Unit 9 Wheels Period Five Communication Workshop 课时精练（北师大版必修3，广东专用）时间：45分钟Ⅰ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A White Collar Lady in a Little FigureOne morning，a girl named Merry，was staying at home when her wish really came ture—She had __1__ to a small figure all at once—A White Collar Lady!She was so __2__ that she whirled on her desk.Then she had a __3__ in her cap.When she was a __4__ girl，it took her nearly three hours to bathe and she had to wash her dirty __5__ for another three hours.However，now she could do __6__ within an hour.Then she started to __7__，putting on perfume powders，coloring her __8__ and combing her hair.She looked up at her huge clock，only 7 a．m..That was to say，it only __9__ her less than ten minutes to get to her company.In the past，doing all the housework on her own，she always was late for work.She __10__ her breakfast at a fast restaurant instead of at home for __11__ of being late.She felt very full after eating the roasted rice.It was __12__ very strongly and her coat was floating up in the wind.In the company，she put any necessary __13__ into her computer.In the following days she had built a __14__ of her own.She had longed for living in a villa for so long a time.Then，she gave up her job and kept herself into her villa all day because she did not have to earn a living in the company and pay the __15__.One day，God saw her state of living and signed：“A lazy dog！Pain comes fromlaziness！”【解题导语】记叙文。
Merry由一个普通女孩变成白领女士前后的生活与工作的变化。
1．A.transformed B．changedC．turned D．become解析她突然变成了(transform to＝change into)一个小人物头——白领女士。
答案 A2．A.expected B．excitedC．surprised D．pressed解析她如此激动以致于她坐在写字台上旋转起来。
答案 B3．A.meal B．drink C．swim D．bath 解析她戴上浴帽洗澡。
答案 D4．A.shy B．commonC．friendly D．athletic解析在没有变成白领女士之前，她是普通的女孩子。
答案 B5．A.clothes B．dishes C．head D．cap 解析考查生活常识；洗澡之后通常换洗衣服又花三个小时。
答案 A6．A.nothing B．noneC．everything D．something解析但是，现在在一个小时之内能够把一切事情做完。
答案 C7．A.sit up B．stay upC．make up D．go up解析make up化妆；sit up坐直；stay up熬夜；go up上升。
答案 C8．A.hair B．skin C．checks D．lips 解析color her lips涂抹口红。
答案 D9．A.cost B．tookC．used D．spared解析句型：It takes sb. some time to do sth.花费某人多少时间做某事。
答案 B10．A.refused B．stoppedC．enjoyed D．cooked解析由于害怕迟到，她在快餐店而不是在家吃早餐。
答案 C11．A.result B．causeC．case D．fear解析for fear of为了避免，害怕。
答案 D12．A.floating B．blowingC．flying D．hanging解析风使劲地刮。
答案 B13．A.account B．newsC．evidence D．information解析她把任何必要的信息都用键盘输入电脑。
答案 D14．A.villa B．cottageC．restaurant D．company解析她建立起自己的别墅。
答案 A15．A.food B．travel C．rent D．life 解析因为她有了别墅，所以她没有必要支付房租了。
答案 CⅡ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)AWhat is the tallest gift received by the United States？Located inNew York Harbor，the 152-foot Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship fromthe people of France to the people of the United States.An inspiration tomillions of immigrants，this statue is a universal symbol of freedom，democracy(民主)，and diplomacy(外交)．The relationship between the United States and France beganduring America's quest for independence from Great Britain in1776.Benjamin Franklin was among those who served on the diplomatic front during the Revolutionary War.By living in Paris as the American ambassador，Benjamin cultivated a relationship with the French government and the French people.As a result，French soldiers fought alongside the American colonists(殖民者)．Paris was the site for peace negotiations between the United States and Great Britain at the end of the war.In 1865，Edourd de Laboulaye of France developed the idea of creating a giant statue to honor the friendship and the commitment to liberty between France and the United States.He formed the French-American Union to raise money for this project.Joseph Pulitzer used the editorial pages of his newspaper to raise support in the United States for the fund.French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and structural engineer Gustave Eiffel finished the project in Paris，and the French people presented it to the people of America on July 4,1884.The statue was then shipped across the Atlantic in 214 boxes broken into 350 individual separate pieces.The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28,1886，and President Grover Cleveland accepted the statue on behalf of the American people.Ellis Island，which was the arrival point for European immigrants，is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.Between 1892 and 1924，more than 22 million passengers saw the Statue of Liberty as they passed through Ellis Island and the Port of New York.This landmark of freedom became a National Monument in 1924 and a major touristattraction in the 20th century.【解题导语】自由女神像作为法美两国之间爱好友谊、爱好和平的象征，最初由法国人在1865年提出建议并设计、制作，最后于1884年成功送达美国，历时近20年，终于屹立在纽约港口，为世人所瞻仰。