1、Stronger Together: How We Have Been Changed by the Internet 同步练习同步练习（答题时间：（答题时间：40 分钟）分钟）一、阅读理解Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped caryesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escaperoutethrough the bo
2、ot (行李箱).Mr. Johnsons car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding onice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “Icouldnt force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared notopen the wi
3、ndows because I knew water would come flooding in.”Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention ofother motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began hisstruggle to escape.Later he said, “It was really a half penny that
4、saved my life. It was the only coin I had in mypocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with ahammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samplesfrom the
5、 boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteenminutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the bootlid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the carfilled up.”His hands
6、and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, wherehe was looked after by the farmers wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “Thatthirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said lastnight. The vehicle had sunk into t
7、wo feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?A. The Story of Mr. Johnson,ASweet SalesmanB. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape RouteC. Driver Escapes Through Car BootD. The Driver Survived ATerrible Car Accident2. Which of the following objects is
8、the most important to Mr. Johnson?A. The hammer.B. The coin.C. The screw.D. The horn.3. Which statement is true according to the passage?A. Mr. Johnsons car stood on its boot as it fell down.B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.C. Mr. Johnsons car accident w
9、as partly due to the slippery road.D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.4. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _.A. luckily the door was torn away in the endB. at last the wrench went brokenC. the lock came open after all his effortsD. the chance was lost
10、at the last minute5. It may be inferred from the passage that _.A. the ditch was along a quiet country roadB. the accident happened on a clear warm dayC. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditchD. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended二、短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文
11、中共有 10 处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线 ()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改 10 处,多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。Dear Tom,How is everything going recently? That has been a long time since we meet in China lasttime. Having passed the finally exams, I a
12、m busy planning a two-weeks trip to the US during thiswinter holiday. Do you have any suggestions about the choice of America cities? I prefer to bigand modern cities. I guess Id better pre-order a hotel. What is the price for single boy like myself?Is it easy to find Chinese food? What is the traff
13、ic like, after I travel between cities in the US?Hope to hearing from you. Thank you!Best regards!Li Hua三、读后续写Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to myparents home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles fromOklahoma Ci
14、ty, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at thecash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.I stopped and wondered what I should do.
15、A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I hadspoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friends .We chatted on the wayinto the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterwar
16、d, I received aChristmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made theirholidays meaningful.Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returnedto my car and found that Id left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)wa
17、s dead. Then Inoticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked overand found two salesmen in the showroom.注意：1. 所续写的短文词数应为 150 左右；2. 应使用 5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为二段，每段的开头语已经为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1I entered the shop, and one of the
18、salesman came to me._Paragraph 2After a while, they quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it._Stronger Together: How We Have Been Changed by the Internet 同步练习同步练习参考答案参考答案一、阅读理解1. C解题思路：主旨题。根据第 1 段Mr. Peter Johnsonescape from his trappedcarthrough the boot 可归纳出文章的标题。2. B解题思路：细节题。根据第 4 段
19、Mr. Johnson 所说的话及他后面所做的事情可推知此题答案为 B。3. C解题思路：细节题。根据第 2 段第一句skidding on ice and hitting a bank 可推知答案为 C。4. C解题思路：词句理解题。根据其上文work on the boot lock 及下文 but as soon as Imoved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in 可推知此题答案为 C。5.A解题思路： 推断题。 根据第 4 段最后一句 but no help came 及最后一段的第一句 Mr.Johnson got to Becke
20、tt Farm nearby 可推知事故地点是寂静的村庄，此题答案为 A。二、短文改错1. 第二句 That 改为 It考查代词的用法。句意：自从上次在中国见面已经很长时间了。这里使用了句型：It has been+一段时间+since，所以将 That 改为 It。2. 第二句 meet 改为 met考查时态。句意：自从我们上次见面以来已经有很长一段时间了。since 后面和一般过去式连用，所以将 meet 改为 met。3. 第三句 finally 改为 final考查形容词。句意：通过最后一次考试后。用形容词 final 修饰 exams，所以将 finally 改为 final。4.
21、第四句 two-weeks 改为 two-week考查构词法。句意：我在忙于计划去美国的两星期的旅行。two-week 是复合形容词，表示“两星期的”，week 不能用复数，所以将 two-weeks改为 two-week。5. 第五句 America 改为 American考查形容词。句意：你有去美国城市旅行的建议吗？America“美国”，改成形容词：American “美国的”，所以将 America 改为 American。6. 第六句 prefer 后 to 去掉考查及物动词的用法。句意：我更喜欢大的现代化的城市。prefer 是及物动词，去掉 to，所以将 prefer 后 to
22、去掉。7. 第八句 for 和 single 中间加 a考查冠词的用法。 句意： 像我这么大的男孩的价格是多少？boy 是可数名词，前面加不定冠词 a，所以将 for 和 single 中间加 a。8. 第八句 myself 改为 me考查宾语。句意：像我这么大的男孩的价格是多少？这里用反身代词 myself 意思不通，改成 me，所以将 myself 改为 me。9. 第十句 after 改为 when/if考查连接词。句意：当/如果我在美国的两个城市之间旅游，交通怎样？所以将 after 改为 when/if。10. 第十一句 hearing 改为 hear考查不定式的用法。句意：希望收到
23、你的来信。hope todo sth，表示“希望做某事”，所以将 hearing 改成 hear。三、读后续写参考范文：Paragraph 1I entered the shop, and one of the salesman came to me. I recognized him at once. the twosalesmen were the older couple, and they were the owners of the Friendly Ford dealership. “ Hey,its you! you ever helped me, remember?” I sa
24、id to them excitedly. Yeah, we do!” the old manlaughed, we run the shop to help more people. you know, it makes our life so meaningful!”Paragraph 2After a while, they quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. they solved mytrouble once again, but when I paid for it, they would not accept my money. they told me thatwhen they ran the shop at first, no one had ever taken the time to write them and say thank you,but now they received more and more thank-you notes from people, which they were really happyabout.
