习题集
Unit 5 Business
CLASS WORK
Guess the new word’s meaning by hyponym (分类词), antonym and synonym clues.
1. The patient had all the symptoms of flu. His head ached, his muscles were sore, and he had a high fever. The doctor said that these signs meant flu.
2. It is important that people from different cultures come to understand each other and develop
mutual trust. Only when people trust each other is international cooperation possible. 3. The old landlady was a gossipy woman. She kept talking all the time leaving not a single
second for me to say a word.
4. Money must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. In other words it
must be “durable, distinct, divisible and portable”. 5. I was trying to help you, not hinder you. 6. In spite of all the efforts they have made, the farms, used to be very big, are now slowly
dwindling. 7. Unlike his sister, who is a warm, interested person, John is apathetic to everyone and
everything.
8. Most people in that country, the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, men and women, the young and old, have this experience.
9. Some of the passengers enjoy talking about their fears they had during their flight in airplanes
while others resent being asked to discuss their personal feelings. 10. There were no fillip seats available, so they were forced to buy expensive ones. 11. While a string is long and flexible, a stick is long and rigid. 12. The city government did not intend to enlarge the living quarters in downtown. Instead, it
decided to retain their present size. 13. On the first page of his notebook, you can find nothing but geometric shapes of all kinds, such as circles, squares, triangles, cylinders and cubes.
14. On Sundays, we might have some meat such as pork, sheep, cattle or various fowl like chicken, turkey and duck.
15. The tribe still uses very primitive strikers: sharpened sticks, pointed stones, and hammers
made of heavy stones ties to strong pieces of bamboo. 16. It is better to be reflective about problems than to be thoughtless. 17. Today’s teenagers seem to be more liberal in their idea than their conservative grandparents.
ASSIGNMENT
1. Section C in Unit 6
2. Vocabulary building on pp 63—65 3. Tales from Shakespeare P.53--P.87 4. Reading Comprehension
THE MAKE-BELIEVE INDIAN
1 George Delaney always wanted to be an Indian. As a young boy he taught himself to move about silent and unseen in the woods near his home in Sussex, England. His mind was full of thoughts of the Wild West.
2 As soon as he was old enough to leave home, George went to Canada. He stayed for a short time in Toronto. Then he went north. He soon met some Ojibwa Indians. They made a real woodsman of him. They taught him to handle a canoe. They taught him to hunt and to track.
3 George let his hair grow long. His face was browned by the sun and the wind. He wore moccasins on his feet. He began to think of himself as half Indian.
4 After a while George joined a band of Ojibwa. They gave him a new name: Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin, or Grey Owl. In time Grey Owl almost forgot his own language. He spoke and thought just like an Indian.
5 In 1925 Grey Owl married an Iroquois girl. Her name was Anahareo. She didn’t like him to trap and kill animals. One day Grey Owl and Anahareo were out in their canoe. Suddenly they heard a sad cry. They turned to see two beaver kittens. Grey Owl aimed his gun at them. But his wife clutched his arm. “Let us keep them,” she said.
6 Grey Owl and his wife took the kittens home. They tamed them. They gave them names: McGinnis and McGinty. Grey Owel vowed that from that time on he would never kill another beaver.
7 The couple lived near a lake with their beavers. Grey Owl began to write books about them. Later he adopted more beaver kittens. One of them was called Jelly Roll. This beaver became a film star. He appeared in some of the films about Grey Owl’s work with beavers.
8 The government offered to build Grey Owl a home in a national park. Beavers would be safe there. Grey Owl and others could study them in peace. Grey Owl moved his family to Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan. He was put in charge of a beaver reserve in the park.
9 By this time he was quite famous. He was asked to go to Britain to give talks on his work. The British were spellbound when they saw the tall man in full Indian dress. “ I am Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin, Grey Owl, a North American Indians,” he would say. “I come from far across the western ocean…” He went on to tell of his life of the Indians. He told about his fight to help save it.
10 At the end of every talk there was great applause. The papers were full of articles about him . thousands wrote to him.
11 Grey Owl went back to Canada. He spoke to people there. He asked them to help protect wildlife in Canada. His audience stood and cheered him.
12 Grey Owl died in April of 1938. Then the truth came out. Grey Owl was a fraud. He didn’t have a drop of Indian blood in him. Many people were angry. They felt cheated. But others stood up for him. True, he had pretended to be what he was not . But he had done good work. And in his knowledge and love of nature, Grey Owl could surely be called a true Indian.
HOW WELL DID YOU READ?
1.[See the reason.] George went to Canada because he wanted to
a live the life of an Indian b find his Iroquois parents c buy furs from the Indians 2.[Note the facts.] In Canada, George learned
a the skills of a woodsman b a new language c Both a and b
3.[Judge from details.] Paragraph 3 tells about the change in George’s a looks b name c Both a and b
4.[Judge from details] If it hadn’t been for Anahareo, Grey Owl might never have a dressed like an Indian b adopted beaver kittens c learned canoeing
5.[Read between the lines.] In the beaver reserve, the beavers would be protected from a cold and wind b hunters and trappers c other wild animals 6[See the point.] When Grey Owl spoke, the British thought he was an a Indian b Eskimo c Englishman
7.[Understand the writer’s thoughts.] The writer wrote this story because he
a thinks Grey Owl’s parents were Indian b dislikes Grey Owl c admires Grey Owl’ s work LEARN ABOUT WORDS
A. In the passage, find the word that best fit the meaning below. Write the word.
1. soft leather shoes (3)____________ 2. promised(6)________________
3. clapping of hands to show praise(10)______________ 4. stories; reports(10)________________
5. group of people who listen(11)______________
B. Read each sentence. Look back at the paragraph and find the word that best fits. Write the
word.
6.Bill _______his cousin’s hand and pulled her into the boat.(5) 7.The Browns had no children, so they __________a baby. (7) 8.The news from across a nation is called the _________news.(8)
9. Hunters are allowed in the park, but not in the wild animal __________(9)
10. Albert pretended to be a doctor, but people soon learned he was a ______________(12) C. Select the word that is related to the word in Section B in the same way that the words in Section A are related to each other. Write the word.
A B
11. brush is to artist Hammer is to ( paint, carpenter) 12. mare is to foal cow is to ( calf, bull)
13. hand is to glove foot is to ( stocking, hand ) 14. niece is to aunt nephew is to (cousin, uncle) 15. keys are to piano strings are to (guitar, trumpet) 16. horse is to buggy dog is to ( sled, race)
17 ducking is to duck gosling is to ( turkey, goose) C. Select the one word in each sentence that most appeals to the sense of smell, taste, hearing, or
touch. Write the word.
18. Wild birds warbled in the forest.
19. The perfume in the air made her think of flowers. 20. The sand on the beach burned the soles of my feet. 21. The nuts were salty in my mouth. 22. Wild winds roared round the ship. 23.The sour apple made my mouth water. 24.Carpenters often choose rough sand paper. 5）考试试题
重庆三峡学院 2008 至 2009 学年度第 1 期
期末考试 英语阅读 课程考核试题A
卷
命题人 《英语阅读》课程组 使用年级及专业 2008级英语、英语师范本科 考试用时 120 分钟 答题方式： 闭卷
说明：1、答题请使用黑色或蓝色的钢笔、圆珠笔在答题纸上书写工整。
2、考生应在答题纸上答题，在此卷上答题作废。 I. Reading Skills (1.0×25=25 pts.)
1. Choose the best meaning for the underlined word according to the context clues
we learned.
1) Reading aloud has become a neglected pastime. Most persons now seem to regard
a book as something to be enjoyed __contemplatively__.
A. attentively B. quickly C. selectively D. silently 2) On solid ice the walrus is a clumsy , ugly beast. But once in the water he
is a changed being for there he is at ease.
A. awkward B. on guard C. uncomfortable D. stupid
3) One of the most important factors in the removal of soil by erosion is amount
of slope, which influences the rate of runoff. Thus soils tend to be deeper on flat land and shallower on ___pinnacles___.
A. deserts B. deltas C. hills D. plains
4) It is not possible for the human eye to see the rays that are given off by radium.
The rays have amazing beneficial qualities. If they are used carelessly, they can poison, injure, or even kill people. If they are used carefully by people trained in their use, they can promote ___treatment____.
A. healing B. pain C. injury D. rays
5) Getting goods to market can be a big expense if the producer and the market are
separated by long distances. The producer can minimize this expense by locating near a market.
A. reducing B. increasing C. improving D. removing 6) Sichuan flower pepper, star anise and clove are wild condiments.
A. plants B. food C. spices D. products 7) According to modern scientific analysis, tea contains many mineral elements such
