1、Period TwoReading and Thinking.单词拼写1.Such people shouldnt be ato the Party.2.It was cthat some doctors were working 80 hours aweek.3.There was a choiceof four prizes,and the winner could sone of them.4.It never oto him that his carelessness could do suchgreat harm to himself.5.Her attitude has dchan
2、ged for the better since shestarted this new job.6.He viewed his(使命) in life as protecting the weak fromthe evil.7.Children like to read(连环画杂志).8.All our results are published in scientific(刊物).9.Lets go out now and eat(后来).10.When the fire broke out, the hotel guests tried their best to(逃脱) from th
3、e burning ics8.journals9.afterwards10.escape二.补全句子1.Isatinmyroomforafewminutes,.(with 复合结构)我在房间里坐了一会儿,眼睛盯着天花板。2.I miss the placein mychildhood. (where)我想念我童年居住过的地方。3.Youthe test. (allow)你们有一个小时的时间来完成这次测验。4.This book, including two revisions. (contain)这本书包含 5 个单元,其中包含 2 个复习单元。5.It was Johns carelessn
4、esstheaccident. (bring about)是约翰的粗心引起了这次(交通)事故。1.with my eyes fixed on the ceiling2.where I lived3.are allowed anhour to complete4.contains five units5.that brought about三、阅读理解三、阅读理解When I first arrived in Australia at the age of 16 to go to high schoolfor one year and live with a host family, I was
5、 completely over the moonabout everything. I had been planning for many months. But, even thoughall exchange students participated in a one-day preparatory meeting,culture shock couldnt be avoided.Those first weeks are so-called honeymoon phase where you arehappy to be in that culture.However, this
6、feeling didnt last forever. After about twomonths,differences became more evident. I started missing my friendsand family more and more. Frustrating thoughts increasingly occupiedmy headnobody really understands me, and my English is not goodenough. I wish people would just he able to speak German f
7、or one day! Iwish public transportation would work the same way as at home! And soon. I knew it was honeymoon phase .Over the next few months, though, I slowly and unknowingly enteredthe adjustment phase. I developed my own little routine, learnt to adaptto stress through various techniques, and mad
8、e many new friends. MyEnglish improved dramatically!I understood Australian culture better and better. That was a majorbreakthrough for me personally. Every day I felt more and morecomfortable with my new home. I adopted many new traits(特征) whilealso keeping earlier ones from my home country. I woul
9、d often refer tomyself as “having a second nationality”. This process which happenedover my last few months abroad is called the mastery phase. Myhappiest moment was when my dear friend one day said during aconversation, You areAustralian now, Jude! You sound just like us!I want to point out that th
10、e effects of culture shock are different foreveryone and can result in different behaviour and feelings. The timing ofthe different phases also varies a lot from person to person. One thing isfor surethough culture shock is unavoidable, acceptance is the first steptowards adjusting better to a forei
11、gn culture.1.According to the passage, which phase is the most difficult to gothrough?A. Honeymoon phase .B.Honeymoonphase .C.Adjustment phase.D. Mastery phase.2.What happened in the “mastery phase?A. The author got rid of his earlier habits. B.Theauthorquittedhisnationality.C. The author adjusted t
12、o the culture better.D. The author made manynew friends.3.Whats the most important thing to deal with culture shock?A. Ignoring it.B.Avoiding it.C.Accepting it.D. Changing it.答案答案：1.B; 2.C; 3.C四四. 阅读下面短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。确形式。An American boy went 1. _(miss) three d
13、ays ago, 2.has received peoples great interest. Several people gave differentdescriptions of his 3.(disappear).His sister, 4. _(age)nine, says she heard her brother 5. _(return) home at about 11pm.When she went to bed, she was frightened at lots of strange creatures 6._(stand) inside a spaceship out
14、side. She is sure the aliens tookher brother. His parents became worried and called the police when theirson didnt show7. _for lunch the next day. Some people also say that aliens tookone of them aboard the UFO so that they could do research on her. 8.(luck), she returned safely. When 9. _(ask) about thepossibility that the boy was taken by aliens, the police say 10._they havent dismissed the idea, they will not give up until theyfind out what happened.1. missing 2. which 3. disappearance4. aged 5. return6. standing 7. up 8. Luckily 9. asked10. while/though/although
