Learning about Language第二课时 公开课

Ⅰ.Match the following paragraphs with their main ideas.

Para. 1

A．Lala and her families made preparations for the feast. Para. 2

B．The description of Dahu. Para. 3

C．How did Dahu make tools? Para. 4

D．Lala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the one last year. 答案：Paras. 1～4

DABC Ⅱ. Choose the best answer according to the text. 1．Why did Lala accelerate her walk? A．Because she was very hungry. B．Because she feared her husband would get angry. C．Because she had to prepare for her feast. D．Because she feared there might be wild animals attacking her. 2．Lala was happy last year because . A．she was lucky to be chosen by Dahu

B．she didn't have to prepare for the feast

C．her husband loved her very much

D．she was together with her sister and mother 3．We can infer from the text that Lala was . A．tired of her life B．worried about her life C．satisfied with her life D．disappointed with her life 4．What is the main idea of the passage? A．The marriage life of Lala and Dahu. B．The separate responsibilities of men and women. C．The difference between early life and modern life. D．The preparation work for a feast. 答案：1～4

DACD

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．My mother is beginning to get wrinkles (皱纹) around her eyes. 2．The police managed to arrest (逮捕) the escaped prisoner and sent him back to prison. 3．The usual place to feel someone's pulse (脉搏) is on his wrist. 4．If you produce a piece of writing without any punctuation(标点符号), it's very difficult to understand. 5．Those difficult math problems made me dizzy (困惑的), not knowing how to work them out.

6．There are more than 200 children in this kindergarten (幼儿园), most of whom come from the nearby villages. 7．In many countries, it is considered rude to spit (吐痰) in public. 8．She somehow (不知怎么地) got lost on her way home. 9．Your name has been deleted (删除) from the list. Ⅱ.拓展词汇

1．system n．系统→systematicadj.有系统的；有计划的

2．divide vt.分开→divisionn．划分

3．acceleratevi.&vt.加速→acceleration n．加速

4．skill n．技巧→skilfuladj.有技巧的；熟练的

5．significancen．意义；意思；重要性；重要意义→significant adj.重要的

6．applaudvi.&vt.鼓掌欢迎；赞赏→applause n．鼓掌

7．reception n．接待；欢迎；招待会；接待处→receptionistn．接待员；招待员→receive vt.&vi.收到；接到；接纳；接待

[巧记单词]

例词

规律

significance adj.去t＋ce→n. 派生词

receptionist n.＋ist→n. Ⅲ.补全短语

1．fed up with

受够了；饱受；厌烦

2．look ahead向前看；为将来打算

3．dateback (to ...)

追溯到；始于

4．lie in wait for隐蔽静候以出人不意

5．keep out阻止……进入

6．on behalfof

代表

7．referto 谈到；参考

8．break out(战争，疾病，火灾等的)突然发生

1．[教材原句]If only she had looked ahead and planned better this year!

要是她今年早有预见，计划得更好些就好了。

[句型点拨]此句用了虚拟语气。if only ...意为“要是……就好了”。

[佳句赏析]Look at the trouble I am in. If only I had followed his advice! 看看我所处的困境，要是我接受他的建议就好了！

2．[教材原句]She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped. 快到目的地的时候，一阵香气扑鼻，她停下来，不往前走了。

[句型点拨]本句为“had almost/just done sth. when ...”句型，when用作并列连词，意为“就在这时(突然)”，相当于“and (just) then”或“and at that time”。

[佳句赏析]I had almost gone to bed when someone knocked at the door. 我刚上床睡觉，这时有人敲门了。

3．[教材原句]Abruptly she sat down, only to be scooped up by her laughing, shouting sister, Luna. 她突然坐了下来，结果被又笑又叫的妹妹露娜一把抱了起来。

[句型点拨]only to do“不料；结果……”，动词不定式作结果状语，表示意想不到的情况。

[佳句赏析]He hurried to the theatre, only to be told that the tickets had been sold out. 他匆匆忙忙地赶到剧院，结果被告知票已售完。

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THE FEAST：18,000 BC

Worried about the preparations for her feast, Lala quickly turned for home with her collection of nuts, melons and other fruit. It was the custom of family groups to separate and then gather again at different sites for reunions as they followed the animal herds across the grasslands. A wrinkle appeared on her forehead. If only it could be just like last year! At that time she had been so happy when Dahu chose her as the future mother of his children. He was the best toolmaker in the group and it was a great honour for her to be chosen. She remembered the blood pulsing through her veins. She had felt so proud as the group shouted loudly to applaud his choice. If only she had looked ahead and planned better this year! Then she wouldn't have been feeling so worried now. Having heard wolves howling in the forest, Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing that there might be wild beasts lying in wait for her. She had no man with his spear to protect her. She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped. So the men had brought home the meat for the feast! The smell of cooking meat filled the air surrounding her, and her senses became dizzy with hunger. She could see her mother and the older children preparing the deer and pig meat over the fire. Her aunts were making clothes with animal skins. Abruptly she sat down, only to be scooped up by her laughing, shouting sister, Luna. Lala smiled with relief. It was good to have her family around her. Just then a tall man came up behind her. He had a large, square face, with strongly pronounced eyebrows and cheekbones. Over his shoulder he carried several fish and some pieces of wood under his arm. Lala smiled and handed some stone scrapers over to Dahu, who smiled and went outside the cave to begin his task. First he looked carefully at the scrapers and then went to a corner of the cave and pulled out chose one large stone and began to use it like a hammer striking the edge of the scraper that needed sharpening. Now and then Dahu would stop, look at it and try it against his hand before continuing his task. He stopped when he felt the scrapers were sharp enough to cut up the meat and scrape the fish. As he passed them to Lala, the first of the guests from the neighbouring caves began to arrive for dinner. Lala's spirits rose. Yes, it was going to be just as wonderful as last year! She smiled to herself gaily and went out of the cave to welcome her friends and neighbours. 公元前18 000年的一次盛宴

拉拉担心她这次盛宴的准备工作，所以赶紧把坚果、瓜和其他水果收集起来就快步回家了。由于在草原上放牧，家族成员先分散开，然后在不同的地方相聚，这是他们的一个习俗。她的额头出现了一道皱纹。要是能像去年那样就好了！当大胡选拉拉作未来孩子的母亲时，她觉得非常高兴。他是这个家族中最好的工匠，被他选中对拉拉来说是莫大的荣幸。她记得当时血脉加快，心情激动。当族人为大胡的选择欢呼鼓掌的时候，拉拉觉得非常自豪。要是她今年早有预见，计划得更好些就好了！那么她现在就不会这么担心了。

听见狼群在森林里嗥叫，拉拉加快了回洞穴的步伐，担心会有野兽在等着她。她身边没有男人拿着矛来保护她。快到达目的地的时候，一阵香气扑鼻，她停了下来，不往前走了。原来男人们为这次盛宴把肉带回了家！烤肉的香味弥漫在周围的空气中，她因为饥饿而感到眩晕。她看到母亲和大一些的孩子在烧烤鹿肉和猪肉。她的姨妈们在用兽皮做衣服。突然间她坐了下来，却又被她那又笑又叫的妹妹露娜一把抱了起来，拉拉宽慰地笑了，跟家人在一起实在是太好啦。

就在那时，一个高个子男人从她身后走了过来。他有一张宽大的方脸，眉毛很浓，颧骨凸出，肩上扛着几条鱼，腋下夹着一些木头。拉拉对大胡微笑着，递给他一些石头做的刮子。大胡也笑着，走出洞穴，开始工作。

他先朝这些石刮子仔细瞧了瞧，然后走到洞穴的一个角落，拖出来更多的工具。这些工具同其他一些锐利的箭头和石斧头堆放在一起。他选了一块大石头，开始用它作锤子敲打一个需要磨快的石刮子边沿。他时不时地停下来看看，在手上试一试，然后再继续工作。当他觉得石刮子够快，能够切碎肉并能刮鱼鳞了，他才停下来。他把它们递给拉拉，这时候，来自邻近洞穴的第一批客人就开始来吃饭了。拉拉的情绪高涨起来。是的，今年的盛宴一定会

跟去年一样热闹！她高兴地自己笑着，走出洞穴，去欢迎她的朋友和邻居。

1．His university was aware of the significance of his work. (P40) 他(所在的)的大学意识到了他(这项)工作的重要性。

★significance n．意义；意思；重大意义；重要性

(1)of great significance (to)(对……)非常重要

of little significance

不重要

(2)significant adj.

有意义的；意味深长的；重要的；重大的

①I am delighted to have been invited to your school to talk to you about the history and significance of the Olympic Games. 我很高兴应邀前来贵校，跟大家讲述有关奥运会的历史及其重要性。

②The proposals they put forward at the meeting were of little significance. 他们在会上提出的建议无足轻重。

③For me, that realization is one of the most significant (significance) breakthroughs. 对于我来说，意识到这一点是最显著的突破之一。

2．Somehow he cycled thirty miles to Dr Black because there was no alternative means of transport. (P40) 不知何故，他骑车30英里去拜访布莱克博士，因为没有其他交通方式。

★somehow adv.不知怎么地；以……的方式

somewhat

稍微；有点

anyhow (＝anyway)

无论如何；不管怎样

①Somehow we know in our hearts that it is not supposed to be this way.

不知为何我们在心中知道它不应该是这个样子的。

②Things have changed somewhat since then. 从那时候起，情况就有些不一样了。

③Anyhow,he must have eaten a lot because now he is fat.

无论如何，他一定吃了很多东西，因为现在他胖了。

3．Well, I'm fed up with all the attention and ... (P41) 好吧，我厌烦了所有的关注并且……

★fed up with受够了；饱受；厌烦

feed sb./sth. on sth.用……来喂养……

feed sth. to sb./sth.feed on ...

(动物)以……为食

live on ...

(多指人)以……为衣食；靠……生活

①I'm really fed up with such changeable weather. 我真的受够了这种多变的天气。

②The mother feeds biscuits to her baby. 那位母亲喂她的孩子饼干吃。

[串记]

Cows feed on grass, and my work is to feed them on grass every day. But I am fed up with feeding grass to cows and I am trying making a robot to work in place of me. 牛以草为食，我的工作就是每天用草喂养它们。但是我厌烦了给它们喂草，我正试着制造一个机器人来代替我工作。

[联想]

表示“讨厌；厌烦”的短语还有：

①be tired of (doing) sth.

对(做)……感到厌烦

②can't put up with无法忍受；对……感到厌烦

③be sick of

对……厌恶(讨厌的程度最重) 4．She had felt so proud as the group shouted loudly to applaud his choice. (P43)

部落成员为他的选择大声喝彩时，她感到很自豪。

★applaud vi.& vt.鼓掌欢迎；赞赏

①Everyone present at the meeting stood up to applaud. 所有出席会议的人们都站起来鼓掌(欢迎)。

applaud sb. for sth.

因某事而赞扬某人

applaud one's choice/courage/ambition

赞许某人的选择/勇气/雄心

②The audience applauded the singer for her successful performance. 观众为这位歌手成功的表演鼓掌。

5．If only she had looked ahead and planned better this year! (P43) 要是她今年早有预见，计划得更好些就好了。

★if only ...引导的是一种虚拟语气的感叹句，意为“但愿/如果……就好了”，它还可以用来引导虚拟语气的条件句。

(1)表示目前较难实现的愿望时使用if only sb. did/were ... (2)表示与过去事实相反的愿望时使用if only sb. had done ... (3)表示与将来事实相反的愿望时使用if only sb. would/could do ... ①If only I were slimmer, then I would be happier. 要是我更苗条就好了，那么我就会更开心。

②If only I had taken (take) her advice, everything would have been right. 要是我采纳了她的建议，一切就都好了。

③(2014·全国卷Ⅰ书面表达)If only I could work in a computer company as a program designer in ten years. 十年后我要是能在一家电脑公司里做程序设计师该多好啊。

[联想]

only if“只有……”，only if本身不是一个固定词组。only是副词，用来修饰整个if从句。若用于句首，主句要部分倒装。

④Only if you practice more can you speak English well.

你只有多练习，才能说好英语。

★look ahead向前看；为将来打算

⑤Look ahead in the distance, and you can see the lights of the village. 往远处看，你便可以看见村庄里的灯光。

look ahead to ...展望……；考虑……

look into

往……里面看；调查

look up

抬头看；(在词典或参考书中)查阅

look up to

尊敬；敬仰

look back (on)

回顾

look forward to

盼望；期望

⑥Young people often look ahead tothe future while the elderly look back on the past. 青年人常看将来，老年人常思既往。

⑦Usually the little kids are looking forward to the festivals. 通常小孩子们都盼望节日。

6．She had almost reached her destination when a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped. (P43) 快到目的地的时候，一阵香气扑鼻，她停下来，不往前走了。

★arrest vt.逮捕；吸引n.逮捕；拘留

arrest sb. for (doing) sth.因(做)某事而逮捕某人

arrest one's attention

引起某人的注意

under arrest

被捕

①The bright colours of the flowers arrested the girl's attention. 花的艳丽色彩引起了那姑娘的注意。

②He wasarrested (arrest) for causing a serious car accident last month. 上个月他因造成严重车祸而被逮捕。

③The young man was under arrest in connection with the drug smuggling operation. 这个年轻人因涉嫌毒品走私而被捕。

[串记]

The headmaster of the school got arrested the other day and was still under arrest, which arrested the attention of the public. 这个学校的校长前几天被逮捕了，现在还在关押中，这引起了公众的注意。

7．Abruptly she sat down, only to be scooped up by her laughing, shouting sister, Luna. 她突然坐了下来，结果被又笑又叫的妹妹露娜一把抱了起来。

★(1)“only＋不定式”结构通常在句中作结果状语，表示出乎意料或令人失望的结果。句中不定式与句子的主语是被动关系时，不定式用被动形式。

①I hurried to the post office only to find it closed. 我匆匆地去邮局，却发现它已经关门了。

②Tom waited overnight only to be told they weren't even selling tickets to his town. 汤姆排了一晚上队，却被告知不卖开向他家的火车票。

(2)现在分词作结果状语表示必然的或合乎逻辑的结果，常置于句尾，

其前可以加thus。

③The sun began to rise in the sky, bathing (bathe) the mountain in golden light. 天空中太阳开始升起，使山脉沐浴在金色的阳光中。

8．All the objects are from the same excavation site in Sanxingdui and can be dated back to

between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. (P44) 所有的物品都来自于三星堆的一个挖掘点，时间可以追溯到3 000到5 000年前。

★date back to (＝date from)追溯到……；始于……

①The Forbidden City in Beijing dates back to 1406. 北京故宫始建于1406年。

②According to the expert, the temple has a history dating from/back to the early Tang Dynasty. 那个专家说这座寺庙历史悠久，可追溯到初唐时期。

[点津]

追溯是从现在算起指向过去，所以这个短语常用一般现在时，而不用一般过去时。作后置定语时，常用现在分词。

out of date

过时的

up to date

最新的

to date

到目前为止

③Cassette tape recorders are out of date now. 现在，盒式磁带录音机过时了。

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．After many years' practice, she now is skilful (skill) in playing almost all kinds of music. 2．The famous star was applauded (applaud) as she came on stage. 3．Fifteen persons were under arrest because of the serious violence. 4．Tom was about to close the window when his attention was caught by a bird. 5．If only Ihadn't told (not tell) him the bad news then. 6．Don't you get fed up with the same thing every day? 7．She came to the station only to be told (tell) the train had left. 8．I'm looking forward to meeting (meet) you again. 9．Having finished (finish) his homework, Tom went to play basketball.

10．There are no significant (significance) differences between the two groups of students. Ⅱ.完成句子

1．Everyone shouldlook ahead and save a little money each year for his retirement. 每个人都应为将来计划，每年为退休存点钱。

2. If onlythe whole family could be united during the Spring Festival this year! 今年春节全家能团圆就好了！

3．Don't worry, we'll get the money back somehow. 别担心，我们总会把那些钱拿回来的。

4．A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand. 许多好的土地也随之消失了，留下来的只是沙漠。

5．Only if a teacher has given permission is a student allowed to enter the room. 只有得到老师的允许，学生才可以进入这个房间。

Ⅲ.句型转换

1．This stone bridge dates back 3,000 years. →This stone bridge datesfrom/backto 3,000 years ago. →This stone bridge hasahistoryof 3,000 years. 2．The plan to be carried out is greatly significant to people's life here. →The plan to be carried out is ofgreatsignificance to people's life here. 3．That rich man is tired of city life, so he is content to live in the country. →That rich man isfedupwith city life, so he is content to live in the country.

[对应学生课下能力提升(十九)] Ⅰ.根据提示写出单词的正确形式

1．She took a mouthful of food and then suddenly spat/spit (吐出) it out. 2．He didn't mean to, but he deleted (删除) the files by accident. 3．I could hear the wolves howling (嗥叫) in the forest. 4．The police have arrested (逮捕) almost everybody who is involved in the murder. 5．The children ran in a circle until they were dizzy(晕眩的)．

6．Wrinkles (皱纹) are lines which form on someone's face as they grow old. 7．My mother suggested that I should have a systematic(system) way of organizing my work. 8．One of the three sons was not pleased with the division(divide) of the father's money. 9．With the help of his teacher, John soon became very

skilful (skill) in dealing with the technical problems. 10．The new discovery of oil is of great significance (significant) to the country's economy. Ⅱ.选词填空

be fed up with，

refer to，

lie in wait for，

date back to，

make sure，

on behalf of，

break out，

look ahead

1．When I am faced with difficulty, I usually choose to refer to relevant learning materials or Web pages. 2．I am fed up with his laziness and carelessness. 3．Chinese currency can date back to two thousand years ago. 4．The police spend a few days lying in wait for the suspected man. 5．Whenever we are in trouble, we mustlook ahead and encourage ourselves. 6．A terrible fire broke out in the city last week. 7．I suggested choosing some students to see the singer on behalf of the whole class. 8．Tomake sure that he was at home, I called him up in advance. Ⅲ.完成句子

1．lf only my mother were here with me now! 要是母亲现在和我在一起就好了！

2. Having collected all the information,he began to analyze it. 收集完所有的信息，他开始分析这些信息。

3．The mother loved her children and let them have their way, only to spoil them. 这位母亲爱她的孩子，孩子们要怎样就怎样，结果却宠坏了他们。

4．The solution he put forward for the problem was of great significance. 他提出的解决这个问题的措施很重要。

5．I had just finished my test paper when the bell rang, announcing that the exam was over. 我刚做完试卷，这时铃就响了，宣告着考试结束了。

Ⅳ.完形填空

When Sue Strong's apartment grew quiet in the afternoon, she wasn't too surprised to find her companion Henri surrounded by opened jars and entertaining herself with fruits. Life with Henri is never

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. But Henri is not a(n)

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roommate. She is one of the 50 working simians (猿猴) in the Helping Hands program, which trains monkeys to

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those who are permanently unable to use their arms and legs with daytoday tasks. For the past 18 years, Henri has been

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with Strong, who became paralyzed (瘫痪的) in a car accident. Henri can turn on the TV, switch the lights on and off, and bring Strong a drink when she's

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.“Henri is a great

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to me，”

Strong said. “I can' t

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what life would be without her.” Strong has an assistant who comes to her home each morning and night to help her. When the assistant

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Henri takes over, allowing Strong to stay alone for hours.“Without an assistant or family member around to help, if I drop the stick I hold in my

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to lift light switches, I would be in the

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she said.“With Henri, I can spend eight hours alone and be

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.”

When Strong needs something, she

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the object she wants with a mouth-operated laser light (激光)，which is attached to her chair. “Henri is

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to look for the laser light，”

Strong said. “When she sees the object I

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she knows what to do.”

Henri is also trained to fetch and

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jars of juice and place sandwiches in a holder. “With Henri, I usually find that I'm sharing my food with her，”

Strong said. The two have grown so

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over the years that Strong considers Henri part of the

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. Not only does Henri help Strong with

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tasks，she also makes Strong

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with her playfulness. While people are sometimes shy about talking to Strong when she is out alone, everyone

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to talk to her when she is with Henri. 语篇解读：本文是记叙文。文章讲述了一个四肢瘫痪的人在猴子的帮助下生活的故事。

1．A.exciting

B．boring C．healthy

D．busy

解析：选B

由第一段中的“she wasn't too surprised to find her companion Henri surrounded by opened jars and entertaining herself with fruits”可知，和Henri在一起的生活从不单调。

boring“单调的”。

2．A.good

B．important C．peaceful

D．common

解析：选D

由下文的“She is one of the 50 working simians (猿猴) in the Helping Hands program”可知，Henri不是一个普通的室友。common“普通的”。

3．A.entertain

B．treat C．assist

D．save 解析：选C

由第三段中的“Henri can turn on the TV, switch the lights on and off, and bring Strong a drink ... ”可知，该项目训练猴子们帮助那些四肢瘫痪的人。帮助“assist”。

4．A.playing

B．living C．working

D．talking 解析：选B

由上下文可知，Henri应该是和Strong“住”在一起。

5．A.thirsty

B．hungry C．angry

D．sick

解析：选A

由上文的“bring Strong a drink”可知，此处是说当Strong“口渴”的时候。

6．A.teacher

B．help C．success

D．toy 解析：选B

由下文的“Henri takes over, allowing Strong to stay alone for hours”可知，Henri对Strong的帮助很大故选“help”。

7．A.imagine

B．expect C．believe

D．tell 解析：选A

Henri对Strong的帮助很大，因而她无法“想象”没有Henri的生活会是什么样子。

8．A.calls

B．visits C．leaves

D．stops

解析：选C

由下文的“Henri takes over, allowing Strong to stay alone for hours”可知，此处是说当助手“离开”时，Henri就接过助手的工作。

9．A.hand

B．foot C．mouth

D．arm

解析：选C

由第二段中的“those who are permanently unable to use their arms and legs”及第三段中的“who became paralyzed (瘫痪的) in a car accident”可知，Strong四肢瘫痪，只能用“嘴”来咬住棍子。

10．A.future

B．crowd C．park

D．dark

解析：选D

由上文的“if I drop the stick I hold ... to lift light switches”可知，如果Strong把用来开灯的棍子掉了，她将处在“黑暗”中。

11．A.special

B．normal C．fine

D．proud

解析：选C

有了Henri，Strong可以单独呆八个小时而没有问题。故选“fine”。

12．A.points at

B．looks at C．searches for

D．heads for

解析：选A

由下文的“with a mouthoperated laser light”可知，此处应该是说Strong把激光指向她想要的东西。points at“指向”。

13．A.asked

B．trained C．persuaded

D．forced

解析：选B

由下文的“Henri is also trained to fetch ...”可知，此处是说Henri被“训练”寻找激光。

14．A.buy

B．need C．get

D．like

解析：选B

由上文的“When Strong needs something”可知，此处是说当Henri在激光的指引下看到Strong“需要”的东西时就知道该做什么。

15．A.break

B．fill C．destroy

D．open

解析：选D

由下文的“place sandwiches in a holder”及“I usually find that I'm sharing my food with her”可推测，Henri被训练去取并“打开”果汁瓶。

16．A.strong

B．different C．close

D．warm

解析：选C

由上文的“I usually find that I'm sharing my food with her”可推测，多年来Henri和Strong关系已经很“亲密”。

17．A.room

B．family C．program

D．game

解析：选B

Strong把Henri视为“家庭”的一部分。

18．A.hard

B．huge C．daily

D．pleasant

解析：选C

由第二段中的“with daytoday tasks”及第三、四段中的描述可知，Henri帮Strong处理日常事务。daily“日常的”。

19．A.happy

B．lucky C．afraid

D．active

解析：选A

由下文的“with her playfulness”可知，Henri还能使Strong“快乐”。

20．A.chooses

B．plans C．promises

D．wants 解析：选D

在“While people are sometimes shy about talking to Strong when she is out alone”中，

While起转折作用，故此处应该是说当Strong和Henri在一起时每个人都“想”和她聊天。

Ⅴ.阅读理解

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The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum lies in the National Mall in Washington, D．C.Founded in 1976, the museum has the largest and most important collection of air and space artifacts (人工制品)．It receives more than 8 million visitors per year, making it the most visited museum in America. What You'll Find

In the museum, you'll find thousands of objects.The most valuable ones are the 1903 Wright Flyer, Lindbergh's

socalled“Spirit of St.Louis”，

the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia and a lunar rock you can touch. This museum also has an IMAX theater, a planetarium (天文馆) and a building from which you can watch the stars, the weather, etc.Daily tours are offered and educational events are available for children and adults.The museum also features science story times for younger children. Plan Your Visit

Regular hours are from 10 am to 5：30 pm, but the museum does not close until 7：30 pm during the summer.There is limited metered street parking available, as well as several local parking areas, including two blocks south at 6th and C Street SW, however, the easiest way to reach the museum is by underground or Metrobus.The closest Metro stop is Smithsonian, on the Blue and Orange lines. The 32, 34 and 36 Metrobus routes will all take you to the National Mall. 语篇解读：本文为应用文，题材为新闻广告类。本文主要介绍了史密森尼国家航空航天博物馆的展品、活动、开馆时间及附近的交通情况。

1．The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum . A．is the largest museum in the US B．has the longest history in the US C．is a museum mainly designed for kids D．is the most popular museum in the US 解析：选D

细节理解题。由第一段“...making it the most visited museum in America”可知，史密森尼国家航空航天博物馆是美国最受欢迎的博物馆。

2．Which of the following activities is specially designed for kids? A．Watching stars. B．Listening to science stories. C．Touching a lunar rock in person. D．Watching air and space artifacts. 解析：选B

细节理解题。由第三段最后一句可知，科学方面的故事是专门为小孩设计的。

3．You are recommended to go to the museum.

A．by underground

B．by taxi

C．by selfdriving

C．on foot 解析：选A

细节理解题。由最后一段“...the easiest way to reach the museum is by underground or Metrobus”可知，最便捷的交通方式是坐地铁或者公交。

B

It is a tiny portrait of one of the most powerful women of the Renaissance.And for more than 50 years the old BBC journalist Charles Wheeler kept the picture of Eleonora of Toledo on his bookshelf. But yesterday Wheeler returned the painting to Berlin's Gemäldegalerie after discovering that it was a priceless original looted (掠夺) from the museum during the Second World War, not a copy as he had thought. Wheeler, 83, acquired the 16thcentury portrait by the Florentine artist Alessandro Allori from a German farmer who dropped in to the BBC's West Berlin office.“It was 1952.At the time people could move freely between East and West，”he said yesterday.“We were doing a programme called Letters Without Signature, where people living in the eastern zone could write a letter.The farmer reached into his pocket, took out a brown envelope and said it was a wedding present for me.” The farmer claimed he had got it from a Russian soldier in exchange for two sacks of potatoes to make vodka.Over the next 50plus years Wheeler, one of the BBC's most distinguished foreign journalists, took the miniature (小画像) with him.“I was burgled four times over the years，”he said.“People were always taking my TV and radio.But they ignored the painting.”

It was only last year while making a BBC radio series on missing art that Wheeler realised the painting could have been stolen.After contacting the Londonbased Commission for Looted Art in Europe the work was swiftly identified as a minor masterpiece and returned yesterday to Berlin's picture gallery, where it was last seen in 1939. Yesterday Anne Webber, cochair of the commission, hailed (赞扬) the work as one of the “earliest diplomatic portraits of a woman”．“It's a charming painting，”

she said.The miniature depicts (描绘) Eleonora of Toledo，whose husband Cosimo de Medici was one of Renaissance Italy's most powerful men. 语篇解读：一位记者得到一幅意大利文艺复兴时期一位妇女的画像，但他以为是复制品，因此并没有在意。在保存了50多年以后，他最后得知画像是柏林艺术馆在二战中被盗的真品，于是他把这幅画归还给了该艺术馆。

4．Charles Wheeler kept the miniature on his bookshelf because. A．he thought it was of little value B．he thought it would be safer there C．he liked the picture very much D．he wanted it to be seen by others 解析：选A

细节理解题。从第二段最后可知，这位BBC记者本来以为这是一件复制品，并没有重视。

5．The miniature was probably taken from the Berlin's picture gallery by. A．a burglar B．a German farmer C．a Russian soldier D．a worker at the gallery 解析：选C

推理判断题。由第三段可知，这幅画是一个德国农民从一个俄国士兵手中用两袋土豆换来的。由此可以推断，该画很可能在战乱中落入一个俄国士兵手中。

6．In what way is the miniature considered to be priceless? A．It survived the Second World War. B．It depicts a powerful woman of the Renaissance. C．It is a masterpiece by a famous artist in Germany. D．It was painted more than 50 years ago. 解析：选B

推理判断题。从第一段和最后一段可知，这是一幅意大利文艺复兴时期一位重要妇女的画像，它具有重大意义。

7．From the passage we can learn. A．the painting was drawn by a woman of the Renaissance

B．Allori gave the journalist the painting as a wedding present C．Charles Wheeler has kept the painting for over 50 years D．Eleonora of Toledo was one of the most powerful men in Italy 解析：选C

细节理解题。根据第一段和第三段中的倒数第三句话可知，他保存这幅画已经50多年了。