LESSON 3 GETTING TO THE TOP
[A级——语言点基础练]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．We should all ( ) (努力) to reunify the motherland.
2．Xie Lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the ( ) (学术的) requirements of a Western university.
3．It helped me grow from an at times ( ) (自私的) teenager into a reliable grown up.
4．She ( ) (蹦跳着走) happily along beside me.
5．This creation attracted a lot of attention thanks to its mixture of modern and traditional Chinese ( ) (元素)．
6．It rained heavily and my new shoes were ( ) (毁坏) in the mud.
7．The designers have ( ) (牺牲) speed for fuel economy.
8．There were ( ) (数不尽的) trees in the forest.
9．We covered 20 kilometres in five hours. In other words, our ( ) (平均的) speed is 4 kilometres per hour.
10．In a ( ) (正常的) night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．There are many ( ) (profession) publications printed in English.
2．Hikers and rock climbers will love the ( ) (end) options for exploring.
3．This is also regarded as effort in reaching long term goals, and ( ) (determine) to continue one's efforts in spite of hardships.
4．They use information about life ( ) (long), education and earnings to grade countries on human development.
5．It is a ( ) (total) different experience from either simply sunbathing or passing it in a car.
6．Nouns such as book, pen, apple are ( ) (count) nouns.
7．My brother is one of the many ( ) (apply) for the job.
8．Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as ( ) (extreme) uncomfortable.
9．Our troops took up ( ) (defend) positions on high ground overlooking the river.
10．Those who refuse to take that risk ( ) (selfish) make others suffer.
Ⅲ.选词填空
count on， boil down to， stay in， apply oneself to， apart from， in ruins， at the sacrifice of， on average， no longer， rather than
1．He wrote a lot in his letter, which can ( ) it that he felt very sorry for his absence.
2．Please ( ) and let me know how you are doing.
3．He has ( ) application chemistry in the past 20 years.
4．After the earthquake，the ancient building was ( ).
5．He succeeded ( ) his health.
6．Few people can ( ) having a job for life.
7．It must know how to go away when its services are ( ) required.
8．It was a fun and meaningful experiment to actively think about kind things to do ( ) let it happen naturally.
9． ( ) everything else, we had financial problems.
10．By 2019, Chinese women had received 9.5 years of education ( ).
Ⅳ.补全句子
1． ( ) to suppose she's lying.
认为她在说谎完全没道理。
2． ( ) it without consulting me.
你不该没和我商量就做了这事。
3． ( )point out our shortcoming, we will correct them.
不管谁指出我们的缺点，我们都改正。
4．The dictionary has disappeared. ( )
词典不见了，谁可能把它拿走了？
5． ( ) in person — a letter would have been enough.
她本不必亲自来——写封信就足够了。
[B级——话题语篇练]
Ⅰ.完形填空
Thousands of runners gather for the annual Marathon. The largest holiday race in California 1 folks of all ages, sizes, shapes, and 2 . The gun goes off and runners push for position. I just 3 at the new day and feel righteous for having gotten up and down to the event.
Before long, my 4 turns to depression as the seven year old passes me by. Elvis has already 5 the turn way before me and I fall behind a woman who must have 10 years. The sense of 6 heats up and so does my 7 . I forget that I already run many miles and have 4.2 miles left to 8 . The runners around me set my pace.
Suddenly, as I make the turn, I am 9 by an overwhelming sight. Facing me, arms pumping runs a young man with one leg 10 in the sun. The metal leg is 11 to his thigh. He is unaware of anyone who passes him. He is running his own 12 at his own pace.
I slow down and take his lesson. I finish despite the 13 in my knee. Well behind the seven year old. Ahead of the shiny bodied teenager. It doesn't matter. It is my race, at my pace.
How many times do we let others 14 the pace, 15 our own goals, our abilities How many times do we judge our success or our failure by what others have done
1．A.impresses B．influences
C．attracts D．directs
2．A.standards B．abilities
C．grades D．results
3．A.grin B．glare
C．stare D．laugh
4．A.excitement B．righteousness
C．warmth D．hotness
5．A.walked B．missed
C．made D．disturbed
6．A.competitiveness B．honour
C．responsibility D．humour
7．A.friend B．companion
C．balloon D．pace
8．A.go B．run
C．leave D．come
9．A.worried B．proud
C．struck D．satisfied
10．A.glancing B．gleaming
C．flashing D．glittering
11．A.adjusted B．attached
C．turned D．prayed
12．A.adventure B．match
C．destination D．race
13．A.suffering B．fear
C．pain D．strength
14．A.define B．set
C．give D．claim
15．A.ignoring B．losing
C．missing D．forgetting
Ⅱ.语法填空
A college student who shows great courage in fighting severe kidney (肾脏) disease while following his dreams in scientific 1 (invent) has inspired many people.
Zou Yongsong, 27, is a student at Changsha University of Science & Technology in Changsha, Hunan Province. At 2 age of four, Zou caught a high fever, and poor medical treatment in the village left his kidneys 3 (serious) damaged. Since then he has suffered kidney problems and has had to take medicine daily 4 (fight) the disease.
Though he suffered the pain 5 (bring) by the disease, he didn't give up attending school. After years of hard work, Zou 6 (admit) to Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology. In 2017 his condition became 7 (bad) and he had to receive dialysis (透析) treatment. However, the physical suffering did not stop him 8 (dream) of a career in science. Even during his stay in hospital, he insisted 9 working on patent (专利权) applications. Over the last two years, six of his patents and copyrights have been approved.
10 he shows courage and optimism when facing difficulty and misfortune, Zou was awarded the Touching Hunan award in November.
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5LESSON 3 GETTING TO THE TOP
[A级——语言点基础练]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．We should all strive (努力) to reunify the motherland.
2．Xie Lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic (学术的) requirements of a Western university.
3．It helped me grow from an at times selfish (自私的) teenager into a reliable grown up.
4．She skipped (蹦跳着走) happily along beside me.
5．This creation attracted a lot of attention thanks to its mixture of modern and traditional Chinese elements (元素)．
6．It rained heavily and my new shoes were ruined (毁坏) in the mud.
7．The designers have sacrificed (牺牲) speed for fuel economy.
8．There were countless (数不尽的) trees in the forest.
9．We covered 20 kilometres in five hours. In other words, our average (平均的) speed is 4 kilometres per hour.
10．In a normal (正常的) night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．There are many professional (profession) publications printed in English.
2．Hikers and rock climbers will love the endless (end) options for exploring.
3．This is also regarded as effort in reaching long term goals, and determination (determine) to continue one's efforts in spite of hardships.
4．They use information about life length (long), education and earnings to grade countries on human development.
5．It is a totally (total) different experience from either simply sunbathing or passing it in a car.
6．Nouns such as book, pen, apple are countable (count) nouns.
7．My brother is one of the many applicants (apply) for the job.
8．Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely (extreme) uncomfortable.
9．Our troops took up defensive (defend) positions on high ground overlooking the river.
10．Those who refuse to take that risk selfishly (selfish) make others suffer.
Ⅲ.选词填空
count on， boil down to， stay in， apply oneself to， apart from， in ruins， at the sacrifice of， on average， no longer， rather than
1．He wrote a lot in his letter, which can boil down to it that he felt very sorry for his absence.
2．Please stay in and let me know how you are doing.
3．He has applied himself to application chemistry in the past 20 years.
4．After the earthquake，the ancient building was in ruins.
5．He succeeded at the sacrifice of his health.
6．Few people can count on having a job for life.
7．It must know how to go away when its services are no longer required.
8．It was a fun and meaningful experiment to actively think about kind things to do rather than let it happen naturally.
9．Apart from everything else, we had financial problems.
10．By 2019, Chinese women had received 9.5 years of education on average.
Ⅳ.补全句子
1．There is no reason to suppose she's lying.
认为她在说谎完全没道理。
2．You shouldn't have done it without consulting me.
你不该没和我商量就做了这事。
3．No matter who point out our shortcoming, we will correct them.
不管谁指出我们的缺点，我们都改正。
4．The dictionary has disappeared. Who could have taken it
词典不见了，谁可能把它拿走了？
5．She needn't have come in person — a letter would have been enough.
她本不必亲自来——写封信就足够了。
[B级——话题语篇练]
Ⅰ.完形填空
Thousands of runners gather for the annual Marathon. The largest holiday race in California 1 folks of all ages, sizes, shapes, and 2 . The gun goes off and runners push for position. I just 3 at the new day and feel righteous for having gotten up and down to the event.
Before long, my 4 turns to depression as the seven year old passes me by. Elvis has already 5 the turn way before me and I fall behind a woman who must have 10 years. The sense of 6 heats up and so does my 7 . I forget that I already run many miles and have 4.2 miles left to 8 . The runners around me set my pace.
Suddenly, as I make the turn, I am 9 by an overwhelming sight. Facing me, arms pumping runs a young man with one leg 10 in the sun. The metal leg is 11 to his thigh. He is unaware of anyone who passes him. He is running his own 12 at his own pace.
I slow down and take his lesson. I finish despite the 13 in my knee. Well behind the seven year old. Ahead of the shiny bodied teenager. It doesn't matter. It is my race, at my pace.
How many times do we let others 14 the pace, 15 our own goals, our abilities How many times do we judge our success or our failure by what others have done
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者参加了一场马拉松比赛，由此想到生活中要根据自己的目标和能力，设定自己的生活节奏。
1．A.impresses B．influences
C．attracts D．directs
解析：选C 此处表示感恩节这个最大的节日活动应该是吸引了各种各样的人。
2．A.standards B．abilities
C．grades D．results
解析：选B 文章中谈到了几个不同的人，有不同的能力，因而速度就不同。
3．A.grin B．glare
C．stare D．laugh
解析：选A 根据下文，作者自己能早起参加这个比赛心情非常舒畅，故此处为grin“需齿而笑”。
4．A.excitement B．righteousness
C．warmth D．hotness
解析：选B 句意：不久，一个七岁孩子超过了我，我的正直变成了沮丧。
5．A.walked B．missed
C．made D．disturbed
解析：选C 此处表示一个7岁的孩子跑到了我的前面并转了弯。
6．A.competitiveness B．honour
C．responsibility D．humour
解析：选A 小孩子都跑到了前面，作者觉得不好意思，一股竞争的心思在内心升起。
7．A.friend B．companion
C．balloon D．pace
解析：选D 根据下文中作者按自己的节奏跑自己的比赛可知选D。
8．A.go B．run
C．leave D．come
解析：选A 此处表示还剩下4.2英里要去。
9．A.worried B．proud
C．struck D．satisfied
解析：选C 下文提到有个残疾人按自己的节奏跑着比赛，这个情景使作者感到震惊。
10．A.glancing B．gleaming
C．flashing D．glittering
解析：选D 根据后面这个装上了铁制的假肢可知，此处为glittering“闪闪发亮”。
11．A.adjusted B．attached
C．turned D．prayed
解析：选B 根据常识可知，假肢是连在大腿上的。
12．A.adventure B．match
C．destination D．race
解析：选D 根据后文的“It is my race, at my pace.”可知后文是词汇复现，故选D。
13．A.suffering B．fear
C．pain D．strength
解析：选C 根据常识可知，长跑后膝盖会痛。
14．A.define B．set
C．give D．claim
解析：选B 句意：有多少次我们都是由别人设定(set)节奏，忽视(ignoring)自己的目标和能力？
15．A.ignoring B．losing
C．missing D．forgetting
解析：选A 参见上题解析。
Ⅱ.语法填空
A college student who shows great courage in fighting severe kidney (肾脏) disease while following his dreams in scientific 1 (invent) has inspired many people.
Zou Yongsong, 27, is a student at Changsha University of Science & Technology in Changsha, Hunan Province. At 2 age of four, Zou caught a high fever, and poor medical treatment in the village left his kidneys 3 (serious) damaged. Since then he has suffered kidney problems and has had to take medicine daily 4 (fight) the disease.
Though he suffered the pain 5 (bring) by the disease, he didn't give up attending school. After years of hard work, Zou 6 (admit) to Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology. In 2017 his condition became 7 (bad) and he had to receive dialysis (透析) treatment. However, the physical suffering did not stop him 8 (dream) of a career in science. Even during his stay in hospital, he insisted 9 working on patent (专利权) applications. Over the last two years, six of his patents and copyrights have been approved.
10 he shows courage and optimism when facing difficulty and misfortune, Zou was awarded the Touching Hunan award in November.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了罹患严重肾病但是仍然坚持学习和科研的坚强大学生邹勇松的故事。
1．invention 考查名词。分析句子结构可知，此处应用名词作宾语，且此处表示发明创造的行为。故填invention。
2．the 考查冠词。 at the age of “在……岁时”，为固定用法。故填the。
3．seriously 考查副词。分析句子结构可知，空处作状语，修饰过去分词 damaged，应用副词。故填seriously。
4．to fight 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构并根据语境可知，空处应用动词不定式作目的状语。故填to fight。
5．brought 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，空处应用非谓语动词，且the pain和bring之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，应用过去分词作后置定语。故填brought。
6．was admitted 考查动词的时态和语态。根据语境可知，此处表示的动作发生在过去，应用一般过去时，且Zou与admit 之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，应用被动语态。故填was admitted。
7．worse 考查形容词的比较级。根据语境可知，此处表示“他的情况变得更差”，含有比较的意思。故填worse。
8．dreaming 考查非谓语动词。此处是stop sb (from) doing sth，表示“阻止某人做某事”。故填dreaming。
9．on 考查介词。insist on “坚持”，为固定用法。故填on。
10．Because/Since/As 考查连词。分析句子结构并根据语境可知，逗号前后为因果关系，空处引出原因，且空后为句子。故填Because/Since/As，注意首字母大写。
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