Unit 3 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
语篇填空练习
A
Henry is 1.________ American businessman. One day, when he was sailing (航行) on a boat near San Francisco, he was carried out into the sea by a strong wind. 2.________ (luck), he was discovered and picked up by a London bound (开往伦敦的) ship. So he 3.________ (land) in London by accident. Alone and 4.________ (hunger), he walked on the streets of the city. Unexpectedly, he 5.________ (call) into a big house. There two rich 6.________ (brother), Oliver and Roderick, gave him a letter and told 7.________ (he) not to open it until two o'clock of the day. Henry didn't know it was a million pound (百万英镑) bank note. He left the big house and went into a cheap restaurant to get something to eat. Everyone was impolite and impatient to him. Why 8. ________ he was in rags (衣衫褴褛) and looked dirty. Then, 9.________ everyone's surprise, he handed the owner a million pound bank note to pay for the meal. On seeing the note, all the people in the restaurant became friendly and tried their best 10.________ (please) Henry. Don't you think it's the most unbelievable story in the world
B
One day，Bill went to the beach with his friends Jim and Bob. After playing for a while，Bill fell 1.________(sleep) on the comfortable beach. After an hour，he woke up. He found his friends 2._________ (play)volleyball. Bill walked towards them and 3._________ (begin)to play with them.
Bob hit the ball too hard and it 4._____ (fall)into the sea. Just as Bob was going to pick up the ball，a strong 5.______ (wind) blew it away. Bill wanted to show off (炫耀) his swimming skills，so he decided to get the ball back for them.
After swimming for about ten minutes，Bill became tired. He 6.________ (realize) it was impossible for him to get the ball. But he tried his best to swim to it. At that moment，some black clouds appeared in the sky！Oh，what 7._______ (strang)weather it was！It started to rain 8. _________(heavy)．
At that time Jim and Bob were 9._________ (complete)surprised because they couldn't see Bill. They didn't just stand on the beach in 10.__________ (silent)anymore. They shouted for help. Luckily，a young man saved Bill.
C
I was in Houston a few weeks ago，and needed to go back home in Austin the next day. It was a long way to go，so I decided to leave at about 5：00 the next morning.
When I was on the highway，I 1.________ (sudden)found that I left my purse in Houston. So I had to 2.________ (return)to get it. However，on the way of returning，my car broke down. I was very 3.________(worry)．No one could give me a hand.
I closed the doors and called a tow truck (拖车).Soon，a man knocked on the 4.________ (window)and asked if he could help me. From his look，I 5.________ (guess) he was a bad person. So I refused，telling 6.________ (he)the tow truck was coming soon. He said，“Madam，the tow truck will arrive in 45 minutes or never. And you aren't going anywhere 7.________ you change that tire (轮胎).”
I thought for a while，and I 8.________ (decide)to trust him. So I got out. He looked very 9.________ (surprise)．
It took him half an hour to change the tire. Then he said，“Thank you for letting me help you. You 10.________ (offer)me a chance when most people would never open the door to someone like me. Is it OK if I give you a hug？” I smiled and accepted his hug.
D
Tanvir is a two year old tiger. He lives in a zoo in England. As one of nature's kings (自然界之王), the tiger is always strong and not like other 1. ________ (animal) like chickens. 2. ________, Tanvir is a special one. He turned out to be more cowardly (胆小的) than 3. ________ (he) keeper (饲养员) could imagine. Tanvir stopped and couldn't move at the top of a new 5 meter high tower in his zoo after 4. ________ (climb) it for the first time.
They built the tower to test Tanvir's ability (能力). They wanted to improve his ability. But after climbing onto the tower in just a few 5. ________ (minute), he couldn't come down. “It was made to train him, but actually, he is afraid 6. ________ it，” said Tanvir's keeper.
Tanvir spent nearly two days at the top of the tower. But nobody helped him. A keeper at the zoo said, “It took Tanvir half an hour 7. ________ come (come) down from a smaller tower (only 1.5 meters high) before. But the taller tower is clearly too difficult for him to get down.”
In the end Tanvir was hungry and that beat everything, so after almost forty eight 8. ________ (hour), he made his way down in order to eat. It showed that Tanvir didn't do very 9. ________ (good) this time. People wonder 10. ________ he will climb his exercise tower again. His keeper believes he will because the tiger is one of nature's kings.
E
Nowadays, more and more people enjoy traveling 1.________ (到国外). But when traveling in a strange country, safety is one of the most important things you have to 2.________ (考虑). According to an international safety 3.________ (报道), China is seen as one of the safest places in the world.
China is one of the most 4.________ (受欢迎的) traveling countries. That means you may 5.________ (完全地) have no worry about your safety when traveling in China.
The UNWTO says China is one of the best places for 6.________ (游客) to take a vacation around the world, with more than 7.________ (六十) million trips made by people from other countries last year.
24-year-old Maria, an 8.________ (印度的) girl said she was satisfied with China's order and safety. That made her feel much safer than in the United States or Turkey, where she had also visited.
She 9.________ (解释) that she didn't worry about getting into trouble in Beijing, as she saw lots of police officers in cars and security staff(安保人员) in subways keep order. All these people made her feel safe and 10.________ (舒服的) while traveling around Beijing.
China is now more powerful and it is attracting more and more people from all over the world.
参考答案
A
1. an 2. Luckily 3. landed 4. hungry 5. was called 6. brothers 7. him 8. Because 9. to 10. to please
B
1.asleep 2.playing 3.began 4.fell 5.wind 6.realized 7.strange 8.heavily 9.completely 10.silence
C
1.suddenly 2.return 3.worried 4.window 5.guessed 6.him 7.until 8.decided 9.surprised 10.offered
D
1.animals 2.However 3.his 4.climbing 5.minutes 6.of 7.to 8.hours 9.well 10.if
E
1. abroad 2. consider 3. report 4. popular 5. completely 6. visitors 7. sixty 8. Indian 9. explained fortable
