2020-2021学年高中英语 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors period 1 Warming Up & Reading（1）作业（含解析）新人教版选修8.doc

1、Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsPeriod 1. 词汇基础A单词拼写1Mother reserved her complaint about my m_ room until my friend left. 2At first he insisted on a_of his account, however, he agreed with what I said. 3My father instructed me how to s_ a knife. 4It is not polite to i_when someone is talking. 5All count

2、ries，_of(不管) their size，strength and wealth，should have an equal right to security. 6They did not，as we tend to _(假设)，learn everything by rote(死记硬背)【答案】1. messy2. accuracy3. sharpen4. interrupt5regardless6. assumeB单句语法填空1Im sorry to interrupt you _how could they live here?2So we think it is reasonab

3、le _(assume) they lived in these caves, regardless _ the road. 3Did they wear clothes _(make) entirely of animal skins?4It seems that they used the _(sharpen) stone tools to cut up animals and remove their skin. 5Quite a difficult and _(mess) task!6Did early people really care _their appearance like

4、 we do?7This one looks very much _a fish bone. 8Thats why they _(call) hunters and gatherers. 【答案】1. but2. to assume; of3. made4. sharpened5messy6. about7. like8. are calledC句型转换1We can do nothing but wait outside. We _ _ _ _ _ _outside. 2“I didnt do it！” she broke in. “I didnt do it！” she _. 3The c

5、lub welcomes all new members despite age. The club welcomes all new members _ _age. 4He divided the meat into pieces with a knife on his plate. He _ _the meat on his plate. 5Im afraid I have no alternative but to report you to the police. Im afraid I have no _ but to report you to the police. 【答案】1.

6、 have no alternative but to wait2. interrupted3regardless of4. cut up5. choice.能力提升A阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A very important world problemin fact, I am inclined(倾向) to say it is the most important of all the great world problems which face us at the present timeis the rapidly increasing

7、 pressure of population on land and on land resources.It is not so much the actual population of the world but its rate of increase which is important.It works out to be about 1.6 percent per annual net increase.In terms of numbers this means something like forty to fiftyfive million additional peop

8、le every year.Canada has a population of twenty millionrather less than six months climb in world population.There are ten million people in Australia.So, it takes the world less than three months to add to itself a population.Let us take our own crowded countryEngland and Wales: fortyfive to fifty

9、million peoplejust about a years supply.By this time tomorrow, and every day, there will be added to the earth about 120,000 extra peoplejust about the population of the city of York.Here I am not talking about birth rate.This is net increase.To give you some idea of birth rate, look at the seconds

10、hand of your watch.Every second three babies are born somewhere in the world.Another babyYou cannot speak quickly enough to keep pace with the birth rate.This enormous increase of population will create immense problems.By 2000 there have been as many as seven billion people on the surface of the ea

11、rth! So this is a problem which you have seen in your lifetime.()1.According to the author, _is the most important in the world at the present time.Athe quality of the increasing populationBthe actual population of the world Cthe rapidly increasing pressure of populationDfarming land is reducing at

12、great speed()2.From the passage we know that the author is a(n) _.ACanadianBAustralianCAmerican DEnglishman()3.According to the passage _ babies are born on the earth per hour.A180 B5,000C120,000 D10,800()4.The author mentions the different populations of several countries in order to _.Ashow how sm

13、all those countries areBshow how thickly those countries are populatedCemphasize the low increase of the world populationDemphasize the high rate of increase of world populationB七选五阅读根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Eyes Can SpeakMuch meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it i

14、s often said that eyes can speak._1_ In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not for too long.And if he senses that you are staring at him, he may feel uncomfortable.The same is true in our daily life.If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if ther

15、e is anything wrong with you._2_ Eyes do speak, right?Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive._3_ If a man stares at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to look away from her, his intentions are obvious.He wishes to attract her attention and let her know that he is ad

16、miring her.However, when two people are engaged in a conversation, the speaker will only look into the listeners eyes from time to time to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking._4_ If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking as if trying to control yo

17、u, you will feel awkward.A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim.He wrongly believes that looking straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication._5_Actually, eye contact should be made based on specific relationships and situations.AOn the contrary, it will give

18、him away.BDo you have such kind of experience?CThats what normal eye contact is all about.DActually, continuous eye contact is limited to lovers only.EAfter all, nobody likes to be stared at for quite a long time.FBut things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex.GIf nothing goes wrong, you will feel annoyed at being stared at that way.【答案】A.14 CDDDB15 BGFCA