Unit 3 English around the world综合能力演练I. 单项选择。1. The students are clever. They have no problems _ out the math problem.A. work B. workingC. worksD.to work2. Do you know where Tom is?Yes. He _ his hometown.A. went toB. goes toC. has gone to D. has been to3. Hi, Jane, tell you a piece of good news. I _ America tomorrow.Wow, have a good trip!A. will leave toB. leaves forC.am leaving forD. going leaving for4. There are many differences between American English and British English in spelling and pronunciation, especially in _ English.A. writtenB. oralC. official D. business5 . John, your birthday is coming. Lets book a cake.Oh, great. I cant wait _ it now.A. enjoyB. enjoyingC. to enjoy D. for enjoying6. I dont know _ remember the new English words.Dont worry! Try thinking about their pronunciations.A. what to B. how toC. where toD. when to7. I have worked hard at English, but it seems that I havent made any progress.Keep on _ at it, and you will be successful.A. workB. workingC.to work D. works 8. Mark Twain is one of the _ writers in the USA. A. most famous B. more famous C. better-known D. most well-known 9. There are _ 20 students in the classroom Aover than Bmany than Cmore than Dmuch than10. _ you dive into the water，_ you breathe. A. Deeper，harder B. The deeper，the harder C. The deep，the hard D. Deep，hardII. 完形填空。When learning new vocabulary, dont just memorize a list of words. 1 , try to make five sentences using each new word. Then use the new word as often as you can the first day you learn it. This way you will remember new words 2 longer.Practising sounds, you know, is difficult-the “th” sound for example. Choose words that 3 “th” and repeat them over and over until you are comfortable with them. Lets try! This, that, those, them, think, thought, through, thin. Read, read, read-in English, of course! Reading is one of 4 ways to increase your vocabulary and 5 your grammar in a natural and fun way. Be sure to choose topics or books you are interested in. When someone 6 in English, listen to the main point. If you 7 a word you dont understand, ignore 8 and go on listening. If you stop and think about the word, you will miss 9 the person is saying.Always remember-practice 10 perfect. 1. A. Instead of B. Instead C. Rather than D. and2. A. muchB. manyC. moreD. most3. A. end up withB. beginC. begin withD. end up4. A. bestB. the bestC. betterD. good5. A. encourageB. changeC. improveD. turn6. A. is talkingB. talkC. are talkingD. talked7. A. listenB. hearC. listen toD. will hear8. A. oneB. themC. itD. they9. A. nothing elseB. everything elseC. everything otherD. else everything10. A. makesB. makingC. makeD. is makingIII. 阅读理解。 Kim Bogue, a keeper in California, worked overtime to save money for a trip to Thailand to visit her family and friends. She saved over 900 dollars and was planning to buy a ticket but she lost her purse with all her money and credit card.Kim looked through the garbage and all the buildings where she worked but came up empty-handed. She went home heartbroken. She believed that she had lost her money forever. While Kim was at home, sad and depressed, a homeless man was searching through the garbage looking for things to sell. As he was looking through a garbage bag, he found something wrapped in a plastic bag.The homeless man, who did not want to be identified, took the purse to Sherry Wesley, because Sherry Wesley knew him from her volunteer work at a homeless shelter. The homeless man came to Sherry Wesley with the wad of money and said, “This probably belongs to someone that you work with, can you find the owner?” Sherry Wesley works in one of the building that Kim cleans and she knew Kim had lost her purse.Kim was amazed when she heard the good news. “I couldnt believe it when they called me,” she said. “He has a very big heart. If someone else had found the purse, the money would be gone.” As a reward, Kim gave the man 100 dollars. The homeless man gave half of the money to Sherry Wesley and asked her to donate it to charity for him.1. Kim worked overtime to save money for _ her family and friends in Thailand. A. helping B. visiting C. giving2. While Kim was at home, sad and depressed, a homeless man found _ by accident. A. the garbage bag B. something to sellC. the purse Kim lost3. From paragraph 3, Sherry Wesley was a _ who worked at a homeless shelter. A. volunteer worker B. homeless manC. building cleaner4. At the end of the story, the homeless man gave _ dollars to charity. A. 900 B. 100 C. 505. The sentence in the last paragraph “He has a very big heart”means _ in Chinese.