Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Using language课时作业

I.完形填空

　　"Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to the garbage can and dropped a few pieces." I __1__， picking them up. __2__ later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I __3__， "Who is throwing garbage？" No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper silently floating __4__ from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven­year­old son, Paul.

　　"Stop making a mess." "It's not a mess. They're __5__." "Sorry, what did you say？" I hadn't heard him clearly.

　　He didn't answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and __6__ answers a question, especially when he's __7__ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. "Where are my other butterflies？" he asked, __8__ around. Every time Paul __9__ five or more words together, my heart says a __10__ of thanks. But lately he seems to __11__ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are __12__ of the effort.

　　Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to __13__ them from the garbage, __14__ them off and handed them to my young artist. "Want to see them __15__ again？" he asked with a shy smile. "Oh, yes! They're beautiful，" I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his __16__ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.

　　That day Paul __17__ me to look up at __18__ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces do I miss because I'm too caught up in my __19__ to take time to appreciate what's right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It's __20__ we look at it. Now, I look up.

　　1．A.laughed　　　　　　　 　B．sighed

　　C．amazed D．shouted

　　解析：选B　根据下文的"No quiet sighing this time."可知，"我"叹了口气，把掉在地上的几张废纸捡起来。

　　2．A.Days B．Years

　　C．Moments D．Weeks

　　解析：选C　根据语境可知，一开始只是几张废纸，一会儿"我"发现了更多的废纸。故选C。

　　3．A.called out B．turned up

　　C．got in D．added to

解析：选A　这一次"我"不再静静地叹息，大声喊："是谁在扔垃圾？"故选A。call