湖北省宜昌市高中英语 Unit 5 Travelling abroad课课练一（无答案）新人教版选修7.doc

unit 5 travelling abroad第一节：词汇填空：1. but how can you do this when the employer has the upper hand and hundreds of _ (qualify) candidates? 2. both china and america are abundant _ natural resources.3. normally, you do a _ and then nothing happens for months. so youd better ask someone to you to do this job. (recommend)4. it is generally _that reading, as an input form of language learning, plays a crucial role in second and foreign language acquisition. i also that to be true. (acknowledge)5. sometimes a liar is so intent on proving his sincerity hell stare into your eyes for an_long time, trying to prove to you that he has nothing to hide. these new shoes are not very though they are designed for . (comfort)6. behind them all, though, is the _ between economic growth and the environment. they seem to always each other. how can we change the situation and make them not so ?(contradict)7. _ (contradict) as this sounds, i have firsthand experience of its truth.8. these are very simple _, so it is that people should obey them. (require)9. _ is a great comfort to have you so rich, and when you have nothing else to do, i hope you will think of us.10. at present im _ (occupy) with the _ (revise) of my dictionary._ in looking after her chickens, she cant spare any time to have a holiday. (occupy)第二节：完形填空i love a good murder mystery. it is so 41 to watch or read an exciting and interesting detective story and try to solve the 42 yourself. agatha christie is undoubtedly queen of the detective story considering she 43 over eighty books. many people have fallen in love with her 44 -hercule poirot, a famous belgian detective and miss marple, an old lady who is also an amateur 45 .as i am a big 46 of agatha christie, i was excited to47 her house in devon called greenway. i travelled to her 48 by steam train. we went through a dark tunnel and there was lots of smoke. it was a 49 setting for a murder like in her famous novel murder on the orient express. 50 , all the passengers arrived safely!after a pleasant walk through the woods, i 51 the splendid house. i did a tour and i loved seeing where she wrote her 52 . many first editions were on display in a revolving(旋转的)bookcase. however, my 53 part of the estate(房产) was the boathouse. there was a lovely view of the river 54 the boathouse also served a more special purpose-inspiration for a crime 55 . in the poirot novel, dead mans folly, a girls body is 56 in the boathouse. they even 57 the tv adaptation ofthe book at greenway.i really 58 my visit to greenway. it was such a 59 place and i was interested in seeing where agatha christie was 60 to write so many exciting stories.41. a. attentionb. heatc. successd. fun42. a. doubtb. problemc. murderd. method43. a. readb. wrotec. sawd. contributed44. a. creationsb. inventionsc. discussionsd. reasons45. a. guardb. detectivec. creatord. spy46. a. guideb. fellowc. fand. gift47. a. watchb. rebuildc. exploded. visit48. a. houseb. familyc. hometownd. site49. a. perfectb. centralc. colorfuld. direct50. a. sadlyb. fortunatelyc. hopefullyd. surprisingly51. a. fetchedb. gotc. reachedd. mentioned52. a. postsb. novelsc. lettersd. books53. a. personalb. usefulc. rewardingd. favourite54. a. orb. andc. butd. for55. a. sceneryb. sightc. view d. scene56. a. dissolved b. tended c. found d. buried57. a. developed b. filmed c. adapted d. affected58. a. enjoyed b. treasuredc. skillful d. helpful60. a. inspiredb. disappointedc. marked d. honored第三节：阅读理解brooke martins golden retriever(金毛猎犬) kayla hated being left alone or separated. she would howl, pace, and chew on things. brooke learned that other people had the same problem with their pets. she wondered: what if you could talk to your dog if you were gone?working with her father in their garage, the 16-year-old came up with several ideas. finally, she invented a device that allowed pet owners to video chat with their pets! she calls the device icpooch. the dog doesnt have to answer the call, explains brooke. it comes up immediately on the screen on their end. its a two-way audio and videoyou can see and hear each other. with a click of a button you can even send the dog a treat!her invention has earned her a spot competing against nine other finalists in a young scientist competition for middle-school students. these finalists, selected based on their short video presentations, are working with mentors over the summer before heading to the final competition in st. paul, minn.after martins video put her among the 10 finalists in the discovery education 3m young scientist challenge, she was paired with delony langer-anderson, a product development scientist in 3ms consumer health care division. i just lead her down the product development path, langer-anderson told live science. this path includes guidance on how to test the potential product, which combines a video chat device that answers immediately on the dogs end with a dog treat device the owner can remotely activate.one thing i have thought about a lot is, what happens if while the device is on the floor, what if your dog knocks it over, or scratches the screen? martin said. she and langer-anderson discussed this, and martin is now testing materials at a local dog shelter by taping them to the dog house floors to see how well they withstand sharp teeth and claws.the finalists create models they can test, with the guidance from a mentor. their projects include a fuel cell that transforms cut grass into electricity and an app that rewards drivers for not texting or calling. langer-anderson tries to help the students work through the scientific method, testing their hypothesis, in a determined way, so the kids dont get buried in data. she said.24. which of the following would be the best title of the text?a.“icpooch” wins in a young scientist competition.b. a 16-year-o