课时作业(十八) [必修3 Module 6 Old and New]
(限时：45分钟)Ⅰ.单项填空1. After graduating from college，I took some time off to go travelling, ________ turned out to be a wise decision. [2012·江西卷] John has really got the job because he showed me the official letter________ him it.r
D．to be offered________ the 13th century.
A．dating from
B．dating back
C．dated from
D．dates back to
4．What do you advise for________ ink from my jacket?
A．moving
B．getting
C．bringing
D．removing
5．I 'd ________ that house for the time being; house prices are rising sharply at the moment.
A．stick to
B．insist on
C．hold on to
D．apply to
6．No one can give a speech without an outline, which will give you a good ________ to base your speech on.
A．construction
B．structure
C．building
D．form
7．—How about talking with native speakers if I know little about French?
—________. You should learn it for several months. A．That's all right
B．It's out of the question
C．It's up to you
D．It makes sense
8．Elizabeth has already achieved success________her wildest dreams.
A．at
B．beyond
C．within
D．upon
9．He gave me a map,
which proved to be of great ________ while I got round Beijing.
A．price
B．cost
C．value
D．charge
________interests,
which is why she hasn't joined any local club.
A．narrow
B．little
C．broad
D．many
11．For many cities in the world,
there is no room to spread out further,
________ New York is an example.
A．for which
B．in which
C．of which
D．from which
12．—Dad,
can I go to the cinema with you?
—No,
this film is________adults only.
A．designed to
B．designed for
C．designing for
D．designing with
13．Do you think the mixedability teaching holds the brighter students ________？________！ You can't pay ￥10 for a Tshirt! Take it or leave it. ous
D．ashamedⅡ.阅读理解(鸭嘴兽) cannot be real,
can they? The duckbilled platypuses of eastern Australia are small,
shy animals. This small mammal is such a strange creature that when the first one arrived at the British Museum in London in 1798,
scientists thought that someone was playing a practical joke on them.
One cannot blame the scientists for having such a thought because it is definitely one of nature's strangest creatures alive.It looks like an animal which has been put together using various parts of different animals.It is a fourlegged animal with a tail like a beaver's(海狸),
webbed feet and a duck's bill.It has no outer ears.What is strange still is the fact that it breastfeeds its young like all other mammals,
yet lays eggs like fish,
reptiles and birds.It grows to about 47 centimeters in length and weighs around 1.5 kilogrammes.
Male platypuses are poisonous. They have a pointy part on their hind ankles that connects to a poison bag in each leg. They mainly use these weapons in mating battles with other males. However,
if threatened,
they will use them to attack their enemies.
The platypus is native to Australia. There are thousands of them living in the wet lands,
lakes and rivers of eastern Australia and parts of Tasmania. It feeds on underwater animals such as shrimps,
worms,
frogs,
snails and small fish. When a platypus is underwater,
it is almost deaf and blind.However,
scientists have discovered that the animal can still find its food through a sense of smell and a sensitive sense of touch in the bill. The bill,
in fact,
has sensors which can detect the smallest electrical charge sent out by the movement of prey(猎物). This explains why the strange creature has the strangest habit of eating ordinary flashlight batteries.
16．Why did the scientists think they were being made fun of?
A．The animal they saw was too small and shy.
B．The animal had traveled all the way from Australia.
C．The animal looked too strange to be real.
D．The British Museum had been charged too much money.
17．Paragraph 2 mainly tells us about the platypus'________.
A．strange features
B．unique appearance
C．way of feeding its young
D．usual size and weight
18．In what way is the male platypus' weapon dangerous to its enemies?
A．It's as sharp as a knife.
B．It's on the powerful hind ankles.
C． It attacks at all times.
D．It can send out poison.
19．The platypus eats flashlight batteries because ________. A．they send out electrical charge
B．they taste delicious to it
C．they look like swimming frogs
D．they provide energy for it
Ⅲ.书面表达假定你是李华，
18岁，
来自山东。 一个月前刚到英国，
正在一所大学学习暑期课程。目前在写作方面遇到一些困难，
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