Unit2课时作业8

课时作业8语篇阅读提能(建议用时：30分钟)Ⅰ.完形填空Once，long ago，there was a man who traveled from Persia to India on foot.He had __1__ been to India before.When he arrived at a village，he happened upon a fruit stand.In that village，fruit was quite __2__ because of the lack of water.The man was looking around at the fruits when he __3__ a big basket of some very red，very long fruit.It was the cheapest fruit in the shop，not expensive at all.__4__ the man walked up to the counter(柜台)and asked：“How __5__ per kilo？”And the shopkeeper said：“Two rupees.”Two rupees in India is __6__．The man thought to himself：“What a __7__！”So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and began to __8__ it.But after he tried a few pieces，he screamed：“Oh，my God！”His eyes watered，his mouth burned，and his face turned __9__．He coughed and choked and gasped for breath.But despite his __10__，he continued to stuff the fruits into his mouth！Onlookers __11__ their heads and laughed.One man yelled：“You’re __12__，man！Those are chilies！People use them as a condiment(佐料)．You don’t just eat them by the handful like that；they’re not fruit！”But the man replied：“No，I can’t __13__！I paid money for them，and now I’ll eat them.It’s my money！”You probably think this man was pretty __14__，right？Nevertheless，I bet you or someone you know makes the same __15__on a daily basis.People invest money，time and effort into a relationship，business or job.Even when experience tells them that it’s not __16__，and they know there’s little hope of improvement，they still __17__ because they don’t want to waste the previous investment.But this is __18__．It is no different than being the man who continued eating chilies because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid for them.Losing something is difficult，but it is important to __19__ the loss and move on.__20__ you’ll just keep burning your mouth on hot chilies.1.A.often B．neverC．sometimes D．seldom2．mon B．smallC．expensive D．tasteless3．A.noticed B．watchedC．recognized D．selected4．A.Yet B．SoC．Still D．Besides5．rge B．longC．many D．much6．A.something B．nothingC．anything D．everything7．A.bargain B．tradeC．business D．regret8．A.throw B．cutC．eat D．cook9．A.pale B．redC．purple D．yellow10．A.fear B．warningC．confusion D．pain11．A.shook B．raisedC．lowered D．nodded12．A.amazing B．hungryC．crazy D．different13．A.believe B．stopC．agree D．confuse14．A.impolite B．humorousC．awkward D．stupid15．A.mistake B．agreementC．impression D．explanation16．A.changing B．workingC．leaving D．helping17．A.refuse B．worryC．ignore D．continue18．A.illogical B．unusualC．unnatural D．incredible19．A.remember B．improveC．recognize D．protect20．A.Also B．HoweverC．Thus D．OtherwiseⅡ.阅读理解A(2014·福建四地六校高一月考)A ship was damaged during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small island.Not knowing what else to do，the two survivors decided that they should pray to God.However，to find out whose prayers were more powerful，they agreed to divide(分割开)the land between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.The first thing they prayed for was food.The next morning，the first man saw a tree on his side of the island，and he was able to eat its fruit.But the other man’s side of land remained barren．After a week，the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife.The next day，another ship was damaged and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island.But on the other side of the island，there was nothing.Soon the first man prayed for a house，clothes and more food.The next day，like magic，all of these things were given to him.However，the second man still had nothing.Finally，the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island，and in the morning he found a ship stopped at his side of the island.The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island.As the ship was about to leave，the first man heard a voice from Heaven，“Why are you leaving your partner on the island？”“My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them.”The first man answered.“His prayers were all unanswered so he doesn’t deserve anything.”“You are mistaken！”the voice said.“He had only one prayer，which I answered.He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”1．Why didn’t the two men stay together on the island?A．Because they both wanted to live a quiet life.B．Because they couldn’t get along well with each other.C．Because they wanted to test the power of their prayers.D．Because they wanted to keep their own life secret from others.2．The underlined word“barren”is closest in meaning to ________．A．noisy B．emptyC．dangerous D．calm3．Which of the following words can best describe the first man?A．Hard­working. B．Lucky.C．Selfish. D．Dishonest.4．What does the author try to express through the story?A．God helps those who help themselves.B．A life without a friend is a life without a sun.C．A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.D．What we do for others is more important than what we do for ourselves.B(2014·成都七中高一下学期入学考试)Many of us enjoy doing it：You turn on the camera on your mobile phone and hold it at a high angle(角度)，making your eyes look bigger and your cheekbones more marked out.You turn to your best side and click.There it is—your selfie.Over the past year，“selfie”has become a well­known term across the globe.This August the Oxford dictionary added the word to their online dictionary and defined it as：“A photograph that one has taken of oneself，typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.”Today it’s not difficult to find social networking pages full of photos people have taken of themselves and their friends.And selfie culture has become especially related to young people.As many as 91 percent of teen agers have posted photos of themselves online，according to a recent survey by the US Pew Research Center.So what are the reasons for the rise of selfie culture?“The cult(狂热)of the selfie celebrates regular people，”Pamela Rutledge，a professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology，told Vogue magazin e.“There are many more photographs available now of real peopl e than models.”Posting selfies also allows you to control your image online.“I like having the power to choose how I look，even if I’m making a funny face，”Samantha Barks，19，a high school student in the US，told Vogue.In addition to self-expression and documentation(记录)，selfies“allow for a close friendship for long­distance friends，because you can see each other’s faces every day”，wrote Casey Miller at The Huffington Post.But US psychologist Jill Weber is concerned that selfies might lead to socialproblems.“There’ a danger that your self-esteem(自尊心)may start to be tied to the comments and‘likes’you get when you post a selfie，and they aren’t based on who you are—they’re based on what you look like，”Weber told V ogue.“When you get nothing or a negative response，your confidence can plummet．”5．The first paragraph is intended to________．A．explain why selfie is popularB．describe how to make selfieC．show the importance of selfieD．introduce the topic of selfie6．How many reasons for the rise of selfie culture are mentioned in the passage?A．Two. B．Three.C．Four. D．Five.7．What is Jill Weber’s opinion about selfies?A．Comments on selfie are based on who you are.B．Selfies have more disadvantages than advantages.C．Others’response to selfies might affect one’s self­esteem.D．Selfies shouldn’t be encouraged for they lead to social problems.8．The underlined word“plummet”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to________．A．go down B．calm downC．pick up D．build upⅠ.完形填空【解题导语】本文叙述了一位男士步行从波斯到印度去，因为他以前没有去过印度，所以当他到达印度的一个村庄时，他看见一种水果，于是就买了一公斤，大口大口地吃起来，结果吃了一会儿，就感觉嘴辣，咳嗽，脸辣得很红可是他坚持继续吃，他说他已经花钱了不能把钱浪费了，这和人们做生意是一样的，因为有前期的投资，不能轻易放弃。