Unit4Amazingart

課時作業(yè)（H—）Unit4SectionIIUsinglanguage

I.閱讀理解

A

Theatreaudiencesusuallyrisetotheirfeetonlyduringbreaksorwhenthecurtain

comesdown.ForaspecialproductionofShakespeare'sHamlet,however,gettingup

andmovingaroundisrequiredifyouwanttocatchalloftheaction.

TheproductionisstagedintheJamesJ.HillHouseinSt.Paul,Minnesota.

Theactiontakesplaceinseveralroomsonseverallevelsofthe36,000-square-foot

building.

ThisisnotthefirsttimethattheWaywardTheatreCompanyhaschosena

specialplacetostageatheatricalproduction.Co-founderanddirectorSarahNargang

saidthatthegrouppreferstoperform（表演）inuntraditionalspaces.Shenoted,

“Itallowspeopletocommunicatewiththesespaces,aswellasthetext,innewand

interestingways.”

BesidestheJamesJ.HillHouse,thegrouphasperformedattheMinnesota

TransportationMuseum,inhotelrooms,andinthebackofabrewery（酒廠）.

“Weusuallychooseaplayandthenfindaplaceforit,“Nargangsaid."But

wetrytochoosehistoricplacesasmuchaswecan.”

TheJamesJ.HillHousewasbuiltforarailroadbusinessmanofthesame

name.Thefive-storymansion（豪宅）sitsonalargeareaoflandoverlookingthecity

ofSt.PaulandtheMississippiRiver.Completedin1891,inwhatwasknownasthe

GildedAge,itisnowownedbytheMinnesotaHistoricalSociety.

“TheJamesJ.HillHouseallowedustostageHamletduringtheGildedAge

andshowmuchofrichpeople'slivesofthattime,“Nargangsaid.

PerformingHamletinamansionaffectedthewaytheproductionwas

choreographed（為...編舞）."Enteringandexitingaremoredifficultbecauseyou

don，thavemanychoicesofwhereyoucango,“saidTimMcVean,whoplaystherole

ofHamlet.

“There'salotmorerunningaround,“addedactorTimPerfect,whoplays

Claudius,therulerwhomarriesHamlet，smother."Butthere，snowayanystagecould

competewiththisplaceforbeauty.”

1.WhatisspecialabouttheproductionofHamletintheJamesJ.HillHouse?

A.Itisperformedbyveryfamousactors.

B.Ithasattractedthelargestaudienceever.

C.Itisproducedinanewandhumorousway.

D.Theaudiencemustmovearoundtowatchit.

2.TheWaywardTheatreCompanypreferstoperformin.

A.openareasB.traditionalspaces

C.historicplacesD.high-risebuildings

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it"inParagraph6referto?

A.TheGildedAge.

B.ThecityofSt.Paul.

C.TheMississippiRiver.

D.TheJamesJ.HillHouse.

4.WhatdoesTimPerfectthinkofperforminginamansion?

A.Difficultbutenjoyable.

B.Traditionalbutinteresting.

C.Comfortableandexciting.

D.Relaxingandhelpful.

B

TheUSgovernmenthasrecentlyhelpedpeoplelearnmoreaboutthedangersof

earthquakesbypublishingamap.Thismapshowsthechancesofanearthquakeineach

partofthecountry.Theareasofthemapwhereearthquakesaremostlikelytooccur

arecalledearthquakebelts.Thegovernmentisspendingagreatdealofmoneyand

isworkinghardtohelptodiscovertheanswerstothesetwoquestions：

Canwepredictearthquakes?

Canwecontrolearthquakes?

Toanswerthefirstquestion,scientistsarelookingverycloselyatthemost

activefault（斷層）systemsinthecountry,suchastheSanAndreasfaultinCalifornia.

Afaultisabreakbetweentwosectionsoftheearth'ssurface.Thesebreaksbetween

sectionsaretheplaceswhereearthquakesoccur.Scientistslookatthefaultsfor

changeswhichmightshowthatanearthquakewasabouttooccur.Butitwillprobably

bemanyyearsbeforewecanpredictearthquakescorrectly.Andthecontrolof

earthquakesisevenfartheraway.

However,therehavebeensomeinterestingdevelopmentsinthefieldofcontrolling

earthquakes.ThemostinterestingdevelopmentconcernstheRockyMountain

Arsenalearthquakes.Herewaterwasputintoalayerofrocks4,000metresbelowthe

surfaceoftheground.Shortlyafterthisinjection（注射）ofwater,therewasasmall

numberofearthquakes.Scientistshavedecidedthatthewaterwhichwasinjected

intotherocksworkedlikeoiloneachother.

Whenthewater“oiled”thefault,thefaultbecameslipperyandtheenergyof

anearthquakewasgivenout.Scientistsarestillexperimentingatthesiteofthese

earthquakes.Theyhaverealizedthatthereisaconnectionbetweentheinjectionof

thewaterandtheearthquakeactivity.Theyhavesuggestedthatitmightbepossible

tousethisknowledgetopreventverybig,dangerousearthquakes,thatis,scientists

couldinjectsomekindoffluidlikewaterintofaultsandchangeonebigearthquake

intoanumberofsmall,harmlessearthquakes.

5.Earthquakesbeltsare________.

A.mapsthatshowwhereearthquakesarelikelytooccur

B.zoneswithahighprobabilityofearthquakes

C.breaksbetweentwosectionsoftheearth，ssurface

D.thetwolayersofearthalongafault

6.TheSanAndreasfaultis.

A.anactivefaultsystem

B.aplacewhereearthquakeshavebeenpredictedcorrectly

C.aplacewhereearthquakeshavebeencontrolled

D.atthefootoftheRockyMountain

7.WhatdidscientistslearnaboutearthquakesattheRockyMountainArsenal?

A.Theyoccuratabout4,000metresbelowgroundlevel.

B.Theinjectionofwaterintoearthquakefaultspreventsearthquakesfrom

occurring.

C.Theyareusuallycausedbytheoilinthefaults.

D.Harmfulearthquakescouldbepreventedbycausingharmlessearthquakes.

8.WhatcanbesaidabouttheexperimentsattheRockyMountainArsenal?

A.Theyhavenopracticalvalueinearthquakeprevention.

B.Theymayhavepracticalvalueinearthquakeprevention.

C.Theyarecertaintohavepracticalvalueinearthquakeprevention.

D.Nothingistoldabouttheirpracticalvalueinearthquakeprevention.

II.完形填空

InSouthSudan,girlsfacemanybarriers（障礙）toeducation.Somegirlscannot

[toattendschoolbecausetheirparentscannotmeetthecosts,andthereisalso

2houseworkforgirls,whichtakesuptheirtime.Therefore,theirparentsdon，t

3theirdaughterstogotoschool.

Anotherproblemisthatgirlscanbemarriedoffearly,often4force.We

don'thavethe§tochoosethepersonwewishtomarry.Ourparents_6_us

totheonewhopaysthehighestpriceincows.Nowmorepeoplearegoinghungryand

marryingoffgirlstogetcowsto7,Thishappenedtome.Myparentsmarriedme

offwhenIwasstudying,andIhadto§school.

Luckily,mybrotherhelpedmecometoASEW,which9tohelpgirlsfinish

school.

Isawthattheheadteacherwasawomanandthat10me.ASEWwasaschoolwithout

punishmentandschoolfees（學費）.Itwasadayschool,notboardingschool（寄宿

學校），thatgaveme11tohelpathome.Thecurriculumwas12sowecould

completeoureducationmorequickly.Itwasalso13>protectedfromoutsiders.

Itisextremelydangerousforwomenandgirls14thereisfightingallaround

Rumbek.

AtASEW,Istudiedhardandpassedwithahighscoreof77percent.1wishother

girlscouldhave15likemetogobacktoschool.

1.A.waitB.afford

C.refuseD.promise

2.A.heavyB.easy

C.littleD.dangerous

3.A.inviteB.order

C.allowD.train

4.A.byB.for

C.throughD.at

5.A.abilityB.right

C.patienceD.energy

6.A.lendB.show

C.giveD.introduce

7.A.studyB.move

C.hideD.live

8.A.quitB.attend

C.startD.finish

9.A.wantsB.prefers

C.stopsD.remembers

10.A.worriedB.satisfied

C.savedD.encouraged

11.A.timeB.money

C.powerD.courage

12.A.addedupB.brokenup

C.speededupD.mixedup

13.A.freeB.beautiful

C.largeD.safe

14.A.asB.unless

C.thoughD.before

15.A.dreamsB.skills

C.chancesD.duties

課時作業(yè)（十一）

I.閱讀理解

【語篇解讀】本文是說明文?！豆防滋亍纷叱鰝鹘y(tǒng)劇院，在一個特殊的地方上演。

在這里，觀眾們需要不時移步，到不同的房間和樓層觀看演出。

1.答案與解析：D細節(jié)理解題。由第一和第二段可知，劇院觀眾通常只在中場休息或

演出結束時才起身走動，但在詹姆斯?希爾故居中上演的《哈姆雷特》的場景設置在不同的

房間，甚至不同的樓層，這就要求觀眾隨著劇情發(fā)展移動到不同的地方觀看演出。

2.答案與解析：C細節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的"thegrouppreferstoperformin

untraditionalspacesw和第五段中的"Butwetrytochoosehistoricplacesasmuchas

wecan.”可知，該公司喜歡在非傳統(tǒng)的地方演出，尤其是有歷史意義的場所。

3.答案與解析：D詞義猜測題。倒數(shù)第四段介紹該故居的基本情況，原本是為一位名

叫詹姆斯?希爾的鐵路商人而建，于1891年建成，現(xiàn)在屬于明尼蘇達州歷史學會。因此，it

指代詹姆斯?希爾故居。

4.答案與解析：A推理判斷題。由最后一段中的"There'salotmorerunning

aroundw和“there'snowayanystagecouldcompetewiththisplaceforbeauty”可

知，他認為在這里演出較以往相比活動量更大，但這個地方的美是其他的舞臺不能與之媲美

的。

【語篇解讀】為了提高人們對地震的防范意識，美國政府加大了在防震、預測方面的

投入，他們甚至在努力采取措施控制地震的發(fā)生。

5.答案與解析：B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的第三句可知，地震多發(fā)地帶被稱為

earthquakebelts”。

6.答案與解析：A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段可知，該地區(qū)為地震比較活躍的地區(qū)。

7.答案與解析：D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段尾句可知。

8.答案與解析：B推理判斷題。根據(jù)科學家的試驗，通過向斷裂帶注水可以引發(fā)小地

震，從而使地震的能量得到釋放，因此也就降低了大地震爆發(fā)的可能。

H.完形填空

【語篇解讀】這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了一位蘇丹女孩在哥哥的幫助下獲得讀

書機會的故事。

1.答案與解析：B考查動詞辨析。句意：一些女孩因為父母負擔不起學費而無法上學，

而且家務負擔沉重,占用了她們的時間。A.wait等待；B.afford付得起;C.refuse拒絕;

D.promise承諾。根據(jù)"becausetheirparentscannotmeetthecosts”（因為他們的父母

無法支付費用）可知，設空處需填“付得起”。故選B。

2.答案與解析：A考查形容詞辨析。句意：一些女孩因為父母負擔不起學費而無法上

學，而且家務負擔沉重，占用了她們的時間。A.heavy重的；B.easy容易的；C.little小的；

D.dangerous危險的。根據(jù)"housework"和"takesuptheirtime”可知，繁重的家務占據(jù)

了很多學習的時間。故選A。

3.答案與解析：C考查動詞辨析。句意：因此，他們的父母不允許他們的女兒上學。

A.invite邀請：B.order命令；C.allow允許；D.train訓練。根據(jù)上文描述“girlsfacemany

barriers（障礙）toeducation."（女孩在接受教育方面面臨著許多障礙）可知，父母不

允許女孩上學。故選C。

4.答案與解析：A考查介詞辨析。句意：另一個問題是女孩可能會提前出嫁，通常是

被迫出嫁。A.by靠近,在...旁邊;B.for為了；C.through通過;D.at在（某時間或時刻）。

byforce為固定短語，意為“強迫地”。故選A。

5.答案與解析：B考查名詞辨析。句意：我們沒有權利選擇我們想要結婚的人。

A.ability能力；B.right權力；C.patience耐心；D.energy精力。根據(jù)上文“often4

force”可知，女孩子們沒有選擇結婚對象的權利。故選B。

6.答案與解析：C考查致詞辨析。句意：我們的父母把我們交給了為奶牛付出最高價

格的人。A.lend借出；B.show展示；C.give給;D.introduce介紹。根據(jù)"whopaysthehighest

priceincows”（為奶牛支付最高的價格的那個人）可知，父母會把女孩們交給為奶牛支付價

格最高地人。故選C。

7.答案與解析：D考查動詞辨析。句意：現(xiàn)在，越來越多的人在挨餓，為了讓奶牛活

下去，就把女孩嫁出去。A.study學習，研究；B.move移動；C.hide隱藏；D.live居住，生

活。根據(jù)上文“whopaysthehighestpriceincows”（為奶牛支付最高的價格地那個人）

可知，嫁女兒是為了能夠活下去。故選D。

8.答案與解析：A考查動詞辨析。句意：我上學的時候父母就把我嫁出去了，我不得

不輟學。A.quit放棄;B.attend參加；C.start開始;D.finish完成。根據(jù)"Myparentsmarried

meoffwhenIwasstudying”（我上學的時候父母就把我嫁出去了）可知，作者因為結婚不

得不輟學。故選A。

9.答案與解析：A考查動詞辨析。句意：幸運地是，我的哥哥幫助我來到了ASEW,

這是一個想幫助女孩完成學業(yè)的地方。A.wants想要；B.prefers更喜歡；C.stops停止；

D.remembers記住。根據(jù)"tohelpgirlsfinishschool.