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课时作业(二)UsingLanguageⅠ.单词拼写1．Thesnowalways________(标示)thecomingofwinter.2．He________(滑倒)andfelldownthestairs.3．Noordinaryfamiliescanaffordto________(雇用)servants.4．There's________(无处)elseIreallywanttogo.5．Sheassistedherhusbandtoescape________(处罚)forthecrime.6．The________(改革)havegonethroughinspiteofoppositionfromteachers.7．Itsoonbecame________(明显)thatthecompanywaslosingmoney.8．Farmersdrove________(牛)alongmajorroadsasaprotestagainsthightaxes.9．Wehavebeendenied________(公平)fortoolong.10．TheEnglishtranslationis________(插入)betweenthelinesofthetext.Ⅱ.单项填空1．Anotherterribleearthquake________inJapanonApril7,2011.A．occurredB．washappenedC．hadtakenplaceD．breaksout2．(2013·淄博高二检测)Peterhasbeenoutofworkforhalfayear，sohewantsto________ajobinthiscompany.A．prepareforB．applyforC．superiortoD．objectto3．(2013·新课标全国卷Ⅱ)It'saneitherorsituation—wecanbuyanewcarthisyearorwecangoonholidaybutwecan'tdo________.A．othersB．eitherC．anotherD．both4．Thereare________wonderfulbooksandIdon'tknowwhichtochoose.WhichofthefollowingisWRONG?A．agreatmanyofB．agreatmanyC．lotsofD．plentyof5．Manystreetsinthiscityhavebeen________forculturalprotection.A．stretchedoutB．markedoutC．leftoutD．stoodout6．(2013·抚顺高二检测)Hiswords________thathewasnotsatisfiedwithyourwork.A．advisedB．wishedC．insistedD．indicated7．Itis________tomethatheisagainsttheplan.A．apparentB．convenientC．availableD．dependent8．Youcan________anotherclassmateifyouwant.A．getalongwithB．catchupwithC．teamupwithD．putupwith9．(2013·南昌高二检测)Thisyear，hewantsto________aflatnearhiscompany.A．hireB．rentC．takeD．employ10．Theseteenagersdon'tknowmuchoftheworldyet.That'swhytheyweresoeasily________.A．takeninB．takenupC．takenonD．takenoffⅢ.阅读理解AMiamihaswornmanytags(标签)throughthepastdecades.Butartwasneverhighonthelist.But，in2002，ArtBaselmadeMiamiBeachitsAmericanhome，bringingwithitaninternationalsceneoflotsofartdealers，collectors，criticsandartlovers.Thisartfairlastslessthanaweekayearbutitisoneofthebiggestintheworld.“ArtBaselgaveMiamithepowertobelieveinitself，andthat'salwaysaproblemwithregional(地方性的)artplaces，”saidMeraRubell，aMiamicollectorwho，alongwithherhusband，Don，ownstheRubellFamilyCollection.“Theinfluencethatithasallyearroundisreallyquitegreat.”ArtBaselhaslittletodowithlocalgalleries(美术馆)．Just3ofthe260galleriesinvitedthisyeararefromMiami，andonlyahandfuloflocalartistsareshowinginthefair，whichbeginsonThursday.ButsinceArtBaselstarted10yearsago，dozensofnewgallerieshaveopened，andscoresofartistshavemovedhere，attractedbythelowrentsand，partly，byArtBaselitself.Thefairgivesartists，collectorsandgalleryownersararechancetoseeworldclassartbut，moreimportant，tolearnfromtheleadingplayersoftheinternationalartworld.TheartistChristyGastsaidshemovedherein2008partlybecausetheyearlyartfairmadethecityseemlikeoneoftherareplacesanartistcouldsucceedin.“Fromtheoutside，BaselhascreatedtheideathatMiamiisacitywherebeinganartistisarightthingtodo，”saidMs.Gast.Thecity，foritspart，hasusedArtBaseltoshowtheworldthatitisnoculturalbackwater(闭塞的地方)．Alongwithgalleriesandartists，Miami'sstockofprivateartcollectorshasalsoriseninthelastdecade.1．Accordingtothepassage，ArtBaselofMiami________.A．usedtobeveryfamousintheworldB．startedin2002atMiamiBeachC．isthebiggestartfairintheworldD．takesplaceeverytwoyears2．Whatistheproblemwitharegionalartplace?A．Notbelievinginitself.B．Notlastingverylong.C．Thelittleinfluence.D．Noenoughlocalartists.3．WhatisthemainreasonwhymanyartistshavemovedtoMiamifromotherplaces?A．ArtBaselhasalottodowithlocalgalleries.B．MostofthelocalartistscanattendArtBasel.C．TheyareattractedbythelowrentsinMiami.D．Theycanlearnfromtheworldclassartists.4．Themainideaofthepassageisthat________.A．MiamihasbecomeanartcitynowB．ArtBaselisoneofthebiggestartfairsC．MiamihasagreatinfluenceonartD．artistsinMiamiarerealizingtheirdreamsBJustalittlewalkinthecityofNewYorkorChicago，forexample，wouldmakeanyforeignerrealizethepresenceofpeopleofvariousraceswalkingdownthestreet:probablyblacks，AfricanAmericans，Spanish，Asians，andsoon.Orforanotherexample，onschoolcampusesinAmerica，boththeteachersandthestudentsusuallyconsistofpeoplefromanumberofcountriesratherthanonlyone.Indeed，thevarietyofethnicity(种族渊源)inAmericaisoftenclaimedtobethebestmixintheworld.That'swhythefamousterm“meltingpot”arises.Itsbasicideapresentsthewholenationasonelargepot.AnyonewhoenterstheUnitedStatesisautomaticallythrownintothis“pot”．Alltheculturalaspectsthatonebringsintoaremixedtogether，ormelted，toformanewculture.Incomparisonwiththe“meltingpot”theory，thereisa“saladbowl”theory.Thisideashowsacompletelyseparateviewthatnewcomersbringdifferentcultures，whereeachoftheseculturesiskeptasanessentialparttomakeupthewhole.Everydistinctivecultureorbeliefisconsideredtobeoneofthetastesoringredients(成分)thatcontributetoformingthewhole.Therefore，itsoriginalshapeandcharacteristicsaremaintained.Theideas，ofthe“meltingpot”andthe“saladbowl”inAmericabothshowanidealtomanypeopleandareoftenadmired.Havingacloselookattherealityofthecountry，suchastheexistingethnicsegregation(分离)，thefactofthewhitepopulationfleeingfromtheminority，andthetrendoftheminoritygroupformingtheiro