Unit 3 Travel journal grammar课时作业

第一节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　In my memory, the large pickle jar (泡菜坛) sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. Dad would always 1 his coins into the jar before he went to bed: first the jar was 2 and there was a merry jingle and then a 3 sound as it was full.

　　Every time Dad took them to the bank, he would look at me4 . "You'll go to college on pennies, son. This old mill (磨坊) town's not going to hold you back and you will 5 here for a better life." No matter how 6 things got, Dad continued to drop his coins into the jar. Even during the summer when Dad got 7 from the mill and hadn't enough money to get food for us, not a 8 penny was taken from the jar.

　　Years passed, and I finished college. Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed the pickle jar, which had 9 its purpose, gone. My dad was a man of 10 words, and never lectured me on determination, faith and alike. The pickle jar had taught me all these 11 far more convincingly.

　　When I got married, I told my wife Susan about the 12 of the pickle jar. The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we 13 at my parents'. After dinner, Susan carried Jessica into my parents' 14 to diaper (给......换尿布) her.

　　When Susan came back, there was strange excitement in her15 . Avoiding being noticed by my parents, she 16 led me into the bedroom. "Look," her eyes 17 me to a spot beside the dresser. To my53 , the old pickle jar stood there, as if it had never been 19 , with the bottom already covered with coins. I knew it was for my daughter.I was too choked with 20 feelings to speak. I just dug down into my pocket and dropped all my coins into the jar.

　　1. A. select B. turn C. throw D. show

　　2. A. firm B. empty C. noisy D. neat

　　3. A. sharp B. soft C. lovely D. dull

　　4. A. strictly B. happily C. hopefully D. sincerely

　　5. A. leave B. work C. forget D. rest

　　6. A. tight B. rough C. dangerous D. violent

　　7. A. separated B. hurt C. paid D. fired

　　8. A. single B. mere C. specific D. similar

　　9. A. lost B. achieved C. benefited D. learned

　　10. A. few B. wise C. quick D. clear

　　11. A. opinions B. advantages C. values D. attitudes

　　12. A. independence B. safety C. design D. importance

　　13. A. appeared B. practiced C. stayed D. wandered

　　14. A. bedroom B. bathroom C. kitchen D. garden

15. A. mind B. head C. face D. eyes