happened in American skating sport12. But for his intelligence, we ___________ able to achieve it.A. would never have beenB. were neverC. had never beenD. shall never be13.Bill Gates began_________to program computers.A.at age of 13B.at age 13C.at 13 ageD.at 13 year old14.Bill Gates said,”It‟s true tha t I left the college to start Mcrosoft, but I was at Harvard for 3 yearsbefore_________.A.dropping inB.dropping outC.dropping downD.dropping away15. Nobody but a young woman ________ the airplane crash.A. enduredB. rejectedC. survivedD. lived16. Five minutes earlier,_______ we could have caught the last train.A. ofB. butC. andD. so17. Many a boy and many a girl _______ it since then.A. have seenB. has seenC. has been seeingD. had seen18. I regretted _______ the days when I _______ hard at school.A. wasting…must have workedB. having wasted…should have workedC. to waste…could workD. to have wasted…would work19. He…s sure you‟ll pass the examination,_______?A. isn…t heB. do youC. won‟t youD. hasn…t he20. With ______,the man had to go out of his hiding place.A. his food ran outB. his food running outC. him running outD. his food run out参考答案:1—5.CACAC 6—10. AAABA 11—15. BABBC 16—20.CABCBII.Fill in the blanks with the words below, change the form where necessary.1. The group _________ one of its members to be their spokesperson.2. Wage increases are being kept to a(n) ____________ in many companies because of theeconomic depression.3. The engineering profession now has many __________ branches.4. Now that you‟re 13 you should have more sense of ________________ .5. Students usually __________ one or more of the subjects, which they have studied at “A”level, such as Art, Drama, English, Music, etc.6. We need to make sure that we __________ our resources as fully as possible.7. Congress is considering measures to _________ the sale of cigarettes.8. College courses should be designed to ___________ students with knowledge and skills tohelp them survive in modern society.9. The local government ___________ $1.1 million so that the old theater could be takendown and rebuilt.10. For his achievement in the medical field, the Mayor ________ him a medal of merit.(B)1. The driver gave a _________ that he was going to turn right.2. It was reported that 41 people were killed in a plane _________ in the Himalayas last week.3. The ship's captain radioed that it was in ____________ .4. The skaters moved over the ice with a smooth, effortless ____________ .5. The bomb was taken away and the soldiers _________ it at a safe distance from the houses.6. They were on their way to the Shropshire Union Canal when their car was involved in a ___________ with a truck.7. The Central Bank __________ interest rates by 2 percent.8. He __________ a cheerful welcome as he opened the door for the distinguished guest.9. He used to ___________ his toys all over the floor and I had to pick them up.10. The ____________ of the world's forests concerns everyone in some way. III.Translation:A.From English into Chinese:1.Modern politicians try to reach out to ordinary people in their TV speeches.2.We have to put aside our emotions and take it from a professional standpoint.3. The play was so wonderful that I soon lost myself in the excitement of it.4. This is a book about business practice as opposed to theory.5. Social activities never get in the way of her studies.6. Oxford University is the oldest university in Britain and one of the world‟s mostfamous institution of higher learning.7. They boarded the plane in New Y ork with high hope8.Hundreds of students sent me email each year asking for advice about education.9.The flight across the Atlantic was pleasant, and early the next morning,the plane neared theairport at Brussels.10.The computer industry has lots of people who didn‟t finish college.B.From Chinese into English:1.任何年满18岁的人都有资格投票。
Results from a Dozen Years of Election Futures Markets ResearchJoyce BergRobert ForsytheForrest NelsonThomas RietzCollege of Business AdministrationUniversity of IowaIowa City, Iowa 52242-1000November 2000Introduction and description of election futures marketsThe Iowa Electronic Markets are small-scale,1 real-money futures markets conducted by the University of Iowa College of Business. In this review we focus on the best known of these markets, The Iowa Political Markets.2 Contracts in these markets are designed so that prices should predict election outcomes. The data set contains the results of 49 markets covering 41 elections in 13 countries.The Iowa Markets operate 24-hours a day, using a continuous, double-auction trading mechanism. Traders invest their own funds, make their own trades, and conduct their own information search. The markets occupy a niche between the stylized, tightly controlled markets conducted in the laboratory and the information-rich environments of naturally occurring markets. By virtue of this design, the Iowa Markets provide data to researchers that is not otherwise available.1 Investments are typically limited to a $500 maximum per trader and generally average less than a tenth of this. Vote share markets have ranged in size form a dozen or so active traders to more than 500. Dollar and quantity volumes range up to $21,445 and 78,007 contracts in the 1992 U.S. Presidential Vote Share market (see Berg, Nelson and Rietz, 1998).2 The Iowa Electronic Markets offers vote-share, seat-share and winner-takes-all election markets and markets based on other political outcomes, economic indicators and corporate earnings and returns. Here we focus on vote-share and seat-share election markets because, unlike other IEM offerings, they have both an accuracy criterion (election outcome) and recognizable performance benchmarks (polls).In addition to examining the accuracy of prices in these markets, we also compare the results of the national elections to a natural benchmark, polls, when available. Relative to polls, the markets rely on very different mechanisms for data collection and aggregation. Polls ask the question, “If the election were being held today, do you think you would vote for the Democratic candidate or for the Republican candidate?” They rely on a representative sample of likely voters, truthful responses to the poll questions and classical statistics to arrive at their prediction of election outcomes. In the Iowa Markets, traders’ receive an explicit financial reward tied to correctly answering the question, “Who will everyone vote for on election day?” Traders are not a representative sample of likely voters; they are overwhelmingly male, well-educated, high income, and young (the average age is close to 30). In fact, we do not require our traders to be eligible to vote in the election.Market Mechanism3Each market is related to a specific future event, for instance a presidential election, and contains a set of contracts with liquidation values pegged to the outcome of the future event. Contracts enter into circulation by the voluntary purchase from the system of bundles of contracts that we call “unit portfolios”, or they are removed from circulation by sales of unit portfolios back to the system. These unit portfolios consist of one of each contract available in the market, and they are purchased from and sold to the exchange system for a fixed fee, which is the predetermined aggregate payoff to that portfolio. This use of unit portfolios ensures that the market operates as a zero-sum game and it permits the supply of contracts to be determined endogenously by the net number of unit portfolios that have been purchased by traders. Unit portfolios are employed only to place contracts in circulation; transactions among traders occur with individual contracts at prices determined by the participants.Traders in these markets can place market orders (requests for immediate execution of a trade at current market prices) and limit orders (offers to buy (bid) or sell (ask) specified quantities at specified prices within some specified period of time). Limit orders are kept in price and time ordered queues. Traders can withdraw their own outstanding limit orders any time before they trade or expire. The market information set available to traders consists of current best bid and ask prices and the last trade price. Traders do not know the quantity available at the best bid and ask. Nor do they know other entries in the bid and ask queues, except for their own bids and asks. This information appears on the trading screen as depicted in Figure 1. In3 Here, we highlight the important features of the markets. For more detailed descriptions, see Berg, Forsythe and Rietz (1996 and 1997) and Forsythe, Nelson, Neumann and Wright (1992).addition, traders can access historical daily price information consisting of the quantity and dollar volume and the high, low, average and last trade prices.4Results from share marketsIn vote-share markets, the relative vote shares candidates receive determine contract liquidation values. Typically, a particular contract will have a liquidating payoff equal to $1 times the vote share received by the associated candidate. We insure that vote shares sum to 100% by either (1) trading a single contract associated with all minor–party vote shares (a “rest-of-the-field” contract) or (2) calculating vote shares based on fractions of the major party vote (e.g., the Democratic vote divided by the summed Democratic and Republican votes).5 Simple arbitrage arguments imply that contracts should trade at the expected liquidation values.6 Thus, in these markets, prices should equal expected vote shares.In seat-share markets, contracts liquidate at values determined by the congressional or parliamentary seats allocated to parties in an election. Typically, a particular contract will have a liquidating payoff equal to $1 times the seat share allocated to the associated party. We insure that seat shares sum to 100% by either (1) trading a single contract associated with all minor parties (a “rest-of-the-field” contract) or (2) calculating seat shares based on fractions of one party versus the all the other parties (e.g., the Republican share of seats versus seats held by non-Republicans). In these markets, prices should equal expected seat shares.Absolute market accuracyShare markets are convenient to evaluate for efficiency because we can compare them directly to the election outcome. To evaluate the ultimate predictive efficiency of the market, we compare the market predictions at midnight the evening before the election to the actual4 While our markets are continuous, we report price information by 24-hour daily periods.5 A prospectus details the particular method used in each market.6 This arises because there is no aggregate risk in the markets. Thus, all agents can hold the well-diversified, "market" portfolio consisting purely of unit portfolios. Individual contracts can be priced from this portfolio and the risk/return tradeoff inherent in it. The return to holding unit portfolios is the same as the risk free rate (zero here). Thus, there is no risk premium in these markets. Because the risk premium is zero, the expected return for each risky asset must also be zero. This can only be true if all contracts are priced at their expected values. See Rietz (1998) for a more detailed explanation and how these results can be derived from general equilibrium arguments, from the capital asset pricing model and from arbitrage pricing theory.election outcome.7 Figure 1 extends a similar figure in Forsythe, Rietz and Ross (1999). It shows the absolute accuracy of 237 contract predictions in 49 markets run in 13 countries. In this figure, the bottom axis shows actual outcomes while the left axis shows market predictions. If all predictions lined up on the 45-degree line, the market would be perfectly accurate. Over-prediction errors lie above the line and under-prediction errors below.Figure 1 shows no obvious biases in the market forecasts and, on average, considerable accuracy,especially for large, U.S. election markets.8 Berg, Forsythe and Rietz (1996) study how aggregate market characteristics affect accuracy in U.S. markets. Three factors explain most of the variance in accuracy. Presidential election markets perform better than (typically lower profile) congressional, state and local election markets. Markets with more volume near the election perform better than those with less. Finally, markets with fewer contracts (i.e., fewer candidates or parties) predict better than those with more.Accuracy relative to pollsFigure 3 shows how the market compares to polls for the subset of national elections in which we have poll data for comparison.9 Since market prices vary continuously, the question arises of which price to take as the prediction from the market. We include two measures, the market price as of midnight on election eve and the volume weighted average price of all transactions over the week before the election. The former incorporates all information available to traders as of that point in time but often reflects a great deal of volatility which results from the thinning out of queues on the last day of trading. The latter involves trades that are largely contemporaneous to the polls against which the market prices are being compared. Polling data in the figure represents the absolute errors of the final pre-election polls averaged across all candidates and across all of the major polling organizations for which data was available. The market outperformed polls in 9 of 15 cases according to both measures (election eve closing prices and last week average prices). Across all elections, the average poll error7 The clock on the market’s host computer determines “Midnight”. For markets run from the University of Iowa, this is U.S. Central Time. We choose midnight because expiring orders are removed from the queues just after midnight. This may cause substantial increases in the bid/ask spread and, in turn, the price volatility associated with a bid/ask bounce.8 Biases might be predicted by arguments along the lines of Kahneman and Tversky [1979] or Jacobsen, Potters, Schram, van Winden and Wit (2000). The obvious outliers are associated with Tsongas’s and Brown’s showing in 1992 Primary elections9 Typically, polls are designed to evaluate current opinions and not to predict future election outcomes. However, they serve as the obvious basis of comparison for the market predictions.was 1.93% while the average market error was 1.49% and 1.58% by the two measures. In a few cases (the 1988 and 1992 U.S. Presidential elections) the market dramatically outperformed polls. The worst outcome, the 1996 U.S. Presidential election, is a peculiar one that gets additional attention below. In the majority of other cases, the market does about as well as the average poll, sometimes worse but often better, even if by a small margin.Election eve outcomes are to some extent less interesting than predictions over the full course of the campaign. We notice a general tendency for the market to be both closer to eventual election outcomes and more stable than polls over the course of election campaigns. We illustrate this point in Figure 4 using the worst performing U.S. Presidential market as indicated by the election eve outcome relative to polls. This graph shows the relative stability of the market compared to polls over time, a feature typical of markets run to date. In the previous presidential elections, the market changed little or became slightly more accurate near the end of the election. However, in 1996, the market diverged from the correct outcome in the final days to close at midnight on the eve of the election with prices further from the election outcome than they had been since the Super Tuesday primaries in March. Apparently a large cash influx by new traders late in the campaign drove the price movement. Nevertheless, over the majority of the time this market ran, its predictions were dramatically more accurate and stable than polls. This shows the value of the markets as longer run forecasting devices.How and why do election futures markets “work?”For the markets to work in theory, two features must be present. First, there must be enough traders so that the aggregate of their knowledge can forecast correctly the outcome of the election. Second, the market mechanism must facilitate aggregation of their disparate information so that the prevailing market price becomes a sufficient statistic for their collective information. Whether real markets can accomplish these two tasks is a behavioral question best answered by observing market dynamics and individual trader actions.At the market level, Berg, Forsythe and Rietz (1996) show that larger, more active markets with fewer contracts are more accurate. Forsythe, Nelson, Neumann and Wright (1992), discuss the relationship between polls and market prices. They conclude that, while pre-election polls are obvious sources of information for market traders, market prices do not follow poll results. If anything, market prices predict changes in polls.Forsythe, Nelson, Neumann and Wright (1992), Oliven and Rietz (1995) and Forsythe, Rietz and Ross (1999) all show that individual traders display considerable biases and often make mistakes in the largest and most accurate of the IEM markets. All three papers reconcile these observations with apparently high levels of market efficiency similarly. Specifically, thecore group of traders that tend to set market prices appears less biased and error prone than typical traders. Forsythe, Nelson, Neumann and Wright (1992) show that typical traders have unrealistically hopeful beliefs for their preferred candidates (see Granberg and Brent, 1983, for a historical discussion of this bias). However, “marginal traders” (those who regularly trade or place bids and asks near the top of the queues) are much less prone to this bias. Oliven and Rietz (1995) show that typical traders often trade at a price that is not the most advantageous price for the trader or that violates arbitrage restrictions. Such “mistakes” are “irrational” because they decrease the trader’s payoff regardless of expectations or outcomes. However, “market makers” (those who actually set market prices by placing the best bids and asks) make mistakes much less often. Forsythe, Rietz and Ross (1999) study these issues further, relating the biases to psychological foundations. These results are what distinguish much of economics from the other social sciences. Marginal traders, not average traders, drive market prices and, therefore, predictions.We also believe that the differences between election markets and polls give the markets an edge in prediction. Not only are the traders paid for correct guesses about the eventual election outcomes, but the market information set also includes previous market outcomes, poll results and any other information deemed relevant by traders.Other issues studied and future research potentialIn addition to share markets, the IEM runs political “winner-takes-all” markets. Contracts in “winner-takes-all” markets liquidate at $1 if an associated event occurs. For example, if a particular candidate wins an election, the associated winner-takes-all contract will pay $1. Because of how we specify contracts and the event space, a full portfolio of all contracts in a market will always liquidate at $1. Again, prices should equal expected values. Because of the $0/$1 payoff structure, prices should equal the probability of the $1 liquidation. Thus, prices can be used to evaluate a candidate’s chances of winning an election, assess the relative viability of candidates and measure the impact of specific events on elections. In addition to winner-takes-all election markets, we have run such markets on various other political events. These include markets designed to predict: who party nominees will be in elections, who will control the houses of congress, whether particular bills or treaties will pass (e.g., NAFTA), whether countries will join the EU, etc. These markets respond quickly to some events, but often appear unaffected by events that one might otherwise think should affect a campaign. This allows us toseparate “surprises” from “news” that is anticipated. (Example of using the markets to evaluate news events, see Forsythe, Nelson, Neumann and Wright, 1991 and 1992).10In addition to predicting outcomes and evaluating accuracy relative to polls, the IEM has been used to study a variety of other market related research topics. Forsythe, Nelson, Neumann and Wright (1992) and Oliven and Rietz (1996) study relationships between individual trader characteristics and actions. Oliven and Rietz (1995) also study arbitrage restrictions and violations. Forsythe, Rietz and Ross (1999) study price formation and psychological biases. Bondarenko and Bossarts (1998) study price dynamics and Bayesian updating. Beckmann and Werding (1996) and Brüggelambert (1998) compare call and continuous markets. Slemrod and Greimel (1999) study the relationship between IEM forecasts and bond markets. Ortner (1998) uses similar markets to predict internal corporate events.Thus, the IEM and similar markets have been used to study a variety of interesting topics. We believe that, by filling the gap between traditional experimental markets and the “real world,” markets such as the IEM have great research potential. The IEM includes more data than available from typical financial markets. This data includes transaction and order flow data associated with individual traders, complete queue information, portfolio positions of each trader and trader demographics. The IEM can also be used to survey traders at any time, recording survey responses and associating them with other data. Thus, they provide an excellent complement to other existing research techniques.ReferencesBeckmann, K, and M Werding (1996) ‘Passauer Wahlbörse’: Information processing in a political market experiment. Kyklos, 49:171-204.Berg, JE, R Forsythe and TA Rietz (1997) The Iowa Electronic Market. 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European Economic Review, 44: 205-230.Oliven, K, and T Rietz (1995) Suckers are born but markets are made: Individual rationality, arbitrage and market efficiency on an electronic futures market. Mimeo, Department of Finance, University of Iowa.Ortner, G (1998) Forecasting markets: An industrial application. Mimeo, Technical University of Vienna.Rietz, T (1998) Enforcing arbitrage restrictions in experimental asset markets. Mimeo, University of Iowa.Slemrod, J, and T Greimel (1999) Did Steve Forbes scare the municipal bond market? Journal of Public Economics, 74: 81-96.Figure 2: Political futures market predicted versus actual outcomes for vote-share and seat-share markets. Vote-share market predictions are for percentages of votes received by parties or candidates. Seat-share market predictions are for percentages of seats in congress or parliament held by parties. Predictions are based on normalized (to sum to 100%), last-trade prices as of midnight the night before each election. The 45-degree line represents perfect accuracy. Markets included in Figure 2:Vote ShareAustria (Fed. Par. ’95, Styrian Region ’95; Vienna City ’95, EU Par. ’96) Canada (Par. ’93, ’96) Denmark (Par. ’91) Finland (Pres. (x2 mkts.)) France (Pres. ’95) Korea (Pres. ’92) Germany (Par. ’90 (x3 mkts. in Bonn, Frankfurt and Leipzig), ’91, ’94, ’98 Fed,’98 State) The Netherlands (Par. ’91, ’94 (2nd Chamber); EU Par. ’94; Muni. Council ’94) Norway (Par. ’95) Sweden (EU Mbrshp. ’94) Turkey (Par. ’91) Vote Share (Continued) U.S. Pres. (‘88, ’92, ‘96 (x2 mkts.), ‘00)U.S. Pres. Primaries (IL ’92, MI ’92)U.S. Sen. (IL ’90, IA ’90, AZ ’94, NJ ’94, PA ’94, TX ’94, VA ‘94)U.S. Gov. (NY ’94, TX ’94)U.S. House (UT ’94)Seat Share & OtherAustralia (Par. ’93) Canada (Par. ’93, ‘96) The Netherlands (Par. (2nd Chamber) Turnout’94, EU Par. Turnout ’94)U.S. House (’94)U.S. Senate (’94)1020304050607080901000102030405060708090100Actual Outcome (%)P r e d i c t e d O u t c o m e (%)。