Unit 4 Global warming课时作业

learning about language

第一节. 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　My name is Margaret. I have been a professional 1 for twenty years. I'm always 2 how sorrow and pain can bring such wonderful gifts as wisdom, patience and love. 3 ， we often get so caught up in the daily necessities and routines that we 4 the very things that can bring us 5 and teach us many valuable lessons.

　　I was hired to 6 a very special lady. I was to prepare meals for her, make sure she took her medicine 7 ， do light housekeeping, and provide transportation to and from the market and her doctor's appointments. All of these 8 were important and necessary so that she could remain 9 . Our focus was just that 10 her to remain living independently.

　　It was on a cold rainy night. She turned her little head and smelt her pillow after she had 11 got into bed. I observed tears running from her eyes. She said, "It's been such a long time since I've had 12 sheets; I love the 13 of fresh clean sheets. I couldn't 14 the sheets myself anymore. Thank you so much for changing my sheets. "

　　Such a simple 15 as smelling clean sheets brought such great joy to her life. That was the day I 16 unconditional care. The next day we sat down and 17 what was important to her, what she liked, and how she had done things all these years. I never knew how much I would enjoy and learn from her 18 her life experiences with me. She was the sunshine in my life.

　　I'm so 19 for the lessons I have learned-the lessons I almost 40 because I forgot to slow down to look and see the beauty that was right in front of me.

　　【语篇解读】　本文讲述了"我"在照顾一位老人的时候，发现仅仅一张干净的床单就让这位老人非常开心，于是就和老人有了很多的交流。从她那里知道了在生活中我们应该停下来，看看周围美丽的景色。而不是一直在赶路，忽视了身边最美好的事物。

1．A.teacher　　 B．doctor