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课时作业(二十四) Unit 4 Making the news

Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1.I am very________(delight) to accept it.Thank you for your lovely doll. 2.After graduation she got an________(admire) job.

3.My elder sisters and brothers have moved away from home and are now________(depend)． 4.He is a________(profession) artist; he lives by selling his pictures. 5.I believe the house was________(deliberate) set fire to. 6.The figures of the missing will________(publish)tomorrow.

7.I wondered if I could have an________(appoint) with the doctor the following day. 8.________(accuse) of stealing money，the man was brought to court. 9.I waited patiently hoping that someone would come to my________(assist)． 10.We were able to get the________(inform) we needed from the Internet. 答案：1.delighted 2.admirable 3.independent 4.professional

5.deliberately 6.be published 7.appointment 8.Accused 9.assistance 10.information Ⅱ.完成句子

1.This morning，the teacher__________________(通知汤姆)go to his office. 2.The teacher__________________(指责汤姆作弊)in the latest exam.

3.The diligent man__________________(注定会实现他的目标)，because he spares no effort to do the best for every detail.

4.He demanded that Tom__________________(集中精力学习)． 5.Tom would__________________(依靠自己获得)rich knowledge. 6.Tom said that__________________(决不)would he cheat in the exam.

答案：1.informed Tom to 2.accused Tom of cheating 3.is to achieve his goal 4.(should) concentrate his attention on learning 5.depend on himself to acquire 6.in no case

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

(2015·安徽蚌埠高三第一次教学质量检查)

Less than 60 percent of students now entering four-year American colleges are likely to graduate.The completion rate is lower than that of almost any other wealthy country.

On Tuesday President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school.He spoke on the first

day of classes at a high school in Virginia.He talked about personal responsibility，and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties.

“My father left my family when I was two years old，and I was raised by a single mother who

had to work and struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us things the other kids had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn't fit in，”said President Obama.

But he told students that problems in their own lives should not stop them from learning. “There's no excuse for talking back to your teacher，or cutting class or dropping out of school. There's no excuse for not trying.”

This was not the first presidential speech to students.Ronald Reagan spoke from the White House in 1988.And George H．W.Bush spoke from a school in Washington in 1991.

But many conservatives(保守者) criticized plans for the speech.Some called it“socialized education”or federal interference(干预) in local schools.Others feared it would be too political. Some schools decided not to show the speech.But the White House released (发布)the text on Monday，and that calmed a lot of critics.

On Sunday，on the CBS program“Face the Nation”，Untied States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said 30 percent of students do not graduate from high school.He called the dropout rate“staggering(令人吃惊的)”．It represents more than a million students every year who entered ninth grade but did not complete 12th grade.

语篇导读：本文是一篇新闻报道，主要介绍了美国总统奥巴马发表电视演讲，呼吁学生们克服困难，继续学业，人们对演讲有不同的评价。

1.President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech on Tuesday to________. A．criticize the students who talked back to their parents

B．tell the students how he struggled to go to school in his childhood C．encourage students to drop out

D．persuade the students to go on with their studies even if they have problems

答案：D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，奥巴马发表电视演讲的目的在于呼吁学生们克服困难，继续学业。

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？ A．Some people considered Obama's speech to be too political. B．George H．W.Bush spoke to students from the White House in 1990. C．Obama's mother left him when he was two years old. D．The White House decided not to release the text on Monday.

答案：A 解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第三句可知，有些人担心演讲太过于政治化。

3.It can be inferred from the passage that________. A．40 percent of American high school students drop out B．the dropout rate of American schools is amazing