Unit 1 第三课时
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．Please ________ (提醒) me to write to my mother tomorrow. 2．It is cruel to ________ (淹死) the cat in the river.
3．You should ________ (道歉) to your teacher for coming late. 4．We can't take photos here without ________ (允许)． 5．It is ________ (明显的) that he hasn't known the truth. 6．Please ________ (原谅) me for what I have said to you. 7．You can't ________ (愚弄) me! I don't believe you. 8．When I came in, a woman was ________ (擦) the table. 9．He couldn't say a word because of his ________ (悲伤)． 10．The girl is ________ (哭泣), for she has lost her doll.
答案：1.remind 2.drown 3.apologize 4.permission 5.obvious 6.forgive 7.fool 8.wiping 9.sadness 10.weeping
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．(2014·河南郑州第47中学高一下月考)The teacher apologized ________ late. A．to his students to arrive B．to his students for arriving C．at his students to arrive D．at his students for arriving
答案：B 句意：这位老师因为迟到而向学生们道歉。apologize to sb for sth因某事向某人道歉。
2．(2014·安徽泗县双语高一下月考)My grandfather is such a forgetful person that he has to ________ many things, even his daily meals.
A．be remembered by C．be memorized
B．be reminded of D．be reminded
答案：B 句意：我爷爷非常健忘，很多事都需要被提醒，甚至每日的三餐。remind sb of sth提醒某人某事。
3．(2014·辽宁大连协作体高一4月)—What's wrong with him?
—The picture he came across ________ his memory of a sad story in his childhood. A．put off C．set off
B．took off D．gave off
答案：C 句意：——他怎么了？——他偶然看到的这张照片使他想起了童年的伤心事。put off“延期”；take off“起飞”；set off“出发，引发”；give off“发出”。
4．(2014·河南郑州第47中学高一下月考)—David hasn't come yet. —I think he will ________ soon, for he means what he says. A．turn on C．turn down
B．turn off D．turn up
答案：D 句意：——大维还没有来。——我想他很快会出现，因为他说到做到。turn on“打开”；turn off“关闭”；turn down“调小”；turn up“出现；到场”。
5．(2014·郑州高一检测)________ is obvious that reading in the sun does great harm to your eyes.
A．This C．They
B．That D．It
答案：D 考查it的用法。分析句子可知that... to your eyes为主语从句。需用it在句中作形式主语。
6．He is an honest man; he always ________. A．breaks his word C．eats his words
B．keeps his word D．keeps his words
答案：B 句意：他是个诚实的人；他一直很守信。keep one's word“守信用”，符合题意。break one's word“失信”；eat one's words“承认自己说错话”。
7．(2014·福建罗源一中高一3月月考)We ________ our breath when our teacher read the final list.
A．took C．held
B．got D．saved
答案：C 句意：当我们的老师宣布最后的名单时，我们都屏住了呼吸。hold one's breath屏住呼吸。
8．She ________ the chair with a cloth and let me sit down. A．changed C．wiped
B．held D．kept
答案：C 句意：她用一块布擦了擦椅子，让我坐下。change“改变”；hold“抓住”；wipe“擦”；keep“保持”。
9．If anything happened to the kids I'd never ________ myself. A．believe C．show
B．forgive D．carry
答案：B 句意：如果孩子们出了什么事，我将永远不会原谅自己。believe“相信”；
forgive“原谅”；show“展示”；carry“携带”。
10．(2014·湖北省重点中学高一下期中联考)Suffering from depression, he often________his sorrows in drink.
A．swallows C．sinks
B．drowns D．buries
答案：B 考查动词。句意：患了抑郁症，他经常借酒浇愁。drown one's sorrows in drink“借酒浇愁”。
Ⅲ.完形填空
My Forever Valentine
Valentine's Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly(天真地) thought__1__him as my “Valentine Man”．
My first recollection of the__2__he could bring to Valentine's Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair.
The card was__3__“Love, Dad”and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to __4__my birthstone, a ruby(红宝石). There is __5__difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember__6__that ring with pride that all the cards in the world__7__not surpass(超越)．
__8__I grew older, the gifts gave__9__to heart-shaped boxes filled with my__10__chocolates and always included a __11__card signed“Love，Dad”. In those years my “thanks” became__12__of a perfunctory(敷衍的)response. The cards seemed less__13__，and I took it for granted that the Valentine would__14__be there. I had__15__my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from“significant others”and“Love, Dad”just didn't seem quite__16__. His final card remains on my desk today. It's a__17__of how special father can be and how important it had been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a __18__of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never__19__，nor does the memory of a man who never__20__being my Valentine.
文章大意：提到情人节，人们可能马上联想到鲜花、巧克力以及年轻的恋人们。其实情人是一个古老而广泛的概念，包括所有我们深爱的人以及深爱着我们的人，比如我们的父母。
1．A.of C．up
B．about D．over
答案：A think of...as...是固定短语，意为“把……视为/看作……”。 2．A.memory
B．magic
C．puzzle D．presents
答案：B 句意：在“我”6岁那年的情人节，他给我带来了第一次“美妙的”回忆。 3．A.read C．shown
B．written D．signed
答案：D 卡片上有父亲的“签名”。该选项从下文11空后可得到提示。 4．A.recover C．represent
B．resemble D．replace
答案：C 戒指上的红玻璃“象征/代表”着我的诞生石——红宝石。 5．A.much C．great
B．little D．less
答案：B 对一个六岁的孩子而言，红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。 6．A.having C．wearing
答案：C 表示佩戴首饰只能用wear。 7．A.could C．must
B．did D．should B．owning D．watching
答案：A 世界上所有的卡片都无法与之相比。 8．A.Because C．When
B．Since D．As
答案：D as在此处引导时间状语从句，意为“随着”。 9．A.room C．honour
B．way D．seat
答案：B give way to是固定短语，意为“为……所代替”。 10．A.favorite C．dear
B．lovely D．precious
答案：A 该题可采用排除法，修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的”、“亲爱的”、“宝贵的”，但可以用“最喜爱的”。
11．A.usual C．strange
答案：D 父亲的卡片是“特殊的”。 12．A.less C．more
B．little D．much B．common D．special
答案：C 句意：这些年来“我”的“感谢”更多成为一种敷衍的反应。从上下文可知，此处是与以前对比。
