高中英语《Unit 2 Heroes》Sports Stars课下作业 北师大版必修1

- 1 - Section Ⅲ Sports Stars

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．She has an ________ (令人惊异的) talent for languages.

2．As an ________ (运动员)，you should want to get the best result.

3．His grammar is ________ (糟糕的)，especially when he writes articles.

4．He is a ________ (冠军) at playing table tennis in our school.

5．She has got ________ (辉煌的) achievements in the field of biology.

Ⅱ.单项填空

1．—More than fifty students competed ________ each other in the composition

competition.

—But they could only compete ________ three medals.

A．on；for B．against；with

C．against；on D．with；for

2．On New Year’s Eve New York City holds an outdoor ________ which attracts a

crowd of a million or more people.

A．incident B．event

C．case D．affair

3．Mr.Smith is strict________his daughter________her job.

A．with；with B．in；at

C．with；in D．in；in

4．You’ve made ________rapid progress________Chinese.

A．a；in B．不填；in

C．不填；on D．a；at

5．I haven’t seen Ann for ________ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.

A．such B．very

C．so D．too

6．________ him，his stepmother was also kind to him.

A．Fortune for B．Fortunate with

C．Fortunately to D．Fortunately for

7．—Why can you say the plan they made was almost ________？

—Because it would be a great waste of time and money.

A．valuable B．legal

C．reliable D．useless

8．I wonder why Jenny ________ us recently.We should have heard from her by now. - 2 - A．hasn’t written B．doesn’t write

C．won’t write D．hadn’t written

9．So far this year we ________ a fall in pork prices by between 5 and 10 percent.

A．saw B．see

C．had seen D．have seen

10．—Will you go to the party?

—Of course，I will ________.

A．if invited B．if having invited

C．if I invited D．if I be invited

Ⅲ.阅读理解

A

One day，as Jesse James and his team members were riding

through Missouri，they saw a farmhouse and stopped to ask for

something to eat.A widow (寡妇) lived there with three small

children.She didn’t have much in the house，but shared with them

what she had.

It was while they were eating lunch that Jesse James noticed

that something was troubling this kind widow.He questioned her

about it，and she broke down and told him her story.She had to pay for the rent of

the house on that very day，and since her husband had died，she did not have money

to pay it.Her landlord was not a kind man，and refused to allow them to rent the

house.He was sure to put her children and herself out on the street.

“How much money do you need to pay the rent？”Jesse asked the widow.

“Fifteen hundred dollars，”the widow cried.

Jesse James took out his money bag，counted out 1,500 dollars and gave it to the

widow.

“I can’t take this，”she didn’t accept it，but Jesse James insisted she use

the money to pay off the rent and buy the house for the poor family.

“Just make sure you get a receipt (收据)，”he warned her，and she promised that

she would.Then he got a description of the man，and left with his friends.

Jesse James and his friends waited in the woods near the house until the landlord

had collected his money from the widow.Then they rode out onto the road and stole

their money back from the landlord.

1．In the farmhouse James and his friends wanted to ________. - 3 - A．ask for something to drink

B．ask for something to eat

C．steal some money

D．find a place to sleep

2．From the passage we can learn that the woman was ________.

A．poor and unkind B．rich but unkind

C．poor but kind D．rich and kind

3．The woman should pay the landlord ________ for the rent of the house.

A．1,500 dollars B．15,000 dollars

C．1,350 dollars D．1,650 dollars

4．Who got the $1,500 at last according to the story?

A．The widow.

B．The widow’s children.

C．The landlord.

D．Jesse James and his friends.

B

Roughly during 800 BC when the first diamond (钻石) was discovered in India，its beauty impressed the world and was even thought to have some magical powers.The

diamond is very hard and tough stone；it’s a symbol of strong and long lasting

union.However，the first purpose of placing these diamonds on the rings is simply

to add a sparkle (闪光) to the ring itself.Making it more attractive and impressive

was only seen worn by the wealthy and those of royalty (皇族)．The first engagement

ring set with a diamond was the one given by the Archduke Maximilian to Mary of Burgundy

back in 1477.

During the Renaissance age，some engagement rings were produced with a piece of

diamond in crystalline form.There were also engagement rings that have multiple

diamonds designed in decorations and alphabet letters.Rings were also carved with

love messages and flowers.

The discovery of diamonds in Brazil made diamond engagement rings more popular