高一英语模块三课文填空

高一英语模块三课文填空 Unit 1 Fog Fog warning When Polly left home _____ morning, the city was already covered __ a grey mist. ___ lunch, the radio forecast that the mist _____ become a thick fog __ the afternoon. ___ four o'clock, Polly left work and stepped ___ into the fog .She wondered __ the buses would still be running. No buses to King Street _____ out in the street, she walked quickly _______ her usual bus stop. „How far are you going?? the bus conductor asked her ______ he took her fare. „King Street.? said Polly. „Sorry,Miss? replied the man, „the truth is ____ it is___ foggy ___ the bus to run ____ far. Take the Underground to Green Park. The weather _____ be better there and you might be able to get a taxi.? A tall man ___ Polly observed the passengers ___ the train, she had a feeling ___ she was being watched __ a tall man __ a dark overcoat. __ last the train arrived __ Green Park station. _____ the rest of the passengers were getting out, she glanced __ the faces around her. The tall man was nowhere to be seen. Footsteps When Polly got __ the station entrance, it was empty. Outside, _______ she looked the fog lay ___ a thick, grey cloud. There was no one __ sight. Polly set __ towards Park Street. As she walked _____ the narrow street, she heard the sound of footsteps ____________ (approach), ___ by the time she reached the corner of the street, the footsteps _____ (be) gone. Suddenly Polly felt a rough hand ______ (brush) her cheek, ____ she heard a man?s voice in her ear ______ (say) „Sorry.? The man moved ______. She could feel her heart ________ (beat) ____ fear. The helpful stranger Then she heard the sound _____-soft footsteps _____ her. A minute before, she had wished ____ someone to come _____. Now she wanted to run, but fear held her ____. The footsteps seemed close now. Then a man?s voice came out of the darkness. „___ anybody there?? Polly hesitated. At last she answered, „Hello, I think I?m lost. ? A few seconds _____, a hand reached ____ and grasped her arm. Polly found herself ________ (star) ___ at the face of an old man ____ a beard. „Maybe I can help you. ______ road do you want?? he asked. „I live __ 86 King Street.? Polly replied. „Just take my hand.? said the man. „Come ____ me. You?ll be all right.? He took Polly?s hand. „Watch ___ for the step here.? ___ his other hand the man carried a stick. Polly heard it ____ (hit) the step. „I can remember some terrible fogs, but maybe that was before your time. I ____ see your face, but you _____ young. How old are you?? „Just twenty.? answered 1 Polly. „Ah, twenty! __ nice age to be. I was young once. Now we?re __ the crossroads. Turn left here.? „I?m quite lost now. Are you sure you know the way?? Polly was beginning to feel frightened again.? „Of course. You really shouldn?t feel anxious,? He held her hand _____ firmly. The grateful helper „Here we are. King Street.? He stopped. „Thank you so much ___ coming __ my aid.? said Polly in relief. „Would you like to come in and rest ___ a while?? „It?s very nice __ you.? said the man, „but I?ll be ___. There may be more people lost today, and I?d like to help them. You see, a fog ___ bad is rare. It gives me the chance to pay____ the help that people give me when it?s sunny. A blind person ____ me can?t get _____ the road ______ help, ______ in a fog like this.? Unit 2 English and its history All _______ history, people ____ many different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain. The English language is made __ of the grammar ___ vocabulary these people brought __ Britain. That is why English has __ many difficult rules that confuse people. Old English Old English is very different ____ the English we speak nowadays. __ fact, we would not be able to understand it ___ we heard it today. Before the 5th century, people in Britain __ spoke a language called Celtic. Then two Germanic groups ____ the European mainland—the Angles and the Saxons—occupied Britain. Old English consisted __ a mixture of their languages. (___ the English language and the English people are named ____ the Angles; the word Angle was spelt Engle in Old English.) Aside ____ place names such __ London, very few Celtic words became part __ Old English. ___ the end of the 9th century, the Vikings, people from Northern European countries such as Denmark and Norway, began to move to Britain. They brought ____ them their languages, ____ also mixed ____ Old English. ___ the 10th century, Old English had become the official language of England. When we speak English today, we ________ feel puzzled _____ which words or phrases to use. This is ______ English has many words and phrases from different languages, but ____ similar meanings. For example, the word sick came from a word once used __ the Angles and the Saxons, _____ ill came from a word once used by the Norwegians. Middle English Middle English is the name given __ the English used from ______ the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things played __ part in the development __ this new type of English. The _____ important contribution was from the Normans, __ French-speaking people ___ defeated England and took control __the country in 2 1066. ________, the Norman Conquest did not affect English as _____ as the Angles and the Saxons? victory about 600 years earlier, which led __ Old English replacing Celtic. Even ______ the Normans spoke French for the entire 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English ___ the first language. __ the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted __ even more words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). __ is interesting to learn how the words for most animals raised ___ food, such as cow, sheep and pig, came from Old English. However, the words for the meat of these animals, _____ was served to the Normans, came from Old French: beef, mutton, pork and bacon. Old French made other contributions __ Middle English as well. In Old English, the Germanic way __ making words plural was used. For example, they said housen instead __ houses, and shoen instead of shoes. _____ the Normans took control, they began using the French way of making plurals, adding an -s to house and shoe. Only __ few words kept their Germanic plural forms, such as man/men and child/children. _____ the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke French _____ common people spoke English. ______, by ___ latter half of the 14th century, English had come ____ widespread use ______ all classes in England. In 1399, Henry ? became King of England. His mother tongue was English, and he used English ___ all official events. Modern English Modern English appeared ______ the Renaissance in the 16th century. Because ___ this, Modern English includes many Latin ____ Greek words. Pronunciation ____ went through huge changes during this period. ___ course, this was ___ the end of the changes in the English language. The question of ______ English will keep __ changing in the future is easy to answer. ___ is certain that this process will continue, and people will keep inventing new words and new ways of saying things. Unit 3 Lost civilizations Day 1,15 July I feel lucky to have won a place __ this trip. We are in Italy now, and tomorrow we are visiting Pompeii. Next week we are flying __ China, and going to Loulan, which is known __ China?s Pompeii __ the desert. Both Pompeii and Loulan became lost civilizations long ago. Day 2,16 July This morning we attended a lecture _____ Pompeii. The city was founded __ the 8th century BC. In 89 BC, the Romans took ____ Pompeii. It then became __ rich and busy city. Near the city ___ a volcano. ___ 24th August AD 79, the volcano erupted and lava, ash and rocks poured ___ of it ____ the surrounding countryside. It continued __ erupt ___ the next two days. Many people were buried alive, and ___ was the city. _____ unfortunate! 3 Day 3,17 July Today I saw the ancient Roman city of Pompeii __ it was 2,000 years ago. How amazing! The city was forgotten for many years ____ the 18th century ____ a farmer discovered a stone ____ writing on it. People started to dig in the area ____ treasure, _____ caused much damage. ____, in 1860, the area was put _____ government protection ___ it could be preserved and studied. _____ I walked around the city, I saw streets just ___ they had been, with stepping stones _____ the road so you did not have to step __ the mud ___ rainy days! I saw several houses _____ were decorated ____ wall paintings. I also saw the people who had been buried alive. It turns out ____ after the ash covered the people ____ failed to fee the city, their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, ________ (leave) empty spaces to produce true-to-life figures __ the people who had died in the disaster. You can see them today in Pompeii , in the same place ____ the people fell. The volcano is ___ there, but looks very quiet now. ___ is hard to imagine ____ this peaceful volcano destroyed the whole city! Day10,24 July Finally, we arrived ___ Loulan after several days of travelling. This commercial city was busy ____ wealthy about 2,000 years ___. It was __ stopping point ___ the famous Silk Road ________ the East and the west. ___ is believed to have been gradually covered ____ by sandstorms from AD200 to AD400. I am so excited to be here! Day11,25 July An scholar _____ the local cultural institute, Professor Zhang, told us that around the year 1900 the European explorer Sven Hedin discovered ___ ruins of the Loulan Kingdom. Seven found the remains of buildings buried ______ the sand, together ___ a lot of treasures, ________ coins, painted pots, materials such ___ silk, documents and wall paintings. When we went to the city, we saw the city walls, palaces, temples, workshops and towers. We found the ruins ____ interesting. There was an ancient water system that ran _______ the middle of the city. The desert was _____ a green land with huge trees, ___ they were cut down and that resulted ___ the city from being buried __ sand—_____ a pity! Advertisements 广告;宣传 Nowadays,we can find advertisements _________ wherever we go. we are so used ______ them _______ we often do not even realize how many we see and hear in_____ a day. I did some research______advertisements, and have some very important information to share ______ you. What is an advertisement ? An advertisement uses words and pictures ______ persuade people to buy a product _______ service,or to believe _______ an idea. Newspapers, magazines, 4 the Internet, radio and television are _____most common places to find them. There are two ________ types of advertisements--commercial advertisements and public service advertisements(PSAs).A commercial advertisements is one _______ someone has paid________to advertise a product or service. _______ are often run for free, and are meant______ educate people ________ health, safety, or any ______ problem ________affects public welfare. Does an advertisement tell people the ________ truth ? There are laws to protect people _________advertisements __________ cheat people. However, we _______ must be aware _______the skilful methods used ______ ads to try and sell us things. Even ______an ad does not lie, ______ does not mean it is ____-___ innocent. One toothpaste ad declares,' Bright-Teeth fights bad breath!' This statement tries to fool you_______assuming that the toothpaste cures bad breath,______ it does not say that! _______ it says is that it fights it, and that is not the same thing at ______.One grocery tells customers, “You are proud ______your cooking,______ shouldn't you buy the ________ freshest food?' This ad is very clever, _________ it tells customers they are good cooks. ________, it never says that this grocery has _______freshest food! The grocery just hopes_______when you read the ad, you ______feel pleased ______ the nice comment, remember the words' freshest food', and make a mental connection ______ the food______ the grocery.We must not fall ______this kind ______trick! Public service advertisements. ________ all ads play tricks _______ us though. PSAs use some of the same methods, _______attractive pictures and clever language, but they are made _____serve the public. PSAs aim _____teach us and help us lead ______r lives. Our government understands _____ and has been using PSAs to educate people______ many years. China began a nationwide public service advertising campaign ______ 1996,and ______ then various types of PSAs have appeared _______ the country.You have probably seen or heard some of them yourself, such as'Yes to life, no to drugs' and' Knowledge changes life'. these ads deal _____ widespread social concerns. There are also PSAs _________ encourage people to support public service projects, such as Project Hope. _________motto is 'Project Hope--educating every child'. There are ________ PSAs to teach us ________to live heathy lives ._________of these is 'when you smoke cigarettes, you are slowly killing yourself'.” _______of these ads are meant_______ benefit the public, and you can often learn a lot ______ following the advice they give. ________, I wish to tell you this, think about ________ you should do the things the ad suggests, _______ buy the product or service the ad promotes. _______ it comes to advertisements, we must all use our intelligence and not be a slave 5 ______ them! 6