1、Section The Language Points of Reading课时作业( 一)对应学生用书 P15 完形填空It took me more than two hours to clean out the fridge and freezer last week. After I _1_ every drawer and threw away _2_ leftovers, I went to the grocery shop for the first time in months. Id run into the shop for a loaf of bread, milk, o
2、r eggs. I _3_ fruits and vegetables and cleaned and cut them into small pieces to store in my newly cleaned fridge. I _4_ clothes out from under the girls _5_ and washed them. I took threeinch piles of papers out of their school folders and read _6_ from their teachers.After a few months of working
3、like _7_， I spent last week working as “Momma”. When you are “The momma”， a lot of _8_ you feel like there is no one _9_ behind you to take up the chores (日常琐事). I cannot _10_ imagine how it must feel to be a(n) _11_ parent. But Im fortunate, because, as I _12_ myself in work, my house and my childr
4、ens _13_ didnt have to suffer.My husband, Zeb, _14_ up to take care of my kids and home. My mother came to stay with me for a couple of weeks _15_ Zeb travelled for work. Then there was Mrs Velma, my angel I sent straight home from heaven who does, as a matter of fact, clean my _16_ better than I ev
5、er could but who more _17_， fills my house with positive energy and wouldnt let me get _18_.Working parents all _19_ to find the balance between work and home, the job and family. I personally dont think that balance exists without _20_. While I was on the work end, my mom, Velma, Zeb and Madeleine,
6、 my babysitter, gave me help.篇 章 导 读 ： 本 文 是 一 篇 夹 叙 夹 议 文 ，讲 述 了 作 者 因 一 次 家 庭 大 扫 除 而 产 生 的 对 生 活 的 感 悟 ，工 作 和 家 庭 都 需 要 方 方 面 面 的 支 持 来 维 持 两 者 之 间 的 平 衡 。1A.searched Bemptied Cwatched Dnoticed答案：B 由上一句可知，作者是在清理冰箱，根据生活经验可知，作者将冰箱的每个抽屉都倒空(emptied)了。2A.broken Bseparated Cunrecognizable Ddifferent答案：
7、C 根据生活常识，作者在清理冰箱的过程中，将一些已经辨认不出(unrecognizable)是什么东西的剩饭菜扔掉了。3A.judged Bsent Cbought Dtook答案：C 根据本段的第一句话可知，作者到商店里采购食物，所以此处应该是购买(bought) 了一些水果和蔬菜，洗净切好并储存在刚刚清理好的冰箱里。4A.kicked Bput Cpicked Ddug答案：D 根据后半句中“and washed them”并结合生活经验可推知，作者从女儿的床下面翻出(dig out)穿脏的衣服拿去洗涤。5A.boxes Bcupboards Cbeds Dtables答案：C boxes
8、 “盒子” ；cupboards “橱柜” ；beds “床” ；tables “桌子” 。根据生活常识，一般情况下，孩子们最容易把脏衣服堆放在床(bed)下面。6A.notes Bblame C instructions Darticles答案：A 根据上半句可知，作者从孩子们的文件夹中拿出他们平时考试的试卷，结合生活常识可知，试卷上一般会有老师的批注，所以此处作者是在阅读老师在试卷上给孩子们的批注(notes) 。7A.blind Bcrazy C mindless Dangry答案：B “like crazy”是固定表达，意为“拼命地；极快地” ，形容快速地完成很多的事情。8A.ways
9、 Baspects C times Dmoments答案：C 结合语境，作者此处是在倾诉，作为一名母亲，很多时候(times)会感到孤立无援。9A.hiding Brunning C standing Dcalling答案：C 承接上一句的语境，作为一名母亲，你总会有很多时候感到没有人在背后支持你，帮助你处理琐碎的事情。此处“stand behind sb.”是比喻用法，本意为“站在某人的身后” ，此处指“帮助某人” 。10A.still Byet C already Deven答案：D 根据下文的语境可知，作者很庆幸自己有很多人在自己的周围帮助自己，所以她甚至(even)都不敢想如果自己是一
10、位单身母亲的话，会是一种什么样的感受。11A.strict Bloving Csingle Dhardworking答案：C 此处是说无法想象自己如果是单身母亲会是怎样的情景。故选C 项。12A.stick Bdevote Cabsorb Dinvolve答案：D “involve sb. in .”是固定搭配，意为“忙于” 。此处意为“当我忙于工作的时候” 。13A.lives Bstudy Chomework Drelationship答案：A 根据下一段可知，正是由于周围亲人朋友的帮助，作者的家和孩子的生活(lives)才没有受到很大的影响。14A.woke Bstepped C put
11、 Dgot答案：B stepped up 本意为“走上前来，站出来” ，此处可视为其引申意“采取行动准备帮助做某事或分担责任” 。这里指作者的丈夫总是“站出来(准备)”帮助作者照顾孩子和处理家务。15A.before Bsince Cwhile Dif答案：C 在作者的丈夫 Zeb 出差期间，作者的母亲过来陪她待了几个星期。while 引导时间状语从句时，表示“在期间” ，后面常接延续性动词或状态动词。16A.bedroom Byard Croad Dhouse答案：D 根据下一句中的“fills my house with .”可知，Velma 不仅将家里(house)清理得比作者更干净，而
12、且让这个家庭充满了正能量。17A.luckily Bgladly Cimportantly Ddiligently答案：C 上半句提到的是 Velma 给这个家庭带来的外在的变化，而下半句提到的是精神方面的变化，所以使用 importantly(更重要的是)，符合语境。18A.angry Bpleased Crelaxed Ddiscouraged答案：D 根据空格前面的“fills my house with positive energy”可知，Velma使作者家里充满了正能量，让作者不再感到沮丧(discourage)。19A.deserve Bstruggle Ckeep Dconti
13、nue答案：B 根据生活经验，上班的那些父母们都在“奋力地/艰难地”(struggle)想在工作和家庭之间寻求一种平衡。20A.effort BknowledgeCsupport Djudgement答案：C 根据下一句的提示可知，作者在此处是要强调，没有来自方方面面的支持(support) ，那种平衡是不可能存在的。 阅读理解AAll right! Enough cookies, cola, and chips! It seems that junk food is all that the children want to eat these days. Television contro
14、ls their tastes. The kids see wellknown people eating potato chips, candy and other processed food, and W1they want to be like their heroes. How do they do it? They eat the same food. I wish there were more characters like old Popeye, the sailor, who ate spinach and not French fries.Now I expect my
15、children to eat healthy food because I like brown rice (糙米), beans, and fresh vegetables. Im glad to cook traditional meals of meat and potatoes for them. I really cant be too upset with the kids because most adults arent careful Pabout what they eat. The other night, my wife and I went to a party w
16、here there was plenty to drink but very little for us to eat. They served hot dogs, with all those preservatives (防腐剂),and hamburgers were filled with chemicals so that they looked better. Besides the meat, they had sugarfilled cookies and cake, and of course, chips. I dont want the world to change
17、because of me, but I think that people should realize that there are alternatives to eating meat. They always tell me that I probably dont get my essential proteins (蛋白质). I feel better than ever and Im sure that W2its because Im a vegetarian (素食主义者). I would really like to see more television adver
18、tisements which show the benefits of good, healthy, and natural food.篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。文章讲述了作者对垃圾食品的认识，对现在孩子在电视广告的影响下喜欢吃垃圾食品表示了担忧，建议电视广告多推广健康食品。1According to the passage, it seems that _.Athe children like to have fried chicken onlyB the kids prefer to have cold drinks but not junk foodC canned food is
19、the only one that the kids enjoy mostDthe children like nothing better than junk food：cookies and chips答案：D 细节理解题。由文章第一段第二、四句可知孩子们喜欢吃的似乎都是垃圾食品。2Hamburgers look better _.Abut taste badB because they are treated with chemicalsC so the narrator prefers them to hot dogsDand the narrator expects the chil
20、dren to eat them答案：B 细节理解题。从文章第三段第二句可知，汉堡包中加了化学制剂以使其外表美观，故选 B。3The narrator is a vegetarian, so people doubt very much _.Awhy he goes to the partyB whether he gets enough proteinC whether he is healthy and strongDwhether he allows his children to eat meat答案：B 细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“They always tell me that
21、 I probably dont get my essential proteins (蛋白质) ”可知答案为 B。W重 点 单 词1process v. 加工，处理2essential adj. 基本的， 必要的P重 点 短 语be upset with 生的气；对 感到不快BGiving your child a chocolate bar for him to finish his maths homework is an excellent idea, according to researchers who claim that the yummy treat could W1imp
22、rove the brains ability to do the most “dreadful” subject. The study, presented at the British Psychological Society annual conference, is great news for students who binge on (暴食) chocolate when revising for exams.For the study, 30 volunteers were asked to count backwards in groups of three from a
23、number between 800 and 999 created by a computer. The findings show that they could do the calculations more quickly and more accurately after they had W2been given the cocoa drink.However, the same was not true when the group was asked to count backwards in groups of seven, which the researchers de
24、scribed as a more complex task, requiring a slightly different part of the brain. The findings also show that the volunteers did not get as tired doing the calculations if they had been given the cocoa drink, despite being asked to do them over and over for an hour. The flavanols (黄烷醇) work by incre
25、asing the flow of blood into the brain. Dark chocolate contains higher quantities of the chemical than plain or milk chocolate. Prof David Kennedy P1at Northumbria University said that chocolate could be beneficial for mentally challenging tasks. The researchers gave the volunteers a total of 500 mg
26、 of flavanol. Although the amount was too great to be found naturally in the diet, researchers said that people should ensure that they have lots of flavanols. “The more fruit and vegetables and things that are high in flavanols, the better that is for your brain in the long run .” P24The researcher
27、s tend to think that _.Achocolate is good for childrens healthB delicious food improves the brains abilityC maths is difficult for children to learnDall students like eating chocolate for exams答案：C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的关键信息“the most dreadful subject”可知，数学对孩子们来说是难学的一门功课。5How did the volunteers calculations g
28、et improved after the drink?AHot drink helps students operate computers faster.B Hot drink is likely to speed up the brains activity.C The flavanols help more blood flow into the brain.DThe flavanols are chemicals that make people relaxed.答案：C 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“The flavanols (黄烷醇) work by increasing th
29、e flow of blood into the brain.”可知，黄烷醇能够促进大脑的血液循环。6Which of the following contains the most flavanols?ADark chocolate. BPlain chocolate.C Milk chocolate. DFruit.答案：A 细节理解题。由第三段第四句“Dark chocolate contains higher quantities of the chemical than plain or milk chocolate.”以及倒数第二句中的“the amount was too gre
30、at to be found naturally in the diet”可知，黑巧克力的黄烷醇含量最高。7It can be concluded from the last paragraph that _. Aflavanols can help solve more complex problemsB lower doses of flavanol have no effect on the brainC people should eat more vegetables instead of chocolateDstudents should have enough flavanols
31、 in the daily diet答案：D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一句可知，学生们应该从日常饮食中获取足够的黄烷醇，因为这样从长期来看是对大脑有益处的。W重 点 单 词1yummy adj. 美味的2accurately adv. 准确地P重 点 短 语1quantities of 大量的2in the long run 从长远来看 七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。As youre busy with your studies, the weeks during the Spring Festival can be a time wh
32、en training and healthy eating plans go out of the window. But you can continue running and avoid weight gain during the holiday season. _1_Pick a raceHaving a race on your calendar (日历) is a motivation to keep running during the holiday. _2_ Check our active. com or Running in the City for events n
33、ear you.Dont skip breakfastIf youre going to a holiday party in the evening, dont make the mistake of skipping breakfast. You may think youre saving calories for later. _3_Bring your own healthy dishesChances are that most of the dishes at holiday gatherings are going to be high in calories. Bring y
34、our own healthy appetizers (开胃品 ) to the party. The host will appreciate it, and you know there will be at least one wise choice on the buffet table._4_If youre heading to an evening event, eat regular meals and snacks every few hours up until party time. You wont arrive at the party ready to attack
35、 appetizers. Make sure you include fiber at each meal because it keeps you full longer.Plan your runsIts easy to say that youll keep running regularly during the holiday season, but sticking to it requires a strategy. Schedule your runs like appointments, so you make them the first thing during a bu
36、sy week. _5_ATreat yourself.BEat small meals.CTry some or all of these strategies (策略)DIn fact, it may lead to overeating later in the day.EBuy yourself a gift of some new running shoes and clothes.FIf you have runs scheduled, you are more likely to get them done.GOnce you choose one that is in a fe
37、w weeks, set a plan and stick to it.1C 根据上文中的“But you can continue running and avoid weight gain during the holiday season.”和下文提出的一些建议可知， C 项是对全文总体的概括，符合此处语境。2G 根据本段小标题和上文“Having a race on your calendar (日历) is a motivation to keep running during the holiday.”可知，本段主要讲选择比赛对坚持跑步的影响。故选 G。3D 根据上文“If you
38、re going to a holiday party in the evening, dont make the mistake of skipping breakfast. You may think you re saving calories for later.”可知，设空处应描述不吃早餐的不良后果，故 D 项 (实际上，这会导致在一天中的晚些时候吃得过多)符合语境。4B 根据下文“If youre heading to an evening event，eat regular meals and snacks every few hours up until party time.”可知，这段是说：少吃多餐。故选 B。5F 根据上文 “Schedule your runs like appointments, so you make them the first thing during a busy week.”可知，这里是说：一旦有了跑步计划，就更有可能完成它们。故选 F。
