高中二年级英语寒假作业七

2019-2020年高二英语寒假作业（七）

选修六unit2 Poems

一.单句填空

1.To make a living, he has bought a bus (convey) goods from the town to the

city every day.

2.I can’t stand your (end) complaints anymore.

3.Don’t take it seriously—he’s only (tease).

4.The water in the Dead Sea is so (salt) that you can’t sink when you are in

the water.

5.Luckily we managed to reduce our loss the minimum with their help.

6.Everyone is satisfied with his (translate) of this poem.

7. (transform) into a frog by the witch(巫婆), the prince was driven out of

the castle.

8.That big company has many (branch) all over the country.

9.It was a long journey, but we (eventual) arrived at the destination.

10.The reason he missed the train was that he got up too late this morning.

二.短语填空

make sense of; in particular; take it easy; to one’s sorrow; run out of; make up of;

translate…into…; be popular with; a minimum of; stay up

1.This inexpensive mobile phone of

high quality sells well and

young consumers.

2.That special class

only 30 students, including 10 girls.

3.Everyone is supposed to

; after all it is just a small quiz.

4.Surprisingly that boy

what all the teachers teach him.

5.Since the paper is to be handed in tomorrow, he has to working on

it.

6.We are

gas; we must find a gas station right now.

7.WeChat is very popular in recent years, among young people.

8.His novel has many languages.

9.It is said that keeping a horse costs $1,000 a year.

10. , her grandma passed away last week.

三.阅读理解

This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or

engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to

accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of

poetry”. This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult

for many non-science students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a

class that is not in their field?

The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had

reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing—the

importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put

tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just

talked. They didn’t write anything on the board.

The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In

both subjects, students need to find layers of meaning. Some layers are simple, clean,

and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different

levels of meaning doesn’t happen much in undergraduate science classes, but it is

important later, in a graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文科学).

Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching

from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of

using careful, clear definitions when he explains a poem. He also plans to be more

informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. Firstly,

humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which

information is important. Secondly, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided,

“We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.”

But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this:all of the

professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.

1. What do we know about this unusual class?

A.The teachers did lots of writing on the board.

B.The teachers were invited to attend several lectures.

C.The students were professors from a university.

D.The students were studying science and humanities.

2. The experiment was designed to find out .

A.how to teach the students in the science class

B.whether poetry is difficult for science students

C.what to be taught in the humanities class

D.why many humanities students find science hard

3. Finding levels of meaning is .

A.important for graduate students in humanities

B.difficult for graduate students in humanities

mon for undergraduate students in science

D.easy for undergraduate students in science

4. What did the science professors learn after the experiment?

A.They should change the way they teach.

B.A poem could be explained in clear definitions.

C.A poetry class could be more informative.

D.Their teaching was an enjoyable experience.