选修8Unit 4李仕才考点规范练(选修8Unit 4)【短文语法填空】在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。An old man and his son were taking a donkey to the market. The man rode the donkey and the son walked behind _1_. A man saw them and asked the son why _2_ wasnt riding the donkey. Then the father let _3_ ride it. _4_ man saw them and told _5_ that they should _6_ ride the donkey. So _7_ both got on it. A woman who saw them said, “Tell _8_， why are you both riding that poor animal? _9_ looks so weak and tired. _10_ are so cruel ！” Then, the father and son got off the donkey and started carrying it across a bridge. When they were halfway across the bridge, the donkey struggled loose and fell into the river.1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案：1.it2.he3.him4.Another5.them6.both 7they8.me9.It10.You.阅读理解I am a volunteer teacher in our local middle school.Recently,while working with my excellent student,I wrote him a note regarding an assignment he needed to work on.“Here,”I said,“keep this with you so you dont forget.”He took the piece of paper and stared at it for a moment before commenting,“I cant read this.”I wasnt sure what he meant,so I examined the note.It was my best cursive(草书).Its true,then.The news about schools no longer teaching handwriting.But I believe it is necessary for students to learn cursive.First,there continues to be a need to sign “hard copies”of documents.There is a sense of ceremony and a seriousness of purpose about the act of signing something.It calls to mind the signers of the Declaration of Independence.Just look at those signatures!John Hancocks was so robust (遒劲的) and original that,more than 200 years later,it still serves as the logo (标识) of a namesake (同名者) insurance company.And why not?It is a work of art.Second,a great part of the history of the United States is recorded in handwritten documents,including personal letters.If one has not been taught to write in cursive,it is unlikely that one will be able to read it.Third,and perhaps most important,when one is trying to learn something,somewhere in the process there must be a slow step.Writing in longhand is a means of slowing down enough to be able to think deeply about what one is penning.In times of budgetary trial,schools often jettison music and art instruction but keep dangerous football.If cursive joins those victims from the curriculum,then it will be the loss of yet one more outlet (发泄途径) through which students are able to say,“This is my mark.This is me.”I still remember in fifth grade,I once handed my finished work to Mrs.Shaw,my handwriting teacher.She looked at it,caught her breath,and said,“Oh,my.I think youre going to be a writer someday.”Thank you,Mrs.Shaw,for seeing so much in my handwriting.I needed that push.1.The authors student .A.knew few wordsB.didnt study hardC.had poor eyesightD.couldnt read cursive2.What do we know about John Hancocks signature?A.It is hard to recognize.B.It is really appreciated.C.It is used illegally by a company.D.It was discovered in a personal letter.3.Which can best replace the underlined word “jettison”in Paragraph 7?A.Focus on.B.Get rid of.C.Depend on.D.Look down upon.4.To the author,Mrs.Shaws words were .A.quite interestingB.really confusingC.very encouragingD.pretty disappointingBIt may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, dont worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesnt really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther Kings famous speech I Have a Dream, you may notice that he stumbles (结巴)over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you dont remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speakers ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speakers attractiveness by making him more human.As you work on your speech, dont worry about being perfect. Once yo