Reference answers and partial analysis of the 38th issue of foreign studies for senior high school students in the second semester of the 2014-2015 school year

Reference answers and partial analysis of Book 7 Module 4

[Reference answers]

1-5 BACAC 6-10CBACB

11-15 BAABC 16-20ACBAC

21-25 DDADD 26-30ACBCB

31 -35 DDCDB 36-40CDFGA

41-45 CBDBA 46-50CABCA

51-55 DBDCD 56-60DADCB

61. playing 62.if

63. listened 64.the

65. with 66. friendly

67. to add 68.(should) try

69. whose 70.impression

Short article correction:

71. ... having troubles fitting ...

troubles → trouble

72 . ... were quite normal. were → are

73. ... following suggestions may ...

suggestion → suggestions

74. .. . as many as possible. many → much

75. ... so you will get ... remove so

76. ... that usually involves ... that → which

77. ... are otherwise good for ...

otherwise → therefore

78. ... facing with some ... facing → faced

79. ... consider ask your ... ask → asking

80. ... will be some help ... add of after be

One possible version:

We have various types of music in our life and there are both similarities and differences among them. For example, the similarities between classical music and pop music are both of them can help people relax,

and that they both have large numbers of fans throughout the world. However, the differences are also obvious. Classical music pays more attention to the logic of music while pop music is more emotional. Many people, especially the young, don't like classical music because it is usually hard to understand while pop music is much easier. What's more, classical music has alasting value but pop music may lose popularity soon.

[Partial analysis]

Reading comprehension:

Section 1:

Part A (Health)

This article is a narrative. The article mainly tells the story of the author, as a doctor, going to Liberia, an Ebola ward, to help people there prevent the spread of the Ebola virus and to do his best to help those infected with the virus.

21.D. Detailed understanding questions. From the "I'm responsible for infection control" in the third paragraph and the description of the job in the fourth and fifth paragraphs, it can be seen that the author's main job responsibilities are to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus and provide services to patients.

22.D. Chapter structure questions. From the word "deadly virus" in the first paragraph and the words "when you undress afterwards" after the underlined word, it looks like someone has just poured some water over you, we can infer that they should be wearing protective clothing to prevent being infected by the virus.

23.A. Reasoning questions. From the words If the relatives... aspleasant as I can in the fifth paragraph, we can know that the author can arrange for relatives who come to visit the patient to watch the patient.

24.D. Reasoning questions. This article mainly tells the story of the author who went to Liberia alone as a doctor to support the Ebola virus protection work. From the description in the article, we can see that the author is very brave and very caring.

Part B (Personal Situation)

This article is a practical article. In the letter, the author is requesting the purchase of a laptop with wireless access for an account manager.

25.D. Detailed understanding questions. From the words "This is impossible...those reports" in the third paragraph and "Thenormal practice...we can access the server" in the fourth paragraph, we can see that the author is currently unable to provide immediate services to customers.

26. A. Reasoning questions. It can be seen from We believe the need...improving our efficiency and competitiveness in the fifth paragraph that if account managers are equipped with laptops with wireless access, their work will be more efficient.

27. C. Writing purpose questions.

From the words "I would like to suggest the purchase of wireless access laptops" in the first paragraph and "this request to purchase wireless access laptops" in the fifth paragraph, it can be seen that the author wrote this letter to apply for the purchase of office equipment.

Part C (Entertainment)

This article is an expository article. The article mainly talks about the invention of "ListeningTree" by George Zisiadis, which allows music lovers to regain the fun of discovering new music.

28. B. Detailed understanding questions. From the second paragraph of The San Francisco-basedartist who specializes in unusual urban art projects... we can see that George Zisiadis is good at unusual urban art projects.

29. C. Detailed understanding questions. It can be seen that item C is correct from the words "The songs played are not listed in other places" in the third paragraph and the words "none of the songs can be downloaded or even have names" in the penultimate paragraph.

30. B. Detailed understanding questions. From the words "Its success...song of their own choice" in the penultimate paragraph, we can see that one of the reasons why listeners like to come to "Listening Tree" is that they can hear their favorite music.

31.D. Title summary questions. This article mainly talks about George Zisiadis’ invention of “Listening Tree”, which allows music lovers to regain the joy of discovering new music, so the title D is in line with the purpose of the article.

Part D (Modern Technology)

This article is an explanatory text. The article mainly introduces the three greatest scientific breakthroughs in 2014.

32.D. Main theme. As can be seen from The greatest scientific breakthroughs of 2014 have affected... in the first paragraph and the three technologies listed in the article, this article mainly introduces the three greatest scientific breakthroughs of 2014.

33.C. Detailed understanding questions. From the section "While learning about the food shortage... worldwide food production" in the section "Irish teens make a breakthrough in crop yields", we can see that the project of these three Irish youths is to help solve the world's food shortage problem.

34.D. Reasoning questions. The measles vaccine will not work for all types of cancer, but is an unbelievable step forward in the section Cancer is cured? It can be seen that the measles vaccine will not work for all types of cancer, but it is a great progress.

35. B. Reasoning questions. From the words "This combination...good for the development of life" in the last paragraph, we can know that the combination of liquid water and rocks on Enceladus may be conditions suitable for the development of life.

Section 2:

Topic: Nature

This article is an expository text. The article mainly introduces five ways to make your dog stop barking.

36. C. From the topic sentence Remove the motivation and Your dog... he wouldn't doit in front of the blank, we can see that the content of item C is consistent with the context here.

37.D. It can be seen from the unprecedented "Ignore your dog's barking" and the "Your attention only rewards him for being noisy" that the underlined point means "when the dog is barking, ignore it."

38.F. From the previous description and the following When he starts barking, say "quiet" we can see that once you have taught your dog to bark on command, then teach it to stay quiet on command.

39.G. It can be seen from the topic sentence of this paragraph Ask your dog for anincompatible behavior that the content of item G is consistent with the context here.

40. A. From the words Make sure your dog is getting enough physical and mental exercise and A tired dog is less likely to bark in this paragraph, it can be seen that item A is an appropriate subtitle.

Use of language knowledge:

Section 1:

Topic: Personal emotions

This article is a narrative. The article mainly tells the story of Ruta not giving up on the blind horse Prince and teaching him to walk again.

41. C. Appaloosa Prince went blind "because of" cataracts.

42. B. From the unprecedented disease and unprecedented blindness, we know that cataract is an eye disease that can "cause" blindness.

43.D. 44.B. From the one of the horse's eyes below, we can see that Ruta retrained the "horse" and she can "ride" the horse again.

45. A. From the blindness above, we know that the horse may be "blind".

46. C. When Prince became "completely" blind, many people suggested euthanasia.

47. A. It can be seen from He said the connection ...with the horse below that a veterinarian gave a "different" opinion.

48. B. As can be seen from the pair are ... again above, the relationship between this "pair" is so close.

49. C. From the words used wind chimes and played the radio below, we can see that Ruta taught Prince to "use" other senses to move around.

50. A. Ruta used the wind chime to "lead" Prince to the food.

51. D. Ruta lifts Prince's head to indicate that he needs to "lift" his legs when going uphill.

52. B. 53.D. As can be seen from the walks above, "walks" help improve Prince's legs and bring a "smile" to Ruta's face.

54. C. 55.D.

Ruta found it difficult to cope with the idea of ??"losing" Prince, "particularly" after losing her father at the age of 15.

56. D. From the words "every weekend with him" below, we can see that Ruta and Prince "spent" every weekend together.

57. A. 58.D. Ruta hopes her "story" can inspire others not to "give up" when times get tough.

59. C. This requires "love" and patience.

60. B. From the turning conjunction but, we can see that although it is challenging, it is "worthwhile".

Section 2:

61. playing. Examine non-predicate verbs. What about doing...? What about doing...?

62. if. Examine conjunctions. Let the blank space introduce a conditional adverbial clause, so fill in if.

63. listened. Examine tenses. It can be seen from when I was young that the action expressed by listen occurred in the past, so the past tense is used.

64. the. Examine articles. The first time introduces the adverbial clause of time, meaning "the first time...".

65. with. Examine prepositions. be blessed with is a fixed combination, meaning "lucky".

66. friendly. Examine adjectives. "be adjective of sb." means "someone is...".

67. to add. Examine non-predicate verbs. The phrase caused by the blank space is used as an adverbial of purpose, so the infinitive is used.

68. (should) try. Examine the subjunctive mood. When suggest is used as a "suggestion", the subsequent object clause should use the subjunctive mood, and the predicate should use "(should) verb base form".

69.whose. Examine relative words. Let the blank space introduce the attributive clause and make the attributive in the clause, so fill in whose.

70. impression. Examine nouns. make a(n) ... impression onsb. means "to leave an impression on someone."

[Reference answers and analysis of optional questions]

Reference answers

I. Reading comprehension: 1-5 DBCAD

II. Cloze: 1-5 CABDC 6-10 ACADC

11-15 BADCB 16-20 BADDB

Analysis

Reading comprehension:

Topic: Surrounding Environment

This article is an explanatory text. The article mainly talks about the rave reviews of the reopened Capitol Welcome Center, which makes learning the history of Pennsylvania interesting.

1. D. Detailed understanding questions. As can be seen from the first three paragraphs, the Capitol Welcome Center reopened and attracted many visitors.

2. B. Word meaning guessing questions. From the words "I really like the soccer one" and "It's fun" after the underlined words and "She was great on it...enjoyed it" in the fifth paragraph, we can infer that ravereviews means "good reviews".

3. C. Detailed understanding questions.

From We wanted a ‘wow factor’ that would both educate children and excite people to learn in the penultimate paragraph, Larry Christian hopes that the technology used in his design can educate children and inspire people to learn.

4. A. Reasoning questions. From the words "I think it's wonderful" and "I think the technology...Pennsylvania's history" in the last paragraph, we can know that Susan Buzin likes the Capitol Welcome Center very much.

5.D. Title summary questions. This article mainly talks about the rave reviews of the reopened Capitol Welcome Center, which makes learning the history of Pennsylvania interesting, so the title D is in line with the purpose of the article.

Cloze:

Topic: Society

This article is an argumentative essay. The article mainly discusses the disadvantages of zoos.

1. C. The transition between the preceding and following sentences is expressed, so "However" is used.

2. A. Zoos tell people that keeping animals in captivity is "acceptable."

3. B. From the repeated head movements orbiting cage bars and walking back and forth below, we can see that the animals in the zoo are very "bored".

4.D. As can be seen from the words "learn anything meaningful" below, the zoo claims to "educate" people.

5. C. From the following "visitors can... observeanimals' normal behavior" we can see that "visitors" cannot learn any meaningful knowledge.

6. A. 7.C. It can be seen from the words far from their natural homes above and Nor can they learn much below that it is "hardly" for visitors to observe the normal behavior of animals because they are kept in an "unnatural environment" "In space.

8. A. As can be seen from the small spaces or cages below, visitors cannot learn much from the labels on “cages”.

9.D. The tag on the cage simply lists the species' name, diet and where it usually "lives."

10. C. The animals are kept in small spaces "with no" privacy and little opportunity for exercise.

11. B. This "results in" the animal's abnormal and self-destructive behavior.

12. A. These behaviors are "common" to animals housed in small spaces and cages.

13. D. From the abnormal and self-destructive behavior above and the repeated head movements or biting cage bars below, we can see that elephants have "abnormal" behavior.

14. C. These behaviors are all "signs" of pain in animals.

15. B.

As can be seen from the people's concerns about endangered species below, here it is said that zoos breed "endangered" animals.

16. B. One reason is to "ease" people's concerns about endangered animals.

17. A. Another reason is to "attract" a lot of customers.

18. D. We can save endangered animals “only if” we protect their habitats.

19. D. We "also" need to stop people from killing animals.

20. B. From the zoos above, we can see that instead of supporting "zoos", we should support groups that protect animal homes.