Unit 3 Family matters

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1. Judy spent hours c____________________ on the phone with their friends last night.

2. With the exam a____________________， I found myself working harder than ever before.

3. Children often behave badly out of i____________________， so we should pay more attention to them.

4. There are only two o____________________ for you， accepting the challenge or giving it up.

5. This is the house where my family have lived for three g____________________ since my grandparents.

6. The ____________________ （角色） in the play are a group of common people living a wonderful life.

7. ____________________ （假定） that the work will be finished ahead of time， what should we do next？

8. Basketball is my favorite sport and I’d love to be a（n） ____________________ （专业的） basketball player one day.

9. She has always been honest with me， and I ____________________ （尊重） her for that.

10. We have our natural ____________________ （天赋）， yet we hardly use it.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

turn to focus on calm down be proud of jump in with both feet

1. When faced with an emergency， __________________________ instead of getting nervous， and you’ll find a way out.

2. When going for a job interview， forget all your problems and __________________________ the positive things to make a good first impression.

3. You had better not __________________________ before you know what really happened.

4. She has nobody else she can __________________________ when she is in trouble， so she feels sad.

5. His parents __________________________ him for his winning first prize in the competition last week.

课文语法填空

Grandpa and Father ____1____ （play） chess when Son comes in. Son tells his father that he doesn’t want to go to university， ____2____ surprises his father. Father is a lawyer， and wants his son to choose the same career as well， because it pays well. However， Son is ____3____ （interest） in playing music. Father doesn’t understand him and has an ____4____ （argue） with him.

Grandpa has no choice but ____5____ （try） to make them calm down. He reminds Father of his decision when Father ____6____ （be） his son’s age. At that time， Father chose a career suiting his own talents， but Grandpa who had a different idea didn’t force Father to follow his will and was even proud ____7____ Father. Now， Grandpa asks Son to take his advice ____8____ （serious） and suggests that he should go to university and play music at ____9____ same time. Grandpa thinks Son can make lots of new friends at university. Father accepts it， ____10____ （say） to Son， “You can make lots of new lawyer friends.”

1. ____________________  2. ____________________  3. ____________________  4. ____________________  5. ____________________

6. ____________________  7. ____________________  8. ____________________  9. ____________________  10. ____________________

能力提升

阅读理解

When I was growing up in America， I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English， she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores， at banks， and at restaurants did not take her seriously， did not give her good service， and pretended （假装） not to understand her.

My mother has realized the disadvantages of her English as well. When I was fifteen， she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to shout at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker （股票经纪人）. I said in an adolescent voice that was not very believable， “This is Mrs Tan.”

And my mother was standing beside me， whispering loudly， “Why he doesn’t send me check already two week long？”

And then， in perfect English I said， “I’m getting rather worried. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago， but it hasn’t arrived.”

Then she talked more loudly， “What he want？ I come to New York tell him front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again， “I can’t tolerate （容忍） any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately， I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”

The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced， my mother， the real Mrs Tan， was shouting to the boss in her broken English.

When I was a teenager， my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now， I see it differently. To me， my mother’s English is perfectly clear， perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things， expressed ideas， and made sense of the world.

1. Why was the author’s mother poorly served？

A. She was bad at English. B. She was bad at Chinese.

C. She had hearing problems. D. She was impolite.

2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2？

A. She was good at pretending. B. She was impolite to the stockbroker.

C. She has a talent for English. D. She was unwilling to phone for her mother.

3. What can we learn about the author after she called the stockbroker？