1、Section The Language Points of Reading课时作业( 一) 完形填空Some people believe that women are better drivers than men. _1_， others think that women make worse drivers. The idea that women make _2_ drivers is a stereotype (刻板印象). It comes from a time when women drove less than men, and _3_ was seen as a mans
2、 responsibility. There are certainly _4_ views on this controversial question, _5_ there are a number of reasons why a womans personality makes her a more competent (能胜任的) driver.Firstly, women are more patient and polite towards other road _6_， such as pedestrians and cyclists. In stressful situati
3、ons they are more likely to stay _7_， and less likely to be involved in “road rage (愤怒)” incidents. Secondly, female drivers are more _8_ so they take fewer risks, for example when overtaking. Thirdly, they are more responsible and _9_ they tend not to drive when tired or after drinking alcohol._10_
4、， many people argue that women cause accidents because they may react slowly because they _11_ confidence. In addition, they are _12_ disturbed, for example, by children in the car. Research also _13_ that women find map reading more _14_ than men, and can have problems with the difference between l
5、eft and right. Despite the fact that women have more accidents, _15_ is often cheaper for them because the accidents tend to be minor. In particular, women have accidents when parking. This is because women often have _16_ spatial (空间的) awareness. In contrast, men tend to _17_ more serious accidents
6、.To sum up, it can be seen that women make _18_ drivers than men because of their _19_. This is generally _20_ by the fact that women have fewer serious accidents and pay lower insurance than men. On balance, it is clear that women are less competitive and aggressive than men behind the wheel and th
7、erefore better drivers.1A.Besides BHoweverCOtherwise DTherefore答案：B 前后句之间表示转折关系，故用“然而(However)” 。2A.brighter BbetterCworse Dnicer答案：C 由上文中的“others think that women make worse drivers”可知，此处指认为女司机是“更糟糕的(worse)”司机的想法是一种刻板印象。3A.driving BworkingCteaching Dinventing答案：A 由上文中的“women drove less than men”可知，
8、 “开车(driving)”被认为是男性的职责。4A.popular BstrongCpositive Ddifferent答案：D 由下文中的“this controversial question”可知，人们对这个有争议的问题有“不同的(different)”看法。5A.since BunlessCalthough Dwhen答案：C 上下文表示让步关系，故用“尽管(although)” 。6A.users BplannersCengineers Dcleaners答案：A 由下文中的“such as pedestrians and cyclists”可知，此处指其他的道路“使用者(use
9、rs)” 。7A.quiet BsilentCcalm D healthy答案：C 由上文中的“stressful situations”以及下文中的“less likely to be involved inroad rage (愤怒 ) incidents”可知，女司机在压力大的情况下更可能保持“冷静(calm)” 。8A.cautious BhonestCdangerous Dnervous答案：A 由下文中的“so they take fewer risks”可知，女司机比男司机更“谨慎(cautious) ”。9A.still ByetCeven Dthus答案：D “they ar
10、e more responsible”与“they tend not to drive when tired or after drinking alcohol”之间是因果关系，故用“因此(thus)” 。10A.At the same time BIn factCOn the other hand DIn general答案：C 上文中讲述了女司机的优点，由该空后的“many people argue that women cause accidents”可知，本段要讲述女司机的劣势，故用“另一方面(On the other hand)”。11A.have BlackCshare Dlose
11、答案：B 由上文中的“they may react slowly”可知，女司机“缺乏(lack)”自信。12A.easily BslightlyCnormally Dunexpectedly答案：A 由下文中的“by children in the car”可知，女司机在开车时很“容易(easily)”受到干扰。13A.studies BproducesCexplores Dshows答案：D 由上文中的“Research”以及下文中的“have problems with the difference between left and right”可知，研究“表明 (shows)”女性发现看
12、地图更难。14A.interesting BimportantCdifficult Drelaxing答案：C 此处讲女性开车的劣势，所以相比起男性，女性发现看地图更“难(difficult) ”。15A.route BinsuranceClicense Dequipment答案：B 由第 20 空后的“pay lower insurance”可知，女司机所出的事故都是小事故，她们交的“保险(insurance) ”也常常更便宜。16A.poor BdeepCdirect Dfull答案：A 由上文中的“women have accidents when parking”以及下文中的“spat
13、ial (空间的) awareness”可知，女司机的空间感比较“差(poor)” 。17A.survive BcauseCprevent Drecord答案：B 由上文对女司机造成事故的介绍以及该空前的“In contrast”可知，相比之下，男司机更容易“造成(cause) ”严重的事故。18A.cleverer BhappierCgreater Dsafer答案：D 由下文中的“it is clear that . and therefore better drivers”可知，女司机比男司机“更安全(safer)” 。19A.confidence BhabitCfaith Dperso
14、nality答案：D 由上文中的“why a womans personality makes her a more competent (能胜任的) driver ”以及文中的描述可知，女性的“个性(personality)”决定了她们是更安全的驾驶员。20A.decided BsupportedCaffected Dexpressed答案：B 由下文中的“by the fact that . pay lower insurance than men”可知，总体来说，女司机造成的严重交通事故少这一事实“支持(supported)”了上面这一结论。 阅读理解ASylvia Alice Earl
15、e is an undersea explorer, ocean biologist and author. She has done lots of work in studying ocean life, and she has helped develop the equipment necessary for underwater exploration. During 50 underwater expeditionsw1 and over 6,000 hours underwater, Earle has discovered many new sea species and se
16、t many diving records.Diving records: Earle set the unbelievable record of freely diving to a depth of 1,250 feet in 1979 off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Earle also holds the record for the deepest womens solo free dive (going down to 3,281 feet)Personal life: Sylvia Alice Earle was born in Cibbstown
17、, New Jersey, the USA. Both her parents loved the outdoors and encouraged her to love nature. At the age of 17, she made her first dive. She graduated from Florida State University (1955) and got her masters and doctoralw2 degrees (1966) from Duke University (North Carolina)She has since received ma
18、ny honorary degrees. Dr Earle has three children and three grandchildren and she now lives in Oakland, California._： Earle was the chief scientist for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1990 to 1991. She was the first woman to hold this position. In 1981, Earle and Gr
19、aham Hawks (her former husband) started the company Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc., which designs and produces underwater robots and deep sea submersibles (潜水器). Earle also founded Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc.Publications: Earle has written more than 125 scientific and popular publication
20、s, and five books, including Sea Change (published in 1995), Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea (1980), Dive, Hello Fish, and Sea Critters. She also lectures extensively ， both in person and on TV.W31The author wrote the passage mainly to _.Aintroduce something about Sylvia
21、 Alice EarleBencourage us to learn from Sylvia Alice EarleCtell us why Sylvia Alice Earle succeededDexpress his/ her love for Sylvia Alice Earle答案：A 推理判断题。作者从四个方面介绍了海洋探险家 Sylvia Alice Earle。2Whats the CORRECT time order of the following events about Earle?amade her first divebpublished the book Sea
22、Changecgraduated from Florida State Universityddived to a depth of 1,250 feetAacbd B abcd Cadbc D acdb答案：D 细节理解题。通读文章可知，a 所述事件发生在她 17 岁时；b所述事件发生在 1995 年；c 所述事件发生在 1955 年；d 所述事件发生在 1979年，故 D 项的顺序排列正确。3Whats the best title for the 5th paragraph?APositions held BTravel experienceCChildhood DMarriage答案：
23、A 标题判断题。本段介绍了 Sylvia Alice Earle 所担当的一些职位，因此选 A。4Its implied in the passage that _.AEarle has made great contributions to underwater explorationBEarles parents didnt support her decision to do activitiesC Earle has no connection with her husband in businessDEarle has no children of her own答案：A 推理判断题
24、。根据第一段第二句“She has done lots of work in studying ocean life, and she has helped develop the equipment necessary for underwater exploration.”可知，Earle 为深海探索工作作出了巨大贡献，故选 A 项。W重 点 单 词1expedition n. 探险；考察；旅行2doctoral adj. 博士的3extensively adv. 广泛地BMadame Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867, when Polan
25、d was controlled by Russia. Her parents were teachers, and she learned at an early age the importance of education.Her mother died when she was young, and when her father was caught because of teaching Polish, which had been made illegal under the Russian government, she had to get a job. Years late
26、r she went to Paris to study physics and math. After graduation, she started the research on magnetism (磁力学 )For the research she wanted to do, she needed more space than her small lab. A friend introduced her to Pierre Curie, another young scientist, who had some extra room. Not only did Marie move
27、 her equipment into his lab, but also she and Pierre fell in love and got married. For the discovery of radium, Marie and Pierre won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. Also for this work, she was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.During the first World War, Marie Curie knew that taking soldi
28、ers to a hospital when they needed operations was not always possible, so she designed the first moving Xray machine and traveled with it along the front lines during the war.On July 4th, 1934, Marie Curie died in Paris, killed by one of her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning. For her
29、struggles, she received two Nobel Prizesthe first woman to win even one. Thanks to the knowledge she gained, thousands of lives have been saved.Great_knowledge,_however,_is_often_a_twoedged_sword. Without the work she did we might not have many modern cancer treatments, or atomic clocks, or even the
30、 computers we use every day. But through her work with radioactivity she can also be considered as the mother of the atomic bomb.5Madame Curies father was arrested because _.Ahe broke the law in PolandBhe taught Russian in PolandChe went to Russia without permissionDhe taught Polish which was forbid
31、den by Russia答案：D 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“when her father was caught because of teaching Polish, which had been made illegal under the Russian government”可知 ，她父亲因教波兰语被逮捕，故 D 项正确。6During World War ， Madame Curie _.Awent to hospitals to treat wounded soldiersBinvented the earliest moving Xray machineCtook a
32、lot of soldiers to hospitalsDtraveled and made records of the wounded soldiers答案：B 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“ . so she designed the first moving Xray machine and traveled with it . ”可知 B 项正确。7From the passage we can infer that Madame Curie _.Anamed Pierre for a larger labBstruggled for the two Nobel Prizes all
33、her lifeCdid some experiments which were harmful to her healthDdevoted her life to making inventions that would help soldiers答案：C 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段前两句“On July 4th, 1934, Marie Curie died in Paris, killed by one of her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning.”可推知，有些实验对她的健康是有害的。8The underlined
34、sentence in the last paragraph shows that Madame Curie _.Acould provide cancer treatments at that timeBcould make atomic bombs that brought dangerCchanged peoples lifestyles through her inventionsDdiscovered something that had both advantages and disadvantages答案：D 句意理解题。最后一段既提到她的贡献 ，也提到可称她为“原子弹之母” ，由此可知，居里夫人发现的物质(放射性元素)对于人类有有利和不利两个方面的影响。