課時(shí)作業(yè)(八)SectionⅡLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguageⅠ.閱讀理解AIfthereisonethingIamsureabout，itisthatinahundredyearsfromnowwewillstillbereadingnewspapers.Itisnotthatnewspapersareanecessity.Evennowsomepeoplegetmostoftheirnewsfromtelevisionorradio.ManybuyapaperonlyonSaturdayorSunday.Butformostpeoplereadinganewspaperhasbecomeahabitpasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration.Thenatureofwhatisnewsmaychange.Whatbasicallymakesnewsiswhataffectsourlives—thebigpoliticalstories，thecoverageofthewars，earthquakesandotherdisasters，willcontinuemuchthesame.Ithinktherewillbemorecoverageofscientificresearch，though.It'salreadyhappeninginareasthatmaydirectlyaffectourlives，likegenetic(基因)engineering.Inthefuture，Ithinktherewillbemorecoverageofscientificexplanationsofwhywefeelaswedo—aswedevelopabetterunderstandingofhowthebrainoperatesandwhatourfeelingsreallyare.It'squitepossiblethatinthenextcenturynewspaperswillbetransmitted(傳送)electronicallyfromFleetStreetandprintedoutinourownhome.Infact，Iamprettysurethatitwillhappeninthefuture.Youwillprobablybeabletochoosefromamenu，makingupyourownnewspaperbypickingoutthethingsyouwanttoread—sportsandinternationalnews，etc.Ithinkpeoplehavegotitwrongwhentheytalkaboutcompetitionbetweenthedifferentmedia(媒體)．Theyactuallyfeed_offeachother.Somepeopleonceforesawthattelevisionwouldkilloffnewspapers，butthathasn'thappened.Whatisreadontheprintedpagelastslongerthanpicturesonascreenofsoundintheair.AndasfortheInternet，itisneverreallypleasanttoreadsomethingjustonascreen.1．Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A．TheBestWaytoGetNewsB．TheChangesofMediaC．MakeYourOwnNewspaperD．TheFutureofNewspapers2．Whatwillprobablybeoninthenewspapermadebyyourself?A．Sportsandinternationalnews.B．Amenuofimportantnews.C．Themostimportantnews.D．Whatyouareinterestedin.3．Fromthetext，wecaninferthat________.A．newspaperswillwinthecompetitionamongthedifferentmediaB．newspaperswillstaywithustogetherwithothermediaC．televisionwilltaketheplaceofnewspapersD．somemediawilldieout4．Theunderlinedphrase“feedoff”inthelastparagraphmeans________.A．dependon B．competewithC．fightwith D．killof語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文主要圍繞著報(bào)紙將來(lái)的情況，提出報(bào)紙這一新聞媒體在近百年內(nèi)不會(huì)消失的觀點(diǎn)并分析了其原因。1．D解析：主旨大意題。全文多處出現(xiàn)will和inthefuture，所以這篇文章主要圍繞報(bào)紙的將來(lái)，故選D。2．D解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段“Youwillprobablybeabletochoosefromamenu，makingupyourownnewspaperbypickingoutthethingsyouwanttoread—sportsandinternationalnews，etc.”。3．B解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段“Evennowsomepeoplegetmostoftheirnewsfromtelevisionorradio.ManybuyapaperonlyonSaturdayorSunday.”可推知此題答案為B。4．A解析：詞義猜測(cè)題。上句“Ithinkpeoplehavegotitwrongwhentheytalkaboutcompetitionbetweenthedifferentmedia.我認(rèn)為人們所討論的關(guān)于媒體之間的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)是錯(cuò)誤的。”下句“Somepeopleonceforesawthattelevisionwouldkilloffnewspapers，butthathasn'thappened.有些人曾經(jīng)預(yù)測(cè)電視將把報(bào)紙?zhí)蕴@件事并未發(fā)生。”可知，feedoff意為“依靠”。故選A。BTheweeklyTelegraphisBritain'sglobalnewspaper，thehome-grownqualitynewspaperthatdeliversthebestofThedailyTelegraphandTheSundayTelegraphtotheBritisharoundtheworldandaddsitsspecialarticles，featuresandreportsdesignedtobeofrealvaluetoforeignreaders.Telegraph.co.uk/expat，thewebsite，increasesthevalueofthenewspaper，thuscreatingacompleteexpatriate(國(guó)外的)supportsystem，bothonlineandoffline.Orderagiftsubscription(訂閱)forafriendorrelationoverseasthisChristmasandtheywillbegintorecognisewhatausefulinvestmentyoursubscriptionrepresents，andyou'llreceiveaFREEbottleof10-year-oldTawnyPorttoenjoyathomeintheUK.SubscriptionswillstartearlyJanuary2010.PortcanonlybedeliveredtoaUKaddressandreceiversmustbeover18yearsofage.Formoredetailsorfor6-monthsubscriptions，pleasecontactoursubscriptionsdepartmentonTel＋44(0)1622335080oremailweeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph.co.uk(Officehours；09：00—17：00GMT)．Pleasecontactweekly_telegraphsubs_@_telegraph，co.ukwithanyquestionsregardingyoursubscription.YourmoneybackifyouarenotsatisfiedOur“noquibble”money-backpolicymeansthatweguaranteetoreturnthemoneyforyoursubscriptioninfullifyouarenotsatisfiedwiththefirstfourissues.eq\x(YOURPAYMENT)Selectazoneofpayment，Priceisfor52issues.UnitedKingdom105.00GBP(GreatBritainPound)USA125.00GBPCanada/Australia/NewZealand108.00GBPZambia/Zimbabwe/Tanzania8,5.00GBPSouthAfrica80.00GBPMiddleEast/Europe/Restoftheworld80.00GBP5．TheWeeklyTelegraphintheadvertisementismainlyintendedfor________.A．theBritishathomeandabroadB．theBritishintheUKC．theforeignersinBritainD．Englishlearnersacrosstheglobe6．Ifyouwanttoreceiveafreebottleof10-year-oldTawnyPort，youmust________.a．liveintheUnitedKingdomb．haveanoverseasfriendwhoisover18c．orderasubscriptionoftheWeeklyTelegraphd．offeryourfriendorrelation'saddressoverseasA．a(chǎn)，b B．c，bC．a(chǎn)，c D．b，c7．WhatdoweknowabouttheWeeklyTelegraphfromthepassage?A．Thecontentofitcan'tbereadonline.B．Onecansubscribetoit24hoursaday.C．Yourmoneycanpartlycomebackifyou'renotsatisfied.D．Thepricesfordifferentcountriesareprobablydifferent.8．Toordera6-monthsubscriptionforafriendinTanzania，youshould________.A．contactthesubscriptionsdepartmentB．subscribetotheDailyTelegraphforayearC．tellyourfriendtovisittelegraph，co.uk/expatD．pay85.00GBP語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文是一則關(guān)于訂閱TheWeeklyTelegraph的廣告。5．A解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章的第一段的前幾句介紹了TheweeklyTelegraph的大致情況，故A為最佳選項(xiàng)。6．C解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第一段的最后一句話可知C項(xiàng)正確。7．D解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的最后一部分可知不同地方的價(jià)格是不同的，故選D。8．A解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第三段很容易看出答案是A。Ⅱ.短文改錯(cuò)TherewereafootballgameonTVlastSaturdayevening.ThegamewasamongaSpanishteamandanItalianteam.IsatinthefrontoftheTVat7o'clock，whenthegamejustbegan.Anhourlater，mywifecameintojoininme.Sheseemedabsent-mindedwhileshewaswatchinggame.Asthetimeclockshowedoneminute，forty-twosecondsleavinginthegame，shebegancheeringexcited，“Comeon—getgoing！”Sinceshehasneverbeenafootballfan，Ilookedatherwithsurpriseandaskedwhichteamshewascheeringfor.“Either，”shereplied，“I'mcheeringthetimeclockon.”答案：Ⅲ.語(yǔ)法填空Manyteachersbelievethattheresponsibilitiesforlearningliewiththestudents.1.________alongreadingassignmentisgiven，instructorsexpectstudentstobefamiliarwith2.________(inform)inthereadingeveniftheydonotdiscussitinclassortakeanexamination.Theidealstudentisconsideredtobeonewhoismotivatedtolearnforthesakeoflearning，notoneinterestedonlyingettinghighgrades.Sometimeshomeworkisreturned3.________briefwrittencomments(評(píng)語(yǔ))butwithoutagrade.Evenifagradeisnotgiven，thestudentisresponsiblefor4.________(learn)thematerialassigned.Whenresearch5.________(assign)，theprofessorexpectsthestudenttotakeitactivelyandtocompleteitwithminimumguidance.Itisthestudent'sresponsibilitytofindbooks，magazinesandarticlesinthelibrary.Professorsdonothavethetimetoexplain6.________auniversitylibraryworks；theyexpectstudents，especiallygraduatestudents，7.________(be)abletoexhaustthereferencesinthelibrary.Professorswillhelpstudentswhoneedit，butpreferthattheirstudentsshouldnotbetoodependentonthem.IntheUnitedStates，professorshavemanyotherduties8.________teaching，suchasadministrativeorresearchwork.Therefore，thetime9.________aprofessorcanspendwithastudentoutsideofclassislimited.Ifastudenthasproblemswithclassroomwork，he/sheshouldeither，approachaprofessorduringricehours10.________makeanappointment.語(yǔ)篇解讀：學(xué)習(xí)是學(xué)生的職責(zé)。學(xué)生應(yīng)該主動(dòng)地去學(xué)習(xí)，而不是單純地為了分?jǐn)?shù)而學(xué)。1．If/Whe