必修三 Module 6 Old and New
.用所给单词的适当形式填空engineer， date， construct， history， narrow， poem， submerge， remove， freeze， crash1．He decided to major in ________ at college.
2．The plane ________， causing over 200 death.
3．It is ________ cold in the Antarctic.
4．He is writing a ________ novel about nineteenthcentury France.
5．Our school football team ________ beat theirs by 21 points to 20.
6．The damaged buildings are under ________ now.
7．Would you tell us some stories of ________ such as LiBai, Du Fu and so on?
8．Rescue crews __________________ two people from the collapsed building.
9．The festival ________ from the 15th century.
10．The wall __________________ by flood water.
答案：1.engineering 2.crashed 3.freezing 4.historical 5.narrowly 6.construction 7.poets 8.removed 9.dates 10.was submerged
.完成句子
1．当她是学生时，她梦想成为一名演员。
As a schoolgirl, she ________________ becoming an actress.
2．你知道这座塔建于什么时候吗？
Do you know when the tower ________________________？
3．我们每个人都希望我们的梦想会实现。
Each of us wishes our dream would __________________.
4．她总算抑制住了自己的愤怒情绪。
She just managed to ________ her anger.
5．他独自离开了，没有向任何人告别。
He left alone, ________ goodbye to anyone else.
答案：1.dreamed of 2.dates from/dates back to/was built 3.come true/be realized 4.hold back 5.without saying
.单项填空
1．—Which mobile phone should I choose for my girlfriend?
—________， because you know her taste.
A．It just dependsB．All right
C．It's up to you
D．Glad to hear that
答案：C 考查交际用语。根据because you know her taste(因为你了解她的品味)可以判断出选C项表示“由你决定”。
2．It was said that the winter of 2010 was ________ cold but, in fact, it was not as cold as predicted.
A．frozen
B．freezing
C．freezing
D．froze
答案：B 考查固定搭配。freezing cold表示“极冷”。
3．As we all know, Michael Jackson lived ________ terrible life for many years when he was ________ child.
A．a; a
B．/; a
C．the; a
D．/; the
答案：A 考查冠词。live a/an＋adj.＋life表示“过……的生活”。child是可数名词，此处表示“一个孩子”，所以前面要加不定冠词。
4．The palace ________ the 16th century will be torn down.
A．dates from
B．dates back to
C．dated from
D．dating back to
答案：D dating back to the 16th century＝which/that dates from/dates back to/dating from the 16th century作定语修饰the palace。
5．My mother asked me to ________ the dirty dishes from the table after dinner.
A．remove
B．refuse
C．replace
D．reduce
答案：A 考查动词辨析。remove“移开，除去”；refuse“拒绝”；replace“代替”；reduce“减少”。句意：饭后我母亲让我拿走桌子上的脏盘子。
6．It makes ________ to fight for your highest attainable goal.
A．progress
B．efforts
C．sense
D．contributions
答案：C 考查固定搭配。make progress“取得进步”；make efforts“努力”；make sense“有意义， 有道理”；make contributions“做贡献”。句意：为你可以达到的最高目标而奋斗是有意义的。
7．It's said that the hotel to be completed can ________ more than 1, 000 guests.
A．accommodate
B．supply
C．offer
D．put
答案：A 考查动词辨析。accommodate“容纳”；supply“供应”；offer“提供，出价”；put“放置”。句意：据说将要竣工的这家旅馆能容纳1000多位客人。干扰项是D。若把D项改为put up也正确。
8．________ is possible that everyone will become happy if they change the habit of unhappiness.
A．It
B．That
C．This
D．One
答案：A it在此处作形式主语，真正的主语是that everyone will... unhappiness。
9．(2011·上海·29)—Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn't finish the assignment yesterday.
—Oh, you ________ have done it as yesterday was the deadline.
A. must
B. mustn't
C. should
D. shouldn't
答案：C 此处表示和过去事实相反的情况，应该用should ＋ have ＋ 过去分词“本来应该做，而未做”。
10．(2010·银川一中模拟)The ________ of the Itaipu Dam took 30,000 people seven years.
A．construction
B．structure
C．destruction
D．instruction
答案：A 考查名词辨析。construction“建造”；structure“结构”；destruction“破坏”；instruction“指导”。此处指“伊泰普大坝的建造花了30000人7年的时间”，故选A。
11．This book is ________ great value. ________ can be enjoyed from it until you have a deep understanding of it, however.
A．in; Few
B．of; Nothing
C．of; Something
D．in; Much
答案：B 考查“be＋of＋名词”结构。由句尾however可知后半句句意转折，因此用nothing。句意：这本书很有价值，但是除非你对它有很深的理解你才能从中得到乐趣。
12．Come and ________ your wet coat, or you will catch a cold.
A．put on
B．remove
C．pick up
D．put away
答案：B 句意：过来把你的湿衣服脱下，否则你会感冒的。remove“脱下”；put on“穿上”；pick up“用车接”；put away“放好”。
13．Winning the competition ________ his financial problems.
A．was an end
B．came to an end
C．brought an end to
D．put an end
答案：C 句意：赢得这次比赛让他摆脱了经济问题。bring an end to...“结束，终止”；come to an end “结束，完成”，不是及物动词短语。
14．Nowadays the power of the wind is being ________ to generate electricity.
A．harnessed
B．made
C．produced
D．exploited
答案：A 由句意可知，此处指利用风力发电，故选A。harness指利用自然之力；D项指“开采、开发”(煤炭等自然资源)；B、C和generate的意思重复。
15．I always dream of ________to travel to different places, meeting different people.
A．being a chance
B．there chance
C．there to be a chance
D．there being a chance
答案：D dream of后需跟动词的ing形式，排除B、C；“有机会”用there be结构，排除A项。
.完形填空
(2011·北京)
I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn't like attention drawn to myself. And
__1__
otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always
__2__
to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this
__3__
after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested
I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy
__4__
because I didn't have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the
__5__
to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “
__6__
for
it”， I wouldn't have decided to give a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the
__7__
of it! When I first started
__8__
the practice sessions, I didn't even know the rules of the game, much
__9__
what I was doing. Sometimes I'd get
__10__
and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid.
__11__， I wasn't the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to
__12__
on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn't
__13__
“just yet”．
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the
__14__
and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive
__15__
in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the
__16__—friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my
__17__
selfconfidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from
“__18__”
in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,
__19__
raising my hand—even when I sometimes wasn't 100 percent
__20__
I had the right answer. Now I have more selfconfidence in myself.
本文讲述了“我”由不自信到自信的转变。我原先是一个很不自信的学生，不愿意受到别人的关注，经常选择坐在教室的后面。但是，在老师的鼓励下，我参加了篮球队。在学习打篮球的过程中，我学会了与别人合作，交到了朋友，提高了自信。
1. A. as
B. until
C. unless
D. though
答案：C as“当……的时候”；until“直到”；unless“除非”；though“尽管”。此处表示“除非老师另行指定座位”，unless otherwise“除非另……”。
2. A. hoped
B. agreed
C. meant
D. chose
答案：D 否则我总是选择坐在教室的后面。hope to do“希望做某事”；agree to do“同意做某事”；mean to do“意欲做某事”；choose to do “选择做某事”。
3. A. continued
B. changed
C. settled
D. started
答案：B 由后文可知，这一切在我加入运动队之后都改变了。
4. A. idea
B. plan
C. belief
D. saying
答案：A 刚开始我以为加入篮球队是个疯狂的想法。idea“主意，想法”；plan “计划”；belief “信念，信仰”；saying“谚语”。
5. A. right
B. chance
C. ability
D. patience
答案：C 因为我既没有好的平衡感，也没有在队中与别人并驾齐驱的能力，他们会取笑我。right“权利”；chance“机会”；ability “能力”；patience“耐心”。
6. A. going
B. looking
C. cheering
D. applying
答案：A 要不是坚持让我尝试一下的那个老师的话，我不会决定尝试一下。go for it“努力争取；冒险尝试”。
7. A. point
B. half
C. rest
D. basis
答案：B 鼓起勇气去尝试仅仅是这件事的一半，从后文来看还有更困难的事。point “点”；half“一半”；rest “其余的”；basis“基本，根本”。
8. A. enjoying
B. preparing
C. attending
D. watching
答案：C 当我开始参加练习赛的时候，我不知道比赛规则。enjoy “喜欢，享受”；prepare“准备”；attend“参加”；watch“观看”。
9. A. less
B. later
C. worse
D. further
答案：A 我连比赛规则都不知道，更不用说我在干什么了。much less“更不用说”；much later“更晚些”；much worse “更糟糕的是”；much further“更远”。
10. A．committed
B．motivated
C．embarrassed
D．confused
答案：D 有时候我会脑子里很混乱，朝错误的方向投篮——这使我感到很愚蠢。get confused“糊涂的，混乱的”。
11. A. Interestingly
B. Fortunately
C. Obviously
D. Hopefully
答案：B 所幸的是，我不是运动队当中唯一一个新手。interestingly “有趣的是”；fortunately“幸运的是”；obviously“很显然”；hopefully“但愿”。
12. A. focus
B. act
C. rely
D. try
答案：A 因此我决定集中注意力学习这项运动。focus on“集中于”；act on“对……起作用”；rely on“依赖”；try on“试穿”。
13. A. want
B. do
C. support
D. know
答案：D 我决定在每一场练习赛当中尽自己最大的努力，对那些我不知道的东西，不要对自己太过于严厉。want“想，想要”；do“做”；support“支持”；know“知道”。
14. A. steps
B. orders
C. rules
D. games
答案：C 不久我知道了运动的规则和招数。step“步骤”；order“命令，订单”；rule“规则”；game“运动”。rule与第三段的第二句话相对应。
15. A. role
B. part
C. mind
D. value
答案：B 不久，我内心的竞争职责就是把我缺乏的信心争取回来。role“角色，任务，作用”；part“部分，角色，职责”；mind“思想”；value“价值”。
16. A．process
B．operation
C．movement
D．situation
答案：A 随着时间的推移，在这个过程当中我学会了如何打球，并且交上了朋友。process“过程”；operation“经营，运转，手术”；movement“运动，活动”；situation“情形”。
17. A. expressed
B. improved
C. preserved
D. recognized
答案：B 我的自信心与日俱增，随之而来的是来自老师和同学的表扬。由前文可知我以前不自信，现在自信，故自信心“有了提高”。expressed “说出的”；preserved“保存的，
蜜饯的，
腌制的”；recognized“公认的”。
18. A．dreaming
B. playing
C. relaxing
D. hiding
答案：D 由第一段可知，我经常坐在教室后面，不想引起别人的注意，故此处表示“我从一个躲在教室后面、不想引起别人注意的学生变成了一个……”。dream“梦想”；play“玩耍，表演”；relax“放松”；hide“躲藏”。
19. A. by
B. for
C. with
D. to
答案：D 从躲在教室后面到抬起头来。from...to...“从……到……”。
20. A. lucky
B. happy
C. sure
D. satisfied
答案：C 尽管有时候我不百分之百地确信我有正确答案。lucky“幸运的”；happy“快乐的”；sure“确信”；satisfied“满意的”。
.短文填空
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
There is an English saying：“__1__”Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.__2__
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.__3__ If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.__4__
__5__ They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A. Laughter can prolong one's life.
B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh.
C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.
D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G. They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.
答案：1～5 FGDCB