我的人教版高中英语必修三：Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note 单元小练习习题

Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note

一、单项选择

1. — Excuse me, sir, ________ —I’d like a cup of coffee and two pieces of bread.

A. what do you want?

B. may I have your order?

C. this table is reserved.

D. I would like to serve you.

2. The reason for his success is ______ he worked very hard.

A. why

B. that

C. whether

D. how

3. The bill would ______ workers twelve weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies.

A. permit

B. supply

C. admit

D. provide

4. She’s going to have problems finding a job ______ she gets good marks.

A. for

B. since

C. so that

D. even if

5. In the end I lost my ______ and shouted at her.

A. character

B. manner

C. benefit

D. patience

6. — What do you think of their marriage?

— ______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

A. Generally speaking

B. I have no idea

C. To be honest

D. To my surprise

7. He couldn’t ______ the fact that the money was found in his house.

A. answer for

B. leave for

C. account for

D. care for

8. Teachers cannot be expected to ______ all the responsibility for poor exam results.

A. accept

B. lead

C. shoulder

D. answer

9. Would any one of you please tell me ______ to the railway station?

A. how far is it

B. how far it is

C. how far is

D. how far

10. — Would you mind if I turned on the radio and listened to some music?

— ______. In fact, I also like to listen to music in my car.

A. No, you can’t

B. Yes, I do

C. No, go ahead

D. OK, no problem11. Then you usually lie there just ______ the ceiling, thinking about everything that could go wrong.

A. glancing at

B. watching at

C. glaring at

D. Staring at

12. He made his last ______ for the club in the Cup Final.

A. performance

B. appearance

C. show

D. scene

13. The pilot, whether ______ or design, made the plane do a sharp turn.

A. by accident

B. at times

C. suddenly

D. all at once

14. If you ask me, I would say that I won’t mind ______ abroad to enrich my knowledge.

A. taking

B. to take

C. to be taken

D. being taken

15. It was rude ______ you to stare at the foreigner when he passed by just n ow.

A. of

B. for

C. with

D. to

二、单词拼写。

1. Your cousin is full of h________; he had us laughing all through the meal.

2. He is one of the best d________ in the history of Chinese film industry.

3. People like his play because they find all the c________ in it are real.

4. The Japanese are used to b________ to each other when they meet.

5. The little girl s________ when she saw a mouse running by her feet.

6. It was really u________ that he fell off the truck without being hurt.

7. It is hard to imagine that she should be so r________ to an old lady.

8. Every night he would sit on the door steps, s________ into the darkness.

9. The last ________ (场景) of the play was almost over when they got to the theatre.

10. There were too many people and he had to force a ________ (通路) through the crowd.

11. It is good ________ (礼貌) to give your seat to an old man on the bus.

12. The sudden ________ (出现) of the policeman caused the thief to run away.

13. Though they were classmates, he was ________ (嫉妒) of Mary’s success.

14. In order to keep his money safe, he opened an ________ (账户) with the bank.

15. Be a little ________ (耐心). I will be ready in a few minutes.

三、完成下列句子。

1. ____________(事实上)，he was spotted to be late for school_________________(偶然).

2._________________(说实话)，we shouldn’t have sympathy on those people who are ________________ (衣着褴褛) to pretend to be poor.

3.i ________________(挣船费) by working as _________________ (义务工) .

4.she’s always speaking to others ________________________(粗鲁的方式).

5.she won’t _____________________________(允许她的狗进入这个院子).

6.the topic doesn’t seem boring to me ;_______________________(与此相反;正相反), i think it’s very interesting.

四、请从下面方框中选择适当的短语并用其正确形式填空。

make a bet, go ahead, by accident, account for, to be honest, in rags, even if

get into trouble, be lost in, do with, take a chance, be about to

1. They ________ get down the hill when suddenly it began to rain heavily.

2. My brother never misses a class ________ he is ill and has a high fever.

3. The girl ________ so ________ listening to music that she forgot the meeting.

4. There is so much rubbish here that I really don’t know what ________ it.

5. Though he was told it was hard to find a job there, he still decided to ________.

6. — I wonder if I could use your typewriter? — Sure, ________.

7. — How did you find this important letter? — Quite ________.

8. He has been asked to ________ his absence.

9. If yo u don’t listen to the teacher’s advice, you will ________.

10. ________, I don’t like the way he does things.

五、语法填空。

Mark Twain was born in Florida and 1. _______ (spend) his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi river. Three of his most famous books describe people on this great river. They are the adventures of tom sawyer, The adventures of huckleberry Finn and life on the Mississippi. Indeed, this author loved the river so much that even his pen name is about the river. “Twain” is an old word for “two”. so, to “Mark Twain” is to say that the water is two fathoms 2. ______(deeply).

A fathom is equal 3. ______six feet or 1.83 meters. Twain left school 4. ______ the age of twelve to look for work. Over the next two 5. ________(decade) he 6. _______(be)a printer, a riverboat pilot , a soldier, a gold miner, a businessman and a newspaper reporter. In 1865, he published the celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County 7. ______ was about a jumping frog contest. His writing became famous 8. ______ its description of common people and the way they walked, but 9. __________(especial) for his humor. He became rich from the many novels, short stories and travel journals he wrote 10. _____was very popular at public readings. Yale and Oxford universities honored him for his writing. However, the later part of his life was heavily overshadowed by several misfortunes. He was 11. __________(bankrupt) by some ill-advised investments in 1884 and the money from much of his later work was needed to pay off his debts. One of his daughters died in 1896, his wife in 1904, and another daughter in 1909. The last years of his life 12.______(be)filled with sad events, loneliness and the loss of much money. His writing lost most of its humor and became sad like him. He died in Redding, Connecticut, on 21st April, 1910 aged 75. Yet he is still one of the most popular writers in the world today.

六、阅读表达。

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a job in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 1 to work because of poor health. The family c ouldn’t 2 to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went 3 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was wondering what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 4 .

It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a 5 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and 6 plenty of money.

Jack 7 working hard. After one year he succeeded in 8 the ￡100.

By the time Jack was 30 years old he had 9 his first million, and he wanted to 10 this achievement by doing something “grand”. With all hi s money it was 11 to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the heart of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million, 12 Jack still can’t get used to 13 the good life. He can 14 be found drinking with the locals at the local pub(酒吧).

“I remember being very 15 as a child, but never unhappy as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

1. A. able B. glad C. unable D. eager

2. A. offer B. like C. expect D. afford

3. A. wrong B. hung ry C. ill D. bad

4. A. school B. farm C. business D. store

5. A. problem B. purpose C. future D. principle

6. A. spent B. borrowed C. wasted D. earned

7. A. enjoyed B. preferred C. promised D. hated

8. A. developing B. saving C. repaying D. paying

9. A. given B. made C. taken D. lost

10. A. remember B. honour C. celebrate D. recognize

11. A. impossible B. possible C. obvious D. basic

12. A. so B. and C. or D. but

13. A. using B. sparing C. living D. keeping

14. A. often B. never C. sometimes D. seldom

15. A. rich B. poor C. healthy D. well

答案

单选1. B解析：考查交际用语。A为中式表达，B为点餐时的服务用语。

2. B 解析：考查表语从句。表语从句中不缺成分，故用that引导。

3. A 解析：动词辨析。句义为“这个方案允许工人因家中急事无薪告假12周”，故A符合题意。

4. D 解析：for因为；since既然，因为；so that所以；even if即使。故只有D符合句义。

5. D 解析：lose one’s patience 失去耐心。

6. C 解析：考查交际用语。to be honest说实话。

7. C 解析：考查短语辨析。answer for 对……负责；leave for 离开去……；account for 对……作出解释；care for关心，照顾

8. C 解析：shoulder作动词，意思是“承担”。

9. B 解析：考查间接引语，特殊疑问句变为间接引语需用陈述句语序。

10. C 解析：考查交际用语。根据空格后的句子可知同意打开收音机，故选C，意思是“不介意，打开(收音机)吧”。

11. D 解析：stare at表示长时间凝视；glance at表示粗略浏览，或者短时间一瞥；watch at指认真仔细地看；glare at 怒12. B 解析：考查短语辨析。make the final appearance最后一次露面。

13. A解析：by design表示故意地，故by accident符合题意，意思是“偶然”。

14. D 解析：考查mind的用法，mind doing sth；又此句主语I和take之间为动宾关系，故用动名词被动语态。

15. A解析：it was rude of sb to do sth指“某人做某事，太粗鲁无礼了”。

一、单词拼写

1. humor

2. directors

3. characters

4. bowing

5. screamed

6. unbelievable

7. rude

8. staring

9. scene 10. passage

11. manners 12. appearance 13. jealous 14. account 15. patient

二、完成句子as a matter of fact; by accident； to be honest; in rags

earn my passage; an unpaid hand；in a rude manner；

permit her dog to enter the yard； on the contrary

三、选词1. were about to 2. even if 3. was; lost in 4. to do with 5. take a chance 6. go ahead7. by accident 8. account for 9. get into troubl10. To be honest

四、语法填空1. spent 2. deep 3. to 4. at 5. decades 6. was 7. which 8. for

9. especially 10. and 11. bankrupted 12. were

完形填空

1. C 解析：由后文可得知，父亲身体不好，当然无法工作。故答案为C。

2. D 解析：afford意为“付得起”，既然父亲无法工作，当然没有能力支付房租和账单。

3. B 解析：前面说父亲无法工作，没有能力支付房租和账单，孩子们当然会饿肚子。

4. C 解析：根据上下文可知这里在讲老师借钱给他做生意，故选business。

5. C 解析：他在废弃金属中找到了他的希望和未来，这里future符合逻辑。

6. D 解析：Jack通过这个生意赚了很多钱。earn some money赚钱，固定搭配。

7. A 解析：享受辛勤工作的过程。enjoy后面接动词-ing形式。

8. C 解析：前文提到老师借钱给Jack做生意，现在他成功了，自然是要还钱。

9. B 解析：make money赚钱，偏向口语化。

10. C 解析：既然成功了，当然需要做点什么来庆祝一下。

11. B 解析：有了钱，建房子当然不是难事。

12. D 解析：前后文逻辑关系为转折，因此选but。

13. C 解析：live a … life是固定短语，意为“过着……的生活”。

14. A 解析：前文提到Jack虽然有钱了，但还是没有适应富人的生活，那么在普通人经常消遣的酒吧见到他就是件很自然的事情了。

15. B 解析：小时候Jack很穷。