课时作业(四)CulturalCorner&WritingⅠ.单词拼写1.Towntwinninghassimilarfeaturessuchastourism，industry，cultureand________(娱乐)．2.Therearevisitsand________(交换)betweenschools，theatregroupsandsportsteams.3.Harbinisacold，________(工业的)centreinthenorth.Ithasoverthreemillioninhabitants.4．Beijinghasalotmore________(居民)thanSydneyandismuchmorecrowded.5．Beijingdoesn'thaveasmuch________(旅游业)asHongKong.6．Withthreemorepassengersgettingonthetrain，thetrainbecameevenmore________(拥挤的)．7．Itis________(遗憾的)enoughthatyoumissedthemeeting.8．Therearesomesurprising________(相似点)betweenthetwoplays，thoughtheyweredirectedbydifferentdirectors.Ⅱ.单项填空1．Twomiddleagedpassengersfellintothesea________，neitherofthemcouldswim.A．InfactB．LuckilyC．UnfortunatelyD．Naturally2．(2013·万县高一调研)Thesuitsare________andareworth________.A．ofgreatquality；tobuyB．greatquality；tobuyC．ofgreatquality；buyingD．greatquality；buying3.Don'tget________tothefire.It'sdangerous.A．closeB．closelyC．closingD．closed4．Thatsoldierwassuspectedto________thecrime.A．connecttoB．connectwithC．beconnectedtoD．beconnectedwith5．(2013·内江高一检测)Thehallwas________withstudents.A．fullB．fillingC．crowdedD．sitting6．Thesunsetgrewdarkeranddarker；theeveningmistbecameheavier.The________fieldsweredimasfarastheeyescouldsee.A．greatB．bigC．vastD．large7.Hedranktoomuchyesterdayevening.________，hefellintotheriverwhilecrossingthebridge.A．SothatB．InfactC．AsaresultD．Instead8．Naturaldisastershavehappenedfrequentlyinrecentyears.That'spartly________peopledestroynatureandenvironment.A．whyB．becauseC．howD．when9．(2013·乐山高一调研)Thetwobooksare________differentsizes，butsimilar________content.A．of；ofB．in；inC．of；inD．in；of10．—________thelecturegivenbyProfessorWu?—Veryinteresting.A．HowdoyoufindB．HowdoyouthinkofC．WhatdoyoulikeD．WhatdoyoufindⅢ.阅读理解ABrazilhasbecomeoneofthedevelopingworld'sgreatsuccessesinreducingpopulationgrowth－butmorebyaccidentthandesign.WhilecountriessuchasIndiahavemadejointeffortstoreducebirthrates，Brazilhashadbetterresultwithoutreallytrying，saysGeorgeMartineatHarvard.Brazil'spopulationgrowthratehasdroppedfrom2.99%ayearbetween1951and1960to1.93%ayearbetween1981and1990,andBrazilianwomennowhaveonly2.7childrenonaverage.Martinesaysthisfiguremayhavefallenstillfurthersince1990，anachievementthatmakesittheenvyofmanyotherThirdWorldcountries.Martineputs_it_downto，amongotherthings，soapoperasandinstallment(分期付款)plansintroducedinthe1970s.Bothplayedanimportant，althoughindirect，roleinloweringthebirthrate.Brazilisoneoftheworld'sbiggestproducersofsoapoperas.Globo，Brazil'smostpopulartelevisionnetwork，showsthreehoursofsoapssixnightsaweek，whilethreeothersshowatleastonehouranight.Mostsoapsarebasedonwealthycharacterslivingthehighlifeinbigcities.“Althoughtheyhaveneverreallytriedtoworkinamessagetowardstheproblemsofreproduction(生育)，theydescribemiddleandupperclassvalues－notmanychildren，differentattitudestowardssex，womenworking，”saysMartine.“TheysentthismessagetoallpartsofBrazilandmadepeoplerealizeotherpatternsoffamilylifeandothervalues，whichwereputintoaveryattractivepackage.”Meanwhile，theinstallmentplanstriedtoencouragethepoortobecomeconsumers.“Thisledtochangeinconsumption(消费)patternsandconsumptiondidnotgetalongwellwithunlimitedreproduction，”saysMartine...
