Unit 3 A healthy life课时作业

Learning about language

第一节.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　Roland，a carpenter in Virginia，and Sheila had three kids-two boys and one baby Jessica.The baby had been in and out of 1 for the last year because of several diseases.She was very weak and sick.The doctors were not 2 that she would live another year.

　　Taking care of Jessica was so costly that the family felt it hard to 3 it.

　　Things were hard.Roland saw no 4 at the end of this tunnel.Then he saw a(n) 5 in the newspaper："Security guards and contract workers 6 ．$100，000 a year.First$80，000 tax free.$0，000 7 for extending contract an extra year"．He called the number.The 8 was busy，but he kept calling and finally got through.He 9 that the jobs were all taken，but they told him plenty of jobs were 10 ，available.They said，they would give him two weeks of 11 in Texas.Then they would fly him to Iraq for his job.

　　Roland told Sheila he had to 12 this job.He knew it was dangerous；he might get injured or killed，but the money was only too 13 ．Plus the family would have full medical benefits，which would enable the baby to get the 14 she needed.Roland said if he 15 the first year，he would probably 16 for the bonus and a second year.But Sheila was worried.She asked，"What if you get killed？What are we going to do 17 you？"

　　"You can't think like that，honey，"he said."You've got to be 18 ．Think about how well off we'll be in two or three 19 after I bring back all that money.This is the best thing I can do for this 20 ．"

　　Sheila hugged him and sobbed."I don't want you to go."

　　【语篇解读】　本文是记叙文。Roland一家人幸福地生活在弗吉尼亚州，但是最小孩子Jessica的罕见疾病让这个家庭饱受折磨，作为木工的Roland为了拯救这个家庭依然选择奔赴伊拉克战争前线。这份父爱让人感到沉甸甸的。

1．A.bed　　　　 B．hospital