人教版必修三Unit 5 CanadaThe True North reading课时作业8.docx

unit 5 canada-the true north reading课时作业阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a mini book excerpts（节选）biography when salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it the townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor. j. d. salinger：a life by kenneth slawenski（random house,$27）mystery（疑案小说）“youre a smart boy. bennys death was no accident, and youre the only one who saw it happen. do you think the murderer should get away with it ?” the boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again. a thought suddenly occurred to annika, “did you you recognized the man in the car, didnt you?”the boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “maybe,” he said quietly. red wolf by liza marklund（atria books, $25. 99）short stories she wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class:some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they dont want to be. some mothers suffer so their daughters wont. some mothers love so their daughters wont. you are free by danzy senna（riverhead books,$15）humor do your kids like to have fun? come to fun times! do you like to watch your kids having fun? bring them to fun times! fun times!s “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have , legally , in the united states right now. why spend thousands of dollars flying to disney world when you can spend less than half of that within a days drive of most cities?happy :and other bad thoughts by larry doyle（ecco,$14.99）1. if the readers want to know about the life of salinger, they should buy the book published by _. a. ecco b. atria books c. riverhead books d.random house 2. the book happy:and other bad thoughts is intended for _ . a. young children b. disney world workers c. middle school teachers d. parents with young children 3. which book describes women with characters of their own?a. happy and other bad thoughts b. j. d. salinger:a life c. you are free d. red wolf bhey, mom, i want you to stop dropping me off at the airport for some trip that i am about to take and start becoming my seatmate. i want to travel with you-just you. i want to explore a new place with a woman who raised me, who put up with my teenager anxiety and my rebellious (叛逆的) college years. i want to see my favorite cities with the lady who taught me basic life lessons, such as looking both ways before crossing the street, how to use a glue gun, and that the most important thing in the world is to help others. i always appreciated the vacations you planned for our family. i also remember how you watched me as i read the great gatsbyon the balcony at midday. i wonder if you felt proud of me. these days, i am sick of traveling to places with wishy-washy(无主见的) friends. i want to travel with a strong woman who can see how capable i am of learning to speak french or hiking on a glacier or eating something as unpleasant-smelling fruit. now i want you to see how much i grow up while abroad-im a different person, mom. and i know youd be different too. i know that someone has shared a similar burst of emotion while diving into australias great barrier reef for the first time. so what do you say, mom? will youthrow responsibility to the wind? i want to travel with you. lets just go-we can go anywhere in the world, just you and i. you can pick the place, and i will do the rest. love, katka4.which of the following is not the life lesson katkas mother taught her?a. looking both ways when crossing the street.b. how to use a glue gun.c. exploring a new place alongside her mother. d. offering help to others when its possible.5.what do the underlined words in paragraph 5 mean?a. keep you promise. b. take care of me.c. change your daily routine. d. have a break from work6.how does katka feel when she writes this letter?a.eager. b. content. c. doubtful. d. upset.7.whats the daughters purpose of writing this letter?a. to thank her mother for all she has sacrificed for her.b. to invite her mother to see the world together.c. to recall her childhood with her mother.d. to show her mother how talented she is.ca kfc in north platte, nebraska received a letter like on other in their mailbox last week. owner rocky said he was shocked to see someone had written his store to apologize for stealing chicken! along with the note were two $1 bills in order to repay for the chicken this “thief” took from the buffet line! wow! talk about an honest cheat!there was no return address on the envelop and rocky says he wishes he knew who this fried chicken snatcher (小偷) was! not so he could catch her and bring her to justice but rather because hed like to give her some free food! rocky said, “it seems as if her conscience got the best of her. i really wish i knew who it was. i would buy her a few meals.”the unknown moral letter writer explained just what went down while she was visiting the fast food restaurant, admitting, “this $2 is for the piece of chicken i brought home with me on tuesday. thats stealing. sorry! i took more on my plate than i could eat and i knew it would get thrown away there because it couldnt get put back on the buffet, so i put it in my purse and brought it home. i do love your chicken!”she then asked for the restaurants forgiveness, since she felt someone else had already forgiven her. she said, “anyway, god has forgiven me and i hope you will too. i will not be so quick to take so much next time. ” lady, you are more than forgiven! you are on your way to being great!8. how did the “thief” apologize to rocky? a. she sent him an email. b. she wrote a letter to him. c. she visited him in person. d. she made a call to him9. what did rocky expect to do? a. bring the lady to justice. b. find out who the lady was. c. reward the lady with money. d. give the two dollars back to the lady.10.the lady took the chicken from the restaurant because she_. a. loved it very much b. preferred to eat it home c. didnt want it wasted d. didnt want to pay for it11. it can be inferred from the text that the writer _. a. disliked the lady b. didnt forgive the lady c. appreciated the lady a lot d. had deep pity on the ladyd astronauts on shorter shuttle missions（使命）often work very long days. tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the days work. this type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the international space station（iss）. iss crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. they work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on earth as much as possible. weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. they can communicate with family and friends by email, internet phone and through private video conferences. while astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy. before a mission, the family and friends of each iss crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the earth. during their mission, the crew also receives care packages with cds, books, magazines, photos and letters. and as from early 2010, the internet became available on the iss , giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing（冲浪）”in their personal time. besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space. many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to l