Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note课时作业

language points

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Emergency on the Mountain

　　Anna was a 12-year-old girl living in the mountain. Her　1　was to become a village nurse like Leta, her neighbor. She spent almost all her spare time reading the　2　book by herself.

　　This morning, Leta went to Santiago to　3　a short-term training class by a group of volunteer doctors for first aiders to learn medical skills. Before she left, Anna begged Leta to take her along but Leta　4　, saying that Anna was too　5　to learn anything important.

　　Anna was very　6　this morning, so she decided to wander around to refresh herself. On the hillside, she saw Rafi standing on a donkey's bare back, some kids around him. Rafi was only 13, but he was always doing something to get　7　. "No wonder adults don't　8　kids with anything important," Anna said to herself. She had just turned away　9　she heard a few screams and Rafi fell off the donkey. Anna ran to where Rafi was lying and　10　that one of his legs bent a little sideways between the knee and the ankle and that all the other kids were　11　not knowing what to do. She　12　what the first-aid book said about　13　legs.

　　"Vin!" Anna called to one of the boys.

　　"Go and get Rafi's mama and find someone with a truck."

　　She turned　14　the other kids. "Give me your shirts. We need something to　15　his leg to so it doesn't move around."

　　Anna found a strong, straight stick, which she'd use to　16　his leg. She carefully wrapped the boys' shirts around his leg and the stick. When Anna was done, Rafi came back to himself. Anna 　17　comforted him until Rafi's mama came over.

　　Behind her was a neighbor in a pickup truck. They lifted Rafi into the truck, and then　18　down the dusty hillside toward the hospital.

The next day, Leta came to Anna's home. "I heard what you did," Leta said."You kept your head in a(an)　19　. That's an important skill." Anna's face burned.