1、Unit 3 Diverse Cultures.完形填空Most people agree that a pet adds joy to a persons life. Scientists are now finding that having a pet may keep its owner 1 . And good health may add years to a persons life.Scientists have been looking at the link between pets and health for years. In 1990，a study was don
2、e with people aged 65 and older. It 2 that pet owners went to the doctor less than people without pets. Do pets make people 3 ？Are people able to handle their everyday lives better? Alan Beck，who is a researcher，says that 4 the answer to the questions is yes，then having pets may be a good idea.Can p
3、ets also help people live longer? Rebecca Johnson did a study to 5 . Johnson teaches nurses how to care for old people. Her study shows that having pets may cause people to 6 more slowly.The human body makes many chemicals. Some of the chemicals make people feel 7 . Others make people feel bad. In J
4、ohnsons study，levels of the “good” chemicals 8 when people were around pets while levels of the “bad” chemicals went down. The good 9 seemed to slow the aging of cells. If this is 10 ，maybe people should spend more time with their 11 . Then people might feel better and 12 longer.You might be allergi
5、c (过敏的) to pets. Or you may not want to 13 a pet. Never fear. A robotic, or computer pet may be just the thing for you.Scientists are testing computer pets, like the robotic dog AIBO. They want to see if 14 pets can help people the way real dogs do.Will a robotic pet 15 the real pet sitting with you
6、 on the sofa? Something tells us that it will probably become a reality.本文介绍了养宠物对人体健康的好处。1A.healthyBexcitedCmadDhurried答案：A解析：考查形容词辨析。科学家发现，养宠物会使宠物的主人健康。healthy健康的。由下一句话可知答案。2A.warned Bshowed Creminded Dadvised答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。这个研究显示。show显示。3A.busier Bfunnier Chappier Dangrier答案：C解析：考查比较级辨析。宠物让人们更快乐吗？4
7、A.though Buntil Cif Dunless答案：C解析：考查连词辨析。如果这些问题的答案是“是的”，那么养宠物是个好主意。5A.find out Bput out Cturn out Dset out答案：A解析：考查动词词组辨析。Rebecca Johnson做了研究来查明这个问题。find out查明。6A.age Bmove Cwalk Dgrow答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。她的研究显示，养宠物会使人变老得更慢些。age老化。7A.bored Bsurprised Csleepy Dgood答案：D解析：考查形容词辨析。一些化学物质使人感觉很好。由下文的“Others mak
8、e people feel bad.”可知答案。8A.changed Bvaried Cfell Drose答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。当人们与宠物在一起时，好的化学物质会增加。rise增加。由下文的“while levels of the bad chemicals went down”可知while前后为对比关系，故选D项。9A.sides Bchemicals Cstudies Ddogs答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。这些好的化学物质好像减缓了老化的过程。10A.important Bunusual Ctrue Dimpossible答案：C解析：考查形容词辨析。如果这是真实的，那么人们或
9、许应该花更多时间和宠物在一起。11A.children Bpets Cfriends Dneighbors答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。参考上题解析。12A.live Bwander Cstay Dtravel答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。然后人们会感觉更好，活得更长。由第三段第一句可知答案。13A.head for Bsearch for Ccheer for Dcare for答案：D解析：考查动词词组辨析。或者你不想照顾宠物。care for照顾。14A.family Bcomputer Cbaby Dtoy答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。他们想看看是否电脑宠物能像真实的狗那样来帮助人们。由上文
10、的computer pets可知答案。15A.destroy Breplace Cimprove Daccompany答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。机器宠物能代替和你坐在沙发边的真实宠物吗？replace代替。 .语法填空It is a great 1 (true) that life is difficult. Once we really understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult. 2 ， most of us do not fully see it. They just complain about their p
11、roblems and difficulties as if life should be easy. 3 makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a really painful one. Problems, 4 (depend) on their nature, cause sadness or regret or anger or fear. These are 5 (comfort) feelings, often as painful as any kind of physi
12、cal pain. It is in this whole process of solving problems 6 life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to strengthen the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability 7 (solve) problems, just as in school we set problems for our chil
13、dren to deal with. Learning from the pain of meeting and working out problems is 8 great benefit. As Benjamin Franklin 9 (say), “Those things that hurt, instruct.” For this reason, wise people learn not to fear but to welcome 10 pain of problems.本文是一篇哲理感悟。生活是艰难的，这是一个伟大的真理。一旦我们真正理解并接受它，生活就不再困难。正因为如此，
14、明智的人应学会不要害怕，而要欢迎问题带来的痛苦。1truth解析：考查名词。此处great是形容词，修饰名词，故答案为truth。2However解析：考查副词。句意：一旦我们真正理解并接受它，生活就不再困难。然而，我们大多数人并没有完全认识到这一点。此处前后句是一种转折关系，因为有“，”，故答案为However。3What解析：考查主语从句。句意：让生活变得困难的是，面对和解决问题的过程是非常痛苦的。此处是主语从句作主语。从句缺少引导词，从句谓语动词缺少主语，结合句意可知答案为What。4depending解析：考查现在分词。句意：问题，取决于其性质，会引起悲伤、后悔、愤怒或恐惧。此处是现在
15、分词作后置定语，故答案为depending。5uncomfortable解析：考查形容词。句意：这些都是不舒服的感觉，通常和身体上的疼痛一样痛苦。此处是形容词修饰名词，结合句意可知答案为uncomfortable。6that解析：考查强调句式。句意：在解决问题的整个过程中，生命才有了意义。结合句意可知此处是强调句型，故答案为that。7to solve解析：考查动词不定式作后置定语。句意：当我们想要加强人类精神的成长时，我们鼓励人类解决问题的能力，就像在学校我们为我们的孩子设置问题来处理。the ability to do sth.“做某事的能力”，是动词不定式作后置定语，故答案为to sol
16、ve。8of解析：考查介词。句意：从遇到和解决问题的痛苦中学习是非常有益的。固定搭配：be of great benefit“非常有利”，故答案为of。9said解析：考查时态。句意：正如富兰克林所说，。所以句子用一般过去时态，故答案为said。10the解析：考查定冠词the。句意：正因为如此，明智的人应学会不要害怕，而要欢迎问题带来的痛苦。此处表示“特指”，故答案为the。.应用文写作中国长城在1987年被列入世界文化遗产。请你根据下面图片所示，写一篇80词左右的英语短文，介绍中国长城，并将其推荐给外国游客。The Great Wall of China, the longest wall
17、 in the world, is recognized as one of the worlds cultural heritages. It is more than 10,000 li long like a huge dragon, running across the north of China from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east. It has a history of more than 2,000 years and it was built to defend enemies attack in ancient t
18、imes.After being repaired for many times, the Great Wall of China takes on a new look and offers a beautiful and interesting view, which attracts a lot of visitors not only from China but also from all over the world. It has been considered as one of the greatest wonders in the world. We Chinese are proud of it and we all believe that he who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.
