人教新课标版高中英语必修四练习Unit 2 Working the land课后作业6含答案.docx

人教新课标版高中英语必修四练习Unit 2 Working the land课后作业6含答案.docx

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人教新课标版高中英语必修四练习Unit2Workingtheland课后作业6含答案

课后作业（六）

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Wouldyoumind__________（turn）downyourradioalittle，please?

2．__________（make）friendsplaysanimportantpartinourlife.

3．Itisuseless__________（telephone）him.Heisnotwillingtocome.

4．Iremember__________（be）takentothezoobymymotherwhenIwasachild.

5．Hesucceededin__________（persuade）hertotakethejob.

6．________________（host）theOlympicGamesisagreathonortoeverycountry.

7．Hehasbeenusedto__________（get）upearly.

8．__________（leave）itwithmeshouldbeagoodchoice.Trustme.

9．__________（see）isonething；__________（do）isanother.

10．Ourclassroomneeds______________________（clean）everyday.

[答案]　1.turning　2.Making　3.telephoning

4．being　5.persuading　6.Hosting　7.getting　8.Leaving　9.Seeing/Tosee；doing/todo　10.cleaning/tobecleaned

Ⅱ.完成句子

1．_____________________________________________________

（他没准时到车站）madeeveryoneworriedlastnight.

2．Heisusedto__________________________（在公众场合讲话）．

3．Wewilldoeverythingwecanto__________（阻止他伤害自己）．

4．Mybrotherisveryfondof____________________（集邮）．

5．Inmanyways，ridingonabikeissimilarto__________（开车）．

[答案]　1.Hisnotarrivingat/gettingtothestationontime　2.speakinginpublic　3.preventinghimfromhurtinghimself　4.collectingstamps　5.drivingacar

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

Thesingle，decisive（关键的）factorthatmakesitpossibleformankindtosettleinlastingcommunitiesisagriculture.AfterfarmingwasdevelopedintheMiddleEastinabout6500BC,peoplelivinginfamilyunitsdidnothavetobeonthemovecontinuallysearchingforfoodorhuntingtheiranimals.Oncepeoplecouldcontroltheproductionoffoodandbeassuredofareliablesupplyofit,theirliveschangedcompletely.

Farmingisarevolutionarydiscovery.Itnotonlymadesettlementspossibleandlaterthebuildingofcitiesbutalsomadeareliablefoodsupplyavailable.Withmorefoodavailable,morepeoplecouldbefed.Populationthereforeincreased.Thegrowingnumberofpeopleformorekindsofworkledtothedevelopmentofnewsocialformations.Withmoreandmorefood,acommunitycouldsupportavarietyofworkerswhowerenotfarmers.

Farmingintheworldhasalwaysrelieduponadependablewatersupply.Fortheearliestsocietiesthismeantriversandstreamsorregularrainfall.Manygreatcivilizationsgrewupalongrivers.Latercommunitieswereabletodevelopbytakingadvantageoftherainyseasons.

Alloftheancientcivilizationsprobablydevelopedinmuchthesameway,inspiteofafewdifferences.Asvillagesgrew,theproductionofmorenumerousgoodsbecamepossible.Clothcouldbewovenfromwool.Housesmadeofwood,brickandstonecouldbeputup.

Thescienceofmathematicswasanearlyoutcomeofagriculture.Peoplestudiedthemovementsofthemoon,thesun,andtheplanetstoworkoutseasons.Bydoingsotheycreatedthefirstcalendars（日历）.Withacalendaritwaspossibletofindoutthearrivalofeachgrowingseason.Measurementoflandareaswasnecessaryiffieldwastobedividedaccurately.Measurementofthenumber,forexample,ofseedsorgrainswasalsoafactorinfarmingandhousekeeping.Latermeasuresofvalueofmoneybecamecommon.

AllofthemajorancientcivilizationsinMesopotamia,Egypt，theIndusValley,andChinaappearedseveralthousandyearsago.Historiansstillargueoverwhichonecameintobeingfirst.ItmaywellhavebeentheMiddleEast.ThisplacereachesoutfromtheNileRiverinEgyptnorthwardalongthecoastofformerPalestine，theneastwardintoAsiatoincludeMesopotamia.Inthisareapeoplesettledalongtheriverbanksandpracticedfieldagriculture.Thiskindoffarmingdependedonthereproductionofseeds，normallyfromgraincrops.

语篇解读：

本文叙述了农业的重要性。

1．Thefinalresultofthedevelopmentofagriculturewasthat

__________.

A．anewsocialformationcameintobeing

B．thepopulationincreasedslowly

C．avarietyofjobswereopentopeople

D．aconstantsupplyoffoodwascertain

[解析]　推理判断题。

根据第二段中的“Populationthereforeincreased.Thegrowingnumberofpeopleformorekindsofworkledtothedevelopmentofnewsocialformations.Withmoreandmorefood，acommunitycouldsupportavarietyofworkerswhowerenotfarmers.”可知，农业发展的最后结果就是一个新的社会形态的形成。

故选A。

[答案]　A

2．Whatcanwelearnaccordingtothepassage?

A．Clothmakingmarkedanimportantperiodinagricultural

development.

B．Moderncitiesdevelopedoutoforiginallywealthiervillages.

C．Societiesinthepastindifferentpartsoftheworldmightgrowinsimilarways.

D．Mathematicshelpedcreatetheagriculturalsociety.

[解析]　推理判断题。

根据第四段中的第一句“Alloftheancientcivilizationsprobablydevelopedinmuchthesameway，inspiteofafewdifferences.”可知，尽管有一些差异，所有的古代文明很可能都以相同的方式发展。

故选C。

[答案]　C

3．Itcanbesafelyconcludedthat__________.

A．theearliestcivilizationfirstcameintobeingintheMiddleEast

B．thedevelopmentofagricultureplayedaveryimportantroleinhumanhistory

C．thedevelopmentofmathsplayedadecisiveroleinthebirthofmoderncities

D．allancientcivilizationsaroundtheworlddevelopedinexactlythesameway

[解析]　推理判断题。

根据第一段的第一句“Thesingle，decisive（关键的）factorthatmakesitpossibleformankindtosettleinlastingcommunitiesisagriculture.”可知，农业发展在人类历史中扮演着重要角色。

故选B。

[答案]　B

4．Thepassageismainlyabout__________.

A．therelationshipbetweenagricultureandsociety

B．theoriginofagriculture

C．theancientcivilization

D．theimportanceofagriculture

[解析]　主旨大意题。

根据第一段中的“Thesingle，decisive（关键的）factorthatmakesitpossibleformankindtosettleinlastingcommunitiesisagriculture.”和“Oncepeoplecouldcontroltheproductionoffoodandbeassuredofareliablesupplyofit，theirliveschangedcompletely.”及全文内容可知，农业有着重要的作用。

故选D。

[答案]　D

B

You'reinabitofadilemmastandinginfrontoftheproducesectionofyourlocalsupermarket.Inonehand，you'reholdingaconventionallygrownGrannySmithapple.Inyourotherhand,youhaveonethat'sbeenorganicallygrown.Bothapplesarefirm,shinyandgreen.Bothprovidevitaminsandfiber,andbotharefreeoffat,sodiumandcholesterol.

Theconventionallygrownapplecostslessandisaprovenfamilyfavorite.Buttheorganicapplehasalabelthatsays“USDAOrganic”.Doesthatmeanit'sbetter？

Safer?

Morenutritious?

Becomeabetterinformedconsumerforyournexttriptothesupermarket.Severaldifferencesbetweenorganicandnonorganicfoodsexist.Theword“organic”referstothewayfarmersgrowandprocessagriculturalproducts,suchasfruits,vegetables，grains,dairyproductsandmeat.Organicfarmingpracticesaredesignedtoencouragesoilandwaterconservationandreducepollution.Farmerswhogroworganicproduceandmeatdon'tuseconventionalmethodstofertilize,controlweedsorpreventlivestockdisease.

Hereareotherdifferencesbetweenconventionalfarmingandorganicfarming：

Conventionalfarmers

Organicfarmers

Applychemicalfertilizerstopromoteplantgrowth.

Applynaturalfertilizerstofeedsoilandplants.

Applyinsecticidetoreducepestsanddisease.

Usebeneficialinsectsandbirdstoreducepestsanddisease.

Giveanimalsantibiotics，growthhormonesandmedicationstopreventdiseaseandpromotegrowth.

Giveanimalsorganicfoodsandallowthemaccesstotheoutdoors.Usepreventivemeasures—suchasabalanceddietandcleanhousing—tohelpminimizedisease.

*OrganicornotCheckthelabel

TheUSDepartmentofAgriculture（USDA）hasestablishedanorganiccertificationprogramthatrequiresallorganicfoodstomeetstrictgovernmentstandards.Thesestandardsregulatehowsuchfoodsaregrown，handledandprocessed.AnyfarmerorfoodmanufacturerwholabelsandsellsaproductasorganicmustbeUSDAcertifiedasmeetingthesestandards.Onlyproducerswhoselllessthan$5,000ayearinorganicfoodsareexempt（免除）fromthiscertification.

IfafoodbearsaUSDAOrganiclabel，itmeansit'sproducedandprocessedaccordingtotheUSDAstandards.Thesealisvoluntary，butmanyorganicproducersuseit.

语篇解读：

本文是一篇说明文。

“有机食品”一词对我们来说耳熟能详。

但有机食物和普通的食物在农业生产过程中到底有怎样的差异，并不是每一个人都很清楚。

5．Themainpurposeofthepassageisto________.

A．promotethesalesoforganicfoods

B．informpeoplethatorganicfoodsarebetterfortheirhealth

C．compareconventionalandorganicfoods

D．persuadepeopletobecomeinformedconsumers

[解析]　目的意图题。

该题目实际上是在考查文章是围绕什么内容展开的。

文章的第一段就提出了conventionalapple和organicapple的不同概念，下文就这两种事物进行了对比，故该文章的写作目的是告诉人们传统食品与有机食品的差别。

[答案]　C

6．Accordingtothepassage,organicfarmingisintendedto________.

A．improvethequalityofthesoilandwater

B．taketheplaceofthetraditionalagricultureentirely

C．preventlivestockfromgettingdiseasemoreeffectively

D．adoptenvironmentallyfriendlymethodstogrowplantsandfeedanimals

[解析]　细节理解题。

文章表格中对有机农业和传统农业做法的对比体现了有机农业的优势：

在对环境有益的基础上生产健康的食品。

由此可知，有机农业旨在通过对环境有益的方法进行生产。

[答案]　D

7．Whichofthefollowingmethodsbelongstoorganicfarming?

A．Usingchemicalstokillinsectsandpreventdisease.

B．Usingrottedplantsasfertilizerstopromoteplantgrowth.

C．Usinggrowthhormonestospeedupanimals'growth.

D．Usingpeststoreduceinsectsanddisease.

[解析]　细节理解题。

根据表格右栏中的“Applynaturalfertilizerstofeedsoilandplants.”可知B项正确。

A项中的chemicals，C项中的hormones以及D项中的pests均不符合有机农业的要求。

[答案]　B

8．Fromthepassageweknowtheorganiccertification

program________.

A．isnotmeantforproduceofallproducers

B．makesitamusttoattachaUSDAOrganiclabel

C．setsrestrictionsonthesalesoforganicproduce

D．requiresallfoodstosatisfythestrictgovernmentstandards

[解析]　细节理解题。

根据最后一段可知，并非所有农产品的生产商都要给他们的产品进行有机认证。

[答案]　A

Ⅳ.短文改错

Mysoccercoachretiredinlastweek.Iwantedtodoanythingspecialforhimathisretirementparty.Mymummakesthebetterbiscuitsintheworld，soIdecidetoaskherforhelp.Mumtaughtmesome