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Unit 1 Look it up
Section 4 Focusing culture,Cross-curricular connection,Project
（分层练习）
基础达标 01 能力提升 02 拓展培优 03
一、翻译下面短语
1.通识教育 _____________________________
2.在线使用百科全书 _____________________________
3.编纂百科全书的悠久历史 _____________________________
4.在历史上 _____________________________
5.两者都；既…… 又…… _____________________________
6.追溯到很久以前；历史悠久_____________________________
7.与…… 相似 _____________________________
8.按字母顺序 _____________________________
9.在…… 中起重要作用； _____________________________
10.了解；获悉关于…… 的情况_____________________________
二、单项选择
1. —What about having a surprise party for Miss Smith
—Good idea. Let’s discuss when to _______________ the party.
A. organize B. delete C. accept D. solve
2. The teacher asked us to put the sentences in the right _______ to make a story.
A. order B. place C. time D. way
3.Linda is one of _______ in her class.
A. the cleverest girls B. the cleverer girls C. clever girls D. cleverest girl
4. I spent _______ day cleaning my room yesterday.
A. whole the B. the whole C. all D. every
5.The _______ of the old man made everyone in the village sad.
A. die B. dead C. dying D. death
6. The _______ opinion is that exercise helps keep healthy.
A. general B. popular C. strange D. personal
7. My father bought a new _______ of the encyclopedia. It’s the 15th book in the series.
A. item B. number C. amount D. volume
8. The price of the tour _______ air tickets and hotel stays. Don't worry about extra costs.
A. contains B. covers C. includes D. holds
9. Let’s use the camera to _______ the beautiful moment of our graduation ceremony.
A. remember B. record C. report D. repeat
10. Good communication _______ building strong friendships. We should learn to express ourselves clearly.
A. plays an important role in B. takes pride in C. gets used to D. looks forward to
11. This story _______ the one I read last week. Both have a brave hero and an exciting ending.
A. is similar to B. is famous for C. is good at D. is ready for
12. Mrs. Brown is nice. Every day she tries to cook__________ for me during my stay in Canada.
A. something different B. anything different C. nothing different D. different nothing
三、根据首字母或汉语提示完成单词
1. Please put these books in o________ on the shelf so they are easy to find.
2. Can you help me r_________the score of our basketball game
3. Our class plans to o_________ a picnic in the park next weekend.
4. I can’t find my o________pencil case, so I need to buy a new one.
5. The little dog looked sad, and I could see its s_________.
6. The w________class cheered when we won the football match.
7. The teacher gave a g_________ introduction to the history project.
8. These two dresses look s________, but the price is different.
9. The library has five v_________of ancient Chinese poems.
10. Everyone felt sorry for the old cat’s d__________ last month.
四、用词的适当形式填空
1. We need good _______, so _______ books are useful for us.（education）
2. It's _______ for us to know the ________ of keeping healthy.（important）
3. I _______ understand the plan, so I can _______the work on time.（complete）
4. The story _________by a famous writer last year.（write）
5. The________ will edit the article before the new_______ comes out.（edit）
6. Our teacher will ______ a charity sale for the local ________ next month.（organize）
7. An ________ needs to have ________ ideas to create beautiful works.（art）
8. After the dog's ________, the boy felt sad because his pet was _______.（die）
9. When people ______ from illness, their families share their_________ together.（suffer）
10. He made a _______decision and _______ ran to help the old man.（quick）
五、完成句子
1.人们一直比较喜欢用纸质百科全书，他们通常分为若干卷。
Some still ___ ___ _____paper encyclopaedias. They often come ___ ____ _______volumes.
2.世界其他地区的百科全书也有着悠久的历史
Encyclopaedias in other parts of the world also ____ ____ ____ ____ _____in history.
3.它们与中国早期的百科全书相似，因为都收录了不同学者的著作。
They _____ ____ ______early Chinese encyclopaedias because they included _____ _____ ______ ______.
4.百科全书在历史上一直扮演着记录和提供信息的重要角色。
Encyclopaedias ______ _____ ______ _____ ________ history ______ recording and providing information.
5. 学生们需要了解历史上的重要人物来理解过去。
Students need to _____ _______important people _____ _____ to understand the past.
6.中国有编纂百科全书的悠久历史，大多数条目以时间编写的
China ____ ____ ____ ____ _____creating encyclopaedias，and most entries _____ ________in time order.
六、短文填空
A 短文填词
The Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a famous ancient Chinese encyclopedia. In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor wanted to 1.c______ a huge book to record all knowledge of that time. Scholars 2.o_______ thousands of old books and materials, then put them in o______ by topic. They worked carefully to edit the content, making sure each part was accurate.
The encyclopedia has over 11,000 v_______, each filled with information about history, literature, science, and art. It not only r_______ ancient wisdom but also showed how people organized knowledge long ago. Though many books were lost, it remains an important record of Chinese culture. Even today, people study it to learn about the past!
B 语法填空
Lidong is a special day in the Chinese calendar. It means the 1 (begin) of winter. It usually happens around November 7th. It is the 2 (nineteen) lunar term (节气) of the year.
On Lidong, the weather changes as the days get shorter and 3 (cold) in the northern hemisphere (半球). In northern China, it might even snow. 4 , in the south, it is still warm. The temperature difference between the north and south can be very big.
Lidong is a time for people to get ready 5 winter. Farmers gather food and fuel for the cold months. People eat special foods 6 (stay) warm and healthy.
Lidong is also a time for celebration. People eat delicious food and have fun. In some 7 (place), people even have swimming competitions in icy rivers. It is a time to enjoy the beauty of winter and to be thankful for the harvest.
In ancient China, Lidong was 8 big festival. The emperor 9 (lead) people to offer sacrifices (祭祀) to heaven. Today, people still celebrate Lidong by eating delicious food, like meat and dumplings.
Lidong is a reminder that winter is coming, and it’s time to take care of 10 (our) and our families. It is a time for change, preparation, and celebration.
七、阅读配对
请根据五个人的需要，选择合适的阅读书籍。
1 Tim Brown is an 11-year-old boy. He shows great interest in the unknown world. He often imagines what the world looks like in the future. 2 Amy is a thoughtful girl who looks at the world with loving eyes. Her favorite book is about love. She wants to read a book this weekend. 3 Jenny doesn’t have a plan to go out this summer. She wants to stay at home and learn to cook dinner for her parents. 4 Kate Li weighs over 200 pounds now. It’s too difficult for her to move around. And now she is looking for ways to lose weight. 5 Vivian plans to study abroad in two years, but her spoken English is not very good. She wants to use her free time to improve her oral English. A. Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation The book is helpful for you to lean correct pronunciation, grammar, word usage and soon. The exercises make sure that you speak English confidently. B. New Life This is a love story. Mia Owens and her mother have just moved to California from England to find a better life. Mia just wants to live a peaceful life. Ian Marsh is rich and popular and can get whatever he wants. He wants to marry Mia. Can he succeed C. And the World Changes The aliens want to create a powerful weapon. A fifteen-year-old schoolboy has been chosen to be that weapon. But the world is about to change—in ways the aliens could not have believed. D. Keep Calm and Love Yourself This book is all you need if you want to lose weight, look great and stay healthy. All you need is a proper guidance to a great lifestyle for a healthy you. E. The Forget-Me-Not Summer This is a story about three sisters spending the summer together. Small-town life is not what these girls had in mind. Is it a nice summer vacation for them F How to Feed a Family From the book, you can learn more than 100 recipes (食谱). They are simple, fast and easy to follow.
八、语法选择
Have you ever been to Egypt (埃及) If you visit the country, you will find many big attractions like Pyramids (金字塔). They are one of 1 buildings in the world. Today, people look at them and ask, “Who built 2 Why When What is inside ”
3 years ago, some kings of Egypt wanted something to make people remember them, so they ordered their men 4 the pyramids. The idea worked and pyramids 5 .
Some pyramids are old. 6 are large. For example, the Pyramid of Khufu is over 146 metres high and is made 7 2,300,000 stones. Most of the stones are much 8 than a person. Over 10,000 workers spent about 20 years 9 the pyramid. As one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid of Khufu has become 10 famous place of interest. Every year, visitors from all over the world 11 to visit it and they 12 look at the view from its bottom.
How did ancient people build the pyramids How did they carry and lift up the large stones The stones fit (吻合) one another so well, 13 the people at that time didn’t have modern machines at all! Now scientists 14 hard to study the pyramids. However, 15 knows how ancient people built them.
1. A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the biggest
2. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs
3. A. Thousands B. Thousand C. Thousands of D. Thousand of
4. A. built B. to build C. building D. build
5. A. appear B. appears C. appeared D. will appear
6. A. Another B. Other C. The other D. Others
7. A. on B. by C. of D. in
8. A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
9. A. complete B. completed C. to complete D. completing
10. A. a B. an C. the D. /
11. A. came B. come C. comes D. are coming
12. A. can B. need C. should D. must
13. A. so B. if C. but D. because
14. A. are working B. works C. worked D. have worked
15. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
九、完形填空
Once upon a time, a king went to a village. He placed a large stone in the middle of the main road and ____1___some gold coins under the stone. Then he stood behind a tree and watched.
At first he saw a milkman with his cart (手推车). He knocked into the stone and the 2 was all over the ground. “Oh, no! My boys need it for breakfast! What a fool he is to put this stone here ” he shouted. He picked himself up and went away 3 .
The king watched all day. Many people tripped over (绊倒) the stone and acted similarly. However, he found that 4 tried to move it. The king thought, “Is there anyone trying to keep their neighbors from 5 ”
Just then, a young girl, the daughter of a local farmer, came along. She had been working all day and was very 6 . But when she saw the stone, she said to herself, “People may knock into it and get hurt. I’ll move it out of the way.”
Finally, the girl succeeded in pushing the stone to the side of the road. To her surprise, she saw the coins under the stone. She 7 and found nobody. Just then, the king stepped out from behind the tree. “Oh, sir!” the girl said, “Is this gold yours If not, we surely must find the 8 , for he will certainly miss it.”
The king said, “You are so 9 ! My dear, the gold is mine, but now the gold is yours. You are the only person that thinks about others. People shouldn’t just complain and 20 others to solve their problems.”
1. A. hid B. dropped C. lost D. pulled
2. A. water B. wine C. tea D. milk
3. A. happily B. surprisedly C. angrily D. confidently
4. A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody D. everybody
5. A. safety B. danger C. challenge D. help
6. A. excited B. relaxed C. tired D. bored
7. A. looked for B. looked after C. looked around D. looked out
8. A. driver B. farmer C. milkman D. owner
9. A. attractive B. beautiful C. kind D. intelligent
10. A. promise B. want C. teach D. train
十、阅读理解
A
What’s the largest animal in the world Where is Denmark Who made the first pizza
To answer these questions, you may need an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book with facts on topics in every field of knowledge. Which one should you choose Encyclopedia Britannica is a good choice.
It is the oldest and largest English-language encyclopedia in the world. It was first published in the 18th century in Scotland. Many people think it is the best encyclopedia.
From the 18th century to the early 20th century, articles in Encyclopedia Britannica were long and hard to understand. It soon became the favorite encyclopedia of scholars. But later, more and more common people began to use Encyclopedia Britannica, because the articles became shorter and easier to read.
Today people still think articles in Encyclopedia Britannica are reliable (可靠的) and well-written. In 2004, it had about 120,000 articles, with 44 million words.
To buy the Encyclopedia Britannica, you have to spend around 1,400 dollars (about 11,200 yuan). It also has a CD-ROM version which costs about 50 dollars.
In 1994 Encyclopedia Britannica was first put online. You can read short introductions of articles for free from the website. But for the full text, you have to pay about 12 dollars a month or 70 dollars a year.
1. Which of the answers to the questions may be found in Encyclopedia Britannica
A. What is the largest animal in the world B. Who made the first pizza
C. Where is Denmark D. All of the above.
2. Why did common people dislike to use Encyclopedia Britannica at first
A. Because it was too expensive.
B. Because they didn’t have computers.
C. Because the articles in it were not easy to understand.
D. Because they didn’t have any questions.
3. How much do you pay if you want to buy an Encyclopedia Britannica and its CD-ROM version
A. About $1,400. B. About $1,450 C. About $11,200 D. About $70.
4. How long is the Encyclopedia Britannica online now
A. For 29 years. B. For 12 years. C. For one century. D. For 18 years.
5. What is the best title for the passage
A. Encyclopedia Britannica. B. How to Find Answers in an Encyclopedia.
C. Useful Websites in Our Daily Lives. D. The Power of Knowledge.
B
As everyone knows, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is the oldest English—language encyclopaedia. Actually, more than 300 years before it, a Chinese encyclopaedia called the Yongle Dadian or the Yongle Encyclopaedia had already been there.
In 1403, the Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty asked Xie Jin to complete a collection of every subject and every known book of Chinese. One year later, Xie, finished the first version of the encyclopaedia named A Complete Work of Literature.
However, the emperor wasn’t happy with it because it was completed so quickly and he thought the content wasn’t enough. In 1405, he asked Yao Guangxiao to compile (编纂), 196. Two years later, they completed the work and won praise from the emperor who named the encyclopaedia after his reign name. Then it took the team another year to write the final version. The Yongle Encyclopaedia was finally completed in 1408.
The Yongle Encyclopaedia contained 22, 973 scrolls in 11, 095 volumes, such as history, geography, art and science. It is the largest encyclopaedia ever compiled in the world. However, over the years many volumes have been lost. Today 221 volumes of the Yongle Encyclopaedia are safely kept in the National Library of China in Beijing.
1. What do we know about the Yongle Encyclopedia ________
A. It appeared earlier than the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
B. It is as famous as the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
C. About 200 people worked on it together.
D. It was completed in 1403 in the—end.
2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about ________
A. The collection of Xie Jin.
B. The oldest book in Chinese history.
C. The Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty,
D. The first version of the Yongle Encyclopaedia.
3. Why wasn’t the emperor happy with the first version ________
A. Because he thought it didn’t include enough things.
B. Because there were a lot of mistakes in it.
C. Because it was finished too slowly.
D. Because nobody wanted to read it.
4. What can we learn from the last paragraph ________
A. The subjects of the Yongle Encyclopaedia cover all sides of people’s lives.
B. We can find some volumes of the Yongle Encyclopaedia in the National Library of China.
C. Most volumes of the Yongle Encyclpaedia are safely kept in Beijing.
D. The Yongle Encyclopaedia had 22, 973 volumes.
5. What is the purpose of the passage ________
A. To tell us the history of the encyclopaedia.
B. To encourage us to read more encyclopaedias.
C. To introduce the Yongle Encyclopaedia to us.
D. To show us how to use the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Unit 1 Look it up
Section 4 Focusing culture,Cross-curricular connection,Project
（分层练习）
基础达标 01 能力提升 02 拓展培优 03
一、翻译下面短语
1.通识教育 _____________________________
2.在线使用百科全书 _____________________________
3.编纂百科全书的悠久历史 _____________________________
4.在历史上 _____________________________
5.两者都；既…… 又…… _____________________________
6.追溯到很久以前；历史悠久_____________________________
7.与…… 相似 _____________________________
8.按字母顺序 _____________________________
9.在…… 中起重要作用； _____________________________
10.了解；获悉关于…… 的情况_____________________________
【答案】1. general education 2.use encyclopaedias online 3.a long history of creating encyclopaedias
4.in history 5.both…and…6.go back a long way 7.be similar to 8.in alphabetical order
9.play an important role in 10.learn about
二、单项选择
1. —What about having a surprise party for Miss Smith
—Good idea. Let’s discuss when to _______________ the party.
A. organize B. delete C. accept D. solve
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意：——给Miss Smit办个惊喜派对怎么样？——好主意，让我们讨论何时组织这个聚会。A. organize组织；B. delete删除；C. accept接受；D. solve解决。根据What about having a surprise party for Miss Smith 可知，此处应表示：组织聚会。故选A。
2. The teacher asked us to put the sentences in the right _______ to make a story.
A. order B. place C. time D. way
【答案】A
【解析】句意：老师让我们把句子按正确的顺序排列，以组成一个故事。
order：指顺序，强调按逻辑或规则排列（如句子顺序），符合 “将句子排成正确顺序以组成故事” 的语境。place：位置；time：时间， way：方式，
3.Linda is one of _______ in her class.
A. the cleverest girls B. the cleverer girls C. clever girls D. cleverest girl
【答案】A
【解析】句意“琳达在他们班级是最聪明的女孩之一。
根据one of+the+形容词最高级+名词复数 最……之一可知，用形容词的最高级，排除B和C；且girl用复数形式girls，且形容词最高级前必须加the，故选A。
4. I spent _______ day cleaning my room yesterday.
A. whole the B. the whole C. all D. every
【答案】B
【解析】the whole + 单数名词：固定搭配，如 the whole day（一整天）。
A 选项语序错误，正确应为 the whole；all需搭配 all the day，但初中阶段更常见 the whole day。
every强调每个，如 every day（每天），但题干指 具体某一天的全部时间，用 whole 更准确。
5.The _______ of the old man made everyone in the village sad.
A. die B. dead C. dying D. death
【答案】D
【解析】death：名词，死亡，the death of... 表示 …… 的死亡，符合语法结构。
die：动词， dead/ dying：形容词，需搭配名词使用（如 the dead man），此处缺少核心名词。
题干 made everyone sad 提示老人的死亡这一事件，需用名词形式。
6. The _______ opinion is that exercise helps keep healthy.
A. general B. popular C. strange D. personal
【答案】A
【解析】句意：普遍观点认为锻炼有助健康。
general opinion：固定搭配，意为：普遍观点，强调 大多数人认同的看法，如 the general public（普通大众）。
popular：流行的，如 popular music，但 popular opinion 侧重 受欢迎的观点，不如 general 强调普遍性。
strange（奇怪的）和personal（个人的）与 普遍观点 语义矛盾。
7. My father bought a new _______ of the encyclopedia. It’s the 15th book in the series.
A. item B. number C. amount D. volume
【答案】D
【解析】volume：表示 （系列书籍中的）一卷，与 encyclopedia（百科全书） 和 15th book in the series（系列中的第 15 本） 匹配。number：通常用于编号或数量，如 a number of books（一些书），不指卷册。
amount：修饰不可数名词。item：指 单个物品，语义宽泛，不如 volume 贴合 系列书籍中的一卷。
8. The price of the tour _______ air tickets and hotel stays. Don't worry about extra costs.
A. contains B. covers C. includes D. holds
【答案】C
【解析】句意：这次旅行的价格包括机票和酒店住宿。不要担心额外的费用。
includes：意为 包括，强调整体中包含部分，常用于举例说明。本题中旅游价格包含机票和酒店属于部分与整体关系，符合语境。contains：侧重 内含、容纳，强调实体内部包含的内容，如 The box contains toys.（盒子里装着玩具），不适合抽象的 价格包含项目。covers：指 涵盖、涉及，常搭配范围或主题。
holds：意为 持有；容纳。
9. Let’s use the camera to _______ the beautiful moment of our graduation ceremony.
A. remember B. record C. report D. repeat
【答案】B
【解析】句意：让我们用相机记录下毕业典礼的美好时刻。record：作动词时表示 记录；录制，
remember：记住，强调记忆report：报道；报告，repeat：重复。
10. Good communication _______ building strong friendships. We should learn to express ourselves clearly.
A. plays an important role in B. takes pride in C. gets used to D. looks forward to
【答案】A
【解析】句意：良好的沟通在建立牢固的友谊方面起着重要作用。我们应该学会清晰地表达自己。
plays an important role in：意为 在…… 中起重要作用，后接名词或动名词，良好的沟通在建立友谊中起重要作用 符合语境。takes pride in：以…… 为自豪，gets used to：习惯于looks forward to：期待。
11. This story _______ the one I read last week. Both have a brave hero and an exciting ending.
A. is similar to B. is famous for C. is good at D. is ready for
【解析】句意：这个故事和我上周读到的那个相似。两者都有一个勇敢的英雄和一个令人兴奋的结局。
is similar to：表示两个故事在人物设定和结局上有相似之处，符合都有勇敢的英雄和精彩结局的描述。
is famous for：因…… 而闻名。 is good at：擅长。is ready for：为…… 做好准备。
12. Mrs. Brown is nice. Every day she tries to cook__________ for me during my stay in Canada.
A. something different B. anything different C. nothing different D. different nothing
【答案】A
【解析】试题分析：something一些东西，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything也是表示一些东西，任何东西，一般用于否定及疑问句中。Nothing没有东西，用于肯定句表示否定含义；修饰这些由thing组成的符合词的形容词一般放在这些词的后面。句意：布朗先生很不错。我在加拿大期间，他每天早晨尽量为我不同的饭菜。
三、根据首字母或汉语提示完成单词
1. Please put these books in o________ on the shelf so they are easy to find.
2. Can you help me r_________the score of our basketball game
3. Our class plans to o_________ a picnic in the park next weekend.
4. I can’t find my o________pencil case, so I need to buy a new one.
5. The little dog looked sad, and I could see its s_________.
6. The w________class cheered when we won the football match.
7. The teacher gave a g_________ introduction to the history project.
8. These two dresses look s________, but the price is different.
9. The library has five v_________of ancient Chinese poems.
10. Everyone felt sorry for the old cat’s d__________ last month.
【答案】1.order 2.record 3.organize 4.original 5.suffering 6.whole 7.general 8.similar
9.volumes 10.death
四、用词的适当形式填空
1. We need good _______, so _______ books are useful for us.（education）
2. It's _______ for us to know the ________ of keeping healthy.（important）
3. I _______ understand the plan, so I can _______the work on time.（complete）
4. The story _________by a famous writer last year.（write）
5. The________ will edit the article before the new_______ comes out.（edit）
6. Our teacher will ______ a charity sale for the local ________ next month.（organize）
7. An ________ needs to have ________ ideas to create beautiful works.（art）
8. After the dog's ________, the boy felt sad because his pet was _______.（die）
9. When people ______ from illness, their families share their_________ together.（suffer）
10. He made a _______decision and _______ ran to help the old man.（quick）
【答案】1.education educational 2.important importance 3.completely complete
4.was written 5.editor edition 6.organize organization 7.artist artistic 8.death dead
9.suffer suffering 10.quick quickly
五、完成句子
1.人们一直比较喜欢用纸质百科全书，他们通常分为若干卷。
Some still ___ ___ _____paper encyclopaedias. They often come ___ ____ _______volumes.
2.世界其他地区的百科全书也有着悠久的历史
Encyclopaedias in other parts of the world also ____ ____ ____ ____ _____in history.
3.它们与中国早期的百科全书相似，因为都收录了不同学者的著作。
They _____ ____ ______early Chinese encyclopaedias because they included _____ _____ ______ ______.
4.百科全书在历史上一直扮演着记录和提供信息的重要角色。
Encyclopaedias ______ _____ ______ _____ ________ history ______ recording and providing information.
5. 学生们需要了解历史上的重要人物来理解过去。
Students need to _____ _______important people _____ _____ to understand the past.
6.中国有编纂百科全书的悠久历史，大多数条目以时间编写的
China ____ ____ ____ ____ _____creating encyclopaedias，and most entries _____ ________in time order.
【答案】1.prefer to use in several volumes. 2.go back a long way 3.were similar to works by different scholars
4.play an important role in through 5.learn about in history 6.has a long history of are written
六、短文填空
A 短文填词
The Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a famous ancient Chinese encyclopedia. In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor wanted to 1.c______ a huge book to record all knowledge of that time. Scholars 2.o_______ thousands of old books and materials, then put them in o______ by topic. They worked carefully to edit the content, making sure each part was accurate.
The encyclopedia has over 11,000 v_______, each filled with information about history, literature, science, and art. It not only r_______ ancient wisdom but also showed how people organized knowledge long ago. Though many books were lost, it remains an important record of Chinese culture. Even today, people study it to learn about the past!
【答案】1.create 2.organized 3.order 4.volumes 5.recorded
B 语法填空
Lidong is a special day in the Chinese calendar. It means the 1 (begin) of winter. It usually happens around November 7th. It is the 2 (nineteen) lunar term (节气) of the year.
On Lidong, the weather changes as the days get shorter and 3 (cold) in the northern hemisphere (半球). In northern China, it might even snow. 4 , in the south, it is still warm. The temperature difference between the north and south can be very big.
Lidong is a time for people to get ready 5 winter. Farmers gather food and fuel for the cold months. People eat special foods 6 (stay) warm and healthy.
Lidong is also a time for celebration. People eat delicious food and have fun. In some 7 (place), people even have swimming competitions in icy rivers. It is a time to enjoy the beauty of winter and to be thankful for the harvest.
In ancient China, Lidong was 8 big festival. The emperor 9 (lead) people to offer sacrifices (祭祀) to heaven. Today, people still celebrate Lidong by eating delicious food, like meat and dumplings.
Lidong is a reminder that winter is coming, and it’s time to take care of 10 (our) and our families. It is a time for change, preparation, and celebration.
【答案】1. beginning 2. nineteenth/19th 3. colder 4. However 5. for 6. to stay 7. places 8. a 9. led 10. ourselves
【解析】本文主要介绍了立冬的含义、发生时间、庆祝方式等。
1. 句意：它意味着冬天的开始。begin“开始”，动词，名词是beginning。the beginning of“……的开始”，固定短语。故填beginning。
2. 句意：它是一年中的第十九个节气。根据“It is the ... lunar term of the year.”可知，此处指“第十九个节气”，因此用序数词。nineteen“十九”，基数词，序数词是nineteenth。故填nineteenth/19th。
3. 句意：在立冬，天气的变化随着北半球的白天越来越短，越来越冷。根据“shorter”可知此处也用比较级，表示“越来越短”。cold“冷的”，形容词，比较级是colder。故填colder。
4. 句意：然而，在南方，仍然很暖和。分析句子可知，空格处用副词修饰整个句子。根据“In northern China, it might even snow. ... in the south, it is still warm.”可知，前后文之间是转折关系，因此用however“然而”，副词，首字母大写。故填However。
5. 句意：立冬是人们准备过冬的时候。get ready for“为……做准备”，固定短语。故填for。
6. 句意：人们吃特殊的食物来保持温暖和健康。根据“People eat special foods ... warm and healthy.”可知，此处用不定式作目的状语。stay“保持”，动词，不定式是to stay。故填to stay。
7. 句意：在一些地方，人们甚至在冰冷的河流里进行游泳比赛。根据“some”可知，此处用复数。place“地方”，可数名词，复数是places。故填places。
8. 句意：在中国古代，立冬是一个大节日。festival“节日”，可数名词，此处用单数，因此前面用不定冠词，big“大的”，是辅音音素开头的单词，因此不定冠词用a。故填a。
9. 句意：皇帝带领人们向天献祭。根据“In ancient China, Lidong was a big festival.”可知，此处用一般过去时，用过去式。lead“带领”，动词，过去式是led。故填led。
10. 句意：立冬提醒我们冬天来了，是时候照顾好自己和家人了。根据“it’s time to take care of ...”可知此处指“照顾好我们自己”，因此用反身代词。our“我们的”，形容词性物主代词，反身代词是ourselves。故填ourselves。
七、阅读配对
请根据五个人的需要，选择合适的阅读书籍。
1 Tim Brown is an 11-year-old boy. He shows great interest in the unknown world. He often imagines what the world looks like in the future. 2 Amy is a thoughtful girl who looks at the world with loving eyes. Her favorite book is about love. She wants to read a book this weekend. 3 Jenny doesn’t have a plan to go out this summer. She wants to stay at home and learn to cook dinner for her parents. 4 Kate Li weighs over 200 pounds now. It’s too difficult for her to move around. And now she is looking for ways to lose weight. 5 Vivian plans to study abroad in two years, but her spoken English is not very good. She wants to use her free time to improve her oral English. A. Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation The book is helpful for you to lean correct pronunciation, grammar, word usage and soon. The exercises make sure that you speak English confidently. B. New Life This is a love story. Mia Owens and her mother have just moved to California from England to find a better life. Mia just wants to live a peaceful life. Ian Marsh is rich and popular and can get whatever he wants. He wants to marry Mia. Can he succeed C. And the World Changes The aliens want to create a powerful weapon. A fifteen-year-old schoolboy has been chosen to be that weapon. But the world is about to change—in ways the aliens could not have believed. D. Keep Calm and Love Yourself This book is all you need if you want to lose weight, look great and stay healthy. All you need is a proper guidance to a great lifestyle for a healthy you. E. The Forget-Me-Not Summer This is a story about three sisters spending the summer together. Small-town life is not what these girls had in mind. Is it a nice summer vacation for them F How to Feed a Family From the book, you can learn more than 100 recipes (食谱). They are simple, fast and easy to follow.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. F 4. D 5. A
【解析】本文介绍了五个人的需要和六本书籍，根据个人的需要，选择合适的阅读书籍。
1. 根据“He shows great interest in the unknown world. He often imagines what the world looks like in the future.”可知，蒂姆·布朗对未知的世界表现出极大的兴趣，他经常想象未来的世界会是什么样子。选项C“外星人想制造一种强大的武器。一个十五岁的男生被选为武器。但世界以外星人无法相信的方式即将发生改变。”与之对应。故选C。
2. 根据“Amy is a thoughtful girl who looks at the world with loving eyes. Her favorite book is about love. She wants to read a book this weekend.”可知，艾米是一个有思想的女孩，她用充满爱的眼睛看世界，她最喜欢的书是关于爱情的。选项B“这是一个爱情故事。米娅·欧文斯和她的母亲刚刚从英国搬到加利福尼亚州，寻找更好的生活。Miajust想要过平静的生活。伊恩·马什既富有又受欢迎，他可以得到任何他想要的东西。他想娶米娅。他能成功吗？”与之对应，故选B。
3. 根据“She wants to stay at home and learn to cook dinner for her parents.”可知，这个暑假她想待在家里，学习为父母做饭。选项F“从这本书中，你可以学到100多种食谱。它们简单、快速、易于遵循” 与之对应，故选F。
4. 根据“Kate Li weighs over 200 pounds now…And now she is looking for ways to lose weight.”可知，凯特.李现在体重超过200磅，现在她正在寻找减肥的方法。选项D“如果你想减肥、保持健康，这本书就是你所需要的。你所需要的只是一个正确的指导，让你过上健康的生活。” 与之对应，故选D。
5. 根据“Vivian …She wants to use her free time to improve her oral English.”可知，薇薇安的英语口语不是很好，她想利用空闲时间提高英语口语。选项A“这本书有助于你掌握正确的发音、语法、单词用法等。这些练习确保你自信地说英语。” 与之对应，故选A。
八、语法选择
Have you ever been to Egypt (埃及) If you visit the country, you will find many big attractions like Pyramids (金字塔). They are one of 1 buildings in the world. Today, people look at them and ask, “Who built 2 Why When What is inside ”
3 years ago, some kings of Egypt wanted something to make people remember them, so they ordered their men 4 the pyramids. The idea worked and pyramids 5 .
Some pyramids are old. 6 are large. For example, the Pyramid of Khufu is over 146 metres high and is made 7 2,300,000 stones. Most of the stones are much 8 than a person. Over 10,000 workers spent about 20 years 9 the pyramid. As one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid of Khufu has become 10 famous place of interest. Every year, visitors from all over the world 11 to visit it and they 12 look at the view from its bottom.
How did ancient people build the pyramids How did they carry and lift up the large stones The stones fit (吻合) one another so well, 13 the people at that time didn’t have modern machines at all! Now scientists 14 hard to study the pyramids. However, 15 knows how ancient people built them.
1. A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the biggest
2. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs
3. A. Thousands B. Thousand C. Thousands of D. Thousand of
4. A. built B. to build C. building D. build
5. A. appear B. appears C. appeared D. will appear
6. A. Another B. Other C. The other D. Others
7. A. on B. by C. of D. in
8. A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
9. A. complete B. completed C. to complete D. completing
10. A. a B. an C. the D. /
11. A. came B. come C. comes D. are coming
12. A. can B. need C. should D. must
13. A. so B. if C. but D. because
14. A. are working B. works C. worked D. have worked
15. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. D
【解析】本文主要介绍了埃及金字塔的相关信息。
1. 句意：它们是世界上最大的建筑之一。
big大的（原级）；bigger更大的（比较级）；biggest最大的（最高级）；the biggest最大的（最高级）。根据“one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数形式”结构可知，the biggest符合语境。故选D。
2. 句意：谁建造了它们？
they它们（人称代词的主格）；them它们（人称代词的宾格）；their它们的（形容词性物主代词）；theirs它们的（名词性物主代词）。分析“Who built... ”可知，空处是句子的宾语，指的是上文提到的Pyramids“金字塔”，所以空处应用人称代词的宾格them指代Pyramids。故选B。
3. 句意：几千年前，一些埃及国王想要一些东西让人们记住他们，所以他们命令他们的子民建造金字塔。
Thousands数千（复数形式）；Thousand千（原形）；Thousands of几千；Thousand of错误表达。当thousand前没有具体的数字修饰，且与of连用时，thousand要用复数形式thousands。故选C。
4. 句意：几千年前，一些埃及国王想要一些东西让人们记住他们，所以他们命令他们的子民建造金字塔。
built建造（过去式）；to build建造（动词不定式）；building建造（动词-ing形式）；build建造（原形）。根据短语order sb. to do sth.“命令某人做某事”可知，空处应选动词不定式。故选B。
5. 句意：这个想法成功了，金字塔出现了。
appear出现（原形）；appears出现（第三人称单数形式）；appeared出现（过去式）；will appear将出现（一般将来时）。此处表示过去发生的动作，应用一般过去时，动词要使用过去式。故选C。
6. 句意：另一些金字塔都很大。
Another另一个；Other其他的（其后要接名词）；The other（两者中的）另一个；Others其他的（其后不接名词）。根据上文“Some pyramids are old....are large.”和选项可知，本题考查some...others...“一些……另一些……”。故选D。
7. 句意：例如，胡夫金字塔高146米，由230万块石头组成。
on在……上面；by通过；of属于……的；in在……里面。根据“is made...2,300,000 stones”和选项可知，本题考查短语be made of“由……制成”。故选C。
8. 句意：大多数石头比人高得多。
tall高的（原级）；taller更高的（比较级）；tallest最高的（最高级）；the tallest最高的（最高级）。根据“than”可知，空处应用比较级。故选B。
9. 句意：超过10000名工人花了大约20年完成了这座金字塔。
complete完成（原形）；completed完成（过去式）；to complete完成（动词不定式）；completing完成（动词-ing形式）。根据短语spend time doing sth.“花时间做某事”可知，空处应选动词-ing形式。故选D。
10. 句意：作为古代世界七大奇迹之一，胡夫金字塔已经成为一个著名的名胜古迹。
a一个（不定冠词，表示泛指，用于辅音音素前）；an一个（不定冠词，表示泛指，用于元音音素前）；the这个，那个（定冠词，表示特指）；/不填。此处泛指一个著名的名胜古迹，应用不定冠词a或an，空后的famous以辅音音素开头，所以空处应填a。故选A。
11. 句意：每年，来自世界各地的游客来参观它，他们可以从它的底部看风景。
came来（过去式）；come来（原形）；comes来（第三人称单数形式）；are coming要来了（动词现在分词）。根据“Every year”可知，此处应用一般现在时，主语visitors表示复数，所以动词要用原形。故选B。
12. 句意：每年，来自世界各地的游客来参观它，他们可以从它的底部看风景。
can可以；need需要；should应该；must必须。结合选项和“they...look at the view from its bottom”可知，此处表示游客可以从金字塔的底部看风景。故选A。
13. 句意：石头彼此之间非常吻合，但当时的人根本没有现代机器！
so因此；if如果；but但是；because因为。分析“The stones fit (吻合) one another so well...the people at that time didn’t have modern machines at all!”可知，这两句是转折关系，连词but符合语境。故选C。
14. 句意：现在科学家们正在努力研究金字塔。
are working正在工作（现在进行时）；works工作（一般现在时）；worked工作（一般过去时）；have worked已经工作（现在完成时）。根据“Now”可知，此处应用现在进行时。故选A。
15. 句意：然而，没有人知道古代人是如何建造它们的。
somebody某人；anybody任何人；everybody每个人；nobody没有人。根据“However”可知，此处表示虽然科学家们正在努力研究金字塔，但是没有人知道古代人是如何建造它们的。故选D。
九、完形填空
Once upon a time, a king went to a village. He placed a large stone in the middle of the main road and ____1___some gold coins under the stone. Then he stood behind a tree and watched.
At first he saw a milkman with his cart (手推车). He knocked into the stone and the 2 was all over the ground. “Oh, no! My boys need it for breakfast! What a fool he is to put this stone here ” he shouted. He picked himself up and went away 3 .
The king watched all day. Many people tripped over (绊倒) the stone and acted similarly. However, he found that 4 tried to move it. The king thought, “Is there anyone trying to keep their neighbors from 5 ”
Just then, a young girl, the daughter of a local farmer, came along. She had been working all day and was very 6 . But when she saw the stone, she said to herself, “People may knock into it and get hurt. I’ll move it out of the way.”
Finally, the girl succeeded in pushing the stone to the side of the road. To her surprise, she saw the coins under the stone. She 7 and found nobody. Just then, the king stepped out from behind the tree. “Oh, sir!” the girl said, “Is this gold yours If not, we surely must find the 8 , for he will certainly miss it.”
The king said, “You are so 9 ! My dear, the gold is mine, but now the gold is yours. You are the only person that thinks about others. People shouldn’t just complain and 20 others to solve their problems.”
1. A. hid B. dropped C. lost D. pulled
2. A. water B. wine C. tea D. milk
3. A. happily B. surprisedly C. angrily D. confidently
4. A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody D. everybody
5. A. safety B. danger C. challenge D. help
6. A. excited B. relaxed C. tired D. bored
7. A. looked for B. looked after C. looked around D. looked out
8. A. driver B. farmer C. milkman D. owner
9. A. attractive B. beautiful C. kind D. intelligent
10. A. promise B. want C. teach D. train
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. B
【解析】本文主要介绍了一个国王在大路中央放了一块大石头并在石头下放了一些金币，最后女孩把石头搬走，得到了金币的故事告诉我们：人们不应该只是抱怨，希望别人解决他们的问题。
1. 句意：他在大路中央放了一块大石头，并在石头下面藏了一些金币。
hid藏；dropped掉落；lost失去；pulled拉，根据“He placed a large stone in the middle of the main road”可知，此处指在石头下藏了一些金币，故选A。
2. 句意：他撞到了石头，牛奶溅得满地都是。
water水；wine酒；tea茶；milk牛奶，根据“At first he saw a milkman with his cart”可知，此处是牛奶洒的到处都是，故选D。
3. 句意：他站起来，愤怒地走开了。
happily开心地；surprisedly惊讶地；angrily生气地；confidently自信地，根据“What a fool he is to put this stone here ” he shouted”可知此处指他愤怒地走开了，故选C。
4. 句意：然而，他发现没有人试图移动它。
nobody没有人；somebody某人；anybody任何人；everybody每个人，根据“Many people tripped over (绊倒) the stone and acted similarly. However...”可知，此处指没有人试图移动石头，故选A。
5. 句意：有没有人试图让他们的邻居远离危险呢？
safety安全；danger危险；challenge挑战；help帮助，根据后文的“People may knock into it and get hurt. I’ll move it out of the way.”可知，此处指的是远离被石头绊倒的危险，故选B。
6. 句意：她工作了一整天，非常累。
excited兴奋的；relaxed放松的；tired累的；bored无聊的，根据“She had been working all day”可知，此处指工作了一天后，她很累，故选C。
7. 句意：她环顾四周，没有发现任何人。
looked for寻找；looked after照顾；looked around环顾四周；looked out向外看，根据“and found nobody”可知，此处指她环顾四周，故选C。
8. 句意：如果不是，我们一定要找到主人，因为他肯定会察觉到的。
driver司机；farmer农民；milkman送奶工；owner主人，根据“Is this gold yours If not, we surely must find the”可知，此处指找到金子的主人，故选D。
9. 句意：亲爱的，你很善良。
attractive吸引人的；beautiful漂亮的；kind善良的；intelligent聪明的，根据前文的“when she saw the stone, she said to herself, “People may knock into it and get hurt. I’ll move it out of the way.”可知，女孩很善良，故选C。
10. 句意：人们不应该只是抱怨，希望别人解决他们的问题。
promise答应；want想要；teach教；train训练，根据“People shouldn’t just complain”可知，此处指不应该希望别人解决他们的问题，故选B。
十、阅读理解
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Today people still think articles in Encyclopedia Britannica are reliable (可靠的) and well-written. In 2004, it had about 120,000 articles, with 44 million words.
To buy the Encyclopedia Britannica, you have to spend around 1,400 dollars (about 11,200 yuan). It also has a CD-ROM version which costs about 50 dollars.
In 1994 Encyclopedia Britannica was first put online. You can read short introductions of articles for free from the website. But for the full text, you have to pay about 12 dollars a month or 70 dollars a year.
1. Which of the answers to the questions may be found in Encyclopedia Britannica
A. What is the largest animal in the world B. Who made the first pizza
C. Where is Denmark D. All of the above.
2. Why did common people dislike to use Encyclopedia Britannica at first
A. Because it was too expensive.
B. Because they didn’t have computers.
C. Because the articles in it were not easy to understand.
D. Because they didn’t have any questions.
3. How much do you pay if you want to buy an Encyclopedia Britannica and its CD-ROM version
A. About $1,400. B. About $1,450 C. About $11,200 D. About $70.
4. How long is the Encyclopedia Britannica online now
A. For 29 years. B. For 12 years. C. For one century. D. For 18 years.
5. What is the best title for the passage
A. Encyclopedia Britannica. B. How to Find Answers in an Encyclopedia.
C. Useful Websites in Our Daily Lives. D. The Power of Knowledge.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了《大英百科全书》。
1. 细节理解题。根据“What’s the largest animal in the world Where is Denmark Who made the first pizza ”及“To answer these questions, you may need an encyclopedia.”可知，A、B、C三个问题都可以在《大英百科全书》中找到，故选D。
2. 细节理解题。根据“From the 18th century to the early 20th century, articles in Encyclopedia Britannica were long and hard to understand. It soon became the favorite encyclopedia of scholars. But later, more and more common people began to use Encyclopedia Britannica, because the articles became shorter and easier to read.”可知，普通人一开始不喜欢使用《大英百科全书》，是因为它里面的文章不容易理解，故选C。
3. 细节理解题。根据“To buy the Encyclopedia Britannica, you have to spend around 1,400 dollars (about 11,200 yuan). It also has a CD-ROM version which costs about 50 dollars.”可知，购买《大英百科全书》大约需要花费1400美元，CD-ROM版本需要大约50美元，所以一共需要大约1450美元，故选B。
4. 细节理解题。根据“In 1994 Encyclopedia Britannica was first put online.”可知，1994年，《大英百科全书》首次上线，距今大约29年了，故选A。
5. 最佳标题题。根据“Encyclopedia Britannica is a good choice.”以及全文内容可知，本文主要介绍了《大英百科全书》，故选A。
B
As everyone knows, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is the oldest English—language encyclopaedia. Actually, more than 300 years before it, a Chinese encyclopaedia called the Yongle Dadian or the Yongle Encyclopaedia had already been there.
In 1403, the Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty asked Xie Jin to complete a collection of every subject and every known book of Chinese. One year later, Xie, finished the first version of the encyclopaedia named A Complete Work of Literature.
However, the emperor wasn’t happy with it because it was completed so quickly and he thought the content wasn’t enough. In 1405, he asked Yao Guangxiao to compile (编纂), 196. Two years later, they completed the work and won praise from the emperor who named the encyclopaedia after his reign name. Then it took the team another year to write the final version. The Yongle Encyclopaedia was finally completed in 1408.
The Yongle Encyclopaedia contained 22, 973 scrolls in 11, 095 volumes, such as history, geography, art and science. It is the largest encyclopaedia ever compiled in the world. However, over the years many volumes have been lost. Today 221 volumes of the Yongle Encyclopaedia are safely kept in the National Library of China in Beijing.
1. What do we know about the Yongle Encyclopedia ________
A. It appeared earlier than the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
B. It is as famous as the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
C. About 200 people worked on it together.
D. It was completed in 1403 in the—end.
2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about ________
A. The collection of Xie Jin.
B. The oldest book in Chinese history.
C. The Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty,
D. The first version of the Yongle Encyclopaedia.
3. Why wasn’t the emperor happy with the first version ________
A. Because he thought it didn’t include enough things.
B. Because there were a lot of mistakes in it.
C. Because it was finished too slowly.
D. Because nobody wanted to read it.
4. What can we learn from the last paragraph ________
A. The subjects of the Yongle Encyclopaedia cover all sides of people’s lives.
B. We can find some volumes of the Yongle Encyclopaedia in the National Library of China.
C. Most volumes of the Yongle Encyclpaedia are safely kept in Beijing.
D. The Yongle Encyclopaedia had 22, 973 volumes.
5. What is the purpose of the passage ________
A. To tell us the history of the encyclopaedia.
B. To encourage us to read more encyclopaedias.
C. To introduce the Yongle Encyclopaedia to us.
D. To show us how to use the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了中国的百科全书《永乐大典》的编纂和完善。
1. 细节理解题。根据第一段“As everyone knows, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is the oldest English—language encyclopaedia. Actually, more than 300 years before it a Chinese encyclopaedia called the Yongle Dadian or the Yongle Encyclopaedia had already been there.”可知，《永乐大典》比《大英百科全书》出现得早。故选A。
2. 主旨大意题。根据第二段“One year later, Xie, finished the first version of the encyclopaedia named A Complete Work of Literature.”可知，本段主要讲了《永乐大典》的第一版。故选D。
3. 细节理解题。根据第三段“However, the emperor wasn’t happy with it because it was completed so quickly and he thought the content wasn’t enough.”可知，皇帝并不满意的是他认为内容不够。故选A。
4. 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Today 221 volumes of the Yongle Encyclopaedia are safely kept in the National Library of China in Beijing.” 可知，如今，221卷《永乐大典》被安全地保存在北京的中国国家图书馆。故选B。
5. 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要是向我们介绍了明朝时期完成的《永乐大典》。故选C。
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