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1、Section_ Welcome to the unit too proud10theme Ja section of a book15_ 610_答案：15 CFJAE 610 HIBGDLeadin()Choose the names of the novels with the pictures.AGone with the WindBOliver TwistCJane EyreDTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea答案：14 BCAD()Do you like science fiction? Can you name one or two sci

2、ence fiction writers? Can you name any examples of science fiction books that are widely read now?参考答案：French writer Jules Verne is regarded as the father of science fiction. He wrote many famous science fiction stories which are still popular now, such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth.Whilerea

3、dingFastreading1Whats the main idea of the text?According to the title of the text, we can learn that it refers to the_literature_and_Englands_greatest_writer_Charles_Dickens.2Skim the text and match the main idea with each part.Part 1 AWho is Charles Dickens?Part 2 BBrief introduction of Great Expe

4、ctationsPart 3 CWhat is classic literature?Part 1Part 3_答案：Part 1Part 3 CABCarefulreading()Choose the best answers according to the text.1All of the statements about classics are right except that _.Aclassics were written by some unknown writersBwell written novels, plays and poems are classicsCclas

5、sics were written a long time agoDclassics are examples of great writing and wisdom2Today many people dont read classics because they think _.Aclassics are usually too longBthey dont understand classics at allCclassics are old and boring and have nothing to do with life todayDthe different language

6、characteristics dont interest them3According to the text, which of the statements is WRONG?AAll the classics were well written.BClassics are old and boring.CYou can still find some classics in bookshops and libraries.DSome films adapted from classics are successful.4All of the following information

7、about Charles Dickens is true except that _.ACharles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812BOliver Twist was one of his famous novelsCCharles Dickens died three hundred years agoDwe can see some of his stories on TV5When you read Great Expectations, you will know the following information e

8、xcept that _.AJoe is a kind and simple manBa large fortune was given to Pip by a generous strangerCGreat Expectations is set in the early 1800sDa person with a lot of money is a gentleman答案：15 ACBCD()Fill in each blank with only one word according to the text.Appreciating literatureClassicsThey are

9、the antiques of the literary world, which were well written and are still 1.read by people nowadays.They are examples of great writing and wisdom, whose language characteristics 2.differ from those of modern works.Many of them were adapted into films and achieved great 3.success.CharlesDickensHe was

10、 born in Portsmouth, England in 1812, and 4.passed away in 1870.His stories were once 5.regarded as the soap operas we see on TV today.As Englands greatest writer, his bestknown works are Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations.GreatExpectationsIt is set in England in the early 1800s.

11、An important 6.theme in it is “what it really means to be a gentleman”Its plot goes like this: Pip, the main character, has an unhappy 7.childhood,_losing his parents, abused by his sister and frightened by a desperate criminal. Then a generous stranger gives him a large fortune on the 8.condition t

12、hat he must move to London and begin the life of a gentleman. Money and education change him and he becomes vain and ashamed of his background. He is 9.determined to become a gentleman and win Estellas love. The novel 10.ends with Pips realizing the real meaning of being a gentleman.StudyreadingAnal

13、yze the following difficult sentences in the text.1They are novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were so well written that people still read them nowadays.句式分析尝试翻译 它们是很久以前创作的小说、戏剧和诗歌。这些作品写得如此之好以至于今天人们仍然在阅读它们。2Pips sister often abuses him, but Joe is a kind and simple man who

14、 would rather die than see any harm come to Pip.句式分析尝试翻译 皮普的姐姐经常辱骂他，但乔却是一个淳朴、善良的人，他宁愿死也不愿意看到皮普受到任何伤害。3Pip, who is seven years old when the story begins, is in a foggy cemetery when a desperate criminal appears and frightens him.句式分析尝试翻译 故事开始时，七岁的皮普正在一个浓雾笼罩的墓地中，就在这时一个穷凶极恶的罪犯突然出现了并恐吓他。.阅读理解AToo Much H

15、appiness was written by Alice Munro, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction and the owner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and other publications, and her collections hav

16、e been translated into thirteen languages.The main character is Sophia Kovalevsky, a great Russian mathematician, writer and advocator (拥护者) of womens rights in the late nineteenth century. After visiting her lover Maxsim Kovalevsky in Riviera, she travels in Europe, ending up in Sweden, where she t

17、eaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician. The book writes about her journey from Riviera to Sweden.The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual woman to achieve success and happiness. However, when she is going to die, Sophia says “too much happines

18、s”. I think its irony. As reading the story, she has too many mental problems. First, as a woman mathematician, she was born at a wrong time. She was married to Vladimir Kovalevsky without love, called “a white marriage”. She explained that “not a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave th

19、e country”. She sacrificed her marriage to seek her career.Furthermore, when she sees a man who looks like Maxsim in the station, she says to herself, “Of course, it would not be Maxsim, what could he be doing in Paris？” She doesnt want to face the_fact because she doesnt want to lose her hope. She

20、believes they will marry in spring. And in her letter to Julia she says, “It is to be happiness after all, happiness after all. Happiness.” She is cheating herself. In fact, the man does not want to marry her, and the happiness she expected doesnt take place at all.Finally, I conclude that the end m

21、ust be a tragedy (悲剧). From the very first pages the atmosphere is gloomy and threatening. “One of us will die this year.” “Because we have gone walking in a graveyard (墓地) on the first day of the New Year.” and “a black cat across their path” all reflect it will be a bad ending. Not because she has

22、 some problems with her lung, but because her life does not bring her happiness with some disharmonious things happening.语 篇 解 读 ：本 文 主 要 介 绍 了 爱 丽 丝 门 罗 的 作 品 Too Much Happiness的 主 要 人 物 及 主 要 内 容 。1According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?ASophia was born at a wrong time and was me

23、ntally ill.BWomen were not fairly treated in Europe in Sophias time.CSophia loved travelling around Europe to meet different people.DUnmarried women were forbidden to learn mathematics at that time.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据文章第三段倒数第二句中的“not a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave the country”可知，妇女的

24、出行在当时是受限制的，由此可推知，妇女在当时受到不公平的对待。2What can we conclude from Sophias experience?AIts hard for an educated woman to achieve success in Europe at that time.BRussian women were not allowed to go abroad without a white marriage.CMarried women could travel freely across Europe in the late nineteenth century

25、.DSeeing a black cat across the path would bring people to death in the end.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段第一句 “The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual woman to achieve success and happiness.”可推知，在当时的欧洲，知识女性要获得成功是很不容易的。3The underlined phrase “the fact” in Paragraph 4 most probably refers to the

26、 fact that _.Aher husband refuses to divorceBshe cant teach in universityCshe falls in love with MaxsimDMaxsim doesnt want to marry her解析：选 D 词义猜测题。根据文章第四段最后一句 “. the man does not want to marry her .”可推知，Maxsim 并不想娶她。4In a newspaper, this passage is most probably in the section of _.AEntertainment B

27、TravelCCareer DCulture解析：选 D 推理判断题。文章主要介绍 Alice Munro 的作品 Too Much Happiness，所以应该出现在报纸的文化栏目里。BAmazing Kids! Wild Jungle Writing ContestAmazing Kids！ Magazine is proud to announce that we will be hosting a Wild Jungle Writing Contest this fall.Send us your best junglethemed stories using this start:

28、“I had no idea why they were standing there.”This contest is open to grades K12 (从幼儿园到 12 年级的), with three groups of K3, 48 and 912.Prizes, along with an official certificate verify (证实) their winning entry.All participants will receive a certificate of participation in the contest.Submit all entrie

29、s by November 30 to be considered.Email us at editoramazingkids.org for more details.More Frequently Asked QuestionsQ：How should I format my entry?A：Stories should be written in English, with submissions of up to 1,200 words.Stories exceeding this length will not be considered.Please submit your ent

30、ry as a Microsoft Word document.Q：Can I choose to remain anonymous (匿名的)?A：No.We must be able to publish both your story and name.Q：Do I need to attach a covering letter?A：No.Q：How do I submit my entry?A：Email your submission to editoramazingkids.org.Each email submission will receive a return messa

31、ge based on your email address verifying that the story is received.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍的是有关 Amazing Kids！Magazine 举办的征文比赛的信息。5.Which condition best meets the contests requirements?AAn entry containing 2,000 words.BA submission written by college students.CAn article attached to a covering letter.DA s

32、tory centering on forest adventures.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “Send us your best junglethemed stories”可知，该比赛要求参赛者提交以丛林为主题的故事，故选 D 项。6How does a participant know his story is received?AHe will be informed by email.BThe magazine will give him a call.CHe will receive an official certificate.DThe announcemen

33、t will be posted online.解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据文中最后一句 “Each email submission will receive a return message based on your email address verifying that the story is received.”可知，每一个通过邮件提交参赛作品的参赛者会在自己的邮箱中收到一封回复邮件，证明其作品已被接收，故选 A 项。7What type of writing is this passage?AA piece of news. BAn activity summary.CAn

34、announcement. DA guide.解析：选 C 文章出处题。本文介绍了一个征文比赛的相关信息，包括征文要求、截止时间、一些答疑等，应该属于一则通知，故选 C 项。CAs a schoolboy, Arthur Conan Doyle would sit under a sycamore tree (西卡莫树) in his garden and dream of the stories he would write.Under the tree, in an Edinburgh suburb, the worlds most famous detective novels were

35、 finally created.Now, after more than 170 years, the tree has finally had to be cut down.But its famous links are to be kept, with the wood being made into a violin to celebrate Conan Doyle and his most famous literary creation Sherlock Holmes.The great detective solves many of his cases while playi

36、ng the violin in his drawing room.The house in Liberton, in which Conan Doyle was brought up, is now a special school Dunedin School.The teachers and pupils of the school, upset about the tree being cut down, have decided to make an instrument using the stump (树桩) So they let Steve Burnett, a selfta

37、ught craftsman, make a violin based on a design in about 1740.Although the finished instrument is priceless, Dunedin School has no intention of allowing it to gather dust in a glass box.Instead, it may be used by pupils in music lessons.The school also hopes to change the remains of the tree stump i

38、nto a sculpture to honour Holmes.Mr.Burnett said, “It is a great honour to think Conan Doyle probably played under the tree as a boy.It will be a unique instrument.” The violin will be played at the 150th anniversary of Conan Doyles birth.语篇解读：本文主要讲述了与伟大的侦探小说家 Arthur Conan Doyle 有关的一棵西卡莫树，人们用其树桩制成了一

39、把特殊的小提琴，来纪念这位伟大的小说家。8.From the first paragraph, we can know that _.AConan Doyle is a native American who likes sitting in his garden BConan Doyle created the most famous detective novels in the world Ca sycamore tree in an Edinburgh suburb is Conan Doyles favourite DConan Doyle used to like to write

40、 novels under the tree in his garden 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句 “Under the tree, in an Edinburgh suburb, the worlds most famous detective novels were finally created.”可知，在爱丁堡郊区的一棵树下，世界上最著名的侦探小说被创作出来。由此可知，Conan Doyle 是英国人，故 A 项表述错误；C 项在本段中没有被提及；本段主要说他在花园中的西卡莫树下想象小说，而没有说是写作，D 项表述错误。故选 B。9According to the

41、passage, who made the violin? ATeachers and pupils of Dunedin School.BDunedin School.CSteve Burnett.DThe headteacher.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “So they let Steve Burnett, a selftaught craftsman, make a violin based on a design in about 1740.”可知， Steve Burnett 制作了小提琴。10When Sherlock Holmes solves cases, h

42、e _.Ausually draws picturesBlikes playing the violinCdrinks coffee with friendsDmakes violins of wood解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句 “The great detective solves many of his cases while playing the violin in his drawing room.”可知，这位伟大的侦探在客厅里拉小提琴时解决了许多案件。故选 B。11What does the passage mainly talk about?AWhy and h

43、ow a special violin was made.BHow Conan Doyle became a great writer.CConan Doyle and his detective novel Sherlock Holmes.DHow to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Conan Doyles birth.解析：选 A 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了跟 Conan Doyle 有关的一棵西卡莫树，人们用其树桩制成了一把小提琴的故事，并叙述了这把小提琴之所以特殊的原因及今后的用途。故选 A。.阅读七选五It is perhaps the mo

44、st performed song in the world. A birthday party wouldnt be complete without participants joyously belting out the song around a big birthday cake. _1_2_ But if someone wants to do it in movies or TV shows or in any other commercial activities, he needs to pay the Warner Music Group for the right. _

45、3_4_ According to an August 4 The New York Times story, a class action lawsuit has been filed by a group of independent artists. Lawyers in the case said they had found evidence in the pages of a nearly centuryold songbook that proves the songs copyright first issued in 1935 is no longer valid.A fed

46、eral judge may rule on the case in the coming weeks, reported The New York Times.If the song becomes part of the public domain (范围), then the Warner Music Group will lose millions of dollars in licensing fees in the future. _5_ These people think it is unfair that “Happy Birthday to You” has long si

47、nce survived anyone involved in its creation, but is still owned by a corporation than charges for its use.AYet “Happy Birthday to You” is private property and protected by copyright.BAccording to a report, “Happy Birthday to You” is believed to be netting the company $2 million fees a year.CIt is f

48、ine if you sing it by yourself.DIts common to sing this song personally.EBut this unreasonable situation could soon be changed.FLegally, it is supposed to be paid for the right of using this song.GIt would also be a victory for those who see the song as highlighting the copyright problems.语篇 解 读 ：本 文 就 祝 你 生 日 快 乐 这 首 歌 曲 是 否 是 一 家 公 司 的 私 有 财 产 进 行 了 描 述 。1选 A 根据上下文内容可知，此处与上文在逻辑上存在转折关系，同时空处引出了下文内容。2选 C 根据空后 But 的转折可知，个人唱这首歌是没有问题的。故选 C。3选 B 空前的“he needs to pay the Warner Music Group for t