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1、2020年精编外研版英语资料2.1 课时作业.用所给词的适当形式填空1With the telescope, they can observe distant stars that are _ (visible) to the naked eyes.2At the shot, the birds immediately flew away in all _ (direct)3He lay _ (wake) for the whole night, worrying about his lost child.4_ (rough) speaking, it was about 30 kilomet
2、res ride.5He began to have headaches and to show signs of _ (exhaust)6The novel is very _ (philosophy), and both adults and children have difficulty in understanding it.7Liu Ruoying played the _ (hero), a woman thief in the film named No Thieves in the World.8The little boy _ (behaviour) with great
3、courage in the face of the gunman.答案：1.invisible2.directions3.awake4.Roughly5exhaustion6.philosophical7.heroine8.behaved.阅读理解ASUPERMANSuperman, the man of steel, was probably the first interesting comic book hero. In the “presuper” days, the silly heroes in comic strips and later comic books always
4、came second to the archvillains. It was the man of steel who was able to turn tables on the archvillains and achieve true hero status.However, Superman was not merely the first of a long line of comic heroes. He was also quite different from those who followed. Clark Kent，the other identity of Super
5、man, did not himself produce Superman by uttering the magic word. It was really the other way around; Superman produced Clark Kent to disguise his superhuman origin and powers.Superman actually came from another planet, Krypton. Just before Krypton exploded，a scientist named JorEl placed his infant
6、son in a rocket，launching it to the earth where it landed safely. There he was seen and rescued by an elderly couple, the Kents. They took the baby to their home and brought him up as their son, Clark.A few years passed and one day the family doctor who was examining the boy was amazed to notice his
7、 extraordinary strength: The doctors advice was that the family should hide this fact. As a result，Clark grew up hiding his powers. Instead of being known as the man of steel, he became the nervous but handsome Clark Kent, who was known to faint in times of crisis.Batman, another of the superheroes,
8、 was actually the fictional identity of Bruce Wayne. Wayne was a millionaire who was able to use his wealth to acquire the power needed to perform superhuman feats. Therefore, unlike Batman and Bruce Wayne, Superman was real and Clark Kent was the fictional identity. Perhaps this is why readers of t
9、he comic books quickly accepted this new hero as he battled the forces of evil and injustice.1The “presuper” days that the passage refers to were the days before _.A. heroes B. SupermanC. comic books D. comic strips答案与解析：B细节理解题。从文章第一段可看出，指的是有超人之前，所以选B。2Clark Kent would faint when he _.A. felt weakB.
10、 was criticized by othersC. felt nervousD. was faced with difficulties答案与解析：D细节判断题。从文章第四段最后一句话可知，在有困难时会昏迷，所以选D。3Superman was also known as _.A. Bruce Wayne B. Clark KentC. Krypton D. JorEl答案与解析：B推理判断题。从第三段超人的来历可知超人其实就是现实生活中的Clark Kent，所以选B。4Superman started to hide his unusual strength _.A. on Krypt
11、onB. at the orphanageC. after being adoptedD. after being examined by a doctor答案与解析：D细节理解题。从第四段前两句可知，医生检查后，超人隐藏了自己的超能量，所以选D。BAmerican culture is unique because it is formed and developed under certain conditions. The major factors contributing to the making of this new nation and the forming of a ne
12、w culture are the hard environment, ethnic diversity(多民族) and plural religion，which is quite different from other nations in the world. What is more, these elements are still influencing the American culture.The early immigrants who were English Puritans settled down in northeast part of America. Fr
13、om 1607 to 1892, frontiers were pushed further west. The frontiersmen looked for a land of rich resources and a land of promise, opportunity and freedom. Actually they looked for a better life. So individualism(个人主义), selfreliance and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values most closely
14、 associated with the frontier heritage(遗产) of America.In history, people from different countries in the world rushed to America three times. They brought their own culture to America and later on different cultures were mixed together. Thus the unique American culture is formed, a common cultural l
15、ife with commonly shared values.The fundamental American belief in individual freedom and the right of individuals to practice their own religion is at the center of religious experience in the United States. The great diversity of ethnic backgrounds has produced religious pluralism; almost all of the religions of the world are now practiced in the United States.Nowadays, we can see the continual influence of the three elements in the current American society. American family is typically parents and their unmarried children. Middleaged and elderly people generally d
