1、Unit 1 Women of achievement第一節(jié)：詞匯填空Practice Makes Perfect 高樓大廈平地起！扎實的詞匯積累是學好英語的關鍵！ 加油喲！1I hold the firm belief that you are bound to _ your dream of being admitted to a key university, which will give you a wonderful sense of _. (achieve)2. There is a close _ between smoking and heart attack. (conne

2、ct)3. Everyone here _ politely and tourists are deeply impressed with their elegant _. (behave)4. (1) It is worthwhile _ the book referred to by our teacher. (read)(2) The book referred to by our teacher is worth _. (read)(3) The book referred to by our teacher is worthy _. (read)5. When we take par

3、t in the parade to _ the National Day, we must _ the traffic regulations. If we _ someone run the lights, we should stop him. (observe)6. He is a _ professor and every student _ him. All the parents showed respect _ him too. He has earned everyones _. (respect)7. The workers, who argued _ their righ

4、ts, argued _ the boss for a few days, but failed to argue him _ giving them a rise in wages because the boss argued _ it.8. What the headmaster said at the meeting was _ and all of us were _. (inspire)9. The player is _ good condition, but his living conditions are very terrible. He can improve livi

5、ng conditions _ condition that he can win the gold medal in the competition.10. Mrs White, a _ friend of mine, devoted all her energies _ (teach) and her _ to children gained her a good reputation. (devote)第二節(jié)：完形填空 My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds w

6、ere16 , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.One agent 17 a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was 18 our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look 19 .We finally did and it was 20 at first sight. It was Our Home, sm

7、all and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and 21 of the marriage within that home. Perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house a

8、nd dreaming of 22 it would be like to live there.Days later, we made a(n) 23 far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didnt 24 us. They renewed their offer 25 . It was also much more than we could afford, but far 26 than the original asking price.The next day, we got a 27 message that another

9、buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the 28 directly. We made our final offer, which 29 was thousands of dollars less than the other buyers bid. We knew it, 30 we had to try. “Sold!” said the owner. Then he 31 : Hed seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he k

10、new how much we loved the place and that wed 32 the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a 33 by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the 34 in the price “an early wedding present.”Thats how we

11、found our home and how I learned that when people are 35 they are not strangers, only friends we havent yet met.16. A. needed B. limited C. enough D. large17. A. recommended B. decorated C. sold D. rented18. A. below B. within C. beyond D. between19. A. at least B. at most C. at times D. at hand20.

12、A. relief B. concern C. love D. curiosity21. A. pride B. happiness C. challenge D. desire22. A. which B. why C. that D. what23. A. effort B. offer C. promise D. profit24. A. come across B. look after C. depend on D. laugh at25. A. instead B. indeed C. aside D. apart26. A. worse B. better C. less D.

13、higher27. A. relaxing B. disappointing C. pleasant D. regular28. A. agents B. buyers C. managers D. owners29. A. already B. still C. generally D. ever30. A. so B. or C. for D. but31. A. apologized B. complained C. criticized D. explained32. A. check B. analyze C. appreciate D. ignore33. A. loss B. r

14、isk C. chance D. lead34. A. increase B. difference C. interest D. average35. A. kind B. polite C. smart D. energetic第三節(jié)：閱讀理解 One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat

15、 my strange problem inability to read.In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal compan

16、ion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on th

17、e cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned

18、slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own l

19、ost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.My mothers call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.I n

20、ever told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇跡般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.46. The authors mother told him to borrow a book in order to_.A. encourage him to do more walking B