Unit 3　Under the sea

　　Ⅰ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　May：I am told that you've just been back from the USA. Will you tell me something about __1__ the students there spend their summer vacation?

　　MichaeL：OK, In the United States, summer is the __2__ of swimming pools, barbeques, camping and road trips. Road trip vacations are __3__(particular) popular with college students, and __4__ like to explore the country on wheels. The best part about car trips is that you can stop and

　　explore if you get interested in things you see along the way. And you don't have to plan in advance.You __5__ just get into a car and drive.

　　May：What about the __6__？

　　MichaeL：Even with high gas prices，__7__(drive) with friends is cheaper than flying.

　　May：__8__ what can one do if he or she doesn't have a car?

　　MichaeL：__9__ many college students don't own a car, most have access to one. I once used a __10__(borrow) car traveling from Nev York to New Orleans.

　　答案　1.how　2.season　3.particular　4.they　5.can　6.expense　7.driving　8.But　9.Though　10.borrowed

　　Ⅱ.完形填空

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　　It was the end of my junior year，the weekend before a party.I was__1__around that night with some friends，and a__2__got passed around the car.Everyone was taking swigs(大口喝)．Then

　　the bottle got to me.I took a swig.That was the biggest__3__of my life，I had to drive__4__later that night.

　　About a mile from my house，a policeman turned his light bar on and I__5__over and waited for him to come to my door.“Can I see your__6__and registration please，Miss？”He took them and went back to his car for a while.When he returned，he asked if I had__7__.

　　“Yes sir，”I said.He asked me to step out of my car.

　　All of a sudden I felt cold metal on my wrists.He__8__ me right then and there.As I was sitting in the back seat of his car，all I could think was，“God，I'm in so much__9__my parents are going to__10__me.”

　　The cop drove me to a town twenty minutes from my home. Being arrested was so__11__.The next week I got a lawyer and I went to__12__ two months after that.I got $ 700 in fines，forty hours of community __13__，and had to attend a MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)meeting.I'll be on probation(缓刑)for a year，and I have to__14__driver's

　　education again.And I __15__my license for a whole year!

　　This has been a huge __16__ experience for me.It opened my eyes to how__17__ it is to make a __18__decision.I want everyone reading this to know that it's not__19__ to drink and drive，and it__20__ isn't worth losing your license.

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者一次酒驾被警察发现并逮捕，从此作者意识到，人们要为自己错误的决定付出代价。

　　1．A.walking

　　B．running

　　C．driving

　　D．riding

　　答案　C　[根据下文“a__2__got passed around the car”可知，作者和朋友在“开车”。]

　　2．A.cup

　　B．jar

　　C．bowl

　　D．bottle

　　答案　D　[根据本段第四句“Then the bottle got to me.”可知，此处应选bottle。]

　　3．A.mistake

　　B．change

　　C．problem

　　D．challenge

　　答案　A　[从下文可知，作者因为酒驾被警察逮捕，因此作者认为喝那口酒是自己人生中所犯的最大的“错误”。]

　　4．A.school

　　B．home

　　C．office

　　D．hospital

　　答案　B　[从下文中的“About a mile from my house”可知，作者那天晚上还需要开车“回家”。]

　　5．A.pulled

　　B．swung

　　C．turned

　　D．knocked

　　答案　A　[因为警察打开了灯带，所以作者把车停在了路边。pull over意思是“向路边停靠”。]

　　6．A.identity

　　B．passport

　　C．card

　　D．license

　　答案　D　[根据常识，警察应是查看“驾照”。]

　　7．A.practiced

　　B．eaten

　　C．drunk

　　D．quarreled

　　答案　C　[根据下文可知，作者酒驾被警察发现，因此这里警察是问她是否“饮酒”了。]

　　8．A.fined

　　B．arrested

　　C．scolded

　　D．forgave

　　答案　B　[根据前一句“All of a sudden I felt cold metal on my wrists.”可知，作者被警察“逮捕”了。]

　　9．A.trouble

　　B．confusion

　　C．mess

　　D．wonder

　　答案　A　[坐在警车上，作者意识到自己陷入了“麻烦”中。]

　　10．A.hate

　　B．help

　　C．kill

　　D．question

　　答案　C　[从上下文看，作者十分紧张、害怕，因为作者担心受到父母的惩罚，此处kill是夸张说法。]

　　11．A.boring

　　B．common

　　C．different

　　D．scary

　　答案　D　[根据上下文可知，作者觉得被逮捕很“吓人”。]

　　12．A.prison

　　B．hotel

　　C．court

　　D．church

　　答案　C　[从上文“The next week I got a lawyer”及下文作者受到处罚可知，作者要到“法庭”上接受判决。]

　　13．A.survey

　　B．service

　　C．activity

　　D．communication

　　答案　B　[根据文章第一段可知，作者还是未成年人，因此作者被罚做40个小时的社区“服务”。]

　　14．A.give

　　B．bring

　　C．make

　　D．take

　　答案　D　[从上下文可知，作者需要重新“接受”驾驶方面的教育。]

　　15．A.lost

　　B．kept

　　C．got

　　D．held

　　答案　A　[根据上文和文章最后一段可知，作者的驾驶执照被吊销了一年，lose“失去”，符合语境。]

　　16．A.struggling

　　B．exercising

　　C．learning

　　D．working

　　答案　C　[根据文章最后一段可知，这是一次值得作者从中学习、汲取教训的经历，因此learning符合语境。]

　　17．A.dull

　　B．funny

　　C．puzzled

　　D．easy

　　答案　D　[作者认识到，一个人是多么“容易”作出愚蠢的决定。]

　　18．A.stupid

　　B．difficult

　　C．quick

　　D．happy

　　答案　A　[参见上题解析。]

　　19．A.hard

　　B．right

　　C．cool

　　D．positive

　　答案　B　[作者想要每位读者明白，酒驾是“不对的”。]

　　20．A.necessarily

　　B．gradually

　　C．definitely

　　D．possibly

　　答案　C　[作者最后强调，因为酒驾而被吊销驾驶执照根本不值得，definitely“确实”，表示强调，符合语境。]

　　Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　A

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　　Lincoln's face is familiar to people all around the world, especially the face when he was wearing a beard.But he didn't wear a beard in his early life.When he acted as a judge and then a lawyer，he had two nicknames.The first was Honest Abe.And there are many stories of his honesty both as a child and as he went on throughout all of his life.His second nickname was Homely Abe.He was not good-looking.Then something happened in 1860.That year Abe Lincoln was the candidate(候选人)for President of the United States.

　　Just a few weeks before the presidential election，Lincoln received a

　　short letter from a girl who lived in New York State.Her name was Grace Bedell.Grace wrote to Lincoln about his homely face，but in a polite way.It was a very interesting letter.Here are some parts of it：

　　I am a little girl only 11 years old，but I want you should be the President of the United States very much so I hope you won't think me very bold(鲁莽的)to write to such a great man as you are...

　　I have got four brothers and part of them will vote for you

　　anyway，and if you let your beard grow，I will try to get the rest of them to vote for you.You would look a great deal better for your face is so thin.All the ladies like

　　beard and they would ask their husbands to vote for you，and then you would be President...

　　Lincoln took Grace Bedell's advice，and over the next two weeks he did not shave.By election day on November 6th of 1860，he already

　　had enough beard.And he did get elected.Maybe his new beard had something to do with that.And he did wear the beard for the rest of his life.

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一个小女孩给林肯写信让他留胡子，而林肯竟采纳了小女孩的意见，最后也赢得竞选的故事。

　　1．Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

　　A．Lincoln and His Beard

　　B．Lincoln and a Little Girl

　　C．A Little Girl and Her Advice

　　D．Lincoln and the Presidential Election

　　答案　A　[主旨大意题。全文主要讲的是林肯的轶事即他胡子的来历，故选A最合适。其余选项均不能全面地概括文章主旨。]

　　2．What kind of man is Lincoln according to the text?

　　A．Warm-hearted and ugly.

　　B．Honest and ordinary-looking.

　　C．Strong-willed and patient.

　　D．Characteristic and bad？tempered.

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Honest Abe”“And there are...throughout all of his life.”可知，林肯很诚实；根据“Homely Abe”“He was not good-looking.”及文章叙述的故事可推出，林肯的长相很普通。故选B。]

　　3．Grace Bedell wrote the letter in order to________.

　　A．suggest Lincoln shave his beard

　　B．help Lincoln to get more votes

　　C．give Lincoln some advice on make-up

　　D．persuade Lincoln to wear a beard

　　答案　D　[细节理解题。从倒数第二段我们可以了解到，小女孩写信就是为了建议林肯留胡子，这样会好看一些，所以说她写这封信的目的是劝说林肯留胡子。故选D。A项是建议林肯刮胡须；B项是帮林肯多拉选票，这并不是她写信的目的；C项是给林肯提些化妆的建议，文中未提及。]

　　4．From the letter we can know that the little girl was very________.

　　A．polite

　　B．helpful

　　C．optimistic

　　D．modest

　　答案　A　[细节理解题。从第二段中的“but in a polite way”及小女孩信的内容可知，她是非常有礼貌的，故应选A。]

　　B

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　　There is no question that teenagers need rules, which is often not a difficult thing for parents to give.What can be more challenging is giving teenagers their freedom.It can be difficult to draw the line between the two.However, some issues cannot be changed by discussion and require firm rules.For instance, rules should be established concerning driving the family car.

　　I will admit that I have no problem coming up with rules.To me they make life easier and they leave no room for questioning.What can be more difficult, however, is giving my teens their freedom.I guess there are really two primary reasons for this.One is that sometimes I am afraid to give them freedom.The second is that I'm not always so sure what the freedom should be.

　　It helps that I have a husband with whom I can discuss these problems.We talk about them，give our thoughts and then we come up with an agreement.Sometimes one of us might be more unwilling but we know that there comes a time when we really do have to learn how to let go of the reins (缰绳) a bit.

　　If we try to make life have nothing but rules, we are more likely to see our teen's rebelling (反抗)．They need to know that while we do have certain expectations, we also trust them to begin making their own choices and decisions.How else can they do that unless they are given the space and room to do it?

　　It's really all about balance and I will be the first to admit that it can be a challenge to carry out.However, it is a necessary part of growing up.Yes, teens definitely need rules but they also need freedom.

　　【解题导语】　本文认为对青少年的教育管理需要找到纪律与自由度的平衡。

　　5．According to the first paragraph, it is difficult to decide________.

　　A．whether the children need rules

　　B．whether the children should be given freedom

　　C．how much freedom should be given to children

　　D．what issues require non-negotiable rules

　　答案　C　[细节理解题。根据第1段第2、3句，更具挑战性的是给青少年自由，可知很难决定给青少年多少自由是合适的。]

　　6．According to the writer, only rules without freedom will make the children________.

　　A．strong-willed

　　B．rebellious

　　C．weak

　　D．independent

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。根据第4段第1句可知，如果只定纪律没有自由，我们很可能看到的是青少年的叛逆，由此可知B项正确。]

　　7．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

　　A．Rules are difficult to make for parents.

　　B．Rules and freedom are similarly important.

　　C．We should give children freedom as much as possible.

　　D．Rules are more important than freedom.

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。自由和纪律同等重要。]

　　8．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to?

　　A．Problems.

　　B．Children.

　　C．Rules.

　　D．Reasons.

　　答案　A　[词义推测题。them指代上文的problems。]

　　Ⅳ.书面表达

　　你即将参加学校举办的英语作文竞赛。请根据下面的四幅图画写一篇短文，介绍在过去的30年里人们的通讯方式发生的一些变化。写作要求如下：

　　1．包括图画的全部内容，结构完整；

　　2．可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

　　注意：词数100左右。

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