選修8 Unit 2 課下作業(yè)（一三）課下作業(yè)（一） 考點過關(guān)針對練.單詞拼寫1Would you like to see the film in which a lot of film stars are cast (擔(dān)任角色)?Yes! Whats the name of the film?2There are disturbing (令人不安的) reports of killings at the two centres.3Unwilling (不愿意) to obey his parents, the boy escaped from home.4The key to solving the problem is to satisfy the demands (要求) made by the workers.5The merciful (仁慈的) king forgave the young officer and saved him from death.6“Its awesome (極好的)！”he let out a cry with excitement when his favorite player kicked a goal.7They are still seeking (試圖) to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.8They seized (抓住) whatever was at hand, worked out the problem and took control of the situation.9Since he was stuck in a lift a year ago he hasnt dared (敢) to get back into one. 10I wanted to help him, but he declined (謝絕) with thanks.11Most plants will root (生根) in about six to eight weeks.12Dont scold (責(zé)罵) her; shes nothing but a child. 13We were not able to meet the deadline (最后期限) because of manufacturing delays.14Sue screamed (尖叫), not loudly, more in surprise than terror.15Patients took more than two hours to be processed through the department (科). .單句語法填空1We seek to_help (help) every student discover the joy and fulfillment in the obtainment of knowledge. 2Though he failed the exam, he was unwilling (willing) to learn from others.3They were condemned to a life of hardship because of laziness or disinterest in work and savings.4Chris likes music and has a large collection (collect) of albums and cassettes.5If you want to apply for a job at the office where I work, Ill put in a good word for you.6You may depend on/upon_ it that he will join our club.7If you object to seeing such images, you should not participate in this experiment. .單句改錯 1The pany refused the workers demand that their wages are raised. arebe2She was condemning by the whole society because she left her two children at home by themselves for two months and they starved to death. condemningcondemned3This information cast light into the problem we had been discussing for one week.intoon4She declined to having lunch with her friend, saying that she wasnt feeling well. havinghave5You should have stopped Bob going hiking alone in such weather. Well, I sought persuade him, but in vain.sought后加to6The first and foremost thing is to let people love the city at the first sight, attracting them by its unique image.去掉第三個the7My husband tells me now that it was the letter I wrote to him 10 years ago that made him fall on love with me.onin8If the clouds break down, we can go for a hike.downup9The policeman seized the thief by hand tightly. by后加the.完成句子1Now he is crazy about pop music, so his interest in puter games is on_the_decline/in_decline.他現(xiàn)在癡迷于流行音樂，因此對電腦游戲的興趣減弱了。2In the early 1920s, thousands of people went to Australia to seek_their_fortune.在二十世紀(jì)二十年代早期，成千上萬的人前往澳大利亞尋求財富。3Our head teacher demanded that we_(should)_go_to_school_on_time.我們班主任老師要求我們準(zhǔn)時到校。4We should seize_the_opportunity_to_work_hard to achieve our goal.我們應(yīng)抓住機會努力實現(xiàn)我們的目標(biāo)。5Wherever/No_matter_where_he_goes,_he can adapt himself to new circumstances.無論走到哪里他都能適應(yīng)新環(huán)境。6It_will_be_a_long_time before I could finish reading the novel.我需要很長時間才能讀完這本小說。課下作業(yè)（二） 話題閱讀培優(yōu)練.根據(jù)提示填空In the year 1965 the movie The Sound of Music that was to bee one of the most successful productions (作品) in film history was first screened.Following the big success of the stage (舞臺) musical The Sound of Music, Robert Wise produced and directed (導(dǎo)演) the film of the same name.In the same year, The Sound of Music was nominated for 10 Oscars and went on to win 5: best film, best director, best sound recording, best script and best musical adaptation (adapt)And then, the real story of The Sound of Music came to be known (know) worldwide.Born in Vienna, Maria von Kutschera was living in the Benedictine Convent on Nonnberg in Salzburg.She was sent as a governess to the family of Georg Ritter von Trapp to look after his seven children, left motherless after the death of Georg Ritter von Trapps wife.Shortly after Maria became Barons wife, she founded a family choir (合唱隊) to support the family, and then they became famous (著名的) and popular in Austria.Maria wrote down the story and published (publish) the book, which was turned into a musical and then a famous movie later.片段選詞填空speaker， listen to， a national star， country music， folk music， popular music， concert， instrument， singer Popular_music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen_to music before class, after class and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people.But most of the radio broadcast is music.Pop or popular music singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state.Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from these tapes es to the singer.Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has bee a_national_star.Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that are important to Americans.One is called folk_music.It tells stories about the mon life of Americans.The other is called western or country_music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music.Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies (交響樂) of Beethoven.課下作業(yè)（三） 高考語篇提能練.閱讀理解AAt first sight, Alma Deutscher, a thirteenyearold girl from England appears to be like any other typical preteen. She loves to skip rope, read and play with her younger sister. But this modest youngster, who posed her first musical work at age six, first short opera at age seven, and first fulllength opera based on Cinderella at age ten, is anything but average. Though her parents downplay her extraordinary talent, young Alma is being described as “l(fā)ittle Mozart” by the music world.Almas operatic take on the classic fairy tale, which she began writing at age eight, has a slight twist. Her Cinderella is a musician who meets her Prince Charming through a song. “In my Cinderella, she sings the beginning of a ballad but at midnight she flees. Eventually, the prince finds her after asking all the maidens of the land to sing the end of the ballad.”The opera was first performed in Vienna, Austria on December 29, 2016, where the then elevenyearold skillfully switched between the piano and the violin and received enthusiastic reviews. The young genius has since performed two new piano works, once in Australia and the other in China.While this may appear to be a lot for someone so young, Alma is not worried. She says, “Of course I have to work hard. But all children have to work hard for exams, and at least when I work hard, I work hard for something incredibly exciting, like seeing my whole opera put on.”Almas musical talent first came to light before she could even talk. Her parents recall that as an 18monthold toddler, she was able to hum a perfect version of the childrens rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.However, Almas abilities only gained international attention in 2012, after a family friend posted a video online paring her to Mozart. The family was suddenly swamped with media and Alma became an overnight star, dubbed “l(fā)ittle Mozart”. This nickname makes her parents unhappy because they believe it puts added pressure on the young girl. They would instead prefer her to be called “a poser and musician”Alma does not want to be pared to the famous artist either, saying “There was only one Mozart, and I prefer to be little Alma.” Regardless of what she calls herself, the thirteenyearold is changing the world of music forever!語篇解讀：本文是一篇記敘文。13歲的Alma有音樂天賦，18個月時就能哼唱一閃一閃小星星，6歲時創(chuàng)作了她的第一部音樂作品，7歲時創(chuàng)作了第一部短歌劇，被人們譽為“小莫扎特”。1. What do we know about Alma Deutscher?AShe es from a famous musical family.BShe showed a great musical talent from a young age.CShe regularly performs the classical music of Mozart.DShe has adapted some famous works of classical music.解析：選B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的第三句“But this modest youngster, who posed her first musical work at age six, first short opera at age seven, and first fulllength opera based on Cinderella at age ten, is anything but average”可知，Alma Deutscher自小便顯示出了驚人的音樂天賦，故B項正確。2How did Alma get to be widely known?AThrough an online video.BBy performing on television.CBy putting on an opera.DThrough her parents promotion.解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段的第一句可知，2012年Alma家的一位朋友在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布了一個視頻，將Alma比作莫扎特；此后她的能力受到了國際關(guān)注，故A項正確。3What is Almas attitude towards her success?AShe is still unsatisfied with her performance.BShe is unfortable with so much pressure.CShe is modest about her musical achievements.DShe is proud to have bee a professional musician.解析：選C推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的第一句可知，在人們將她比作莫扎特時，Alma不愿和這位著名的音樂家相提并論，她認(rèn)為世界上只有一個莫扎特，而她更喜歡人們叫她“小Alma”；據(jù)此可以判斷，面對人們的贊譽和自己的成功，Alma很謙虛，故C項正確。4What can we infer about Almas parents?AThey are very welleducated people.BThey are protective of their daughter.CThey have pushed Alma to take up music.DThey have made a good life plan for Alma. 解析：選B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段的后三句可知，Alma成了一夜成名的“小莫扎特”，但這個綽號讓她的父母不高興，因為他們認(rèn)為這會給這個小女孩帶來額外的壓力，他們寧愿她被稱為“作曲家和音樂家”。據(jù)此可以判斷，Alma的父母是愛護她的，故B項正確。B(2019廣州綜合測試)The belief that new technologies are causing the death of work is the idea that never goes away. Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences for work than ever before. But this is nothing new. People have always viewed the technological change that takes place during their lives as the most dramatic and dangerous that ever happened in history.In the 1930s, the British economist (經(jīng)濟學(xué)家) John Maynard Keynes predicted the widespread use of electricity would produce a world where people spend most of their time doing nothing. In the United States during the 1960s, the government repeatedly investigated fears that automatic machines would permanently reduce the amount of work available. In 1988, one Australian historian claimed that at least a quarter of the workforce would be without jobs within 10 years because of puters.Of course, none of these disasters came to pass in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, or anywhere else.Yet today, we are seeing the return of these predictions, with some experts claiming the world of work is once more undergoing radical and unprecedented change. They argue that robots and other workplace technologies are causing a reduction in the total amount of work available, or are bringing a more rapid pace of substitution of machines for humans than the one that has been seen previously.But there is a little evidence to support such beliefs. Statistics show that the percentage of people in work, the number of hours they work, and how frequently they change jobs have remained remarkably constant over the past 20 years.This stability should not e as a surprise. There are good reasons why we should not expect new technologies to cause the death of work. New technologies always cause job losses, but that is only part of the story. What also needs to be understood is how they increase the amount of work available.One way this happens is through the increases in ines that acpany the use of new technologies. With the introduction of these technologies, goods and services can be produced faster, which results in higher real ines for workers. Higher ines then increase demand for other products and consequently more workers are needed to make them. Additionally, while new technologies are likely to substitute for some types of workers, they will also increase demand for other types of workers, especially those with higherlevel skills and expertise.So, the end of work is no closer today than at any time in the past. But there is still a need to keep disproving the predictions and to reduce peoples fears.語篇解讀：本文是一篇議論文。歷史上曾經(jīng)發(fā)生過多次預(yù)測技術(shù)的發(fā)展導(dǎo)致人們失業(yè)的事情，現(xiàn)在這個論調(diào)又被提起；數(shù)據(jù)顯示，事實上新技術(shù)的發(fā)展并沒有導(dǎo)致工作總量的減少。5What is the function of the second paragraph?ATo explain the importance of developing new technologies.BTo show how the technology affected employment in the past.CTo argue that technological dangers are being more serious.DTo give historical examples of unnecessary fears about new technologies.解析：選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀第二段可知，該段列舉了英國經(jīng)濟學(xué)家、美國政府和澳大利亞歷史學(xué)家的預(yù)測，時間分別為20世紀(jì)30年代、20世紀(jì)60年代和1988年，他們都預(yù)測新技術(shù)的發(fā)展會導(dǎo)致工作職位的減少；由第三段可知，所預(yù)測的這些情況都沒有發(fā)生；據(jù)此可以判斷，該段旨在舉例說明我們沒有必要擔(dān)心新技術(shù)的發(fā)展，故D項正確。6How can employment statistics over the past 20 years best be described?AConfusing.BReliable.CStable.DVariable.解析：選C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段的第二句可知，就業(yè)統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)顯示，在過去的二十年里，工作人員的比例、工作時間和換工作的頻率一直保持著驚人的穩(wěn)定；據(jù)此可以判斷，在過去的二十年里，就業(yè)統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)是穩(wěn)定的。C項意為“穩(wěn)定的”，故C項正確。7According to Paragraph 7, why does demand for other products often increase after new technologies are introduced?AThere are more goods for people to choose from.BThere is more demand for new skills in the economy.CProductivity improvements help raise workers salaries.DHigher quality goods at lower prices encourage consumption.解析：選C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第七段的第二、三句可知，生產(chǎn)效率的提高使工人的工資上漲，這是產(chǎn)品需求增加的原因，故C項正確。8What is the authors opinion about the introduction of new technologies?AIt does not have an effect on most peoples jobs.BIts benefits are usually not worth the introduction.CIt usually leads to a significant increase in employment.DIts danger to peoples employment possibilities is overstated.解析：選D推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的內(nèi)容可知，作者認(rèn)為人們夸大了引進新技術(shù)對失業(yè)的影響，故D項正確。.閱讀七選五(2019蘭州診斷)What is friendship? The answers may be different. _1_. We cannot live without friendship just as we cannot live without air and water. Friendship gives us a feeling of safety and warmth, and friendship encourages us to go ahead all the time._2_. When we feel happy, we can share our happiness with friends. When we feel down, friends will fort us. If we are overconfident, our friends can persuade us, and they can make us confident and brave when we are discouraged.Friendship is valuable. It can touch your heart and give you hope. Many people are proud of having a good friend. _3_. If you help your friends for no reason but simply because they are your friends, this means that you regard your friends as yourself. This is true friendship.In fact, friendship isnt always easily kept. _4_， you should treat him or her like you want to be treated. Keep the secrets that your friend tells you. Keep your promise with your friend. Share things with your friend. Stick up for your friend. We should try our best to protect the friendship from being hurt. As an old saying goes, “Friendship cannot stand always on one side.” True friendship should be able to stand all kinds of tests.Because of friendship, our lives are full of happiness. Therefore, the more friends we have, the more pleasure we can share with them. Lets say “Thank you” to our friends for their love and care. _5_， never forget to keep the beautiful friendship!AWhen you want to keep a friendBIf not, their friendship still cannot last longCNo matter where we go or who we beeDEveryone needs friends and is eager to get friendshipETrue friendship must be sincere and must not have conditionsFBut one thing is clear that friendship is the most important thing in our lifeGSometimes people have good friends when they are young and studying in school語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了什么是友誼以及友誼的特點。1解析：選F上文提到“友誼是什么？答案可能是不同的”，F(xiàn)項“但是有一點很清楚，友誼是我們生活中最重要的東西”與上文形成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，再聯(lián)系下文可知，應(yīng)選F。2解析：選DD項“每個人都需要朋友，渴望得到友誼”是對下文“當(dāng)我們感到快樂時，我們可以與朋友分享我們的幸福；當(dāng)我們感到沮喪時，朋友會安慰我們”的具體描述，故選D。3解析：選EE項中的“True friendship”與下文中的“true friendship”相照應(yīng)，故選E。4解析：選A下文說“你希望別人怎么待你，你也應(yīng)該怎樣待人”，A項“當(dāng)你想留住朋友的時候”與之形成條件關(guān)系，故選A。5解析：選C下文說“永遠(yuǎn)不要忘記保持美麗的友誼”，C項“無論我們走到哪里，無論我們成為誰”與之銜接緊密，故選C。