必修3Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note能力演练一、语法填空The woman often called the First Lady of New York died in August.Brooke Astor was one hundred and five years old.The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life 1 (help)the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsmouth,New Hampshire.She was the only child of a high level military officer.After two earlier 2 ,she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.He came from a family 3 had been rich for at least one hundred years.Among other things,he owned many buildings in New York City.Brooke Astor became one of the 4 (rich)women in the world when Vincent Astor died.She also became head of a huge charity organization 5 (found)by her husband.He reportedly had told her she would have fun giving 6 his money.And apparently she did.Missus Astor gave tens of millions of dollars 7 (main)to places and people in New York City.She said it was the sensible choice because that was 8 the money had been made.She gave financial support to the citys cultural centers,its poor and disabled as 9 as to many other smaller charities.When she died，the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today 10 her support.二、完形填空解题技巧（2）完形填空同一小题的四个选项都是同一词类，单独看空格所在的一两个句子，可能四个选项都貌似正确，因此必须把全文看完再确定选项。有时，最前面的小题的最佳答JP3案会出现在篇未，有时最后一个小题的答案会出现在文章开头。所以，解题时必须耐心、仔细，综合上下文信息确定答案。活学活用阅读下面短文，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。In the depths of my memory,many things I did with my father still live.These things have come to represent,in fact,what I call 1 and love. I don,t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool.But he did 2 the water.Any kind of 3 ride seemed to give him pleasure. 4 he loved to fish;sometimes he took me along.But I never really liked being on the water,the way my father did.I liked being 5 the water,moving through it, 6 it all around me.I was not a strong 7 ,or one who learned to swim early,for I had my 8 .But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my fathers office and 9 those summer days with my father,who 10 come by on a break.I needed him to see what I could do.My father would stand there in his suit,the 11 person not in swimsuit.After swimming,I would go 12 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk,where he let me 13 anything I found in his top desk drawer.You cant imagine how happy I was at that time.A poet once said,“We look at life once,in childhood;the rest is 14 .”And I think it is not only what we “look at once,in childhood” that determines our memories, 15 who,in that childhood,looks at us.1.A.desire B.joyC.anger D.worry2.A.avoid B.refuseC.praise D.love3.A.boat B.busC.train D.bike4.A.But B.ThenC.And D.Still5.A.on B.offC.by D.at6.A.having B.leavingC.making D.getting7.A.swimmer B.riderC.walker D.runner8.A.hopes B.faithsC.rights D.fears9.A.spending B.savingC.wasting D.running10.A.should B.wouldC.had to D.ought to11.A.next B.onlyC.other D.last12.A.away from B.out ofC.by D.inside13.A.put up B.break downC.play with D.work out14.A.memory B.wealthC.experience D.practice15.A.as B.butC.or D.and三、阅读理解专题训练（三） 理解作者的意图、观点和态度(1）方法点拨1阅读目标：深层理解，领会文章寓意2阅读技巧：略读，推断3具体做法：根据作者使用的语言，叙述的事实，引用的例证，人物的对话和动作，心理活动的描写等来推断作者写这篇文章的意图是什么，他想要说明什么样的观点，以及持什么样的态度。4设题方式常有：（1）The writer believes that _.（2）The writer suggests that_.（3）The writer,s purpose in writing this passage is _.（4)What,s the writer,s attitude to.?5.According to the auhtor _.活学活用阅读下列短文,按要求完成读写任务。Many years ago,when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver,I was driving to my parents home in Missouri for Christmas.I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City,where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台),I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.I took off,but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.I stopped and wondered what I should do.A car pulled up behind me.It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station.They said they would take me to my friends.We chatted on the way into the city,and when I got out of the car,the husband gave me his business card. I wrote him and his wife a thank you note for helping me.Soon afterward,I received a Christma