Unit 3 Travel journal grammar课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　Birthday celebrations are meant to be fun.__1__，they often turn into expensive nightmares with wasted food and__2__gifts.They also come year after year，which means the waste will__3__for years to come!

　　My older daughter__4__four last week.It was the first time ever that we had a real "birthday party" for her.Needless to say，I was incredibly__5__with a number of things to deal with.I planned for weeks and even lost a few nights of sleep over it.Fortunately it worked out really__6__in the end.

　　In order to have a simple birthday party，you need to plan early.By "plan"，I don't mean__7__the menu；this is more about sitting together with the birthday child to__8__about what he or she wants for a party.Planning early will give you time to__9__if problems arise.

　　A birthday party can be incredibly simple if we consider it as a "celebration"__10__a "party"．For my daughter，her birthday was about friends，fun，and__11__gifts with the sick kids in the hospital.She smiled with__12__every time I told a relative or a friend about her choice to give her own gifts to the kids in the hospital.

　　Having a simple birthday party could be hard if you are going against the__13__of friends and the extended family.__14__the rest of the family in the birthday discussion-this will make the process a little easier.__15__your plan to a few close friends，__16__if it needs their cooperation in some way.I had a__17__with a few friends when I planned for my daughter's birthday party.It helped them understand my idea，and it helped me feel__18__with my decision.

　　A celebration does not__19__with just the party.Afterwards，talk about why the day was so much fun with your child，and__20__the best parts for happier and more meaningful birthday parties in the future.

　　语篇解读　如何给所爱的人过一个简单而有意义的生日？你也许能从这篇文章中得到启示。

　　1．A.Otherwise B．However

　　C．Besides D．Therefore

　　解析：　根据前面一句Birthday celebrations are meant to be fun.和后面的they often turn into expensive nightmares...可知此处应使用表示转折的词语。

　　答案：　B

　　2．A.unnecessary B．impossible

C．unpleasant D．unbelievable