Unit 5 Travelling abroad
Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.单句填空
1.Your shirt requires (wash). It’s too dirty.
2.As a general manager,he (occupy) with meetings,dinners and trade negotiations. 3. He acknowledged his mistake and wrote a letter to express his (acknowledge) to me. 4. David (substitute) in the second half of the football match after a serious knee injury. 5. His high income enabled him to live comfort. 6. Eye doctors recommend that a child’s first eye examination (take) at the age of six months old.
7. The job is too boring. I don’t think I can keep it any longer. 8.It’s difficult (contradict) someone politely. Ⅱ.短语填空
adjust to; keep it up; fit in with; be occupied with; substitute for; as far as one is concerned 1.The coat is fine the colour , but it is not of very good quality. 2. Your work has improved; we are all pleased with your progress. . 3.His plans to take his vacation early in August mine. Maybe we can team up with each other.
4. The species that fail to the changing conditions of existence will gradually become extinct.
5. Linda the work of redecorating her house these days. 6.If you cannot go yourself, try to find someone to you. Ⅲ.根据汉语提示完成句子
1.It took several seconds for his eyes to (适应) the dark. (adjust)
2.Having grown in the countryside, my parents found it hard to (适应城市生活). (fit)
3.They had enough money to (过得舒适) in their old age. (comfort) 4.He (忙于) designing a tall building. (occupy) 5. (第一次) that I had done wrong. (time)
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Ⅳ.阅读理解 Dear Ms Smith,
It is with great interest and enthusiasm that I am applying for the arts education internship (实习) advertised in Sunday’s The New York Times. This position is exactly what I am looking for and an ideal opportunity for me to use my knowledge, educational background and experience.
My arts education at Pratt Institute has helped me develop a firm foundation in the arts. The courses I have completed at Pratt, along with my study abroad in Paris, have prepared me well for a position in arts education. I have always enjoyed a passion for the arts but my undergraduate (本科) education has taken my interest to a whole new level. I not only enjoy doing art but I find myself even more enthusiastic when I have the opportunity to teach what I have learned.
For the past two summers I have worked directly with children at City Arts. These experiences are amazing since my responsibilities include planning and directing major projects that are planned for the summer programme that goes on each year for local children interested in the arts. I was given a concept at the beginning of each summer and I had complete control of how the projects were to be completed. The children were the creative force and often were the inspiration for the artwork that was eventually presented to the public.
I am very excited about the summer opportunity with the Children’s Museum of the Arts since I know that I can definitely make a positive contribution while doing what I love—teaching art to children. I will contact you in one week to discuss my candidacy (候选资格) and see if you have any questions about my education or experience. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Samantha R.Gray
1. What is Gray’s purpose of writing this letter? A.To advertise for herself in The New York Times. B.To show her great enthusiasm for City Arts. C.To obtain the chance of teaching art to children. D.To prove her successful educational experiences. 2. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that .
A.Gray tries to find a chance to devote her rich art knowledge to children
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B.Gray has gotten her undergraduate education at college in Paris C.Gray had given up the art courses at Pratt Institute and left for Paris D.the education Gray has received makes her optimistic about the opportunity 3. Which of the following isn’t mentioned by Gray in Paragraph 3? A.Her management ability. B.Her family background. C.Her love for children. D.Her working experience. Ⅴ.语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Andrew Engel was completely confused. Just days into his freshman year at Rutgers University, he was sitting in class, listening to 1. students having a discussion. He had no idea 2. they were talking about. He had done his homework, paid attention to lectures and taken notes, but nothing was familiar. “Everyone is so much 3. (smart) than I am,” he thought. It was a foreign feeling, as he’d always been a good student and 4. (graduate) from high school with a 3.9 GPA.
The rest of his day progressed like an episode of The Twilight Zone. He got 5. (lose), again, on his way to the cafeteria, even though he’d been there a few hours earlier. Back at his dorm, he greeted his room-mate with a “Hi, how’s it going?” while thinking, “What is his name again?”
He was acting 6. a person with Alzheimer’s disease(阿尔茨海默氏病,即老年痴呆病), 7. he was only 17. By the end of September, he’d dropped a class and was studying with 8. tutor, yet he was still struggling. He decided he had no 9. (choose) but to drop out, telling his 10. (puzzle) parents he wasn’t cut out for college.
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