Unit 3 On the move

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. You should set a g____ for yourself if you want to succeed in life.

2. The team of China was r____ by these athletes at the Olympics this year.

3. P____ bags and fastfood boxes are often called white pollution.

4.During the war， Joan helped her mother make some clothes for s____ who were fighting for their own country.

5.One of the important f____ in the success of those students’ project is support from their teachers.

6. The ____ （装备） of the photographic studio was expensive.

7. ____ （冲浪） is one of the world’s most popular water sports.

8. Some soccer players are good at scoring and some others are better at ____ （防卫）.

9. This article will form the ____ （基础） for our discussion.

10.The officers met to discuss ways of preventing the ____ （武装冲突）.

选词填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

a matter of life and death go back put down to one’s heart’s content take for example

1. This is what I want to talk about. ____________ the two images above.

2. The story ____________ to the middle of the nineteenth century.

3. Susan couldn’t ____________ the book because it’s really great to read.

4. Tony told the telephone operator that his call was ____________.

5. Alice was very happy to be able to eat her favorite dishes ____________ last night.

课文语法填空

These days， football is one of the ____1____ （popular） sports in the world. The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China. Then it ____2____ （know） as cuju （kick ball）， a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside. Goals were hung in the air. Football as we know it today ____3____ （start） in Great Britain， ____4____ the game was given new rules.

Football is a popular game that is very cheap to play. And another factor behind football’s global popularity is the ____5____ （create） and excitement on the field. It is fun enough to attract millions of people. You do not have to be a fan to recognize ____6____ skill of professional players—how they use their bodies to pass， score and defend can be amazing to see—or to feel the excitement of a game ____7____ （end） with a surprising twist. What’s more， football has become one of the best ways for people ____8____ （communicate）： it does not require words， but everyone understands it. It ____9____（break） down walls and brings people together ____10____ and off the field.

1. ____  2. ____  3. ____  4. ____  5. ____

6. ____  7. ____  8. ____  9. ____  10. ____

阅读理解

Baseball was always where my heart lay. However， my father did not care for baseball. Two activities he enjoyed were golfing and fishing， neither of which I considered a real sport. He didn’t talk much and he wasn’t good at expressing himself. To be honest， I wasn’t entirely certain if he cared about me. In a way， my father was like a familiar stranger I saw every day.

One day， watching the play on television made me want a glove of my own. To my surprise， my father said he wanted one， too. He was on the portly side， but then again， one of the famous pitchers （投手） on the Mets was even fatter. So I thought， why not？

We bought two gloves， and that evening， he suggested we go out to the courtyard and toss （掷） the ball around. I’d already practiced catching and throwing at school， but I could tell this was the first time for my father， because every time he caught the ball， it landed directly in his palm. If you’ve ever caught a ball with a baseball glove， you know how much this hurts.

But my father caught ball after ball this way. After about five minutes， I told him I’d had enough. It wasn’t out of mercy， but for my own self-interest. Neighborhood kids were watching and would no doubt laugh at me later for having an old man who didn’t know how to properly catch a baseball. When my father took the glove off， his palm was red and swollen.

Dad， who passed away 11 years ago， never told me he loved me. But that sound of the baseball landing his hand over and over again—it spoke its own tender language， though at the time， all I felt was shame.

1. What does the underlined word “portly” in Paragraph 2 probably mean？

A. Experienced.             B. Famous.                     C. Cool.                          D. Fat.

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

A. He was proud of his father’s playing.

B. He didn’t realize his father’s love at first.