高中英语外研版选修8Module 1 Deep South同步训练题

Module 1 Section Ⅳ　Grammar & Writing

课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．(浙江卷)Creating(create) an atmosphere in which employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.

2．(安徽卷)What we expect from you is working hard rather than hardly working.

3．Being exposed to sunlight too long harms (harm) your skin.

4．—Haven't seen you for ages! Where have you been?

—I went to Ningxia and stayed (stay) there for one year, teaching as a volunteer.

5．(北京卷)—What time is it?

—I have no idea. But just a minute, I will check (check) it for you.

6．Cigarette smoking is one of the main causes contributing(contribute) to lung cancer.

7．It is hard to say (say) which team will win, so we have to wait for the result of the match patiently.

8．We each have strong points and each of us on the other hand has weak points.(have)

9．(2019·福建莆田24中月考)They had been working (work) on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we are working (work) on it as no good results have come out so far.

10．She was walking (walk) along the street when suddenly she heard her name called (call)．

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

It was a winter day; the falling snow blocked out the sun. The wind challenged the car and joined other forces of winter—slippery roads and poor visibility to almost take our little car off course.

“Do you feel safe? Should I turn back？”

“No，” my wife Jennifer replied, “I really want to see this show in Toronto. I have faith in your driving.”

We were coming down the hill on the highway. Suddenly there was a noticeable increase in the force of snow. I felt the car stagger (摇晃) slightly to the left and then to the right. We were in the farleft lane; the bus was in the middle. Our little Neon slid into the side of the bus at about midpoint. Suddenly Jennifer was cheek­to­cheek with the side of the bus. She screamed in horror. Bouncing (反弹) off the bus, our car then hit onto the barrier in the middle of the highway. Then from the barrier we rebounded back to the side of the bus. Jennifer screamed and then we were back to the barrier again.

Finally, the bus moved far enough ahead and we just caught the rear bumper (保险杠), which caused the car to spin 180 degrees so we were now facing oncoming traffic. There was nothing I could do but wait to be knocked down. Jennifer whispered，“I guess this is how it feels just before you die. I wonder if it hurts.” In that instant, I heard a voice inside my head. “Relax, let go and everything will be alright.” So I took my hand off the steering wheel, took a deep breath and just sat there.

Thankfully, we somehow ended up on the side of the road facing in the right direction in our now beat­up Neon. Since the car was not completely off the road, I restarted it and moved us safely. We were not hurt at all.

【解题导语】　雪天需要小心驾驶！作者描述了大雪天驾驶遇险，险些酿成车祸的经历，好在最后有惊无险。

1. The author intended to tell us in Paragraph 1 that         .

A. he drove in the wrong direction

B．it's dangerous to drive in the winter

C．the weather was rather bad that day

D．his car broke down owing to the heavy snow

解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第一段的描述可知，那天下着雪，风很大，路滑，而且能见度低。作者提及这些方面是为了告诉读者那天的天气状况很糟糕。

2. What can we know about Jennifer?

A. She headed for Toronto to hold a show.

B．The experience frightened her to death.

C．Her cheeks were badly hurt in the accident.

D．Her poor driving ability caused the accident.

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Suddenly Jennifer was cheek­to­cheek with the side of the bus. She screamed in horror.”，“Jennifer screamed and then we were back to the barrier again.”和第五段中的“I guess this is how it feels just before you die.”可知，当时情况很危险，Jennifer吓得要命。

3. How many times did the car hit the bus?

A．Once.　　　 B．Twice.

C．Three times.   D．Four times.

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Bouncing(反弹) off the bus, our car then hit onto the barrier in the middle of the highway. Then from the barrier we rebounded back to the side of the bus.”和第五段中的“Finally, the bus moved far enough ahead and we just caught the rear bumper(保险杠)”可知，作者的车一共三次撞上前面的公共汽车。

4. What saved the couple from danger?

A．The bus driver's assistance.

B．Their determination to survive.

C．The timely arrival of the police.

D．The author's being calm in danger.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第五段中的“‘Relax, let go and everything will be alright.’ So I took my hand off the steering wheel, took a deep breath and just sat there.”可知，处于险境之时，作者没有惊慌失措，而是保持冷静，这也是他们最后能脱离危险的主要原因。

B

More often than not, people will look at the phone screen to check for new messages or have a quick look at Facebook. Researchers have now found why we often feel such a strong need to look at our phones. Using the mobile phone, they say, is contagious (传染的).

A team says people are twice as likely to pull out their phones to check their text messages or e­mails if they're with someone that has just done the same. They also found that women were more likely to use their mobile phones than men. The team watched students in dining halls and coffee shops around the college, observing pairs of college students sitting at tables for as long as 20 minutes and recording their cellphone use. “What we found most interesting was just how often people were using their mobile phones，” Dr. Daniel Kruger, the study's co­author, said. “Every person we studied used his or her phone at least once while one woman was on hers about half of the time. People saw others checking their incoming messages and began to check their own.”

“Cellphones create another choice for one's attention and may both support and disagree with live social activities，” the researchers wrote. Kruger believed this could be explained by the effects of social inclusion (包含) and exclusion (排除). If one person in a pair starts a conversation through his phone, the other one may feel excluded and then feel the need to get in touch with others so as not to feel left out.

The researchers note that they might not get the same result in a study of different people—for example, older adults, who may not have a habit of using cellphones so often.

【解题导语】　研究发现，每当看见别人看手机，我们也总有翻看手机的冲动，这说明使用手机具有传染性。

5. From the study we can learn that         .

A. people can affect each other in using mobile phones

B．using mobile phones has nothing to do with social activities

C．men are more likely to be affected by others' using mobile phones

D．the sound of mobile phones makes using mobile phones contagious

解析：选A　细节理解题。根据文章内容可知，这项研究发现使用手机具有传染性，由此可知答案为A。

6. If old adults are studied, the researchers         .

A. will find that old adults don't like to use mobile phones

B．will find that mobile phones are harmful to health

C．will no longer like using mobile phones

D．may reach a different result

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“they might not get the same result in a study of different people”可知，研究不同的人群会得出不同的研究结果。

7. Which can best describe the author's attitude towards using mobile phones?

A．Supportive.   B．Objective.

C．Indifferent.   D．Opposed.

解析：选B　观点态度题。本文客观陈述了一项研究发现，由此可知答案为B。

8. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Use Mobile Phones Correctly

B．Why College Students Like Mobile Phones

C．Relation Between Mobile Phones and People's Hobbies

D．Something Interesting About the Habit of Using Mobile Phones

解析：选D　标题归纳题。本文陈述的是关于使用手机方面的一些有趣的研究结果，故“Something Interesting About the Habit of Using Mobile Phones”最适合作文章标题。

Ⅲ.语法填空

(2019·全国卷Ⅱ)

The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88°， there is evidence 1.         
they range all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as James Bay in Canada. It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been 2.        (poor) studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20,000～25,000 polar bears worldwide.

Modern methods 3.         tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid­1980s, and are expensive 4.        (perform) consistently over a large area. In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut 5.       
(report) increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a 6.       
(believe) that populations are increasing. Scientists have responded by 7.       
(note) that hungry bears may be congregating(聚集) around human settlements, leading to the illusion(错觉) that populations are 8.        (high) than they actually are. Of 9.         nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six 10.        (be) stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.

【解题导语】　本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了近年来北极熊的生存状况。

1．解析：考查同位语从句。根据句子结构分析可知，主句为there be句型，且结构完整，空后为同位语从句，解释说明中心词evidence的内容，故填that。

答案：that

2．解析：考查副词用法。根据句意和结构分析可知，此处用副词poorly修饰谓语动词has been studied，意为“研究很少”。故填poorly。

答案：poorly

3．解析：考查介词用法。此处“tracking polar bear populations”作Modern methods的定语，用of连接，“methods of doing sth.”意为“……的方法”，构成固定结构；或者意为“对于跟踪北极熊的方法”，用for。故填of/for。

答案：of/for

4．解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：跟踪北极熊数量的现代方法只是从二十世纪八十年代中期以来才开始采用，并且在如此大的区域内持续采用这种方法是昂贵的。主系表结构之后常用不定式作原因或目的状语。故此处填to perform。

答案：to perform

5．解析：考查时态和主谓一致。根据上下文语境，尤其是时间状语“in recent years”可知，主句用现在完成时态，故填have reported。

答案：have reported

6．解析：考查名词。根据其前不定冠词和其后的同位语从句可知，空处用名词形式，故填belief。

答案：belief

7．解析：考查非谓语动词。根据其前介词“by”可知，此处用动名词作宾语，故填noting。

答案：noting

8．解析：考查形容词比较级。根据其后“than they actually are”可知，此处为形容词的比较级，故填higher。

答案：higher

9．解析：考查定冠词。此处为特指，意为“在已识别的19个北极熊亚种群中”，故填the。

答案：the

10．解析：考查时态和主谓一致。根据其前的“three are declining”可知，此处数词six作主语，要用复数谓语，时态为一般现在时，故填are。

答案：are

Ⅳ.书面表达

假如你2019年暑假去北京旅游了，参观了长城，请根据以下的信息要点写一篇100词左右的英语短文，介绍该景点并谈谈你的参观感受。

注意：开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

In the summer vacation of 2019, I went to Beijing and visited the Great Wall.                                                                       

One possible version：

In the summer vacation of 2019，I went to Beijing and visited the Great Wall. It's so wonderful that people often say no visit to Beijing is complete without a visit to the Great Wall.

The Great Wall, which is more than 6,000 kilometres long, is the longest wall in the world. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is made of stones and bricks and almost all the construction was done by hand without any machine. As the wall was built to defend the country against foreign invaders, there were watchtowers every few hundred meters along the wall. Now, the Great Wall is one of the most famous places in the world for sightseeing and it attracts many foreign visitors every year.

If you have a chance to visit it, you will be delighted with the great tourist attraction.