Unit 1 cultural relics learning about language课时作业

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　I've spent most of my career as a traveling salesman. I know there's nothing __1__ than salesmen eating their meals in a coffee shop.

　　One year, my five-year-old daughter __ 2__ a gift into my hands. The wrapping paper was __ 3__ together by a long tape. The contents __ 4__ within felt kind of soft, and I was very __ 5__ not to cause any damage. With excitement __ 6__ from her face, little brown-eyed Jeanine stood __ 7__ beside me while I opened the paper with care.

　　It was a stuffed toy penguin（企鹅） that __ 8__ about five inches tall. Attached to its right wing was a note, __ 9__ , "I Love My Dad!"Tears welled up in my eyes and immediately I gave it a special __ 10__ on my bookshelf.

　　It wasn't long __ 11__ I had to leave for another trip. One night when I called home, Jeanine was very __ 12__ because the penguin had disappeared. "Honey, don't worry; I brought it along, "I __ 13__ her.

　　Since that time, it was the only thing I never left home __ 14__ it. Once, at an airport, a customs inspector __15 asked me to open my bag. And right there, on __ 16__ , was my little friend. Holding it up, the agent's face __ 17__ , "That's the most valuable thing I have seen in all my years on the job. Thank God we don't __ 18 tax on love."

　　Jeanine is in college now and I don't travel as __19 as before. The penguin spends most of its time sitting on my bookshelf - a 20 that love is the best traveling companion.

1. A. harder B. lonelier C. riskier D. busier

2. A. threw B. gave C. pressed D. sent

3. A. tied B. covered C. folded D. rolled

4. A. tied B. hidden C. included D. fastened

5. A. worried B. fortunate C. certain D. careful

6. A. taken out B. given forth C. set up D. taken off

7. A. proudly B. positively C. attentively D. lovely

8. A. made B. possessed C. stood D. designed

9. A. reading B. announcing C. suggesting D. writing

10. A. area B. use C. protection D. place

11. A. after B. when C. until D. before

12. A. angry B. upset C. confused D. disappointed

13. A. expressed B. comforted C. reminded D. explained

14. A. without B. behind C. alone D. in

15. A. politely B. coolly C. friendly D. loudly

A. top B. bottom C. right D. cover