河北省辛集中学学年高一假期作业英语试题4547.docx

1、河北省辛集中学学年高一假期作业英语试题4547英语假期作业（4.5-4.7） 一、阅读理解AFour books that will inspire you to travel the world Theres truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspective(远景) and exposing yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Senior Editor Chris Schlep to help

2、 us come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel around the world. For more information, please click A.SEATTLE: Where You d Go, BernadettePrice: $16.73 Maria Samples first novel is not exactly a love

3、 story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon.ITALY: Beautiful RuinsPrice: $16.29 This book by the popular aut

4、hor Jess Walters is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. With the settings of the background from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on Amazon.ENGLAND: Wolf HallPrice: $1

5、5.57 You cant travel to Thomas Cromwells England without a time machine，but reading Hilary Mantels prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. Buy it on Amazon.NANTUCKET: Here

6、s to UsPrice: $ 17.16 Eli Hildebrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest is Heres to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read. （1）Whose book has been made into a film according to the text? A.Hilary Mantels.B.Jess Walters.C.M

7、aria Semples.D.Elin Hilderbrands.（2）What can you buy if you have only $32? A.Beautiful Ruins and Where Youd Go, Bernadette.B.Where Youd Go, Bernadette and Wolf Hall.C.Beautiful Ruins and Wolf Hall.D.Wolf Hall and Heres to Us.（3）What do the four books have in common? A.They have the same price.B.They

8、 have the similar content.C.They have the similar background.D.They have the same place of sales.（4）Where does the text probably come from? A.A website.B.A magazine.C.A newspaper.D.A textbook.B World Book Day falls on April 23 every yearIt was set up by the United Nations Educational,Scientific, and

9、 Cultural Organization(UNESCO) in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of readingIt is also the day to honor great writers，for example，William Shakespeare，born or dead on that day Many countries celebrate World Book DayTake UK as an exampleOn that day，millions of

10、school children can buy books of special price，a much lower price than usual，in any bookstoreIt has been done every year since 1998World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Our Former Premier Wen Jiabao, a bookworm, who does lots of reading every day, has called on people to do more reading. He su

11、ggested that young people should spend more time readingBooks cannot change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading,” he said Why do people like reading? One big advantage is that reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Also, reading

12、 helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Besides, reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find ou

13、t the answers. The more we read, the more we know. Whats more, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English Reading makes a full man (Bacon，1597). Books，magazines，newspapers and other kinds of materials can help us to know more about the outside world and p

14、erfect us. So it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day （1）World Book Day was set up in order to encourage people to . A.buy more booksB.do more readingC.learn foreign languagesD.know more about science（2）In the UK，what will school children do on World Book Day? A.They will give away

15、 some books to those poor families children.B.They will go to the library in order to read as many books as possible.C.They will buy books of much lower price than usual in any bookstore.D.They will organize some activities in memory of William Shakespeare.（3）How many advantages of reading are menti

16、oned in the passage? A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.（4）The underlined words “ a bookworm” in Paragraph 2 probably mean . A.a person who loves readingB.a person who likes readingC.a person who loves collectingD.a person who likes buying booksC I had the honor of being elected chief of my tribe(部落). With

17、 the title came great responsibility. It was my job to make peace with the Maori Tamaki tribe, whose village we visited. Their warriors leapt from a canoe and faced us down with fierce growls, bulging eyes and much swishing of sticks. They laid a palm frond on the ground and, as head honcho, I was c

18、ompelled to accept this peace offering by picking it up, then touching noses with their chief. “Kia ora”, he said, welcoming us into the woodland home of his people. My “tribe” was my New Zealand tour group, who had forced me into being their leader. Wed been warned that the ceremony was a serious o

19、ccasion and that to laugh or even smile would be considered rude to the Tamaki. After that it was non-stop fun as they showed their ancient customs and I received instruction in performing the haka, the war dance by the All Blacks rugby team. Then they pulled our dinner of lamb, beef and vegetables

20、out of the ground. It had been slow-cooked in the heat that simmers just below the surface in the geothermal(地热的) area of North Island, a Maori tradition known as a hangi that goes back an extremely long period of time. Obviously, this form of it is put on for tourists but it was hugely enjoyable. T

21、he journey back to the hotel was alone worth the effort, our hilarious Maori elder driver being deserving of his own television show. “The wheels on the bus go round and round,” he got us singing, while he circuited(绕环行) a roundabout three times. A couple of days from the end of my trip, there was s

22、till something missing, a New Zealand icon I yearned to see to make my grand tour complete. Riding over a hill, there it was Aotearoa. The Maori name for New Zealand translates as “Land of the long white cloud”. Can I say “Kia ora, Aotearoa?” You bet I can. （1）Which refers to the Maori cooking custo

23、m? A.Kia ora.B.Haka.C.Tamaki.D.Hangi.（2）What does the author think of the driver? A.He was good at singing.B.He made the journey memorable.C.He was not familiar with the road.D.He performed well on a TV show.（3）What is the best title for the text? A.A Taste of Maori Culture.B.Hello, New ZealandC.The

24、 Honor of Being a tribe ChiefD.The Best of New ZealandD Nowadays, parents worry a lot because their children spend hours and hours in front of the TV screen. Because this doesnt happen to only one specific family, many experts warn us that there can be some serious effects of children watching viole

25、nce on television. Children who become addicted(上瘾的) to TV sit down and turn on the TV as soon as they get home. Although they have lots of homework, they become absorbed in TV programs. Since they spend tons of time watching TV, they have less time to enjoy real life activities such as playing with

26、 friends, playing outdoor sports, or enjoying other kinds of entertainment. There are too many violent scenes on TV. Some experts say there are 25 acts of violence per hour on TV. In addition, there are many experiments by psychologists which show how TV violence influences children. Finally, people

27、 worry that children tend to imitate what they watch on TV and may start to behave more violently. What should be done? First of all, the government should regulate TV violence. It should also encourage people to invent and develop new technology which can block violent scenes from the programs chil

28、dren watch. For example, with a rating system(分级制度) and the V-chip, unfit scenes of violence and sex can be blocked out. Second, parents should monitor what their children watch. At the same time, they should make their children interested in real life activities. Then when the children start to spe

29、nd more time playing with friends or reading books, parents can stop their monitoring. It is a fact that there is more violence on TV today than there was ten years ago. Moreover, violent incidents occur more frequently in real life. Its time to realize how harmful watching TV violence is, and its t

30、ime to keep our children from watching violence. （1）What experts really worry is that . A.children spend too much time watching TVB.TV violence has a bad influence on childrenC.children become addicted to TV programsD.children have less time to do their homework（2）The author explain how the government should control TV violence by . A.giving an exampleB.giving a definitionC.making a comparisonD.presenting research findings（3）What does the underlined word “imitate