同步练习(二十七)　[选修6　Unit 2　Poems]

(限时：45分钟)

Ⅰ.语法填空

Jane was walking around the department store.She remembered how difficult 1.________ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wished that he was as easy 2._______ _ (please)as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not 3.________ pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or 4.________ (push)you with their elbows(肘部)，hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter 5.________ some attractive ties were on display.“They are real silk，”the assistant tried to attract her.“Worth double the price.”But Jane knew from past experience that her 6.________ (choose)of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered.She found some good quality pipes 7.________ sale.She did not hesitate for long：although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please 8.________．

When Jane got home，with her small but well-chosen present in her bag，her parents were already 9.________ table having supper.Her mother was excited.“Your father has at last decided to stop smoking，”Jane 10.________ (inform)．

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man's life and two to a woman's. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.

Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn't smoke. There's a flip_side,_however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse's death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10，000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.

So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological (生理的) mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.

A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100.The ultimate social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says, “People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”

11．William Farr's study and other studies show that ________．

A．social life provides an effective cure for illness

B．being sociable helps improve one's quality of life

C．women benefit more than men from marriage

D．marriage contributes a great deal to longevity

12．Linda Waite's studies support the idea that ________．

A．older men should quit smoking to stay healthy

B．marriage can help make up for ill health

C．the married are happier than the unmarried

D．unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life

13．It can be inferred from the context that the underlined part “flip side” (Para. 2) refers to ________．

A．the disadvantages of being married

B．the emotional problems arising from marriage

C．the responsibility of taking care of one's family

D．the consequence of a broken marriage

14．What does the author say about social networks?

A．They have effects similar to those of a marriage.

B．They help develop people's community spirit.

C．They provide timely support for those in need.

D．They help relieve people of their life's burdens.

15．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．It's important that we develop a social network when young.

B．To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.

C．Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.

D．We should share our social networks with each other.

B

Du Fu(712—770) was one of the greatest poets in the Tang Dynasty. His poetry first came to be recognized at the Tang Dynasty. Readers of many different periods have considered Du Fu to be the greatest poet of the Chinese tradition. Such general agreement can partially be explained by the immense variety of his works, which hold up quite well to different tastes and historical changes in fashion. Like Shakespeare in English tradition, Du Fu's poetry came to be so deeply bound up with the constitution of literary value that generation after generation of poets and critics rediscovered themselves and their interests in some aspect of the poet.

Chinese critics from the Song Dynasty referred to Du Fu as the “poet-historian”. Both before and after the An Lushan Revolt, Du Fu witnessed a typical political and social situation: the common people still lived in poverty while the emperor and his top officials enjoyed a foolishly luxurious life. He composed many poems such as Song of the War-chariots, Three Officials，and Three Departures. His poems expressed his dissatisfaction with the government and his great pity for the common people. Du Fu used his poems to comment on current events and historical images. Du Fu became the historian by creating his responses to particular situations.

Du Fu was talented. When he was young, he wanted to get a good job in the government. Unfortunately Du Fu was refused several times. It was in his fifties that he began to serve as a minor official in Chang'an (Xi'an). Gongbu was his official title and probably he was in charge of the local industry.

Du Fu was not a skilled survivor in government politics. He was dismissed in the form of a transfer to the post of personnel administrator in Huazhou and so left Chang'an. Du Fu soon gave up this minor post in disgust and set off with his family to Qinzhou in the northwest. After a short stay he moved on again and in 759 he arrived in Chengdu. He set up a modest cottage with some money he borrowed from his friend who served as a local governor. In the cottage he had a simple and peaceful life for three years, writing about 240 poems. Mostly inspired by the cottage, the stream nearby and the scenery in Chengdu, these poems give the impression that he was happier in Chengdu than any other time in his life. The poems of this period sound relaxed and happy.

Du Fu left Chengdu after 762 and wandered in the southern provinces and eventually died of illness in 770. After his death, the people of Chengdu built a shrine on the site of his garden to honor him, which is known as part of Du Fu Thatched Cottage now.

16．Why does the author compare Du Fu to Shakespeare?

A．Du Fu's poetry was written following Shakespeare's style.

B．Du Fu's poetry referred to the social change critically.

C．Du Fu and Shakespeare were best friends.

D．Shakespeare read a lot of Du Fu's poems.

17．Du Fu ________ when he was young.

A．didn't want to be an official

B．was worried about the education

C．wasn't liked by the emperor

D．was not offered an opportunity to work in the government

18．What did Du Fu describe in most of his poems?

A．The luxurious life that the emperor and his top officials enjoyed.

B．His happy life.

C．His responses to particular situations.

D．His dissatisfaction with the government and his great pity for the common people.

19．What did people do after Du Fu died according to the passage?

A．They built a shrine to honor him.

B．They rebuilt the cottage he had lived into a high building.

C．They destroyed his cottage.

D．They made a carved statue of him.

20．What's the best title of the passage?

A．Du Fu—the most important politician in the Tang Dynasty

B．The origin of Du Fu Thatched Cottage

C．Du Fu—one of the greatest poets in the Tang Dynasty

D．Du Fu was not a skilled survivor in government politics

Ⅲ.读写任务

阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

When I was in college twenty-five years ago, I spent four summers working as a maid in housekeeping at a grand hotel in downtown Chicago. I did not enter the world of housekeeping enthusiastically. I had been hoping to get a job as an office assistant. When that failed, I had no choice but to work as a maid.

It was tiring work, cleaning up to eighteen rooms a day. My poor attitude reflected my disdain(蔑视) for cleaning toilets, changing bed sheets, dusting, and vacuuming eight hours a day for the comfort of total strangers who rarely left a tip. My maid work was just so-so until the day I was assigned to the eighteenth floor.

That was Lorena's regular floor. The only time another maid set foot on it was on Lorena's day off. If you left a little rubbish on the floor, a small tissue under the bed, or a pillow uncleaned, Lorena would hunt you down when she returned. She'd end her lecture to me with, “Take some pride in your work.”

She did. And so did Rosalie, Helen, Annette, Pearlie, Earline, and all the other career maids with more than one hundred years of experience among them. Their commitment to doing a good job and their belief that their work was a reflection of their character stuck with me throughout my professional career. I learned a lot from them in those four summers.

[写作内容]

1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2．以约120个词谈谈暑假生活，内容包括：

(1)你是否做过暑期工；

(2)你打算如何度过高考后的暑假；

(3)你认为怎样过暑假才有意义。

[写作要求]

1．作文中可以使用自己亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

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