【学霸笔记：同步精讲】课时提升作业11 (UNIT 4 Grammar and usage & Extended reading)（含答案）--译林版英语选择性必修第一册

课时提升作业(十一)　(UNIT 4　Grammar and usage & Extended reading) (总分：55分) Ⅰ．单词拼写(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 1．Many distant visitors came just to look at the airport's _____ (引人注目的) architecture and admire its unique design． 2．Having _____ (经历) a process called industrialization，the UK became one of the developed countries． 3．_____ (遭遇) difficulties while you're pursuing your dream means that you're on the right track． 4．China has contributed to the _____ (稳定) and balance of global economic development． 5．Both of them are _____ (代表) of our company to join in the exhibition． Ⅱ．选词填空(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) break with，be rooted in，distinguish...from，be recognized as，make allowance for 1．This principle ____ deeply _____ the minds of Chinese people． 2．You have to _____ the cost when making a plan． 3．The adaptation _____ a classic and popular with most people． 4．Some experts think that _____ tradition leads to all sorts of social problems． 5．According to the research，babies can even _____ their mothers' voice _____ that of a stranger． Ⅲ．阅读理解(共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分10分) Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people． In fact，many people never read a poem once they get out of high school． It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America． In the 19th century，a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud． It is true that there was no television at the time，nor movie theaters，nor World Wide Web，to provide diversions． However，poems were a source of pleasure，of self education，of connection to other people or to the world beyond one's own community． Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one，and perhaps even more social than individual． Writing poems to share with friends and relations was，like reading poems by the fireside，another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life． How did things change？Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry，and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems There are，I believe，three factors：poets，teachers，and we ourselves． Of these，the least important is the third． The world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem． Early in the 20th century，poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetry． Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night，and that they belonged where other difficult to read things belonged． Poets failed the readers，and so did teachers． They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem，and they want their students to see that poems mean something． Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword pu ... ...