Unit 4 A good read 综合提升练习（含答案）

训练6 综合提升练习
一、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。
A
My best friend Ally and I spare 1.s hours of our time every week as volunteers for Buddy Ball. It'sa2.p that helps disabled kids do sports and make new friends.
So what does a buddy(伙伴) do 3.A present,I am a buddy for an 11- year- old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good basketball player, but just 4.1 _____ any kid,it upsets him 5.w he misses a shot or makes a bad pass. He starts to cry and doesn't want to play. Sometimes he even wants to 6.g up. So, as his buddy,I encourage him. Now we' re 7.w on our basketball skills together. It's great to 8.s how he has improved and that he doesn't get upset so easily.
Ally is a buddy for Clara,a kid with very few language skills. She is also a bit wild!She likes running away. Ally has learned how to work with Clara and to get her to 9.j in the games. Now she loves baseball and has more friends. Next week she's going to play in a team. Her parents are 10.t happy about Buddy Ball and they say that Clara is more confident and outgoing after her Buddy Ball sessions.
Buddy Ball is a great chance for everyone!Differences disappear(消失)and we realize that we're all just kids loving sports. I love working in Buddy Ball because I know I'm doing something meaningful!
B
Just as a famous saying 1.g ,“ Reading is to success what water is to fish.”Reading is very important to all humans. It can open many doors and can lead you into a path to success. It's quite clear that every successful person has the good 2.h of reading. This is 3.b_________ reading is an important way to get the information required to understand something. For example,a good doctor has to know the latest developments(最新进展)in medicine by reading.
Then, how can you develop an 4.i in reading There is only one way. Let me explain this to you. If you want to learn how to ride a bike,you have to get on the bike as many times as possible 5.u_________you can ride skilfully(熟练地). It works in the same way as reading.
二、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
BookCrossing,a new way of reading, is developing, with book-lovers leaving 1. (they)books in public places,to be picked up and“borrowed”by others.
Belarusian National Technical University was 2. first to support the idea in the
country. Several 3. ( year) ago, the director of its library, Alexey Skalaban,4. ( see)a large glass box of books which were free for anyone to read at a Swedish(瑞典的) airport. He was very excited.5._________great the idea was! So he 6. ( want)to bring it to his country. The only question was where such books might be kept in public.
“We put the bookcase in the main building. It is free to everyone. People can be 7. ( easy) encouraged to read,” Skalaban explained.“ Inside the case, there is a special list 8. ( show) who gave a book and when they gave it.”
Teachers,students and even people living in the neighbourhood brought their books.Booksellers gave away a number of books too.9._________the help of so many people, every year,more such“safe”places are found. Not long ago,a nightclub set up a shelf of books and magazines. During the dance break,people can pick them up to read.
Nowadays,BookCrossing is being 10. ( well) known to the world than before. No doubt it's a great way to push more people to read and make the whole world a library.
三、用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。
Last year,I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I could hardly follow her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor 1.___________( speak).I just 2. ( hide) behind my textbook and never said anything.
Then one day I watched an English movie 3.__________( name) Toy Story.I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English movies too.4. (although)I could not understand everything the characters said,their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning.I also realized I could 5. ( get)the meaning by 6. ( listen) for just the key words. Besides,I learned some 7. ( use) sentences like “ It's a piece of cake.” and “ It serves you right.”.I didn't 8. ( understand) these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story,I looked 9. ( they) up in a dictionary.
Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a much 10. ( clear) understanding of English movies.
答案
A.1. several 2. program 3. At 4. like 5. when 6. give 7. working 8. see 9. join 10. truly B.1. goes 2. habit 3. because 4. interest 5. until
二、1. their 2. the 3. years 4. saw 5. How 6. wanted 7. easily 8. showing 9. With 10. better
三、1. speaking 2. hid 3. named 4. Although 5. get 6. listening 7. useful 8. understand 9. them 10. clearer