Unit 4 Sharing reading课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　One morning I spent nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times, it__1__ several obstacles (障碍物) in its path. And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour (绕道)．__2__ one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10mm wide. After some __3__ thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked __4__ it and picked the feather up on the other side, then continued on its way. I was __5__ by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect, lacking in __6__ yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome. __7__ this ant, like the other two­legged creatures __8__ on the earth, also shares human failure.

　　After some time the ant __9__ reached its destination - a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its __10__ home. It was there that the ant met its __11__. How could that large feather possibly__12__ such a small hole? Of course, it couldn't. So the ant, after all this __13__ and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the __14__ and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through __15__ it began its journey and in the end the feather was __16__ more than a burden. Isn't our __17__ like that?

　　We worry about our families; we worry about the __18__ of money; we worry about all kinds of things. These are all burdens - the things we pick up along life's path, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to __19__ that at the destination they are __20__ and we can't take them with us.

语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。我们大多数人的生活都是忙忙碌碌，为金钱、名誉等疲于奔命，结果最后才发现它们都是没有用的。作者通过蚂蚁搬东西形象地阐释了这一观点。

　　1．A.brought about　　　　 　B．got over

　　C．came across D．dealt with

　　解析：选C　有几次，小蚂蚁都在路上遇到了障碍物。come across意为"偶然遇到"。

　　2．A.At B．For

　　C．To D．With

　　解析：选A　在某个时候，小蚂蚁不得不越过一条10毫米的裂缝。at one point意为"在某个时候/阶段"。

　　3．A.brave B．tiring

　　C．magic D．short

　　解析：选D　由上文"after a momentary pause"可知，小蚂蚁稍一思考，想出了解决办法。

　　4．A.across B．through

　　C．beside D．behind

解析：选A　小蚂蚁把羽毛放在裂缝上，然后从上面爬过去。across强调从表面通过