大学英语精读第一册-完形填空

大学英语精读第一册Unit11.CompletethefollowingpassagewithwordchosenfromtheWords&PhrasestoDrillbox.Changetheformswherenecessary.Learning（1）strategieshelpmakethedifficulttaskofstudyingEnglisheasier.Forinstance,itisbeneficialtotreatnewwordsindifferentwaysaccordingtohow（2）frequentlytheyoccurineverydayuse:activewordsyoumustpractice（3）overandoveragain:usefulwordsyoumust（4）committomemory;wordsthatseldomoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanodding（5）acquaintance.Italsopaysto（6）watchoutforidiomaticwaysofsayingthingsinenglish.AsidiomaticusageoftencausesdifficultiesforChinesestudents,youmustpaycloseattentiontothewaynativespeakers（7）communicate.Languagelearningis,infact,anactive（8）process.StudentswhomakeaconsciousefforttopracticeEnglish,whoseekout（9）opportunitiestousewhattheyhavelearned,aremoresuccessfulthanthosewho（10）relyontheteachertodothewholejob.Undoubtedly,itisallimportantto（11）putintopracticethroughspeakingandwritingwhatyouhave（12）absorbedfromreadingandlistening.2.Fillinthemissingwords:ManyofyouarestudyingEnglishandyoumaybewonderingwhytiissodifficulttolearn.Itisactuallynotthatdifficulttolearn（1）ifyouknowsomebasicfacts（2）aboutthelanguageandculturethat（4）itreflectsPerhapsthefirstthingyouneedto（4）knowaboutEnglishisthatitismake（5）upofseveralotherlanguagessuch（6）asFrench,German,Latin,GreekandAnglo-Saxon.In（7）addition,therearewordsfromSpanishinEnglishandmanyAmericanIndianwordsandnames；（8）evensomeChineseandJapanesewordshavefoundtheirway（9）intotheEnglishlanguage.Thisborrowingofwordsfrom（10）otherlanguagesisoneofthekeyreasons（11）forsomeofthedifficultiesthatpeoplemeetwith（12）whiletheyarelearningEnglish.Unit21.CompletethefollowingpassagewithwordchosenfromtheWords&PhrasestoDrillbox.Changetheformswherenecessary.ThestoryofFrancisChichester,asretoldhereisoneofheroismandadventureinthefaceofgreatdanger.（1）Inspiteofhissufferingfromlung（2）cancer,the65-year-oldChichesterwas（3）determinedto（4）accomplishhisdreamofsailingsingle-handedroundtheworld.InAugust,1966,he（5）setoutformEnglandonthefirstlegofhis（6）voyagetoAustralia.After107daysassea,hearrivedinSydney.Duetohisweakenedcondition,hisfriendsmaderepeatedattemptsto（7）dissuadehimfromgoinganyfurther.Herefusedto（8）giveuphowever;andafterafewweeks'resthesetoffonceagain.WhenhearrivedbackinEnglandinMay1967,hehad（9）coverde28,500miles,adistancenoonehad（10）previouslysailedalone.Hewasgivenahero'swelcome.2.Fillinthemissingwords:ThevoyagebeganbecauseIwasterrifiedofCapeHornIfanythingterrifiesme,Imust（1）conquerit.Ihadreadterriblethingswritten（2）aboutCapeHornbypeoplewhohad（3）succeededinmakingthepassage.Allthewater（4）betweenSouthAmericaandtheAntarcticissqueezed（5）throughthisnarrow,shallowgap.Yougetwaves50feet（6）high.Ireadalotofbooksabouttheoldclippershipsthatusedto（7）sailroundtheHorn,andmyplantook,shapeIwould（8）followtherouteofthesegreatsailingvesselsfromEnglandtoAustralia（9）roundthecapeofGoodHopeand（10）thenroundCapeHornbacktoEngland.Notonlythat,（11）butiwouldtrytoequaltheiraveragesailingtimeforthesevoyages.（12）Asitturnedout,Ididnotsucceed.I（13）mademistakes.Ididnotgoas（14）fastastheydid.ButI（15）didsailroundtheworldsingle-handed.Noonehad（16）everdonethatbefore.Itisalwayssatisfyingtodosomething（17）thatnooneelsehasdone.Unit31.CompletethefollowingpassagewithwordchosenfromtheWords&PhrasestoDrillbox.Changetheformswherenecessary.Onthe（1）occasionoftheoldlady'seightiethbirthday,shewaitedeagerlytoseewhatkindofpresenthedaughter,Myra,wouldsendtoher.Sinceherfirstdaughter,Enid,haddiedtwoyearsbefore,theoldladyhad（2）enduredthelonelinessoflivingbyherself.Itwas（3）rareforMyratovisithermother,butstill,theoldladywasproudofher.Shefeltsurethatherdaughterwouldcelebrateherbirthdaywithsomethingspecial.Asshewaitedforthe（4）postman,theoldlady（5）trembledwithexcitementbecauseshewasquitesureshewouldreceivealovelypresent.（6）Afterall,shethought,evenifMyrapaidlittleattentiontohermother（7）atothertimes,todaywasaveryspecialday.However,whenthepostmancame,theoldladyfoundtoher（8）disappointmentthat,ratherthanchoosingaspecialgift,Myrahadsimplysentherachequefoldedinacard.2.Fillinthemissingwords:AOldagehasalwaysbeenthoughtofastheworstagetobe;butitisnot（1）necessaryfortheoldtobeunhappy.（2）Witholdageshouldcomewisdomandtheabilitytohelpothers（3）withadvicewiselygiven.（4）Theoldcanhavethejoy（5）ofseeingtheirchildrenmakingprogress（6）inlife;theycanwatchtheirgrandchildren（7）growinguparoundthem;and,perhapsbestofall,theycan,（8）iftheirlifehasbeenauseful（9）one,feelthehappinessofhavingcome（10）throughthebattleoflifesafelyandofhavingreachedatime（11）whentheycanliebackandrest,leavingothersto（12）continuethebattle.BAHollywoodproducerwasdeterminedtogivehismotherabirthday（1）presentthatwouldbebetterthan（2）anyhisbrothersweregivingher.Heheardaboutanamazingbirdwhich（3）couldtalkintwelvelanguagesand（4）singtenfamousoperas.Heimmediatelyboughtthebirdand（5）sentittohismother.It（6）costhim$50,000.Thedayafterher（7）birthday,hephonedhismother..Whatdidyouthinkofthe（8）bird,Mother?heaskedeagerly.Hismother（9）replied,Delicious!