Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum
单元能力提升九
Ⅰ.完形填空
Asha looked out of the window on the plane. What a __1__! The buildings were so tall. The city was large, much larger than her small town.
Asha was on vacation in New York City. She was very __2__ as she had always wanted to come since she was young. She read stories about it and studied its __3__. She knew how the island of Manhattan was bought from native Americans 300 years ago. She __4__ knew people from all over the world came to live here. These people, like Asha, __5__ a new life in New York.
But Asha was only staying for fourteen __6__. She thought of these two weeks as a time to __7__ herself to move back to New York. She would return to her small __8__, stay for one year, and then come to live in New York forever. So she had to plan this vacation __9__.
In New York Asha wanted to do __10__ things. First, she wanted to look for a job. Next, she would find a place to live. She knew it was expensive to live in New York and that finding a good place to live was __11__. And the third thing she wanted to do was to __12__ her English. She had studied English for 12 years but didn't know __13__ she could understand “real” English.
Before leaving, her friends told her that New York was a __14__ place. But Asha wasn't worried. She had studied New York carefully. She believed she would be safe.
All of a sudden(突然), Asha saw the Statue of Liberty! The plane flew __15__ it, and then began to slow down. Soon Asha was on the ground, getting ready to leave the plane to greet her future.
( )1.A.sight B.day C.mess D.plane
( )2.A.afraid B.excited C.sad D.relaxed
( )3.A.weather B.education C.population D.history
( )4.A.ever B.still C.only D.also
( )5.A.asked for B.came up with C.dreamed of D.found out
( )6.A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
( )7.A.ask B.drive C.prepare D.follow
( )8.A.country B.house C.school D.town
( )9.A.carefully B.comfortably C.freely D.secretly
( )10.A.two B.three C.four D.five
( )11.A.easy B.hard C.necessary D.proper
( )12.A.learn B.review C.practice D.teach
( )13.A.why B.how C.if D.when
( )14.A.small B.large C.safe D.dangerous
( )15.A.around B.on C.in D.at
Ⅱ.用方框中所给单词的适当形式完成短文
else, wake, although, peace, asleep, it,
couple, when, German, believable
I want to write about the most exciting holiday in my life. Last year, I went
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on holiday with a 1.________ of friends in Italy. We stayed in a 2.________ hotel. Every day we went swimming and visited some beautiful places. We also met many 3.________, Indians and Japanese.
One night,I felt very tired,so I went to my room earlier than everyone 4.________. I took a shower and then went to bed. However, I couldn't fall 5.________, so I turned on the TV. Suddenly, the TV turned 6.________ off! This was very strange, so I got up and went to the window. Then I saw a sea monster(怪兽)! The monster said, “Don't be afraid of me. I'm not dangerous. I just want to tell you that you will come back to this place next year.” I closed my eyes, and 7.________ I opened them again, the monster was gone.
The next morning, after I 8.________ up, I told my friends about it. But they thought it was 9.________. A few days later we returned to Poland. It was the most exciting holiday of my life!
10.________ I don't think there are any monsters in the world, I hope the sea monster's words will come true.
教师详解详析
Ⅰ.1.A 根据下文判断向窗外看到的是“景色”,因此选A。
2.B
3.D 根据下文“She knew how the island…300 years ago.”可知,她读关于它的故事,学习它的历史。
4.D 5.C 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.A
10.B 根据下文“First…Next…third…”判断,她想做三件事,因此选B。
11.B
12.C practice English意为“练习英语”。
13.C 14.D
15.A fly around意为“绕着……飞”。
Ⅱ.1.couple 2.peaceful 3.Germans
4.else 5.asleep 6.itself 7.when
8.woke 9.unbelievable 10.Although
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