外研版选修8Module 2 The Renaissance精练

Module 2 Section Ⅳ　Grammar & Writing

课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1. The problems to be discussed (discuss) at the meeting tomorrow are really hard to solve (solve)．

2．Having experienced many failures, I have the courage to meet (meet) all challenges.

3．Despite a strong wind, children are still looking forward to not canceling (cancel) the outdoor activity at the weekend.

4．In order not to be found, I'll spend the night locked (lock) in your room.

5．Left (leave) alone in a dark room, the little girl was so frightened at the frightening sound.

6．I noticed a man running (run) out of the bank when I got off the car.

7．Having waited (wait) for the bus for thirty minutes, he lost his patience and felt very anxious.

8．I found it quite astonishing  (astonish) that none of you liked the play.

9．Imagine climbing (climb) up to the 80th floor of your office building without an elevator.

10．(2019·江苏启东检测)The student absorbed (absorb) in the games on the smartphone during class did not notice his teacher behind him.

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

Historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time，but Drew Faust has made history！On February 11,2007, Faust was named president of Harvard University. She is the first woman to hold the position in the school's 371­year history.

“I am a historian，”she said.“I've spent a lot of time thinking about the past，and about how it shapes the future. No university in the country，perhaps the world，has as remarkable a past as Harvard's.”

“And our common enterprise is to make Harvard's future even more remarkable than its past. That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well. It will also mean recognizing what we don't do as well as we should，and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better.”

It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given Drew success in a world controlled by men. “This is a man's world，my girl，and the sooner you learn that，the better off you'll be.”Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young，but she didn't “buy”it.

Faust grew up in a well­off family in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in the 1950s.Even then，she was a trailblazer(先驱)．A conversation with her family's，black handyman (零工) and driver inspired her to write a letter，on school notebook paper，to President Dwight Eisenhower.

She asked that he help bring US citizens together in the south，a much divided part of the country at the time.

“Drew Faust is a historian with her eyes on the future，”said Susan Graham，a professor of Harvard. Many of the university's schools said that they believe Harvard will have a brighter future under the leadership of Drew Faust.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述美国著名的女历史学家Drew Faust 创造了新的历史纪录——成为哈佛大学历史上首位女校长。

1．Why does the writer say Drew Faust has made history?

A．Because she is a historian.

B．Because she was president of Harvard University.

C．Because she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University.

D．Because Harvard has a remarkable past.

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句可知，Drew Faust创造的历史是她成为哈佛大学有史以来第一位女校长。

2．What do we know about historians?

A．They usually study great things that happened in the past.

B．They are usually presidents of universities.

C．They are usually born in well­off families.

D．They are usually women.

解析：选A　细节理解题。根据文章首句可知，历史学家的主要工作是研究过去发生的重大事情。

3．What did her mother mean by saying “This is a man's world，my girl...”？

A．To encourage her to do man's work.

B．To tell her to do things as a girl should do.

C．To ask her to be well­off.

D．To expect her to be a historian.

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据上下文语境可知，她母亲说此话的目的是要她面对现实，做女孩们该做的事。

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Faust was born in the north of the US.

B．She wrote a letter to President Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard.

C．Faust's desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success.

D．Historians just care about great things that happened in the past.

解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第四段的第一句可知，Drew 的上进心和愿意尝试新理念的信心使得她在男人主宰的世界里脱颖而出，获得成功。

B

Before you make friends，you have to decide who you want to be your friends. Most people like to have friends who like to do the same thing they do.

The quickest way to make a friend is to smile. When you smile，people think you are friendly and easy to talk to. It may not be easy at first to smile，but remember most people will stay away from a scared or angry looking face.

One easy way to start a conversation with someone is to say something nice about him. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn't it make you want to keep talking to that person?

Ask your new friends questions about themselves. Who's their favorite singer，where do they live，what do they do after school are all good questions to start a conversation. Make sure you have something to add to the conversation，too. When someone asks you a question，do have an answer for them. There's nothing that will stop a conversation quicker than a shrug for an answer.

Kids who show an interest in other kids and who are kind and friendly make good friends. Remember，everyone wants to be around people who like to do similar things and people who are nice to them.

【解题导语】　大多数人都想交兴趣相同的朋友，那么到底该如何交朋友呢？本文给出了一些建议。

5．This passage gives us some advice on         .

A．how to make friends

B．what kind of person you can make friends with

C．how to start a conversation

D．the importance of smile

解析：选A　主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章主要讲述了如何交朋友，故选A。

6．Most people like to make friends with those         .

A．who are sad every day

B．who share the same interest

C．who are fond of talking

D．who say bad things to them

解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Most people like to have friends who like to do the same thing they do.”和最后一段内容可知，兴趣相同的人容易成为朋友，故选B。

7．According to the third paragraph，most people enjoy talking to one         .

A．who is always smiling

B．who seems to be friendly

C．who praises them

D．who points out their shortcomings

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you.”可知，人们喜欢和表扬自己的人谈话，故选C。

8．The underlined part in Para.4 means “        ”．

A．being very proud B．making no answer

C．knowing nothing D．not hoping to answer

解析：选B　词义猜测题。画线部分与前面的“When someone asks you a question，do have an answer for them.”相对应，因此画线部分意思是“不作回答”，故选B。

Ⅲ.语法填空

(2019·全国卷Ⅲ)

On our way to the house, it was raining 1.         hard that we couldn't help wondering how long it would take 2.         (get) there. It was in the middle of Pearl City.

We were first greeted with the barking by a pack 3.       dogs, seven to be exact. They were well trained by their masters 4.         had great experience with caring for these animals. Our hosts shared many of their experiences and 5.         
(recommend) wonderful places to eat, shop, and visit. For breakfast, we were able to eat papaya (木瓜) and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.

When they were free from work, they invited us to local events and let us know of an interesting 6.        (compete) to watch, together with the story behind it. They also shared with us many 7.         (tradition) stories about Hawaii that were 8.         (huge) popular with tourists. On the last day of our week­long stay, we
9.         (invite) to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the North Shore under the stars, 10.        (listen) to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

【解题导语】　这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了他们去夏威夷度假途中的经历以及到了主人家后受到的礼遇，主人热情招待他们，还在工作之余带他们参加了很多当地的活动。

1．解析：考查固定结构。句意：在我们去那座房子的路上，雨下得很大以至于我们不禁想知道还要多久才能到达那里。so...that...意为“如此……以至于……”，固定句型。故填so。

答案：so

2．解析：考查固定搭配。本句运用了take...to do sth.句型，意为“花费……做某事”，故此处应填to get。

答案：to get

3．解析：考查介词。a pack of意为“一群……”。故填of。

答案：of

4．解析：考查定语从句。句意：它们被它们的主人训练地很好，它们的主人在照顾这些动物方面很有经验。先行词为masters(主人)，且从句缺主语。故关系词填who。

答案：who

5．解析：考查一般过去时。句意：我们的主人跟我们分享了很多他们的经历并推荐了一些很好的吃饭、购物和参观的地方。and前后两个动作“shared”与“recommended”是并列关系，时态一致。故填recommended。

答案：recommended

6．解析：考查名词。由空前的不定冠词“an”与空后的不定式“to watch”可以确定空处应该填名词形式。故填competition。

答案：competition

7．解析：考查形容词。空处修饰名词stories，应用形容词形式，tradition的形容词为traditional，故填traditional。

答案： traditional

8．解析：考查副词。空处修饰形容词popular，应用副词形式，huge的副词为hugely，故填hugely。

答案： hugely

9．解析：考查一般过去时的被动语态。句意：我们被邀请去参加一场私人音乐会。由“On the last day of our week­long stay”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，用被动语态。主语为we，故填were invited。

答案：were invited

10．解析：考查非谓语动词。本句谓语动词为were invited，所以空处动词listen应用非谓语动词形式。听音乐这个动作是由we发出的，所以用现在分词形式。也可由and前后连接两个并列的结构这一规律解题，and后的“meeting interesting locals”为分词形式，故空处填listening。

答案：listening

Ⅳ.书面表达

根据以下内容写一篇100词左右的英语日记。

1．昨天与同学外出野餐，按计划要爬西山；

2．早上在校门口集合7点出发，不久下小雨，继续骑车，一小时后到达山脚；

3．雨停，爬上山顶，领略美景，我们照相、唱歌、下棋、午餐，玩得很开心；

4．午餐后下山， 4点回家，所有人都疲惫不堪；

5．时间5月20日，星期六。

One possible version：

May 20th, Saturday                                 Cloudy and drizzle

Yesterday my classmates and I went on a picnic. According to our plan we would climb the West Mountain. Early in the morning all of us gathered at the gate of our school.We started off at seven, soon it began to have a little rain. We kept on riding for an hour till we reached the foot of the mountain.

The little rain stopped then. We began to climb. Soon we reached the top of the mountain.How beautiful it was when we looked at the view from the top.We sang, played chess, had the pictures taken on the top of the mountain and had lunch on the rocks. How happy we were!

After lunch we went down the mountain and got home at four, tired out.