Unit 4 Making the News Using language课时作业.docx

1、Unit 4 Making the News Using language课时作业I. 语法填空Long before Barack Obama became president of the United States, he wrote a book 1(call) Dream from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which has since become 2bestseller. It is an 3(appeal) book that includes what he went through during 4(he) c

2、hildhood. Obama has little contact with his father 5roots were in Kenya because he left home when Obama was very young. His mother got married 6a student from Indonesia shortly after the family moved to Jakarta. A few years later, Obama came back with his grandparents to Hawaii, where he 7(attend) a

3、 private high school. 8(study) at Columbia in New York City, he then entered Harvard Law School. This autobiography also touches 9(heavy) on Obamas exposure to racism. Readers will find his reflections of childhood 10(experience) which involved racial discrimination to be especially moving.II. 短文改错T

4、ourism is always close related to culture. Cultural tourism becomes new landmark in the tourist enterprise. For a tourist guide, it is quite an easy job to introduce or described the natural scenery to the visitors, and it is not that easy for them to explain the culture. China is a large country fo

5、r time-honored history. From the ancient time, the Chinese ancestors laboured, live, and multiplied on this vast land and have created splendid culture. As one of the four centers of the worlds earliest civilizations it has a recording history of nearly 4,000 years, Throughout the history of Chinese

6、 Civilization, its agriculture has been known for their high level. During these 4,000 years, China has raised many of great thinkers, inventors, statesmen, writers and artists.III. 书面表达假定你是李华，你校外籍教师Miss Rose常常在课余时间辅导你英语口语，使你在上周学校举行的英语演讲比赛中荣获第一名。为此，你决定写一封感谢信，对Miss Rose的帮助表示真诚的感谢。注意：1.文章包括上述内容，可适当增加细

7、节，以使行文连贯； 2.词数100左右； 3信的开头和结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。Dear Miss Rose,I am writing to you _Im looking forward to hearing from you.Yours sincerely,Li Hua参考答案I. 语法填空【语篇解读】文章讲述了奥巴马在当选为总统之前，特别是小时候和青少年时期的一些经历。1. called考查非谓语。此处运用了过去分词作定语，因为a book与call之间是被动关系。故填called。2. a考查冠词。句意：这本书从此成为畅销书。此处泛指“一本畅销书”。故填a。3. appealin

8、g考查非谓语。此处运用了形容词作定语来修饰名词book，指“一本吸引人的书”。故填appealing。4. his考查代词。修饰名词需要形容词性物主代词，指“他的童年时期”。故填his。7. attended考查时态。文章讲述的是奥巴马小时候的故事，所以谓语动词要用一般过去时态。故填attended。8. Having studied考查非谓语。句意：在纽约的哥伦比亚大学学习之后，他进入了哈佛法学院。句子的谓语是entered，主语he与study之间是主动关系，而且study的动作发生于entered动作之前，所以用现在分词的完成时形式作时间状语。故填Having studied。9. he

9、avily考查副词。修饰谓语动词touches需要用副词。故填故填heavily。10. experiences考查名词。此处指奥巴马的童年经历，作“经历”讲时，experience是可数名词，一般用复数形式。故填experiences。II. 短文改错Tourism is always related to culture. Cultural tourism becomes new landmark in the tourist enterprise. For a tourist guide, it is quite an easy job to introduce or the natur

10、al scenery to the visitors,it is not that easy for them to explain the culture. China is a large country time-honored history. From the ancient , the Chinese ancestors laboured, , and multiplied on this vast land and have created splendid culture. As one of the four centers of the worlds earliest ci

11、vilizations it has ahistory of nearly 4,000 years, Throughout the history of Chinese Civilization, its agriculture has been known forhigh level. During these 4,000 years, China has raised many of great thinkers, inventors, statesmen, writers and artists.【语篇解读】本文为说明文。讲述的是文化旅游成了旅游业中的一个新的地标和中国文化的悠久历史。第

12、一处：第一句话中的close改为closely。考查副词。句意：旅游总是与文化密切联系。根据句意可知此处应该用副词closely修饰related。第二处：第二句话中的new前加a。考查冠词。句意：文化旅游成了旅游业中的一个新的地标。landmark为可数名词，结合句意可知应该用不定冠词a修饰new landmark。第五处：第四句话中的for改为with。考查介词。句意：中国是一个有着悠久历史的大国。根据句意可知应用介词with表示“带有，有”。第六处：第五句话中的time改为times。考查名词。ancient times古代。第七处：第五句话中的live改为lived。考查时态。句意：从

13、古代，中国的祖先在这片广阔的土地上劳动、生活和繁衍，创造了辉煌的文化。根据句意，结合laboured和multiplied可知此处应该用一般过去时lived。第八处：第六句话中的recording改为recorded。考查非谓语动词。history与record之间为被动关系，应用过去分词作定语。第九处：第七句话中的their改为its。考查代词。在中国的文明历史中，它的农业以它的高水平而出名。根据句意可知此处应用its代指“中国农业的”。第十处：最后一句话中的of去掉。考查数量形容词。数量形容词many可直接修饰可数名词复数，of多余，故去掉of。III. 书面表达Dear Miss Rose,Im looking forward to hearing from you.Yours sincerely,Li Hua