高二英语必修五课后练习.：Unit12

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Ⅰ.完形填空

It was an extremely busy day. I was so tired of my life that I was getting a little __1__ with myself and everyone around me. On my way home, I __2__ my old friend Paul in the street. He looked happy and __3__ me to his home for dinner. We had not seen each other for many years, so __4__ I was tired I accepted his invitation.

As we entered the door of his house, Paul started __5__ “I have a dream, a song to sing, to help you __6__ everything.” I felt __7__ his behavior, but in no time I understood. Two __8__ walked to Paul and hugged him. They couldn't walk __9__ or speak clearly, but their faces were full of __10__ and sang the same song.

We talked about our __11__ and work, and I learned from Paul that his daughters were born as “special children”. They were mentally changed. Their mother __12__ years ago. Paul was both mother and father to his beautiful daughters. But Paul said he was __13__ that the little angels were together with him and that __14__could stop him from living actively.

That night, we __15__ a lot, and his happy smiles made my anger and __16__ fade. I forgot how many times I __17__ about my life and my work. But Paul's life was a(n) __18__ to me. The man smiled at his life and treated any trouble as a __19__ of life. I owe my thanks to Paul, for he taught me to deal with life __20__and move on.

1．A.delighted B．angry

C．strict D．concerned

2．A.called B．visited

C．contacted D．met

3．A.forced B．begged C．invited D．ordered 4．A.when B．if C．since D．though 5．A.saying B．talking C．singing D．dancing 6．A.with B．across C．through D．to

7．A.surprised at B．crazy about C．satisfied with D．proud of 8．A.girls B．players C．brothers D．singers 9．A.carefully B．quietly C．cautiously D．steadily 10．A.tears B．smiles C．love D．worry 11．A.relatives B．friends C．family D．class 12．A.came to B．passed away C．hung about D．gave in 13．A.sure B．sorry C．lucky D．ashamed 14．A.nothing B．something C．anything D．everything 15．A.argued B．learned

C．recalled D．talked

16．A.weakness B．carelessness

C．friendliness D．tiredness

17．plained B．dreamed

C．asked D．thought

18．fort B．shock

C．inspiration D．instruction

19．A.loss B．gift

C．stage D．game

20．A.cheerfully B．flexibly

C．equally D．separately

Ⅱ.阅读理解

Childhood was an illusion(错觉) and the illusion was this：everything was bigger. Yes, I mean everything, not just houses and shops and grown-ups, but colors and flowers and journeys, especially journeys which seemed endless. “Are we there yet, Daddy？”

Funfairs(露天游乐场) were huge things that spread for miles around you with noise and lights and exciting danger. Rainy days at home when you were ill seemed to last for ever. Being a grown-up yourself was an unthinkable distant possibility. Every sound was louder, every game was grander, and every pain was unbearable.

As I've grown old, life has become smaller. Tastes have dulled. Surprises have turned into shocks. Days go by unnoticed. How can I regain childhood when it was an illusion?

I have only one repeatable and wonderful way and even in this way I can regain only part of that larger world. I can play upon the stage like a child and make the crowd laugh and laugh with them,