Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero课时作业

Using language

第一节.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　Little Lady lost her favorite ball.There were few things that brought this 17­month­old more 1 than playing with her favorite ball.So we went to the store to replace the 2 ball.Little Lady 3 the outing，since there were so many exciting things to get off the shelves.And when we reached the ball passage，she nearly jumped for joy.

　　As we left the passage，Little Lady was 4 and smiling，holding her 5 ball in her hands.While waiting to pay，Little Lady 6 a red balloon that had obviously been used for some activities but was now wandering 7 around the floor like a lost puppy(小狗)．

　　If you think a ball can bring 8 ，wait till you see the sparkle(闪光)in the eye of a young child who has just 9 her very own red balloon.She caught the balloon immediately and held it 10 all the way back to the car.Did she want to hold the ball？No way.She had a balloon.

　　I couldn't help but wonder at how she valued the 11 balloon more than the ball for which I had just paid good money.Is there a(n) 12 we can learn from such an experience？Here are the possible lessons that occurred to me：Why bother to buy something expensive，if your daughter 13 something free？Money can't buy the most 14 things in life.Your child can see 15 where you can't，so listen to what he or she says.

　　How often do we value the 16 things that cost the most？How hard do we work to earn extra money to buy things we do not 17 ？

　　What would life be like 18 we chose to have less of the things money can buy，but chose to have more 19 instead？More time to spend loving our family？More time to spend knowing ourselves？What if we are 40 the red balloon of happiness to chase after a costly ball?

【语篇解读】　本文是夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了作者带女儿到商店买