课时作业(四十四) 选修8 Unit 22 Environmental
Protection第2课时
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2020·英语周报)
There was once a young ballerina (芭蕾舞女演员) who had taken ballet lessons all through her childhood.She wanted to be a leading ballet dancer，but she wanted to be__1__about this.When a ballet company came to town，she went backstage after the__2__and spoke to the ballet master: “I want to be a great ballet dancer but I don’t know if I have the__3__at all.” The master said，“__4__for me.” After a minute or two，he shook his head and said，“No，no，no，you don’t have what it takes to be a__5__ballerina.”
The young woman went home__6__.She threw the ballet slippers into the closet and never wore them again.__7__she got married and had children.When the kids were__8__enough，she took a part-time job__9__a cashier at a comer shop.
__10__later，the same ballet company came to town.She__11__the performance and on the way out，she__12__the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties.She__13__him that they had spoken before.She__14__him photos of her children and told him about the corner shop job that she was doing now.And then she asked，“There is just one thing that really__15__me for many years.__16__could you tell me that I don’t have what it takes to be a great ballerina？”
“Oh，I__17__looked at you when you danced.That’s what I told all of them who__18__to me，” he said.“But...but，that’s unforgivable! You have__19__my life; I could have been a great ballet dancer！” she cried.“No，no...I don’t think so.If you have what it takes，you wouldn’t have paid any__20__to what I said，” the old ballet master said.
Well，whose fault is it anyway? 1．A.careful B．sorry C．anxious D．sure 2．A.performance B．discussion C．lesson D．crowd 3．A.choice B．freedom C．talent D．chance 4．A.Work B．Prepare C．Wait D．Dance 5．A.great B．serious C．beautiful D．patient 6．A.puzzled B．excited C．hungry D．heartbroken 7．A.However B．Therefore C．Instead D．Otherwise 8．A.clever B．old C．lovely D．dependent 9．A.like B．with C．for D．as 10．A.Years B．Months C．Weeks D．Days 11．A.played B．canceled
C．hated
12．A.ran into C．believed in 13．A.promised C．reminded 14．A.awarded C．sold
15．A.interested C．frightened 16．A.How C．When
17．A.secretly C．barely
18．A.contributed C．replied 19．A.ruined C．experienced 20．A.money C．visit
Ⅱ.阅读理解
D．attended
B．quarreled with D．glared at B．advised D．cheated B．showed D．mailed B．encouraged D．bothered B．Why D．Where
B．immediately D．proudly B．came D．wrote B．improved D．controlled B．effort D．attention
You’re probably familiar with bookmobiles—buses or vans filled with library books that serve communities with no libraries of their own—but how about a biblioburro?
Luis Soriano，a primary school teacher in Colombia，is putting a twist (转变) on the traditional mobile library in his native country，where children in remote villages have little access to schools or textbooks.Many of the children are the illiterate，as are their parents.Because schools are often many miles away and the children are unable to complete their homework，they often drop out before they reach high school.
Soriano hopes that he and his donkeys can change all that.Twice a week，he loads up two donkeys with 120 children’s books and sets off on one of the animals’ back.He travels for about four hours to reach his destination，where dozens of children are waiting eagerly to see Soriano’s selection of books.
Even though Soriano’s journey to each village is long，he takes the time at each location to share a lesson with the children，to help them with homework assignments，and to give them the opportunity to choose some books to borrow.Soriano’s biblioburro travels between 15 different communities，so his rare arrival is an occasion for joy and excitement for the village children.
“You can just see that the kids are excited when they see the biblioburro coming.It makes them happy that he continues to come，” Dairo Holguin，whose children are part of Soriano’s program，told CNN.“For us，his program complements (补充) what the children learn in school.”
Soriano has traveled about 4,000 hours on donkey back since beginning the program twenty years ago.Despite the difficulties of traveling the dangerous Colombian regions，Soriano has no plans to stop the program anytime soon.He believes that the books he provides to the children can serve as a lifeline (救生索) to raise them from poverty.In his eyes，the power of literature is life-changing.
1．The underlined words “the illiterate” in Paragraph 2 refer to people who________.
A．don’t know how to read or write B．seldom go to libraries
C．don’t like to go to school
D．know little about Soriano’s program
2．How does Soriano take his books to the children in remote villages? A．By bus. B．On foot. C．On donkey’s back. D．By van.
3．What does Soriano do to help the village children? A．Give the books to them for free. B．Set up libraries in the poor areas. C．Call on people to help them. D．Share lessons with them.
4．What does Holguin think about Soriano and his program? A．The children are merely curious about his vehicle. B．The children learn more through his biblioburro.
C．His program helps the children finish their schooling. D．The biblioburro is big enough for the children.
5．Which of the following words can best describe Soriano? A．Proud. B．Determined. C．Strict. D．Strong.
(2020·湖南三市六校检测二) When times get tough，we all look for ways to cut back.When we’re hungry，we eat at home instead of going out.We take buses instead of taxis.And we wear our old designer jeans just a few months longer.With college expenses at all-time highs，high school students are eager to do anything to cut the cost of a university education.
One cost-cutting proposal is to allow college students to get a bachelor’s degree in three years instead of four.Educational institutions have been actively exploring ways to make the learning process more efficient.But there’s a question：Would the quality of undergraduate (本科生) education suffer? Few US universities have formally approved a “three-year degree” model.
I doubt that mainstream North American colleges will carry out a three-year curriculum (课程) any time soon.For one thing，most universities already allow highly qualified students to graduate early by testing out of certain classes and obtaining a number of college credits (学分)．In addition，at famous universities，the committee who determine which courses are required and which courses are electives are unlikely to suddenly “throw out” one quarter of the required credits.Professors will resist “diluting (稀释)” the quality of the education they offer.
In my opinion，a quality four-year education is always superior to a quality three-year education.A college education requires sufficient time for a student to become skilled in their major and do coursework in fields outside their major.It is not a good idea to water down education，any more than it’s not a good idea to water down medicine.If we want to help students find their way through university，we should help them understand early on what knowledge and skills they need to have upon graduation.We should allow students to test out of as many courses as possible.We should give them a chance to earn money as interns (实习生) in meaningful
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