Unit 3 The meaning of colour 同步练习

Error 同步练习同步练习 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 with 2 Under no shall we give up studying English A cases B circumstances C situations D states 3 It comes from a story the mother s face was partly burnt for saving her child in a big fire A when B where C that D which 4 Can you imagine his father s being of robbing a bank on a dark winter night A accused B announced C reported D declared 5 Aunt Mary gave us sandwiches for our picnic she took us to the destination in her car A In particular B In addition C In fact D In place 6 I strongly believe that you ll grow Lady GaGa when you know her better A liking B to be like C to like D to be liking 7 Travelling can also be very and sometimes even a bit A tired disappointed B tiring disappointing C tired disappointing D tiring disappointed 8 The house was built during Ming Dynasty It is the government A in time of B in charge of C in want of D in the possession of 9 Your speech given at the meeting everyone is taking into careful consideration means much to us all A where B what C as D which 10 Workers sometimes lose their jobs the country s transfer from a planned economy to a market economy that brings wealth and prosperity A in terms of B in case of C as a result of D by means of 完形填空 18 min A The first weeks were a bit hard 1 wasn t the problem I was in constant 2 with partners by e mail 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 nine thirty 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 eleven thirty I d find myself turning on the computer again to solve some work issue that was pre occupying 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 shut in 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 Happiness C Loneliness D Nervousness 2 A discussion B trouble C common D contact 3 A separation B connection C location D combination 4 A advise B forbid C consider D refuse 5 A similarities B mistakes C advantages D sufferings 6 A save B waste C increase D spend 7 A fewer B more C less D worse 8 A common B easy C difficult D regular 9 A allowed B made C let D had 10 A expanded B finished C spread D faded 11 A reduce B gain C repeat D remind 12 A energetic B organized C realistic D exhausted B Shopping 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 car driving 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 one step 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 what I can do 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 U S to ban outdoor clotheslines because clothesline drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood This had led to a Right to Dry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect people s right to use clotheslines So far only three states have laws to protect clothesline Right to Dry supporters argue that there should be move Matt Reck 37 is the kind of eco conscious 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 don t 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 can t 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 drying Two sides Details Support itAgainst it Should be encouragedShould 2 3 a 4 to look at b in view of 5 a reminding people of 6 b housing prices will 7 Actions a 8 waste water b drying clothes in a line a persuading HOAs to ban it b 9 clotheslines by calling the HOA up Results a laws 10 in three states b supported by environmentalists Unit 3 Unit 4 1 B be concerned about 对 关心 在意 2 B under 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 C grow to do 表示 变得怎么样 7 B tiring 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句 先行词是 your speech 在定语从句中充当 take