1、Unit 3 Reading for Writing1、Janets been under a lot of s_ since her mother was illness.2、Man wont keep s_ unless she takes exercise every day.3、They often stress the importance of a balanced d_.4、It was a r_ difficult question for us.5、I warned him against repeating my e_.6、When you feel (stress) ,
2、how do you usually relieve that pressure?7、Film has a much shorter history，especially when (compare) to such art forms as music and painting.8、The (positive) an article is, the more likely it is to be shared.9、He had the house rebuilt rather than _ (repair).10、You look _ (slim) than when I saw you l
3、ast.11、I had just finished writing the novel when the electricity was (切断）.12、If we are to (有影响）in life, its important that we begin with small things.13、In order to keep warm, they some wood (在.添加）the fire.14、They have in their mind a picture of what a drunken man should (看上去像）.15、The climate here
4、is similar to that in the USA, so there is no need for you to (担忧）it.16、rather than; make a difference; lose heart; in common with; give up; see through; have a go; in the past; cut out; go bananas1.He insisted on staying _ going back home.2.People say I dont have a thing _ my father.3.I never _ whe
5、n I fail to do something.4.He refused to _ his plan of travelling the world.5.Experience doesnt always _ to the problem we are faced with.6.When it was time for Alice to _ ,she felt really excited.7.If you _, you are wild with excitement or worry.8.The old man showed us how to _ part of the surface
6、of the wood.9._, many people didnt have enough to eat and often went hungry.10.It didnt take long for them to _ the cheat who pretended to be a doctor.17、It seems that in many places storms visit more often. When a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly as possible and head for safet
7、y. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.Storm chasing is becoming an increasingly popular hobby, es
8、pecially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.Although anyone c
9、an do it, storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacat
10、ions during the storm season.Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement. Storm chasing is 95% driving, says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light
11、 showers.However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life, says Jasper Morley. Every storm is an example of the power of nature. It is the greatest show on Earth.1. What advice is given to beginners of storm c
12、hasing?A. Not to get too close to a storm.B. To spend more time on it in summer.C. Not to drive in a heavy rain.D. To do it in an organized way.2. What does the author mean by saying it is all worth it in the last paragraph?A. Efforts in storm chasing are well paid.B. A storm presents the greatest s
13、how on Earth.C. Storm chasing costs a lot of money.D. Storm chasing is worth hours of waiting.3. What can we learn from the text?A. Many storm chasers get killed in the storms.B. Storm chasing is only fit for young people.C. Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world.D. Sometimes storm chase
14、rs get nothing but disappointment.18、Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company and help them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researc
15、hers received a $3-million-dollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or AI, to Hasbros Joy for All robotic cat.The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. I
16、t was meant to act as a companion(陪伴) for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers are working to decide which activities older adults may need the most. They hope to make the cat perform a small number of activities very well. Such activitie
17、s include finding lost objects and reminding the person to take medicine or visit their doctor. They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars.It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliot. Her 93-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia(痴
18、呆). The boy for All cat that Elliot bought this year has become a true companion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Eliot is at work. Elliot said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when he walks would be greater.The researchers
19、 are trying to learn how the improved cats will complete helpful activities and how they will communicate. They say that they do not want a talking cat, however. Instead they are trying to design a cat that can move its head in a special way to successfully communicate its message. In the end, they
20、hope to create an exchange between the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly people.1.Whats the purpose of the project?A.To reduce the pain of the elderly.B.To incre
21、ase the sales of a medicine.C.To help make the robotic cat smarter.D.To invent a robotic cat for the elderly.2.What can we know about the cat?A.It will be on sale in two years.B.It may be cheaper in the future.C.Its abilities will be made simpler for the elderly.D.It can tell the activities older ad
22、ults need the most.3.What does the example in Paragraph 3 show?A.The cat gives much help to the elderly.B.The cat works well to talk with the patient.C.The cat can make the dementia patient less painful.D.The cat should be designed to satisfy patients need.4.What can we infer from the last paragraph
23、?A.Each family can afford such a cat in the future.B.A talking cat is quite popular among the elderly.C.Feelings of sadness among the elderly are unavoidable.D.The feeling of being needed is important to the elderly.19、 Cyclist Agustin Navarro was coming fourth in the contest in Spain. But as he got
24、 close to the finish line, 1._(sudden) he saw that his competitor had suffered a puncture(轮胎上刺破的小孔).Ismael Esteban was running toward the line 2._ his bike over his shoulders. Mr. Navarro slowed down and refused 3._(pass) him. Instead, he rode behind Mr. Esteban, 4._(allow) him to win the bronze med
25、al. The people standing along the way applauded(为.鼓掌）Mr. Navarros 5._(behave) and cheered the two men as they made it over the finish line 6._, on foot; the other, on his bike. Mr. Esteban later tried to give 7._ prize to Mr. Navarro, but he refused it. Mr. Navarro 8._(praise) online for his unusual
26、 act since then. He told people that he didnt want to win like that. Thats 9._ the spirit in a sport lies: respect competitors, teammates, 10._(coach) and even themselves.20、阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。 Once upon a time, there was an old man who couldnt read or write. When he was little, his famil
27、y was so poor that he couldnt attend school. But he always dreamed of being able to read. One day, he took his seven-year-old grandson to school. Since he didnt have anything to do that day,he didnt leave immediately. Instead, he stood outside his grandsons classroom and looked in through the window
28、. The kids teacher,who was an old man in his fifties, entered the classroom when the class began. The teacher was wearing thick glasses. He started teaching. Through watching him, the old man found something interesting. He noticed that the teacher could read nothing without putting his glasses on.
29、As soon as he put on his glasses, he could read very well. How amazing!” said the old man to himself. He waited outside the classroom until the class was over and stopped the teacher. Excuse me,sir,” said the old man to the teacher. Yes?” said the teacher. I noticed something amazing. You cant read
30、without the glasses, right?” said the old man. Yes,thats true. I can read nothing without them,” replied the teacher. But you can read once you put them on,cant you?” asked the old man. Yes, thats true, too, replied the teacher, wondering why the old man was asking such strange questions. The teache
31、r looked at the old man, who left in a hurry with a big smile on his face. The old man, who was extremely happy, decided to go to town to find an eyeglasses store. After being unable to read so many years, he finally found an easy way to read, which cheered him up. He realized what he needed to read
32、 was just a pair of glasses. I can finally read,” said the old man to himself when walking to the town. Finally, the man arrived at the town. He looked around and soon found a store with glasses in it. The man happily entered the store.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
33、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 :After the old man entered the store , the store owner greeted him._Paragraph 2 :The store owner, thinking the old man didnt like that pair,picked another pair for him._ 答案以及解析1答案及解析：答案：stress解析： 2答案及解析：答案：slim解析： 3答案及解析：答案：diet解析： 4答案及解析：答案：rather解析： 5答案及解析：答案
34、：error解析： 6答案及解析：答案：stressed解析：句意：当你感到有压力时，你通常如何减轻压力？ stress和you是动宾关系，所以用动词-ed形式作表语。 7答案及解析：答案：compared解析：句意：电影有一个更短的历史，尤其当它与音乐和绘 画这样的艺术形式对比的时候。此处是省略句，句子补全为“when it is compared to.”。 8答案及解析：答案：more positive解析：句意：一篇文章越积极它就越有可能被分享。句 子是“the+比较级.，the+比较级.”结构。 9答案及解析：答案：repaired解析： 10答案及解析：答案：slimmer解析：
35、11答案及解析：答案：cut off解析： 12答案及解析：答案：make a difference解析： 13答案及解析：答案：add；to解析： 14答案及解析：答案：look like解析： 15答案及解析：答案：worry about解析： 16答案及解析：答案：1.客观填空 rather than2.客观填空 in common with3.客观填空 lose heart4.客观填空 give up5.客观填空 make a difference6.客观填空 have a go7.客观填空 go bananas8.客观填空 cut out9.客观填空 In the past10.客观
36、填空 see through解析： 17答案及解析：答案：DAD解析：1. D细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season.可知，初学者最好加入团队一起行动，故选D项。2. A 句意猜测题。根据下文的 it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life可知，这一切都十分值得。故它的意思是付出得到了回报。3. D推理判断題。根据第
37、四段最后一句Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.可知，有时风暴并不会来临，故选D项。 18答案及解析：答案：1.C; 2.B; 3.A; 4.D解析：1.根据第一段中的They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or AI, to Hasbros Joy for All robotic cat可知,这个项目的主要目的是为
38、Joy for All这款机器猫添加人工智能,使它变得更加智能化,故选C项。2.根据第二段中的They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars可知,在未来,这款机器猫可能会更便宜,故选B项。3.第三段讲述了这款机器猫对患有痴呆的Mary Derr有很大的帮助,这证明了机器猫能给老人带来很大帮助,故选A项。4.根据最后一段中的In the end. in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they
39、 can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly people可知,感觉自己被需要了,老年人就不容易孤独和悲伤,因此对老年人来说,感觉被需要非常重要,故选D项。 19答案及解析：答案：1.suddenly 2.with 3.to pass 4.allowing 5.behavior 6.one 7.the 8.has been praised 9.where 10.coaches解析：1.考查副词。分析句子结构可知，空处在句中作状语，故用副词。2.考查介词。with his bike over his
40、 shoulders 是 with 复合结构。3.考查非谓语动词。refuse to do sth.意为拒绝做某事，为固定 用法。4.考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，he与allow之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故应用现在分词作状语。5.考查名词。根据前面的Mr. Navarros可知，空处应用 behave的名词形式，且behavior意为行为时是不可数名词。6.考查代词。根据下文中的on foot; the other, on his bike可知，空处填one。one. the other意为(两者之中)一个. ，另外一个。7.考查冠词。此处特指上文中提到的the bronze medal，
41、应用定冠词 the。8.考查动词的时态和语态。根据since then可知，此处应用现在完成时，且Mr. Navarro与praise之间是动宾关系，故用现在完成时的被动语态。9.考查表语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导表语从句并在从句中作地点状语，故填where。10.考查名词复数。coach意为教练时是可数名词，且根据空前的competitors teammates可知，空处应用复数形式。 20答案及解析：答案： Paragraph 1: After the old man entered the store, the store owner greeted him. Good morni
42、ng, sir. May I help you? asked the store owner. The old man nodded while looking at the glasses in the store. There were so many glasses that he didnt know which one to pick. So he asked the store owner to choose one for him. The store owner gave him a pair of glasses. The old man put it on ami took
43、 a magazine nearby to read. Then he shook his head.Paragraph 2: The store owner, thinking the old man didnt like that pair, picked another pair for him. The old man put it on, tried to read and then shook his head again. It went on and on. Finally, the old man asked,“The teacher in my grandsons class could read once he wore his glasses. Why cant I? The store owner couldnt help laughing when he heard that. He said,Sorry, sir. But you cant read with the glasses if you cant read at all. The old man then left the eyeglasses store in great disappointment.解析：