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1、 选修8Unit 3 Inventors and inventions能力演练一、语法填空There once were a goat and a donkey(驴)that lived on a farm.The donkey worked the hardest, 1 the farmer fed it the most food.Sometimes the donkey was given more food 2 it could eat, 3 made the goat so jealous 4 it began plotting against（谋划对付） the donkey.“H
2、ey,donkey,” the goat said one day.“I think you do too much work on this farm.You carry such heavy things 5 morning to night.Why don,t you pretend to get sick so you can take a day off?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea.So the next morning,the donkey 6 (lie)in the stable on its side with
3、its eyes 7 (close).Right away,the farmer called the doctor. 8 looking at the donkey,the doctor said it needed a special medicine 9 (make)from the heart of a goat.So the farmer killed 10 goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.二、 完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。It star
4、ted in 8th grade.I used to be the perfect example of what people 1 when they imagine the stereotype(模式化观念)of the 2 :impolite and selfish-that was me.I was concerned about myself only.It was just3 away from the spring break when my mom had me sign up for a sixday trip.It would 4 the whole spring brea
5、k.Three weeks later,the trip began.I was not a(n) 5 camper,especially when I found out it was a mission,s trip 6 I would have to scrve other people.The trip,however,totally 7 me and I had the 8 time of my life.We went to a farm and spent our time arranging free 9 for children who had one or both 10
6、in prison.I was so inspired by those children!Even though 11 in bad conditions with parents away from them,they still wanted to 12 .It made me want to 13 . We painted the rooms that the kids stayed in,prepared and 14 food,and played together.I had 15 worked harder,and that was without doubt the happ
7、iest week of my life.I will never forget that trip!1.A.relate to B.think ofC.belong to D.depend on2.A.baby B.studentC.teenager D.adult3.A.years B.monthsC.hours D.weeks4.A.put off B.make upC.take up D.start with5.A.happy B.strangeC.angry D.useful6.A.or B.whileC.but D.and7.A.controlled B.changedC.worr
8、ied D.destroyed8.A.last B.hardestC.best D.longest9.A.courses B.ticketsC.books D.camps10.A.friends B.parentsC.classmates D.brothers11.A.going up B.coming upC.standing up D.growing up12.A.give B.receiveC.live D.refuse13.A.keep away B.stay aroundC.help out D.go on14.A.cooked B.storedC.offered D.produce
9、d15.A.seldom B.evenC.once D.never三、阅读理解阅读理解专题训练(九) 议论文的阅读Healthy knees aren,t the main consideration in choosing high heels,but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos（细高跟鞋）.“It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis(骨关节炎）and once you d
10、o it,it is too late,” said Dr.Casey Kerrigan,leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School,s department of physical medicine.“I compare it to smokingone cigarette is not painful,but over a lifetime it is.Wideheeled shoes feel comfortable,so women wear them all day
11、 long,” Kerrigan said.“They are better for your feet than stiletto heels,but just as bad for your knees.”In the study,researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three inch heels,one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one.The scientists compared how much pressure was put on
12、the womens knees by both types of shoes.The women also walked barefoot to test normal pressure.The scientists found that both types of shoesappliedequal amounts of pressure to the knees.Compared with walking barefoot,the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent.Increased pres
13、sure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis,experts say.The idea that high heels are bad for your health isnt newscientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes,tendonitis,knee pain,sprained(扭伤)ankles and back problems.But in 1998,Kerrigan
14、 and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis,a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage(软骨)surrounding the knee.The first study looked only at stiletto heels,and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky highheeled shoes she noticed many women wearing.“This study confirms what we all intuitively（直觉地）know that hi
