1、Section The Language Points of Reading课时作业( 一)对应学生用书 P39.完形填空Back in 1959, when I was 13, I attended a school in Brooklyn. Because of the Sabbath on Friday, we had an early _1_ from school. Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball. I always _2_ myself instead in a
2、small public library, _3_ for hours before sundown, the beginning of the Sabbath.There was a kind of _4_ in that library that led me to worlds that I thought Id never see. I was _5_ to the Green Mountain Boys, to Isaac Asimov robots, to the swashbuckling novels of Thomas B. Costain and to a whole ho
3、st of _6_ of the mind. I found a paradise (乐园) of silence where I could _7_ my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds._8_， after watching the current generation of teens _9_ in the troubled waters of technology, I had little confidence in the _10_ of the book. I felt sure that the physica
4、l object would be a thing of the past which the Twitter (推特) world had already _11_， limiting the imagination of this _12_ to the few characters that they could _13_ in the shortest period.But on a Saturday in August, I was shocked into the _14_ that my fears might be unnecessary.Stony Brook Univers
5、ity _15_ a competition for teens representing local public libraries. The participation of my granddaughter, Kayla, brought it to my _16_.In the Student Activities Center, hundreds of young people came in character costumes, _17_ ready to respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read
6、. They had spent the summer in _18_.Imagine, an entire summer reading when they could have lazed with their smartphones and followed the president into the Twitter universe. _19_， they followed their imaginations and _20_ themselves to the books. Perhaps there is hope for the word.篇 章 导 读 ： 本 文 是 一
7、篇 记 叙 文 。文 章 讲 述 了 “我 ”与 阅 读 之 间 的 故 事 以 及 “我 ”对 阅 读 的 态 度 的 转 变 。1A.start Brelease C reply D warning答案：B 根据上文中的“Because of the Sabbath on Friday”可知，周五是安息日，故此处表示我们放学很早。release “释放，放出，放走” ，符合语境。2A.found Bimagined Camused Dnoticed答案：A 根据上文中的“Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketb
8、all or baseball.”并结合语境可知，大多数同学会去当地公园打篮球或棒球，而“我”总是发现(found) 自己在一个小公共图书馆里。3A.dreaming BdiscussingCreading Dstruggling答案：C 根据上文中的“in a small public library”可知， “我”在一个小公共图书馆里，故此处指在太阳下山之前阅读(reading)几个小时。4A.book Bquiet C guide Dlight答案：B 根据下文中的“my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds”可知， “我”可
9、以在图书馆里探索内在自我，找到其他世界的珍宝。所以此处表示在这个图书馆里有一种宁静(quiet)，它能带“我”抵达“我”认为“我”永远都见不到的世界。下文中的“a paradise (乐园) of silence”也是提示。5A.introduced Bbound Cpersuaded Dforced答案：A 根据语境可知，此处指“我”被引见(introduced)给了很多书中的人物。6A.fights Banalyses Cimages Dadventures答案：D 根据语境可知，此处指给“我”带来了精神上的冒险 (adventures)。7A.lose Bexplore Cignore
10、Ddesert答案：B 根据语境可知，在这片安静的乐园里， “我”可以探索(explore)内在自我，找到其他世界的珍宝。8A.However BMoreoverCTherefore DFurthermore答案：A 根据下文的描述可知，上下文存在转折关系，故选 However “然而” 。9A.ruined Bdrawn Cstuck Dabused答案：C 根据“the troubled waters of technology”可知，此处表示如今陷入技术混乱的一代青少年。stuck “陷入，困于” 。10A.publication BsurvivalC substitute Dconte
11、nt答案：B 根据下文尤其是下文中的“I felt sure that the physical object would be a thing of the past”可知， “我”感觉这个有形的物质实体(书)将会成为过去，故此处指“我”对书的存活(survival) 抱有很少的信心。11A.destroyed Breached Cattracted Dovertaken答案：D 根据语境可知，此处表示推特世界已经超越了 (overtaken)这个有形的物质实体。12A.librarian BgenerationCuniversity Dneighborhood答案：B 根据上文中的“aft
12、er watching the current generation of teens”可知，此处指把这一代(generation)青少年的想象力限制在少数几个人物身上。13A.consume Bplay C recognize Ddefeat答案：A 此处表示这一代青少年关于这几个人物的想象力可以在最短的时间内消耗掉(consume) 。14A.hope Bpromise Cawareness Dinspiration答案：C 根据上文中的“But on a Saturday in August”及下文中的“Stony Brook University _15_ a competition
13、for teens representing local public libraries.”的描述可知，此处指“我”震惊地意识(awareness) 到“我”的恐惧可能是不必要的。15A.proposed BabandonedCdelayed Dhosted答案：D 此处表示 Stony Brook 大学为代表当地公共图书馆的青少年举办了(hosted)一场比赛。16A.attention Bmemory Chome Dchildhood答案：A 此处表示“我”的孙女 Kayla 的参与引起了“我”的注意(attention)。bring . to ones attention “引起某人的
14、注意 ”。17A.hopefully BenthusiasticallyCnever Dphysically答案：B 根据上文可知，成百上千的学生来参加比赛，所以空处表示他们热情地(enthusiastically) 准备回答与他们所读的书相关的问题。18A.advance BvainCpreparation Dpresentation答案：C 根据上文中的“respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read”及下文中的“an entire summer reading”可知，此处指他们用暑假的时间进行准备(prepara
15、tion)。19A.Instead BSomehowCAnyhow DUnfortunately答案：A 上文提到想象一下，他们整个夏天都在阅读，他们本可以懒散地玩智能手机，这与下文中的“他们跟随了他们的想象”形成转折，故选Instead “相反” 。20A.delivered BbetrayedCdevoted Dleft答案：C 上文提到他们整个夏天都在阅读，所以选 C。devote “献身，致力，倾注” 。.阅读理解AI was browsing through different websites and almost all of them had headlines like, “
16、Simon Cowells TV show Red or Black？ loses more than a million viewers， ” “Pay TV losing thousands of viewers！” ， “Are TV shows doomed (注定) to lose viewers？” and so on.The Web is taking overThere are a couple of reasons why TV has been losing viewers. The major contributor to this is the Internet. Ev
17、erything you find on TV can be found on the Web, but not vice versa. Computers are more interactive (交互的) and are broadly used compared to the television. Videos of ones favorite songs and soaps can be downloaded and seen whenever one desires to. So, who really needs the TV now?_Ideally, if one is n
18、ot employed, then he/she would spend more time watching TV. However, what if the financial state of that unemployed person makes him/her unable to afford to watch TV? Thats the kind of financial state many people are in today. Those who had taken a housing loan and were hit by the economic crisis mo
19、ved back to live with their families. A lot of questions have been raised on how the decreasing TV viewership is going to hit the television industry. There has been a shift in television advertisements to other carriers. Restaurants, newspapers and websites are now receiving more advertisements. Th
20、is will definitely decrease the money earned by the TV industry. But in the long run, because of the increasing competition with the Web, there will be more creativity. This will only improve the content seen by the viewers.However, TV will always remain as a musthave thing in every home. A TV bring
21、s people together. A TV will always be preferred for enjoying live soccer matches, new TV series and your favorite movies. A computer may be your personal equipment but a TV serves to be a family attraction.篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。电视节目收视率下降的新闻随处可见，作者分析了其原因，并对电视的未来发展形势做出了判断。1It can be inferred in the first par
22、agraph that _.Asurfing the Internet is more popular than watching TVBwatching TV is harmful to our healthCthere are many different creative programs on TVDTV is losing its popularity答案：D推理判断题。第一段所列的所有新闻标题都是关于电视节目收视率下降的，由此可知，电视的受欢迎程度正在下降。2Whats the best title for the third paragraph?AThere are more c
23、hoices for entertainmentBUnemployment is affecting TV viewershipCMore people are living togetherDBusy life and less free time are influencing the situation答案：B 段落大意题。从第三段第一句“Ideally, if one is not employed .”可知，本段讨论的是失业问题对电视的受欢迎程度的影响。3We can learn from the last paragraph that _.ATV is still the most
24、 popular mediumBthe TV industry needs more competitionCTV wont be replaced by the InternetDthe TV industry has more creativity than other media答案：C推理判断题。最后一段主要说的是电视的重要性。从最后一句可知，作者认为电视不会被网络取代。4In which part of a magazine would you most probably find the passage?AEducation. BEntertainment.CHistory. DF
25、igures.答案：B推理判断题。文章主要分析了电视收视率下降受网络媒体的影响及未来发展趋势，故最有可能在杂志的娱乐版中找到。BMass media are tools of communication. Mass media allow us to record and pass information rapidly to a large, scattered (分散的) audience. They extend our ability to talk to each other by helping us overcome barriers caused by time and spa
26、ce.There are various ways in which mass media make daily life easier for us. First, they inform and help us keep a watch on our world. They gather and pass on information we would be unlikely or unable to get on our own.Second, mass media help us to arrange our time and life. What we talk about and
27、what we think about are greatly influenced by the media. When people get together, they tend to talk about certain happenings in the newspapers or on TV. Because we are exposed (暴露) to different points of view through different kinds of media every day, we are able to evaluate (评价) all sides of a ce
28、rtain issue.Third, the media are used to persuade people. A good example is advertising through the media. Newspapers, magazines and TV are filled with all kinds of colorful, persuasive advertisements. Though many advertising may not say openly that they want you to buy a certain product, they descr
29、ibe their products in such a way that you may want to buy them.Fourth, the media also entertain. All of the media make some efforts to entertain their audience. For instance, even though the newspaper is primarily a medium of information, it also contains entertainment features (特征). Television, mot
30、ion pictures, fiction books and some radio stations and magazines are devoted mainly to entertainment. It is estimated that in the future, the entertainment function of mass media will become even more important than it is now.篇 章 导 读 ： 本 文 是 一 篇 说 明 文 ，重 点 介 绍 了 大 众 传 播 媒 介 在 社 会 生 活 中 所 发 挥 的 重 要
31、功 能 和 作 用 。5This passage mainly tells us _.Asomething about the functions of mass mediaBsomething about the development of mass mediaChow media entertain usDthe types of mass media答案：A 主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，本文主要讲的是大众传媒的功能。6According to the passage, what are mass media?ATools for advertisements which persuade
32、 people to buy things.BTools for entertainments which make daily life easy.CTools for communication which record and pass information to people.DTools for education which help improve peoples knowledge.答案：C细节理解题。由第一段第一、二句可知，大众传播媒体是交流的工具，它们可以记录并把信息传递给更多的观众。7How many ways that mass media help make dai
33、ly life easy are mentioned in this passage?ATwo. BThree.CFour. DFive.答案：C细节理解题。由短文中几个表示顺序的词 “First, Second, Third, Fourth”可以轻松得出答案为 C。8Which of the following statements is NOT true?AFrom mass media, we know what is happening in the world.BSometimes we arrange our time and life according to mass media.CMass medias main purpose is to pass the information of advertising.DMass media can make people feel easy.答案：C推理判断题。由整篇文章可以看出，大众传播媒体的主要功能是帮助记录并传递信息，从而使人们的生活更加便捷和丰富多彩。如果说媒体的主要目的是传递广告信息就过于片面了。
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