課時作業(十三)　[必修3　Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note] (限時：30分鐘). 完形填空Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was__1__. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.

　　Already she was the first woman to __2__ the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her __3__ was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

　　On the July fourth morning in 1952, the sea was icy and the fog was so heavy that she could __4__see her support boats. Sharks swam towards her lone figure, only to be __5__ away by gun shots. Against the cold sea water, she struggled on—hour after hour—while millions watched on national __6__．

　　Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn't much farther. But what she could see was __7__. They urged her not to __8__. She never had…until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

　　Several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I'm not __9__ myself, but if I could have seen __10__， I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was __11____12__， she tried again. This time, despite the same __13__she swam with her faith and her goal __14__ pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she __15__ it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel!

　　1．A.cold

　　B．numb

　　C．thin

　　D．weak

　　2．A.pass

　　B．diveably

　　5．A.pulled

　　B．swept

　　C．driven

　　D．cleared

　　6．A.scene

　　B．television

　　C．radio

　　D．race

　　7．A.fog

　　B．shark

　　C．boat

　　D．wall

　　8．A.swim

　　B．go

　　C．try

　　D．quit

　　9．A.blaming

　　B．excusing

　　C．crying

　　D．enjoying

　　10．A.coach

　　B．fogbefore

　　D．long.did

　　B．forgot閱讀理解－third birthday just weeks before Grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught Grandma that good health was not to be taken for granted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal Grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing Grandma.

　　I suppose Grandma's primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into Grandpa's quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two－hundred－pound figure, Grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor.

　　Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, Grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, Grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.

　　16．What did Grandma learn from Grandpa's death?

　　A．Good health was not there for everyone.

　　B．She should take dance lessons.

　　C．She had to struggle to live a better life.

　　D．She should wear beautiful dresses.

　　17．How did the author's family feel when Grandma decided to take dance lessons?

　　A．Hopeless.

　　B．Helpless.

　　C．Embarrassed.

　　D．Proud.

　　18．Normal Grandmas usually ________ in the author's point of view.

　　A．took dance lessons

　　B．did some exercises at home

　　C．took care of grandchildren at home

　　D．did some housework at home

　　19．The author felt ________ when he was invited to watch Grandma's match.

　　A．happy

　　B．proud

　　C．excited

　　D．uninterested

　　20．The text is mainly about ________．B

　　Arthur

　　Miller(1915—2005)is universally

　　recognized

　　as one of the greatest dramatists

　　of the 20th

　　century. Miller's father

　　had

　　moved to the USA from

　　Austria－Hungary，drawn like so many others by the Great American

　　Dream. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the

　　early 1930s.

　　Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is burnt out and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

　　When it was first staged in 1949，the

　　play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award，and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.，Connecticut，on the evening of February 10th，2005，the 56th anniversary

　　of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.to the USA?

　　A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.

　　B．He was attracted by the Great American Dream.

　　C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist.

　　D．His family business failed.

　　22．The play Death of a Salesman ________．ocuses on the skills in doing business

　　23. What can we learn about Willy Loman?

　　A．He treats his employer badly.

　　B．He runs the Wagner Company.

　　C．He is a victim of the American system.

　　D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

　　24．After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________．was severely attacked by dramatists

　　25．What is the text mainly about?

　　A．Arthur Miller and his family.

　　B．The awards Arthur Miller won.

　　C．The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.

　　D．Arthur Miller and his best－known play.課時作業(十三)　cold冷的；numb麻木的；thin瘦的；weak弱的。她的身體是麻木的，因為她已經游泳游了16個小時B。　pass 通過，及格；dive潛水；swim游泳；fly飛行。根據首段第三句的“She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.”可知，此處指的是游泳。她是第一個游過英吉利海峽的女人，故選C。　mother母親；record紀錄；success成功；goal目標。句意：34歲時，她的目標是從卡特琳娜島到加州海岸，故選D。　hardly幾乎不；nearly幾乎；clearly清晰地；probably也許。句意：1952年7月4日早晨，海水很冰冷，霧很大，她幾乎看不見她的支援艇。故選A。　pull 拉；sweep掃除；drive開車；clear清除。鯊魚游向她的孤獨的身影，結果被槍響給嚇跑了。drive away“離去，趕走”，故選C。　scene場景；television電視；radio收音機；race種族。根據常識可知，百B。　fog霧；shark鯊魚；boat船；wall墻。根據上文可知，因為霧大她看不見她的支援艇，她能看見的只是霧，故選A。　swim游泳；go去；try嘗試；quit放棄，離開。他們催促她不要放棄(quit)，故選D。　blame責備；excuse原諒；cry哭；enjoy欣賞。“我”不能原諒(excusing)“我”自己。故選B。　coach教練；fog霧；land陸地；California加利福尼亞。如果“我”早能看見陸地(land)，也許“我”就完成了。故選C。　unhappy不高興；unwilling不愿意；unlucky不幸的；unable不會的。根據上文可知因為霧大，她不能看見目標，故選D。　ago以前；later后來；before以前；long長。“時間段＋later”表示“……(時間)后”B。　heavy重的；wet濕的；solid固體的；cold寒冷的。這次盡管有大霧(heavy fog)，但是她很自信，故選A。　heavily重地；easily容易地；clearly清晰地；suddenly突然。這次盡管有大霧，但是她很自信，目標就清楚(clearly)地刻畫在自己的心里，故選C。　do做；forget忘記；choose選擇。句意：她知道在霧的后面的某一個地方就是陸地，這一次她成功了！故選D。　細節理解題。根據第一段的“…good health was not to be taken for granted…”可知選A。　細節理解題。根據第一段的“…we rolled our eyes in embarrassment…”可知作者的家人都感到尷尬，故選C。　細節理解題。根據第一段的“…she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal Grandmothers did.”可知在作者眼中，祖母應該在家做做家務，故選D。　細節理解題。根據最后一段的“My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point…”可知，作者對于祖母邀請他去看比賽感到沒有興趣，故選D。　主旨大意題。根據全文的內容可知是關于祖母的事情，故選B。文章向我們介紹了被公認為20世紀最偉大的劇作家阿瑟·米勒以及他的代表作《推銷員之死》。　細節理解題。根據第一段第二句“…drawn…by the Great American Dream.”可知應選B。　細節理解題。第二段第一句告訴我們，《推銷員之死》是對美國制度的有力抨擊，也就是選項A所說的：揭露了美國商業世界的殘酷(exposes the cruelty of the American business world)。　細節理解題。戲劇中的主人公Willy Loman最終自殺，成為了殘酷的美國商業制度的犧牲品(victim)。　推理判斷題。由第三段可知，該劇第一次上演就受到了好評，獲得了三項大獎，成為第一個獲得三項主要大獎的戲劇。由此可以看出，該劇本取得了巨大的成功，即選項所說的。　主旨大意題。縱觀全文可以看出，文章由兩部分組成：20世紀最偉大的劇作家阿瑟·米勒以及他最著名的劇本《推銷員之死》的劇情、所取得的獎項。由此可以看出D項最能概括全文。

　　課時作業(十三)　[必修3　Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note] (限時：30分鐘). 完形填空Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was__1__. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.

　　Already she was the first woman to __2__ the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her __3__ was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

　　On the July fourth morning in 1952, the sea was icy and the fog was so heavy that she could __4__see her support boats. Sharks swam towards her lone figure, only to be __5__ away by gun shots. Against the cold sea water, she struggled on—hour after hour—while millions watched on national __6__．

　　Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn't much farther. But what she could see was __7__. They urged her not to __8__. She never had…until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

　　Several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I'm not __9__ myself, but if I could have seen __10__， I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was __11____12__， she tried again. This time, despite the same __13__she swam with her faith and her goal __14__ pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she __15__ it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel!

　　1．A.cold

　　B．numb

　　C．thin

　　D．weak

　　2．A.pass

　　B．diveably

　　5．A.pulled

　　B．swept

　　C．driven

　　D．cleared

　　6．A.scene

　　B．television

　　C．radio

　　D．race

　　7．A.fog

　　B．shark

　　C．boat

　　D．wall

　　8．A.swim

　　B．go

　　C．try

　　D．quit

　　9．A.blaming

　　B．excusing

　　C．crying

　　D．enjoying

　　10．A.coach

　　B．fogbefore

　　D．long.did

　　B．forgot閱讀理解－third birthday just weeks before Grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught Grandma that good health was not to be taken for granted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal Grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing Grandma.

　　I suppose Grandma's primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into Grandpa's quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two－hundred－pound figure, Grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor.

　　Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, Grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, Grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.

　　16．What did Grandma learn from Grandpa's death?

　　A．Good health was not there for everyone.

　　B．She should take dance lessons.

　　C．She had to struggle to live a better life.

　　D．She should wear beautiful dresses.

　　17．How did the author's family feel when Grandma decided to take dance lessons?

　　A．Hopeless.

　　B．Helpless.

　　C．Embarrassed.

　　D．Proud.

　　18．Normal Grandmas usually ________ in the author's point of view.

　　A．took dance lessons

　　B．did some exercises at home

　　C．took care of grandchildren at home

　　D．did some housework at home

　　19．The author felt ________ when he was invited to watch Grandma's match.

　　A．happy

　　B．proud

　　C．excited

　　D．uninterested

　　20．The text is mainly about ________．B

　　Arthur

　　Miller(1915—2005)is universally

　　recognized

　　as one of the greatest dramatists

　　of the 20th

　　century. Miller's father

　　had

　　moved to the USA from

　　Austria－Hungary，drawn like so many others by the Great American

　　Dream. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the

　　early 1930s.

　　Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is burnt out and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

　　When it was first staged in 1949，the

　　play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award，and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.，Connecticut，on the evening of February 10th，2005，the 56th anniversary

　　of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.to the USA?

　　A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.

　　B．He was attracted by the Great American Dream.

　　C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist.

　　D．His family business failed.

　　22．The play Death of a Salesman ________．ocuses on the skills in doing business

　　23. What can we learn about Willy Loman?

　　A．He treats his employer badly.

　　B．He runs the Wagner Company.

　　C．He is a victim of the American system.

　　D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

　　24．After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________．was severely attacked by dramatists

　　25．What is the text mainly about?

　　A．Arthur Miller and his family.

　　B．The awards Arthur Miller won.

　　C．The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.

　　D．Arthur Miller and his best－known play.課時作業(十三)　cold冷的；numb麻木的；thin瘦的；weak弱的。她的身體是麻木的，因為她已經游泳游了16個小時B。　pass 通過，及格；dive潛水；swim游泳；fly飛行。根據首段第三句的“She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.”可知，此處指的是游泳。她是第一個游過英吉利海峽的女人，故選C。　mother母親；record紀錄；success成功；goal目標。句意：34歲時，她的目標是從卡特琳娜島到加州海岸，故選D。　hardly幾乎不；nearly幾乎；clearly清晰地；probably也許。句意：1952年7月4日早晨，海水很冰冷，霧很大，她幾乎看不見她的支援艇。故選A。　pull 拉；sweep掃除；drive開車；clear清除。鯊魚游向她的孤獨的身影，結果被槍響給嚇跑了。drive away“離去，趕走”，故選C。　scene場景；television電視；radio收音機；race種族。根據常識可知，百B。　fog霧；shark鯊魚；boat船；wall墻。根據上文可知，因為霧大她看不見她的支援艇，她能看見的只是霧，故選A。　swim游泳；go去；try嘗試；quit放棄，離開。他們催促她不要放棄(quit)，故選D。　blame責備；excuse原諒；cry哭；enjoy欣賞。“我”不能原諒(excusing)“我”自己。故選B。　coach教練；fog霧；land陸地；California加利福尼亞。如果“我”早能看見陸地(land)，也許“我”就完成了。故選C。　unhappy不高興；unwilling不愿意；unlucky不幸的；unable不會的。根據上文可知因為霧大，她不能看見目標，故選D。　ago以前；later后來；before以前；long長。“時間段＋later”表示“……(時間)后”B。　heavy重的；wet濕的；solid固體的；cold寒冷的。這次盡管有大霧(heavy fog)，但是她很自信，故選A。　heavily重地；easily容易地；clearly清晰地；suddenly突然。這次盡管有大霧，但是她很自信，目標就清楚(clearly)地刻畫在自己的心里，故選C。　do做；forget忘記；choose選擇。句意：她知道在霧的后面的某一個地方就是陸地，這一次她成功了！故選D。　細節理解題。根據第一段的“…good health was not to be taken for granted…”可知選A。　細節理解題。根據第一段的“…we rolled our eyes in embarrassment…”可知作者的家人都感到尷尬，故選C。　細節理解題。根據第一段的“…she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal Grandmothers did.”可知在作者眼中，祖母應該在家做做家務，故選D。　細節理解題。根據最后一段的“My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point…”可知，作者對于祖母邀請他去看比賽感到沒有興趣，故選D。　主旨大意題。根據全文的內容可知是關于祖母的事情，故選B。文章向我們介紹了被公認為20世紀最偉大的劇作家阿瑟·米勒以及他的代表作《推銷員之死》。　細節理解題。根據第一段第二句“…drawn…by the Great American Dream.”可知應選B。　細節理解題。第二段第一句告訴我們，《推銷員之死》是對美國制度的有力抨擊，也就是選項A所說的：揭露了美國商業世界的殘酷(exposes the cruelty of the American business world)。　細節理解題。戲劇中的主人公Willy Loman最終自殺，成為了殘酷的美國商業制度的犧牲品(victim)。　推理判斷題。由第三段可知，該劇第一次上演就受到了好評，獲得了三項大獎，成為第一個獲得三項主要大獎的戲劇。由此可以看出，該劇本取得了巨大的成功，即選項所說的。　主旨大意題。縱觀全文可以看出，文章由兩部分組成：20世紀最偉大的劇作家阿瑟·米勒以及他最著名的劇本《推銷員之死》的劇情、所取得的獎項。由此可以看出D項最能概括全文。