Unit 3 Computers Learning about language课时作业

第一节　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

　　请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　It's hard being an astronaut's son. I mean，everybody 1 you to be special or perfect，and I'm just a(n) 2 student，and I'm also ordinary，too... when it 3basketball，football，soccer and baseball.

　　I often wonder how my father 4 had a son like me. I mean he is so special and so good at everything. 5 I used to dream about doing something unusual to 6 my father and make him proud of me.

　　In one class，my teacher 7 a Father's Day essay contest for us and the winners' essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school，I walked home，8 about my father，whom I would write about in my essay.

　　He sat with me in the 9 when I was a kid and had a nightmare(噩梦)．He 10 me with a new puppy (小狗) at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to 11 death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me，he wasn't a world­famous astronaut，12 my dad.

　　I wrote about all these 13 in my essay.

　　One of our neighbours said，"I 14 you will win the contest，David. You are the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut."I 15.

　　I hadn't shown anyone the essay，but then I almost hoped I wouldn't win. I didn't want to win just 16 my father was an astronaut.

　　I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay，the audience(听众) applauded. I saw my father blowing his 17. I went back to my seat. Dad nodded to me，18 his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son，this is the 19 moment of my life，"he said.

　　It was the proudest moment of my life，too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize，but just then，it was 20 just to be my father's son.

语篇解读　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。父亲是一名很出色的宇航员，作为名人的儿子，人们也期待"我"与父亲一样出色。而"我"只是一个普普通通的人，所以，"我"也想做些非同寻常的事来向父亲证明"我"也很优秀。

1．A.hopes B．expects

C．imagines D．supposes

答案　B

解析　身为宇航员的儿子，每个人都期待(expect)"我"与父亲一样特别或完美。