Unit 3
Amazing people
[对 点 题 组]
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1．Many of the students dream of ________(explore)Mars when they grow up.
2．There are not ________(science)explanations for the existence of UFOs at present.
3．Then came the ________(disturb)news that Dolly had become seriously ill.
4．I was late in getting to the station，but ________(fortune)for me the train was late，too.
5．I broke the window，so I was forced to clean the classroom as a ________(punish)．
答案 1.exploring 2.scientific 3.disturbing 4.fortunately 5.punishment
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．The children were warned of not being too ________about things they are not supposed to know.
A．strange
B．amusing
C．curious
D．satisfied
答案 C [be curious about“对……感到好奇”。]
2．The millionaire passed away，leaving his children with a large________.
A．fortune
B．luck
C．money
D．amount
答案 A [fortune“财产；财富”。]
3．Young people are not ________to stand and look at works of art；they want art they can participate in.
A．content
B．generous
C．confident
D．conservative
答案 A [be content to do sth“满足于……”。]
4．I feel terribly sorry for ________your sleep because of the endless coughing.
A．interrupting B．having interrupted
C．to have disturbed
D．having disturbed
答案 D [disturb打扰；妨碍；扰乱。interrupt打断；中断。]
5．Now a lot of new technology can ________problems in industry.
A．be applied to solve
B．be applied to solving
C．apply to solve
D．apply to solving
答案 B [apply...to...结构中的to为介词。]
6．—Li Feng won the first prize in the national English competition.
—Oh，really？I'm glad that her efforts at last________.
A．worked out
B．got back
C．paid off
D．turned out
答案 C [在此处pay off为不及物动词短语，意为“得到报答，得到回报”。]
7．Excuse me，I can't________you.Could you please slow down a bit?
A．look up to
B．keep up with
C．live up to
．come up with
答案 B [keep up with“赶上”。]
8．No matter how frequently________，the works of Beethoven still attract people all over the world.
A．performed
B．performing
C．to be performed
D．being performed
答案 A [该题考查省略。贝多芬的作品被演出。]
9．It is not who is right but what is right________is of importance.
A．which
B．it
C．that
D．this
答案 C [该题考查强调句型。]
10．—________that he managed to get the information?
—Oh，a friend of his helped him.
A．Where was it
B． What was it
C．How was it
D．Why was it
答案 C [该题考查强调句型。]