Module 4　课下能力提升(十五)

　　Ⅰ.根据提示写出单词的正确形式

　　1．We got in my father's car and headed ________ (径直) home.

　　2．She was lucky to ________ (逃脱) serious injury.

　　3．The ________ (受害者) received head injuries from which she died a week later.

　　4．The play was a ________ (非凡的) success.

　　5．His novel was published and soon became a ________ (畅销书)．

　　6．After ________ (graduate) from college，I took some time off to go travelling，which turned out to be a wise decision.

　　7．Tell the story ________ (brief) and then explain why you do or do not enjoy it.

　　8．The theory of ________ (relative) is Einstein's theory concerning space, time, and motion.

　　9．The house is ________ (part) owned by her father.

　　10．A bomb ________ (explode) near a supermarket shocked the people in it.

　　Ⅱ.选词填空

　　at war with， earn one's living， be known for， in brief， come to power， be diagnosed with

　　1．The organization ____________ after a long period of fight.

　　2．Here again are today's headlines ____________.

　　3．France ____________ its wine.

　　4．You can't expect to ____________ from your painting.

　　5．In the 1960s，he ____________ motor neurone disease.

　　6．They were ____________ the local Indians and came into the valley.

　　Ⅲ.完成句子

　　1．这个消息震惊了社会，引起了公众对在校学生安全的极大担忧。

　　The news shocked the public, ________________ about students' safety at school.

　　2．香格里拉以其恬静的自然风光闻名。

　　Shangri­la ________________ its quiet natural sights.

　　3．他险些丧命。

　　He narrowly ________________.

　　4．据报道，科学家们正在努力发明治疗癌症的新药。

　　________________ the scientists are trying to invent the new medicine for curing cancer.

　　5．我们应该了解最新消息。

　　We should ________________ the latest information.

　　Ⅳ.完形填空

　　Recently I understood the true meaning of love. The __1__ was Kane, my neighbor Joline's two­year­old son.

　　Kane was born with a physical problem on his __2__. And I witnessed the __3__ that Kane's physical　shortcomings　had on his family. I also witnessed much　more than　that. I saw a __4__ family that embraced (拥抱) this special child. A family that wouldn't allow Kane to know he was __5__. Joline had constructed a small cart just a few inches off the floor for his son to __6__. Kane used his hands to move about, and the cart __7__ him to "go to" any place just as everyone else was able to do. Kane was not just a member of the family, but the __8__ of the family.

With a wide smile, it was easy to see that even at the age of two, Kane liked to __9__ with people very much. With wisdom of an individual, this boy even __10__ the most complex of human emotions. Later I came to __11__ that this child was sent to help some of us who weren't just getting what love was all about.