优化方案2017高中英语 unit 4 making the news section gr

Unit 4 Making the news Section Ⅳ Grammar & Writing

Ⅰ 用倒装句完成句子 1．山顶上有座塔。(stand)

There_stands_a_tower on the top of the mountain.

2．它是一部如此动人的电影以至于结束后我们都陷入了沉思。(move)

Such a_moving_film_was_it that we were all lost in thought after it was over. 3．在那以后我们再也没有见过她， 也没收到她的信。(hear) After that we never saw her again. Nor did_we_hear_from her. 4．比赛刚开始， 一起意料不到的事故发生了。(soon)

No_sooner_had_the_competition_begun than an unexpected accident happened. 5．你绝对不应该告诉她这个秘密。(inform)

At no time should_you_inform_her_of this secret.

6．直到珍妮下了公共汽车， 她才发现她的钱包不见了。(missing) Not until Jane got off the bus did_she_find_her_wallet_missing. 7．只有在当地向导的帮助下， 那些登山者才获救。(rescue)

Only with the help of the local guide were_the_mountain_climbers_rescued． 8．虽然很疲倦， 他还是熬夜到很晚。(as) Tired_as_he_was,_he stayed up late. Ⅱ 阅读理解

A

A high school English teacher in Texas who works with needy students in emotional(情感的) or physical pain related to their immigration(移民) to the United States was named the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.

Shanna Peeples works at Palo Duro High in Amarillo, where about 85 percent of

students are from badly-off families and where more refugee children (who have been forced to leave their country) are admitted than in any other high school in the 31，000-student district.

Peeples said a childhood that exposed her to alcoholism and violence in her family has provided her with sympathy(同情) for students from Burma, Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq and Cuba, many of whom are survivors of emotional or physical injuries in their war-torn homelands.

“That’s what helped me as a teacher probably more than anything, and that helped me make that connection with them, unfortunately，” Peeples said.

The 50-year-old mother of three grown children, whose teachers when she was young advised her to write to find a way out of her pain and loneliness, began teaching after working as a medical assistant, pet sitter and journalist at Amarillo Globe-News, where she covered education. She’s taught for 12 years, the past seven at Palo Duro High.

One former student knows there are plenty of selfless teachers in Texas and across the country. But Peeples has something that is difficult to describe exactly, said Viet Tran, a college junior who believes he wouldn’t be at Harvard studying neurobiology on a scholarship(奖学金) without Peeples’ help.

“The reason for her being a special teacher is she is able to bridge a very wide gap between student achievement and student experience，” said the 21-year-old junior who came to the U．S. in 1998 from Vietnam.

On occasion, Peeples has spoken with the refugee parents who wanted their children to get jobs so they could help support the family, rather than attend school.

“She tries to help the parents in families understand that their child’s future is really in education，” Tran said.

【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。 德克萨斯州的Shanna Peeples老师被评为美国2015年度国家教师。

1．What is a major difficulty in Peeples’ work? A．A lot of students experiencing suffering. B．Most of the students having special needs.

C．There being too many students in her high school. D．Many students’ parents wanting them to leave the U．S.

A 解析： 细节理解题。 由第一、二段可知， Peeples老师工作的主要困难之一是很多学生经历着伤痛。

2．Why is Peeples able to easily understand her students’ problems? A．She has a deep knowledge of refugees. B．She spends most of her spare time with them. C．She had an unhappy family life as a young girl. D．She is good at making connections with people.

C 解析： 细节理解题。 由第三、四段可知， 童年的Peeples老师有着不快乐的家庭生活， 这让她能够深入理解学生们的困难。

3．What can we learn about Peeples? A．She first worked as a teacher. B．She wants her children to be writers. C．She had done several different jobs before. D．She has been working at Palo Duro for five years.

C 解析： 细节理解题。 由第五段中的working as a medical assistant, pet sitter and journalist可知， Peeples老师曾经做过好几种不同的工作。

4．How does Viet Tran feel about Peeples? A．Doubtful. C．Sorry.

B．Uneasy. D．Grateful.

D 解析： 推理判断题。 由第六、七段可知， 没有Peeples老师的帮助， Viet Tran就去不了哈佛大学， 而且Peeples老师善于为学生的成绩和经验搭建桥梁， 由此可推断， Viet Tran很感激Peeples老师。

B

The yo-yo may seem like a modern toy, but in fact it’s very old. It may have been invented in the Philippines or in China, but as long ago as 450

B．C.,

it had reached Europe. A boy playing with what we now call a yo-yo is even shown on a bowl from ancient Greece.

Pedro Flores, a Filipino immigrant working in California, began to make and sell

yo-yos in the 1920s. (The word yo-yo means“come back” in a Filipino language.) A few years later, Flores sold his company to Donald Duncan, an American businessman. Duncan, an ingenious marketer, sent employees around the country to show off yo-yo tricks and give out free instruction books. When kids saw the cool tricks, they wanted yo-yos for themselves.

With practice, anyone can learn yo-yo tricks and perform them well. The first thing you’ll need to do is cut the yo-yo’s string(线) to the proper length. Place the yo-yo on the ground and pull the string up. Wind up the string and hold your yo-yo in your hand. Flick(轻弹) it down, turning your hand over to catch it when it returns. You’re now ready to go to Sleep.

Sleeping is the basis for many tricks. Begin with the regular throwing, but once the yo-yo leaves your hand, hold your wrist still. Instead of returning, the yo-yo should spin at the bottom of the string. A quick turn of the wrist will bring it back to you. If_you_have_trouble_sleeping,_try_a_glass_of_warm_milk_at_bedtime. If your yo-yo has trouble Sleeping, make sure your string isn’t twisted(缠绕) up too tightly. Let the yo-yo unwind and gently untwist itself.

Practice Sleeping until you can do it for five seconds without having your yo-yo“wake up”. Once you can do that, you’re ready to Walk the Dog. Throw down a Sleeper, and then gently place it on the floor.

【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。 文章主要介绍了悠悠球的历史及玩悠悠球的技巧。 5．What does the underlined word “ingenious” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Elderly. C．Wealthy.

B．Clever. D．Foreign.

B 解析： 词义猜测题。 由划线词下文中的When kids saw the cool tricks, they wanted yo-yos for themselves.可知， Duncan是一位聪明的营销商人。

6．The underlined part in Paragraph 4 is mentioned in order to ________． A．add a touch of humor to the text B．compare two types of yo-yo tricks C．show how easy it is to learn new tricks D．give practical information to the reader