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1、Module 1 Deep Sout Section Grammar & Writin.完成句子1最使我感到惊讶的是这个小女孩的小提琴拉得如此好。_ was that the little girl could play the violin so well.2劝说这样的人加入我们真是浪费时间。It is a waste of time _ us.3乘宇宙飞船飞往月球一定很有趣。It must be great fun _ in spacecraft.4我父母一直认为我接受良好的教育非常重要。My parents always _ my getting a good education.5我们
2、没走多远就迷路了。We _ when we lost our way.【答案】1.What surprised me most2.persuading such a person to join3.to fly to the moon4.attach great importance to5.hadnt walked far.阅读理解AOn the edge of the South Pole the land is still sleeping after a harsh and endless winter.The coming Antarctic summer will last for
3、 only four months, like a resemblance(有点像) of spring before the temperatures dive back down to the standard minus 40.This warmer climate,then,is eagerly awaited by millions of creatures that come here every year to summer on the polar beaches.This_plodding_(脚步沉重缓慢的)_little_fellow decided one fine da
4、y that he would get here before all the others.And,once again this year, hes the first.He has just spent eight months at sea,and needs to stretch its legs.It hasnt come here by chance;it travels here, like on a pilgrimage (朝圣者的施途),every year.It was born on these rocks;it first mated here;it knows th
5、is island by heart.In short, its home.Most of the Adlie penguins arrive at the same time.They come from the sea.In two weeks, theyre all here,packed together on all the reasonably flat ground.They have but one obsession time.Summer is a race against the clock for them, but places are rare and bitter
6、ly fought over.The Adlie penguins are a little obsessive.They spend their time gathering stones.This is the first thing that the male does when they reach the colony,always shortly ahead of his mate.This mania (狂热) continues throughout the season.When the female joins him at the colony,she will be p
7、leased to find her mate sitting on a sizeable mineral fortune.According to popular belief,the best males have the biggest nests.Once the mating ritual has been carried out, the couple devotes itself to its favorite sport, stone hunting.And,as a sideline (副业),stone stealing.This is an endless game.As
8、 soon as a penguin has its back turned, one of its neighbors is ready to relieve it of a few stones.In this manner, the stones are moved around the island from beak (鸟喙) to beak, from (the) victims nest, to the thiefs nest,and back again. 1What does “rush hours” refer to in the text?ATime for hurryi
9、ng to journey.BWonderful time for stone hunting.CThe short and wonderful spring in Antarctic.DThe short and wonderful summer in Antarctic.【解析】从第一段第一句得到信息:即将到来的南极的夏天只会停留四个月,和春天一样。之后气温又急剧下降至南极的常规气温零下四十摄氏度。因此,每年来南极沙滩度夏日的数百万动物都热切期待着暖和天气。【答案】D2“This plodding little fellow” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.Athe
10、 penguinBthe Adlie penguinCone of the Adlie penguinDmale penguin【解析】这里特指一只捷足先登的阿德利企鹅,从下文的今年它又一次捷足先登(And,once again this year,hes the first.)和下段开头“大部分阿德利企鹅都同时到达”(Most of the Adlie penguins arrive at the same time.)的对比可以得出答案。【答案】C3According to popular belief,the best male penguins have _.Athe biggest
11、nestsBperfect figures (完美的身材)Cthe most beautiful nestsDenough food【解析】第四段最后一句“According to popular belief,the best males have the biggest nests.”可知:企鹅普遍相信,只有最佳的雄性企鹅才会有最大的巢穴。【答案】A4The stone hunting and stone stealing is not a game _.Athat has no endBin which the stones are moved around the island fro
12、m beak to beak,from(the) victims nest, to the thiefs nest, and back againCwhich is penguinsDstarted after dinner【解析】D选项文章没有提到,其他选项在最后一段都能找到依据。【答案】DBAfter moving to the United States,immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose high calorie fatty foods in an attempt to appear more American,a new
13、study finds.Thats one reason why immigrants approach US levels of obesity within 15 years of moving to America.The researchers also did an experiment that measured whether or not the threat of appearing unAmerican influenced respondents food choices.After being questioned about their ability to spea
14、k English,75 percent of AsianAmericans identified a typical American food as their favorite.Only 25 percent of AsianAmericans who had not been asked if they spoke English did the same.When their American identity was called into question during a followup study,AsianAmerican participants also tended
15、 to choose typical American dishes,such as hamburgers and cheese sandwiches.In that experiment,55 AsianAmericans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restaurant.Some participants were told that only Americans could participate in the study.Those who chose the more typical American fare ended up consuming an extra 182 calories,including 12 grams of fat and 7 grams of saturated fat (饱和脂肪)“People who feel like they need to prove they belong to a culture will change their habits in an attempt to fit