Unit 1 great scientists using language 课时作业

　　第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D )中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Perhaps forty years ago Sadie left her drunk and violent husband. Needing shelter for herself and her young son she took a __1__ in a housing project for __2__ people.

　　Eventually, she got to know the residents. One resident, Archie, didn't have a __3__ of his own but his nephew's wife and her kids would __4__ and help the old guy from time to time.

　　Sadie helped care for Archie as he battled __5__ and it was she who called the doctor who diagnosed his cancer.

　　Time passed. Sadie's son grew up, got __6__ and settled several hundred miles away. Sadie retired and __7__ into a nice little home of her own. To __8__ the loneliness she took in a series of __9__ over the years.

　　Her current dog, Muffin, with a bad temper, __10__ pulls at the end of his lead. So when a heavy fall of snow came a year and a half ago she was __11__ when a neighbour offered to __12__ the dog; just so she wouldn't be pulled off her feet and break a __13__.And each day he would spend a while talking to her, seeing if she was __14__， checking if she needed anything. But in all the time she's known him，Sadie never really thought to wonder what his last __15__ was. This morning she asked. His surname was the same as old Archie's. She was __16__ to discover the man who had been "caring" for her for the past year and a half had been one of the little kids who used to __17__"Uncle Archie" and tramp mud up and down the stairs she had to __18__.

　　She had cared for his family, now he was caring for her. Neither of them __19__ it until that moment but they were living proof of the old saying, What goes around comes around, and the circle of __20__ will not be broken!

语篇解读：四十年以前萨迪在贫困潦倒时到一家养老院工作，在那里结识了一位孤寡老人。萨迪给予了老人无微不至地关怀，而四十年后，老人的家人又帮助了萨迪，爱心得到了传递。

　　1．A.seat　　　　　　　　　 B．job

　　C．picture D．trip

　　解析：选B　联系空前的"Needing shelter for herself and her young son"可知，她在一家养老院找到了一份工作以解决衣食居住问题。

　　2．A.elderly B．foreign

　　C．young D．foolish

　　解析：选A　联系下文的"help the old guy from time to time"可知，这是一家专门为老年人服务的机构。

　　3．A.conductor B．hope

　　C．family D．friend

　　解析：选C　从本空后的只有他的侄子一家来看望并且帮助他可推断：这位老人没有家人。

4．A.look up B．get round