2017--2018学年人教版必修四Unit 3 a taste of English humour reading课时作业
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C.returned D.waved

10.A.At a time B.At one time

C.At times D.At that time

11.A.surprise B.anger

C.amusement D.excitement

12.A.somebody B.anybody

C.nobody D.everybody

13.A.city B.street

C.car D.crowd

14.A.cold B.polite

C.warm D.rude

15.A.poor B.rich

C.mad D.kind

16.A.As B.But

C.And D.Because

17.A.first B.last

C.only D.very

18.A.despair B.poverty

C.sight D.need

19.A.sometimes B.always

C.often D.ever

20.A.saved B.received

C.satisfied D.disturbed

Ⅲ.语篇填空

  (2018·黑龙江牡丹江第一高级中学期中考试)

  As is known to us,the year 2016 has one extra day in it-February 29th.This is because it's 1.     we call "a leap year".Every four years,the year has 366 days in 2.     instead of 365.

  It is called a leap year because hundreds of years ago in England,the extra day wasn't 3.     (legal) recognized.There is a well-known tradition in the UK 4.     (associate) with February 29th,introduced many centuries ago.Women are allowed to break with tradition and propose(求婚) to their boyfriends on this day.This all started back in the 5.     (five) century,when a famous Irish saint made a 6.    (complain) that women had to wait too long for men to propose.According to the legend,Saint Patrick said any female dreaming of a proposal could ask her boyfriend to marry her on this additional day in February.This so-called tradition 7.    (write) in law in the thirteenth century.Scotland passed a law allowing women to propose to men in a leap year.It was said that if the men refused,they had to pay a fine!

  Now in 2016,there are calls 8.     February 29th to become a public holiday.Some people believe that it should be an 9.     (office) day off,because no one gets 10.    (many) payments for working an extra day in a leap year.For the moment though,the British still have to go to work on this day.

Ⅳ.短文改错

(2018·福建三明一中第四次检测)