2020-2021学年高中英语 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Period 3 Learning about Language作业（含解析）新人教版选修8.doc

1、Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsPeriod 3. 基础知识A单词拼写1Nobody can achieve anything of real _(意义) unless he works very hard. 2Its bad manners to s_at someone. 3The hotel _(接待员) wants to know when we will be checking out tomorrow morning. 4My little sister started k_ when she was three, then went to prescho

2、ol at seven. 5I know what I am doing is legal, but s_ it doesnt feel right. 【答案】1. significance2. spit3. receptionist4. kindergarten5somehowB短语填空1One of the soldiers _and saluted the general. 2Henry generally stayed _the others in the academic subjects. 3He spoke _all the members of the faculty(全体教师

3、) and staff. 4_fifteen noisy children is no laughing matter. 5People _all these traffic jams. 【答案】1. stepped out2. ahead of3. on behalf of4Looking after5. are fed up with. 语法巩固A单句语法填空1You know, I _(look) for a job for three months, and this is my first formal interview. 2My sister_(stay) in Beijing

4、for three months last year. 3Tom and his friends _(chat) from morning to now. 4I _(wonder) if you were free this afternoon. 5Here he is! We _(wait) anxiously for him since last night. 6I _(learn) English since three years ago. 7She _(play) tennis since she was eight. 8Toms hands are very dirty. He _

5、(repair) the car all the afternoon. 【答案】1. have been looking2. stayed3. have been chatting4wondered5. have been waiting6. have been learning7has been playing8. has been repairingB单句改错1I like these poems and they have read many times by my Chinese teacher. _2Stop making the noise. A news report has b

6、eing broadcast and I want to listen. _3The moment I got to the station，I found the train left. _4I know nothing about him. I havent see him since we graduated from college. _5Sorry，no tea or coffee is serving in our restaurant. _6Will these flowers watered in a few minutes?_7The old machine is been

7、repaired at the moment, so we cant use it now. _8No decision will made until our manager comes back. _9You have working in front of the computer too long. You must take a break now. _10I arrived late. I didnt expected the traffic was so heavy. _【答案】1. 在read前加been2. has改为is3. 在left前加had4. see改为seen5.

8、 serving改为served6. 在watered前加be7. been改为being8. 在made前加be9. 在working前加been10. didnt改为hadntC完成句子1自从上周以来一直下雨。It _ _ _ since last week. 2我累坏了。我一直工作了一下午了。I am tired out. I _ _ _ the whole afternoon. 3他已写了一部小说。He _ _ a novel. 4你最近见过他吗？_ _ _ him recently?5他们结婚将近15年了。They _ _ _ for almost 15 years. 【答案】1.

9、has been raining2. have been working3. has written4Have you met5. have been married.能力提升A语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mike was dying to apply for a new job，but he was unconfident of himself，for he thought of himself as a 1._(fail) and unworthy of success.He believed that the other applicants

10、 were better and more 2._(qualify) than him.Mikes mind was occupied with negative thoughts and fears concerning 3._ job.When the day for the interview 4._(come)，he got up late and went to the interview hurriedly，in dirty clothes and with messy hair.He was unsure of getting the job.It so happened tha

11、t Jim was competing for the job，too，but he approached the matter in a 5._(complete) different way.Before the interview，he had made full preparations for everything needed.He dressed himself decently and behaved properly in the interview, 6._(leave) a favorable impression on the interviewer.Expectedl

12、y，Jim 7._(inform) that he got the job eventually.Remember: Sometimes your appearance is a mirror, 8._ reflects your quality in a way.Also, your state of mind counts.People with positive attitudes are more likely 9._(succeed) than 10._ with negative attitudes.【答案】1.failure2.qualified3.the4.camepletel

13、y6leaving7.was informed8.which9.to succeed10thoseB.概要写作阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。According to a study published in the journal Neuron， memory champions arent all that different to us. People with an average memory can greatly improve their memory ability by using whats known as the “mind palace” met

14、hod.In order to do this， you need to picture a place youre familiar with， such as your living room. Then， you have to remember this place in as much detail as possible as this is your own mind palace. Suppose you want to remember a shopping list. You can start by spreading out all the items around y

15、our living room in your mind. This means each item on your list is connected with a remembered place in your living room. You travel to that remembered place as you recall the list.To explore the effects of this method on the brain， researchers gathered 51 participants with average memory levels and

16、 no previous memory training. After 40 days of daily 30minute training， participants doubled the amount of words they could rememberthey went from recalling an average of 26 words out of 72， to an impressive 62. Four months later， even without continued training， their recall performance remained hi

17、gh.In addition， the training also affects the way our brain cells connect. After training， the way that the participants brain cells connect began to be like those of memory champions compared to scans taken before training. Researchers believe this could be responsible for their increased memory.Bu

18、t what makes this research so fascinating is that it seems to prove that the talent to store things in your mind isnt determined by genes. The research found there was no difference in brain structure between memory champions and normal people， which mean memory champions are not born with different

19、 brains.Its clear that more studies are needed to find out whats going on here， but the “mind palace” method might be your best bet to never forget an important name， date or appointment ever again.【答案】One possible version：People can remember things better by using the “mind palace” method(要点1)， whi

20、ch involves memorizing all the details in a familiar place in the mind and connecting things to be remembered with it(要点2). A research has proved memory training has great and lasting effects on peoples memory and influences the connection of brain cells(要点3). Interestingly， the research indicates people arent born with different memory ability(要点4). Anyway， the “mind palace” method is worth trying(要点5).