Unit 8 Adventure(A 卷)Ⅰ.单句语法填空1.Most of us could hardly contain our ____________(excite)when hearing that our team won.答案:excitement2 . The captain asked his colleague whether he was prepared to risk ____________(travel) without an armed guard.答案:travelling3.The supermarket offers ____________(vary)goods to choose from,so more and more people prefer to shop there.答案:various4 . Nowadays many young people who are overweight are anxious ____________ their health.答案:about5.The government has taken some measures,____________(aim) at cutting down the cost during the tough economy.答案:aiming6.It is known that Internet shopping has already taken ____________ when people make sure that it is safe.答案:off7.I haven’t got a job at the moment,but I’m sure that something good will turn ____________ sooner or later.答案:up8.Although ____________(taste) a little bitter,this medicine will be good for curing the disease.答案:tasting9.The company will buy several pieces of ____________(equip) and take on some new employees next year.答案:equipment10.A big fire broke ____________ in the hotel last night,but all the people were able to escape from it.答案:outⅡ.阅读理解A(·辽宁师大附中高三质检)I’ve often wondered if I might do more good as a travel agent rather than as a psychologist.It seems that I have been more dramatically affected by certain kinds of travel experiences than I ever have.My trip to Iceland is a fine example of that.The plan was to spend two days in a remote mountain hut in Iceland.I was working on a photographic book about winter in Iceland and needed to capture images of this amazing region of high mountain peaks,smoky volcanoes,and lakes with floating icebergs.The moment after we...