Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors课时作业

Language points

第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　On one summer weekend, my wife, my son and I took part in a running race on mountain trails (小路). When the race started, our son took off __1__， but my wife and I stayed back and ran together. After some time, while running down a narrow trail, I accidentally hit my left foot on a rock and had a __2__， and in the process I hurt my toe (脚趾) badly. I realized I'd got my toe __3__， but I didn't take off my shoe and sock to check the __4__. Instead, we __5__ running.

　　__6__， after going about half the course, I realized my watch was __7__. Slightly discouraged, I told my wife to go on ahead, and I would return back on the trail to see if I could __8__ it. After running back for some time, I spotted my watch off the trail. I __9__ it up, and quickly put it into my pocket. Then I hurried down the trail. When I was near the end, I saw my son had run back up the trail to __10__ me. He ran with me to the end.

　　As it __11__， both my wife and my son had won first place in their age groups. As I sat down to __12__ after the race, I took off my shoe and __13__ my toe, only to find that my sock was soaked in blood. I __14__ to receive any award in my age group, but the race __15__ had a special award for the most injured runner in the race.

　　So, how does this __16__ relate to you and me in everyday life? Although everyone __17__ to live a comfortable life, the __18__ is that we often face pain and struggle. However, the key to real happiness is __19__ pain into something positive. In other words, __20__ can make us stronger.

　　语篇解读：作者一家人参加爬山赛跑。一路上作者先是摔跤，后又丢东西，因此未能像儿子和妻子那样在组内获奖，但作者却因为脚趾受伤而获得了特别奖励。

　　1．A.slowly　　　　　　 B．suddenly

　　C．anxiously D．quickly

　　解析：选D　根据"but my wife and I stayed back and ran together"可判断父母跑得慢而儿子跑得快，故选D项。

　　2．A.break B．look

　　C．fall D．touch

解析：选C　根据"I accidentally hit my left foot on a rock"可知，作者的左脚不小心碰到了岩石，摔了一跤。