Unit 4 Sharing reading课时作业
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2018·江西八所重点中学联考)A crying little girl stood near a small school from which she had been __1__ because it was too crowded. "I can't go to school," she said to a teacher as he walked by. Seeing her old __2__ clothes, the teacher took her __3__ the hand and found a seat for her in the class. The child was so __4__ that she went to bed that night thinking of the children who had no place to study.
__5__ two years later, this child lay dead in one of the __6__ tenement buildings she called home and her parents called for the __7__ teacher, who had helped their daughter, to handle the final __8__. As her poor little body was being moved, a worn purse was __9__. Inside was found 57 cents and a note scribbled in childish handwriting which __10__, "This is to help build the school bigger, so more children can go to school."
For two years she had __11__ for this offering of love. When the teacher __12__ read that note, he knew instantly what he would do. Carrying this note, he told the story of her___13__ love. He decided to __14__ enough money for the larger building.
A newspaper __15__ the story and published it. It was read by a businessman who __16__ them a piece of land worth many thousand dollars. When __17__ that the school could not pay so much, he offered it for 57 cents.
When you are in the city of Philadelphia, have a look at the school building which __18__ hundreds of pupils. In one of the rooms you may see the picture of the sweet face of the little girl __19__ 57 cents made such a __20__ building. Alongside of it is a portrait of her kind teacher.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。57美分能建造一所学校,你相信吗?本文中的小女孩用爱积攒了57美分,在爱心人士的帮助下,建造了一所学校。这让我们相信爱心能创造奇迹。
1.A.turned up B.turned out
C.turned off D.turned away
解析:选D 由下文可知,由于学校小、学生多,这个贫穷的小女孩被拒绝入校。turn away意为"不准......入内",符合句意。turn up意为"露面";turn out意为"证明是;结果是";turn off意为"转弯"。
2.A.worn B.updated
C.splendid D.expensive
解析:选A 由下文及她两年终于攒了57美分可以看出她的家境非常贫寒。worn意为"破旧的",符合语境。
3.A.on B.in
C.by D.at
解析:选C 介词by在这里表示触及或抓住人或物的某个部分。