Unit 1 Cultural Relics language points课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　A young Syrian woman, Lilith, had been invited to the conference at the last minute. Everyone seemed surprised but __1__ that she'd actually come. Just a few days earlier, Lilith had __2__ her country and found refuge (庇护) with one of the __3__ attending the conference. As an Orthodox Christian in Syria, she and her loved ones had become __4__ targets of violent terrorist (恐怖分子) groups in the country's ongoing civil war.

　　Lilith had __5__ horrors no one of her young age should ever witness. With the further danger it __6__， she decided to leave her home and her family to find __7__ here in America. Knowing some of her __8__， and seeing her sitting through the sessions at the retreat - head covered in a scarf, face __9__ toward the floor - broke my heart.

　　Lilith's story __10__ all of us, including Pam, who was a __11__ maker. Pam had just __12__ a beautiful quilt, and had brought it with her. She, along with a few of the leaders, decided to give it to Lilith as a __13__ of their comfort and love. Lilith had left her own mother __14__ in her homeland, and I couldn't imagine how __15__ and lonely she felt. __16__ I could see there were lots of "mamas" in this community of women who were more than __17__ to love her.

　　During our last __18__ together, Lilith was called forward and prayed over, hugged, and wrapped up in that beautiful quilt. I thought of the many hours Pam __19___ spent working on it, unaware of the terrible events that would lead Lilith to this moment - surrounded by the beauty and love the quilt embodied. I __20__. When they told her it was for her, she wept, too.

　　语篇解读：叙利亚女子Lilith为了躲避家乡的战争和恐怖分子的袭击，来到美国寻求帮助，得到了作者及其他女士的帮助。该篇文章告诉我们应维护和平并帮助他人。

　　1．A.delighted B．impressed

　　C．disappointed D．shocked

　　解析：选A　由but可知此处应用一个与surprised相反的形容词，故用delighted表示"高兴的"。 impressed"印象深刻的"；disappointed"失望的"；shocked"震惊的"。

　　2．A.escaped B．betrayed

　　C．fled D．condemned

　　解析：选C　根据第二段中的"she decided to leave her home and her family"可知，此处应用fled，表示"逃离"，指她逃离了她的国家。escape后面要加from表示"从......中逃离"；betray"背叛"；condemn"谴责"。

　　3．A.Christians B．enemies

C．women D．Syrians