课时作业(十八)

高中英语必修三课时作业(十八) Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”

Section ⅡWarming Up & Reading—Language Points

(本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！) Ⅰ.词汇运用(用所给词的适当形式填空)

1．The first________came from Europe about 1，000 years ago and they ________down in California.(settle)

答案：settlers；settled

2.America is a________country，so its________is rich.(cultural)

答案：multicultural；culture

3．He is ________taller than me，though he has a________figure.(slight)

答案：slightly；slight

4．The students live happily in these beautiful________(surround)．

答案：surroundings

5.She did her best to________her parents and they were ________to see her achievements.(please)

答案：please；pleased

6．There is a________(continent) climate in that place.

答案：continental

Ⅱ.动词专练(用所给动词的适当形式填空)

1．Be careful not ________(cheat) when you________(chat) on the Net.

答案： to be cheated；are chatting

2．My suspicion ________(confirm) when I saw his guilty expression.

答案： was confirmed

3．Difficult as it was，I managed ________(persuade) him into________(give) up his plan.

答案：to persuade；giving

4．The hall was extremely big，________(measure) 200 metres long and 100 metres wide.

答案：measuring

5. He was wandering in the street when he________(catch) sight of his former boss.

答案：caught

6．________(surround) by trees and flowers，our school looks very beautiful.

答案： Surrounded

7．________(climb) to the top of the mountain，yo u’l l see the whole city.

答案： Climbing

8．Rather than ________(ask) her mother for money，she would________(work) and be independent.

答案：ask；work

Ⅲ.选词填空

rather than，settle down，have a gift for，catch sight of，be famous for，leave fo

1．Stephen Hawking______________ his work on the theory of black holes.

答案：is famous for

2．I______________her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore.

答案：caught sight of

3. I tried calling him，but h e’d already______________work.

答案：left for

4．I’d prefer you to do the job yourself，______________to leave it to John.

答案：rather than

5．Tom，do n’t you think i t’s about time you______________and stopped all of this running around?

答案：settled down

6．Lily from Vancouver __________________music，which she gets from her mother.

答案：has a gift for

Ⅳ.完形填空

With arms spread wide and smiling with joy，Bobby and Margaret Valsechi meet for the first time.I t’s a(n) __1__which captures happiness so much that you can almost touch it.The story behind it，__2__，is really sad.Just 23 months ago，Margare t’s son Stephen__3__in an accident.With great sadness，she decided to__4__his organs for transplant (器官移植)．It was a decision that was to__5__Bobb y’s life.

Born with a heart illness，Bobby__6__to live a normal life.But he had become increasingly__7__over the past two years.In March 2010，Bobby was placed on the waiting list for a new heart.His condition got__8__so rapidly that h e’d spent five months in hospital，waiting for the__9__．Without it，he had possibly only weeks to live.“While I was waiting for the transplant，it was a (n)__10__of excitement and fear，” Bobby recalled.“__11__，the hospital got a possible heart and it turned out to be a good enough__12__.”

__13__Margare t’s brave decision，now Bobby is able to live his life to the__14__．Grateful for the second chance to __15__，Bobby sent Margaret a letter expressing his thanks.To their joy，they did __16__with each other two weeks ago and every­one was moved at that moment.“I wanted her to__17__me and how well her son has made me，” says Bobby.“I was nervous about meeting Margaret.But the moment I saw Margaret，I could see how __18__she was to meet me.To be able to thank her in person was wonderful.There are no words to__19__how special it was.”

“I never felt it was__20__to have another perso n’s heart beating in my body，because my body has accepted it happily.Now I feel I’m looking after it for someone else，and i t’s looking after me as well.”

语篇解读Margaret的儿子Stephen在一场车祸中丧生。尽管悲痛欲绝，她依然决定把儿子的心脏捐献给一名陌生患者Bobby。因为她的善举，一个年轻的生命得以延续。

1．A.honor B．place

C．chance D．moment

解析：前面说到Bobby和Margaret第一次见面，因此这是一个令人高兴的时刻。

答案： D

2．A.besides B．at least

C．as well D．however

解析：虽然当时的见面和乐而温馨，但是它背后的故事却令人心碎。根据上下文可知此处是转折关系，故用however。