Unit 3 课下能力提升(十二)
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.I was held ________ for about half an hour on the way here in the traffic jam, thus causing the delay.
2.The ________ look on the girl's face showed that she was greatly terrified at the ________ news.(terrify)
3. In fact, fuels we burn and plant foods we eat give ________ their chemical energy in the form of heat energy.
4.He was about to send an email to his pal on the Internet ________ the system broke down.
5.He'd arrived 20 minutes early so that he ________ (have) time for a cup of tea.
6.The poor little girl ran around the corner and hid under a parking car, ________ (escape) being found in the end.
7.What a mess here! Why are all your clothes still lying about? Get them ________ (pack) at once!
8.Realizing I would be late, I quickly dressed my son and ________ (carry) my bag, went to work.
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.她刚要说话,被她姐姐拦住了。
She ________________ when she was stopped by her sister.
2.你很幸运,免受了惩罚。
You were lucky enough to have ________________.
3.别靠着那墙站着。它随时都可能倒。
Don't ________________. It is likely to fall at any time.
4.上午我上了四节课,感到疲惫不堪。
I had four classes this morning, feeling ____________.
5.你不应该强迫他做他不愿意做的事情。
You shouldn't have ________________ what he is unwilling to do.
Ⅲ.完形填空
I will never forget him.He was a senior manager at Dell Computers and came to speak to us college students about our future __1__.
A young man of my age __2__ a question, "I know internships (实习) are very __3__.But I don't think I'm learning anything because they just have me doing __4__ things like faxing, copying, and other unimportant tasks.Should I stay?"
I will never __5__ what the manager replied.He said, "Please __6__ this, 'Nothing is beneath (对......不好) you.'"He __7__, "When I was a fresh graduate, I wasn't a manager as I am today.My __8__ position was as a mail room employee in our company.I sorted huge volumes of mail and __9__ mail to each one.I did it with a(n) __10__.I took every opportunity to remember faces and names, to __11__ them my attention to details, to show up day after day and to be the most careful employee I can be.And I __12__ the next two years in the mail room!But if you ask me today - is it all worth it?I'll say a firm __13__.My career took off two years later.I am where I am today because I often told __14__ - nothing is beneath me." The speaker's advice touched me __15__.I took his advice to __16__ in the following years.
Book author Michael Gerber has a __17__ opinion: "The work we do reflects (反映) who we are.__18__ we're bored with it, it's because we're bored with ourselves, not with the __19__.How we do our work becomes a __20__ of who we are inside."
1.A.wishes B.studies
C.experiences D.jobs
2.A.raised B.answered
C.improved D.finished
3.A.strange B.easy
C.important D.interesting
4.A.useful B.simple