1.The president f the cmpany will g t attend the ________ (會議) t be held in Beijing next mnth.
2.He is an unregistered ________ (居民) in Beijing.
3.It was a ________ (艱難的) race.
4.This ________ (軟件) is very useful and yu can dwnlad it frm the Internet free f charge.
5.He gave away mst f his mney t ________ (慈善機構(gòu)).
6.The picture will lk mre beautiful at a ________ (距離).
7.This tag carries infrmatin specific t that bject,and the data can be ________ (更新).
8.Hw much ________ (現(xiàn)金) d yu have n yu?
9.The state maintains a ________(數(shù)據(jù)庫) f names f peple allwed t vte.
10.The ttal cst was $10,000, ________ (加)14% interest.
Ⅱ.選詞填空
g thrugh, be inspired by, nw that, keep sb. cmpany, benefit frm, raise mney fr, bridge the generatin gap, at ne's cnvenience, chat with, be stuck in
1.Dn't make fun f thers when they ____________ tugh times.
2.____________ yu are busy, let me d it fr yu.
3.Her sister has cme frm America t ________________ during her illness.
4.He ________________ his dad abut his future jb in the rm nw.
5.Yu can cme t see me ____________________.
6.We ____________ the lift fr tw hurs.
7.The children are pr, s we want t ____________ them.
8.I ________________ the her's stry.
9.These new bks are well-written. I think yu can ____________ them if yu read carefully.
10.Bth parents and teenagers must try t ________________________ between them.
Ⅲ.單句語法填空
1.My kids spend hurs ________ (chat) n the phne t their friends.
2.I'd like t pay ________ cash rather than by cheque.
3.Fresh air is ________ (benefit) t ur health.
4.Peple in big cities usually have a better access ________ gd resurces.
5.The public have faith in his ability ________ (slve) the prblem.
6.We have prvided seats fr the ________ (cnvenient) f ur custmers.
7.We can see sme birds ________ the distance.
8.All f us can benefit ________ what yu said.
9.At the meeting, they heard many ________ (inspire) stries.
10.I believe we can g ________ the hard times if we dn't give up.
Ⅳ.語法填空
The Internet brings mre than 1.________ (cnvenient) t peple's lives. Jan, an English teacher, suddenly came dwn with a serius illness and had t give 2.________ her jb. Later, she made a discvery that 3.________ (surf) the Internet culd help her feel less lnely and bred. She gt t knw that ne f the greatest benefits f the Internet was that there 4.________ (be) n lnger a distance between peple. 5.________ (inspire) by Internet users, she decided t set up an IT club t teach the elderly hw 6.________ (use) cmputers and the Internet. She has started taking nline classes t learn mre abut hw t use the Internet t make sciety 7.________ (gd). She thinks 8.________ is highly imprtant fr everyne t have access 9.________ the Internet and knw hw t use new technlgy. Besides, her next gal is t set up 10.________ charity website t raise mney fr children in pr cuntries.
Ⅰ.閱讀理解
Surfing the Internet fr fun will make yu a better emplyee, accrding t an Australian study.
The University f Melburne study shws that peple wh use the Internet fr their wn reasns at wrk are abut 9 percent mre prductive than thse wh d nt. Study authr Brent Cker said, “Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an emplyee's attentin.”
“Peple need t relax fr a bit t get back their attentin,” Cker said n the university's website. “Having a shrt break, such as a quick surfing f the Internet,helps the mind t rest itself, leading t a higher ttal Internet attentin fr a day's wrk, and as a result, increases prductivity (生產(chǎn)效率),” he said.
Accrding t the study f 300 wrkers, 70 percent f peple wh use the Internet at wrk surf the Internet fr their wn reasns during ffice hurs. Amng the mst ppular surfing activities are searching fr infrmatin abut prducts, reading nline news, playing nline games and watching vides. “Firms spend a lt f mney n sftware t blck their emplyees frm watching vides, using scial netwrking sites r shpping nline,” said Cker. “That's nt always a gd idea. ”
Hwever, Cker said the study lked at peple wh surfed the Internet in mderatin (適度), r were n the Internet fr less than 20 percent f their ttal time in the ffice. “Thse wh spend t much time surfing the Internet will have a lwer prductivity than thse withut.” he said.
1.What des the University f Melburne study mainly shw?
A.Peple wh surf the Internet are gd emplyees.
B.Nt everyne surfs the Internet fr fun during ffice hurs.
C.The Internet is becming mre and mre imprtant in peple's life.
D.Surfing the Internet fr fun at times during ffice hurs increases prductivity.
2.Which f the fllwing is NOT mentined in the passage as ne f the mst ppular surfing activities?
A.Watching vides. B.Reading nline news.
C.Reading nline nvels. D.Playing nline games.
3.The underlined wrd “blck” in Paragraph 4 means “________”.
A.stp B.rganize
C.prtect D.separate
4.What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A.Thse wh never surf the Internet have the lwest prductivity.
B.Spending t much time surfing the Internet reduces prductivity.
C.Mst peple dn't surf the Internet in mderatin during ffice hurs.
D.Peple shuld spend as little time as pssible surfing the Internet.
Ⅱ.七選五
Americans spend a lt f mney in their daily lives. Wrking peple spend mney n transprtatin t and frm wrk and n varius expenses thrughut the day. Americans enjy shpping and buy many things that they need and want. __1__ They buy sprts equipment, g t the mvies and d many things that cst mney.
Hwever, many Americans dn't pay cash r write checks fr these things. __2__ Credit cards are small, rectangular plastic cards. It is very cnvenient t carry them abut.
__3__ When the custmer buys smething at a stre, he shws his card at the stre. This permits the stre t charge the bank fr the custmer's purchase. The bank cllects all the charges fr each custmer. Then nce a mnth the bank requires the custmer t pay the charges fr that mnth. __4__ It allws the custmer t pay fr the charges in several payments ver a perid f time.
Hwever, the bank requires the custmer t pay interest (利息) n the unpaid part f the charges. In this way the bank allws custmers t buy things they cannt affrd at ne time. Peple can use the card t buy what they want and pay fr it ver a perid f time. __5__
A.It brings great benefits t the rich.
B.Banks give these cards t their custmers.
C.They spend a lt f mney n entertainment.
D.They als d nt need t carry a lt f mney.
E.Peple may spend less mney in this way.
F.Mre and mre Americans pay fr things with credit cards.
G.The bank des nt frce the custmer t pay the full amunt.
Ⅲ.完形填空
Nt lng ag I wasn't ding well in exams and was full f disappintment and __1__ thinking. While n the Internet, I met many new friends, but ne in particular __2__. His nickname is Clrful Day and we __3__ n the Web. He tld me: He lst his __4__ at age 15, and felt the whle wrld had clsed its dr t him. But later he realized he shuld change his life s he develped a website abut Helen keller's life as well as his called “Three days t See”.
I visited his website and asked.“Hw did yu __5__ t build such a website?”he said:“Owing t the new technlgy,I can use sftware specially __6__ fr the blind. __7__ I pint the cursr (光標(biāo)),it will just read it ut t me.”
I then asked,“Didn't yu have great __8__ with it?”
He hesitated and then began his __9__ with a smiling face.“Yes,but I have faith in myself t __10__ my clrful day. And mdern technlgy gives me this medium and __11__ t d it.”
His __12__ attitude twards life made me believe that ur destiny ffers nt the cup f despair, __13__ the chalice (大杯)f pprtunity.I returned t my lessns, and this time with a smile n my face and with __14__ f a clrful future.
The Internet, which pened t me t __15__ different lives and cultures, has a charm yu culdn't find in anther wise nn-virtual wrld.
1.A.psitive B.a(chǎn)ctive
C.negative D.instructive
2.A.turned ut B.std ut
C.came ut D.lked ut
3.A.argued B.interviewed
C.tld D.chatted
4.A.eyesight B.hearing
C.curage D.cnfidence
5.A.try B.cme
C.wrk D.manage
6.A.designed B.slved
C.planned D.imagined
7.A.whether B.Hwever
C.Whatever D.wherever
8.A.gal B.difficulty
C.character D.peratr
9.A.netwrk B.speech
C.wrds D.pinins
10.A.create B.prduce
C.recgnize D.rganized
11.A.mment B.reality
C.pprtunity D.signal
12.A.hpeful B.disappinted
C.pleasant D.ptimistic
13.A.but B.a(chǎn)nd
C.s D.then
14.A.eagerness B.expectatin
C.richness D.nervusness
15.A.tuch B.feel
C.experience D.suffer
Ⅳ.語法填空
Oprah Winfrey is nt just an 1.________ (extreme) successful TV persnality in the US, but she is als a wman wh 2.________ (inspire) millins f peple s far. In her televisin shws she makes 3.________ pssible t talk abut great mments and difficulties in peple's lives. She has helped thusands f men and wmen cme t terms with things 4.________ bther them and that they can nt talk abut with thers. Oprah's prgramme abut literature, 5.________ which she reviews bks, is very ppular. When she praises a bk, it 6.________ (becme) a best-seller. Her life and her success are 7.________ gd example fr many wmen.
Oprah Winfrey's wnderful career inspires many peple 8.________ (believe) that success and 9.________ (happy) in life are within reach fr everyne. Her life shws 10.________ (we) that hard wrk and discipline are the rad t self-imprvement, and success lies smewhere alng that rad.
課時作業(yè)(二) Reading and Thinking
必備知識基礎(chǔ)練
Ⅰ.單詞拼寫
1.cnference 2.resident 3.tugh 4.sftware 5.charity
6.distance 7.updated 8.cash 9.database 10.plus
Ⅱ.選詞填空
1.g thrugh 2.Nw that 3.keep her cmpany 4.is chatting with
5.a(chǎn)t yur cnvenience 6.were stuck in 7.raise mney fr
8.was inspired by 9.benefit frm 10.bridge the generatin gap
1.答案與解析:C 根據(jù)下文“They buy sprts equipment, g t the mvies and d many things that cst mney. (他們買運動設(shè)備,去看電影和做許多花錢的事情)”可知,C項“他們花很多錢在休閑娛樂上面”符合語境。
2.答案與解析:F 根據(jù)下文“Credit cards are small,rectangular plastic cards.”可知,此處是對信用卡進行解釋。F項“越來越多的美國人用信用卡購物”符合語境。
3.答案與解析:B 根據(jù)下文“When the custmer buys smething at a stre, he shws his card at the stre. (當(dāng)顧客在商店買東西的時候,他在商店里出示其信用卡)”可知,B項“銀行把這些信用卡給他們的客戶”符合語境。
4.答案與解析:G 根據(jù)上文“Then nce a mnth the bank requires the custmer t pay the charges fr that mnth.”和下文“It allws the custmer t pay fr the charges in several payments ver a perid f time.”可知,G項“銀行并不強制客戶全額付款,客戶只要在一段時間內(nèi)償還所有金額即可”可承上啟下。
5.答案與解析:D 根據(jù)上文“Peple can use the card t buy what they want and pay fr it ver a perid f time. (人們可以使用這種卡購買他們想要的,還可以在一段時間內(nèi)支付)”可知,D項“人們也不需要帶大量的現(xiàn)金”也是介紹它的優(yōu)點。