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Unit 5 Music

Ⅰ.语法填空

Our group Springhill Baptist Church started a food pantry (食品储藏室) to help

out members of the community. As part of the program, we buy the food that will 1. (distribute) and make boxes for distribution. We do this on 2. regular

basis — the second Monday of every month.

One day, as my friend and I 3. (load) our grocery carts with the

necessary items in the store, a gentleman asked us, “4. do you get so

many items？” We explained we were doing our 5. (month) grocery shopping

and gave him some details about our program.6. (say) that it was great,

he went on with his business.

After gathering everything on our list, we started unloading the food to check

out at the counter, only 7. (inform) by the cashier that our bill had

already been paid.

The gentleman who asked about our 8. (intend) had left his

credit card number to pay 9. our order and then walked off. He had no

idea what the cost was before he left. We were 10. (extreme) shocked

at the generosity of a stranger.

[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。作者和朋友去为食品储藏室购买食物时遇到了一位

绅士，他在得知作者他们的意图后悄悄地为他们支付了账单。

1．解析：考查动词的语态。作为计划的一部分，我们购买食物并将其进行分配。food

与distribute之间是动宾关系，应用被动语态。空前是情态动词will，故填be distributed。

答案：be distributed

2．解析：考查冠词。我们定期这样做——每个月的第二个星期一。on a regular basis

意为“定期地”。

答案：a

3．解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。当我和朋友在商店里正往购物车里装必需品时，

一位绅士向我们问道。根据下文中的“we were doing our...”可知，此处表示过去某个时

间点正在进行的动作，应用过去进行时；句子的主语是my friend and I，是复数概念，谓

语动词应用复数。故填were loading。

答案：were loading

4．解析：考查疑问词。根据下文的“We explained we were doing our...”可知，这

位绅士是在问“你们为什么买这么多物品”，故填疑问词Why表示“为什么”。

答案：Why

5．解析：考查词性转换。我们解释道我们正在做我们每月一次的食品杂货购物，并给他说了一些关于我们这个计划的细节。根据空前的“our”及空后的“grocery shopping”可知，此处应填形容词作定语。上文的“every month”暗示这里填monthly“每月的，每月一次的”。

答案：monthly

6．解析：考查非谓语动词。逗号后面的句子主语和谓语都有，故空处所在部分是非谓语动词，此处表示伴随状况，且say与he之间是主谓关系，故用现在分词作状语。

答案：Saying

7．解析：考查非谓语动词。作者他们在柜台卸下食物结账时，意外地被收银员告知他们的账单已经被支付了。only后接不定式表示出乎意料的结果，inform与其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系，故应用不定式的被动式。

答案：to be informed

8．解析：考查词性转换。根据空前的“about our”可知，此处要填名词，intention 意为“意图，目的”。

答案：intention

9．解析：考查介词。pay for sth.是固定搭配，意为“为……而付钱，负担……的费用”。故填for。

答案：for

10．解析：考查词性转换。这位陌生人的慷慨使我们非常震惊。应用副词修饰动词，故填extremely。

答案：extremely

Ⅱ.短文改错

Studying in the UK have been a good experience for me.When I first arrived, I find life very hard as I didn't know anybody here, but I soon got to know other Chinese student at the university. Later I became interesting in communicating with people from various cultures, and I made fewer friends.

During my study, I chose to live in with my classmates in the dormitory. I think it's better than living in British family because I can meet people from different countries easy. The courses here a re excellent. I enjoy the way the teachers give lessons. We are encouraged to think for yourselves, which is quite different from that I have experienced before.

答案：

Studying in the UK been a good experience for me.When I first arrived,

I life very hard as I didn't know anybody here, but I soon got to know other Chinese at the university. Later I became in communicating with people from various cultures, and I made friends.

During my study, I chose to live with my classmates in the dormitory. I

British fa mily because I can meet people from think it's better than living in ∧

different countries The courses here are excellent. I enjoy the way the

teachers give lessons. We are encouraged to think for which is quite different from I have experienced before.

Ⅲ.书面表达

假如你是李华，得知某英文报社要评选“The Most Qualified Student”(最美中学生)，请你用英语给编辑写一封推荐信。要点如下：

1．介绍被推荐人(林扬)的基本信息；

2．说明推荐理由。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Editor，

Yours sin cerely，

Li Hua

[参考范文]

Dear Editor，

I’m a senior high school student and I happe ned to hear that you were hosting an activity to select The Most Qualified Student.It is a great honour for me to

int roduce to you one of my best friends，Lin Yang.

First of al l，he，who is among the most diligent students in our school，not only studies hard，but also behaves well.Secondly，he stands out for his diverse hobbies，including painting and playing the https://www.360docs.net/doc/864053391.html,st but not least，he is warm-hearted and willi ng to help others in need.

Therefore，I here recommend him to you with all my heart and I look forward to hearing from you at the earliest possible moment.

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

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