课时作业10基础检测1Who should be responsible for the action?The boss is to blame.The employees just carried out the order as told (tell)2When exposed (expose) to danger and conflict，men tend to increase blood pressure，feeling nervous or anxious.3The city now is much noisier than it used to_be (be)4I may take a long lunch break tomorrow.If so，I can go to the hairdressers then.5Whenever informed (inform) of a party，I feel excited.6Do you think George has passed the driving test?No.If so，he would have driven his car to our college yesterday.7Get up early tomorrow.If not，you wont catch the train to Beijing.8If accepted (accept) for the job，youll be informed soon.9Video games can be a poor influence if left (leave) in the wrong hands.10The climate here is quite pleasant，the temperature rarely，if ever，reaching 30 in summer.11He often makes mistakes when speaking (speak) English.12Some flowers shut up at night as if to_sleep (sleep)13She always sings while doing (do) her work.14Children，when accompanied (accompany) by their parents，are allowed to enter the stadium.15Observe carefully if any change occurs when doing (do) experiments in the lab.能力提升阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one.If it didnt exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale.Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly.Her title was Mumtaz Mahal: its shortened form Taj Mahal means “pride of the palace”In the year 1631 this beloved wife of the emperor died.He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne(王位). He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.He summoned the best artists and architects from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was completed.It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahal, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.The building itself stands on a marble platform 29 metres square and 67 metres high.Towers rise from each of the four corners.The Taj itself stands another 61 metres.It is an eightsided building made of white marble.The emperor planned to build a similar tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge.However, his son put him into prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only gaze across the river at the tomb of his beloved wife.本文主要介绍了世界上最宏伟的建筑之一泰姬陵的历史。泰姬陵是为祭奠一位王妃阿姬曼芭奴修建的陵墓，是由王妃之夫，莫卧儿王朝的沙贾汗皇帝为纪念爱妻而修建的。1What is the passage mainly about?ATwo similar tombs.BThe story of the Taj Mahal.CA bright and beautiful woman.DThe death of Emperor Shah Jahan.解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知全文主要介绍了泰姬陵的历史背景故事。故选B项。答案：B2What does the underlined word “summoned” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?ADebated.BGathered. CRemembered.DRemoved.解析：词义猜测题。根据后句内容可知，国王召集最好的艺术家和建筑家设计泰姬陵，故选B。答案：B3What can we know about the emperors own tomb?AIt is eightsided.BIt is 61 metres high.CIt is blackcoloured. DIt is next to the Taj Mahal.解析：细节理解题。根据文中“The emperor planned to build a similar tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge.”可知，皇帝计划在河的另一端用黑色大理石为自己修建一座相似的陵墓，和泰姬陵以银桥相连，故选C项。答案：C阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road.He stopped to give her a_1_.“Why dont you wait in the car where it is warm, madam？It wont take me long，” he said, “_2_， my name is Joe.”She had a flat tyre.Joe crawled under the car and changed the tyre.But he got dirty and his hands hurt.She couldnt thank him_3_ and asked him how much she owed him.He told her that if she really wanted to_4_ him back, the next time she saw someone in need of help, she could give that person the_5_ he needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”She drove off with_6_.A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant.She went in.The waitress, who was nearly eight months pregnant，greeted her with a sweet smile.The old lady_7_ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could_8_ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions.Then Joes words_9_ her.After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her_10_ from a hundreddollar bill.However, the lady stepped right out of the door.When the waitress came back, she noticed a note on the table，_11_ “Im helping you because someone once helped me.If you really want to pay me back, here is_12_ you can dodo not let the chain of love_13_ with you.”The waitress went home that night with the_14_ tip and what the lady had written.With the baby_15_ next month, she