Lesson 1 The Underdog
一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示填空
1.We can’t b seeing all this rubbish around,so we have decided to clean it up ourselves.
2.He shouldn’t have risked his life just to save a dog but you have to a his courage.
3.People used to believe that the earth was the center of the u .
4.The war hero received many (奖章)for his bravery.
5.If you make a fire when there is a gas leak(泄露),the house may e .
6.Internet shopping has begun to have a serious i on traditional stores.
7.The (悲剧) of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal,but lies in having no goal to reach.
8.He was just about to (跳水) when he saw the shark.
9.She moves with the natural (优雅)of a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员).
10.The popularity of (羽毛球) is due to the fact that it’s not necessary to be trained to play.
二、语法填空
1.There is a good reason (believe)that he is lying.
2.They often practise (play)basketball on the playground in their spare time.
3.Napoleon pushed on to Moscow,where one of the (great)disappointments of his life waited for him.
4.The study also forecast an (explore)in the diet soft-drink market.
5.He would often do very foolish things just to prove how (dare)he is.
6.I can’t understand why he seems to have no (hungry)for knowledge.
7.They have (absolute)no idea how this happened.
8.I’m ready to do anything to make up for the (lost).
9.New Year is coming.What do you want to say to your (love)one
10.We’ve got three days’ holiday (include)New Year’s Day.
三、完成句子
1.在这个问题上你真是太对了。
You are about this problem.
2.中国运动员在奥运会上表现得非常出色。
Chinese athletes quite the Olympic Games.
3.教室门外站着一位老人。
an old man.
4.我喜欢这个城市的历史和文化,以及它那美丽的风景。
I like the city’s history and culture its beautiful scenery.
5.屋里有猫我可受不了。
I cats in the house.
四、阅读理解
In Montreal there’s a doctor named Nick Petrels.He works 60 hours a week.He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office.He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr Petrels gives his patients good medical advice.But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do.He also sings to them on television!Dr Petrels has his own TV show.The show is in Italian,English and French.The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice.He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language.After that,he sings another song.
Dr Petrels produces and performs(表演)in his own show every week.The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.His favorite songs are love songs,and he has a compact disk(光盘)of love songs that he wrote.Dr Petrels says,“I always love to sing.All my problems are gone when I sing.”But when Dr Petrels was young,his father didn’t want him to be a singer,so he went to a medical school.
Some people tell Dr Petrels he can help people more as a doctor.But Dr Petrels says he helps people when he sings,too.“I like to make people smile.Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile.Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing.They try to make people feel good.”
1.Dr Petrels works 60 hours a week,because he .
A.gives his patients medical advice
B.takes care of too many patients a week
C.sings on television
D.has his own TV show
2.Dr Petrels ,so he is called a singing doctor.
A.has been a doctor for ten years
B.always loves to sing
C.is popular with his patients
D.also sings to his patients on TV
3.In his TV show,Dr Petrels .
A.sings and gives medical advice
B.sings about different diseases
C.starts to explain diseases with a song
D.sings love songs he wrote
4.Dr Petrels’ show is popular .
A.in Las Vegas
B.at medical schools
C.with people who like his singing
D.with patients in Montreal
五、语篇填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
David will never forget what happened to him the day before yesterday.He 1. (eat) something when he received a strange phone call from a hospital.The caller said that David’s son had fallen to the ground unconscious on 2. way to school.It was he who took him to the hospital.David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son’s classroom,only 3. (find) him listening to the teacher attentively.He 4.(sudden) realized that he had been deceived(欺骗),but he felt relieved.Just at that time the caller rang again,saying,“Your son is in great 5. (dangerous) and he needs an immediate operation which costs 48,000 yuan.Please tell me your bank account.The doctors here say they will not operate on your son 6. they receive the money.”When 7. (ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital,the caller hung up.David gave a big smile and said,“What a pity!”
If the cheater thought he could get money from David 8. such a dishonest way,he was wrong.Such fraud(诈骗) phone 9. (call) are not uncommon these days.A few people might have fallen victim to such tricks.Most parents are alert and sensitive to 10.(they).It was really silly of such a cheat to deceive well-educated men like David.
一、1.答案:bear
2.答案:admire
3.答案:universe
4.答案:medals
5.答案:explode
6.答案:impact
7.答案:tragedy
8.答案:dive
9.答案:grace
10.答案:badminton
二、1.答案:to believe
2.答案:playing
3.答案:greatest
4.答案:exploration
5.答案:daring
6.答案:hunger
7.答案:absolutely
8.答案:loss
9.答案:loved
10.答案:including
三、1.答案:dead/absolutely right
2.答案:did;well in
3.答案:Outside the classroom stood/stands
4.答案:as well as
5.答案:can’t bear/stand having
四、1.答案:B
2.答案:D
3.答案:A
4.答案:C
五、答案:1.was eating 2.the 3.to find 4.suddenly 5.danger 6.until/unless 7.asked
8.in 9.calls 10.them
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