课后作业

I.选词填空

be related to;unlikely to;adapt to;no longer;in order to;too much;die out;cut off;come straight to the point;throw light on

1. He tried all his best to the problem,but the children couldn’t understand him.

2. If you don't pay the electricity bill in time,the electricity supply will be.

3. There's little time left; let's .

4. The young man is so lazy that he is achieve the goal.

5. To our disappointment,the man works in the company.

6. He practised hard perform better in the basketball match.

7. Can you say some other words which this word?

8. If people don't pay attention to the protection of rare animals,they will soon .

9. Generally speaking,children are easy to changes in their life.

10. Every weekend,we always have house- work to do.

II.根据课文内容及首字提示写出相关的词汇

Though dragons don't 1. exist,people talk about them almost everywhere in the world. Some think dragons are friendly and can bring good

2. , while others think they are fierce and that they can cause death and destruction. Chinese

3. dragons to be generous and wise,though sometimes unpredictable. And in history the dragon used to be a 4. of the royal family. It is popularly 5. that people born in the year of the dragon are intelligent,brave and natural leaders. But dragons had a different 6. in the west. For example,in an Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf,the dragon is a dangerous animal and killed by a Scandinavian hero. However,in Wales,the red dragon appears on the Welsh 7. and it is a positive symbol,

8. strength and a sense of national identity.

The dragon has a different character in different parts of the world,because in the west,the 9. of the dragon probably grew out of the snake,which people hated and were afraid of,while in China,it may have come from the alligator,an animal living in water. And water is a good sign for 10. . So the Chinese dragon was a symbol of good fortune.

4. Why should the dragon have a different character according to the passage?

   A. Because it is believed that they were from different myths.

   B. Because in the west the idea of the dragon might have come from snake.

   C. Because in China the idea of the dragon might have come from the alligator.

   D. All of the above.

3. Paragraph 3 tells us that .

   A. dragon stood for a hero

   B. dragon had a good reputation

   C. the red dragon on the Welsh flag indicates that it's dangerous

   D. even if in the same country,dragon had a different character

2. Paragraph 2 suggests that “ ” is WRONG.

   A. the dragon is a good sign in Chinese culture

   B. the dragon is a sign related to the royal family

   C. the royal family all wear clothes with a symbol of dragon with five claws

   D. according to popular belief,if you were born in the year of the dragon,you are intelligent,brave and a natural leader

课前预习

1. 课文理解阅读The Universal Dragon ,选出正确答案。

1. Paragraph 1tells us that.

   A. dragons actually exist

   B. people all like dragons very much because they can bring good luck

   C. it's certain that dragons sometimes cause death,too

   D. dragons exist in the western and eastern culture

IV.完形填空

It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the U. S. A. A month ago,while on summer vacation back in my motherland,I learned a lesson from mosquito bites. Right before 1 Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma 2 me of the behaviour of the native mosquitoes around the 3 like me. She said, “There's an old saying—the 4 you stay away from the mother- land,the sweeter your blood 5 to the mosquitoes. Not 6 it,I replied ,“Grandma,that's just an old wives’ tale! ”

Well,less than a week 7 my arrival in Manila,I was already covered with a 8 in case of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 9 ,but they all proved useless.

Late one 10 in my cousin's home,I couldn’t bear the 11 of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort,I 12 my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 13 ,she said ,“There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. ” With a few turns,she slept again.

Enviously (忌妒地) 14 her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would 15 on her face. However,the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly,never biting her. Amazed,I ran to others’ 16 ，only to find they were all sleeping 17 as the same thing happened again and again.

From those bites,I came to 18 my grandma's silly tale. From then on,I've always tried to keep a (n) 19 mind about those strange old wives’ tales 20 they do have some truth to them.

1. A. leaving   B. passing

   C. visiting   D. finding

2. A. persuaded   B. reminded

   C. warned   D. informed

3. A. students   B. foreigners

   C. passengers   D. visitors

4. A. earlier   B. longer   C. sooner   D. later

5. A. grows   B. goes   C. flows   D. remains

6. A. expecting   B. understanding

   C. recognising   D. believing

7. A. after   B. before   C. when   D. as

8. A. type   B. pile   C. loud   D. blanket

9. A. touched   B. bitten

   C. beaten   D. discovered

10. A. morning   B. afternoon   C. evening   D. night

11. A. noise   B. hit   C. pain   D. effect

12. A. woke up   B. shouted at

   C. looked for   D. dropped on

13. A. blamed   B. troubled

   C. moved   D. frightened

14. A. having   B. watching

   C. making   D. helping

15. A. land   B. fly   C. fall   D. wait

16. A. houses   B. flats

   C. rooms   D. homes

17. A. joyfully   B. anxiously

   C. soundlessly   D. worriedly

18. A. tell   B. know   C. remember   D. accept

19. A. open   B. active   C. clear   D. honest

20. A. and   B. so   C. because   D. until

9. - I hear that Mary is to stay with us for a few days.

一 That's great.

   A. maybe   B. likely

   C. possible   D. probable

8. The monster is described a animal.

   A. as;greenishblack   B. like;greenishblack

   C. like; greenblack   D. as;greenblack

7. 1 seem him somewhere before.

   A. seeing   B. to be seeing.

   C. to have seen   D. having seen