Unit5Meetingyourancestors
李仕才
一、阅读理解。ems什么意思
Each time I e a balloon,my mind flies back to a memory when I was a six-year-old girl.It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died.I asked my mum if my dad had gone to heaven.“Yes,honey.Of cour,”she said.“Can we write him a letter?”I asked.
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She paud,the longest pau of my short life,and answered,“Yes.”My heart jumped.“Can the mailman go there?”I asked.
“No,but I have an idea.”Mum drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon.I asked her what it was for.“Just wait,honey.You’ll e.”Mum told me to write my letter.Eagerly,I got my favourite pen,and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink.I wrote about my day,what I learned at school,what Mum was doing,and even about what happened in a story I had read.For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive.I gave the letter to Mum.She read it over,and a smile crosd her face.She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped the balloon string.We went outside and she gave me the balloon.It was still raining.“Okay,on the count of three,let it go.One,two,three.”The balloon,carrying my letter,darted upwards against the rain.We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.Later I realized,like the balloon,that Dad had never let his sickness get him down.He was strong.No matter what he suffered,he’d pervere,dart up,and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body.He ro into sky and became something beautiful.I watched until the balloon disappeared into the grey and white and I prayed that his strength was pasd on.I prayed to be a balloon.
1.When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father,her mother________.
A.believed it easy to do so
B.thought her a creative girl
C.felt it hard to answer
D.found it easy to lie
2.When the girl was told that she could nd a letter to her father,she_______.
A.jumped with joy
1到100的序数词B.was worried that it couldn’t be delivered
C.started writing immediately
D.became excited
3.In the eyes of the author,what was the rain like?
A.An incurable dia.
B.An unforgettable memory.
C.The failure her father experienced.
酒店工程D.The hard time her father had.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
eye的同音词A.An unforgettable experience
B.Fly to heaven
C.The strong red balloon
D.A great father
参考答案： 1.C; 2.D; 3.D; 4.C
一般现在时的构成解析：
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了女儿想和已故的父亲通信,这使母亲很为难。但聪明的母亲用红气球作为邮递员把女儿写给父亲的信寄往天堂,让女儿感到父亲还活着。
1.C 推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“She paud,the longest pau of my short life,and answered,‘Yes.’”可知,母亲停顿了很长时间,这意味着她思考了较长的时间才回答了女儿的问题。这说明女儿的问题很难回答。故选C项。
dully2.D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“My heart jumped.”可知,“我”很高兴。故选D项。
3.D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“No matter what he&became something beautiful.”可知,雨就像父亲经历的艰难时光。故选D项。
4.C 主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文,文章以红气球为主线贯穿整篇文章,红气球也象征着父亲。故选C项。
二、单句语法填空。
1．They ________(interrupt) by a sudden and urgent knock at the door.
答案：were interrupted 表示过去发生的动作，且主语they与
intelligent designinterrupt之间为被动关系，故应用一般过去时的被动语态，填were interrupted。
2．We have no alternative but ________(ll) our hou to pay the debt.
答案：to ll have no alternative but to do ... “除……之外别无选择，只能做……”。
nostalgia3．It is generally ________(assume) that stress is caud by too much work.
答案：assumed It is assumed that ... “普遍认为……”。
4．We should bear in mind that teamwork is of great ________ (significant) to both our society and ourlves.
答案：significance of great significance＝very significant “意义重大/非常重要”。
5．Once ________(arrest), he was likely to betray everything to the police.
答案：arrested arrest与其逻辑主语he之间为被动关系，故用过去分词在句中作状语。
6．If only I ________ (look) ahead a few days ago! Then I wouldn't have been feeling so worried now.
also的位置
答案：had looked 由语境和句子结构可判断if only后应用虚拟语气；由时间状语a few days ago 可知表示与过去事实相反，故应填had looked。look ahead “向前看；为将来打算”。
7．This is a historic building ________(date) back to the 17th
century.
答案：dating date back to＝date from表示“追溯到……”，无进行时，无被动语态，句中已有谓语动词is，且building和date back to存在逻辑上的主谓关系，故应填现在分词dating作后置定语。
8．I am fed up ________this weather; it's time we had some
sunshine.
答案：with be fed up with “受够了；厌烦……”。
9．Sometimes we went ahead and did it, regardless ________the
conquences.
答案：of regardless of “不管；不顾”。
10．While working out the problem, you should pay more attention to the ________(accurate)．
答案：accuracy 由空格前的冠词the可知，此处填名词形式。
三、完形填空。
When apologizing, chances are that you’ve uttered the phra, “I never meant to hurt you.” 1.
In a talk, Caroline Myss, a spiritual eker and rearcher, took on the topic of forgiveness and healing. She explained why “I never meant to hurt you” is never a sufficient apology, no matter who it comes from.
“Picture that person coming up to you and saying, ‘I’m sorry I did this. 2. And can we just call it a day？’” Caroline says. As tempting as it can be to move on and bury the hatchet(和解), that type of apology won’t sit well with the person on the receiving end. “That whole little thing—‘I never meant to hurt you’—is the thing you can’t forgive，” she says. “That sick feeling goes right to your soul.”
Instead, Caroline says it’s important to approach the conversation differently. Ultimately, it’s about offering more than an apology. 3.
“Let’s redo the scene，” Caroline says.“The person comes up to you and says, ‘I need to tell you something. 4. It was guilt. I heard my conscience tell me not to do this but I didn’t listen. And I now know that my actions redirected the cour of your life. This is not an apology. I am confessing(忏悔) my soul to you. 5. ’ ”Even saying tho words on stages makes Caroline visibly emotional, and she points out that this is how deeply within the soul apologies are suppod to resonate. And that’s what heals.
