1、双基限时练 (八) Unit 10 Communication Workshop to build3She chose to become rich together with the other villagers.She _ _ _ to become rich together with the other villagers.答案 made the choice4He tried to work hard at his lessons so that he could pass the test.He tried to work hard at his lessons _ _ _ pa
2、ss the test.答案 so as to/in order to5She found that it was hard for her to work out the problem.She found _ _ for her to work out the problem.答案 it hard.阅读理解What would you do if you were unemployed, homeless and found a large sum of money?Pauline Nichter, 46, and her husband, Robert, 48, had both los
3、t their jobs and were living in a hotel with their 11yearold son, Tom. They were in danger of losing their car for failure to make payments on it.One day, Pauline found a wallet containing a credit card, an airline ticket to New Zealand and $2,394 in cash at a shopping center in the Los Angeles subu
4、rb of Buena Park.“For a second I thought about taking the money， ” she said. “But only for a second. It wasnt our money and we didnt want to set a bad example to our son.” She delivered the wallet and its contents to the nearest police station. Police admitted that they were surprised when the Nicht
5、ers walked into the police station with the wallet and the money.Word of her honesty quickly got out, and a grateful community responded in kind. The Nichters received more than ten job offers and an apartment rentfree for six months. An anonymous (匿名的) donor brought the car payments up to date. Oth
6、ers gave cash. One elderly couple walked into the police station where Pauline had turned in the wallet and asked how much money had been in it. When they were told that amount, the man said, “Then thats what they deserve， ” and wrote out a check for $2,400.At a news conference the tearful Pauline s
7、aid, “Never in a million years would I have thought this would happen to us. What we have received is far more than what was in the wallet.”1How did the persons in the community react to this event?A. Someone gave them a new house.B. Someone sent a new car to them.C. Someone gave them $2,400 in cash
8、.D. Some people offered them some job opportunities.答案与解析 D 由文章第五段可知其余三项表述都不正确。2 “An anonymous donor brought the car payments up to date” means that “someone _ ”A. paid the rest of the payments for their carB. brought the car payments to themC. brought them an uptodate carD. paid all the money for t
9、heir car答案与解析 A 对这句话理解的关键是对“brought . up to date”这个短语的理解。up to date 本意为“直至既定日期” ，由此可推断出该捐赠者将分期付款的汽车款付完了。3The underlined word “deserve” mostly probably means “ _ ”A. pick up B. fail to seeC. fail to hear D. be worthy of答案与解析 D 该句中 they 指的是 the Nichters，而非这对老夫妇。4The best title of the passage would be
10、_.A. Honesty Is MoneyB. Honesty RewardedC. Turning in the Wallet to Be PraisedD. Turning in the Wallet to Be Paid答案与解析 B 最后一段主人公的话说明了文章的主题， “付出”和“回报”是文章的主题。.七选五The American book “Who Moved My Cheese” has been a bestseller all over the world. It tells a story which happened between mice and people. _
11、1_The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, dont be afraid. _2_ The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. Several teenagers are talking about this. Mo
12、st of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris laughs and tells a story about two mice, two little people and some cheese. The four are in a maze (迷宫) looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. _3_The mice realize that t
13、hey cant change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, cant do this. _4_After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: _5_ His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teenagers face, such
14、as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.A. I bought one last week and found it very interesting.B. Instead, use these changes to make a better life.C. However, some strange things happened in a school.D. Its author Spence Johnson has written the book
15、just for teenagers.E. to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly.F. But they find the cheese is gone.G. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese.答案 1.D 2.B 3.F 4.G 5.E.短文改错It is five years now since I graduate from No. 3 High School. Last Saturday, the class that I was on held a get
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