新牛津英语模块七第二单元课外趣味阅读及练习题

Jack

and

the

Beanstalk（傑克和豌豆）(Part

2)Jack

had

crawled

into

the

room

by

this

time.

When

the

giant

wasasleep,

a

servant

beckoned

to

Jack.

“Look

here.

These

are

thetreasures

which

the

giant

stole

from

your

father

before

you

were

born,”said

he.

“Take

them

back

to

your

mother,

if

you

like.

But,be

quiet.

Hemay

wake.”

Jack

thanked

him,

and

picked

up

the

hen

and

the

harpvery

carefully.

When

he

was

climbing

down

the

beanstalk,

the

harphappened

to

make

a

loud

noise.

The

giant

woke.

Jack

climbed

downthe

beanstalk,

with

the

hen

and

the

harp

under

his

arms.

The

giant

randown

after

Jack,

but

Jack

ran

faster

than

the

giant.

When

he

was

nearhis

home,

he

called

out

to

his

mother,

“Mother,

bring

an

ax.”

Hismother

brought

an

ax.

She

saw

her

son

climbing

down

the

beanstalk.As

soon

as

he

got

down

to

the

ground,

he

chopped

down

the

beanstalk.Down

fell

the

giant

with

the

beanstalk.

He

broke

his

neck,

and

wasdead.

Jack

and

his

mother

were

rich

all

the

rest

of

their

lives

and

livedhappily

ever

after.英语短文欣赏铺满钻石的土地

Acres

of

DiamondsThere

was

a

farmer

in

Africa

who

was

happy

and

content.

He

washappy

because

he

was

content.

He

was

content

because

he

washappy.乐而感到满足。One

day

a

wise

man

came

to

him

and

told

him

about

the

glory

ofdiamonds

and

the

power

that

goes

along

them.权力。The

wise

man

says,

“If

you

had

a

diamond

the

size

of

your

thumb,

youcould

have

your

own

city.

If

you

had

a

diamond

the

size

of

your

fist

youcould

probably

own

your

own

country.”

And

then

he

went

away.智者说，“如果你拥有一块拇指般大的钻石，你就能换到一座属于自于自己的国家。”说完他便离开了。That

night

the

farmer

couldn't

sleep.

He

was

unhappy

and

he

wasdiscontent.

He

was

unhappy

because

he

was

discontent,

and

he

wasdiscontent

because

he

was

unhappy.满足而不快乐，同样也因为不快乐而变得不满足。The

next

morning

he

made

arrangements

to

sell

off

his

farm,

took

careof

his

family

and

went

in

search

of

diamonds.

He

looked

all

over

Africaand

couldn't

find

any.

He

looked

all

through

Europe

and

couldn’t

findany.

When

he

got

to

Spain,

he

was

emotionally,

physically

andfinancially

broke.

He

got

so

disheartened

that

he

threw

himself

into

theBarcelona

River

and

committed

suicide.无所获。当他到达西班牙的时候，他已精神崩溃、周身疲惫、钱财耗尽。绝望之下，他跳进了巴塞罗那河，自杀了。Back

home,

the

person

who

had

bought

his

farm

was

watering

thecamels

at

a

stream

that

ran

through

the

farm.

Across

the

stream,

therays

of

the

morning

sun

hit

a

stone

and

made

it

sparkle

like

a

rainbow.潺的溪水流经了整个农场。清晨的阳光穿过溪水照射在一块石头上，折射的光芒好像是一道彩虹。He

thought

it

would

look

good

on

the

mantelpiece.

He

picked

up

thestone

and

put

it

in

the

living

room.

That

afternoon

the

wise

man

cameand

saw

the

stone

sparkling.

He

asked,

"Is

Hafiz

back?"闪闪发光的石头，便问道：“哈夫兹（旧主人）回来了吗?”The

new

owner

said,

"No,

why

do

you

ask?"

The

wise

man

said,"Because

that

is

a

diamond.

I

recognize

one

when

I

see

one."

The

mansaid,

"No,

that's

just

a

stone

I

picked

up

from

the

stream.

Come,

I'llshow

you.

There

are

many

more.'

They

went

and

picked

some

samplesand

sent

them

for

analysis.

Sure

enough,

the

stones

were

diamonds.They

found

that

the

farm

was

indeed

covered

with

acres

and

acres

ofdiamonds.新主人回答说：

“没有啊！你为什么会这么问？”智者回答道：

“因为这石头是一块钻石，我一眼就能识别。”新主人说：“不是！这只是我!”

于实是钻石！他们还发现这整个农场蕴藏着大量的钻石。同义词趣味巧辨析exist,

be,

live这些动词都有“存在”之意。exist

:

通常指可观察到的或众所周知的存在现象。be

:

指某时某地确存在的事物或现象，多与

there

连用。live

:

多指有生命的东西的存在。指无生命事物时，强调可联想起生命的那些特点。expectation,

hope,

outlook,

prospect这些名词都有“期望，指望”之意。expectation

:

指期待某事发生或假设某事能发生，多含揣想的意味。hope

:

通常指建立在愿望基础上的期待。这种期待有可能发生或实现，但也可能相反。outlook

:

多指根据征兆或分析对要发生的事情的愿望或预料。prospect

与

outlook

的含义相近，但侧重对成功、利润和舒适生活等方面的期待。中学重难知识点回顾On

短语

2agree

onbe

based

onbe

fixed

oncall

oncheck

onfeed

...

oncongratulate

...ondepend

onget

...onget/ride

on

a

horsego

on

a

triphit

on

a

good

planhit

...on

the

nosehang

oninsist

onjump

onland

onlive

on

one's

wageslook

onoperate

onplace

hope

onplace

...onput

...onrely

onshine

onspeak

on

a

subject练习题（一）Britain

TodayFoodBritish

people

like

good

food,and

more

than

half

of

them

go

to

arestaurant

every

month.

Fast

food

is

also

very

popular—

30%

of

alladults

have

a

hamburger

every

three

months,

but

46%

have

fish

andchips!SportsBritish

people

don't

do

a

lot

of

sports.

Only

17%

of

people

goswimming

every

week,about

9%

go

cycling

and

8%

play

golf—and

only6%

of

people

play

football(

but

32%

go

to

watch

it

).Cinema

and

TVFilms

are

very

popular

in

Britain,and

about

60%

of

peoplebetween

15

and

24

go

to

the

cinema

every

month.

At

home,

men

watchTV

for

about

three

hours

every

day

—

two

quarters

more

than

women.HolidaysBritish

people

love

going

on

holiday,and

have

56

millionholidays

every

year.

Most

of

these

holidays

aren't

in

the

UK—27%

arein

Spain,10%

are

in

the

USA,and

9%

are

in

France.

Maybe

this

isbecause

the

weather

in

Britain

isn't

very

good!41.

Which

food

could

be

more

popular

among

British

adults,ahamburger

or

fish

and

chips?A.

A

hamburger. B.

Fish

and

chips.C.

Both. D.

Neither.42.

Which

of

the

followings

can

show

the

right

percentage

( 百分比)about

Sports

in

Britain?43.

Those

who

are

interested

in

movies

are

____.A.

men B.

womenC.

old

people D.

young

people44.

How

long

do

British

women

spend

watching

TV

every

day?A.

Three

hours. B.

Three

hours

and

a

halfC.

Two

hours D.

Two

hours

and

a

half45.

British

people's

favorite

country

for

a

holiday

is

____.A.

Spain B.

France C.

America D.

Australia答案41．B

42．C

43．D

44．D

45．A（二）What’s

the

most

important

thing

for

you

to

have

in

your

life?

Someboymentions

hard-work,

others

suggest

knowledge,

love

and

luck.If

you

arrange

the

26

English

letters

alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and

use

numbers

to

represent

each

of

them,

for

example,

1

for

a,

2for

b,

3

for

c…,

you

can

change

an

English

word

into

a

number.

Sohard-work

becomes

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98,

meaning

98

is

itsmark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, whilelove:12+15+22+5=54,

and

luck

:

12+21+3+11=47,

a

small

mark.

Noneof

these

words

can

give

one

a

full

mark.

What

about

money

orprayer(祈祷)?

They

can’t

,

either.Then

what

else?

Don’t

be

worried.

You

can

always

find

an

answer

to

aproblem

in

your

life,

when

you

change

your

way

of

looking

at

things

ordoing

things,

or

your

attitude(态度).Yes,

attitude

is

the

word.

See

foryourself:

attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a

full

mark.Different

attitudes

lead

to

different

courses

of

life.

Most

times

peoplehope

for

a

better

life.

It

is

possible

that

one

will

have

a

change

for

thebetterr

after

one

has

changed

one’s

attitude.When

you

change

your

manner

and

became

friendly

towards

others,you’ll

meet

more

smiling

faces

towards

you.In

the

same

way,

if

youtake

a

positive(积极地)attitude

towards

failure(失败

),you’ll

find

it’salso

rewarding

though

it

has

caused

you

losses.31.In

the

writer’s

opinion

,

what

is

the

most

important

things

in

aperson’s

life?A.Hard-work. B.Knowledge. C.Money.D.Attitude.32.According

to

the

passage,

if

you

meet

with

problems,

the

best

wayout

is

to

___________.A.

ask

for

helpf

from

others B.say

yourprayers

to

GodC.change

your

attitude D.trymaths-solving

methods33.From

the

passage

we

can

learn

that

______________.A.diffrent

attitudes

come

from

different

courses

of

life.B.mathematics

can

solve

every

problem

easily

in

our

daily

lifeC.failure

sometimes

can

bring

you

good

if

you

take

a

positiveattitudeD.none

of

the

English

words

except

“attitude”

equals

to

100

ormore答案31~33DCC（三）These

days

it

is

found

that

school

students

hardly

have

any

sports.

Isit

because

they

have

no

1

in

sports?

It

may

not

be

true.

They

often

saythey

have

2

more

important

things

to

do.What

are

these

important

things?

Exams!

They

have

to

3__themselves

ready

for

all

kinds

of

exams

and

tests

in

school.

So

manyof

them

almost

4

bookworms(书呆子).

In

the

past

in

the

summerholidays,

they

could

do

5

they

liked,

but

now

they

have

to

6__

all

theirtime

preparing.

So

7

have

kept

them

away

from

going

in

for

sports.Because

of

the

pressure(压力)

from

8

parents

and

teachers,

they

9

towork

harder

and

spend

most

of

their

time

10__

books.

As

for

thestudents

themselves,

they

don’t

want

to

11

the

lessons

because

theywant

to

further

their

studies.

So

it

is

necessary

to

give

__12

of

theirspare

time

to

their

studies

and

13

up

their

school

sports.It’s

true

a

good

education

cannot

go

without

physical

training,

the

__14_

is

true,

a

quick

mind

hardly

goes

along

with

a

15

body.

Without

astrong

body,

you

can

never

do

anything

well,

how

can

you

make

greatsuccess

in

life?1.

A.

interests B.

interested C.

interesting D.

interest2.

A.

another B.

other C.

much D.

some3.

A.

make B.

have C.

get D.

let4.

A.

turn B.

grow C.

look D.become5.

A.

anything B.

something C.

everything D.

nothing6.

A.

give B.

spend C.

take D.

cost7.

A.

teachers B.

parents C.

studies D.

holidays8.

A.

his B.

one’s C.

their D.other’s9.

A.

try B.

hope C.

have D.enjoy10.

A.

in B.

at C.

to D.

on11.

A.

miss B.

lose C.

leave D.

fail12.

A.

few B.

any C.

all D.

none13.

A.

give B.

take C.

put D.

send14.

A.

thing B.

same C.

word D.

kind15.

A.

strong B.

heavy C.

weak D.

ill答案缺少睡眠、缺少体育锻炼，影响身心健康。结合实际，能顺利完成短文。1.

D.空格前的no表示后跟名词，interest表示“兴趣”为不可数名词，have

no

interest

in

表示“对……不感兴趣”。2.

C.比较级前可用

much，

表示比较的程度。3.

C.与后面的

ready

for

搭配的动词是

get。4.

D.四个选项的动词除了

look(看起来)

turn

常用于;

grow;只有

become

后可跟名词。5.

C.

everything

they

liked。6.

B.与后面动词

preparing

搭配的动词是

spend，牢记

spend…doingsth.句型。7.

C.使学生不能从事运动的是

studies。8.

C.此处所指学生们的家长和老师，用复数的物主代词。9.

C.学生处在各种压力之下，表示客观逼迫用

“have

to”。10.

D.在……上花时间可表达为“spend…on

sth.”

。11.

D.根据空格后的

“because

they

want

to

further

their

studies”，说明学生不愿意学习不及格。12.

C.上文表示学生要将全部时间用于学习。13.

A.句意和空格后的

up

搭配，选用

“give”，是放弃的意思。14.

B.与上句相对应，意思一致。15.

C.句意表示“同样如此，身体虚弱就不会思维敏捷”。（四）People

on

Hainan

Island

like

scuba

diving.

But

do

you

know

whatmakes

if

possible

for

people

1

under

water

for

a

long

time?

It’s

thescuba

machine.

They

do

you

know

2

invented

the

machine?

It

wasJacquse

Cousteau

and

3

friend.Cousteau

was

a

man

4

of

new

ideas.

Ever

5

he

was

a

child,

he

hadbeen

dreaming

of

diving

deep

to

explore

the

wonderful

world

__6

thesea.

Later

with

the

scuba

machine

he

invented,

his

7__

came

true.

Hetook

a

lot

of

pictures

and

videos

of

many

things

8__

people

had

neverseen

before.

It

9

him

eight

years

to

make

a

TV

show

which

he

named“The

Undersea

World

of

Jacques

Cousteau.”

People

were

10

whenthey

saw

so

many

beautiful

things

under

water.Cousteau

loved

the

coral

reels

and

all

the

beautiful

fish.

However,when

he

returned

some

years

later,

he

was

11

to

see

that

the

colourfulcoral

reels

were

12

and

grey.

He

tried

everything

possible

to

helppeople

know

the

13

of

saving

the

environmen