1、Unit 5 Canada“The True North”课时作业18.单句语法填空1The hall was extremely big, _ (measure) 200 metres long and 100 metres wide.240% of the population _ (be) farmers in China.3Susan managed _ (climb) out of the car, apparently unhurt.4A bus accident happened yesterday. Luckily, only a few passengers aboard w
2、ere _ (slight) injured.5They had a long chat _ each other _ their future.6Dont leave matches or cigarettes on the table _ the reach of little children.7I would rather you _ (tell) me the truth yesterday.8_ (surround) by a group of children, he gave a speech on family education.9There is no such kind
3、 of modern hospital in the _ (surround) areas.10Weather _ (permit), we still start early tomorrow.答案1measuring2.are3.to climb4.slightly5.with; about6within7.had told8.Surrounded9.surrounding10permitting.用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空settle down， rather than， catch sight of， manage to (do)， have a gift for1_ leave
4、the work to John, I prefer to do it myself.2I was wandering in the street when I _ Tom chatting with a girl.3After John came back from abroad, he decided to _ in his hometown.4My little brother _ singing songs. He has a golden voice.5In spite of bad weather, we _ get to the airport in time.答案1Rather
5、 than2.caught sight of3.settle down4has a gift for5.managed to.完形填空One of the most inspiring quotes (名言) I ever heard was by Brian Tracy. He said：“The _1_ between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people _2_ many more times than unsuccessful people.”I deeply understood the
6、 _3_ of the quote soon after my first book was published.I was living in Atlanta at the time and _4_ my first signing sale for my new book at the Phoenix and Dragon, the largest bookstore in the city. Although a nice sign was placed outside the room _5_ images of both me and my book, The 9 Insights
7、of the Wealthy Soul, not a single customer entered the room. _6_ each minute passed, I became increasingly _7_.At 6：25 pm, just before the stores _8_， I began to get myself ready to leave. At that moment, just when I couldnt fall any _9_， a middleaged couple walked into the room. I managed to _10_ m
8、y emotions and introduced myself and my book.The couple turned the pages, and the husband _11_ to his wife. She then told me, “I think well get the book.” Despite the impulse (冲动) to jump _12_， and hold their hands to thank them for being my _13_ readers, I realized the woman was trying to say somet
9、hing else.“The _14_ why were buying it is that our son died two years ago，” she said. “Maybe your book will help us _15_ it.”At that moment, I knew if I had never sold a copy of the book, my four years of _16_ would be meaningless.Although I would have many more challenging years _17_ my book became
10、 a bestseller, this couples story was all the _18_ I needed at that point to keep me _19_.Thanks to them, I would realize that the greatest of lives are made all in the same way: one challenge.one difficulty.one step.and one small _20_ at a time.1A.similarityBdifferenceCinterestDadvantage2A.failBown
11、CtryDexperience3A.faultBkeyCsecretDwisdom4A.refusedBdecidedCarrangedDwaited5A.includingBshowingCdrawingDselling6A.WhileBAsCWithDWhen7A.anxiousBexcitedCangryDcurious8A.rentedBopeningCcrowdedDclosing9A.worseBbadCgoodDbetter10A.expressBhideCreadDpush11A.noddedBsidedCrepliedDtalked12A.on endBin a rowCin
12、 the airDon the ground13A.reliableBoldCwelcomingDfirst14A.impactBreasonCpurposeDresult15A.look throughBget overCfind outDcome across16A.studyingBadvertisingCwritingDwaiting17A.sinceBunlessCafterDuntil18A.motivationBinformationCdecisionDmaterial19A.moving aheadBfalling downCputting forwardDlosing cou
13、rage20A.sorrowBfailureCsuccessDpleasure答案与解析本文为记叙文。作者在文章中回忆了自己在成功之前所经历的困难，一对中年夫妻给作者提供了继续前进的动力，也从中诠释了那句名言“成功者和失败者的区别是，成功者比失败者要经历更多的失败”的意义。1B根据下文的“.that successful people _2_ many more times than unsuccessful people.”可知，此处指“成功者和失败者的区别”。similarity相似；difference区别；interest兴趣；advantage优点。故选B。2A成功者比失败者失败的次
14、数更多一些。fail失败；own拥有；try尝试；experience经历。故选A。3D在“我”的第一本书出版之后，“我”深刻地明白了这句名言的智慧。fault错误；key关键；secret秘密；wisdom智慧。故选D。4C根据语境可知此处指“我在一家龙凤书店里安排了我的第一次签名售书活动”。refuse拒绝；decide决定；arrange安排；wait等待。故选C。5B签名室的外面摆着一块漂亮的广告牌，上面展示着“我”的头像，以及“我”的书include包括；show展示；draw画画；sell卖。故选B。6B随着时间一分一秒地过去while当时；as随着；with随着(介词，其后接名词
15、或名词性词组)；when当时。故选B。7A根据上文提到“没有一个人进来”可知，此处指“我变得焦虑起来”。anxious焦虑的；excited兴奋的；angry生气的；curious好奇的。故选A。8D到了下午6点25分，书店马上就要关门了。“我”很受打击，开始准备离开。rent租用；open开着；crowd拥挤；close关门。故选D。9A这时，就在“我”情绪低落到极点的时候，一对中年夫妇走了进来。根据句意可知，此处指“不能再糟糕了”。worse更糟糕的；bad糟糕的；good好的；better更好的。故选A。10B“我”极力掩饰“我”(失落的)情绪，向他们介绍“我”自己和“我”的新书。exp
16、ress表达；hide隐藏；read阅读；push推。故选B。11A根据下文“.I think well get the book.”可知，此处指“丈夫朝妻子点了点头”。nod点头；side站在的一边；reply回复；talk谈论。故选A。12C尽管出于本能，“我”有种雀跃腾空的冲动，并想紧紧握住他们的手以感谢他们做“我”的读者，但“我”意识到那位女士似乎还有别的话要说。on end连续地；in a row连续几次地；in the air在空中；on the ground在地面上。故选C。13D根据语境可知，此处指“我的第一批读者”。reliable可信赖的；old老的；welcoming受欢
17、迎的；first第一。故选D。14B我们之所以决定买这本书，是因为我们的儿子两年前去世了。impact影响；reason原因；purpose目的；result结果。故选B。15B也许你的书能帮助我们抚平心灵的创伤。look through浏览；get over克服；find out查明；come across遇到。故选B。16C那一刻，“我”知道，如果“我”一本书也卖不出去，那么“我”四年的写作也就没有意义了。study研究；advertise做广告；writing写作；wait等待。故选C。17D虽然在“我”的书成为畅销书之前，“我”经过了多年的挑战和考验，但在当时，这对夫妇的故事就是 si
18、nce自从；unless除非；after在之后；until在之前。故选D。18A根据语境可知，此处指“我所需要的动力”。motivation动力；information信息；decision决定；material材料。故选A。19A根据语境可知，此处指“让我继续前进”。move ahead 前进；fall down摔倒；put forward提出；lose courage灰心。故选A。20C那些最伟大的人都有着相同的经历：一次挑战一次困难一次突破每次都是一小步的成功。sorrow悲伤；failure失败；success成功；pleasure快乐。故选C。.读后续写阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行
19、续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。There was once a_man went out to look for a job. As he was passing his neighbours house,_an important piece of paper fell out of the mans pocket.His neighbour happened to be looking out of the window. Seeing the piece of paper fall, he thought, “What a disgrace! That guy deliberately
20、let that fall_out_of his pocket. Hes trying to mess up the front of my house, and hes being sneaky about it, too！”But instead_of going out and saying something, the neighbour planned his revenge.That night, he took his wastepaper basket and went to the mans house. The first man also happened to be l
21、ooking out of the window, and saw what happened. Later, when he was picking up the papers dumped on his porch, he found the important piece of paper he had lost. It was torn into dozens of pieces. He thought that his_neighbour had not only picked his pocket, but had had the cheek to mess up his door
22、way with rubbish.He didnt want to say_anything. Rather, he started plotting his revenge. That night he phoned a farmer to make an order of ten pigs and a hundred ducks. He asked they be delivered to his neighbours house.Of course, the next day, his neighbour had quite a bit of trouble trying to rid
23、himself of so many animals and their accompanying waste.Sure that this had been a wicked trick pulled by his neighbour, as soon as the second man had_gotten_rid_of the pigs and ducks, he again started planning his revenge.And so it went on.They continued trying to get their own back on each_other,_a
24、nd each time their acts of revenge got bigger and more ridiculous. The dropping of that single piece of paper ended up with a rock band, a fire siren, the driving of a lorry into a garden fence, the throwing of a hail of stones at windows, the firing of a canon, and finally the dropping of a bomb wh
25、ich destroyed both mens houses.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：Both ended up in a hospital, and had to spend quite some time sharing a room there._Paragraph 2：Then came the moment for the two to leave the hospital._范文Paragraph 1：Both
26、 ended up in a hospital, and had to spend quite some time sharing a room there. At first the man and his_neighbour refused to say_anything to each other, but, one day, tired of the silence, they got to talking. As time passed, they became friends, until one day they finally dared to discuss the piec
27、e of paper incident. The two realized that it had all been a misunderstanding, and that if they had talked to each other on the first occasioninstead_of jumping to conclusions about bad intentionsthen none of this would have happened. Even better, they would still have their houses.Paragraph 2：Then
28、came the moment for the two to leave the hospital.Both were determined to turn over a new leaf. After all, what was of greater importance than revenge,_in their common understanding now, was to forget and forgive. Let bygones be bygones. Actually, the fact that the two neighbours were talking, and had become friends, helped them greatly to recover from their wounds, and to work together to rebuild their houses.