Unit 3 A taste of English humour reading课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　Sometimes I thought I was a good mom. Sometimes, I felt like I spent the day nagging (唠叨不休) my kids rather than __1__ them, especially my strong­willed son.__2__ a family get­together taught me an important __3__.

　　My son was ten at the time and we were on a late night family __4__ trip to Cleveland for the get­together the next day. I was taking my __5__ at the wheel while my husband and my small daughter __6__.My son, full of energy, was wide awake in the back seat.I __7__ to stay awake, too, and I didn't want to __8__ the radio, so I asked him to talk to me to help keep me __9__."Sure, Mom，" he said, "what do you want to __10__？" I told him I'd talk about __11__ he wanted to talk about."How about frogs (青蛙)？" he asked. I said that would be __12__， and for the next hour or so we talked about the __13__ between frogs and toads (蟾蜍), and __14__ - basketball and soccer. He was quite __15__ when we talked about Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson and how they got to be so famous. Now and then he would __16__， but we'd continue to talk as I drove down the __17__ road.

　　About an hour and a half later, when I finally __18__， the bright lights woke everyone, and the magic of our discussion __19__.But I knew that I had taken the first step toward changing a bad __20__ habit with someone I love very much.

　　语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者开车途中为了保持清醒让儿子不断与她交谈，这一路的交谈也让作者对儿子有了更多的了解。

　　1．A.visiting　　　　　　　 B．knowing

　　C．worrying about D．dealing with

　　解析：选B　通读全文可知，经过一路的交谈，作者对儿子有了更多的了解，所以此处指作者觉得自己整天唠叨孩子们，却不"了解(knowing)"他们。

　　2．A.Or B．So

　　C．Since D．But

　　解析：选D　由最后一段中的"But I knew that I had taken the first step toward changing"可知，作者通过路上和儿子聊天对儿子有了更多的了解，之后，她懂得了如何更好地爱孩子，因此这趟旅行给作者提供了重要的"经验(lesson)"。本句作者的收获和上一句作者认为自己不够了解孩子构成转折关系，故用转折连词But。

　　3．A.idea B．plan

C．lesson D．reason