課時(shí)分層作業(yè)（六）

1.單詞拼寫(xiě)

1.Infootballteamworkisevenmoreimportantthani.skill.

2.Thiswinter，ssnowfallinthesouthwassohugethatsomeroofscunder

theweightofsnow.

3.Inakingdom,theemperorhasthespowerovereveryone.

4.Forsometime,she（凝視）atapairoffur-linedhighbootsondisplay.

5.Thepoorwomanwasburiedin________（悲哀）afterhersondied.

6.Adictionaryisan（極為有用的）aidinlearninganewlanguage.

7.Weshouldmakea（區(qū)另U）betweenrightandwrong.

8.Shenowhasaoverthepeoplesheusedtotakeordersfrom.

9.Theproblemwillbediscussedatlengthin（隨后的）chapters.

10.Amity（和睦友好）betweenthetwonationswillcontributetothegof

theregion.

【答案】4.

II.閱讀理解

A

In1971wewerelivinginWichita,Kansas-Lincolnwasaboutseven,Brendanwas

threeandKristenwasababy.Momwasstayingwithusduringtheholidays.OnChristmas

EveIstayedupverylate.Iwastotallyalonewithmythoughts,alternatingbetween

joyandsorrow,andIgottothinkingaboutmypaperroute（送報(bào)歷程），thattree,

whatmymotherhadsaidtomeandhowdadhadtriedtomakethingsbetter.

Iheardanoiseinthekitchenanddiscoveredthatitwasmom.Shecouldn,tsleep

eitherandhadgottenuptomakeherselfacupofhotteawhichmadeherfeelbetter.As

shewaitedforthewatertoboil,shewalkedintothelivingroomanddiscoveredme

there.ShesawmyopenBibleandaskedmewhatIwasreading.WhenItoldher,sheasked

ifIwouldreadittoherandIdid.

Whenthekettlebegantowhistle,shewentandmadehertea.Shecameback.Itold

herhowhappyIwasthatshewaswithusforChristmasandhowIwishedthatdadcould

havelivedtoseehisgrandchildrenandtoenjoythistimebecausehealwaysloved

Christmassomuch.Itgotveryquietforamomentandthenshesaid,“Doyouremember

thattimeonTwelveMileRoadwhenyouboughtthattreewithyourpaperroutemoney?〃

“Yes,〃Isaid,"I'vejustbeenthinkingaboutityouknow.”

Shehesitatedforalongmoment,asthoughsomethingwasbottledupsodeeply

insidehersoulthatitmighttakesurgerytogetitout.Finally,greattearsrolled

downherfaceandshecried,“Oh,son,pleaseforgiveme.ThattimeandthatChristmas

havebeenaburdenonmyheartfortwenty-fiveyears.Iwishyourdadwerehereso

IcouldtellhimhowsorryIamforwhatIsaid.〃

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文?！拔摇ê腿齻€(gè)孩子以及“我〃的母親居住在一起。

圣誕夜，“我〃熬夜未睡，意外發(fā)現(xiàn)母親也未入睡；回憶往事，她失聲痛哭。

1.Howmanychildrendidtheauthorhave?

A.One.B.Two.

C.Three.D.Four.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句中的^Lincolnwasaboutseven,Brendanwas

threeandKristenwasababy”可知，作者有三個(gè)孩子，故C項(xiàng)正確。

【答案】C

2.Whatdowelearnabouttheauthor，sfather?

A.Helivedwiththeauthor.

B.Helovedhisgrandsons.

C.Helovedhiswifedeeply.

D.liehadpassedaway.

【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“andhowIwishedthatdadcouldhavelived

toseehisgrandchildren，z可推知，作者的父親已經(jīng)去世，故D項(xiàng)正確。

【答案】D

Whycouldn，ttheauthor，smotherfallasleep?

Becausesheneededtocareforthechildren.

Becausesherememberedthepreviousthing.

Becauseshewantedtheauthortoreadforher.

Becauseshewasunwillingtolivewiththeauthor.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的"Finally,greattearsrolleddownherface

andshecried,\.ThattimeandthatChristmashavebeenaburdenonmyheartfor

twenty-fiveyears.IwishyourdadwereheresoIcouldtellhimhowsorryIamfor

whatIsaid.'〃可知，母親想起了以前圣誕節(jié)的事，對(duì)自己所做的事感到難過(guò)，因此無(wú)法

入眠，故B項(xiàng)正確。

【答案】B

4.Whatislikelytobedescribedinthenextparagraph?

A.HowtheywouldcelebratetheChristmas.

B.Howtheauthor*sfathersupportedthefamily.

C.Whathappenedtotheauthor'sparentsinthepast.

D.Thereasonfortheauthor'sparents'divorce.

【解析】根據(jù)最后一段母親所說(shuō)的話(huà)“ThattimeandthatChristmashavebeena

burdenonmyheartfortwenty-fiveyears.IwishyourdadwereheresoIcouldtell

himhowsorryIamforwhatIsaid"可推知，母親想起了以前圣誕節(jié)的事，對(duì)自己所做

的事感到難過(guò)；據(jù)此可以判斷，下文將表達(dá)發(fā)生在作者父母身上的故事，故C項(xiàng)正確。

【答案】C

B

SleepscientistYing-HuiFuattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,says

uWedonotknowwhysomehumansneedmoresleep；whysomehumansneedlesssleep；

why,whenwedonotsleep,wedonotfunctionwell.Wejustdonotknowmuchabout

sleepatall.〃Butscientistsnowknow:AteamledbyProfessorFuhasreportedthe

firstgeneticlinktohowmuchsleepweneed.

Theteamwaslookingforanaturalclockinthebodythatcontrolssleepand

wakefulness.Whattheyfoundwasageneticabnormality（反常）.Peoplewhohavethis

mutation（突變）needlesssleepthanothers.Butkeepinmindthatthescientistssay

thismutatedgenemayberare.Thestudyinvolvedtwomembersofanextendedfamily.They

didfineonjustsixhoursofsleepaday.Studieshaveshownthatovertime,most

humansneedeighttoeightandahalfhoursofsleepforthebesthealth.

Totesttheirtheories,thescientistsgeneticallyengineeredthemutationin

mice.Themicewiththemutationneededlesssleepthannormalmice.Theywerealso

moreactiveevenafterbeingkeptawake.

Theresearcherswillcontinuetostudythemicetotestwhetherthegeneisrelated

toothermedicalconditions.Andtheywillstudywhetheritisinvolvedincontrolling

sleepquantityalone,oralsowhatscientistscalltheuwakefulness-behavioral

drive.z，Thisdriveisimportantforgettingfood,shelterandmates.

Howyousleepcanbeasimportantashowmuchyousleep一especiallyfornewborn

babies.Thestudyfoundthatmorethanone-thirdofthepicturesinwomen，smagazines

showedbabiesinunsafesleeppositions.Theyshowedbabiessleepingontheirsides

orstomachs.Theacademysaysbabiesshouldsleepontheirbacks.Itsaystheyshould

beplacedonaseparatesleepsurfacefromtheirparents,withoutblankets,pillows

orothersoftbedding.

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】人們?yōu)槭裁葱枰?？睡眠和人體的什么有關(guān)呢？本文就這個(gè)問(wèn)題進(jìn)展

了最新的報(bào)道，報(bào)道了睡眠時(shí)間和基因突變有著一定的關(guān)系。

5.WhatsleepscientistYing-HuiFusaysatthebeginningshows.

A.rarescientistswouldliketodosleepresearch

B.sleepresearchisadifficultacademicproject

C.scientistswillsoondiscoverthesleeprule

D.littleisknownaboutthebasicneedforsleep

【解析】推理判斷題。通過(guò)Ying-HuiFu的話(huà)我們可以看出有好多的關(guān)于睡眠的根本

問(wèn)題科學(xué)家們還沒(méi)有解決，還仍然是個(gè)謎。

【答案】D

6.Sleepscientistsfoundthat.

A.thefamilysleeponlyforsixhouradayare

unhealthy

B.ageneticmutationplaysanimportantroleinsleep

time

C.everyonemusthavean-eight-hoursleepaday

D.anaturalclockinthebodyissameforeveryone

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的第二、三句可以判斷出B項(xiàng)正確；從第二段的倒數(shù)

第二句"Theydidfineonjustsixhoursofsleepaday.f，可以判斷出A項(xiàng)不正確；C

項(xiàng)太絕對(duì)；D項(xiàng)不科學(xué)。

【答案】B

7.Thebaby'sbestsleeppositionis.

A.sleepingontheirsides

B.sleepingontheirstomachs

C.sleepingontheirbacks

D.sleepingontheirbellies

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從最后一段的倒數(shù)第二句話(huà)“Theacademysaysbabiesshould

sleepontheirbacks.〃可以得知此題的正確答案為C。

【答案】C

8.Fromthispassagewecanlearn.

A.aperson，ssleeptimeisconnectedwithaperson,s

gene

B.ageneticabnormalitycancausemoresleeptime

C.thegeneisjustcontrollingsleepquantityalone

D.sleeppositiondoesn，tinfluencesleeptime

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第一段的最后一句話(huà)可以看出A項(xiàng)是正確的；從第二段的第

二、三句話(huà)可以判斷出B項(xiàng)是不正確的；從第四段的第二句話(huà)可以看出這個(gè)事實(shí)還有待進(jìn)一

步考證；從最后一段第一句話(huà)可以判斷出D項(xiàng)也是不正確的。

【答案】A

III.短文改錯(cuò)

Oneyearago,IhadaspecialEnglishlessonholdatarailwaystation.Itwas

quitedifferentfromtheregularEnglishclasseswewerefamiliarto,forwehad

notextbooks,noblackboardornofixedseats.

Gatheringattheentranceofthestation,wetoldtocollectasmanyEnglishwords

andsentencesaspossiblehere.Curiousandexcited,wewalkedaroundthestationand

lookedeverywhere,searchforanyinformationinEnglish.WheneveranEnglishword

comesintosight,theclasswouldburstintothecheersasifwehaddiscovereda

newworld.WiththeChinesetranslationandvividlypictures,wecouldfigure

outitsmeaningwithease.

Now,thisunforgettablelessonstillencouragesmetobeanactivelearnerwhere

Igo.

【答案】

Oneyearago,IhadaspecialEnglishlessonatarailwaystation.Itwas

to

quitedifferentfromtheregularEnglishclasseswewerefamiliar-forwehad

or.

notextbooks,noblackboard—;nofixedseats.

and

Gatheringattheentranceofthestation,we八toldtocollectasmanyEnglish

were

here

wordsandsentencesaspossiblethere-Curiousandexcited,wewalkedaroundthe

search

station