Unit 4 Making the news课时作业

Language points

第一节 七选五 (共5小题;每小题2分, 满分10分)

　　根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Karen was a social worker. Every day, on her way to work, she had to pass a place where many poor people lived. 　1　 But this changed one day when she met a poor boy named Ben. Ben knew she was the head of social service, and that she could help him. He reached out his hand and said, "Can you help me?I'm looking for my dad. " 　2　 Karen asked, "What's up?" "My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. 　3　 My dad had left us before I was two years old, " said the boy.

　　Karen was deeply moved and asked Ben to take her to his home. 　4　 Karen saw a woman lying in bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Karen, "Please find a home for my son. " Karen took her hand and nodded with tears (眼泪). She got an idea!　5　 Later Karen brought Ben home. Ever since then, the new family have had happiness and laughter.

A. My father will come back with the best present.

B. His hands were so cold.

C. He had no interest in them.

D. I know my father's coming back would be the best present.

E. Her husband and she had no children, and looked forward to having one.

F. He led her to a small house.

G. She had not paid much attention to it before.

答案:1--5 GBDFE

第二节　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四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Accidental discoveries have often opened the door to beauty and wonder. The rock paintings in France that 　1　 15, 000 years, for example, 　2　by two boys who were looking for shelter from the rain. The paintings 　3　 became the "find of last century". Or, the Sanxingdui Ruins, 　4　 by historians as the "Ninth Wonder of the World", were discovered in Sichuan Province by a farmer.

　　　5　 the spring of 1929, Yan Qingbao, then a 3-year-old 　6　, discovered a circular piece of jade(玉)while digging a hole. 　7　 by curiosity, he dug deeper and found a group of about 00 colorful jade 　8　. At the time, he had no idea his discovery would be 　9　important as other wonders of the world 　10　, China's Great Wall and Egypt's pyramids.

　11　, more than 10, 000 relics(文物), dating back to between 1, 000 and 3, 000 BC 　12　 unearthed(出土) at Sanxingdui. These relics　13　 gold, pottery(陶器), bone tools and ivory(象牙)objects. They prove that Sanxingdui contains the ruins of an ancient city that 　14　once the political, economic and cultural 　15　 of the ancient Shu Kingdom - the old name for Sichuan.