Unit 2 Robots reading课时作业

第一节 单词拼写

　　　根据所给首字母或汉语意思，用单词的适当形式填空。

1．Not all __________(预测) come true.

2．The new hospital is under c__________.

3．Don't i__________ me in your quarrel!

4．Scientists have made a b __________ in the search for a cure for cancer.

5．On a distant mountain was a sign in 20-foot characters. "Build the Three Gorges Dam, E__________ the Yangtze River," it said.

6．The flood caused serious __________(毁坏) to the railway.

7．There is a long line of fans q__________ up for tickets for Lang Lang.

8．Their father's death had a __________(影响深远的) effect on them all.

9．I am writing in r__________(回应) to your advertisement for a temporary position as a waiter.

10．I want a travelling __________(同伴) to go to America with me.

第二节 完形填空

When I was young，each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house．He usually got up early before___1_____and began milking the cow and cleaning the farmyard．In summer，he got up___2_____earlier to mop the grass and water the flowers and vegetables in the garden．Once I helped my father to____3____weeds from the corn field．It wasn't long____4____I felt very tired but the field ridge（田垄） seemed____5___．Finally I totally threw myself____6____in the field，feeling____7___．My dad seemed to have____8____my mind．He came up and said，"Farming is backbreaking and really takes__9______and sweat，but in____10____the sweet harvest will be worth the____11___．"Encouraged by his words，I struggled to my feet．My father___12_____and added，"Rome is not built in a___13____but it can be built in hundreds of days．So whenever___14_____with a huge project，just break it into ___15____parts and then complete them one by one．Finally you will be amazed at your___16____．"Hearing what he said，I was greatly____17____and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch．Believe it or not，at the end of the day，I___18_____in weeding half an acre of corn field．