1、Unit 3 课下能力提升(十二) .单项填空1I was _ for about half an hour on the way here in the traffic jam, thus causing the delay.Aheld back Bheld upCheld out Dheld on to2The _ look on the girls face showed that she was greatly terrified at the _ news.Aterrified; terrifying Bterrified; terrifiedCterrifying; terrify
2、ing Dterrifying; terrified3At one time he was wellknown for his song but later his taking drugs left a bad _ on people.Aaffect BattractionCimpression Daction4. In fact, fuels we burn and plant foods we eat _ their chemical energy in the form of heat energy.Agive in Bgive upCgive off Dgive away5He wa
3、s about to send an email to his pal on the Internet _ the system broke down.Awhile BwhenCafter Dsince6Hed arrived 20 minutes early _ he could have time for a cup of tea.Aas soon as Bas a resultCin case Dso that7The poor little girl ran around the corner and hid under a parking car, _ in the end.Aesc
4、aping being found Bescaped being foundCescaped to be found Descaping to be found8Hello, Mrs James. Is Sally at home? I want to play badminton with her._. Shes gone for a walk across the fields.AIm sorry BHold onCNo problem DForget it9What a mess here! Why are all your clothes still lying about? Get
5、them _ at once!Apacked BcleanedCprepared Darranged10Realizing I would be late, I quickly dressed my son and _ my bag, went to work.Acarried Bhaving carriedCto carry Dcarrying.完形填空I will never forget him.He was a senior manager at Dell Computers and came to speak to us college students about our futu
6、re _1_.A young man of my age _2_ a question, “I know internships (实习) are very _3_.But I dont think Im learning anything because they just have me doing _4_ things like faxing, copying, and other unimportant tasks.Should I stay？”I will never _5_ what the manager replied.He said, “Please _6_ this, No
7、thing is beneath (对不好) you.”He _7_， “When I was a fresh graduate, I wasnt a manager as I am today.My _8_ position was as a mail room employee in our company.I sorted huge volumes of mail and _9_ mail to each one.I did it with a(n) _10_.I took every opportunity to remember faces and names, to _11_ th
8、em my attention to details, to show up day after day and to be the most careful employee I can be.And I _12_ the next two years in the mail room！But if you ask me today is it all worth it？Ill say a firm _13_.My career took off two years later.I am where I am today because I often told _14_ nothing i
9、s beneath me.” The speakers advice touched me _15_.I took his advice to _16_ in the following years.Book author Michael Gerber has a _17_ opinion: “The work we do reflects (反映) who we are._18_ were bored with it, its because were bored with ourselves, not with the _19_.How we do our work becomes a _
10、20_ of who we are inside.”1A.wishes BstudiesCexperiences Djobs2A.raised BansweredCimproved Dfinished3A.strange BeasyCimportant Dinteresting4A.useful BsimpleCharmful Dfunny5A.keep BexplainCforget Dunderstand6A.rethink BtryCdoubt Dremember7A.shouted BcontinuedCcomplained Dlied8A.last BlatestCfirst Dse
11、cond9A.connected BaddedCposted Dsent10A.smile BchanceCway Dexpression11A.offer BfindCshow Dtell12A.wasted BrequiredCwanted Dspent13A.yes BwhyCperhaps Dno14A.herself BhimselfCyourself Dmyself15A.sincerely BproperlyCdeeply Dshortly16A.hope BheartCbook Ddream17A.similar BdifferentCsurprising Dnew18A.So
12、 BIfCOr DAs19A.money BplanCfuture Dwork20A.story BpictureCmirror Dtool.阅读理解My dog seems to run in his sleep. Could he be dreaming? Perhaps. “We cant really ask them，” says vet Melissa Bain, associate professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, “but we think they dream.” Thats because th
13、eir brainwave patterns are similar to those seen in people. Wonder when your own dog might be dreaming? As a dog starts to sleep lightly, and his sleep becomes deeper, his breathing will become more regular, says animal behavior expert Stanley Coren in his book How Dogs Think. “After a period of abo
14、ut 20 minutes，” Coren writes, “his first dream should start.”Do dogs and cats have a sense of humor?According to the experts, studies have not yet been done to test pets sense of humor. But we humans so prize fun in dogs, weve placed them among other playful things. And the fact that cats live willi
15、ngly with us may be proof that they have a sense of fun.My dog likes to lie in mud puddles (水坑) and other unpleasant places. Why?Mud puddles? Thats easy: In hot months, theyre like an instant air conditioner for your furry dog. As for smelly places, Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., an applied animal beha
16、viorist and science adviser to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, says “nice” is in the nose of the beholder. “While rotting (腐烂的) fish may not smell great to you, to your dog, it probably smells as good as freshbaked chocolate chip cookies. Rolling in it is just a way to
17、 enjoy it all the more.”Why does my cat like to sleep in strange places, like atop keyboards or inside cardboard (硬纸板) boxes?Simply put, its what their ancestors did. “In the wild, cats like to take shelter in enclosed spaces，” says cat behaviorist Mieshelle Nagelschneider, author of the book The Ca
18、t Whisperer. “And what cat can pass up a warm keyboard? Its made particularly special because a human is touching it all the time.”1People believe dogs dream by studying _.Ahow long they sleepBtheir breathing patterns Chow their brainwaves developDthe time when they become sleepy2We know from Stephe
19、n Zawistowski that _.Athe same thing smells different to humans and dogsBdogs dont have a better sense of smell than humansCit is wrong for humans to feed dogs on fishDdogs dont like eating chocolate 3Cardboard boxes are attractive to cats because _.Atheres no better shelterBcats feel safe inside th
20、emCcats can play hideandseekDcats are taught to sleep in such places4According to the text, experts are still unclear about _.Awhether dogs dream while sleepingBwhy dogs love dirty pools very muchCwhether dogs can understand amusing thingsDwhy cats enjoy having a resting in unusual places课下能力提升(十二).
21、1.解析：选B 句意：我在来这儿的路上由于交通阻塞耽误了大约半个小时，结果迟到了。hold up“耽误，使停顿”，符合句意。hold back“阻止，抑制”；hold out“伸出，坚持”；hold on to“抓住，不放弃”。2解析：选A 考查形容词辨析。terrified修饰人或与人有关的声音、表情等，意为“(人)感到恐惧的”，而terrifying通常修饰物，意为“令人惊恐的”。3解析：选C 考查名词。句意：他曾经因为歌曲而受欢迎，但是他后来吸毒给人们留下了坏印象。impression“印象”，符合语境。affect “影响”；attraction “吸引”；action “行动”。4解
22、析：选C give in“屈服，让步”；give up“放弃”；give off“发出(光、气味等)”，符合题意；give away“分发，泄露”。句意：其实我们烧的燃料和吃的植物性食物都是以热能的形式释放出它们所含有的化学能的。5解析：选B 考查句型。句意：他正要给网友发电子邮件，这时电脑系统瘫痪了。be about to do . when . 表示“正要做某事，这时”，为固定句式。6解析：选D 考查连词。句意：他早到了 20 分钟，以便于他能有时间喝杯茶。so that “以便于”，符合句意。as soon as “一就”；as a result “结果”；in case “以防”。7解
23、析：选A 分析句子的逻辑关系可知，避免被发现是结果，因此用动词ing形式作结果状语；另外escape后面跟动词ing形式作宾语，而且句子的主语the girl是find动作的承受者，故用动词ing形式的被动形式作宾语。8解析：选A 考查交际用语。句意：“你好，詹姆斯太太。萨莉在家吗？我想和她打羽毛球。”“很遗憾。她去田地里散步了。”Im sorry表示“(引出坏消息)很遗憾”，符合语境。9解析：选A 考查动词词义辨析。pack“打包”；clean“洗干净”；prepare“准备”；arrange“安排”。根据“你的衣服怎么还到处都是”可知，后面应该表示“赶紧把它们打包”，故A项正确。10解析：
24、选D 考查非谓语动词。根据句子结构可知 and 连接的是两个并列的谓语动词 dressed 和 went, 而 carrying my bag 则是非谓语动词在句中作伴随状语。.1解析：选D 根据下文的语境可知，那人是来给作者他们谈将来如何“工作”的问题。2解析：选A 这里是指与那人同龄的一个年轻人“提出”了一个问题。3解析：选C 根据But的语境可知，那个年轻人认为实习是很“重要的”。4解析：选B 根据“like faxing, copying, and other unimportant tasks”的语境可知，那些人总是安排那个年轻人做一些“简单的”和其他不重要的事情。5解析：选C 作者
25、对那人的回答印象深刻，所以永远也不会“忘记”那人所说的话。6解析：选D 那人说，请“记住”：没有什么工作是对你不好的。7解析：选B 后面是那人接下来所说的话，故选B。8解析：选C 那人是在讲他的“第一份”工作。9解析：选D 根据下文的描述可知，那人把信件分类后，亲自“送到”每个人面前。10解析：选A 那人为了表现好，所以脸上应该带着“笑容”。11解析：选C 他想让那些人看到他对细节的细心处理。12解析：选D 这里是指那人在那里做这份工作做了两年，故选D。13解析：选A 根据语境可知，那人认为他在那里的两年工作经验是值得的，故他将给出的答案是yes。14解析：选D 根据语境可知那人经常对他“自己
26、”说那句话来鼓励自己。15解析：选C 作者应该是被那人的话“深深地”打动了。16解析：选B 作者记住了那人所说的话，故选B。17解析：选A 根据下文的内容可知，Michael Gerber的话跟那人的话意思差不多，故选A。18解析：选B 这里表示假设，故选B。19解析：选D 根据not的语境可知，如果我们厌烦了，说明我们是厌烦我们自己了，而不是因为“工作”而厌烦。20解析：选C 根据“The work we do reflects who we are.”可知应选C。.1解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“but we think they dream. Thats because the
27、ir brainwave patterns are similar to those seen in people.”可知，人们通过研究狗的脑电波发现，它们的脑电波与人类的脑电波极为相似，由此推测狗睡觉的时候也做梦。2解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“nice is in the nose of the beholder. While rotting fish may not smell great to you, to your dog, it probably smells as good as freshbaked chocolate chip cookies”可知答案。3解析：选B 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“its what their ancestors did. In the wild, cats like to take shelter in enclosed spaces.”可知答案。4解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“According to the experts, studies have not yet been done to test pets sense of humor”可知答案。