Unit 3 Life in the future同步练习
Part 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending
I. 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词,写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
1. We must consider every a________ of the problem.
2. The doctor told him to take two of the t________ three times daily before every meal.
3. It takes a much shorter period now for the world to gain another billion people than in p________ centuries.
4. He saw what was coming, and bent his head ________ (向一侧), and put up his left arm to protect it.
5. The school cannot t________ cheating on exams.
6. He followed in an open c________ drawn by six gray horses.
7. She’s not very ________ (乐观的) about the outcome of the talks.
8. I can’t f________ this belt, for it’s not long enough.
II. 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. I have the ________ (impress) that we have met once before.
2. The direction of the wind is ________ (constant) changing.
3. You cannot believe him entirely, because there is always something ________ (certain) in his deeds.
4. The ________ (open) of the cave is so small that an adult can hardly pass through it.
5. He will have to make major ________ (adjust) to his thinking if he is to survive in office.
6. The cat jumped from the roof and disappeared into the ________ (surround) darkness.
III. 为下面每组句子选择一个合适的单词,并用其正确形式填空。
guide, lack, mask, press, flash, switch
1. ① At that time, Daisy ________ a smile, showing her beautiful white teeth.
② A bright ________ of lightning lit up the sky.
2. ① He took the wounded man by the arm and ________ him out.
② Lost in the forest, his only ________ was the stars overhead.
3. ① Alice is a special girl; she has the determination that her brother ________.
② The election day came at last; there was no ________ of work for Jerry and me.
4. ① In the second part of the play, the actors take off their ________.
② The robber ________ his face with a stocking before he got out of the car.
5. ① The ________ is always interested in the private lives of famous people.
② The boss has been ________ to get us to finish the project sooner.
6. ① After several ________ of direction they found themselves on the right road.
② The office has ________ to shorter summer hours.
IV. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子(每空一词)。
1. I don’t like anyone who devotes himself or herself to study, so as to ________ ________ ________ (看不见) everything else.
2. Help me to ________ ________ (打扫) the broken glass, or some children might cut their feet.
3. John had studied French for a year before he ________ ________ (开始学) Spanish.
4. Ann ________ ________ (溜进) the kitchen without anyone noticing.
5. I will go back to work as soon as I ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (恢复).
Part 2 Learning about Language
I. 选用方框内合适的短语并用其正确形式填空(每个短语限用一次)。
speed up, be translated into, pick out, leave one’s job, be astonished at, be frightened by
1. ____________________ the anger in his eyes, Kate stood still and listened to him.
2. Jack ____________________ his sister抯 courage. She used to be very shy.
3. Her books ____________________ 20 languages so far.
4. His story ____________________ as the best by the judges yesterday.
5. The train left the station and soon ____________________.
6. He ____________________ as a teacher two years ago and is running his own company now.
II. 用括号内单词的正确形式完成下面短文。
A
One day, it was sunny. I went to school on foot. When I arrived, I found some of my classmates 1. ________ (stand) outside the classroom. With windows 2. ________ (break), the classroom looked terrible. No one could tell me anything, and no one could enter the classroom. Having been locked for half an hour, the door was opened at last. The teacher entered the classroom, 3. ________ (follow) by the students. 揘othing serious. Our monitor lost the key and someone broke the window, said the teacher. All the students 4. ________ (seat), I noticed the teacher 5. ________ (hold) a pot of flowers in her hands. 揃eautiful, right? If 6. ________ (give) more water and care, the flowers may seem fresher and more beautiful. So it is with studying. 7. ________ (pay) more attention to it, you抣l achieve more. 8. ________ (encourage) by the teacher抯 words, we decided to work hard!
B
1. ________ (bear) in Scotland in 1676, Alexander Selkirk was the son of a shoemaker, and very different from the character he inspired in the novel Robinson Crusoe. As a teenager he was very badly behaved. 2. ________ (arrest) for causing trouble in 1695, he was ordered to appear in court, but he ran away to sea and joined the crew of the pirate ship, Cinque Ports. He was a skilled sailor and was quickly promoted.
3. ________ (become) sailing master in 1703, Selkirk soon started arguing with Thomas Stradling, the ship抯 captain. In October 1704, 4. ________ (need) to collect fresh food and water for his ship, Captain Stradling decided to stop at one of the deserted islands of Juan Fernandez. 5. ________ (be) an old ship, Cinque Ports also needed repairs. Selkirk wanted the crew to repair the ship, but the captain refused, and, 6. ________ (annoy) by Selkirk抯 continued demands, sailed away without him.
7. ________ (leave) alone on the island for more than four years, Selkirk had to find ways to stay alive. Fortunately, he was able to make his own clothes and tools, 8. ________ (use) the skills he had learnt from his father.
9. ________ (stay) on the island for over four years, he was finally saved.
Part 3 Using Language
I. 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词,写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
1. He is said to be a person g________ for power.
2. Don’t throw away those bottles; they can be r________ and turned into new products.
3. The huge waves s________ the small boat and it sank shortly afterward.
4. Just for an i________ I thought he was going to refuse.
5. Tables are usually made from solid m________ such as wood.
6. Mr. Ma started to study ________ (生态学) and decided to devote his whole life to science.
7. These ________ (货物) are in short supply; the price will be high.
8. The team may be lacking ________ (动机) for next week’s game.
II. 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. When she left college, she got a job as a(n) ________ (type) in a publishing company.
2. How much is the ________ (post) for an airmail letter to Canada?
3. She picked up the ________ (receive) and dialled his number.
4. The management and unions have reached a(n) ________ (settle) over new working conditions.
5. The study was carried out in one small town, so we can’t be sure that the results are truly ________ (represent) now.
III. 根据括号内的提示翻译下面句子。
1. 这是不是那个曾被描述成英雄的人?(describe ... as ...)
___________________________________________
2. 玛丽没有把她父亲的死责怪到任何人身上。(blame sb. for sth.)
___________________________________________
3. 我看得出来汤姆刚刚不是饿了。他只是贪吃饼干罢了。 (greedy for)
_________________________________________
答案
Part 1
I. 1. aspect 2. tablets 3. previous 4. sideways 5. tolerate 6. carriage
7. optimistic 8. fasten
II. 1. impression 2. constantly 3. uncertain 4. opening 5. adjustments 6. surrounding
III. 1. ①flashed ②flash 2. ①guided ②guide
3. ①lacks ②lack 4. ①masks ②masked
5. ①press ②pressing 6. ①switches ②switched
IV. 1. lose sight of 2. sweep up 3. took up 4. slid into 5. am / get back on my feet
Part 2
I. 1. Having been frightened by 2. was astonished at
3. have been translated into 4. was picked out
5. speeded up 6. left his job
II.
A. 1. standing 2. broken 3. followed 4. seated 5. holding 6. given
7. Paying 8. Encouraged
B. 1. Born 2. Arrested 3. Having become 4. needing 5. Being 6. annoyed
7. Left / Having been left 8. using 9. Having stayed
Part 3
I. 1. greedy 2. recycled 3. swallowed 4. instant 5. material(s) 6. ecology
7. goods 8. motivation
II. 1. typist 2. postage 3. receiver 4. settlement 5. representative
III.
1. Is this the man who was once described as a hero?
2. Mary doesn’t blame anyone for her father’s death.
3. I can tell that Tom was not hungry just now. He was just greedy for biscuits.