Unit 5 Theme parks reading课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　Whenever Christmas is drawing near, an Iowa radio station has an annual tradition. Listeners send in "wish letters"， and the hosts select some to __1__. They've been making Christmas dreams come true for more than 20 years, but they never __2__ they would receive a letter from a person who was already dead.

　　Last week, the hosts of the station invited listener David Schmitz to their __3__， but the station didn't tell him who had sent in the __4__for his family. They read the letter to him on the __5__："Hello, my name is Brenda Schmitz. When you receive this letter, I will have already __6__ my battle to cancer."

　　The big __7__ made David's eyes swim in tears.

　　David heard three wishes from his __8__ wife. The first was to his new partner."Thank you, I love you whoever you are." And the second："For my family, a wonderful __9__， with many scenic spots where they all can enjoy their companionship as a new __10__ and make memories that will be with them forever." __11__， she wanted to give a night of food and fun to the hospital __12__ that cared for her during her __13__ days.

　　The letter was written by Brenda two months before __14__.She prepared it and asked a friend to send it to the station once her husband fell in love __15__.

　　"I began to know Jayne, my present wife, __16__.On a cold afternoon, I took my little son, Marx, to the __17__ where a group of seagulls were flying over his head.I didn't __18__ it until Marx burst into tears, running to Jayne and asking her to be his __19__， who was playing there with her two children.Later, she became Marx's new mom and she __20__ him as her own son.Brenda will live in our hearts forever."

　　语篇解读：来自艾奥瓦州的一家电台每逢圣诞节都会帮助听众实现圣诞愿望。上周，电台收到了一个与众不同的请求。一位叫做Brenda Schmitz的女士，来信提出了三个圣诞愿望。

　　1．A.praise　　　　　　　　 B．send

　　C．discuss D．broadcast

　　解析：选D　依据前文中的"radio station"和后文中的"read the letter"可知，此处应该是主持人选择其中一些信件进行广播。

　　2．A.thought B．found

　　C．remembered D．assumed

解析：选A　依据上下文的信息，此处是说电台的工作人员们压根儿没有想到他们会收