高中英语Unit-1-Festivals-around-the-world-同步练习(八)人教版必修三.doc

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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date高中英语Unit-1-Festivals-around-the-world-同步练习(八)人教版必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world 同步练习(八)I完形填空(60分)Dont Take the Fun Out of Youth SportsWhen I joined a private football league a few

2、years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach (教练)said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my 1 That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and

3、 the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didnt give them more playing time in our 6 The coach was replaced.The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 I always wis

4、hed to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldnt be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-olds.I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I would

5、nt eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 .Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. T

6、hats 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed t

7、o relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, its a lot easier to do it well.1. A. class B. club C. team D. board2. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working3. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra4. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure5. A.

8、free B. private C. good D. basic6. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs7. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot8. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training9. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical10. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing11. A. used B. intended C. made D. desc

9、ribed12. A. till B. since C. before D. because13. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big14. A. size B. share C. space D. state15. A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked16. A. sad B. shameful C. silly D. serious17. A. received B. suffered C. brought D. felt18. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered C. re-formed D. rep

10、laced19. A. at B. by C. for D. around20. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed阅读理解(40分)AAbout three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery, a new word may be coined after the inventor o

11、r scientist.It is interesting to observe how many common words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich who lived from 1718 1792 used to sit at the gambling (赌博|) table eating slices (片) of bread with meat in between. As the Lord was the only one among his frien

12、ds who ate bread in that way, his friends began to call the bread sandwich for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language.The word boycott means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something. It comes from a man called Captain Boycott. He was a land agent (代理人)in 1880 a

13、nd he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually (终于)word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. The word boycott became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by

14、Captain Boycott.21. Lord Sandwich was fond of_.A. eating bread all the time B. sitting with his friendsC. playing games with words D. eating bread with meat22. The tenants did not like_.A. to collect rents and taxes B. the harsh land agentC. the English landowner D. to speak23. When the landowner fo

15、und out that the tenants were boycotting his land agent, he_.A. dismissed the CaptainB. praised the Captain and made the word boycott popularC. removed the poor tenants.D. increased the rents and taxes24. The writer mainly tells us_.A. two interesting storiesB. how to use the two wordsC. Lord Sandwi

16、ch and Captain BoycottD. something about the origin of wordsBSay No to Your KidsIt hurts me more than you. and This is for your own good. These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.That was before we entered the permi

17、ssive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave

18、them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing weve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her studen

19、ts so passive and wonders what happened. Nothing, was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to childrens passivity (消极). Were not training kids to work any more, says Klompus. Were talking about a generation of kids whove never been hurt or hungry. They have learned s

20、omebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying go and look it up ,you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid. Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. Its time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. Its time to take the car away, to turn TV

21、off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but its for their own good. Its time to start telling them no again.25. To such children as described in the passage_.A. neither is easy to say yes or say noB. it is easier to say no than to say yesC. it is easier to say yes than noD. neither is difficul

22、t to say yes or say no26. We learn from the passage that the authors mother used to lay emphasis on (强调)_.A. natural development B. education at schoolC. learning Latin D. discipline (纪律)27. Children are becoming more inactive in study because_.A. they watch TV too muchB. they have to fulfill too ma

23、ny dutiesC. they have done too much homeworkD. teachers are too strict with them28. The main idea of the passage is that_.A. its time to be more strict with our kidsB. parents should always set a good example to their kidsC. parents should leave their children aloneD. kids should have more activitie

24、s at schoolCNow is the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers, as most shops and markets are having their seasonal sales. With the same amount of money, you can find different kinds of goods in this city. Women, young and old, rarely resist the attraction of this shopping paradise at this time of y

25、ear. Lovers will surely have an exciting Christmas and New Years Eve celebrations at the Time Square or in the western styled bars. Spending your holiday in Hong Kong will be easy too, as several package tours are available from GZL Travel Service, with four-day tours for less than 15 000 yuan.Tour

26、package 1(3 200 yuan):a 4-day-tour including three nights accommodation, scenic helicopter flight, night ferry (渡船)tour of Victoria Harbor and shuttle bus (公共汽车)to the Peak to view the city at night.Tour package 2(1 880 yuan) : a 4-day-shopping tour including three nights accommodation, tours to Gol

27、den Beach and the Vexwork Museum, shuttle bus to the Peak and shopping opportunities.Tour package 3 (1 480 yuan) :a 4-day-DIY-tour including three nights accommodation in a four-star hotel and total freedom to do what you want, when you want.29. This advertisement is given by_.A. a shopping center B

28、. a Travel Service CompanyC. a hotel D. Hong Kong government30. According to the text, if you want to visit the Victoria Harbor at night with the tour guide, you can choose tour package_.A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 1 & 2延伸探究题I完形填空(20分)Every country has its heroes. The heroes are the people the nation and espe

29、cially the young people _1_. If you get a list of the heroes of a nation, 2 will tell you the potential (潜力)of the nation.If today in America, you ask the high school students 3 their heroes, their 4 would probably fall into three groups. The first group of heroes would be the rock stars the people

30、5 with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent but one 6 if one should hold up rock stars as a 7 The rock stars are too often mixed with drug and their personal life is not all that 8 . The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles. However, one should put more in

31、a hero than 9 things as money and fine clothes.A 10 type of heroes for the American youth are the sports stars. Again you have a person who has a great talent in one area 11 . However, too often the personal like of the sports stars is 12 discovery. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of li

32、fe of the sports stars.A third group of heroes are TV or movie stars. These people may have lots of 13 talent and are quite handsome. It is quite sad that they 14 be held up as a model for young people.Today, the rock stars, the sportsmen, and the actors 15 have become the models of the youth in Ame

33、rica. Really, do you hear a young person say that his 16 is a doctor, a teacher, or a scientist? These people are not 17 and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are 18 people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.What is really sad is that the young try to 19 their i

34、dols (偶像). They like to wear the same clothes as theirs. If the idols today for the American youth are 20 only to rock stars, sportsmen and actors, the future of the youth, as well as the nation, does not look too bright.1. A. like B. admire C. miss D. remember2. A. they B. which C. who D. it3. A. t

35、o give B. to list C. to call D. to love4. A. choice B. advice C. kind D. question5. A. interested B. connected C. excited D. pleased6. A. wants B. hopes C. wonders D. experts7. A. friend B. teacher C. model D. enemy8. A. bad B. simple C. happy D. good9. A. such B. so C. the D. all10. A. another B. o

36、ther C. second D. different11. A. sports B. music C. movie D. teaching12. A. little B. a bit of C. a few D. any13. A. teaching B. running C. acting D. pretending14. A. should not B. should C. must D. may not15. A. both B. each C. all D. none16. A. parent B. husband C. wife D. hero17. A. rich B. poor

37、 C. health D. worth18. A. clever B. talented C. terrible D. weak19. A. change B. praise C. encourage D. follow20. A. enough B. limited C. thought D. great阅读理解(30分)AA good reader is one who can read beyond the lines, seeing ideas implied through the words, and one who can bridge the gap between the o

38、bvious and the suggested, thus obtaining much more information. Lets look at the following sentence: JOHN HENDERSON WAS DRIVING HOME LATE LAST NIGHT FROM AN EXHAUSTING BUSINESS TRIP. As you might have realized, this is the opening sentence of a story. It tells the reader whom the story is aboutJohn

39、Henderson, and when the event takes placelate one night. If we read carefully and thoughtfully we can also infer from this sentence that:1. John Henderson may be a businessman because he has just finished a business trip.2. John Henderson must be very tired because the trip is exhausting.3. John Hen

40、derson must be very eager to get home because he is driving late at night right after this exhausting (精疲力尽) trip.Making inferences while reading will always help us achieve a better comprehension. But we should keep in mind that inferences must be made with care and supported by evidence. In order

41、to make reasonable inferences we should:1. Read and think beyond the printed words.2. Analyze the information given in the text.3. Determine the authors reason for his choice of words.21. According to the author, a good reader_.A. can read between the linesB. should have a large vocabularyC. knows enough grammar rulesD. must have a good knowledge of the author22. From the quoted sentence, you know John Henderson was most likely _.A. a seller B. a man on businessC. a driver D. a traveller23. From the quoted sentence, you know John Henderson had a(an