Unit 4 Growing up
Period 2 Reading (1)
一、根据中文或首字母提示写出单词
1. Spud Webb is one of the most famous p__________ in the NBA.
2. He was much smaller than other boys of his a_________.
3. Webb had a big d when he was a k_____________.
4. How many parents_____________(出席)yesterday's meeting
5. It is his duty to p___________ that this person was not Mark Twain himself.
6. She studied harder and applied for the s______________.
二、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. The money they spent while______________(visit) the town was good for local businesses.
2. I’d like to tell you something about a famous scientist______________(name) Qian Xuesen.
3. We would like to invite you_____________(give) us a talk on Chinese folk music.
4. On January 25, President Xi told the public that nothing____________(matter) more than people's safety and health.
5. If we are interested in something,our brain will be__________(active) and it will also be easier for us to pay attention to it for a long time.
6. 一What about another cup of coffee if you_____________(not be) in a hurry 一Go ahead.
7. Have you realized how much stress you_____________(face) at that moment
8. The plans they paid much attention to_____________(discuss) at the meeting next week.
三、首字母填空
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. A short video about seven people wearing prosthetic devices (人造装置)who (l)t_______ on a desert race challenge has become popular.
The seven disabled people (2) j_______ in the 108-kilometer desert race from May 11 to 14 in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu Province. Six of the seven had one leg amputated(截肢),and (3)o________ had two legs amputated.
Cheng Baojun,a man from Luohe,Central China’s Henan Province, the double amputee, said he never (4)i_________ he could take part in the desert race. "It is great,I can do it,and you can also. ” "It is easy to
say,but walking it is (5)h___________. ” Cheng said. On the first day,they finished a complete section of 27 kilometers of the race > and on the second day, they finished 20 kilometers.
“My legs were painful while I was walking. We also met with a very big sandstorm on the way. But (6)s___________ it was a challenge, we could not give up. We all encouraged each other to continue.99 he said. After getting(7)t___________,they rested on the third day and walked on the fourth.
Lao Tongyi walked the longest of the group 9 a distance of more than 70 kilometers. Team leader Sun Naicheng said that they had to (8) p________ through depopulation(人烟稀少的)areas of the Gobi Desert. He also added that team members challenged themselves and realized their (9)d____________.
They are good (10)e__________ for everyone to learn from. It's up to you how far you go. If you don't try, you will never know.