Unit 3 The meaning of colour 同步练习.doc

同步练习.单项填空(5 min.)1. It is obvious that you are very _ the present situation of our environment.A. responsible for B. concerned about C. concerned for D. concern with2. Under no _ shall we give up studying English.A. cases B. circumstancesC. situations D. states3. It comes from a story， _ the mothers face was partly burnt for saving her child in a big fire.A. when B. where C. that D. which4. Can you imagine his fathers being _ of robbing a bank on a dark winter night？A. accused B. announcedC. reported D. declared5. Aunt Mary gave us sandwiches for our picnic. _， she took us to the destination in her car.A. In particular B. In additionC. In fact D. In place6. I strongly believe that youll grow _ Lady GaGa when you know her better.A. liking B. to be like C. to like D. to be liking7. Travelling can also be very _， and sometimes even a bit _.A. tired； disappointedB. tiring； disappointing C. tired； disappointingD. tiring； disappointed8. The house was built during Ming Dynasty. It is _ the government.A. in time of B. in charge ofC. in want ofD. in the possession of9. Your speech given at the meeting， _ everyone is taking into careful consideration， means much to us all.A. where B. whatC. as D. which10. Workers sometimes lose their jobs _ the countrys transfer from a planned economy to a market economy that brings wealth and prosperity.A. in terms of B. in case ofC. as a result of D. by means of. 完形填空(18 min.)A The first weeks were a bit hard. _1_ wasnt the problem I was in constant _2_ with partners by email and phone. But I did feel claustrophobic (患幽闭恐惧症的). With wheels on my desk chair and the refrigerator just two feet away， I could work for twelve straight hours without ever standing up. There are no physical _3_ between my living room and work table， so the only way that I found to feel like I was going “home” at the end of the day was to _4_ my use of the working chair. At ninethirty at night， when I turned my computer off， I felt a bit like the family dog reaching the high point of its day: “Whoohoo！ I get to go for a walk！” Then， around eleventhirty， Id find myself turning on the computer again to solve some work issue that was preoccupying me.Meanwhile， I discovered that working this way had _5_. Not only did I _6_ an hour from going to work and back home， I also gained a great deal of control over my time. There were _7_ interruptions than in an office. I could schedule meetings and phone calls in blocks to increase the productive time around them， and the _8_ access to my workspace late at night and on weekends could obviously be of mixed effects. This was especially important to me since， in addition to consulting work， I was writing fiction and planning a new business. Working at home _9_ me to manage all of these activities at once without losing significant sleep. This turned out to be well worth the claustrophobia， which also _10_ as I became more used to the new routine. A short walk in the late afternoon could _11_ the shutin feeling and make me get _12_ again to work through the evening.You might think that， with all this added time flexibility， I would even find a few hours to clean my apartment， but， unfortunately， this never happened.1. A. Sadness B. HappinessC. Loneliness D. Nervousness2. A. discussion B. troubleC. common D. contact3. A. separation B. connectionC. location D. combination4. A. advise B. forbidC. consider D. refuse5. A. similarities B. mistakesC. advantages D. sufferings6. A. save B. wasteC. increase D. spend7. A. fewer B. moreC. less D. worse8. A. common B. easyC. difficult D. regular9. A. allowed B. madeC. let D. had10. A. expanded B. finishedC. spread D. faded11. A. reduce B. gainC. repeat D. remind12. A. energetic B. organizedC. realistic D. exhaustedBShopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the past few decades. 1. _ in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in 2. _ heart of a town. This street was built on both sides with many varied businesses. Here， shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of goods. 3. _ in the 1950s， a change began to take place. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too 4. _ parking places were available for shoppers. 5. _ the streets were crowded， merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces from the city limits. Open space is what their cardriving customers needed. An open space is 6. _ they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centres， or rather malls， were set 7. _ as a collection of small new stores near crowded city centres. Towards the late 1970s， many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the cheapness of onestep shopping， malls were transformed into landscaped parks， 8. _ benches， fountains， and outdoor entertainment. 阅读填空(10 min.)A simple piece of clothesline hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.On one side stand those who see clothes dryers as a waste of energy and a major polluter of the environment. As a result， they are turning to clotheslines as part of the “whatIcando environmentalism”On the other side are people who are against drying clothes outside， arguing that clotheslines are unpleasant to look at. They have persuaded Home Owners Associations (HOAs) access the US. to ban outdoor clotheslines， because clothesline drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood. This had led to a RighttoDry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect peoples right to use clotheslines.So far， only three states have laws to protect clothesline. RighttoDry supporters argue that there should be move.Matt Reck， 37， is the kind of ecoconscious person who feeds his trees with bathwater and reuses water drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9， 2007， the HOA in Wake Forest， North Carolina， told him that a dissatisfied neighbor had telephoned them about his clothesline. The Recks paid no attention to the warning and still dried their clothes on a line in the yard. “Many people say they are environmentally friendly but they dont take matters in their own hands，” says Reck. The local HOA has decided not to take any action， unless more neighbors come to them.North Carolina lawmakers are saying that banning clotheslines is not the right thing to do. But HOAs and housing businesses believe that clothesline drying reminds people of poor neighborhoods. They worry that if buyers think their future neighbors cant even afford dryers， housing prices will fall.Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary， and in view of global warming， that idea needs to change. As they say， “The clothesline is beautiful. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the process of global warming.”Title: 1. _ in clothesline dryingTwo sidesDetails Support itAgainst itShould be encouragedShould 2. _3. _a. 4. _ to look atb. in view of 5. _a. reminding people of 6. _ b. housing prices will 7. _Actionsa. 8. _ waste waterb. drying clothes in a linea. persuading HOAs to ban itb. 9. _ clotheslines by calling the HOA up Results a. laws 10. _ in three statesb. supported by environmentalistsUnit 3Unit 4. 1. Bbe concerned about 对关心/在意。2. Bunder no circumstances 绝不，在任何情况下都不。当其位于句首时，句子结构需倒装。3. B此句为非限制性定语从句，where相当于in the story。4. A句意：你能想象他父亲被控告在一个漆黑的冬夜抢劫银行吗？accuse sb. of sth.控告某人某事。5. B句意：玛丽阿姨给我们野餐提供了三明治。另外，她还用车将我们送到目的地。in addition表示语意递进，“除此之外”的意思。6. Cgrow to do表示“变得怎么样”。7. Btiring 令人困倦的； disappointing 令人失望的。两者均可修饰物(travel)。8. D考查短语意义的区别。in want of需要；in charge of管理；in the possession of 归所有。9. D句中含有非限制性定语从