外研版 (2019)选择性必修 第四册Unit 4 Everyday economics课堂检测

Unit 4 Everyday economics

课时分层作业(十一)

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．We are using technology to reduce the money that/which we spend on goods and services.

2．What is in no doubt is that the sharing economy is increasingly(increasing) relevant to our daily lives.

3．It is expanding at such a rate that we can only imagine what it will comprise in the future.

4．Some people have experienced damage to their properties while renting out their homes.

5．Sharing encourages us to reuse(reuse) items，thereby cutting down on waste.

6．I'll see whether she's at home.

7．Whether it is an online shop where we can hire designer clothes at rock­bottom prices，or a platform from which we can rent out our flats，it is out there.

8．They were well trained by their masters who/that had great experience with caring for these animals.

9．Self­driving is an area where China and the rest of the world are on the same starting line.

10．Kate，whose sister I shared a room with when we were at college，has gone to work in Australia.

Ⅱ.完形填空

I'm sure many of you are familiar with the New Year's resolution(决心)—“get   1  ”．After a Christmas of staying   2  ， watching television and eating far too much chocolate，I decided enough was enough.January was going to be   3  ．January was going to be the start of the new，healthy me—less chocolate，more   4  ， an all­round healthier lifestyle.But how was I going to do this? As I browsed the Internet looking for   5  ， I realised just how little I knew about ways to get fit.In terms of exercise，I had always   6   you either played a team sport like football or went to the gym.And with the arrival of January snow，playing football outside didn't seem like the best option，and as I have a deep­rooted   7   of falling off running machines，the gym wasn't going to work out either.Plus I've never quite understood the concept of   8   to run inside when you could run outside for free!

  9  ， I knew that I needed to research my options further.The first thing I found was the world of YouTube exercise videos.There are videos for   10   about everything.The good thing about YouTube videos is that they are free，they are flexible (you can do them whenever you want)and you don't have to   11  your nice warm house to do them.But unless you do them with a friend it's difficult to motivate yourself to keep going，and without an instructor there with you it's sometimes hard to know if you're doing the move   12  ．

I then researched local fitness classes and found my small town to be absolutely swimming with   13  ！ I quickly signed up to the overall sports club，had a look at the weekly timetable and   14   to try them all out.So far I have tried out most of them.My   15   ones are by far the dance­based ones that take place to music，because it makes exercise so much more fun!

【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己探索适合自己的运动方式的经历。

1．A.rich　　　　　　 B．fit

C．busy 　 D．ready

B　[由下文的“the new”“healthy me”及“ways to get fit”可知，作者的新年打算是变得“健康(fit)”。]

2．A.alone B．abroad

C．indoors 　 D．outside

C　[圣诞节期间天气寒冷，作者应该是一直“在室内(indoors)”，看电视、吃东西，过着很不健康的生活。]

3．A.hard  B．similar

C．relaxing 　 D．different

D　[由下文的“January was going to be the start of the new，healthy me”可知，作者打算用“不同的(different)”方式过新年的第一个月。]

4．A.exercise  B．food

C．fun 　 D．work

A　[由下文的“healthier lifestyle”及“In terms of exercise”可推断，作者打算以后少吃巧克力，多做“运动(exercise)”。]

5．A.impression B．preparation

C．inspiration 　 D．permission

C　[作者浏览网上的信息以获得关于健康生活的“灵感(inspiration)”。]

6．A.allowed  B．admitted

C．assumed 　 D．promised

C　[关于运动，作者原来一直“以为(assumed)”只有两种方式：做团体性运动或去健身房。]

7．A.surprise  B．anger

C．sadness 　 D．fear

D　[由下文的“falling off running machines，the gym wasn't going work out either”可推断，作者很“害怕(fear)”从跑步机上摔下来。]

8．A.paying  B．planning

C．practicing 　 D．playing

A　[此处是相对于下文的“for free”而言。即作者无法理解人们为什么明明可以免费在室外跑步却偏要“花钱(pay)”在室内跑步。]

9．A.Therefore  B．However

C．Besides 　 D．Otherwise

A　[由上段可知，作者发现她所了解的两种运动方式都不可行，“因此(Therefore)”，她知道自己需要多做一些研究。]

10．A.only  B．also

C．just 　 D．still

C　[作者发现YouTube上面有关于几乎所有运动方式的视频。just about“几乎”。]

11．A.clean  B．leave

C．build 　 D．buy

B　[跟着网上视频做运动不必“离开(leave)”家，在家里就可以做。]

12．A.smartly  B．quickly

C．correctly 　 D．beautifully

C　[没有教练在身边，有时你很难知道自己的动作是否“正确(correctly)”。]

13．A.opportunity  B．danger

C．pressure 　 D．patience

A　[由下文的感叹号及“I quickly signed up to the overall sports club”可推断，作者惊喜地发现自己所在的城镇里充满了关于运动的“机会(opportunity)”。]

14．A.agreed  B．decided

C．believed 　 D．advised

B　[作者“决定(decided)”尝试运动俱乐部里的所有运动项目。]

15．A.regular  B．creative

C．ordinary 　 D．favourite

D　[由下文的“because it makes exercise so much more fun”可推断，作者“最喜欢的(favourite)”运动是那些可以跟着音乐跳舞的类型。]

Ⅲ.语法填空

Charles Dickens was born in 1812.When he was only 12 years old，he had to get a job in a factory 1.        (work)12­hour days，because his family，except himself，moved into a debtor's prison.He hardly made enough 2.        (buy)bread and rent a bed in an old room.

Desperately，Charles' father studied shorthand.When he received some money from a relative，he paid his debts 3.         got out of prison.He then got a job as a court reporter.

Charles quit his job and went to school.Charles studied hard and learned 4.        (speed)．He also studied people，paying attention 5.         what they did and why they did it.After two years，he got a job as a reporter at England's Houses of Parliament.Even though he found it 6.        (fascinate)，he wondered why they didn't adopt laws to help poor people.

Then one day Charles decided to wrote a story of  7.        (he)own.Every character seemed to be a little like someone 8.         he had known.Finally，one evening he published his story，under the pseudonym(笔名)Boz，at The Monthly Magazine office.

The magazine 9.        (want)more and more stories by Boz，so Charles wrote many stories about people such as David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.Folks around the world were fascinated by the people his 10.        (imagine)brought to life.

【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了狄更斯的生平和自我奋斗的历史。

1．working　[he与work之间是逻辑上的主动关系，且表示伴随状况，故填working。]

2．to buy　[设空处作目的状语，故填to buy。]

3．and　[设空处前后为并列关系，故填and。]

4．speedily　[设空处修饰动词learned，需用副词形式，故填speedily。]

5．to　[pay attention to意为“关心，注意”。]

6．fascinating　[设空处表示“极有吸引力的，迷人的”，故填fascinating。]

7．his　[设空处与own意为“他自己的”。]

8．who/that　[设空处引导定语从句修饰someone，且在从句中作宾语，故填who/that。]

9．wanted　[该句描述的是过去的事情，需用一般过去时，故填wanted。]

10．imagination　[设空处由物主代词his修饰，需用名词形式，故填imagination。]