【广东专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习 课时作业二十七 unit2 poems 新人教版选修6.docVIP

课时作业(二十七)　[选修6　Unit 2　Poems] (限时：45分钟) 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 Jane was walking around the department store.She remembered how difficult 1.________ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wished that he was as easy 2.________ (please)as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume. Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not 3.________ pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or 4.________ (push)you with their elbows(肘部)，hurrying ahead to get to a bargain. Jane paused in front of a counter 5.________ some attractive ties were on display.“They are real silk，”the assistant tried to attract her.“Worth double the price.”But Jane knew from past experience that her 6.________ (choose)of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered.She found some good quality pipes 7.________ sale.She did not hesitate for long：although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please 8.________． When Jane got home，with her small but well-chosen present in her bag，her parents were already 9.________ table having supper.Her mother was excited.“Your father has at last decided to stop smoking，”Jane 10.________ (inform)． Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a mans life and two to a womans. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm. Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older