学年高中英语人教版选修七Unit 5 Travelling abroad grammar课时作业7.docx

1、学年高中英语人教版选修七Unit 5 Travelling abroad grammar课时作业7Unit 5 Travelling abroad grammar课时作业.阅读理解A2019江西联考 In 2014 my best friends mother died of cancer. It was a tragedy, but as usual, Alice, my mother, used her power of healing and got his family back on their feet. If you asked my friends about my mothe

2、r, they would say, “That woman has a heart of gold.” I agree one hundred percent.I think the reason why she is such a wonderful person is that the Holy Spirit lives within her. She is very holy and has persuaded me to go to church with her every Sunday.About six years ago my mom decided to pursue he

3、r lifelong goal of becoming a teacher. She knew it would be hard work raising three kids, doing housework and studying at the same time. However, she believed it would pay off. What my mother didnt realize was that not all things pay off in this unfair world. After four hard years of school, she gra

4、duated on a warm spring day. It was unbelievable. My aunt drove up from Virginia to celebrate this fantastic day. It was the first time I had ever cried about being happy.Its strange how fast a life can change. Two months later, the unpredictable happened. My mother was diagnosed with multiple scler

5、osis (多发性硬化症). I could not believe this could happen after all the good she had done for people. I was very confused and cried every day. My faith in God just disappeared and so did my moms dream of becoming a teacher.Then, I decided I must move on with my life and accept the fact that she might nev

6、er get better. Since my decision, I have become more mature, responsible and active in school and work. Through the years I have always been able to change negative situations into positive ones. Im happy with my life now.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了乐观、积极上进的母亲影响作者的故事。【难句分析】I think the reason why she is such a wond

7、erful person is that the Holy Spirit lives within her.分析：本句是一个复合句。why引导定语从句，在从句中作原因状语，修饰先行词reason；that引导表语从句，在从句中不作句子成分。译文：我认为她是这样一个优秀的人的原因是圣灵住在她的内心。1Which of the following can best describe Alice?AHonest. BHelpful.CGreedy. DUnconcerned.答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据第一段第二句“It was a tragedy, but as usual, Alice, m

8、y mother, used her power of healing and got his family back on their feet”可知，母亲乐于帮助他人，故选B项。2What else did Alice have to do when studying?ADrive a car and go to church.BTeach students and raise kids.CDo housework and teach at school.DLook after children and keep house.答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据第三段第二句“She knew

9、it would be hard work raising three kids, doing housework and studying at the same time”可知，母亲在学习的同时还要照顾孩子、做家务，选D。3According to the text, the authors mother _.Arecovered from illnessBno longer had faith in GodCdidnt realize her dream as a teacherDchanged negative situations into positive ones unwilli

10、ngly答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段最后一句“My faith in God just disappeared and so did my moms dream of becoming a teacher”可知，母亲因为患病，成为教师的梦想就破灭了，故选C。4Which of the following is the best title for the text?AFighting Against Kinds of DiseasesBMother Gave Me Life ExperienceCBelief in God Brought Me Good LuckDHow to

11、Become a Responsible and Active Man答案与解析：B考查标题判断。根据文章的整体理解可推知，本文主要讲述了乐观的母亲对作者的积极影响，使作者成为一个积极面对生活的人，故选B。B2019江西联考 In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses and carts got stuck. An old joke that was popular at the tim

12、e went like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, “No, thanks. Ive got a good horse under me.”The city planner decided to build an underground drainage (排水) system, but there simply wasnt enough difference between the height of the ground

13、 level and the water level. The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city.An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised the level of the citys streets by as much as 1

14、2 feet.This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into mainfloors, or hoist (吊起) the entire buildings t

15、o meet the new street level. Small woodframe buildings could be lifted fairly easily. But what about large, heavy structures like the Tremont Hotel, which was a sixstory brick building?Thats where George Pullman came in. He had developed some housemoving skills successfully. To lift a big structure

16、like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews (螺旋千斤顶) beneath the buildings foundation. One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews. At Pullmans sign each man turned his jackscrews by the same amount at the same time, thereby raising the building slowly and evenly. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stayed open duri