任务阅读/七选五专项练习-必修第三册
Unit 7 Art
第一篇
Color is fundamental in-home design—something you'll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you'll love to live in. Do you want a room that's full of life Professional Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day 1.___________, color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.
Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point. 2.___________, they can get a little complex. But good news is that there're really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.
3.___________. They're the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.
Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves. 4.__________. They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.
The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant. 5.___________.
A. While all of them are useful
B. Whatever you're looking for
C. If you're experimenting with a color
D. Small color choices are the ones we're most familiar with
E. It's not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces
F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time
G. Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways
第二篇
Most Valuable Possessions on Earth
Marie was a single mother of two children in a rural Missouri community. 1.___________She also dedicated much spare time to numerous charities and community projects.
Then one day Marie received some shocking news from her doctor. She had cancer, and it was spreading rapidly.
2.___________
Soon, Marie witnessed what she had always known: although she was not financially wealthy, she already had the most valuable possessions on earth. Hundreds in her community and surrounding areas teamed up to help her and her family.
Many people she had touched in caring ways demonstrated(演示) appreciation for Marie's life. 3.___________ However, she lived long enough to feel the love of those she had cheerfully served.
The spirits of love and gratitude multiply(增加) when they are shared. 4.___________Giving selflessly was a value that Marie displayed all her life, and her spirit of giving lived after her in those who knew and loved her.
All her life, Marie had demonstrated the truth of this simple principle:5. ___________ Rather, it is an attitude that comes from appreciating what we already have. We can find the happiness we seek if we will first share it with others. Then — and only then—we will have the most valuable possessions on earth: love, happiness, and increasing gratitude.
A. Happiness is the result of sharing love and gratitude.
B. She worked full time during the day and sold handcrafted leather gifts on weekends.
C. She lived a rather poor and hard life with the two children.
D. Marie didn't live to see the day when her bills were fully paid.
E. Love is second to none.
F. She had barely enough resources to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need.
G. Happiness will not come from worldly possessions of fortune.
Unit 8 Green living
第一篇
Do you want to know how to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle Here is a short list of ways that you can help protect the environment.
Prevent energy leaks (泄漏) at home.
Heating and cooling can make up to 50 percent of your energy bill each month. 1.___________ So you'll save money and reduce your influence on the environment.
Plant trees in your yard and community.
Everyone knows that planting trees can help the environment. 2.___________ Trees cool your home, reducing the energy used for cooling. Trees improve mental health. Trees reduce noise pollution.
3.___________
If you use ceiling fans during hot summer days, you can create a cooling environment. A few ceiling or regular fans properly placed in your home can reduce the amount of time you spend with the air conditioning on.
Use solar energy more often.
4.___________ There are lots of inexpensive solar products you can try out. For example, solar-powered lights. How about solar cell phone chargers Additionally, there are many forms of passive solar energy that can help you take advantage of the sun.
Think about green transportation.
Just sit and think about a few environmentally friendly ways you can get from one place to another. 5.___________ You can walk or bike to the corner store. Walking instead of driving to a store is a great way to help the environment!
A. Trees have many good influences.
B. Use natural wind to dry your clothes.
C. There are many ways to use solar power.
D. Use ceiling fans to cool off in summer.
E. You can take a bus when going to the movie theater.
F. Turn off lights and electronic devices when you're not using them.
G. You can heat and cool your home more efficiently by fixing leaks.
第二篇
Don't you just love ice skating every winter I am sure that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice-skate backwards with the help of these tips.
Stand straight
The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. 1.___________, if you feel that you are falling backwards. Don't worry; this happens to all.
Confidence is what you need
The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this By practice. One of the important ice-skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor(做剪式运动)your skates. 2.
Maintain speed
Try sculling(滑)with one skate while rolling in a straight line with the other. 3.___________. Now bring the skate which you are using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now, try the same thing using the other foot.
4.___________
Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.
Scull and be aware
While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that with both feet at the same time. 5.___________, but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.
A. That is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke(滑动)
B. While going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards
C. Keep practicing this till you are confident about it
D. Increase your speed now
E. One must be brave enough to learn to ice-skate backwards
F. Concentrate on what you are doing
G. Just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees
Unit9 Learning
第一篇
How to Remember What You Read
Reading is important. But the next step is to make sure that you remember what you've read! 1.___________ You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images (形象) may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read.
●2. ___________
If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you probably won't be able to remember what you read. It's a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don't understand what you're reading, how would you remember it But there are a few things you can do… Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words.
●Are you connected
Does a character remind you of a friend Does the setting make you want to visit the place Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more With some books, you may feel a connection right away. 3._________
How willing are you to make the connections happen
●Read it; hear it; be it!
Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some characters into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. He'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character. 4. ___________
●How often do you read
If you read frequently, you'll likely have an easier time with remembering what you're reading (and what you've read). 5.___________ As you make reading a regular part of your life, you'll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. You'll learn to enjoy literature—as you remember what you read!
A. Are you confused
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. What's your motivation
D. Memory is sometimes a tricky thing.
E. Marking helps you remember what you read.
F. But other books require a bit more work on your part.
G. You can do the same thing when you are reading the text!
第二篇
In the villages of Mexico, as in some other parts of the world, shopping is a kind of game. In the fine department stores, of course, buyers pay the prices listed on the tags(标签). 1.___________
Suppose a merchant is a Mexican shopkeeper who sells handmade silver jewelry to tourists. 2.___________ The merchant names a price. Immediately the tourist makes a much lower offer. The price the merchant puts on an article is not usually the price which will finally be paid. But the merchant pretends to be shocked. 3.___________It takes a long time to make such remarkable earrings. But at great sacrifice the merchant will let the tourist have the earrings at a lower price. The two bargain. The tourist comes up a little, and then the merchant comes down a little. At last, they agree on what both consider to be a fair price.
4.___________ The merchant may talk about life in the village or mention interesting sights the tourist should see before leaving Mexico.
The merchant's way of doing business is much older than the supermarket way. It dates back to Old World times when the town market was the only place where people could exchange news and visit with friends.
5.___________ In Mexico today, bargaining still makes life interesting for some merchants.
A. The buyers found bargaining really interesting.
B. Bargaining made their lives a little more colorful.
C. While the two bargain, they speak of other things as well.
D. Among the items of jewelry is a pair of earrings a tourist wants to buy.
E. But in most villages, bargaining is a game both buyers and sellers enjoy.
F. While in mountain areas, the buyers and sellers have to bargain every day.
G. The tourist is told that the earrings are real silver, made by people living in the mountains.
Keys
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