Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
第六课时Section B (3a-Self Check)
基础训练
Ⅰ. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成单词
1. What a l_______ day! I found my lost watch on my way home today.
2. I have made an _______(意料之外的) discovery about this point.
3. Mary was injured so terribly in the car accident that they kept her a_________ on a life support machine.
4. They a________ his plane was delayed because of the big storm.
5. Mary was ________(尴尬的) when she met her old friend and forgot her name.
Ⅱ. 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. My films try to describe a journey of ________(discover), both for myself and the watcher
2. It was an ________(embarrass) situation for him that he had no idea of how to answer the question.
3. You can list more facts which can make you story more ________(believe).
4. I got up, _______ (take) a shower and went out for breakfast.
5. He saw his father off until he _________(appear) in the distance.
Ⅲ. 单项选择
( )1. —Why was Miss Lee angry this morning
—Because Tom didn’t _____ his homework.
A. hand out B. hand in C. give away D. give out
( )2. Tom was about to close the window _____ his attention was caught by a bird.
A. till B. if C. and D. when
( )3. His story always _______ very funny.
A. end up with B. end up being C. ends up with D. ends up being
( )4. —How long have Mr. and Mrs. Smith ____
—For more than twenty years.
A. married B. had married C. got married D. been married
( )5. We had finished all the new lessons ________ last month.
A. after B. by the time C. by the end of D. when
Ⅳ. 根据汉语完成句子,每空一词
1. 当伯特到达剧院时,他发现票卖完了。
When Bert got to the theater, he found the tickets ______ ______ ______.
2. 我最好的朋友在我生日那天没有露面。(仅限2词)
My best friend didn’t ______ on my birthday.
3. 婚礼什么时候举行?
When will the wedding _______ _______
4. 警察发现他是个贼。
The police _______ _______ that he was a thief.
5. 你妈妈今天为什么步行从公园回家的?
Why did your mother ______ _____ _____ the zoo
能力提升
Ⅰ. 填写适当的句子补全对话
A: You look terrible. 1. _____________, Larry
B: I had a bad morning. I overslept because I stayed up late last night.
A: 2. _______________________
B: I have one, but it didn’t go off. And you know, my parents are away on business. No one was home to wake me up.
A: 3. _______________________, didn’ t you
B: Yes, I took a quick shower and then ran to the bus stop without eating breakfast. By the time I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left so I had to take a taxi. Unluckily, when I got in the taxi, I found that I had left my wallet at home. So I had to call my best friend Alan to meet me at the school gate and he paid the taxi driver for me.
A: 4.____________________________.
B: When we walked into the classroom, the teacher had started. She was really mad at us.
A: Oh, 5. ____________________!
Ⅱ. 任务型阅读
April Fool’s Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. It is also called All Fools’ Day. It is not a legal (法定的) holiday. Even though it is celebrated for many years, it is still not included in the official list of holidays every year.
April Fool’s Day is a day when people can play jokes and hoaxes on each other. In the United States, Canada, France and South Korea, jokes and hoaxes last all day, and in some countries such as Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and the United Kingdom they last only until noon. In these countries if someone plays a trick on you in the afternoon, he or she will be called an April Fool.
Here are two pieces of real April fool’s Day news in history. On April 1, 1946, Hawaii and Alaska were hit by a tsunami (海啸) that killed 165 people. On April 1, 2002, WWE RAW changed its logo (标识) which is used until now.
A famous April Fool’s Day hoax in history is when the Leaning Tower of Pisa was announced to have fallen over, many people called the radio station to confirm (确认) the shocking (令人震惊的) news.
根据短文内容,将下面表格中的信息补充完整。
How long jokes and hoaxes on April Fool’s Day last In the US, Canada, France and South Korea, they last 1.________. In Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and the UK, they last 2._________.
3. _______April Fool’s Day news in history A big tsunami hit Hawaii and Alaska on April 1, 1946. WWE RAW changed its logo on 4.___________.
A famous hoax in history on April Fool’s Day A radio station announced that the Leaning Tower of Pisa had 5.___________.
巩固拓展
给你的同伴讲一下你最幸运的一天所发生的事。(英语)
参考答案
基础训练
Ⅰ. 1. lucky 2. unexpected 3. alive 4. announced 5. embarrassed
Ⅱ. 1. discovery 2. embarrassing 3. believable 4. took 5. disappeared
Ⅲ. 1-5 BADDC
Ⅳ. 1. had sold out 2. show up 3. take place 4. found out 5. walk home from
能力提升
Ⅰ. 1. What happened to you 2. Don’t you have a(n) alarm clock 3. You had to rush to school 4. I’m sorry to hear that 5. what a bad morning
Ⅱ. 1. all day 2. until noon 3. Real 4. April 1, 2002 5. fallen over
1