课后限时自测(八)(对应学生用书第349页)(建议用时：40分钟)Ⅰ.语法填空Many people say that e－mail is just a faster way to deliver letters.The fact is that letter－writing and e－mail are completely different __1__(process)．Letters travel__2__envelopes through actual space and take time getting from one place to another.If I am writing on paper to my brother in Kenya，I will be less likely to complain about the breakfast I__3__(have)this morning.I will probably write about my relationships and some things that I've been thinking about.I will also take more care with my style，trying to write in__4__way which is interesting and worth__5__(read)．My brother might save my letter；he might read it back to me years from now.E－mail is different.It is instant，traveling from point to point.__6__you don't print it out，the message doesn't physically exist.With e－mail，geography is no obstacle and time is not important.I can send a message to Kenya whenever I want to，and__7__gets there almost in a second.The ease of this kind of writing and sending probably makes__8__a different kind of communication.That is__9__I am not so focused on style.I might be less likely to say something__10__(deep)．My brother might glance at my mail，have a laugh，and then delete it.【语篇解读】本文介绍了e－mail与传统写信的区别以及它带给人们的好处。
1．processes 根据前面的are可知用复数。
2．in 根据前面的letters及后面的envelopes可知。
3．had 由句意可知用过去时态。
4．a 不定冠词的基本用法。
5．reading 根据前面的worth用法可知。
6．If 根据前后句的条件关系可知，if引导条件从句。
7．it 指代前面的a message。
8．for 固定搭配，“make for”相当于“lead to”。
9．because 引导的表语从句表原因。
10．deeper 根据语境，应用比较级与前面的less对应。
Ⅱ.阅读理解AIn the fall of 1985，I was a bright－eyed girl heading off to Howard University，aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.Twenty－one years later I am still a bright－eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.My grandma，an amazing woman，graduated from college at the age of65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year afterI started college，she developed cancer.I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her.It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.Then I got married with another dream：building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children.In 1999，we adopted our first son.To lay eyes on him was fantastic—and very emotional.A year later came our second adopted boy.Then followed son No.3.In 2003，I gave birth to another boy.You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo—a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full－time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!I am not special, just single－minded. It always struck me that when you're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you're in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in your life on one day. It's a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.1．When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be________.A．a writer B．a teacherC．a judge D．a doctor【解析】细节理解题。
根据aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere，故选C。
【答案】 C2．Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A．She wanted to study by herself.B．She fell in love and got married.C．She suffered from a serious illness.D．She decided to look after her grandma.【解析】细节理解题。
根据I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her.她决定去照顾她的祖母，故选D。
【答案】 D3．What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A．Failure is the mother of success.B．Little by little, one goes far.C．Every coin has two sides.D．Well begun, half done.【解析】细节理解题。
根据little steps add up to big dreams，故选B。
【答案】 B4．Which of the following can best describe the author?A．Caring and determined.B. Honest and responsible.C．Ambitious and sensitive.D. Innocent and single－minded.【解析】细节理解题。
根据她抚养弃婴说明她有爱心，根据It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！花21年得到一个文凭说明她有决心和毅力，故选A。