Unit 3 Travel journal using language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)

　　It was Easter 1990，and my family was on a once­in­a­lifetime trip to the Solomon Islands for my sister's wedding.

　　I was traveling with my husband，my four­year­old son and my daughter，who was nearly two.We'd been 1 it was very hot in the Solomons，so we'd 2 lots of light cotton clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer.The only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus that 3 at midnight for the airport so we could make our early morning 4 to Honiara.It was cold on the bus！My husband and I were snuggling (依偎) our children as best we could，trying to keep them 5 ．The bus stopped many times as passengers got on and off, and we didn't take much 6 .The little ones were 7 ，unable to sleep for the biting cold.Then at one stop，an old lady came forward from the back of the bus and paused by our seat.I sat forward to see what she wanted and she 8 out a small knee rug (毛毯)．My little girl reached 9 for it and pulled it tight 10 her.The lady said she'd made the rug herself and，seeing that we were cold，she wanted us to use it.After she went back to her seat, our now­warm children 11 off，and they slept snugly all the way to the airport.Just a stop or two 12 we arrived，the rug lady made her way to the door to get off.I tried to 13 the children to return her blanket，but she protested."No，"she said，" 14 it.I can always make another one！"

　　Over the years，that little blanket became a 15 to me and to my children of the kindness of strangers.I told the story to the children over and over and hung the rug on the end of my daughter's bed so we would see it often.That rug was handmade with the colours carefully chosen.Yet its maker 16 with it to keep my family warm for a night.If ever people were bad or 17 ，it served as a 18 that there is goodness in the world.

　　I am forever 19 ，not just for the warmth that night，but for the lifelong reminder of the 20 of people.That blanket has warmed my life.

【语篇解读】　作者出行参加婚礼，得到别人无私的馈赠，被他人的善良所感动。