Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note课时作业

Language points

第一节　完形填空

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

　　[2019·长沙市阶段测评]We made a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up cupcakes for my daughter Norah's fourth birthday. As an older gentleman walked by, Norah __1__ and waved, "Hi old person! It's my birthday today！" I apologized to him embarrassedly for her _2___.

　　"Hello little lady! And how old are you today？" he asked. They __3__ for a couple of minutes, with Norah __4__ him in on the details of her birthday, and we went our __5__ ways. But a few minutes later, Norah __6__ she really wanted a __7__ with him. Uh, my cutest baby!

　　We back found him at the __8__. "Excuse me, sir？She'd like to know if you'd take a photo with her，" I asked, __9__ the man to be annoyed at my daughter's strange request. __10__， I got the completely opposite response!

　　He looked __11__. "A photo? With me？" So they posed together and then they __12__ each other like they were long lost friends. The precious scene __13__ other shoppers, but no one cared.

　　We __14__ Mr. Dan (I knew his name later on) for his __15__. His eyes filled with tears and he said, "No, thank YOU. It is YOU who made me __16__."

　　Now, Norah and Mr. Dan are more than just friends. We make __17__ visits to see him because she worries about his being __18__. Mr. Dan says that his friendship with Norah helped to __19__ his broken heart for his wife's sudden death.

　　Sometimes talking to __20__ turns into the most beautiful thing in the world.

【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个温馨的故事：Norah在商店对一个她不认识的老人说"今天是我的生日"，随后还要求与老人一起合影，后来他们竟然成了忘年交，Norah给这个因妻子突然离世而伤心的老人带来了慰藉和欢乐。