2018版高中英语（人教版）选修9同步练习题：Unit 2 Period Ⅳ　Using Language 学业分层测评4.docVIP

学业分层测评(四)(建议用时：30分钟)Ⅰ.单词拼写 【导学号1．Can you give me some________(背景) on the situation?2．A strong man will bear________(困苦) without complaining.3．Working in the sun soon gave us a________(口渴)．4．He could never have________(预见) that one day his books would sell in millions.5．Humans are sensitive to________(逐渐的) changes of brightness and color.6．Did that ever cause________(紧张) in your relationship?7．Id like to________(存入) two hundred dollars.8．He was faced with the________(进退两难困境) of whether or not to return to his country.9．The only________(缺点) to the project is its expense.10．Toni________(估算) that it must be about three oclock.【答案】　1.background　2.hardship　3.thirst　5.gradual　6.tension　7.deposit　9.drawback　10.reckoned阅读理解A London，England(CNN)—The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home on Thursday from his 30，000-mile，282-day ocean journey. Mike Perham，17，sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall，the southernmost point in Britain，at 9：47 off on his round-the-world trip on November 18，2008.He has been sailing his yacht，TotallyM，single-handedly，though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way. The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo，according to the Guinness World Records. Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father，Peter and at age 14，he sailed across the Atlantic alone. The teenagers school—which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip—has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip.It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments，” according to Mikes Web site. There havent been many of those quiet moments.Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal，the Canary Islands，South Africa，and twice in Australia，according to his Web site. Bad weather in the Southern Ocean—between Australia and Antarctica —forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds.He said at one point，a “freak wave” picked up the boat and tur