1、課時作業1.單句填空1she's so obviously (obvious) cleverer and prettier than i am.2a survey showed people were confused (confuse) about what they should eat to stay healthy.3culture plays a large part in non­verbal communication (communicate)4the only difference (differ) between us is the colour of o

2、ur skins.5relax as much as possible and keep breathing steadily (steady)6this restaurant is owned by an italian settler (settle)7we have no difficulty (difficult) in understanding each other.8however small the contribution is, it will make a difference to the life of the people in the earthquake

3、3;stricken area.9different varieties (vary) of flowers and plants can be the best gift for them.10i think it possible to_send send) a letter to someone anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on the envelope.完成句子1我喜歡秋天，而我弟弟喜歡冬天。i like autumn, while my brother likes winter .2你去不去都沒有關系。 it doesn

4、't matter whether you will go or not.3噪音經常讓我難以集中注意力工作。the noise always makes it hard for me to focus on work.4有些人不管他們在哪兒，都能夠過得快樂。some people can enjoy themselves wherever they are .5我們搬到了鄉下，從而遠離了吵鬧、單調的城市。we moved to the countryside so that we were away from the noisy and dull city.串點成篇微表達湯姆和杰克是兄

5、弟，但是他們之間毫無共同之處(have nothing in common)。湯姆喜歡四處走動(get around)，然而(while)杰克喜歡待在室內。這對他們的生活影響(make a difference)很大。與杰克相比(compared with)，湯姆比較活潑，因此他交了很多朋友，但是杰克難以與別人相處(have difficulty doing sth.)，這使他們的父母很困惑(confusing)，于是他們決定幫助他克服(get over)這個問題。tom and jack are brothers, but they have nothing in common.tom li

6、kes getting around, while jack likes staying indoors. it makes a great difference to their life. compared with jack, tom is more active, so he has made many friends. but jack has some difficulty getting along with others. it is confusing for their parents so they decide to help him to get over the p

7、roblem.閱讀理解when i lived in spain, some spanish friends of mine decided to visit england by car. before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation(住所). i suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast houses”，because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a

8、 good chance to speak english with the family. my friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.“we didn't stay at bed and breakfast houses，”they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”i thought this was strange. finally i understood what had

9、 happened. my friends spoke little english, and they thought “vacancies” meant “holidays”， because the spanish word for “holidays” is “vacaciones”. so they did not go to house where the sign outside said “vacancies”， which in english means there are free rooms. then my friends went to house where th

10、e sign said “no vacancies”， because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. but they found that these houses were all full. as a result, they stayed at hotels!we laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. in spanish, the wor

11、d “diversion” means fun. in english, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. when my friends saw the word “diversion” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. instead, the road ended in a large hole.english people have problems too when

12、 they learn foreign languages. once in paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, i said “thank you” in french. i meant that i would like some more. however, to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! later i found out that “thank you” in french means “no, thank you.”本文講述了由于不同語言的差異，作者的西班牙朋友

13、在英國找住處時把英語單詞“vacancies”(有空房)誤認為西班牙語“vacaciones”(外出度假)，最終沒有找到家庭旅館的故事。1my spanish friends wanted advice about _.adriving their car on english roadsbgoing to england by carcfinding places to stay in englanddlearning english答案：c解析：細節理解題。根據第一段中before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find

14、accommodation(住所)可知，作者的西班牙朋友想要的建議是在英國找住處。2i suggested that they stay at “bed and breakfast houses” because _.ait would be much cheaper than staying in hotelsbit would be convenient for them to have dinnercthey would be able to practice their english dthere would be no problem in finding accommodatio

15、n there答案：c解析：細節理解題。根據第一段中.because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak english with the family.可知，作者建議他的西班牙朋友們住在“住宿加早餐”的房子是因為這是個很好的鍛煉他們的英語的機會。3“no vacancies” in english means _.afree rooms bno free roomscnot away on holiday dholidays答案：b解析：細節理解題。根據第三段中 so they d

16、id not go to house where the sign outside said “vacancies”， which in english means there are free rooms.可知，在英語中“vacancies”意思是“有空的房間”，因此“no vacancies”在英語中意思是“沒有空的房間”。4when someone offered me more coffee and i said “thank you” in french, i _.awanted them to take the coffee pot awaybdidn't really w

17、ant any more coffeecwanted to express my politenessdreally wanted some more coffee答案：d解析：細節理解題。根據最后一段中once in paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, i said “thank you” in french. i meant that i would like some more.可知，作者想再要些咖啡。.七選五four smart ways to help build your children's vocabular

18、y “johnny next door can name his colors, but gloria can hardly even say her own name. what am i doing wrong？” _1_ but the good news is that children really are born to absorb the language around them. the following are some ways to help build your child's vocabulary.never use baby talk.young chi

19、ldren understand so much more than they can initially repeat. _2_ of course you are not going to start speaking to a baby in difficult english, but it's important to speak to them the way that you'd speak to anybody else. even if your child can't or doesn't use the same vocabulary wh

20、en he talks, it is helping his language development.follow your child's lead. _3_ trying to turn her attention away from the clown(小丑)so that you can point out the word for “elephant”， is not only frustrating, but also it's probably not doing much good. instead of driving the conversation, y

21、ou'll be more successful in making words “stick”， if you look at what your child is paying attention to.encourage any kind of reading.even young kids who haven't yet learned to read will memorize books that they've often heard. so go ahead and have your child “fill in” words as you'r

22、e reading together. _4_ for older children who are already readers, it's important to let them choose their own reading material. _5_ at two years of age, some kids may only use about 30 words while others may be able to use 300 words. but there's very little evidence that those children wit

23、h 30 words at age two will have worse outcomes by the time they are five or six years of age.aso don't talk down to them.bcorrect pronunciation gently.cdon't panic if your child is slow to talk.dit will help with their vocabulary development.ethat sort of comparison can lead to a lot of pare

24、ntal anxiety.flet's say you're taking a trip to the circus with your young daughter.gthe best thing that parents can do is really just talk to their children all the time.本文提供了可以幫助孩子建立詞匯的四種聰明方法：不要用嬰兒方式講話，跟著寶寶的腳步，鼓勵各種方式的閱讀，如果孩子學說話慢不要驚慌。1e解析：根據空前句“johnny next door can name his colors, but gloria can hardly even say her own name.what am i doing wrong？”(隔壁的johnny能說出顏色，但gloria幾乎說不清自己的名字。我做錯了什么？)可知，這里是在對比。故e項：that sort of comparison can lead to a lot of parental anxiety.(這種對比會使家長更焦慮。)與空前內容照應。2a解析：根據空