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2016秋英语人教版选修7Unit2同步综合训练及答案

2016秋英语人教版选修7Unit2同步综合训练及答案

2016秋英语人教版选修7U2同步综合训练及答案选修7 Unit Two Robots一、语法填空阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland,Ohio.It 1 (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up.The river was so polluted that it 2 (actual) caught fire and burned.Now,years later,this river is one of 3 most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.But the river wasn't changed in a few days 4 even a few months.It took years of work 5 (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water.Finally,that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6 (clean) than ever.Maybe you are facing an impossible situation.Maybe you have a habit 7 is driving your family crazy.Possibly you drink too much or don't know how to control your credit card use.When you face such an impossible situation,don't you want a quick fix and something to change immediately? While there are 8 (amaze) stories of instant transformation,for most of us the 9 (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work,like cleaning up a polluted river.Just be 10 (patience).二、完形填空When I was a little boy, I would play outside for hours on sunny summer days and then have a deep and peaceful sleep at night. Sometimes, I’d have some vivid dreams, making me__1__for a moment.I would stare out into the darkness to see if anything was there and then__2__over and go back to sleep. I can still remember a few times when I woke up,__3__out into the darkness, andactually__4__someone there. It was Mom __5__ over me as I slept. Each time she__6__told me to go back to sleep and I closed my eyes again, feeling__7__ and loved.I__8__asked Mom why she watched me sleep from time to time but__9__seeing my own children __10__so fast, I think I know why she wanted to catch a moment in time and __11__ it in her heart forever. I just__12__ that she carried a lot of those moments with her into Heaven when she__13__at only 55.Last night I was sleeping lightly __14__ I suddenly felt someone near me. I opened my eyes and saw Mom’s __15__ standing in the room, smiling at me. And then she was gone.Now __16__may say that this was just a dream,a wish or part of an old__17__. To me, though, it was__18__ that Mom’s loving spirit was still watching over me. To me it was evidence enough to know that one day I would be__19__with her and everyone I have ever loved.Trust in their love. Know that your own life can be full of __20__,too. Then joyfully go out and live it with a brave heart and a smiling soul.1. A.excited B.afraidC.worried D.awake2. A.take B.rollC.look D.climb3. A.went B.burstC.looked D.found4. A.met B.sawC.expected D.dreamed5. A.watching B.treatingC.helping D.sitting6. A.angrily B.gladlyC.silently D.gently7. A.quiet B.nervousC.safe D.anxious8. A.never B.oftenC.sometimes D.seldom9. A.before B.afterC.since D.for10. A.bring up B.raise upC.lift up D.grow up11. A.hold B.removeC.find D.cover12. A.decide B.hopeC.wonder D.remember13. A.ran away B.put awayC.passed away D.took away14. A.when B.whileC.after D.before15. A.body B.figureC.shape D.shadow16. A.all B.noneC.some D.any17. A.dream B.wishC.story D.memory18. A.proof B.timeC.chance D.belief19. A.reunited B.buriedC.connected D.joined20. A.hope B.joyC.love D.surprise三、阅读理解A【2016江苏高考专题】D请阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

人教版高中英语选修7课后习题 Unit 2 Robots Section Ⅲ

人教版高中英语选修7课后习题 Unit 2 Robots Section Ⅲ

SectionⅢ—Grammar课后篇巩固提升一、完成句子1.No one likes(被别人嘲笑).2.I’m glad(被给了这次机会) to visit your country.3. (被人爱) is a happy thing.4.The book is said(已被译成了英语).5.He hurried to the theatre(结果被告知票已经卖光了).二、变式训练1.I’ll try my best to make it easy to understand the tey best to make the text easy .2.We need to do more work to achieve the final success.=More work needs to achieve the final success.3.The boy asked us to give him an opportunity to try again.=The boy asked an opportunity to try again by us.4.Two more bridges will be built here in the coming year.=Two more bridges will be built here in theyear .5.These flowers don’t need watering,for it rained last night.=These flowers don’tneed ,for it rained last night.三、阅读理解ADo you want to live another 100 years or more?Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.“I think we are knocking at the door of immortality(永生),” said Michael Zey,a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future.“I think by we will see it and that’s a conservative estimate(保守的估计).”At the conference in San Francisco,Donald Louria,a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology(纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what was possible in the past.“There isa g reat effort so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said.“Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years.”However,many scientists who specialize in aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years.Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease,they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live.“It remains to be seen if you pass 120,you know;could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?” said Leonard Poon,director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre.“At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”1.By saying “we are knocking at the door of immortality”,Michael Zey means .A.they have got some ideas about living foreverB.they believe that there is no limit of livingC.they are able to make people live past the present life spanD.they are sure to find the truth about long living“‘Ithinkweareknockingatthedoorofimmortality(永生),’saidMichaelZey,aMontclairStateUniversitybusinessprofessor andauthoroftwobooksonthefuture.‘Ithinkbywewillseeitandthat’sa conservativeestimate(保守的估计).’”可知,教授表明到就可以实现永生,由此判断出这里的含义是科学家们对如何获得永生有了一些想法。

高中英语人教版选修7选修7同步习题精做 Unit 2 Section 2

高中英语人教版选修7选修7同步习题精做 Unit 2 Section 2

Unit 2Section ⅡⅠ.句型转换1.This is the book that I will give Tom tomorrow.This is the book________Tom tomorrow.2.She is too weak. You shouldn't make her study tonight.She is too weak________tonight.3.People say that this team will finish the work next month.The work is said________next month.4.He pretended that the policeman mistook him for a thief.He pretended________a thief.5.I don't expect that I shall be disturbed while I'm sleeping.I don't expect________while I'm sleeping.答案:1.to be given to 2.to be made to study 3.to be finished 4.to be mistaken for 5.to be disturbedⅡ.完成句子1.We ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ______(不被允许使用电脑)without permission.2.It is very terrible________ ________ ________ ________(被人嘲笑).3.He expected________ __________ ________ ________ ________ ________(能被邀请参加聚会).4.The book is said________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________(已译成了英语).5.I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow. Do you have anything ________ ________ ________ ________(要我带回家)?6.Are you going to the meeting______ ________ ________ ________ ________(今天下午举行的)?7.We still have many difficulties________ ________(要克服).8.It is an honor for me__________ __________ ________ ________ ________ ________(被邀请在这儿讲话).答案:1.are not allowed to use the computer2.to be laughed at3.to be invited to the party4.to have been translated into English5.to be taken home6.to be held this afternoon7.to overcome8.to be invited to speak hereⅢ.单项填空1.He rushed out of the room, ________ that he knew nothing about it.A.stated B.statingC.to state D.having stated答案:B考查现在分词作状语。

人教版英语选修7同步练习unit 2 section 2 Warming Up Reading—Language Points(含解析)

人教版英语选修7同步练习unit 2 section 2 Warming Up Reading—Language Points(含解析)

Unit 2SectionⅡⅠ.单词拼写1.Most teenagers like reading science fictions (小说).2.He desires (渴望)to be a famous actor.3.I don’t want to alarm (使惊恐)you,but there is a strange man in your garden.4.We expressed our sympathy (同情)for her loss.5.I’ve come to ask you to do me a favour (恩惠).6.Tom began to sweep the pieces of glass up into a pile (堆).7.In my opinion,your idea is so absurd (荒谬的)that I can’t help laughing.8.I really envy (羡慕)you and your wife—you seem so happy together.9.Ken agreed to accompany (陪伴)me on a trip to Africa.10.The man’s parents declared (声称)that they didn’t want to see him again.Ⅱ.用短语的适当形式填空in favour of,ring up,declare,it is a great satisfaction that,envy,accompany him to,test out,desireJohn desires to become a writer of the science fiction.2.It_is_a_great_satisfaction_that she is well again and can go to her office.3.He was upset that his father wasn’t in_favour_of his idea.4.The students will test_out their cost-cutting ideas in several companies next week.5.His mother is for him and always accompanies_him_to the bookstore.6.John’s sister,who lives in another city,often rings_up to ask his progress in writing.7.All the attention given by the whole family makes his younger sister,Mary,envies him.8.Moved by his determination,she finally declared to the whole family that she would back him forever.Ⅲ.完成句子1.He tried to join the army but was_turned_down because of poor health.(turn)他想参军,但因身体不好被拒绝了。

【最新】人教版高中英语同步练习:选修7 unit 2 period 1(含答案)

【最新】人教版高中英语同步练习:选修7 unit 2 period 1(含答案)

最新教学资料·人教版英语Unit 2 Robots Period 1 Warming Up,Pre­reading & Reading 课时精练(人教新课标选修7,课标通用)(时间:45分钟)Ⅰ.介、副词填空1.Meanwhile they set ________part of their funds for the motorized boats.2.The teacher set the papers he was marking on one side and reach ________ his cigarettes and matches.3.Small businesses are anxious to experiment ________ computers.4.The university students will test ________the computer program for any bugs.5.Don't leave her ________ to sweep up after the party.6.This new product, or ________,this new style of shirt, is not very attractive.7.The bus had to back up and turn ________.8.That's 5.40 pounds ________ all.9.He was absent ________the meeting for one reason or another.10.They were filled ________ wonder at the sight.答案 1.aside 2.for 3.with 4.out 5.alone 6.rather7.around8.in9.from10.withⅡ.单词拼写1.She ________(渴望) that you come at once.2.Lightening is usually ________(伴随) by thunder.3.The high court had nothing to gain by________(宣布) him guilty.4.On the whole, I'm in ________(支持) of the proposal.5.He delivered a course of lectures on world ________(事务).6.I have some ________(同情) with that point of view.7.________(惊恐) by the noise, the birds flew away.8.She can look back on her career with great ________(满意).9.He was filled with ________(羡慕) at my success.10.There were ________(堆) of litter in the streets.答案 1.desires 2.accompanied 3.declaring 4.favour 5.affairs 6.sympathy 7.Alarmed8.satisfaction9.envy10.pilesⅢ.翻译与仿写1.His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine.翻译_________________________________________________________ 仿写与其说她是个演员,不如说是个歌唱家。

高中英语(人教版)选修7同步讲练:Unit 2 Reading Tasks Word版含答案

高中英语(人教版)选修7同步讲练:Unit 2 Reading Tasks Word版含答案

高中英语(人教版)选修7同步讲练:Unit 2 Reading Tasks Word版含答案READING TASKSBook 7 Unit 2Pre-reading activitiesTaskI List the things that you hope a robot can do for you.TaskII Do you feel happy if a robot becomes one of your family members? Why or whynot?TaskIII Do you think it is possible that a robot has feelings?While-reading activitiesTaskI Read the text and fill the blanks.ABTaskII Read the text and fill in the blanks. Please pay attention to Claire’schanges of feelings toward Tony.TaskIII Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) orfalse (F).() 1. Tony looked more like a human than a machine and he could changehis facial expression.() 2. Claire was not satisfied with her weight and her home.() 3. Claire was surprised that Tony had fingernails and skin like ahuman being.()4. Claire rang Tony up to ask for his advice on buying the necklace.()5. Claire was sure that Gladys would misunderstand her and Tony.( )6.Claire stayed in her room for the rest of the day because she hurt herself whenfalling off the ladder.()7. Gladys and other women envied Claire because Tony was veryhandsome.()8. The robot needs improving though the experiment was successful.Post-reading activitiesTaskI Write a summary of the text. Then try to retell the story to your partners.________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ TaskII Discuss in your group about whether robot can replace man-kind in thefuture.TaskIII Tell your partner what Tony did to help Claire to be envied by others.TaskIV Make up a dialogue between Tony and Claire according to the text.参考答案:Pre-readingactivitiesTaskI 略TaskII 略TaskIII 略While-readingactivitiesTaskIA. 1. elegant2. makeup3. falling off4. curtains5. pleasedB. 1. embarrassed2. trust3. elegant4. makeup5. falling off6. curtains7. criedTaskII 1. embarrassed2. trust3. books4. amazed5. dear6. warmth7. arms8. aloneTaskIII 1-5 FTTFT6-8 FTTPost-readingactivitiesTaskILarry asked hiswife, Claire, to test a new household robot for his company while he was away. Claire wasshocked to see how tall, handsome and human the robot looked. His name wasTony. After a while, Claire began to trust Tony and toldhim how she thought she was unattractive comparedto the rich and powerful Gladys Claffern and her friends. Tony promised tohelp. He cut her hair, improved her makeup and suggestedshe invite them to a party at her home. On the night of the party, Tonysuddenly held Claire in his warm arms. When thedoorbell rang he disappeared and Claire realized that Gladys and her friendshad seen her with Tony through the window. They thoughtTony was Claire’s handsome new lover. Claire was happy to be envied by the women but upset that Tony was just a robot. The company wassatisfied that Tony had made Claire feel better but felt he had to be rebuilt as it was not good for women to fall in love with machines.TaskII 略TaskIII 略TaskIV略。

高中英语(人教版)选修7同步讲练:Unit 2 Grammar Word版含答案

高中英语(人教版)选修7同步讲练:Unit 2 Grammar Word版含答案

GRAMMAR被动语态(一)语态是动词的一种形式,用以表示主语和谓语之间的关系。

英语的语态分为主动语态和被动语态。

主动语态表示主语是动作的执行者。

被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者。

★动词不定式的被动式【语境展示】观察下面各句中动词不定式的被动式的用法,然后加以总结。

1. It’s nice to be wanted.2. The books are to be sent to the young children.3. She didn’t like to be treated as a child.4. The question to be discussed at the next meeting will be a hard nut to crack.5. They were shipped to America to be sold as slaves.6. He didn’t want the subject to be mentioned in the letter.7. Forty-one people are said to have been seriously hurt in the accident.【自我归纳】1. 当动词不定式与其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系时,要用不定式的被动式。

动词不定式的被动形式有两种:①一般式的被动式:to be done(句1—句6);②完成式的被动式:________ (句7)。

2. 动词不定式的被动式在句中可以作主语(句1)、表语(句2)、宾语(句3)、________(句4)、状语(句5)、宾语补足语(句6)、主语补足语(句7)。

【即学即练】I. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空,每空一词。

1. The book ________ (write) now and ________ (believe) to be popular with young children.2. It has ________ (declare) that there are five students ________ (send) abroad for further study.3. I remember ________ (tell) about the meeting ________ (hold) next month.4. The child is happy ________ (leave) alone at home at weekends because he can play computer games freely.5. There is a primary school ________ (build) soon in the village so a lot of building materials________ (bring) here day and night.II. 用被动语态完成下面对话。

人教版高中英语选修七Unit2同步训练及参考答案

人教版高中英语选修七Unit2同步训练及参考答案

(重庆合川市)人教版英语选修7 Unit2同步训练及参考答案Unit Two Robots I. 完成句子1. Kate believed that making a robot so much like a man __________________________ (bound) 凯特认为把机器人造的跟人似的肯定会惹麻烦。

2. Tim refused his father when he went to see the doctor. (accompany) 提姆拒绝由父亲陪同去看医生。

3.The moment________________________________, the whole school cheered. (declare) 一宣布运动会开幕, 全校师生欢呼雀跃。

4. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one __________________was the Foundation trilogy. (award) 在他那些最富盛名的科幻小说中,有本获奖的书叫做《基地三部曲》。

5. Claire _________________________ when Tony asked if she needed help with dressing. (feel) 当托尼问她是否需要帮忙穿衣时,克莱尔当时一定觉得很尴尬。

II、短文语法填空阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

ir love for each other by sending Valentine’s Day is the time of the year when couples show thecards,flowers and chocolates.Its origins are 1.________(clear) and hidden in the river of time.Nobody knows exactly 2.________St.Valentine was,although some historians suggest he was 3.________Roman killed in the third century AD by a Roman Emperor.It is said that the first 4.________(record) Valentine’s card was sent by the imprisoned Duke of Orleans in 1415.5.________is believed that he tried to find comfort from his imprisonment by writing love poems to his wife. Now,V alentine’s Day 6.________(celebrate) in many countries around the world.However, the traditions often differ from place to place.In Japan,for example,it is normal 7.________the woman to send chocolates to the man,8.________in South Korea April 14th is known as “Black Day” and is when the unfortunate men who received nothing on Valentine’s Day gather to eat noodles and show sympathy for each other. Technological 9.________(develop) have also played their part 10.________ keeping Valentine’s Valentine’s e c ards have been very popular in recent years.Day relevant in the 21st century. III、完形填空、完形填空Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community.When she was 16,her father__1__her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income.With English as her second the__3__didn’t look bright for Lilly.__didn’t look bright for Lilly.language and__2__education,the__34__took “no” for an answer.He__5__Lilly to find a Lilly’s father was a stubborn man who__job.With small hope of gaining__6__,each day she would just ride to the city,walk__7__about and return home at dusk. On one of her__8__,Lilly saw a sign at a big company.__9__,she knocked on the very first door.In her__10__English,Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position.The manager __11__to give the girl a chance.He directed her to type a letter,and then__12__.Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11∶40 am.She thought everyone would be leaving for__13__at noon,when she could__14__away in the crowd.But she knew she should__15__the letter. On her first try,Lilly__16__one line of five words and made four mistakes.On her second attempt,she completed a full paragraph,but still made many mistakes.She looked at the clock:11∶5555——five minutes to__17__.Just then the manager walked in.He came directly to Lilly,read the letter and said,“Lilly,you’re doing__18__work!”With those simple words of encouragement,her desire to escape disappeared and her__19__began to grow.Lilly thought,“Well,if he thinks it’s good,then it must be good.I think I’ll stay!” Lill y y confidence did stay—all because someone had given a__20__and uncertain girl the gift of self-when she knocked on the door. 1.A.reminded B.forced C.encouraged D.helped 2.A.poor B.formal C.good D.modern 3.A.advice B.promise C.future D.change 4.A.always B.usually C.sometimes D.rarely 5.A.warned B.told C.allowed D.begged 6.A.employment B.experience C.judgment D.independence 7.A.carefully B.happily C.aimlessly D.rapidly 8.A.steps B.trips C.purposes D.choices 9.A.Bravely B.Proudly C.Calmly D.Cautiously 10.A.broken B.perfect C.written D.fluent 11.A.refused B.decided C.pretended D.failed 12.A.stopped B.continued C.left D.sighed 13.A.lunch B.life C.fun D.luck 14.A.break B.slip C.pass D.drive 15.A.read B.write C.attempt D.deliver 16.A.went over B.picked up C.gave away D.got through 17.A.freedom B.success C.discussion D.reward 18.A.terrible B.excellent C.honest D.easy 19.A.belief B.patience C.confidence D.strength 20.A.shy B.lonely C.selfless D.modest IV、阅读理解、阅读理解A 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

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高中英语学习材料madeofjingetieji人教新课标英语选修7 Unit2同步精选及答案Unit Two RobotsI.语法填空Larry Belmont worked____1_____ a company that made robots. Recently it hadbegun________2______ (experiment) with a household robot. It was going to be _____3_______ (test) out by Larry’s wife, Claire.Claire didn’t want the robot in_____4_____ house, especially as her husband would be ____5____ (absence) for three weeks, _____6_____ Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. _____7______, when she first saw the robot, she felt_____8_____(alarm). His name was Tony and he seemed____9_____ (much) like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his______10_______(face) expression never changed.1.____________2.____________3.___________4.___________5.___________6.____________7.____________8.___________9.___________ 10___________II. 用所给词的词组适当形式填空1. The moment he got up this morning, someone_________(ring).2.Tony would have to be rebuilt because you cannot have women _________________(fall) machines.3. I suggested to him that the new machines ______________(test) before going into production.4. You shouldn’t have __________(leave)in the mountains, it w as very dangerous for her.5. He heard a voice but when he_____________(turn), he saw nobody.6. But for much of his working life, he has ___ (set)his enthusiasm for physics to devote himself toa career in administration.7. Some members of the House complain that their vote ____(favour) the system could cost them their jobs in November.8. You _________(bound) be disappointed if you hope to go to college without hard work.9. My thought on improving the financial condition of the company ________ (similar)the boss’s.10. As with anything, the more you practise, _______(good) you become.III、完形填空Some years ago when I was in my second year in university,I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.The moment was exciting.Salome’s __1__filled the room and brought the theater to life.I was so__2__that I decided to write an article about her.I__3__Salome Bey,telling her I was from Essence magazine,and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career.She__4__and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday.When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind.I__5__I was lying.I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday.I sat there__6__,taking notes and asking questions that all began with,“Can you tell me...” I soon realized that__7__Salome Bey was one thing,but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible.The__8__was almost unbearable (不可容忍的).I struggled for days __9__draft after draft.Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.It didn’t take long.My manuscript__10__.How stupid of me!I thought.How could I__11__in a world of professional writers?Knowing I couldn’t __12__the rejection letter,I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.Five years later,I was moving to California.While__13__my apartment,I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and __14__the editor’s letter in disbelief:Dear Ms Profit,Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic.Yet we need some __15__ materials.Please add those and return the article immediately.We would like to__16__your story soon.Shocked,it took me a long time to__17__.Fear of rejection cost me dearly.I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.More importantly,I lost yearsof__18__writing.Today,I have become a full-time writer.Looking back on this__19__,I learned a very important lesson:You can’t__20__to doubt yourself.1.A.joy B.voiceC.speech D.smile2.A.moved B.activeC.satisfied D.proud3.A.visited B.emailedC.interviewed D.phoned 4.A.agreed B.refused C.hesitated D.paused 5.A.replied B.discovered C.explained D.knew 6.A.seriously B.nervously C.patiently D.quietly 7.A.blaming B.fooling C.inviting D.urging8. A.hardship B.failure C.comment D.pressure 9.A.on B.by C.with D.in 10.A.returned B.disappeared C.spread D.improved 11.pare B.compete C.survive D.struggle 12.A.ignore B.deliver C.face D.receive 13.A.cleaning B.repairing C.decorating D.leaving 14.A.saw B.read C.found D.noticed 15.A.memorial B.relevant C.private D.reliable 16.A.broadcast B.create C.publish D.assess 17.A.prepare B.recover C.escape D.concentrate 18.A.energetic B.enjoyable C.typical D.endless 19.A.experience B.success C.benefit D.accident 20.A.attempt B.pretendC.expect D.affordIV、阅读理解APeter Byford was born in a stone house in Honley,and when he was tiny his dad,a former miner,got a job in the textile trade and the Byford's moved to Skelmanthorpe.Life was tough but fun,and young Peter spent his days in the rolling countryside,rafting on the river,making tree camps or playing on his own with his model railway and soldiers.His world was rocked by tragedy when his mother died,which destroyed young Peter,a shy child who suddenly had to grow up fast.Though grieving,he went up the road to live with his aunt and uncle,and returned home much too young to face the next challenge,that of looking after his dad,who had lost an arm in an accident in a factory.By then he had taken the nickname as Biff.The younger Biff struggled at school because of his shyness,but loved the music lessons and became friends with a classmate whose brother had a guitar.At the same time a young man who had a banjo(班卓琴)moved into the house opposite where he lived and he taught young Biff how to play it.The seeds had been sown and music began to influence his life.But even so,his working career began,in typical fashion for 1960s West Yorkshire.After a short time as an apprentice(学徒)carpenter,he went to work in the local weaving factory.And this was where Biff Byford,soon to become a legend in the world of rock,first learned to sing.The machines would run all day,clickety-clack,clickety-clack.The noise was incredible,and the workers would spend their time trying to lip read each other.It was just so noisy in there.It was really heavy metal.The only thing to do was sing to yourself.So sing to himself he did,the melodies(旋律)locking in place in his head,not to be forgotten.His dream first exploded into a rocking reality.1.When Peter Byford was born ______.A.his family moved to SkelmanthorpeB.his father worked in the textile tradeC.his father probably took a job in HonleyD.his family lived a very poor life2.Peter Byford had to leave his aunt and uncle ______.A.because his mother passed awayB.because of his father's poor healthC.because he wanted not to stay with his fatherD.because of his fully being grown-up3.What does the third paragraph imply?A.Peter got influenced a lot by his classmate and the young man.B.the classmate taught Peter how to play the guitar.C.Peter shared a house with the young man.D.The young Biff had an eye for good friends.4.While working in the local weaving factory ______.A.Peter started as an apprentice carpenterB.Peter treated his life in a positive wayC.Peter was very tired of the noisy workplaceD.Peter learned how to lip read by himself5.What would happen to Peter later?A.He would remain working in the factory forever.B.He would put forward suggestions to the boss.C.He would tell the workers to keep silent.D.He would find ways to realize his dream.BMark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel.And he surely deserves additional praise:the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War.H.B.Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is only the most famous example.These early stories dealt directly with slavery.With minor exceptions,Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely.He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.Again and again,in the postwar years,Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge ofrace.Consider the most controversial,at least today,of Twain's novels,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn,Twain's most widely read tale.Once upon a time,people hated the book because it struck them as rude.Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(贫民窟).”More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim,the escaped slave,and many occurences of the word nigger.(The term Nigger Jim,for which the novel is often severely criticized,never appears in it.)But the attacks were and are silly—and miss the point.The novel is strongly anti-slavery.Jim's search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic.AsJ.Chadwick has pointed out,the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a recognition that the slave had two personalities,“the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual:Jim,the father and the man.”There is much more.Twain's mystery novel Pudd'nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day.Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites,especially in intelligence,Twain's tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth.A slave gave birth to her master's baby and,for fear that the child should be sold South,switched him for the master's baby by his wife.The slave's lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of theslave-holding class.The master's wife's baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.The point was difficult to miss:nurture(养育),not nature,was the key to social status.The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech,for example—were,to Twain,indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.Twain's racial tone was not perfect.One is left uneasy,for example,by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were called“nigger shows”in his youth—mostly with white men performing in black-face—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them.Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality.His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.Was Twain a racist?Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln.If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the“wisdom”of the considered moral judgments of the present,we will find nothing but error.Lincoln,who believed the black man the inferior of the white,fought and won a war to free him.And Twain,raised in a slave state,briefly a soldier,and inventor of Jim,may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.1.How do Twain's novels on slavery differ from Stowe's?A.Twain was more willng to deal with racism.B.Twain's attack on racism was much less open.C.Twain's themes seemed to agree with plots.D.Twain was openly concerned with racism.2.Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its________.A.target readers at the bottomB.anti-slavery attitudeC.rather impolite languageD.frequent use of “nigger”3.What best proves Twain's anti-slavery stand according to the author?A.Jim's search for his family was described in detail.B.The slave's voice was first heard in American novels.C.Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture.D.Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent.4.The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that________.A.slaves were forced to give up their babies to their mastersB.slaves' babies could pick up slave-holders' way of speakingC.blacks' social position was shaped by how they were brought upD.blacks were born with certain features of prejudice5.W hat does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?A.The attacks. B.Slavery and prejudice.C.White men. D.The shows.6.What does the author mainly argue for?A.Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism.B.Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.C.Twain's works had been banned on unreasonable grounds.D.Twain's works should be read from a historical point of view.C阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

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