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Unit3SectionⅠⅠ.单项语法填空1．Myfriendknowswherehecanpick________agoodusedcaratareasonableprice.答案：up句意：我的朋友知道在哪里买到价格公道而质量尚好的旧车。pickup“(便宜地)买到”。2．Uptonow,theprogram________(save)thousandsofchildrenwhowouldotherwisehavedied.答案：hassaved考查时态。uptonow表示“直到现在”，句中谓语动词往往用现在完成时态。3．________wasexpected,onlyfivepeopleturnedupattheparty，________disappointedthehostessverymuch.答案：As;whichas引导非限制性定语从句，位置比较灵活，表示在意料之中；which引导非限制性定语从句，表示在意料之外。本句话意思是“正如所预料的，只有5个人参加了那次聚会，这使女主人非常失望。”4．Twomiddle－agedpassengersfellintothesea.________(fortunate)，neitherofthemcouldswim.答案：Unfortunately从neitherofthemcouldswim判断，可知应该是“不幸的是”。句意：两个中年乘客掉入海中，不幸的是，他们两个都不会游泳。5．Heoftenlistenstomusicinhissparetimetoentertain________.答案：himself句意为“他经常在空闲时间听音乐来愉悦自己”。6．Jackwas________failureasaleader,butheachievedgreatsuccessinwriting.答案：a考查抽象名词及抽象名词具体化。failure，[U]失败；[C]失败者，失败的人或物。句意为“杰克作为一个领导来说是一位失败者，但是在写作方面他取得了巨大的成功。”7．Theworkerhadafingercut________bythemachinehewasoperating.答案：offcutoff“中断，切断”。句意为“这个工人的一个手指头被他开的机器切断了”。8．—Canyoulendmesomemoney?—Iam________(bad)offthanyou.YouknowIlivefromhandtomouth.答案：worsebadlyoff“穷的，境况不好”，比较级形式worseoff“情况更糟”。句意：——你能借给我点钱吗？——我比你情况还糟，你知道我现在仅够糊口。9．—Ishereallycontent________thelowpay?—Ofcoursenot.Hewantstogetsomeextrapay.答案：withbecontentwith“对……满意”。句意：——他真对这份低工资满意吗？——当然不。他想得到额外报酬。10．It'seasytopick________theboywhowillmeetyouattheairportbecauseheisrathertall.答案：outpickout“挑出，辨别出”。句意为“你很容易认出在车站接你的男孩，因为他相当高”。Ⅱ.阅读理解A(2015·陕西卷)WhenthedognamedJudyspottedthefirstsheepinherlife，shedidwhatcomesnaturally.Thefour－year－olddogsetoffracingafterthesheepacrossseveralfieldsand，beingacityanimal，lostbothhersheepandhersenseofdirection.Thensheranalongtheedgeofacliff(悬崖)andfell100feet，bouncingoffarockintothesea.HerownerMikeHoldenpanickedandcalledthecoastguardofCornwall，whoturnedupinseconds.Sixvolunteerssliddownthecliffwiththehelpofaropebutgaveupallhopeoffindingheraliveaftera90－minutesearch.Threedayslater，ahurricanehitthecoastnearCornwall.Mr.Holdenreturnedhomefromhisholidayupsetandconvincedhispetwasdead.Hecomfortedhimselfwiththethoughtshehaddiedinthemostbeautifulpartofthecountry.Forthenexttwoweeks，theHoldenswereheartbroken.Then，oneday，thephonerangandSteveTregear，thecoastguardofCornwall，askedHoldenifhewouldlikehisdogback.Abirdwatcher，armedwithatelescope，foundthepetsittingdesperatelyonarock.Whilehesoundedthealarm，astudentfromLeedsclimbeddowntheclifftocollectJudy.Thedoghadinitiallybeenknockedunconscious(失去知觉的)buthadsurvivedbydrinkingwaterfromafreshstreamatthebaseofthecliff.Shemayhavefedonthebodyofasheepwhichhadalsofallenovertheedge.“Thedogwasverythinandhungry.”SteveTregearsaid.“Itwasaveryluckydog.Shesurvivedbecauseofaplentifulsupplyoffreshwater，”headded.Itwas，asMr.Holdenadmitted，“aminormiracle(奇迹)”．文章大意：文章介绍的是叫Judy的狗在追赶一只羊的时候，从悬崖上掉下来。主人努力寻找几个小时...