Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．She ________ (瞥一眼)shyly at him and then lowered her eyes. 2．The drug gives some _________(减轻) from pain. 3．The woman was ________ (看到)to follow him closely.
4．You'll be ________(属于) to this department until the end of the year. 5．He was ________(担忧的)for his family，who were travelling abroad. 6．Don't ________(犹豫) to tell us if you have a problem. 7．As I ________ (接近) the house，I noticed a light on upstairs. 8．The beach is within walking ________(距离) of my house.
9．She seems to think I should be ________(感激的)to have a job at all. 10．I ________(惊慌)when I saw smoke coming out of the engine.
11．It surprised and kind of embarrassed me that many distant relatives, most of whom I hardly __________(认出), turned up for my brother's wedding.
12．Many people feel that the Prime Minister spends too much time on foreign trips and is __________ (忽视) national problems.
13．I must admit I've never found him particularly __________(吸引人的)． 14．What you said left all of us in ____________(困惑).
15．The boy ____________(抓住) the hands of his teacher firmly to show his gratitude for his care and help.
【答案】 1.glanced 2.relief 3.observed 4.attached 5.anxious 6.hesitate 7.approached 8.distance
9．grateful 10.panicked 11.recognized 12.ignoring 13.attractive 14.confusion 15.grasped
Ⅱ.选词填空
reach out；out of sight；make sense；be contrary to；make use of；pay off；set off；rather than；wish for；watch out for
1．He tried to ________ for the apple on the tree，but failed.
2．The city has everything one could ________，except good weather. 3．This sentence doesn't ________.Make another one. 4．He does not know how to ________ this waste gas. 5．They've ________ on a journey round the world. 6．It took them three years to ________ the debt. 7．Sandy didn't leave until the train was __________. 8．I think I'll have a cold drink ________ coffee.
【答案】 1.reach out 2.wish for 3.make sense 4.make use of 5.set off 6.pay off 7.out of sight 8.rather than
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．我们发现让学生有足够的睡眠很重要。
We __________________ to let students have enough sleep. 2．我宁愿在家看《中国好声音》也不愿去电影院看电影。
I'd prefer to watch the Voice of China at home ______________go to the cinema.
3．据估计，今天到会的人员比上次多两倍。
It is estimated that the people present at the meeting today are ________________ those of last time.
4．我不知道没有你我该怎么办？ I don't know ______________.
5．我认为英语对他来说要学好太难了。
I think that English is ______________ to learn well.
【答案】 1.find it important 2.rather than 3.twice/ double than 4.what I should do without you 5.too difficult for him
Ⅳ.教材活用
根据教材文本完成下列表格，每空一词。
Place Time and 2.________ Person(s) What happened Polly's thought or feeling She wondered if the buses would still be 8.________. Outside of Polly's work place At 4 p．m. foggy She left work Polly and stepped out into the fog. At the bus stop in the street In the Under－ ground train； at Green Park station In the Park Street；at the 1.________ of the street When Polly 3.________ at the station；the fog lay like a thick，grey cloud Later Later Polly；the bus conductor The fog was too thick for the bus to run that far. A tall man who She sensed that she was being watched. Polly；a tall man was 5.________ in a dark coat was on the train. Polly；a man A rough hand brushed her face. She 9.________ her heart beating with fear. She wished for someone to come The old man took In the street It was dark Polly；an old 4.________ her 6.________ the hand and helped her find the way. along；fear held her 10.______； she began to feel frightened again. Outside of Polly's house at King Street Later that day Polly；the old blind man The old man left to help more people who were Polly was thankful. in 7.________. 【答案】 1.corner 2.weather 3.arrived 4.man 5．dressed 6.by 7.need 8.running 9.felt 10.still Ⅴ.阅读理解
A
High school dropouts earn an average of D|S 9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study moves away a common belief why they quit. It's much more than failing in exams at school.
Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can't cut it. They are lazy，and perhaps not too bright. So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.
“The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland，the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African－American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)students will receive a diploma，and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So，if failing grades don't explain why these kids quit，what does？Again，John Bridgeland said，“The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting；they weren't inspired or motivated. They didn't see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives，or to their possible careers.”
The study found that most teens who do dropout wait until they turn sixteen，which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US，only one state，New Mexico，has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states：California，Tennessee，Texas and Utah，plus the District of Columbia，require school attendance until age 18，no exceptions. Another researcher says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school.
“As these dropouts look back，they realize they've made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out，is probably a helpful measure.”
New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to
18.But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point—the need for reform. It's been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant，and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.
【语篇解读】 学生为什么要辍学？是因为他们不聪明不努力而导致考试不及格吗？调查显示，并非如此。学校教育的乏味和缺乏实用性才是罪魁祸首。中学教育的改革势在必行。
1．Most high school students drop out of school because ________. A．they often fail in exams B．they find school learning boring C．they are discriminated against D．they are lazy and not intelligent
【解析】 事实细节题。由第三段“The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting；they weren't inspired or motivated.”一句可知。
【答案】 B
2．According to the passage，which state will soon have a law requiring school attendance until 18?
A．California. C．New Mexico.
B．New Hampshire. D．Utah.
【解析】 事实细节题。由最后一段第一句可知。New Mexico颁布法律规定学生必须毕业，并没有年龄限制。而California和Utah是已经实行了这一规定的州。
【答案】 B
3．In the last paragraph，the writer is trying to ________. A．analyze the reason why students quit school B．suggest raising the compulsory attendance age C．raise awareness of reforming high school education D．wish to make laws to guarantee no education
【解析】 推理判断题。文章最后一段指出：强迫不愿意继续上学的学生留在学校显然是没有看到问题的关键——改革的必要性。由此可见，作者是赞同中
学教育改革并希望公众能注意这个问题。
【答案】 C
4．What is the purpose of the author writing this article? A．To analyze the reasons why many students drop out of school.
B．To introduce the measures to stop students from dropping out of school. C．To introduce the different regulations in the USA about students dropping out of school.
D．To raise awareness of educational reforming in the USA.
【解析】 主旨大意题。作者借助一份关于中学生辍学的研究结果，说明了美国中学教育改革的必要性。
【答案】 D
B
If you exhibit positive characteristics such as honesty and helpfulness，the chances are that you will be thought as a good－looking person，for a new study has found that the perception (认知) of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality. The study，which was led by Gary W．Lewandowski，has found that people who exhibit negative characteristics，such as unfairness and rudeness，appear to be less physically attractive to observers. In the study，the participants viewed photographs of opposite－sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their personalities.
After personality information was received，participants also rated the probability of each individual's becoming a friend and a dating partner. Information on personality was found to significantly change the probability，showing that cognitive (认知的) processes modify(修改)judgments of attractiveness.
“Thinking a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind，”said Lewandowski.
The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater expectation of becoming friends，which leads to greater expectation of becoming romantic partners and，finally，to being viewed as more physically attractive. The findings
remained consistent regardless of how “attractive” the individual was formerly thought to be or of the participants' current relationship status.
“This research provides a positive outcome by reminding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness；it can even change people's impressions of how good－looking you are，”said Lewandowski.
【语篇解读】 据最新研究表明，一个人外表的吸引力会受到他性格的影响，一个拥有积极个性的人会被认为是最有吸引力的人。
5．In the study the participants were required to________. A．try to make friends with each other
B．try to prove positive characters make people more attractive C．exhibit negative characters such as unfairness and rudeness
D．rate one's attractiveness by photos before and after knowing her or his personality
【解析】 事实细节题。文章第二段最后一句In the study，the participants...rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their personalities(参与者……在得知照片人物的性格的前后分别对他们的吸引力做出评估)，故选D。
【答案】 D
6．What's the CORRECT order of how cognitive processes modify judgments of attractiveness?
a．find a person with a positive personality B．view the person more physically attractive c．want to make friends with the person D．want to be his/her romantic partner A．a→c→d→b C．c→b→a→d
B．d→c→b→a D．a→d→c→b
【解析】 事实细节题。根据文章倒数第二段a positive personality(a)leads to greater expectation of becoming friends(c)(积极的性格会产生做朋友的期待)，becoming friends，which leads to greater expectation of becoming romantic partners(d)(做朋友会产生成为恋爱伙伴的期待)，finally，to being viewed as more physically attractive(b)(最后会觉得对方更加有吸引力)，故选A。
【答案】 A
7．Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage? A．The research reminds people to pay more attention to the personality. B．Personality can change people's impressions of one's appearance. C．The judgment of one's attractiveness always stays unchanged. D．Positive personality may lead to more friends.
【解析】 事实细节题。根据文章第一段中的the perception(认知)of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality(一个人外表的吸引力受到他性格的影响)，或最后一段中的it can even change people's impressions of how good－looking you are(这甚至能够改变一个人对你有多好看的看法)可知对一个人吸引力的判断是会改变的，不是一成不变的(unchanged)，故C选项的说法不对，选C。
【答案】 C
8．Who are the intended readers of this passage? A．People with positive characteristics. B．Good－looking people.
C．People with negative characteristics. D．General people.
【解析】 推理判断题。本文是对一个实验的客观介绍，目标读者就是普通群众(general people)，故选D。 【答案】 D
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