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1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour课时作业learning about language阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)A This is our second trip and is an unusual experience. It was the first time we were able to take the dog on a motorcycle trip. In fact this became a ferry(摆渡)trip with some motorcycling. We had six ferry rides to get
2、 all the way through the tour. Including camp fees，ferry tickets and gas，thewhole four days cost only about300. There were two highlights(亮点)of this route. One was Lund， the highway before Sechelt， which was very winding(蜿蜒的)and high up along the coastline. The other was the three Sunshine Coast fer
3、ries from south of Powell River to Horseshoe Bay and Gibsons Landing. This is another route for people coming from the east who want a different way to get from Vancouver to Vancouver Island. If things worked out， you could probably make it in one day leaving from Horseshoe Bay in North Vancouver an
4、d ending up in Comox on Vancouver Island. The dog is an experienced traveler. She has gone by plane， train and car in her cage. Leaving her at home is not a good choice since we have to find a dog sittershe doesnt like being in kennels(狗房)We did a test run here on Salt Spring Island.We put her in th
5、e cage which we had tied carefully to the trailer(拖车)of our motorcycle. After a 30-minute test run we found she was OK with no ill effects. We then proceeded and things went fine. Sometimes， when we stopped， we would find her asleep in the cage. Next time we go up to Lund we may go to Desolation Sou
6、nd. There is also a 180 km hiking path from Sechell to north of Lund.1. If everything goes smoothly， you may reach Comox from Horseshoe Bay in _.A. half a dayB. one dayC. two daysD. four days2. According to the text， the dog_.A. never slept on the motorcycleB. was all right during the tripC. preferr
7、ed staying at home to travelingD. was used to protect the author3. The underlined word “proceeded” in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by“_”A. went onB. came backC. made plansD. gave up4. Why does the author write the text？A. To describe the beautiful sights in Vancouver.B. To suggest different rout
8、es to Vancouver Island.C. To tell us about his special traveling experience.D. To give advice on how to look after pets when traveling.B Baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839 in Cooperstown， New York. But Doubleday had nothing to do with the game. American baseball has its nearest ancestr
9、y(祖先)in an English game called rounders， which， called town ball， was played in America in the 1800s. There are some differencesbetween rounders and American baseball. Printed rules for rounders have appeared since 1828. How， then， was Doubleday said to be the inventor？ In 1907， a special baseball c
10、ommission(委员会)had been set up to find an American “inventor”. They reached an agreement that Doubleday was its man， based only on a letter it had received from one Abner Graves. He said they had been schoolmates and he had been present at Cooperstown in 1839 when Doubleday designed baseball. But its
11、 now known that no member of the commission ever met with Graves or had any communication with Graves. It should be noted that Graves was five years old in 1839，15 years younger than Doubleday， who entered West Point at the time. Further， Doubleday later enjoyed a great military career(军事生涯)there. H
12、e left a large collection of letters and diaries. But none of them mentioned baseballnor did the notice of his death in the New York Times. In fact， the Baseball Hall of Fame calls Alexander J. Cartwright， who was a founder of the New York Knickerbockers， the Father of Modern Baseball. If he and his
13、 teammates didnt invent the game， at least they helped give it a structure(结构)that can be recognized today. But some untrue things die hard，and theres little doubt that the Doubleday story will remain a hit with future fans.5. From the passage， we know that rounders_A. was named after town ballB. wa
14、s the same as American baseball C. has a history of nearly 200 yearsD. came from American baseball6. Why was a special baseball commission set up in 1907？A. To make some rules for American baseball.B. To reach an agreement about rounders.C. To find the American inventor of American baseball.D. To do
15、 some research into a letter from one Abner Graves.7. What do we learn from the last two paragraphs？A. Doubleday had never been to West Point.B. Cartwright got on well with Doubleday.C. Graves was older than Doubleday.D. Many people consider the Doubleday story true.8. What is the purpose of the pas
16、sage？A. To tell a story to make people laugh.B. To correct a popular wrong idea.C. To explain the popularity of baseball.D. To introduce the history of baseball.C In 1991，Jane Goodall began Roots and Shoots， a program that encourages young people to work to protect the earth. TFK Kid Reporter Chandler Schaak
