Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Using language课时作业
I.完形填空
"Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to the garbage can and dropped a few pieces." I __1__, picking them up. __2__ later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I __3__, "Who is throwing garbage?" No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper silently floating __4__ from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my sevenyearold son, Paul.
"Stop making a mess." "It's not a mess. They're __5__." "Sorry, what did you say?" I hadn't heard him clearly.
He didn't answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and __6__ answers a question, especially when he's __7__ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. "Where are my other butterflies?" he asked, __8__ around. Every time Paul __9__ five or more words together, my heart says a __10__ of thanks. But lately he seems to __11__ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are __12__ of the effort.
Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to __13__ them from the garbage, __14__ them off and handed them to my young artist. "Want to see them __15__ again?" he asked with a shy smile. "Oh, yes! They're beautiful," I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his __16__ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul __17__ me to look up at __18__ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces do I miss because I'm too caught up in my __19__ to take time to appreciate what's right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It's __20__ we look at it. Now, I look up.
1.A.laughed B.sighed
C.amazed D.shouted
解析:选B 根据下文的"No quiet sighing this time."可知,"我"叹了口气,把掉在地上的几张废纸捡起来。
2.A.Days B.Years
C.Moments D.Weeks
解析:选C 根据语境可知,一开始只是几张废纸,一会儿"我"发现了更多的废纸。故选C。
3.A.called out B.turned up
C.got in D.added to
解析:选A 这一次"我"不再静静地叹息,大声喊:"是谁在扔垃圾?"故选A。call