2015高考英语（人教版）一轮配套活页练习：选修8Unit3　Inventorsandinventions.docVIP

Unit 3　Inventors and inventions Ⅰ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Peter：Cathy，look at those strangelydressed kids at our neighbors door.What are they up to? Cathy：Oh，they are going trickortreating.Do you know what the __1__ is today? Peter：October 31，why? Cathy：The last day of October is a holiday for kids.We call it Halloween. Peter：Ah，Halloween.Ive heard of it before，but I dont know how it is __2__(celebrate)． Cathy：It is supposed to be a night __3__ all devils，ghosts，and witches are out.Children celebrate it by making jackolanterns. Peter：Pardon? Cathy：Those are lanterns __4__(make) out of fresh pumpkins with a candle __5__(burn) inside. Peter：Today I saw some in the streets with carved faces on __6__.Are they all made by children? Cathy：Parents usually help them and they are available in __7__(vary) shops，too.Have you been to some shops recently? Peter：No.I have been busy with my papers. Cathy：If you had gone，you __8__ have seen all sorts of scarecrows and witches riding brooms and holding black cats. Peter：Fascinating！Are you going to any Halloween party tonight，Cathy？__9__ you go，take me with you. Cathy：Yes，Im going to __10__ Halloween party，and Id like to take you with me. 答案　1.date　2.celebrated　3.when　4.made　5.burning　6.them　7.various　8.could　9.If　10.a Ⅱ.完形填空 体裁： 记叙文 话题： 传统文化 词数：286 难度： ★★★ 建议用时： 15分钟 (2013·福建卷)We have been driving in fog all morning，but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are __1__，one by one.“There is my grandmothers house，” I say，__2__ across the bay to a shabby old house. I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lise，my granddaughter，seeking roots for her，retracing(追溯) __3__ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children，__4__ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of __5__，and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors __6__ for 200 years. We soon __7__ by the house and I tell her what it was like here，the memories __8__ back，swift