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高三教案第440期

发布时间：2011-12-05

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Santa – just a few weeks too soon (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the main focus of the article?

A. The history of Christmas Day.

B. The traditions of Saint Nicholas’ Day.

C. The similarities between Christmas Day and Saint Nicholas’ Day.

D. The connection between Saint Nicholas’ Day and Krampus Day.

2. Which of the following statements about St Nicholas is TRUE?

A. The festival falls on December 5 in most European countries.

B. On the eve of Saint Nicholas Day, people usually eat carrots.

C. In Germany, children expect to get gifts in their shoes on Saint Nicholas Day.

D. Like Santa, Sinterklaas is believed to ride his reindeer from house to house to give gifts to children.

3. What can we conclude from Paragraph 3?

A. Naughty children don’t get anything from Sinterklaas.

B. As well as children, Sinterklaas also brings gifts for adults.

C. Sinterklaas is more generous than Father Christmas.

D. Sinterklaas treats good children better than naughty children.

4. What is the attitude of authorities towards Krampus Day traditions, according to the article?

A. They have tried in vain to get rid of some of the traditions.

B. They organize various activities to entertain people.

C. They respect the way people celebrate it.

D. They regard it as an important tradition and try to promote it.

Soccer takes the prize of the NBA (P4)

阅读短文并回答问题，请注意问题后的词数要求。

1. In what way does the author introduce the topic of the article? (No more than 3 words)

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2. Which sports league tops the list of average attendance in the US? (No more than 4 words)

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3. What does the increase of MLS average attendance reflect? (No more than 8 words)

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4. List the three factors that are helping to boost soccer in the US according to the article. (No more than 15 words)

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5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

David Beckham, who transferred nearly five years ago to Los Angeles Galaxy from Real Madrid, has had “spectators flocking to stadiums all over the country, and he has paved the way for star players like Frenchman Thierry Henry to join the league.”

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Dirty droughts, filthy floods (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to Professor Zhanqing Li, the increase of aerosol in the air ____.

A. may result in extreme weather in some places

B. could cause storms and floods in dry areas

C. could reduce cloud height and thickness

D. does more harm to wet areas than dry areas

2. According to the article, scientists have just worked out _____.

A. how aerosols are formed in the air

B. whether aerosols can change cloud density

C. whether there is a link between aerosols and rainfall

D. how aerosols affect the likelihood and frequency of rain

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A. Aerosols could raise the frequency of rainfall in clouds with less water.

B. Polluted clouds are more likely to cause droughts than floods.

C. In polluted air, it takes a longer time for cloud drops to develop into rainfall.

D. In cleaner air, cloud drops are usually smaller and so lead to lighter rains.

4. What can be inferred from the article?

A. Scientists have found an effective way to control the amount of aerosol in the air.

B. Scientists hope to use the study to inform people how to manage and use water properly.

C. The study has helped people fully understand climate science.

D. It’s important to reduce the amount of aerosol in the air for the sake of people’s health and the environment.

Outside world (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following would be the best title for the story?

A. Special one-hour periods

B. Two roommates in hospital

C. Magical imagination

D. The hospital window

2. According to the story, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. One man killed his roommate in order to get his bed by the window.

B. One man was so selfish that he didn’t help his roommate at the critical moment.

C. The man by the window had a great view from the window.

D. The man by the window knew he was going to die soon.

3. The underlined word “resentment” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “____”.

A. complaint B. fear C. anger D. sadness

4. What can we learn about the man by the window from the story?

A. He was full of imagination and love for life.

B. He enjoyed the better position in the room.

C. He knew he was going to leave hopital soon.

D. He wouldn’t have thought of the wonderful things if he hadn’t been next to the window.

Santa – just a few weeks too soon (P4)

1. B。本文主要讲述了在欧洲一些国家流行的Saint Nicholas’ Day的风俗习惯，所以答案为B。

2. C。由第二段“Dutch and German children put their shoes out in front of the chimney just like children hang up their stockings on Christmas Eve, hoping that in the morning they will be full of presents.”可知C正确。由第一、二段可知主要是荷兰、德国以及中欧一些国家过Saint Nicholas’ Day，节日日期是December 6，所以A不对；由第二段最后一句可知B不对；由第二段“Sinterklaas has a white horse”可知D不对。

3. D。由第三段可知，Sinterklaas对待乖孩子和顽皮孩子态度不同，乖孩子给礼物，顽皮孩子可能就是棍子或者放在麻袋里带走，所以D正确。

4. A。由最后一段“Authorities have struggled for years to ban the tradition, but have not been successful.”可知A正确。

Soccer takes the prize of the NBA (P4)

1. By contrast.

2. The National Football League.

3. It reflects the soccer boom in the US.

4. 1) Foreign influence; 2) the appeal of certain star players; 3) “MLS’ better understanding of soccer culture.

5. 大约五年前，大卫·贝克汉姆从西甲皇家马德里队转会到洛杉矶银河队，他的加入使得美国各地的观众都涌向体育场观看比赛。同时，他也为一些明星球员，譬如法国人Thierry Henry，加入MLS铺平了道路。

Dirty droughts, filthy floods (P5)

1. A。由第一段“AIR pollution harms people’s health and damages the environment – and may be causing extreme weather too”以及第二段最后一句话可知A正确。

2. D。由第四段最后一句话“What they haven’t been able to figure out until now, however, is how aerosols affect the likelihood and frequency of rain.”可知D正确。

A. Aerosols could raise the frequency of rainfall in clouds with less water.

B. Polluted clouds are more likely to cause droughts than floods.

C. In polluted air, it takes a longer time for cloud drops to develop into rainfall.

D. In cleaner air, cloud drops are usually smaller and so lead to lighter rains.

3. C。由第五段“could increase the frequency of rainfall in clouds with more water, but decrease the frequency of rainfall in clouds with less water”可知A不对；由倒数第二段“This means that air pollution can increase the chances of both drought and flood”可知B不对，文中没有强调干旱多还是洪灾多；由第六段“In cleaner air the cloud drops are larger due to fewer drops and have better chances of forming large rain drops”可知D不对；由第六段“In polluted air more and smaller drops are formed, which float and are slow to combine into raindrops.”可知C正确。

4. D。由第三段“Aerosols – tiny solid or liquid particles suspended (悬浮的) in the air”“They can be harmful both to health and the environment. ”可知D项正确。

Outside world (P6)

1. D。本文主要写了病房里的两个病人，其中一个靠窗的病人心中充满了爱，经常对另一个病人描述窗外的种种美好景色，而与之对比的是，另一个病人心中充满了阴暗的想法，结果，在靠窗的病人死后，他发现其实这扇窗户正对着的是一堵光秃秃的墙，所以，选项中The hospital window更能体现文章大意，故选D。

2. B。根据文章倒数第三段中的描述可知，靠窗的病人在咳嗽很严重，试图按按钮叫护士的时候，而另一个病人因为一直期待自己可以搬到那个床位上，在危急时刻，他纹丝不动，没有帮忙按下自己的按钮，靠窗的病人很快就去世了，由此可知，不靠窗的病人很自私，故选B。

3. C。根据文章描述可知，不靠窗的病人的思想变化过程，不满——嫉妒——怨恨，故选C。

4. A。根据靠窗的病人对假象的窗外美景的描述可知，他是一个富有想象力，心中充满爱的人，故选A。