2016_2017学年高中英语Unit11TheMediaPeriodTwo课时作业北师大版必修4

Period Two Lesson 2 The Paparazzi

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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American colleges and universities awarded about one million seven hundred thousand bachelor’s degrees(学士学位) in the school year ending in 2010.57% of the receivers were girl students.Yet only 18% of the girl students earned degrees in computer and information sciences.

Reshma Saujani would like to change that.She started a program called “Girls Who Code”(编程女生) in 2011.Her goal is to get more girls interested in science and technology.

“It’s predicted that we’ll hav e about 1.4 million jobs that are open in the next twenty years in the science and technology-related fields(领域)．But only 29% of Americans today have the skills to actually fill those jobs.And many of those Americans are men.And less than 20% of women are actually going into the technology and science-related professions.And so we have a huge difference.”

And she says the low number of women in the fields of science，technology，engineering and mathematics，also known as STEM，is caused by a big social problem.She says we live in a society that sends messages that girls should avoid these fields of study. “Girls Who Code” has partnered with educators，engineers and businessmen.Twenty girls took part in the group’s first eight-week program in the summer of 2011 in New York City.They learned how to build websites and create business plans. Ms.Saujani says companies have been very supportive of the group.Google was the first business to invest in the group.Reshma Saujani says if not for Google，“Girls Who Code” wouldn’t exist.Twitter，General Electric，eBay and others have also provided support.Thanks to the support of these companies，she says，all the girls who took part in its first group plan to continue their STEM training.And she says，“Girls Who Code” hopes to train many more.

1．Reshma Saujani created “Girls Who Code” in order to________.

A．protect women’s rights to take up some jobs

B．help the development of science and technology

C．make more people interested in science and technology

D．train more women for jobs in science and technology

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答案 D

解析细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话“Her goal is to get more girls interested in science and technology.”再结合第三段Reshma Saujani的讲话可推断，她创建这个项目旨在使更多的女生能从事科技领域的职业。

2．In the third paragraph，Reshma Saujani is aiming at showing that________. A．it is necessary to start the program

B．it’s easy for women to find a science-related job

C．it’s unfair to forbid women to take up science-related professions

D．women are different from men in the ability to do some jobs

答案 A

解析推理判断题。根据第三段“It’s predicted that we’ll have about 1.4 million jobs that are open in the next twenty years in the science and technology-related fields(领域)．”可知，Reshma Saujani要表达的意思是科技领域的求职前景很好，所以成立该组织是非常有必要的。

3．In Reshma Saujani’s opinion，few women enter the technology and science-related professions because________.

A．women is less clever and able than men

B．women aren’t interested in these professions

C．these professions are thought to be unfit for women

D．laws forbid them to take up these professions

答案 C

解析细节理解题。根据第四段中的“...is caused by a bi g social problem.She says we live in a society that sends messages that girls should avoid these fields of study.”可知答案。

4．According to the passage，Reshma Saujani thought that the program________. A．was facing a lot of difficulties

B．was very successful

C．had a little trouble getting popular

D．had become popular across the country

答案 B

解析推理判断题。根据最后一段提到的大公司的投资以及首批编程女生继续参加培训可推断，这个项目应该是很成功，所以才会继续下去，培养更多的人。

B

I am a good mother to three children.I have tried never to let my profession stand

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in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I listen.I try to laugh.I am a good friend to my husband.I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say.I am a good friend to my friends，and they to me.Without them，there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today：get a life.A real life，not a desire of the next promotion(提升)，the bigger paycheck，the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love，and who love you.And remember that love is not leisure(休闲) but work.Pick up the phone.Send an e-mail.Write a letter.And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives，our days，our hours，and our minutes.It_is_so_easy_to_exist_

instead_of_to_live.I learned to live many years ago.Something really，really bad happened to me，something that changed my life in ways that，if I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all.And what I learned from it is what，today，seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey，not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried to give some of it back because I believed in it，completely and totally.And I tried to do that，in part，by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this：read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of life as a deadly illness，because if you do，you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.

5．The best title of this passage probably is “________”．

A．Love your friends

B．Live a real life

C．Don’t waste time

D．Be a good mother and wife

答案 B

解析标题归纳题。文章开头作者就强调了自己是个好妈妈，从来不会因为事业而影响自己做一位好家长。结合全文作者对生活的认识和理解可以确定，本文的标题应该是：过真正的生活。

6．How did the author form her view of life?

A．Through social experience.

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B．By learning from her friends.

C．Through an unfortunate experience.

D．From her children and husband.

答案 C

解析细节理解题。由第五段中的“I learned to live many years ago.Something really，really bad happened to me...”可知，作者的不幸经历使她形成了对生活不同的看法。7．By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live.” in the fifth paragraph，the author really means that people tend to________.

A．make a living rather than live a real life

B．work rather than enjoy life

C．waste a lot in life

D．forget the most important lesson in life

答案 A

解析句意理解题。根据该句所在段的语境及“It is so easy to waste our lives，our days，our hours，and our minutes.”等信息可以推知，A项为正确答案。

8．It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．the author is a success in personal life

B．the author didn’t try her best to work well

C．the author spent all her time caring for her children

D．the author likes traveling very much

答案 A

解析推理判断题。根据全文的意思可知，作者由自己过去的经历得出了现在对生活的认识，说明她在个人生活方面是很成功的。

Ⅱ.阅读填空

Long ago，people believed that in the future we would work less，have more free time and get more relaxed.__1__

Today we work harder，work longer hours and have more stresses than ten years ago.We walk faster，eat faster and sleep less than previous generations.And although we use machines that save us time，we have less free time than our parents and grandparents.__2__ An American journalist James Gleick in a new book，says that people are suffering from “hurry sickness”—we’re trying to do more things in less time.As a result，our lives are stressful.He says that if we don’t slow down，we won’t live as long as our parents.__3__

Newspaper articles today are shorter and the headlines are bigger.Most people don’t

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have enough time to read the articles，they only read the headlines.On TV and the radio，newsreaders speak more quickly than ten years ago.In the USA，there is a book called One-Minute Bedtime Stories for children.These are shorter versions(版本) of traditional stories，specially written for “busy parents” who want to save time！Some answerphones now have “quick playback” buttons so that we can replay people’s messages faster—we can’t waste time listening to people speaking at the normal speed!

__4__ Ten years ago when people went to art galleries they spent ten seconds looking at each picture.Today they spend just three seconds！Nowadays，many people prefer faster and dynamic sports like basketball.

__5__ Our cars are faster but the traffic is worse，so we drive more slowly.We spend more time sitting in our cars，feeling stressed.Experts predict that in ten years the average speed on the road in cities will be only 17 km/h.

A．People didn’t feel stressed ten years ago.

B．But unluckily，this has not happened yet.

C．Even when we relax，we do everything more quickly.

D．But what is this doing to our health?

E．For most people，faster doesn’t mean better.

F．The only thing that is slower than before is the way we drive.

G．Now everything is faster than before，which brings us more convenience.

答案 1.B 2.D 3.E 4.C 5.F

Ⅲ.语法填空

David：1.Where would you live if you could choose?

Jane：2.It is very difficult to say.If I were very rich，I’d certainly choose Paris. David：3.What would you do if you lived in Paris?

Jane：Oh，I’d have a house by the Seine，and I could enjoy the scenery.

David：You’d soon get 4.tired(tire) of it.And what about the United States? Jane：I wouldn’t live in New York.It is too 5.noisy(noise)．

David：How 6.about Los Angeles?

Jane：Los Angeles wouldn’t be 7.a bad idea.

David：It is 8.said(say) that the sun shines every day in Los Angeles.I’d like to live there.

Jane：As a matter of fact，I’d live in any city 9.where I had friends.

David：I 10.would also like to live in a city with a lot of good friends.

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