1、Period Four GrammarCompound words he is very likely to be a Beethoven.10He was elected / monitor in our class.11She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on the top floor.12Tom owns a larger collection of / books than any other student in our class.13Now I am living in a city，but I
2、 miss my home in the countryside.14I was always interested to see the drivers in a hurry in the morning.15That day I didnt learn much about animals，insects or trees，but I learnt an impressive lesson about gravity!能力提升.完形填空Throughout history，people have been interested in knowing how language first b
3、egan，but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. 16 ，we do know a lot about 17 ，the languages of today and also the languages of 18 times.There are 19 about three thousand languages in the world today.Chinese is the language 20 the most speakers.English，Russian and Spanish are also spoken b
4、y many millions of people. 21 ，some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.There are several important 22 of languages in the world.For example，most of the languages of 23 are in one large family 24 the IndoEuropean language family.The original(最初的) language of this family was sp
5、oken about 4,500 years 25 .Many of the present languages of Europe and India are modern 26 of the language of 4,500 years ago.Languages are 27 changing.The English of today is very different 28 the English of 500 years ago.Over time some even 29 completely.About 1,000 years ago 30 was a little known
6、 relative of German 31 on one of the borders(边界) of Europe.If a language has 32 speakers or if it is very old，there may be 33 in the way it is spoken in different areas.That is，the language may have several 34 .Chinese is a good example of dialect differences.Chinese has been spoken for thousands of
7、 years by many millions of speakers.The differences among the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China 35 understand speakers from other parts.语 篇 解 读 本 文 主 要 说 明 了 语 言 的 起 源 及 变 化 。16A.But BSoCHowever DBesides答案 C解析 语言的起源一直是人们感兴趣的事情，但是没人确切地知道语言的起源究竟是怎样的。然而，
8、我们还是对语言有许多了解。but 后不能出现逗号，因此此处用 however 表转折。17A.English BhistoryCChinese Dlanguages答案 D解析 由上下文可知，此处讲的是对语言的认识，而不单纯是对汉语或英语的认识。空后的“the languages of. ”是提示。18A.earlier BlatterCmodern Dhard答案 A解析 人们对现在的语言以及更早的语言有所了解。由上下文可知此处与 today 对应。19A.frequently BprobablyCfluently Dgradually答案 B解析 现在世界上可能有大约三千种语言。proba
9、bly 可能，符合语境。frequently 频繁地；fluently 流利地；gradually 逐渐地。20A.for BwithCin Dof答案 B解析 由 with 引导的介词短语作定语，修饰 language，表示“汉语是使用人数最多的一种语言” 。21A.In a word BAt presentCOn the one hand DOn the other hand答案 D解析 上文提到汉语是使用人数最多的一种语言，接着又说英语、俄语和西班牙语也有数百万人使用，后文话锋一转讲到，还有不到一百人使用的语言。on the other hand 另一方面，符合语境。in a word
10、总之；at present 现在；on the one hand 一方面。22A.blocks BaccentsCfamilies Dchanges答案 C解析 由后面的内容可知语言有几大语系(family) 。 “For example，most of the language of are in one large family the IndoEuropean language family.”也是提示。block 块；accent口音；change 变化。23A.Europe BAsiaCAfrica DAmerica答案 A解析 由后面的“IndoEuropean language
11、family”可知，欧洲的大多数语言都属于一个大的语系印欧语系。24A.called BspokenCcalling Dspeaking答案 A解析 过去分词 called 作定语，表示 “被称作” 。25A.before BagoClater Dold答案 B解析 由前面的 was spoken 可知，此处应该用与一般过去时连用的 ago。before 用于完成时的句子中。26A.times BfamiliesCforms Dmembers答案 C解析 现在印度与欧洲的许多语言实际上就是 4 500 年以前的语言的现代形式(form)。27A.always BseldomCoften Dso
12、metimes答案 A解析 由下文可知，语言一直都在发展变化。always 与现在进行时态连用表示 “总是” 。28A.about BwithCin Dfrom答案 D解析 be different from 与不同，为固定短语。29A.die out Bdie awayCdie down Ddie off答案 A解析 随着时间的推移有些语言甚至完全消失了。die out 灭绝，消失，符合语境。die away 逐渐模糊，逐渐减弱； die down 逐渐变弱，暗淡；die off 相继死去。30A.Spanish BEnglishCChinese DRussian答案 B解析 一千年前的英语
13、还与欧洲边界地区人们讲的德语有亲戚关系。31A.called BtoldCspoken Dnamed答案 C解析 表示“讲(某种语言)”用 speak，此处用过去分词作定语表示被动。32A.a great deal of Ba fewCa little Da number of答案 D解析 讲某种语言的人多或某种语言很古老，那么不同地区人们说话的方式就有差别。A、C 项只修饰不可数名词；a few 表示“几个” ，意义不符。33A.speakers BdifferencesCidentity Dchanges答案 B解析 由上文可知此处指人们说话方式的不同(difference)。34A.di
14、alects BspellingsCusages Dexpressions答案 A解析 根据后一句中的 dialect differences 可知，一种语言可能有几种方言。 dialect 方言，符合语境。35A.mustnt Bmay notCwont Dcant答案 D解析 汉语方言的差别如此之大，以至于来自不同地区的人都无法相互沟通。此处表示“不会，不能” ，故用 cant。.语法填空The woman often called “the First Lady of New York” 36. (die) in August.Brooke Astor was one hundred a
15、nd five years old.The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life 37. (help) the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsmouth，New Hampshire.She was the only child of a highlevel military officer.After two earlier 38. (marry)，she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.He came
16、from a family 39. had been rich for at least one hundred years.Among other things，he owned many buildings in New York.Brooke Astor became one of the 40. (rich) women in the world when Vincent Astor died.She also became the head of a huge charity organization 41. (found) by her husband.Before Vincent
17、 died，he 42. (tell) her repeatedly that she would have fun giving 43. his money.And apparently she did.Brook Astor gave tens of millions of dollars mainly to places and people in New York.She gave financial support to the citys 44. (culture) centers as well as many other smaller charities.When she d
18、ied，the mayor of New York said the city would not be what 45. is today without her support.语篇解读 本文是记叙文。布鲁克阿斯特夫人在她的丈夫去世后，开始长期为纽约的公益事业进行捐赠，成为美国的慈善女王，人们称其为“纽约第一夫人” 。36答案 died解析 考查动词的时态。全文都用一般过去时叙述，故应填 died。37答案 helping解析 考查非谓语动词。sb.spend time (in) doing sth.意为“某人花时间做某事” ，为固定搭配，故填 helping。38答案 marriages
19、解析 考查名词复数。根据所填词前的 two earlier 可知，此处指在她的两次婚姻之后，故应填名词复数形式 marriages。39答案 that/which解析 考查关系代词。所填词引导定语从句，在从句中作主语，先行词为 a family，故应填 that/which。40答案 richest解析 考查形容词最高级。 “one of the形容词最高级复数名词”意为“最之一” ，为固定用法，故填 richest。41答案 founded解析 考查非谓语动词。found 意为“创办，建立” ，organization 与 found 是逻辑上的被动关系，故填过去分词 founded，作后置
20、定语。42答案 had told解析 考查动词的时态。分析语境可知，此处指“在文森特去世前，他曾不断地告诉她” ，应该用过去完成时，表示“过去的过去” ，故填 had told。43答案 away解析 考查副词。give away 意为“赠送，赠予” ，为固定搭配，故填 away。44答案 cultural解析 考查形容词。所填词作定语修饰名词 centers，故应填形容词 cultural，意为“文化的”。45答案 it解析 考查代词。分析句子结构可知，所填词在句中作表语从句的主语，指代上文提到的the city，故填 it。.读后续写阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故
21、事。A few years ago，my life was out of order.I had to try my best to make money for a living.In those days，I felt really sad and worried about everything around me.Whats worse，I had been quarreling with my husband about some legal problems.Though this was an unpleasant experience，Janice ，my lawyer，was
22、 very nice and helpful.At first，I was especially upset when I had to deal with a lawyer.She explained to me patiently how to solve the problems.I found that we had a lot in common during the conversation.Finally, we got on well with each other.I remember Janice sending me a bill for her services lat
23、er.It also came with an email.In the email， she said sorry for the cost and told me that she had already offered me the lowest price.I answered Janices email，telling her that those services were worth the money and giving thanks to her.Actually，in those poor days，saving every penny did matter a lot
24、to my family.However，I thought that it was really worthwhile to put an end to my marriage and reduce the loss.The next time I went to see Janice as a friend，she told me that she was so surprised and touched by my words in the email that she sent the email to her husband.Her husband was a partner in
25、the practice，and he in turn showed it to all the other partners.Janice jokingly said， “All the other partners including my husband said I should frame(装裱) your email！” Janices words and deep appreciation of my email got me thinking for a long time.I was thinking about how to frame my email.Maybe，I c
26、ould add a special picture to decorate my email.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；2至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：That evening， I surfed the Internet and found a picture of a beautiful orange sunset. Paragraph 2：When it was ready，I called on Janice in time. 参考范文T
27、hat evening，I surfed the Internet and found a picture of a beautiful orange sunset.Then I stuck my email onto the picture.I then brought it to a friend who is good at designing many things， and I asked him to make a framed email for me.Several days later，my friend sent the email which was framed bea
28、utifully back to me.What a nice framed email!When it was ready，I called on Janice in time.She was in a hurry to go out at that time，but she still stayed and let me walk into her office.I told her if she was to have a framed copy of my email， it should be given away to her from me.She was surprised，and kissed me.She said to me that she would find the best place to put it in her office.Later，I had a date with Janice，she showed me the framed email.It was across her desk，full view from her desk and placed between her Law Degrees!
