2017-2018 学年北师大版高中英语必修 3 课下能力提升含答案- 1 -Unit 8 课下能力提升(八).单词拼写1Britain built up her wealth by t_ with other countries.2Ill help as mush as I can, but there is a l_ to what I can do.3Have you o_ anything strange in her words?4The school _ (全体员工) gathered to have the meeting.5He was _ (影响) by his teacher to take up the study of medicine.完成句子1我认为这项研究十分重要。I _ this research.2她喜欢水果，尤其是苹果。She likes fruit, _.3我们来到一个小茅屋，在那里避了雨。We reached a little hut, where we _4这片地域就是中国最大的恐龙公园的归属地。The site _ Chinas largest dinosaur park.5返巢本能通常是与动物世界联系在一起的。The homing instinct is usually _.翻译句子1Associated with the scandal, the superstar lost his fans support._2由于种种原因，我们未能约定聚会日期。_3We were passing through, so we thought wed come and say hello._4你认为谁会赢得这场比赛？_.完形填空A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. While creating roads in the soft sand, he_1_ a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.The boy_2_ around the rock, managing to move it out from the dirt. With much_3_， he tried to push the rock out of the sandbox. When the boy got the rock to the edge (边缘) of the sandbox，_4_， he found that he couldnt _5_ it up and over the little wall. The rock was too _6_ for his small body.2017-2018 学年北师大版高中英语必修 3 课下能力提升含答案- 2 -As he _7_ to accept his failure, the little boy dug，pushed, and pried (撬动), but every time he thought he had made some _8_， the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox.The little boy_9_ again and again, but the only _10_ was to have the rock roll back._11_ he burst into tears. All the time the boys father _12_ him from his living room.The moment the tears fell, a sweet voice rose _13_ the boys head. It was his father._14_ but firmly he said， “Son, why didnt you use all the_15_ that you had？” The boy replied with tears， “But I did, Daddy, I did! I_16_ all that I had！” “No, son, you didnt， ” _17_ the father kindly. “You didnt_18_ me to help you.” With that the father picked up the rock and_19_ it out of the sandbox.Do you discover that sometimes you dont have the strength to move your “rocks” away？There is one who is always willing to_20_ you with the strength you need. Dont forget that!1A.found out Bleft outChid Ddiscovered2. Awalked BshowedCtraveled Ddug3. Acourage BprideCeffort Dpleasure4. Ahowever BstillCthus Deven5. Aput BraiseCtake Dbreak6. Alarge BdifficultChard Dmuch7. Adecided BrefusedChad Dplanned8. Asuccess BprogressCmistakes Dchanges9. Atried BfailedCthought Dcried10. Afailure BgoalCresult Dwish2017-2018 学年北师大版高中英语必修 3 课下能力提升含答案- 3 -11. AGradually BImmediatelyCProperly DFinally12. Awatched BhelpedCfollowed Dtaught13A.on BbelowCabove Doff14A.Angrily BSurprisinglyCSuddenly DGently15A.knowledge BstrengthCtools Dabilities16A.wasted BbroughtCused Dcarried17A.replied BcorrectedCshouted Dpraised18A.advise BforceCask Dbeg19A.kept BthrewCkicked Dbroke20. Aprovide BlendCshow Dpass.阅读理解Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK. The shoes named Square Eyes contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the days efforts. The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as 2017-2018 学年北师大版高中英语必修 3 课下能力提升含答案- 4 -a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK.“We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out， ”she says.“And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps. Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12，000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals pre