课时作业(二十四) Unit 4 Making the news
Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.I am very________(delight) to accept it.Thank you for your lovely doll. 2.After graduation she got an________(admire) job.
3.My elder sisters and brothers have moved away from home and are now________(depend)． 4.He is a________(profession) artist; he lives by selling his pictures. 5.I believe the house was________(deliberate) set fire to. 6.The figures of the missing will________(publish)tomorrow.
7.I wondered if I could have an________(appoint) with the doctor the following day. 8.________(accuse) of stealing money，the man was brought to court. 9.I waited patiently hoping that someone would come to my________(assist)． 10.We were able to get the________(inform) we needed from the Internet. 答案：1.delighted 2.admirable 3.independent 4.professional
5.deliberately 6.be published 7.appointment 8.Accused 9.assistance 10.information Ⅱ.完成句子
1.This morning，the teacher__________________(通知汤姆)go to his office. 2.The teacher__________________(指责汤姆作弊)in the latest exam.
3.The diligent man__________________(注定会实现他的目标)，because he spares no effort to do the best for every detail.
4.He demanded that Tom__________________(集中精力学习)． 5.Tom would__________________(依靠自己获得)rich knowledge. 6.Tom said that__________________(决不)would he cheat in the exam.
答案：1.informed Tom to 2.accused Tom of cheating 3.is to achieve his goal 4.(should) concentrate his attention on learning 5.depend on himself to acquire 6.in no case
Ⅲ.阅读理解
A
(2015·安徽蚌埠高三第一次教学质量检查)
Less than 60 percent of students now entering four-year American colleges are likely to graduate.The completion rate is lower than that of almost any other wealthy country.
On Tuesday President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school.He spoke on the first
day of classes at a high school in Virginia.He talked about personal responsibility，and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties.
“My father left my family when I was two years old，and I was raised by a single mother who
had to work and struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us things the other kids had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn't fit in，”said President Obama.
But he told students that problems in their own lives should not stop them from learning. “There's no excuse for talking back to your teacher，or cutting class or dropping out of school. There's no excuse for not trying.”
This was not the first presidential speech to students.Ronald Reagan spoke from the White House in 1988.And George H．W.Bush spoke from a school in Washington in 1991.
But many conservatives(保守者) criticized plans for the speech.Some called it“socialized education”or federal interference(干预) in local schools.Others feared it would be too political. Some schools decided not to show the speech.But the White House released (发布)the text on Monday，and that calmed a lot of critics.
On Sunday，on the CBS program“Face the Nation”，Untied States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said 30 percent of students do not graduate from high school.He called the dropout rate“staggering(令人吃惊的)”．It represents more than a million students every year who entered ninth grade but did not complete 12th grade.
语篇导读：本文是一篇新闻报道，主要介绍了美国总统奥巴马发表电视演讲，呼吁学生们克服困难，继续学业，人们对演讲有不同的评价。
1.President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech on Tuesday to________. A．criticize the students who talked back to their parents
B．tell the students how he struggled to go to school in his childhood C．encourage students to drop out
D．persuade the students to go on with their studies even if they have problems
答案：D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，奥巴马发表电视演讲的目的在于呼吁学生们克服困难，继续学业。
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？ A．Some people considered Obama's speech to be too political. B．George H．W.Bush spoke to students from the White House in 1990. C．Obama's mother left him when he was two years old. D．The White House decided not to release the text on Monday.
答案：A 解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第三句可知，有些人担心演讲太过于政治化。
3.It can be inferred from the passage that________. A．40 percent of American high school students drop out B．the dropout rate of American schools is amazing
C．only one million students can finish 12th grade each year D．not all the people support the president's speech
答案：D 解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的内容可知，许多保守派人士批评了总统的演讲，故可推知，并不是所有的人都支持总统的演讲。
4.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage？ A．Obama's Hard Childhood
B．Obama Encourages Students to Carry on Studies C．Obama's Speech Met Criticism D．Amazing Dropout Rate of the US
答案：B 解析：主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了美国总统奥巴马发表电视演讲，呼吁学生们克服困难，继续学业。
B
(2014·安徽卷)
Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big，tough African elephants running away，a new study says.Beehives(蜂窝)—either recorded or real—may even prevent elephants from damaging farmers' crops.
In 2002，scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them.Today，Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops.But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms，she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder.Then she threw a stone into the beehive，which burst into life.Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down.Next，Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.
From a distance，Lucy switched on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera.Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds.Out of a total of 17 groups，only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees.Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them.When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall(瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families，the animals were undisturbed.Even after four minutes，most of the groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times.She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know，but her initial(最初的)results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers.She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.
语篇导读：本文为科技报道。最新研究表明，蜂窝能够阻止大象破坏农民的庄稼。 5.We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of________. A．loud noises C．video cameras
B．some crops D．angry bees
答案：D 解析：考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big，tough African elephants running away，a new study says.Beehives (蜂窝)—either recorded or real—may even prevent elephants from damaging farmers' crops”可知选D。
6.As mentioned in the passage，Lucy________. A．works by herself in Africa B．needs to test more elephant groups C．has stopped elephants eating crops
D．has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
答案：B 解析：考查推理判断。根据最后一段第二句“She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know”可推知选B。根据第三段第三句中的“Lucy and her assistant hid in their car”可知A项表述错误；根据最后一段最后一句“She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away”可知C项表述也不正确；根据第二段最后一句“But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms，she needed fo find out if the bees would scare elephants away”以及最后一段内容可知，D项表述不正确。
7.Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive？ A．To record the sound of bees. B．To make a video of elephants. C．To see if elephants would run away. D．To find out more about the behavior of bees.
答案：A 解析：考查推理判断。根据第四段内容可知，Lucy使用这个预先录制的愤怒蜜蜂的声音是去测试象群的反应，故推知，她用石头砸蜂窝是为了录下愤怒蜜蜂的声音。故选A。
8.Which of the following is true according to the passage？ A．Young elephants ignore African honeybees. B．Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place. C．Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them. D．Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.
答案：C 解析：考查推理判断。根据第二段的首句“In 2002，scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them”可知C项正确。根据第四段的第四句可知A项错误；B项与第四段第五句语意不符；D项与最后一段最后一句“She has
