Unit 4 Making the news language points课时作业

一、完形填空

　　Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer and his wife. One day, having 　1　 their day's labor and eaten their simple 　2　,they were sitting by the fire. And then they had a quarrel over who should 　3　 the door-it was blown open by the 　4　.

　　"Darling, shut the door!" said the man.

　　"　5　,do it yourself!" the woman answered.

　　"I will not shut it, and you shall not shut it," said the man, "but let the one who speaks the 　4　 word shut it."

　　His words 　5　 the wife, so the old couple, well satisfied, went to 　6　 in silence.

　　In the middle of the night they heard a 　7　,and looking around, they found that a wild dog had 　8　the room, and that he was busy 　9　 their food. Not a word, however, would either of these 　10　 people say, and the dog, having eaten as much as he wanted, went out of the house.

　　The next morning the woman went 　11　 by herself.

　　When she was 　12　,a barber entered and said to the husband, "Why are you 　13　 here alone?" The farmer didn't say a word. The barber then shaved(剃)his head,but still he did not 　14　.He shaved off half his beard, but even then the man kept silent."The man is crazy!" cried the barber, and he 　15　 escaped out of the house.

　　At this moment the man's wife 　16　 from the shop. She, seeing her husband in such a(n)　17　 condition, cried, "Ah! What have you been 　18　?"

　　"You spoke the first word," said the farmer," so, please shut the door."

1A.found B.divided

C.began D.finished

答案D

解析他们"做完了"一天的农活,吃完了晚饭,然后坐在火堆旁闲谈。

2A.breakfast B.supper

C.lunch D.soup

答案B

解析根据7空之前的"In the middle of the night"可知选B项。

3A.shut B.paint

C.repair D.answer

答案A

解析下文多处的shut有提示:他们开始争论到底该谁去把被风吹开的门"关上"。另外与本空后的"open"构成对比。