Unit 3　Under the sea

　　Ⅰ.閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容(不多于3個單詞)或括號內單詞的正確形式。

　　May：I am told that you've just been back from the USA. Will you tell me something about __1__ the students there spend their summer vacation?

　　MichaeL：OK, In the United States, summer is the __2__ of swimming pools, barbeques, camping and road trips. Road trip vacations are __3__(particular) popular with college students, and __4__ like to explore the country on wheels. The best part about car trips is that you can stop and

　　explore if you get interested in things you see along the way. And you don't have to plan in advance.You __5__ just get into a car and drive.

　　May：What about the __6__？

　　MichaeL：Even with high gas prices，__7__(drive) with friends is cheaper than flying.

　　May：__8__ what can one do if he or she doesn't have a car?

　　MichaeL：__9__ many college students don't own a car, most have access to one. I once used a __10__(borrow) car traveling from Nev York to New Orleans.

　　答案　1.how　2.season　3.particular　4.they　5.can　6.expense　7.driving　8.But　9.Though　10.borrowed

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　　It was the end of my junior year，the weekend before a party.I was__1__around that night with some friends，and a__2__got passed around the car.Everyone was taking swigs(大口喝)．Then

　　the bottle got to me.I took a swig.That was the biggest__3__of my life，I had to drive__4__later that night.

　　About a mile from my house，a policeman turned his light bar on and I__5__over and waited for him to come to my door.“Can I see your__6__and registration please，Miss？”He took them and went back to his car for a while.When he returned，he asked if I had__7__.

　　“Yes sir，”I said.He asked me to step out of my car.

　　All of a sudden I felt cold metal on my wrists.He__8__ me right then and there.As I was sitting in the back seat of his car，all I could think was，“God，I'm in so much__9__my parents are going to__10__me.”

　　The cop drove me to a town twenty minutes from my home. Being arrested was so__11__.The next week I got a lawyer and I went to__12__ two months after that.I got $ 700 in fines，forty hours of community __13__，and had to attend a MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)meeting.I'll be on probation(緩刑)for a year，and I have to__14__driver's

　　education again.And I __15__my license for a whole year!

　　This has been a huge __16__ experience for me.It opened my eyes to how__17__ it is to make a __18__decision.I want everyone reading this to know that it's not__19__ to drink and drive，and it__20__ isn't worth losing your license.

　　【解題導語】　本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者一次酒駕被警察發現并逮捕，從此作者意識到，人們要為自己錯誤的決定付出代價。

　　1．A.walking

　　B．running

　　C．driving

　　D．riding

　　答案　C　[根據下文“a__2__got passed around the car”可知，作者和朋友在“開車”。]

　　2．A.cup

　　B．jar

　　C．bowl

　　D．bottle

　　答案　D　[根據本段第四句“Then the bottle got to me.”可知，此處應選bottle。]

　　3．A.mistake

　　B．change

　　C．problem

　　D．challenge

　　答案　A　[從下文可知，作者因為酒駕被警察逮捕，因此作者認為喝那口酒是自己人生中所犯的最大的“錯誤”。]

　　4．A.school

　　B．home

　　C．office

　　D．hospital

　　答案　B　[從下文中的“About a mile from my house”可知，作者那天晚上還需要開車“回家”。]

　　5．A.pulled

　　B．swung

　　C．turned

　　D．knocked

　　答案　A　[因為警察打開了燈帶，所以作者把車停在了路邊。pull over意思是“向路邊停靠”。]

　　6．A.identity

　　B．passport

　　C．card

　　D．license

　　答案　D　[根據常識，警察應是查看“駕照”。]

　　7．A.practiced

　　B．eaten

　　C．drunk

　　D．quarreled

　　答案　C　[根據下文可知，作者酒駕被警察發現，因此這里警察是問她是否“飲酒”了。]

　　8．A.fined

　　B．arrested

　　C．scolded

　　D．forgave

　　答案　B　[根據前一句“All of a sudden I felt cold metal on my wrists.”可知，作者被警察“逮捕”了。]

　　9．A.trouble

　　B．confusion

　　C．mess

　　D．wonder

　　答案　A　[坐在警車上，作者意識到自己陷入了“麻煩”中。]

　　10．A.hate

　　B．help

　　C．kill

　　D．question

　　答案　C　[從上下文看，作者十分緊張、害怕，因為作者擔心受到父母的懲罰，此處kill是夸張說法。]

　　11．A.boring

　　B．common

　　C．different

　　D．scary

　　答案　D　[根據上下文可知，作者覺得被逮捕很“嚇人”。]

　　12．A.prison

　　B．hotel

　　C．court

　　D．church

　　答案　C　[從上文“The next week I got a lawyer”及下文作者受到處罰可知，作者要到“法庭”上接受判決。]

　　13．A.survey

　　B．service

　　C．activity

　　D．communication

　　答案　B　[根據文章第一段可知，作者還是未成年人，因此作者被罰做40個小時的社區“服務”。]

　　14．A.give

　　B．bring

　　C．make

　　D．take

　　答案　D　[從上下文可知，作者需要重新“接受”駕駛方面的教育。]

　　15．A.lost

　　B．kept

　　C．got

　　D．held

　　答案　A　[根據上文和文章最后一段可知，作者的駕駛執照被吊銷了一年，lose“失去”，符合語境。]

　　16．A.struggling

　　B．exercising

　　C．learning

　　D．working

　　答案　C　[根據文章最后一段可知，這是一次值得作者從中學習、汲取教訓的經歷，因此learning符合語境。]

　　17．A.dull

　　B．funny

　　C．puzzled

　　D．easy

　　答案　D　[作者認識到，一個人是多么“容易”作出愚蠢的決定。]

　　18．A.stupid

　　B．difficult

　　C．quick

　　D．happy

　　答案　A　[參見上題解析。]

　　19．A.hard

　　B．right

　　C．cool

　　D．positive

　　答案　B　[作者想要每位讀者明白，酒駕是“不對的”。]

　　20．A.necessarily

　　B．gradually

　　C．definitely

　　D．possibly

　　答案　C　[作者最后強調，因為酒駕而被吊銷駕駛執照根本不值得，definitely“確實”，表示強調，符合語境。]

　　Ⅲ.閱讀理解

　　A

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　　Lincoln's face is familiar to people all around the world, especially the face when he was wearing a beard.But he didn't wear a beard in his early life.When he acted as a judge and then a lawyer，he had two nicknames.The first was Honest Abe.And there are many stories of his honesty both as a child and as he went on throughout all of his life.His second nickname was Homely Abe.He was not good-looking.Then something happened in 1860.That year Abe Lincoln was the candidate(候選人)for President of the United States.

　　Just a few weeks before the presidential election，Lincoln received a

　　short letter from a girl who lived in New York State.Her name was Grace Bedell.Grace wrote to Lincoln about his homely face，but in a polite way.It was a very interesting letter.Here are some parts of it：

　　I am a little girl only 11 years old，but I want you should be the President of the United States very much so I hope you won't think me very bold(魯莽的)to write to such a great man as you are...

　　I have got four brothers and part of them will vote for you

　　anyway，and if you let your beard grow，I will try to get the rest of them to vote for you.You would look a great deal better for your face is so thin.All the ladies like

　　beard and they would ask their husbands to vote for you，and then you would be President...

　　Lincoln took Grace Bedell's advice，and over the next two weeks he did not shave.By election day on November 6th of 1860，he already

　　had enough beard.And he did get elected.Maybe his new beard had something to do with that.And he did wear the beard for the rest of his life.

　　【解題導語】　本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了一個小女孩給林肯寫信讓他留胡子，而林肯竟采納了小女孩的意見，最后也贏得競選的故事。

　　1．Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

　　A．Lincoln and His Beard

　　B．Lincoln and a Little Girl

　　C．A Little Girl and Her Advice

　　D．Lincoln and the Presidential Election

　　答案　A　[主旨大意題。全文主要講的是林肯的軼事即他胡子的來歷，故選A最合適。其余選項均不能全面地概括文章主旨。]

　　2．What kind of man is Lincoln according to the text?

　　A．Warm-hearted and ugly.

　　B．Honest and ordinary-looking.

　　C．Strong-willed and patient.

　　D．Characteristic and bad？tempered.

　　答案　B　[推理判斷題。根據第一段中的“Honest Abe”“And there are...throughout all of his life.”可知，林肯很誠實；根據“Homely Abe”“He was not good-looking.”及文章敘述的故事可推出，林肯的長相很普通。故選B。]

　　3．Grace Bedell wrote the letter in order to________.

　　A．suggest Lincoln shave his beard

　　B．help Lincoln to get more votes

　　C．give Lincoln some advice on make-up

　　D．persuade Lincoln to wear a beard

　　答案　D　[細節理解題。從倒數第二段我們可以了解到，小女孩寫信就是為了建議林肯留胡子，這樣會好看一些，所以說她寫這封信的目的是勸說林肯留胡子。故選D。A項是建議林肯刮胡須；B項是幫林肯多拉選票，這并不是她寫信的目的；C項是給林肯提些化妝的建議，文中未提及。]

　　4．From the letter we can know that the little girl was very________.

　　A．polite

　　B．helpful

　　C．optimistic

　　D．modest

　　答案　A　[細節理解題。從第二段中的“but in a polite way”及小女孩信的內容可知，她是非常有禮貌的，故應選A。]

　　B

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　　There is no question that teenagers need rules, which is often not a difficult thing for parents to give.What can be more challenging is giving teenagers their freedom.It can be difficult to draw the line between the two.However, some issues cannot be changed by discussion and require firm rules.For instance, rules should be established concerning driving the family car.

　　I will admit that I have no problem coming up with rules.To me they make life easier and they leave no room for questioning.What can be more difficult, however, is giving my teens their freedom.I guess there are really two primary reasons for this.One is that sometimes I am afraid to give them freedom.The second is that I'm not always so sure what the freedom should be.

　　It helps that I have a husband with whom I can discuss these problems.We talk about them，give our thoughts and then we come up with an agreement.Sometimes one of us might be more unwilling but we know that there comes a time when we really do have to learn how to let go of the reins (韁繩) a bit.

　　If we try to make life have nothing but rules, we are more likely to see our teen's rebelling (反抗)．They need to know that while we do have certain expectations, we also trust them to begin making their own choices and decisions.How else can they do that unless they are given the space and room to do it?

　　It's really all about balance and I will be the first to admit that it can be a challenge to carry out.However, it is a necessary part of growing up.Yes, teens definitely need rules but they also need freedom.

　　【解題導語】　本文認為對青少年的教育管理需要找到紀律與自由度的平衡。

　　5．According to the first paragraph, it is difficult to decide________.

　　A．whether the children need rules

　　B．whether the children should be given freedom

　　C．how much freedom should be given to children

　　D．what issues require non-negotiable rules

　　答案　C　[細節理解題。根據第1段第2、3句，更具挑戰性的是給青少年自由，可知很難決定給青少年多少自由是合適的。]

　　6．According to the writer, only rules without freedom will make the children________.

　　A．strong-willed

　　B．rebellious

　　C．weak

　　D．independent

　　答案　B　[細節理解題。根據第4段第1句可知，如果只定紀律沒有自由，我們很可能看到的是青少年的叛逆，由此可知B項正確。]

　　7．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

　　A．Rules are difficult to make for parents.

　　B．Rules and freedom are similarly important.

　　C．We should give children freedom as much as possible.

　　D．Rules are more important than freedom.

　　答案　B　[細節理解題。自由和紀律同等重要。]

　　8．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to?

　　A．Problems.

　　B．Children.

　　C．Rules.

　　D．Reasons.

　　答案　A　[詞義推測題。them指代上文的problems。]

　　Ⅳ.書面表達

　　你即將參加學校舉辦的英語作文競賽。請根據下面的四幅圖畫寫一篇短文，介紹在過去的30年里人們的通訊方式發生的一些變化。寫作要求如下：

　　1．包括圖畫的全部內容，結構完整；

　　2．可適當發揮，以使行文連貫。

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