人教版選修七Unit 5 Traveling abroad reading 課時作業(yè).doc

unit 5 traveling abroad reading 課時作業(yè)（一）完形填空as my train was delayed for two hours, i had plenty of time to spare. after buying some magazines to read on the journey, i gave my wife a long-distance call, then i 1 my way to the luggage office to collect my heavy suitcase. i had 2 it there three days before. there were only a few people 3 , and i took out my wallet to find the receipt(收條) for my case.the receipt seemed not where i had 4 it. no matter how hard i searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.when my 5 came. i explained the situation sorrowfully 6 the assistant. the man looked at me up and down as if to say that he had 7 this kind of story many times and asked me to tell him 8 my case was like. i told him it was an old brown-looking object no different 9 the many cases i could see in his office. the assistant then told me to 10 a list of what was 11 in the case. if they were 12 , he said, i could 13 the case away. i tried to remember all the things i had hurriedly 14 into the case and 15 them down as they came to me.after i had done this, i went to 16 round the office. there were hundreds of 17 there. for one 18 moment, it came to my mind that if someone had picked the receipt he could have easily taken the case already. this had not happened fortunately, for i found the case 19 in the corner. after 20 the things inside, the assistant was satisfied that it was mine, and told me i could take the case away.1. a. traveledb. gave c. had d. made2. a. heldb. left c. found d. forgotten3. a. standingb. crowding c. waiting d. talking4. a. placedb. found c. held d. left5. a. turnb. chance c. wayd. cause6. a. tob. forc. atd. on7. a. heardb. knewc. realizedd. seen8. a. how b. what c. thatd. all9. a. fromb. withc. tod. among10. a. takeb. makec. holdd. put11. a. whollyb. allc. alreadyd. mainly12. a. everythingb. wrong c. correctd. all13. a. takeb. holdc. bring d. put14. a. placeb. putc. heldd. kept15. a. tookb. gavec. wroted. had16. a. gob. walkc. rund. look17. a. peopleb. workersc. cases d. assistants18. a. fearfulb. interesting c. sadd. happy19. a, puttingb. setting c. placingd. lying20. a. seeingb. examining c. countingd. telling （二）閱讀理解a advancing technology may have brought many advantages to human beings, yet at the same time it has created another problem pollution.as factories continuously pour smoke into the sky, chimneys let off smoke, motor-engines send out fumes and chemical processes pollute the atmosphere with bad smells, we are endangering our sense of smell. although the government protests that pollution of this kind can become less serious by “clean air” campaigns, the pollution problem still exists. sound pollution caused by the thundering noise of jest which scream overhead and the heavy traffic which grinds along the roads making a continuous attack on our ears can make us deaf or harm our hearing. polluted water changes the balance of nature and kills life living in it. when strolling by a country stream or on a beach, we notice that the streams are no longer alive and sparkling, for their bad smelling waters are made dirty with petrol, cans, broken bottles and rotten vegetables. fish are few because few can survive in these waters and we no longer have the chance of watching fish swimming in the water as they catch their food, a victim of progress and pollution.1. air pollution is caused by _. a. factories b. motor- engines c. chemical processes d. all of the above2. sound pollution can make us deaf, because _. a. we all take jets on our journey b. there are too many cars, buses and trucks along the roads c. it makes a lasting attack on our ears d. our hearing is a little harmed3. a country stream may be polluted because _. a. the balance of nature has been changed b. the water is no longer alive and sparkling c. it is made dirty by petrol, cars, broken bottles and rotten vegetables d. fish cant swim in the water4. “we are endangering our sense of smell” means _. a. our sense of smell is being lost b. something is wrong with our noses c. we cant smell with our noses any more d. smell is dangerous to some of us5. which of the following statements is not true? a. the air pollution problem still exists although the clean air campaigns are carried out. b. advanced technology has brought us both advantages and pollution. c. fish swimming in the polluted water can kill the plants and animals living there. d. when we are strolling by a country stream or on a beach, we can smell something bad from the water.b when americans consider families, many of them think of a traditional family. a traditional family is one in which both parents are living together with their children. the father goes out and works and the mother stays home and rears the children. the biggest change in families in the united states is that most families today do not fit this image. the most common type of family now is one in which both parents work outside the home. in 1950, only 20 percent of all american families had both parents working outside the home. today, it is 60 percent. even women with young children are going back to work. about 51 percent of women with children younger than one year old now work outside the home. another big change is the increase in the number of families that are headed by only one person, usually the mother. between 1970 and 1988, the number of single-parent families more than doubled.some families look even less like the typical traditional family. they may consist of a couple of one race who have adopted children of another race, or from another country. in many states, single people may also adopt children. another change is that families in the united states are getting smaller. in the mid1700s, there were six people in the average household. today the average household contains between two and three people. one recent change is that the number of marriages is rising. the number of babies born also has been climbing steadily for the past 10 years. many experts see these trends as a sign that americans are returning to the values of marriage and family.6. from the passage, we can conclude that the biggest change in american families is that _. a. people s concept of traditional family changes b. women are more financially independent than they used to be c. the size of a family becomes smaller and smaller d. more and more parents do not live together with their children.7. which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. most of the american families now have members of different nationalities. b. most american women will work soon after they give birth to children. c. it is possible in t