高中英语选修8作业手册.docx

1、高中英语选修8作业手册【】 阅读理解My mothers parents came to the United States from Norway and settled in North Dakota before it became the 39th State in 1889. My grandparents settled near the small community of Pekin, North Dakota and many years later they became quite welloff farmers. Their large place, called Ev

2、ergreen Farm, was a welcoming station for many other families that came from Norway to find their places in the American Dream.They helped to start a little school that sat on a piece of land directly across the road from their farm. That school served the families who had set up farming in that are

3、a. The children gathered every day so that they could stay in that oneroom school house and they learned English and Arithmetic and American History. Those children came from homes where Norwegian was spoken, but many of them were born in the United States, and they were Americans now and they learn

4、ed the English language. My grandparents never learned much English, and neither did most of their generation of Norwegian settlers. But, all of them wanted their children to learn about their new homeland and to speak the American language. It was all part of the dream they had for their families a

5、nd the children they hoped to raise in America. My mother and her brothers and sisters learned about Norway from their parents, and they ate all of the Norwegian favourites that my grandmother and the other women would cook. As a child I remember visiting Evergreen Farm, having fond memories of the

6、big white farm house surrounded by evergreen trees to the back and lilac hedges in the front. I am proud of my heritage, and I am proud to be an American. You see, thats what my grandfather wanted. I am the grandson of an immigrant, and he was proud to be an American, too.1It can be concluded from t

7、he passage that _Athe author is proud to be an American Bthe author is grateful for his grandparentsCthe author is longing for life in NorwayDthe author is fond of American life2When Grandparents settled in North Dakota, _ANorth Dakota had become the 39th StateBGrandparents managed their Evergreen F

8、armCGrandparents began their hard workingDNorth Dakota was then an inhabited region3Grandparents opened a little school _Ato help many other families from NorwayBto assistant the families farming in that areaCto show love for the poor local children Dto promote Norwegian culture in America4My grandp

9、arents had a dream that _Atheir children only spoke Norwegian at homeBtheir children could adapt to American lifeCtheir children would like farming on the landDtheir children could behave themselves in school【】 阅读七选五根据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Some people describe American society as a

10、 salad bowl while others think of it as a melting pot.In a bowl of salad, all the ingredients are mixed together. _1_ Together, however, the ingredients make up a unity. All the ingredients of a salad contribute to the finished product. They may be covered with the same dressing(调料)，but the green ve

11、getables, tomatoes and cooked corn can all be seen for what they are.From this point of view, America is very much like a salad bowl where individual ethnic groups mix together, yet maintain their cultural uniqueness. People may work together during the day at similar jobs and in the same companies,

12、 but at night they may return to their ethnic groups where their own individual culture directs their way of life._2_ Each ethnic group has its own special customs, language, food and traditions to protect and defend. This idea of the salad bowl is referred to as cultural diversity; that is, America

13、n society is a collection of various cultures living together in harmony within one country._3_ Here, society is like one large pot of soup. All cultural aspects are mixed together, sacrificing their original identity and keeping a bit of what they were to become a new reality. The longer the soup i

14、s cooked, the better the taste and the more likely it will be for the mixture to dissolve. In this sense, America can surely be seen as a melting pot where people from all over the world come to live and work together forming one nation. There are dozens of shared symbols. _4_ In such a culture, sym

15、bols like the flag and the nations official song serve to break down the walls which separate ethnic groups.Whether a salad bowl or a melting pot, America can be best described as a mixture of both. _5_ABoth are correct depending on ones point of view.BThey never lose their shapes, colours or tastes.CThis is why there is so much diversity within America.DIn other words, America is a nation where there is unity in diversity.EThus, one needs to abandon ones culture to be considered “American”FThey serve to develop the various ethnic groups to create a new American culture.GThe other theo