外研版英語必修4課時作業(yè)Module2ReadingandVocabulary

Ⅰ.閱讀理解TerrafugiaInc.saidonMondaythatitsnewflyingcarhascompleteditsfirstflight,bringingthecompanyclosertoitsgoalofsellingtheflyingcarwithinthenextyear.Thevehicle—namedtheTransition—hastwoseats，fourwheelsandwingsthatfoldupsoitcanbedrivenlikeacar.TheTransition,whichflewat1,400feetforeightminuteslastmonth,canreacharound70milesperhourontheroadand115intheair.Itfliesusinga23-gallontankofgasandburns5gallonsperhourintheair.Ontheground,itgets35milespergallon.Around100peoplehavealreadyputdowna$10,000deposittogetaTransitionwhentheygoonsale,andthosenumberswilllikelyriseafterTerrafugiaintroducestheTransitiontothepubliclaterthisweekattheNewYorkAutoShow.Butdon'texpectittoshowupintoomanydriveways.It'sexpectedtocost$279,000.Anditwon'thelpifyou'restuckintraffic.Thecarneedsarunway.Inventorshavebeentryingtomakeflyingcarssincethe1930s，accordingtoRobertMann，anairlineindustryexpert.ButMannthinksTerrafugiahascomecloserthananyonetomakingtheflyingcarareality.Thegovernmenthasalreadypermittedthecompanytousespecialmaterialstomakeiteasierforthevehicletofly.TheTransitionisnowgoingthroughcrashteststomakesureitmeetsfederalsafetystandards.MannsaidTerrafugiawashelpedbytheFederalAviationAdministration'sdecisionfiveyearsagotocreateaseparatesetofstandardsforlightsportaircraft，whicharelowerthanthoseforpilotsoflargerplanes.Terrafugiasaysanownerwouldneedtopassatestandcomplete20hoursofflyingtimetobeabletoflytheTransition,arequirementpilotswouldfindrelativelyeasytomeet.1．Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?A．ThebasicdataoftheTransition.B．Theadvantagesofflyingcars.C．Thepotentialmarketforflyingcars.D．ThedesignersoftheTransition.答案：A解析：段落大意題。第一段主要介紹了飛行汽車Transition的座位、輪子、可折疊的機翼、飛行的速度、燃油狀況等基本的數(shù)據(jù)，因此A項正確。2．WhyistheTransitionunlikelytoshowupintoomanydriveways?A．Itcausestrafficjams. B．Itisdifficulttooperate.C．Itisveryexpensive. D．Itburnstoomuchfuel.答案：C解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的“Butdon'texpectittoshowupintoomanydriveways.It'sexpectedtocost$279,000.”可知，飛行汽車Transition價格昂貴，買家不多，路上少見。因此C項正確。3．Whatisthegovernment'sattitudetothedevelopmentoftheflyingcar?A．Cautious. B．Favorable.C．Ambiguous. D．Disapproving.答案：B解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的“Thegovernmenthasalreadypermittedthecompanytousespecialmaterialstomakeiteasierforthevehicletofly.”可知，政府對此項目給予支持，持贊同的態(tài)度，故B項正確。cautious“謹慎的”；favorable“贊同的”；ambiguous“模棱兩可的”；disapproving“不贊同的”。4．Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A．FlyingCaratAutoShowB．TheTransition'sFirstFlightC．Pilots'DreamComingTrueD．FlyingCarClosertoReality答案：D解析：標題判斷題。第一段介紹了這種飛行汽車完成了第一次試飛；第二段介紹已經(jīng)有大約100人交了購買定金；第三段提到了政府對此的支持；第四段介紹了讓飛機投入使用的改良辦法以及對飛行員的要求等?？v觀全文，這種飛行汽車投入使用的可能性越來越大，因此D項正確。Ⅱ.七選五Waystogetyourlaughterback1__Thisishowyoudoit.__2__Itwillbeaforcedlaugh.Iknowitsoundssilly,buttrustme,ifyoucan'tlaughbyyourselfandbecomfortable,it'sevenhardertolaughinasocialsituationwhenyouthinkpeoplearejudgingyou.3__Ifyoucannotgiveupthoseprogramsabsolutely,thenwatchonlyhalfanhourofthemaday.Giveyourselfafightingchanceandmakeitapointtobringlaughterintoyourlife.4__5__Notonlywillthishelpyoulaughmore,butitwillkeepyoufeelinghappy.Ifyouarespendingallyourtimerememberingthegoodtimesyouhadfortheday,itdoesn'tleavemuchtimetothinknegatively!A．Lookinamirrorandlaugh.B．Usethistimeinapositiveway.C．Laughterissomuchmorefunwhenyou'rewithsomeoneelse.D．Inourbusyworld,laughterseemstohavebeenlostalongtheway.E．OneeasywaytofindlaughteristowatchfunnymoviesonTV.F．Ifyou'reaheavywatcherofnewsprogramsandpoliticalstations,it'shardtofeelhappy.G．Ifyouhaven'ttrulylaughedforalongtime,youhavetofake(假裝)ittillyoumakeit.本文是一篇說明文。生活中不能沒有笑聲，有時候我們不得不擠出笑容讓自己有好心情，所以作者提出了四條建議幫助大家找回笑聲。1．G解析：根據(jù)空前一句可知，當“我”意識到自己沒有了笑聲，“我”想到的第一件事情是“我”看起來和聽起來是多么愚蠢，于是不得不假裝微笑直到自己真的笑出來。G項符合語境，故選G。2．A解析：根據(jù)本段后面的描述可知這是勉強的笑容，選項中只有A項符合語境。對著鏡子擠出的笑容屬于強迫的笑容。3．F解析：本段第一句告訴我們要觀看滑稽的電視節(jié)目和電影。F項告訴我們看新聞和政治類節(jié)目難以讓人感到快樂，符合語境，故選F。4．C解析：本段第一句“Inviteyourfr