新人教版英语必修三Unit5 Reading课时作业含答案

《Unit 5 Canada The True North Warming Up & Reading》

Ⅰ.用所给单词的适当形式填空

1．A second­grade wind makes the tips of the branches tremble ________ (slight)．

2．My brother spends hours on the phone ________ (chat) to his friends.

3．At present the local government is taking ________ (measure) to reduce the

pollution.

4．The pianist ________ (surround) by a crowd of fans will hold a concert in the

Workers' Stadium.

5．Black ________ (Canada) jazz pianist Oscar Peterson is one of the greatest

pianists in jazz history.

6．As is known to all, there are seven ________ (continent) in the world.

7．The two sailors did not see land until they had sailed ________ (east) for

nearly two days.

8．The country is ________ (border) on one side by a river.

9．The ________ (scene) of the West Lake is beautiful beyond description.

10．A great number of ________ (eagle) winged their way across the valley.

答案：1.slightly 2.chatting 3.measures 4.surrounded 5.Canadian

6.continents 7.eastward 8.bordered 9.scenery 10.eagles

Ⅱ.用适当的介词或副词填空

1．We travelled ________ the same flight.

2．— Is the supermarket far from here?

— No, it is only ________ a hundred metres of the bus stop.

3．The production of their factory goes steadily ________.

4．That hotel probably costs no less ________ 20 dollars a night.

5．We had to move ________ when it began to rain.

6．He can see a glimmer of light ________ the curtains.

7．There are no hotels in the east. We'd better go in the ________ direction.

8．Can you swim ________ the river?

9．The sky slowly changed ________ blue to red.

10．He grew weak ________ two years' sickness.

答案：1.aboard 2.within 3.upward 4.than

5．inside 6.through 7.westward 8.across 9.from

10．after

Ⅲ.单句改错

1．She likes keeping things rather than to throw them away.________

2．Suddenly I caught a sight of my English teacher in the crowd.________

3．Some of the scientists also have a gift of arts.________

4．Twenty percent of the population here is from Oceania.________

5．The fact which they had got on the wrong bus surprised them all.________

答案：1.to throw→throwing 2.去掉a 3.of→for 4.is→are 5.which→that

Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成下列句子

1．We ________________ what we wanted by working hard. (manage)

通过努力工作，我们设法得到了我们想要的。

2．They decided to settle there forever ________________. (rather)

他们决定永久定居在那个村里而不是离开那儿。

3．My little brother ________________. He has a golden voice. (gift)

我的小弟弟有唱歌的天赋。他有一副金嗓子。

4．After John came back from abroad, he ________________ in his hometown. (settle)

约翰从国外回来后，他决定在家乡定居。 5．The best time ________________ is the early morning. (catch)

看见那些鸟的最佳时间是早晨。

6．They ________________ dangers. (surround)

他们陷入危险中。

7．We must ________________ fight against H7N9 flu. (measure)

我们必须采取紧急措施来对抗H7N9禽流感。

8．They have ________________ for a long time about this situation. (chat)

对这个情况他们已彼此聊过很长时间了。

9．Don't ________________. (within)

不要把火柴放在小孩子够得着的地方。

10．My car broke down when I ____________________. (border n．)

在我开车穿越边境时，车抛锚了。

答案：1.managed to get 2.rather than leave the village

3．has a gift for singing songs 4.decided to settle down

5．to catch sight of those birds 6.are surrounded by/with 7.take immediate

measures to 8.chatted with each other 9.leave matches within the reach of little

children 10.drove across the border

Ⅴ.完形填空

Canada is a country in North America, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the

north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by Alaska and the Pacific Ocean and on the

south by the United States. In __1__， Canada is the largest country in Western

Hemisphere (西半球) and the __2__ largest in the world. It __3__ up most of the northern

part of the North American continent and __4__ about 6.6 percent of the total land

of the earth.

Although __5__ in area, Canada has a small population. It has fewer people than

any major European __6__. On average, there are only about six persons per __7__ mile.

However, about 50 percent of the people live in the industrial and farming areas of

southern Quebec and southern Ontario. About 75 percent of all Canadians __8__ cities.

More than 44 percent of all population are __9__ in origin (血统), and 28 percent

are French in origin. __10__ and political differences between these two major __11__

have played an important part in the country's __12__. Other European groups in Canada

__13__ Germans, Ukrainians, Italians, Dutch, Scandinavians, Hungarians, Russians,

and Poles. The non­white population, which is made up of Eskimos, Indians, Asians,

and blacks, __14__ up about 4 percent of the population.

Canada has two __15__ languages, English and French. The words on Canadian money

and stamps __16__ in both English and French. Canadian English is like the English

__17__ in the United States. Generally speaking, Canadians use the British system