課時作業13　Unit 3　The Million Pound Bank Note

　　一、單元扣點訓練

　　Ⅰ.短語填空

　　1．He was ________ in London, and came to America for further education.

　　2．It wasn't a good thing; ________ it was a huge mistake.

　　3．Success in business is simply a matter of knowing when to ________.

　　4．I found a woman ________ trembling with cold at the corner of the street.

　　5．They found the cave quite ________ when they were walking across the field.

　　6．Don't worry about your accommodation. I'll ________ it.

　　7．________，I don't quite agree to this plan.

　　8．We had a wonderful time in the country. ________ the traffic, we had no difficulty.

　　9．—Shall I go on with the talk?

　　—Sure. ________. They're all listening.

　　10．How do you ________ the sudden disappearance of the murder weapon?

　　答案　1.brought up　2.on the contrary　3.take a chance　4.in rags　5.by accident　6.take care of

　　7．To be honest　8.As for　9.Go ahead　10.account for

　?、?完成句子

　　1．They see a penniless young man ______________________(在人行道上游蕩) outside their house. (wander)

　　答案　wandering on the pavement

　　2．And it was the ship ______________________(把你帶到了英國). (bring)

　　答案　that brought you to England

　　3．The fact is ______________________(我掙路費) by working as an unpaid hand. (earn)

　　答案　that I earned my passage

　　Ⅲ.模仿造句

　　1．I wonder，Mr Adams，if you'd mind_us_asking a few questions.

　　[翻譯]希望你不要介意我把狗帶在身邊。

　　答案　I hope you don't mind me bringing the dog with me.

　　2．His eyes stare at what_is_left_of the brothers' dinner on the table.

　　[翻譯]她看了看剩下的那點可憐的頭發，落下淚來。

　　答案　She looked at what was left of her poor hair and started to weep.

　　3．Well，towards nightfall I found_myself_carried out to sea by a strong wind.

　　[翻譯]他醒來后，發現自己被綁在了一個樹上。

　　答案　When he came to，he found himself tied to a tree.

　　4．The next morning I'd_just_about_given myself up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.

　　[翻譯]勞累了一天后我剛剛就寢，電話鈴就響了。

　　答案　I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang.

　　5．Anyway，I don't think it can be a lake.

　　[翻譯]這孩子剛吃了很多面包，我想他不可能餓了。

　　答案　The child has just had a lot of bread. I don't think he can be hungry.

　　二、閱讀理解

　　(2024·湖南卷)

　　Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? Imagine having your entire house, garage, and yard inspected at any time—with no warning. Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (燈塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on the results. A few times each year, an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station. The inspections were supposed to be a surprise, but keepers sometimes had advance notice.

　　Once lighthouses had telephones, keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching. After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector was aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first. As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes. The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap. Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.

　　Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments. Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection. At the time, people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth, and stuck them in the oven. If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking. He never did.

　　One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house. Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood. This time, though, she used a little too much oil. When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface. “He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight，” Glenn later wrote. After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.

　　語篇解讀　本文主要講述了燈塔巡視員對燈塔的巡視，以及燈塔看守人一家應對巡視的幾種搞笑手段。

　　1．What does Paragraph 1 tell us about the inspection at the light station?

　　A. It was carried out once a year.

　　B. It was often announced in advance.

　　C. It was important for the keeper's fame.

　　D. It was focused on the garage and yard.

　　答案與解析　C　考查細節理解。根據文章第一段第三句“Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (燈塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on the results”可知，巡視員的檢查結果與燈塔看守人的名譽有關。

　　2．The family began making preparations immediately after ________.

　　A. one of the members saw the boat

　　B. a warning call reached the lighthouse

　　C. the keeper put on the dress uniform and cap

　　D. the inspector flew special flags in the distance

　　答案與解析　A　考查細節理解。根據文章第二段第三句“As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes”可得出答案。

　　3．Mrs. Byrnes put the dishes in the oven because this would ________.

　　A. result in some fun

　　B. speed up washing them

　　C. make her home look tidy

　　D. be a demand from the inspector

　　答案與解析　C　考查細節理解。根據文章第三段第四句“In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth, and stuck them in the oven”可知，Byrnes太太將盤子放到烤爐中的目的是讓她的房子看起來整潔。

　　4．If the inspector had opened the oven door, he would have seen ________.

　　A. an empty pan

　　B. many clean dishes

　　C. pieces of baked bread

　　D. a cloth covering something

　　答案與解析　D　考查細節理解。根據文章第三段中的“Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth, and stuck them in the oven”和“If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking”可得出答案。

　　5．The inspector waved his arms ________.

　　A. to try his best to keep steady

　　B. to show his satisfaction with the floor

　　C. to extend a warm greeting to Glenn's mother

　　D. to express his intention to continue the inspection

　　答案與解析　A　考查推理判斷。根據文章最后一段最后三句的內容可知，巡視員揮舞手臂是為了保持平衡。

　　三、完形填空

　　(2024·云南師范大學高考應考)

　　Visitors to the dry, hot Sonoran Desert of the southern Arizona and Northern Mexico are amazed at the many-armed giants. They are the saguaro cacti (樹形仙人掌), a giant which gives the landscape its __1__ appearance. In the dry desert the saguaro cacti can live for more than 200 years，grow to a __2__ of 20 feet, and have as many as 10 arms.

　　More __3__， the saguaro cacti still persist despite the unbearable desert climate. Those that have grown to old age have __4__ droughts, freezes, flash floods, and bush fires as well as the __5__ caused by groups of rats that eat their seedlings (幼苗). Like all other desert __6__， these leafless giants can store water for use during the desert's long dry seasons by __7__ water through their long roots.

　　Naturally，the great saguaro cacti are a(n) __8__ part of the desert life. Actually the giants may be __9__ to many animals, including woodpeckers, owls, doves, bats and insects. In addition, after a saguaro __10__ the age of 10 or so, cold-resistant flowers __11__ at the top of the plants once a year. These flowers __12__ birds, bats and bees, which come for the honey and for the tasty flowers with their black seeds.

　　__13__ the splendid saguaros are plentiful in the Southwest, they are unfortunately __14__. These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars by uprooting and __15__ them to nurseries (苗圃). To protect these southwestern __16__， agents for the Arizona Department of Agriculture go around and __17__ the desert. It's a most important job though a hard one. But without the saguaro cacti, many desert animals would suffer a lack of __18__ and loss of nesting sites. The Southwest, too, would __19__ something of unique importance, since these desert giants have become a __20__ of the dry region.

　　1．A. general

　　B. basic

　　C. unique

　　D. lovely

　　2．A. length

　　B. height

　　C. size

　　D. width

　　3．A. pleasingly

　　B. inspiringly

　　C. interestingly

　　D. amazingly

　　4．A. lived through

　　B. broken through

　　C. cut through

　　D. got through

　　5．A. crisis

　　B. damage

　　C. destruction

　　D. load

　　6．A. plants

　　B. lives

　　C. animals

　　D. creatures

　　7．A. pouring

　　B. squeezing

　　C. pumping

　　D. absorbing

　　8．A. independent

　　B. vital

　　C. original

　　D. mysterious

　　9．A. spot

　　B. field

　　C. home

　　D. camp

　　10．A. turns

　　B. takes

　　C. meets

　　D. gains

　　11．A. come up

　　B. come out

　　C. show off

　　D. show up

　　12．A. call

　　B. trap

　　C. fascinate

　　D. stick

　　13．A. As

　　B. But

　　C. Although

　　D. Yet

　　14．A. in danger

　　B. in demand

　　C. in need

　　D. in control

　　15．A. exchanging

　　B. trading

　　C. offering

　　D. selling

　　16．A. treasures

　　B. decorations

　　C. possessions

　　D. creations

　　17．A. look over

　　B. hand over

　　C. watch over

　　D. turn over

　　18．A. food

　　B. scenery

　　C. water

　　D. flavor

　　19．A. affect

　　B. abandon

　　C. increase

　　D. lose

　　20．A. signal

　　B. sign

　　C. mark

　　D. symbol

　　答案與解析　

　　語篇解讀　本文是一篇環境類的說明文。文章從奇特的形狀、生活特性、經濟價值等方面介紹了Sonoran Desert(索諾蘭沙漠)的標志性植物——樹形仙人掌。

　　1．C　根據下文可知，樹形仙人掌有多達10個手形分支，所以形狀“獨特”，故選unique“獨特的”。general“普通的”；basic“基本的”；lovely“可愛的”。

　　2．B　根據前面的“giant”及后面的“20 feet”可知，此處表示的是“高度”，因此選height。length“長度”；size“尺寸”；width“寬度”。

　　3．D　根據上文可知，游客對樹形仙人掌的形狀驚訝不已，現在更令人驚訝的是它們的適應能力，因此選amazingly。pleasingly“令人愉快地”；inspiringly“鼓舞人心地”；interestingly“有趣地”。

　　4．A　根據上下文可知，樹形仙人掌“經歷”了惡劣環境的考驗，live through“經歷”符合語境。break through“突破”；cut through“抄近路穿過，走近路”；get through“接通電話，通過考試”。

　　5．B　除了惡劣的氣候外，樹形仙人掌還要遭受老鼠的“破壞”，因此選damage。crisis“危機”；destruction“毀滅”；load“負擔”。

　　6．A　像沙漠里其他所有的“植物”一樣，因此選plants。life“生命”；animal“動物”；creature“生物”。

　　7．D　樹形仙人掌通過它們的長根莖吸收水。absorb“吸收”，符合語境。pour“倒，灌”；squeeze“擠壓”；pump“抽出”。

　　8．B　根據下文可知，作為許多動物賴以生存的食物和家園，樹形仙人掌是沙漠“極為重要的”部分，因此選vital“極重要的”。independent“獨立的”；original“原始的”；mysterious“神秘的”。

　　9．C　根據最后一段的倒數第二句“But without the saguaro cacti...loss of nesting sites”可知，樹形仙人掌可能是許多動物的棲息地。因此選home“家園”。spot“地點”；field“田地”；camp“營地”。

　　10．A　樹形仙人掌長到10歲左右。此處選turn意為“到(某年齡或某個時間)”，其后可以直接跟數字。take“帶走”；meet“遇到”；gain“獲得”。

　　11．B　根據上下文可知，這里指樹形仙人掌開花了，因此選come out“(花朵)開放”。come up“走近，被提到”；show off“炫耀”；show up“露面，到達”。

　　12．C　根據下文中的“which come for the honey”可知，樹形仙人掌的花吸引了一些動物，因此此處選fascinate“迷住，深深吸引”。call“召集”；trap“困住”；stick“粘”。

　　13．C　盡管在西南這壯麗的樹形仙人掌很多，但它們卻面臨著危險。逗號前后表示讓步關系，although“盡管”，符合語境。as“因為”；but“但是”；yet“然而”。

　　14．A　根據上題解析可知，此處應選in danger“處于危險之中”。in demand“需求大，受歡迎”；in need“需要”；in control“掌管”。

　　15．D　根據空格前的“These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars”可知，樹形仙人掌被偷去賣錢，sell“賣”，符合語境。exchange“交換”；trade“從事貿易，以物易物”；offer“提供”。

　　16．A　根據全文可知，樹形仙人掌是應該受到保護的沙漠珍寶，treasure“珍寶”，符合語境。decoration“裝飾”；possession“擁有物”；creation“發明，創造”。

　　17．C　為了保護這些珍寶，Arizona農業部派代理人保護沙漠。因此選watch over“監督，保護”。look over“瀏覽，迅速地檢查”；hand over“移交”；turn over“翻轉”。

　　18．A　根據第三段的最后一句可知，樹形仙人掌還是動物們的食物。沒有了它們，就意味著“食物”的短缺，因此此處選food。scenery“風景”；water“水”；flavor“味道”。

　　19．D　西南部也將失去這些極具重要性的東西，因此此處選lose。affect“影響”；abandon“遺棄，放棄”；increase“增加”。