2021-2022学年人教版必修一Unit4EarthquakesLearningaboutlanguage课时作业.docx

Unit 4 Earthquakes Learning about language 课时作业第一节、单词拼写根据下列各句句意及所给的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。1. Man is gifted with a m sense by which he distinguishes good from evil.2. When I woke up this morning, the ground was covered with （霜）.3. On that farm people grow wheat and corn and raise （牛）and sheep.4. A happy （童年）plays an important role in one's mental health.5. From that well-known story comes the i "Draw a snake and add 施et to it.”6. His tie was knotted （打结）below his open c .7. The working mother was glad to see her son taken good care of in the n .8. Gettysburg was the scene of the most important battle in the American c war.【答案】1. moral 2. frost 3. cattle 4. childhood 5. idiom 6. collar 7. nursery 8. civil 第二节阅读理解AAs technology makes communication easier and quicker, handwritten letters are nearly a thing of the past.But it is making a comeback on Feng Shengji's desk. The 34-year-old from Chengdu started an online letter-writing business in February last year, writing and mailing hundreds of letters on behalf of others. She has written letters of appreciation, apologiesfor wrongdoings, love letters and breakup letters. Her story has spread on social media, triggering wide discussion on the lost art of letter writing. It has been viewed more than 14 million times on Sina Wcibo.The idea of writing letters for others came when Feng tried to draw and write on her iPad to beat boredom during CO VID-19. Then, she opened an online store for letter writing. Up till last month, she worked for a local design company in the day, and worked on her online business as a letter writer at night.In mid-March last year, a doctor from Sichuan became her first client. He was assigned to help fight CO VID-19 in Wuhan during the 76-day lockdown. The doctor contacted Feng to help him write thank-you letters to the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital and the hotel he stayed in for their care and support during his time in Wuhan. As mailing services were stopped during the lockdown, Feng wrote the letters on her iPad and emailed the letters. "I told him that I wanted to write the letters free of charge, but he insisted on paying." Feng recounts.Since then, her business has taken off. As of January, she has written more than 700 letters , with each letter ranging from dozens of words to thousands. Depending on the length of the letters, each letter can cost from dozens of yuan to less than 10() yuan."Letter writing is a meaningful thing, and I want to make it into a lifetime career, "says Feng, smiling. She resigned from her design job and became a full-time letter writer from June.1. What does the underlined word triggering,' mean in the second paragraph?A. holdingB. arousingC. witnessingD. ExpectingWhat was Feng's original idea to take up writing letters for others?A. To kill time during the pandemic.B. To revive the lost art of letter writing.C. To help the doctors to keep in touch.D. To earn extra money in her spare time.2. What do wc know about Feng's business?A. Her first customer got the service for free.B. Her business suffered a lot from CO VID-19.C. Her business is well received and successful.D. Her letter writing store was started in Chengdu.3. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Fighting CO VID-19 with handwritten lettersB. A creative and successful woman writerC. A written art revived by an online businessD. Letter writing an art calling for preservation 【答案】1-4 BACCBFolk talcs have saddled （使承担）the moon with major responsibilities: moods, increases in crime and even mental disorders are blamed on the moon. But could the "lunar effecf, disturb sleep?Scientists have long understood that human activity is affected by light, including sunlight, moonlight and artificial light. But a recent study suggests our ability to sleep is clearly affected by the lunar cycle, even when considering artificial sources of light.Using wrist monitors, researchers tracked sleep patterns in 98 individuals living in three local communities in Argentina over the course of two months. One rural community had no electricity access, a second rural community had limited access to electricity, while a third community was located in an urban setting and had full access to electricity.In each community, the peak（峰值）of participants sleeping less and staying up later occurred three to five days before full moon nights, and the opposite occurred on the nights before the new moon, the authors found.Unsurprisingly data showed the “'lunar phase effect“ on sleep appeared to be stronger the more limited access to electricity was.“The result strongly suggests that human sleep is synchronized （同步）with lunar phase/5 the researchers wrote in the journal Science A doances.De la Iglesia added: "We humans tend to believe that we managed to control nature, and the use of artificial light is a great example of that. But it turns out that there are some forces of nature that wc cannot get away 什om.”Derk-Jan Dijk, a professor of sleep and physiology and the director of a sleep research centre at the University of Surrey, described the study as exciting but noted that the researchers had not deal with internal influences such as body clocks that could affect sleep patterns.4. What is the recent study mainly about?A. The harm of lunar effect.B. The reliability of folk tales.C. The function of artificial light.D. The effect of the lunar cycle onsleep.5. When did the participants in the experiment sleep least?A. On the full moon night.B. On the new moo night.C. On the night after the new moon.D. On the night before the fullmoon.6. What docs the underlined word “that" in the last paragraph but one refer to?A. Controlling nature.B. The level of urbanisation.C. The escape from forces of nature.D. Synchronizing with lunarphases.7. What did Derk-Jan Dijk think of the research findings?A. Groundless.B. Persuasive.C. Incomplete.D. Impressive.【答案】5.D6.D7.A8.C第三节读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整 的短文。An honest mistakeKarie double-checked the words on her spelling test. If she got 100 percent today, she'd win her class' First-Quarter Spelling Challenge and a brand new dictionary. Plus, Ms McCormack had promised to do a handstand if anyone got a perfect score.Three more words to go. N-i-c-e-l-y. Q-u-i-c-k-l-y. H-o-n-e-s-t-y. Wait! She'd spelled honesty, not honestly. She hurriedly erased the t-y and wrote 1-y before handing in her paper.Ms McCormack graded the test papers at the break. Meanwhile, Karie sat restlessly in her seal with her fingers crossed. Then, Ms McCormack walked to the front of the room and cleared her throat. As if she were an Olympic gymnast, MsMcCormack's feet flipped（空翻）inlo the air.Congratulations, Karie! You did it! ” she announced while upside down.The whole class burst into applause!Ms McCormack righted herself and presented Karie with her prize. Karie grinned as she read the label on the box：To Karie Carter, for her perfect first-quarter score in spelling.Everything OK? ” Mom asked as Karie burst through the front door after school. Karie didn't answer. As if by magic, she took out her spelling test paper and prize and showed them to her mother. Mom hugged her, asking her to put the test paper on the fridge so that Dad could see it when he got home.Karie took another look at the test paper before putting it on the fridge. Her hands stopped in the mid air. She just couldn't believe her own eyes. Honesly?YES! H-O-N-E-S-L-Y!Mom sensed something unusual and asked why. Karie stuffed the test paper into her backpack and explained that she was just too excited. Mom brought her some tea. Yes, a "I” was exactly what she needed.After drinking a little, Karie plodded（重步走）down the hall, lost in thought. How could she tell the class she hadn't earned the prize after all? That Ms McCormack did the handstand for nothing?Paragraph 1 ：Later Dad came in with excitement.Paragraph 2：The next morning, Karie went to school earlier than usual.【参考答案】One possible version ：Paragraph 1：Later Dad came in with excitement. Where's your spelling test, Karie? ” Dad asked eagerly. Karie looked away from her father. Anyhow, she reluctantly went to her room and pulled out the test paper. Dad fixed his eyes on the paper, a pleasant smile lifting the corner of his mouth. "I'm proud of you, sweetie. We need to celebrate it tonight. Karie pretended to be smiling all the time. Meanwhile a sense of guilt rose inside her. Feeling she didn't deserve the prize, she had a sleepless night for the first time in her life.Paragraph 2：The next morning, Karie went to school earlier than usual. Ms McCormack was unlocking the classroom. u You're an early bird. " Ms McCormack said. Karie's hands trembled. She handed her teacher the spelling paper and the dictionary. "I can't keep this. I misspelled 4honestly, and you didn't catch il." For a moment, Ms McCormack stood quietly reading the label on the dictionary. Then picking up her pen, she crossed out the word “perfbet” and wrote “honest“ before returning the dictionary to Karie. “Keep this. But for honesty. ”