2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語外研版選修6課時作業(yè) 12 Module 4　Music Reading Practice and Cultural Corner Word版含解析

1、.完形填空as christmas is coming，there are presents to be bought，cards to be sent，and rooms to be cleaned.parents are_1_with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children.if the gifts are large，this is sometimes a real _2_.on christmas eve，young children find the excitement almost unbeara

2、ble.they are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that father christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to_3_up late so that they will not _4_the fun.the wish for gifts usually proves stronger.but though children go to bed early，they often lie _5_for a long time，hoping to get a

3、 short _6_at father christmas.last christmas，my wife and i _7_hid a few large presents in the storeroom.i _8_the moment when my son，jimmy，would _9_me where that new bike had come from，but _10_he did not see it.on christmas eve，_11_took the children hours to go to sleep.it must have been nearly _12_w

4、hen my wife and i went quietly into their room and began _13_stockings.then i pushed in the _14_i bought for jimmy and left it beside the christmas tree.we knew we would not get much sleep that night，for the children were _15_to get up early.at about five o'clock the next morning，we were _16_by

5、loud sounds coming from the children's roomthey were shouting excitedly！_17_ i had time to get out of bed，young jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike，and his sister，mary，followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage._18_the baby arrived.he moved _19_the hands and knees into the r

6、oom dragging a large balloon behind him.suddenly it burst.that woke us up _20_.the day had really begun with a band (巨響)!1a.faced bmet cfilled dpleased答案：a解析：從空格后difficult jobs of.推測意思為be faced with“面臨”，此處搭配應(yīng)用被動語態(tài)。2a.question bmatter cproblem dbusiness答案：c解析：想把大型的禮物藏起來不是一件容易的事情。question“疑問”，matter“麻

7、煩或毛病”，business“商業(yè)或買賣”，均不符合句意。3a.get bstay cstand dwake答案：b解析：stay up late意為“熬夜”。4a.lose bbreak cmiss dleave答案：c解析：平安夜孩子們通常待著不睡，等待享受圣誕老人送禮物的喜悅。5a.awake bwake casleep dsleep答案：a解析：盡管孩子們早早上床，因為想看到圣誕老人，會長時間睡不著。6a.look bstare cglare dwatch答案：a解析：stare at“瞪著眼睛看”；glare at“怒目而視”，watch是及物動詞，后面不能接at。7a.hopefu

8、lly bbusily cgladly dsuccessfully答案：d解析：通過文章得知去年成功地給了孩子們一個驚喜。8a.liked bfeared csurprised dhated答案：b解析：上文已說大的禮物難藏，作者把自行車放在儲藏室，最擔心的是被孩子們發(fā)現(xiàn)，而不是喜歡。c、d不符合句意。9a.answer btell cask dsearch答案：c解析：如果孩子看到禮物，肯定會問禮物從哪兒來的。10a.sadly bunluckily cpossibly dfortunately答案：d解析：從空格后he didn't see it及這次給孩子的驚喜可推知答案。11a

9、.it bthey ci dwe答案：a解析：it作形式主語為固定句型。12a.morning bmidnight cevening ddaybreak答案：b解析：首先排除不符句意的a、d，再從“we knew we would not get much sleep.”及“at about five o'clock the next morning，we were.”提示可知答案。13a.filling bsewing cmending dpreparing答案：a解析：根據(jù)圣誕老人總是把禮物塞在孩子的襪子里面的傳說，應(yīng)選fill。14a.present bstocking cbik

10、e dtree答案：c解析：從下文“jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike”可知，推進來的是為jimmy買的自行車。15a.going bsure cglad dexcited答案：b解析：根據(jù)父母的了解，孩子盼望禮物心切，肯定會起得很早，其他三個選項不夠準確。16a.troubled bfrightened cwoken dshocked答案：c解析：孩子發(fā)現(xiàn)禮物時的吵鬧聲不會使人害怕或麻煩，只會把人吵醒。17a.before bafter cuntil dsince答案：a解析：before引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句為“還未來得及，就”。18

11、a.even band csoon dthen答案：a解析：even用來加強語氣。19a.with bon cover dby答案：b解析：on the hands and knees意為“用手和膝蓋爬行”，其中on表示方式。20a.all bnearly chappily dcompletely答案：d解析：作者和妻子剛睡不久就被孩子吵醒，這時氣球被玩爆了，一聲巨響讓他們徹底醒來，這爆炸聲也預(yù)示喜慶的一天開始了。.閱讀理解i have a question for those or you in a relationship.how “normal” are you and your par

12、tner as a couple? i mean, are you like most other couples when it comes to things like how much you trust each other, how often you hold hands and how much you share the housework?well, two social scientists and a “wellness entrepreneur” tried to understand what most couples are really like.they ask

13、ed over 100,000 people around the world questions about their relationships.then they analyzed the answers and wrote a book about what they found.the book is called the normal bar.it was published this spring.professor pepper schwartz says there is no universal standard for “normal”in other words，pe

14、ople can be happy with different normal.but she did find that couples who described themselves as happy had a lot of things in common.pepper schwartz says normal for happy couples is helping.that means that neither person does all the cooking or cleaning.about 42 percent of men and women globally sa

15、id they share chores equally.but there's a bigger point.she says happy couples see their partners as whole personsnot just as the ones who do all the housework, or the ones who earn all the money.“for example, something like 89 percent of couples in america, spain, canada，the philippines, chinay

16、ou name it, they support their partners' growth.”in other words, she says most happy couples allow their partners to change for instance, to try new jobs or new hobbies.no one has to stick doing the same thing over and over, either inside or outside the home.and there's another thing, too.sc

17、hwartz says happy couples do not focus on work.the laundry and email can wait, they say.the relationship is what is important.什么樣的夫妻關(guān)系是正常的？如何使夫妻關(guān)系融洽？研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，夫妻幸福的秘訣在于有共同愛好，一起分擔家務(wù)等等。1the first paragraph serves as a(n) _.aexplanation bbackground ccomment dintroduction答案：d解析：推理判斷題。文章第一段問了幾個關(guān)于夫妻關(guān)系的問題，是為了引出

18、本文的主題，即夫妻幸福的秘訣。故選d。2what did the two social scientists want to find?amost couples' relationships with their neighbors.bhow a majority of couples get along with each other.cmost couples' opinions on their book.dwhy most couples are unhappy.答案：b解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“two social scientists and a wellness entrepreneurtried to understand what most couples are really like”可知，兩位科學(xué)家想了解大多數(shù)夫妻關(guān)系是怎樣的。故選b。3according to profes