人教版必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world Using language课时作业(1).docx

unit 1 festivals around the world using language课时作业第一节 阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个 选项中，选出最佳选项。aone of my wonderful memories is about a christmas gift. unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).on september 11,1958, mum give birth to richard. after she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “i promised you a gift, and here it is.” what an honor! i turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. i played with it all day and night. i sang to it. i told it stories. i told it over and over how much i loved it! one morning, however, i found its bed empty. my doll was gone! i cried for it! mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. it had a fever. for several days, i heard mum and dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous. christmas was coming. “dont expect any presents this year.” dad said, pointing at the socks i hung in the living room. “if your baby brother lives, thatll be christmas enough.” as he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. id never seen him cry before. the phone rang early on christmas morning. dad jumped out of bed to answer it. from my bedroom i heard him say. “what? hes all right?” he hung up and shouted upstairs. “the hospital said we can bring richard home!” “thank god.” i heard mum cry. from the upstairs window, i watched my parents rush out to the car. i had never seen them happy. and i was also full of joy. what a wonderful day! my baby doll would be home. i ran downstairs. my socks still hung there flat. but i knew they were not empty; they were filled with love! 1. what happened to the author on september 11, 1958?a. he got a baby brother b. he got a christmas gift. c. he became four years old. d. he received a doll. 2. what does the underlined word “ominous” in paragraph 3 probably mean?a. impossible b boring c. difficult d. fearful 3. which world can best describe the feeling of the father when christmas was coming?a. excitement b. happiness c. sadness d. disappointment 24. what would be the best title for the passage?a. a sad christmas day b. life with a lovely baby c. a special christmas gift d. memories of a happy family 【答案】adcc bat 1,345 meters above sea level, ben nevis is not the worlds most difficult mountain to climb. but things get considerably tricky if instead of hiking shoes you put on a pair of 5-inch high heels, especially if youre a guy. one english teenager recently proved that it was not impossible. ben conway, a 19-year-old art student from london, recently began the challenge as a way to stand out in an application for a scholarship for the school of communication arts in brixton. he started his unusual high-heel climb at 81.m., on jun 27, and was joined by callum mackenzie allen, a friend from his art foundation as his application project. the whole climb took five hours and wasnt the smoothest experience. halfway up ben naivis, one of his shoes broke, so he had to tape the shoes to his feet to make sure they stayed on. the weather didnt make it easy for him either, as he claimed that rained pretty much the whole time, and he had to go against 40 to 50 miles an hour winds. due to these difficult conditions, ben and his friend had to turn back after reaching 900 meters up the mountain besides providing an art school application project, the high-heel climb also allowed the 19-year-old to raise some money for worthy causes, like sals shoes, which provides footwear for barefoot children around the world.“raising money for charity brings happiness to peoples lives and if i can do something ridiculous and bring someone happiness, then thats what its all about.” ben said. 5. what can replace the underlined word “tricky” in paragraph 1?a. pleasant b. boring c. difficult d. smooth 6. why did allen videotape the high-heel climb for ben?a. to prove nothing is impossible b. to record a special experience c. to develop their friendship d. to help bens application7. what does paragraph 3 focus on?a. the difficulties in the climbb. the climbing way c. the terrible weather d. the expected thing 8. what can best describe bens story?a. puzzling b. encouraging c exciting d. frightening 【答案】cdab第二节书面表达(满分25分)阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。the “clean your plate” campaign was started by nongovernmental organizations and activists, which urged people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table. the campaign, launched on the microblog, was soon joined by millions of netizens across china to fight against food waste. the estimated annual waste of grain in china reaches 50 million tons, enough to feed about 200 million people for a year. people from across china support the campaign. the central government has promised to take measures to reduce food waste, take the lead in saving food and follow a simple working style. more and more chinese are saying “no” to food waste. staff members of a restaurant set off a campaign encouraging customers to stop food waste in qingdao, shandong province, on jan. 24. “did you empty the dishes today？” has become the most popular question in china. showing an empty dish also turns a new fashion among chinese netizens. in some restaurants, there are signs reminding the diners not to waste food. some even offer awards to the customers who eat all their food, as part of the campaign to reduce waste. more and more restaurants kindly remind and encourage customers to take their leftovers away. 【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。2. 以约120个词就“光盘行动”的话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：(1) “光盘行动”产生的背景；(2) “光盘行动”的作用；(3) 你对“光盘行动”的看法和呼吁。【写作要求】1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。_【参考范文】when some people started the “clean your plate” campaign in an effort to reduce food waste, millions of netizens joined it and more and more people are taking real action to prevent food waste. im quite delighted by this campaign. as far as i know, while people in developed countries dont have to worry about their meals, millions of people in some poor areas are suffering from hunger every day. though most chinese have enough food to eat, there are still some others who are struggling hard for a little food to fill th