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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions李仕才一、閱讀理解。Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from Americas PresidentsBy David Stabler ISBN 9780062358684 Type: Historical nonfictionIn the 20 stories of 20 different U.S. presidents in this book, we learn that our countrys leaders are not so different from us. They, too, were once kids with ordinary problems. They struggled with schoolwork and angered their parents. Dwight Eisenhower dealt with bullies. Bill Clinton struggled with his weight. Barack Obama moved to Indonesia with his mother when he was just a boy, and had to get used to a new culture.Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?By Liz Kessler ISBN 9781444013986 Type: FantasyJessica Jenkins always thought she was a regular kid. Then, one day, she gets the surprise of a lifetimeshe can become invisible! With the help of her best friend, Izzy, Jessica goes on a trip to discover the source of her new power. Along the way, she gets caught up in shocking secrets, kidnappings, rescue plans, and a mission to keep this amazing power out of the wrong hands.Spring GardenBy Fred Chappell ISBN 9780807119488 Type: PoetrySpring Garden is a collection of poems for spring, including classics by Thomas Nashe, William Shakespeare etc. and contemporary poems by Denis Dunn, Ruth Hill etc. It consists of 85 poems, ranging in length from just a few lines to several hundred.Absolutely TrulyBy Heather Vogel Frederick ISBN 9781442429727 Type: MysteryTwelve-year-old Truly is moved to Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire, after her father suffers a terrible helicopter accident. The six-foot-tall Truly struggles to fit into her new surroundings. Then, one day, she uncovers a mysterious letter in a book at her Aunt Trues bookstore. And thats when the adventure begins. Truly leads her new friends Cha Cha, Romeo, and Lucas on a hunt to uncover the secrets of the small town. Absolutely Truly will appeal to anyone who enjoys mystery books with a bit of sadness and a feel-good ending.1.Who wrote the story about a girl with superpower?A. Heather Vogel FrederickB. David StablerC. Liz KesslerD. Fred Chappell2.The ISBN for the book of poems is _.A.9781442429727B.9780807119488C.9781444013986D.97800623586843.What kind of readers will probably like reading Absolutely Truly?A. Those who are fans of history.B. Those who like realistic stories.C. Those who are searching for a romantic plot.D. Those who enjoy a mixture of mystery, sorrow and happiness.4.Which of the following books tells real stories?A. Absolutely TrulyB. Spring GardenC. Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?D.Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from Americas Presidents【文章大意】本文介紹了四本不同類型的書。1.C 【解析】細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二部分內(nèi)容可知，該書描述了一位有神奇力量的女孩，該書作者是Liz Kessler，故選C項。2.B 【解析】細節(jié)理解題。由文章第三部分內(nèi)容“ISBN 9780807119488 Type: Poetry”可知，該書類型是詩歌，其書號是9780807119488，故選B項。4.D 【解析】細節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合文章對各本書的簡介可知，Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from Americas Presidents講述的是美國幾位總統(tǒng)的真實故事，故選D項。二、單句語法填空1Some people say that classical music _(associate) only with old people.答案：is associatedbe associated with . “與有關(guān)”。2Though we are living a better life, I cant bear _(see) food thrown away.答案：seeingcant bear doing . “不能忍受做某事”。3What was it that distinguished her _her classmates?答案：fromdistinguish . from . “把與區(qū)分/辨別開”。4We must always bear in mind _China is a big country with a huge population.答案：thatbear in mind that . “記住”。5The service offers young people _(practice) advice on finding a job.答案：practical此處應(yīng)用形容詞修飾其后的名詞advice。practical “實用的；實際的；實踐的”。6We all have an _(expect) that he can pass the driving test next week.答案：expectation由空前的冠詞可知應(yīng)填名詞。7In my opinion, only by facing difficulties bravely and _ (seize) opportunities can one succeed.答案：seizing該句為“only狀語”位于句首引起倒裝的句式。face與seize為and連接的兩個并列成分，且均作by的賓語，故由facing可知應(yīng)填seizing。8It was not until she got home _ Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.答案：that該句為含有not until的強調(diào)句。由該句型“It is/wasnot until .that其他”可知，應(yīng)填that。9She _(tap) me on the shoulder but I didnt feel it.答案：tapped由but連接并列成分可知，設(shè)空處動詞在句中作謂語；且后面并列句的謂語為didnt .，所以空格處也應(yīng)用一般過去時，應(yīng)填tapped。10Prices of daily goods _ (buy) through a computer can be lower than store prices.答案：bought過去分詞短語在句中作后置定語修飾goods。三、完形填空。I remember that it was a few years ago that an old woman stepped into my video store，along with her daughter.The _1_ was displaying a serious state of impatience，_2_ her watch every few seconds.If the daughter had possessed a leash(繩子)，her mother would have been _3_ to it as a means of pulling her along to _4_ the rush of other shoppers.Walking over，I asked _5_ I could help her.The woman smiled at me and showed me a _6_ on a piece of paper._7_ rushing off to find the DVD for the woman，I asked her to _8_ with me so I could show her where she could find it and I wanted to enjoy her _9_ for a moment.As we walked along the back of the store，I _10_ its floor plan(分布圖)：old television shows, action movies, cartoons，science fiction films etc.The woman seemed glad of the unrushed “trip” and _11_ conversation.I said to her daughter，“_12_ some advice？”“Of course not，” said the daughter.“Cherish _13_，” I said.“When shes gone，its the little _14_ that come back to you.Times like this.I know.” It was _15_.I still missed my mom and remembered the times when Id used my impatience to make her _16_.Together they made their way towards the stores resting area.They sat there for a moment，side by side，_17_ the holiday crowds.Then the daughter glanced over and immediately _18_ her mother lovingly.And slowly she placed her arm with _19_ unaccustomed affection around her mothers shoulders and _20_ guided her back into the crowd.1A.merchant BwaitressCmother Ddaughter2A.fixing BremovingCchecking Dadjusting3A.fastened BdevotedCaccustomed Dapplied4A.break away from Bmake way forCget along with Dkeep pace with5A.when BwhetherCwhy Dhow6A.tip BtitleCticket Dreceipt7A.Apart from BAs toCRather than DRegardless of8A.communicate BjogCtrade Dwalk9A.stay BholidayCcompany Dtime10A.described BblamedCappreciated Dcorrected11A.casual BattractiveCsevere Dconvincing12A.Prepare BMindCLack DOffer13A.her BmeCherself Dyourself14A.feelings BpresentsCchances Dmoments15A.reasonable BpossibleCtrue Dappropriate16A.desperate BupsetCpuzzled Dastonished17A.approaching BevaluatingCobserving Dexpecting18A.attended BfoundCrecognized Dwatched19A.apparently BsuddenlyCbasically Dgradually20A.accidentally BgentlyCsmoothly Drandomly【解題導(dǎo)語】本文是一篇記敘文?！拔摇痹谝粝裆痰旯ぷ鲿r遇到一位老母親和女兒一起購買DVD，這個女兒行色匆匆，恨不能用繩子拉著行動遲緩的母親。“我”讓這位母親和“我”一起尋找她想要的DVD，并建議這個女兒要珍惜母親的陪伴。最后，她挽著母親，走進人群中【核心詞匯】along with.和一道a state of.一種狀態(tài)impatience n不耐煩，無耐心rush off趕緊去conversation n會話，交談cherish珍愛，愛護side by side肩并肩地unaccustomed adj.不習(xí)慣的，奇怪的，不尋常的affection n影響，喜愛，慈愛，感情1D根據(jù)上文中的“an old woman stepped into my video store, along with her daughter”可知，一位老母親和她的女兒一起來到“我”的音像商店；結(jié)合下文中的“If the daughter had possessed.other shoppers”可知，女兒顯得很不耐煩，故D項正確。A項意為“商人”；B項意為“女侍者，女服務(wù)員”。2C根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容以及空處所在句中的“displaying a serious state of impatience”可知，這個女兒顯得很不耐煩；據(jù)此可以判斷，她不停地查看(checking)手表，故選C項。A項意為“固定，修理”；B項意為“移開，去除”；D項意為“調(diào)整，校正”。3A根據(jù)空處所在句中的“If the daughter had possessed a leash(繩子)，her mother would have been _3_ to it as a means of pulling her along”可知，如果這個女兒有一根繩子的話，她的母親將被系在繩子的一頭。A項意為“把系在”，符合語境，故A項正確。B項意為“致力，奉獻”；C項意為“使習(xí)慣”；D項意為“申請，運用”。4D根據(jù)上文及空后的“the rush of other shoppers”可以判斷，如果有繩子，這個女兒將用繩子拉住她的母親，以趕上(keep pace with)匆匆的購物人群，故選D項。A項意為“突然掙脫，逃脫”；B項意為“給讓路”；C項意為“與融洽相處”。5B根據(jù)該空所在句中的“I asked _5_ I could help her”可知，空處引導(dǎo)賓語從句，作動詞asked的賓語，由“I could help her”和asked可以判斷，“我”問她是否需要幫忙。因此用whether引導(dǎo)該賓語從句，故B項正確。6B根據(jù)下文中的“find the DVD”，結(jié)合該空所在句“The woman smiled at me and showed me a _6_ on a piece of paper”可知，這位母親微笑著遞給“我”一張寫有名稱的紙。B項意為“名稱，標(biāo)題”，符合語境，故B項正確。A項意為“建議”，C項意為“票”，D項意為“收據(jù)”，都與語境不符。7C根據(jù)該空所在句中的“I asked her to _8_ with me so I could show her where she could find it”可知，“我”讓她和“我”一起走(walk)以便“我”能讓她知道她在哪里可以找到她需要的DVD；據(jù)此可以判斷，“我”沒有急忙為她尋找。C項意為“而不是”，符合語境，故C項正確。A項意為“除之外”；B項意為“至于”；D項意為“不管，不顧”。8D參見上題解析。下文中的“walked”亦是提示。A項意為“交流”，B項意為“慢跑”，C項意為“交易”，都與語境不符。9C根據(jù)空后的“As we walked along the back of the store”可知，“我”和她一起走著尋找她需要的DVD；結(jié)合該空所在句中的“I wanted to enjoy her _9_ for a moment”可以判斷，“我”想要她陪伴(company)“我”一會兒。A項意為“停留，逗留”；B項意為“假期”。10A根據(jù)該空所在句中的“its floor plan(分布圖)：old television shows，action movies，cartoons，science fiction films etc.”可知，“我”向她描述(described)著商店的商品分區(qū)情況：老的電視節(jié)目、動作片、卡通片以及科幻片等。故A項正確。B項意為“責(zé)備”；C項意為“欣賞”；D項意為“糾正”。11A根據(jù)空前的“The woman seemed glad of the unrushedtrip”可知，這位母親對這次并不匆忙的購物過程感到很滿意；空處與“the unrushedtrip”，相呼應(yīng)，據(jù)此可以判斷，該處表示“輕松隨意的交談”。A項意為“輕松的，隨意的”，符合語境，故A項正確。B項意為“吸引人的”；C項意為“嚴厲的，嚴肅的”；D項意為“使人信服的”。12B根據(jù)這個女兒的回答“Of course not”可知，她不介意“我”提出建議；據(jù)此可以判斷，此處表示“介意我提點建議嗎？”B項意為“介意”，符合語境，故B項正確。A項意為“準(zhǔn)備”，C項意為“缺乏”，D項意為“提供”，都與語境不符。13A根據(jù)下文中的“When shes gone，its.to you”可知，如果她的母親去世了，這是她可以回想起來的時刻；據(jù)此可以判斷，“我”建議她珍惜她的母親；空處作賓語，因此用賓格her，故A項正確。14D參見上題解析。D項意為“時刻”，符合語境，故D項正確。A項意為“感情”，B項意為“禮物”，C項意為“機會”，都與語境不符。15C根據(jù)空后的“I still missed my mom and remembered the times when Id used my impatience to make her _16_ ”可知，“我”仍然懷念“我”的母親，記得“我”用不耐煩讓“我”的母親難過的日子；據(jù)此可以判斷，“我”對她說的這種情況是真實的(true)。故C項正確。A項意為“合理的”；B項意為“可能的”；D項意為“適當(dāng)?shù)?，恰?dāng)?shù)模喾Q的”。16B參見上題解析。B項意為“難過的”，符合語境，故B項正確。A項意為“無望的，不顧一切的”，C項意為“困惑的，無法理解的”，D項意為“驚訝的”，都與語境不符。17C根據(jù)該空所在句“They sat there for a moment，side by side，_17_ the holiday crowds”可知，這對母女肩并肩坐著，注視著假日里的人群；C項意為“觀察，注視”，符合語境，故C項正確。A項意為“靠近”，B項意為“評估”，D項意為“期望”，都與語境不符。18D根據(jù)該空所在句“Then the daughter glanced over and immediately _18_ her mother lovingly”可知，女兒充滿愛意地看著她的母親，D項意為“看著”，符合語境，故D項正確。A項意為“參加”，B項意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”，C項意為“認識”，都與語境不符。19A根據(jù)該空所在句中的“And slowly she placed her arm with _19_ unaccustomed affection around her mothers shoulders”可知，她慢慢地將她的手臂放在母親的肩膀上，似乎不習(xí)慣這種充滿愛意的表達。A項意為“似乎”，符合語境，故A項正確。B項意為“突然地”，C項意為“基本地，主要地”，D項意為“逐漸地”，都與語境不符。20B根據(jù)語境及該空所在句中的“guided her back into the crowd”可知，她慢慢地將她的手臂放在母親的肩膀上，然后溫柔地(gently)領(lǐng)著她的母親走進人群。故B項正確。A項意為“偶然地，附帶地，意外地”；C項意為“平滑地，平穩(wěn)地，流暢地，順利地”；D項意為“任意地，胡亂地，隨便地”。四、單句改錯1The sound of seagulls called on happy memories of his childhood holidays._答案：onupcall up “使回憶起；給打電話”。2The telephone is out of the order; therefore, we cannot get in touch with the boss._答案：去掉第二個theout of order “發(fā)生故障；次序顛倒”。3After a short while, the boys set out doing their homework._答案：outabout或doingto doset about doing . set out to do . “著手/開始做”。4The boy knock down by the car was immediately taken to the nearby hospital._答案：knockknocked過去分詞短語在句中作后置定語，修飾the boy, 表被動，故應(yīng)把knock改為knocked。5The teachers abruptly ending speaking can make some students focus their attention on their listening._答案：abruptlyabrupt修飾動名詞短語ending speaking應(yīng)用形容詞，故將abruptly改為abrupt。五、七選五A garden thats just right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(總和) of its parts? 1. But it doesnt happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process. 2 Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers (肥料). 3 .However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years. Recall(回憶)your childhood memoriesOur model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden and Dads vegetable garden might be good or bad, but thats not whats important. 4 how being in those gardens made us feel. If youd like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth. 5 . Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden. Have fun.A. Know why you gardenB. Find a good place for your own gardenC. Its our experience of the garden that mattersD. Its delightful to see so many beautiful flowersE. Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plantsF. You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, tooG. For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you have【語篇解讀】本文屬于說明文，美麗的花園能給我們帶來美好的視覺享受，文章中給出了兩個自己建設(shè)花園的具體建議。1.F 【解析】考查上下文的銜接。根據(jù)文章首句及下文的But it doesnt happen by accident可知，這里是在講你是否曾去過一個花園但是它不是偶然發(fā)生的。故F項You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, too符合語境。3.E 【解析】考查上下文的銜接。根據(jù)上文的Some people may think.和Others are concerned about.可知此處表達的是人們種植花園的不同原因，而E項中的Still others may simply enjoy.與上下文銜接自然，故選E項。4.C 【解析】考查上下文的銜接。根據(jù)上文的.but thats not whats important和下文中的how being in those gardens made us feel可知此處講的應(yīng)是什么是重要的，故C項符合語境。5.G 【解析】考查上下文的銜接。上文的the gardens of your youth以及下文的your childhood memories與G項中的those gardens和the strongest memory you have相呼應(yīng)，故選G項。6EDBC3191F2351DD815FF33D4435F3756EDBC3191F2351DD815FF33D4435F3756EDBC3191F2351DD815FF33D4435F3756EDBC3191F2351DD815FF33D4435F3756EDBC3191F2351DD815FF33D4435F3756EDBC3191F2351DD815FF33D4435F375