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1、Unit3 Travel journal(30分鐘限時訓練).完形填空I was doing some cleaning and my kids were helping.Suddenly，I found a small box with a _1_ inside.I looked at it and was immediately _2_ to another time.In 1991，I spent five months in Niger，an African country.There were many things I found _3_ about this placethe t

2、errible climate and beggars who noisily shouted “Cadeau！Cadeau！”It means a gift.But something even _4_ happened.One day，a friend and I _5_ neighboring Burkina Faso.Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina，we began to unload (卸下) our luggage.However，out of the darkness，a motorbike with two men

3、_6_ slowly，and without warning，one of the men _7_ my package as the motorbike came close by.Within seconds，the pair were out of sight，swallowed up by the _8_.In the bag there was my passport，money，an airline ticket and some other things.I was in deep _9_.In the weeks that followed，I protected the re

4、st of my valuables and disbelieved in all _10_.All I wanted was to leave this place.Another day，I was stopped by an old woman.“Cadeau！Cadeau！”she cried.Id had enough！I told her _11_，“I have no money.Two thieves took away all my money and how I cant get out of your country.”The beggar listened carefu

5、lly and _12_ my words.“Then I will give you a cadeau，”she said.Kindly，she _13_ an old brown coin in my hand.I looked at it in shock.Although living in poorness，she was still able to give me something that was _14_ to her！I saw then the _15_ beauty of the people of Burkina Faso and appreciated deeply

6、 the quiet dignity (尊嚴) of the poor.With one small coin，she turned my thought upside down.語篇解讀：一次意外的事件使作者對非洲的本地人有了成見，但一個女乞丐的感人舉動使作者的態(tài)度發(fā)生了變化。1A.coin BstoneCcamera Dticket解析：文章最后一段提到婦人給作者硬幣，此時應是硬幣勾起回憶。答案：A2A.welcomed BtransportedCexchanged Dexpected解析：transport在此意為：(在想象中)把帶入特定境地(或特定時間)。答案：B3A.difficul

7、t BcruelCcurious Denough解析：這個地方的壞天氣和乞丐是難以應付的。答案：A4A.luckier BstrangerChappier Dworse解析：發(fā)生了更糟糕的事。這里指后面的被搶事件。答案：D5A.headed for Btalked aboutCsearched for Dlooked around解析：由下一句中的乘出租車到了他們在Burkina的目的地可知，這里指作者和朋友前往Burkina。答案：A6A.continued BfailedCapproached Ddropped解析：一輛載著兩個男人的摩托車慢慢靠近。答案：C7A.seized Bbroke

8、Cborrowed Dfixed解析：由without warning可知，這兩個人接近作者他們是為了搶包。答案：A8A.sunshine BmotorbikeCdriver Dnight解析：前文講到事情發(fā)生在晚上，所以這里指兩個人被夜色吞噬。答案：D9A.debt BloveCtrouble Dthought解析：丟了護照和機票等貴重物品，作者陷入了困境。答案：C10A.plans BfriendsCmen Dlocals解析：后文說到“All I wanted was to leave this place”，由此可知，作者不相信所有的當?shù)厝?。答案：D11A.confidently Bk

9、indlyCangrily Dhopefully解析：由前面的已經(jīng)受夠了可知，作者說話的語氣是氣憤的。答案：C12A.repeated BusedCconsidered Dchanged解析：從后文她給了作者一枚硬幣可知，她考慮了作者所說的話。答案：C13A.threw BputCmade Ddiscovered解析：由Kindly可知，這位女乞丐把一枚硬幣放到作者的手里。答案：B14A.useless BbeautifulCfamiliar Dprecious解析：這位婦女是乞丐，生活很艱苦，這枚硬幣對她來說是很珍貴的。答案：D15A.uncertain BunimpressedCunrea

10、l Dunexpected解析：由作者開始對待女乞丐的冷漠態(tài)度可知，她的行為是作者意料之外的，作者由此體會到了他們讓人意想不到的美麗之處。答案：D.語法填空Everyone knows that earthquakes can damage their property.But actually，in some situations，more damage is done after an earthquake than when it _16_(happen)However，you can do a great many things _17_an earthquake that may h

11、elp to protect your home.Firstly，make sure there is no gas leak.The professional _18_ (suggest) is to turn off the gas line if you can.If there is a gas leak and you cant turn it off，_19_ is recommended that you get everyone out of the house _20_ go to a neighbors to call the fire department.Secondl

12、y，make sure none of the water pipes are broken.Even if you dont see any water leaking，you should call the water company to see _21_ the water is safe to drink.You dont want any one of your family members to get sick because he or she has drunk _22_ (safe) water，right?The last thing you should do is

13、_23_(make) sure the foundation of the house is not cracked or sinking.A cracked or sinking foundation can be a sign _24_ the house may collapse.In that case，leave the house and do not enter it until _25_expert looks at the problem.語篇解讀：本文介紹了在地震后盡量減少損害的方法。16解析：本句是在比較地震后與地震發(fā)生時所產(chǎn)生的損害大小，因此應用現(xiàn)在進行時表示該動作正在

14、進行。答案：is happening17解析：強調在地震之后做大量的保護家庭的工作。答案：after18解析：分析句子結構可知，此處應用suggest的名詞形式suggestion(建議)作句子的主語。答案：suggestion19解析：it在本句中是形式主語，真正的主語是that引導的從句。答案：it20解析：get everyone out of the house和go to a neighbors to call the fire department是兩個并列的動作，同為主語you發(fā)出，因此應用并列連詞and連接。答案：and21解析：if在本句中引導賓語從句，意為“是否”。答案：i

15、f22解析：生病(get sick)應該是因為喝了不安全的(unsafe)水，因此本空應填safe的否定形式unsafe。答案：unsafe23解析：to make sure the foundation of the house is not cracked or sinking在本句中作表語。答案：to make24解析：that在本句中引導同位語從句，解釋說明sign的具體內容。答案：that25解析：expert為可數(shù)名詞，且此處無特指，故應用不定冠詞an來修飾。答案：an.閱讀理解AJust like humans，birds too rely on sound to communi

16、cate.However，they do not have a “l(fā)anguage” in the true sense of the word and instead produce a variety of sounds to convey different emotions.Often，birds recognize their mates (or young) by sound rather than sight.Hungry young birds use begging calls to let their mothers know it is feeding time.Alar

17、m calls，flight calls and warning calls are other sounds made frequently by adults.A new study shows that songbirds rehearse (排演) their songs even in their sleep.The activity in the brain of the birds when asleep is similar to the brain activity when the birds were awake and singing.The team used tin

18、y recording devices to measure the activity of individual brain cells in four songbirds both when they were singing and when they were asleep.Apparently the bird stores a song after hearing it，and then rehearses it later in its sleep.Scientists now believe the birds “dream of songs and tunes” to hel

19、p them master the fine art of singing and that sleep plays a key role in the learning process!Many songbirds learn to sing listening to adult birds of the same species.However，if separated from the adults，the young birds develop sounds which are hard to understand instead of normal song patterns.Res

20、earchers carried out an experiment in which a male bullfinch (灰雀) was raised by a female canary (金絲雀)The bullfinch soon learned the canarys song and when it was later mated to a female bullfinch，Mr.Bullfinch taught his children the canarys songs.Last year，a British survey of Londons songbirds showed

21、 that the citys birds are losing their tunes.Birds could hardly hear one another，over the traffic noise；as a result，instead of copying the sweet notes of the adults，young birds were copying the sounds they heard most often，namely car horns and beeping cellphones!語篇解讀：本文介紹了鳥兒之間是如何進行交流的。26According to

22、 the passage，birds recognize their mates by _.Ausing their own wordsBlistening to their soundsClooking at their appearancesDsinging the same songs解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段.by sound rather than sight可知，答案為B。答案：B27What kind of calls might a young bird make most often according to the passage?AFlight calls. BAlar

23、m calls.CBegging calls. DWarning calls.解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Hungry young birds use begging calls.和Alarm calls，flight calls and warning calls.by adults可知，答案為C。答案：C28The story of Mr.Bullfinch suggests that _.Ayoung birds learn to sing from whom they live together withBbirds only learn how to sing from the sa

24、me adult speciesCits not easy for adult birds to teach young birds songsDa canarys song is more beautiful than a bullfinchs解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段The bullfinch soon learned the canarys song.可推斷，答案為A。答案：A29From the last paragraph we know that _.Atraffic noise makes young birds become deafBbirds in the city ca

25、n sing as sweetly as those in the wildCbirds in the city recognize their mates mainly by sightDnoise pollution causes much trouble for birds in the city解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)末段Birds could hardly hear one another，over the traffic noise可推斷，答案為D。答案：D30What can we infer from the passage?AThe eyesight of songbirds

26、is very poor in most cases.BTheres no brain activity when a bird is sleeping.CBirds have something in common with humans in terms of communication.DDifferent songbirds usually develop the same song patterns.解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段 Just like humans，birds too rely on sound to communicate可推斷，答案為C。答案：CBFew of us

27、 make money by losing sleep.But three graduate students at Brown University in Providence built a company around sleep deprivation.Jason Donahue，Ben Rubin and Eric Shashoua were working late nights in Browns business and engineering schoolsand began thinking about ways to sleep better.They discovere

28、d they werent alone in burning the midnight oil.Around 20% of Americans get less than six hours of rest a night.The friends imagined a smart alarm clock that could track how much time we spend in the most restorative(促使康復的) stages of the sleep cycle：REM(快速眼動) and deep sleep.What would it cost to des

29、ign such a thing？Five years of research,20 employees，$ 14 million in funding and a whole lot of doubting from investors and scientists.The company，Zeo，based in Newton，Mass.，launched its product in June.The Zeo device uses a headband with tiny sensors(傳感器) that scan your brain for signs of four sleep

30、 states：REM，light，deep and waking sleep.The smart alarm clock displays a graph of your sleep pattern and wakes you as youre transitioning out of REM sleep (which is when youre least sleepy)In the morning you can upload the data to the companys website，and so track your sleep over time.The cost，$ 399

31、，includes six months access to one of Zeos online sleep coaches.Most of the feedback comes in the form of Zeos ZQ score showing how well youve slept.“Zeo allows people to unlock this black box of sleep，”says Dave Dickinson，a healthcare CEO.Whether any of this actually improves sleep is up to the con

32、sumer，who will also need to make lifestyle changes like cutting out alcohol before bedtime or caffeine after 3 pm.For now the company is selling Zeo online only.Dickinson also plans to expand to countries such as Australia，where sleep deprivation approaches US levels.語篇解讀：這是一則科普說明文，美國三名大學生研制出一種儀器，能夠

33、記錄睡眠數(shù)據(jù)，從而提醒主人規(guī)律生活，提高睡眠質量。31Why did the three students imagine a smart alarm clock?ATo earn enough money for a scholarship.BTo wake them up on time in the morning.CTo record the length of their sleep time.DTo improve the quality of their sleep.解析：細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第二段的內容和第三段首句可知，他們想象該儀器的目的是提高睡眠質量。答案：D32Which o

34、f the following is TRUE according to the passage?AIt took 14 employees five years to develop the product.BTheir research received a lot of support from investors.CAbout one in five Americans suffers from poor sleep.DAlcohol or caffeine before bedtime affects sleep.解析：細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知，D項正確。答案：D33Which

35、 is the correct order of how the Zeo device works?awake you when youre least sleepybscan your brain for sleep signscget the Zeos ZQ scoredshow a graph of your sleep patterneupload the data to the companys websiteAd，b，a，e，c Bb，a，d，c，eCd，b，a，c，e Db，d，a，e，c解析：細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第四段的內容可知，D項是Zeo的工作程序。答案：D34The Zeos

36、 ZQ score is connected with_.Athe quality of sleep Bthe length of sleepCthe time of waking up Dthe time of going to bed解析：細節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第四段的最后一句可知，Zeo提供的記錄顯示的是睡眠質量如何。答案：A35From the passage we can learn that_.AZeo will have a direct effect on users lifestylesBZeo will have better results if users make proper changesCZeo is reported to be well received in AustraliaDZeo can now be bought either in stores or online解析：推理判斷題。依據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段內容可知，Zeo只是記錄數(shù)據(jù)，只有用戶自己改變生活方式才能從本質上提高睡眠質量。答案：B7