Book5 Unit 3

Unit 3　Life in the future Ⅰ.单项填空 1．They________ two free tickets to Canada，otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go. A．had got B．got C．have got D．get 2．With his wise thoughts about ______nature and the world，Confucius is a great thinker in______history of China. A．/；the B．the；the C．/；/ D．the；/ 3．________ I saw him，I knew he was the very man that the police were looking for.Which of the following is WRONG？ A．The instant B．The moment C．Immediately D．Instant 4．Ladies and gentlemen，please switch________ your mobile phones！The plane is taking off. A．over B．on C．to D．off 5．—How much do I owe you for lunch? —________.It’s nothing. A．You’re welcome B．Forget it C．With pleasure D．That’s right 6．________ the guidance of a professor，I finished my graduation paper ahead of time. A．After B．With C．Under D．In 7．Though________money，his parents managed to send him to university. A．lacked B．lacking of C．lacking D．lacked in 8．Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company，________as 3M. A．knowing B．known C．being known D．to be known 9．The business of the company was growing so fast that the manager had to________more workers. A．take up B．take on C．take in D．turn down 10．The Internet is widely­used，which________ the development of English. A．speeds up B．takes over C．gets across D．turns to Ⅱ.阅读理解 I couldn’t stand fifth grade.I didn’t like the milk that was warm by lunchtime from sitting near the radiator all morning.I didn’t like recess because I could never get a turn on the swing.But most of all I didn’t like my teacher，Mrs. Kelly，because I was sure Mrs. Kelly didn’t like me. Mrs. Kelly never let me pass out books or collect papers.Mrs.Kelly made me sit in the last seat of the sixth row behind David Abbot，the biggest kid in the whole class.David was bigger than most of the eighth­graders，and he never，never took a bath.The only thing I could see all day was the back of David’s head. At the beginning of fifth grade，Mrs.Kelly had explained all the classroom rules including the one about being excused for the restroom.She told all the students that they had to raise their hand with one or two fingers when they wanted to be excused.Then she would know what they were going to do in the restroom.The whole class would laugh whenever anyone held up two fingers to be excused. One Monday in October，Mrs.Kelly said，“Clear your desk and take out your composition books.Today I want you to write a composition called Something Interesting about something you have personally seen.Do not repeat any topics.” “Can we write about Disneyland？”Maureen Murphy asked.Everyone in the class knew that Maureen had been to Disneyland more than anyone else in the whole school. “That would be perfect，Maureen，”Mrs. Kelly answered with a smile. I opened my composition book.I tried to ignore the huge red U for “unsatisfactory”that partly covered the title，My Summer Vacation.I remembered Mrs. Kelly’s comments without even looking at them. It has been brought to my attention that this composition is about your last year’s summer vacation，and you have already written the same trip for a composition last year during the fourth grade.Therefore，this assignment is unsatisfactory.Your penmanship is also unsatisfactory. I didn’t care about the penmanship comment.That was on every assignment I turned in.What bothered me was that Mrs. Kelly would not accept my composition about my train trip to Denver.The only trip I had ever gone in my whole life had been the trip to Denver.In the fourth grade，my composition had been about all the things I had seen from the train windows on the way to Denver.For the fifth grade，I wrote a whole new composition about the hotel in Denver with the glass elevator. Mrs. Kelly wrote an outline on the blackboard.One paragraph for an introduction，then three paragraphs to describe the topic in detail，and a final paragraph for a conclusion.I knew that Maureen Murphy had a composition book filled with E’s for excellent and even S’s for superior while my best grade had been an F. In spite of Mrs. Kelly’s red marks, I really liked to fill the pages of my composition book with words and ideas.I frowned and stared at the back of David’s head. That’s when I noticed that the back of David’s head looked like a brown forest with a long，brown，hairy trail that ran down his neck.He had three big brown freckles peeking out from the forest.The top of his head looked like a cartoon porcupine with brown hairs sticking up all over.David’s ears were reddish tan with pudgy lobes that flapped against his neck when he raised his hand with only one finger.Looking at the back of David’s head，I decided this composition could be different.It could be full of imagination instead of boring and embarrassing because I had never had the chance to see anything interesting，outside of the trip to Denver. I opened my composition book and began to write.I wrote and wrote until Mrs. Kelly said，“Mary Ellyn，this is the third time I’ve called your name.It is time to line up to go home.However，you will stay after and write‘I will pay attention in class’ one hundred times before you are excused.” On Wednesday，Maureen tiptoed around the room in her fancy shoes passing back everyone’s composition notebooks.I ignored her snotty smile and opened my book past all the F’s and U’s.I couldn’t wait to see a beautiful letter at the top of my composition，entitled The Back of David’s Head. By the time I found the page，my whole body was so tense with excitement I almost fell off my seat.But what I saw made my breath stop in a gasp. Across the whole composition，Mrs. Kelly had scrawled a huge U. It was the biggest and reddest U I had ever seen.The red words in the margin swam in a blur from the tears that filled my eyes. A huge tear plopped onto the page，splashing over the comment about penmanship.I slapped the book shut and raised my hand with two fingers.I didn’t care who laughed. In the bathroom，I sat on the edge of a toilet and cried for a long time.After a while I heard the restroom door swish open. “I know you’re in here，Mary Ellyn，” Maureen Murphy’s voice oozed under the green painted metal door.“Mrs. Kelly says you’d better get back in class，right now.” I waited for the sound of the door swishing closed.“You just wait and see，Mrs. Kelly，”I said in a low scary voice.“Someday I’ll show you.Someday I’ll write lots of stories and sell them for lots of money.Someday my stories will be in books！Just you wait and see.” And when I grew up，that’s exactly what I did. So there，Mrs. Kelly！I’m truly grateful to you. 11．The author didn’t like the fifth grade for all the reasons EXCEPT ________. A．the milk B．the break time C．the teacher D．the writing 12．What can we infer from the passage? A．Mrs. Kelly sometimes let the author hand out books. B．Mrs. Kelly demands that students should not go to the restroom in class. C．While writing，Mrs. Kelly didn’t allow students to write the same topic they had written. D．Maureen often went to Disneyland. 13．The author wrote about last year’s summer vacation because________. A．she had no interesting thing to write but the only trip to Denver B．the trip made a deep impression on her C．she was interested in the trip very much D．she liked the hotel in Denver very much 14．Which one is NOT true according to the passage? A．The author decided to write about the back of David’s head. B．The teacher punished the author for her absent mind at class. C．The author’s disappointment was beyond control when seeing a huge U again. D．The author went to the bathroom because she didn’t feel well. 15．From the last paragraph but two we can conclude that________. A．the author wanted to punish her teacher B．the author decided to become a writer in the future C．the author was disappointed D．the author decided to give up writing 16．Why did the author thank Mrs. Kelly? A．Because Mrs. Kelly often encouraged her at high school. B．It was Mrs. Kelly’s criticism that inspired the author to become a writer. C．Because Mrs. Kelly helped her with her writing. D．Because Mrs. Kelly liked the author very much. Ⅲ.短文改错 When I first learned to write in English，I ran into much difficulties.The main problem was in that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English.My teacher advised me to keep my diary.I followed her advice and should put down 100 words or so each day.Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English.One day I wrote a little story and showed to my teacher.She liked it very much and reads it to the class.All said the story was a good one.Their word were a great encouragement to me. 1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.B 16.B Ⅲ.短文改错 When I first learned to write in English，I ran into eq \f(much,many) difficulties.The main problem was in\ that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate eq \f(anything,everything) into English.My teacher advised me to keep eq \f(my,a) diary.I followed her advice and should\ put down 100 words or so each day.Soon I began to enjoy eq \f(talk,talking) to myself on paper as I was learning to express eq \f(me,myself) in simple English.One day I wrote a little story and showedeq \o(\s\up7(∧),\s\do5(it)) to my teacher.She liked it very much and eq \f(reads,read) it to the class.All said the story was a good one.Their eq \f(word,words) were a great encouragement to me.