www.ks5u
课时作业(二)
[基础题]
Ⅰ单词拼写
1．She never gets any exercise—she must be really ________ (不健康)．
答案：unfit 
2．At one time, she is fine, but at another, she is ________ (异常的)．
答案：abnormal
3．I will try my best to do the ________ (困难的) things by myself.
答案：tough
4．According to the law, drivers who are drunk are ________ (禁止) from driving.
答案：banned
5．She was suffering from physical and ________ (精神的) exhaustion.
答案：mental
6．When they reached the top of the mountain, they were all b________.
答案：breathless
7．The English teacher often s________ the importance of reading aloud, which many of us don't  understand.
答案：stresses
8．He has decided to q________ smoking because of bad health.
答案：quit
9．He said  d________  that the opposing team was too strong for us to defeat.
答案：desperately
10．(2017·江苏高考)In the north of India, the population is booming d________ to high birth rates.
答案：due
Ⅱ选词填空
be addicted to; give up; have an effect on; ban ... from ...; due to; be accustomed to; feel like; decide on; be ashamed of; be desperate for
1．Obviously he ________ cash to save his struggling business.
答案：was desperate for
2．She ________ having failed in the exam.
答案：was ashamed of
3．Our flight was put off ________ the heavy rain, leaving us at the airport for about five hours.
答案：due to
4．Don't ________ important matters too quickly.
答案：decide on
5．(2017·全国卷Ⅲ)Her father Peter, 44, wants her to ________ school to model fulltime.
答案：give up
6．He has ________ life in the mountains from his earliest boyhood.
答案：been accustomed to 
7．Tired of that, he ________ doing something different today.
答案：feels like
8．Many students ________ computer games and leave their studies aside.
答案：are addicted to
9．Smoking and passive smoking can really ________ our health, so please quit smoking.
答案：have an effect on
10．Our school ________ students ________ bringing smartphones to school.
答案：bans; from
Ⅲ单句语法填空
less is more英文理解1．My brother watched the movie and so ________I.
答案：did
2．I didn't know his name. Neither ________ (know) where he came from.
答案：did I know
3．The doors opened ________ (automatic) as we approached.
答案：automatically
4．It's so cold outside and I don't feel like ________ (go) shopping with you.
答案：going
5．The students here ________ (ban) from bringing cell phones back to school.
答案：are banned
6．Every time she ________ (come) to see me, she always brings me cakes.
答案：comes
7．________ seemed amazing that the boy was able to solve the problem so quickly.
答案：It
8．The national football team is desperate ________ a win.
答案：for
9．Once they get into the habit, they won't quit ________ (do) it.
答案：doing
10．Having moved to the northeast of China, I had to be accustomed ________ the dry weather.
答案：to
Ⅳ单句写作
1．It's reported that this regulation ________________________ (将开始实施) from September 1.
答案：will come into effect
2．____________________ (禁止使用) of chemical weapons in the war.
答案：There is a ban on the use
3．Her son ________________________ (吸烟上瘾), which had a bad effect on his health.
答案：addicted himself to smoking/was addicted to smoking
4．______________________ (我所知道的是) he had gone abroad for further education.
答案：What I knew was that
5．Lydia ____________________________ (不愿意出国留学), because her parents are old.
答案：doesn't feel like studying abroad
[能力题]
阅读理解
A
(2018·全国卷Ⅲ)Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that more_is_more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.
I found the pre­holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less­used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund (基金) (our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor)．
For weeks, I've been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball—
simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.