Question

Passage 6(2015黑龙江哈尔滨)

先阅读A、B、C三篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完 成下列五项任务

                A

    There are plenty of things we can do to help the people around us.For example,if we find our friends in trouble,we can give them some 1  ; if our neighbor is busy 2  in I he garden,let's give him a hand;if we see an old man on a 3  bus,we should ask him to take our seat. Actually,when we help others,we’re helping 4  Helping others makes us feel happy because we know we are doing something right.Sometimes we can even make friends and get 5  experiences by helping others.

                B

    In English,the spelling of words does not always represent (代 表) the sound.And some words seem to have too many letters.An A-merican called Noah Webster wanted to do something for the development of English,so he began his work on it.His first book,The Elementary ( 基础的 ) Spelling Book tsuggested making the spelling of English words easy.The hook was very popular.In fact,Webster is famous for his American Dictionary of the FJnglish Language.This dictionary came out in 1828 after it was completed.lt introduced lots of new American words,with information about their pronunciation,use and the new spelling.Today,Webster^ dictionary is still widely used in English-speaking countries.

                C 

    If you want to have a wonderful vacation,you can visit Kingston (金斯顿) .It's a famous Canadian city on the hank of Lake Ontario (安大略湖) .ll is about three hours’ trip by bus from Kingston to Toronto (多 伦多) .There are some famous universities (大学) in Kings-ton.About 25,000 students study in these universities.Queen's University,founded in 1841,is more famous than any other university in Kingston.Kingston is one of the friendliest cities in the world and it welcomes tourists from all over the world. Wherever tourists go in this city’they will see a wann smile on the street or hear a happy “hello” in a public park.It's easy for them to feel al home.

    

任务1:阅读短文A.用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通 顺、连贯、合理。(每空一词，每词限用一次)

1.   2.   3.   4.   5.  

任务2:阅读短文B.根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。

1. c   to finish making or doing something

2. g   liked or enjoyed by a lot of people

任务3:阅读短文B.进行同义句转换，每空一開。

In fact,Webster is famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language.

3.  a 4.  of fact,Webster is famous for his American Dictionary of the English Linguage.

任务4:根据短文B内容简答问题。

5. Where is Webster's dictionary still widely used today?

 

任务5:根据短文C内容完成表格，每空一同

1.   2.   3.   4.   5.  

Answer 1

Passage 6

A

1. advice give sb.some advice 给某人一些建议。

2. working be busy doing sth.忙于做某事。

3. crowded on a crowded bus在一辆拥挤的公交车上。

4. ourselves当我们帮助别人的时候我们也是在帮助自己。

5. valuable由设空后的名词可知设空处用形容词修饰名词。

B

1. complete由单词释义可知用complete。

2. popular由设空后的释义可知用popular。

3. As as a matter of fact“事实上”，为固定搭配。

4. matter见3题解析。

5. In English-speaking countries.由文中最后一句可知答案。

C

1. Canada 由 It's a famous Canadian city 可知填 Canada。

2. hours’由文中第三句可知答案。

3. thousand 由文中 About   25.000 students…可知答案。

4. most 由文中...more famous than any other…可知答案。

5. home由文中最后一句可知答案。