高中英语外研版选修8Module 6 The Tang Poems复习练习题

Module 6 Section Ⅳ　Grammar & Writing

课时作业

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．You must be careful with the camera. It costs!

2．You may feel all the training a waste of time, but I'm a hundred percent sure later you'll be grateful you did it.

3. Can/Could I have a word with you? It won't take long.

4．The traffic is heavy these days. I might arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?

5．I should have handed in my homework yesterday, but unfortunately I forgot about it totally.

6．You could have got(get) better grades in the last examination, but you were so careless.

7．(2019·江苏建陵中学检测)—Boss, we need to talk about it now!

—I'm busy. If you must talk about it with me, please wait till I finish my work at hand.

8．When he was there, he would go to that coffee shop at the corner after work every day.

9．According to the factory safety rules, all accidents shall be reported to the safety officer.

10．The train is to start soon and Mike hasn't arrived. What can have happened to him?

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

Robert Frost(1874～1963) was the statesman of American letters in the twentieth century，a rare national poet who was read and respected by both university professors and everyday citizens. In his life，Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes for his works—more than any other poet in American history. His most famous poems include “The Road Not Taken” “Fire and Ice” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”．Though he is widely read，Frost is also one of the most misunderstood writers in the United States for the complexity of his poems.

Though born in California，Frost was brought up in New England，where he is inseparably linked. After dropping out of Dartmouth College to seek his literary dream，he remained upset for years，producing collections of works but failing to get enough of them published to make his efforts financially worthwhile. Finally，Frost left the United States in 1912 to see whether his work might be better received in London. It was，and in 1913 his first full collection was published in Great Britain. Fellow American poet Amy Lowell adored Frost's work and brought it back to the United States，publicizing it insistently. Soon afterwards Frost's collections became bestsellers，and he became a famous figure.

From then on，Frost was on his way to the lifelong respect and recognition for his achievements in poetry. In 1961，he was invited to read a poem for the presidential inauguration (总统就职典礼) of John F．Kennedy. He recited his poem，“The Gift Outright” from memory at the ceremony. This was perhaps his last poetry reading in front of a wide national audience before his death in 1963.More importantly，Frost became the first poet to read a poem at a presidential inauguration.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了美国伟大的诗人Robert Frost的文学生涯。

1．What makes Frost “the statesman of American letters”？

A．The comments of other writers.

B．His literary achievements.

C．The complexity of his poems.

D．His political activities.

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第一段中的“a rare national poet who was read and respected by both university professors and everyday citizens...in American history”可知，他的文学成就很高。故选B项。

2．What do we know about Frost before 1912?

A．He continued writing after his graduation from Dartmouth College.

B．He was well received in London for his first collection.

C．He failed to make much money with his publication.

D．He produced enough works to achieve literary success.

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第二段的“but failing to get enough of them published to make his efforts financially worthwhile”可知，当时Frost没能靠写作挣到很多钱。

3．According to the passage，what brought Frost immediate success in the U．S.?

A．The literary value of his poetry.

B．The publication of his first collection.

C．The invitation from John F．Kennedy.

D．The recommendation by Amy Lowell.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第二段的“Fellow American poet Amy Lowell adored Frost's work and brought it back to the United States，publicizing it insistently...a famous figure.”可知，选D。

4．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Literary Life of Robert Frost：An Overview

B．Robert Frost and the Twentieth Century

C．Robert Frost：A Historical Figure

D．The Popularity of Robert Frost

解析：选A　标题归纳题。本文介绍了美国伟大诗人Robert Frost的文学生涯。A选项意为“Robert Frost的文学生涯概述”。故选A项。

B

Every year at this time, the peasants began their long religious journey to Geed­leh, to visit the church there, and to pray for God's help. They walked or rode in wagons; they crowded the roads leading to the holy town, for Geed­leh was famous in Poland as a place where God did miracles. The cool autumn days also brought many beggars to Geed­leh. The peasants gave away more of their money on such a religious holiday as this. Some of the beggars were blind; some had no feet or arms. Some were very old and seemed like lost children looking for their mothers.

There was one among them who was called “the Mute Singer”. He was given this name because he could not speak. There was a time when he was able to sing, while playing his guitar. But he lost his voice. Now he played the guitar and sang, but no sounds came from his throat. His lips just moved with the music.

The Mute Singer was a tall, strange­looking man. His face and hands were brown. He had white hair and a white beard：he looked like one of the wise men you read about in the Bible.

Early one morning I saw the Mute Singer washing himself at the river. He smiled and touched the ground with his hand, meaning that I should sit down. Then, he pointed his finger straight up, to tell me that he had a surprise for me.

Suddenly, he put his hand into the water and rubbed two of his fingers together, making a strange sound, exactly like the sound of a frog. He did it many times, and then he lightly hit the top of the water, sending little waves across the water to the other side.

Suddenly, everything around us seemed to be moving. I could not believe that it was real. Thousands of frogs came racing toward us, jumping, and swimming ... under the water and on top of the water. I began to shake with excitement.

The frogs crowded around us. I could see their heads and eyes showing above the top of the water.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了每年农民们去往朝圣的路上都会遇到一些乞丐，并重点讲述了其中的一位“沉默的歌者”。这位歌者虽然失声，却不丧气，用自己的方式演绎着别样的音乐人生。

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Some of the old peasants were easy to get lost in Geed­leh.

B．Many beggars visited Geed­leh to enjoy the cool autumn days there.

C．The peasants went to Geed­leh to donate more to the beggars.

D．Geed­leh was a famous holy town in Poland.

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“the holy town”和“for Geed­leh was famous in Poland as a place where God did miracles”可知，Geed­leh在波兰是一座很有名的圣城。

6．According to the passage, we may know that         .

A．the Mute Singer didn't lose confidence but continued to create his own music

B．the Mute Singer lost his child on the way to Geed­leh

C．the Mute Singer was a tall, handsome man with beautiful voice

D．the Mute Singer raised money to help beggars in Geed­leh

解析：选A　推理判断题。根据第二段至第七段的描述可知，“沉默的歌者”并没有因为失去声音而丧失信心，而是继续创造他自己的音乐。

7．What's the author's attitude towards the Mute Singer?

A．Suspicious.　　　　 B．Respectful.

C．Pessimistic.   D．Understanding.

解析：选B　观点态度题。根据第三段中的“he looked like one of the wise men you read about in the Bible”可知，作者对“沉默的歌者”充满了敬意。respectful“恭敬的”。

8．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．The Holy Town Geed­leh

B．The Sound of a Frog

C．The Home of Beggars

D．The Mute Singer

解析：选D　标题判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述“沉默的歌者”的故事，因此D项正确。

Ⅲ.语法填空

Last summer，I began the biggest adventure of my life.I moved from a tiny city in England to one of the largest 1.        (city) in the world.

As the plane touched down in Beijing，I 2.        (feel) excited—I finally arrived after months of planning.One of the first things I did was to visit the city's hutongs.With the warm air filled with the smell of delicious food，I was 3.         
(happy)walking my way through the restaurants, 4.        were located in the hutongs.

I am slowly getting used to the different ways of life, 5.        I still find some habits here quite strange and 6.         (humor)．British people are raised not to make any sort of bodily noise at the dinner table or in public，so it was 7.       
funny culture shock at first to hear the sharp voice of Chinese dinners or the throat­clearing sounds of colleagues.Something else I have discovered is the attention that being a foreigner brings. Sometimes，some people stare and try to take secret photos of me.

My dream is 8.         (buy)a motorbike and travel from one end to the other of this beautiful country, 9.         (take)photos and meeting new people along the way.My adventure in China is only just beginning，and I can't wait to see 10.       
it turns out.

【解题导语】　本文主要讲述了一个外国人的中国之旅。

1．解析：考查名词的数。city是可数名词，且one of后加可数名词的复数，表示“……之一”，故此处用city的复数形式 cities。

答案：cities

2．解析：考查动词时态。根据语境可知，事情发生在过去，故用一般过去时。

答案：felt

3．解析：考查副词。此处应用副词happily修饰动词walking。

答案：happily

4．解析：考查定语从句。which引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰先行词the restaurants。

答案：which

5．解析：考查连词。根据语境可知，上下文表示逻辑上的转折关系，故用连词but。

答案：but

6．解析：考查词性转换。空前and连接两个并列成分，strange是形容词，故此处用humor的形容词形式humorous。

答案：humorous

7．解析：考查冠词。空后中心词是culture shock，需填一个不定冠词，此处表示“一种有趣的文化冲击”，故填a。

答案：a

8．解析：考查非谓语动词。此处不定式表示将来的概念，在句子中作表语，表示“我的梦想是买一辆摩托车”。

答案：to buy

9．解析：考查非谓语动词。由空后的and meeting可知，空处应用现在分词作伴随状语。

答案：taking

10．解析：考查连词。how引导宾语从句，在从句中作方式状语。

答案：how

Ⅳ.书面表达

慈母手中线，游子身上衣。临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。谁言寸草心，报得三春晖？

假设你是李华，你的加拿大笔友Peter 正在学习唐诗，发来一首《游子吟》向你请教，请你用英语给他写一封回信，内容包括：

1．解释诗的含义；

2．阐述你的感受。

注意：

1．请不要逐句翻译；

2．词数100左右；

3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

How nice to receive your e­mail and I am very glad to know that you show such a great interest in Chinese Tang Poems. Now I will try my best to help you.                                                                       

Yours

Li Hua

One possible version：

Dear Peter,

How nice to receive your e­mail and I am very glad to know that you show such a great interest in Chinese Tang Poems. Now I will try my best to help you.This is an ancient Chinese poem written by a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, Meng Jiao. The poem tells about mother's love, which is deep and sincere. A son will be on a long journey. Before leaving, his mother sews and mends clothes for the boy carefully by the candlelight, afraid that he will come back home late. Mother is the warm spring sun while we are new green grass bathing in her golden rays. How can we repay such a great love?

Reading the poem, I feel my heart deeply moved. There is no greater love in the world than maternal love. I'm determined to work hard and try my best to make sure my mother has a happy life in the future.

Yours，

Li Hua