2013年高考英语一轮复习课时作业37：Unit 2 Cloning（新人教版选修8广东专用）.docVIP

PAGE  课时作业(三十七)　[选修8　Unit 2　Cloning] [限时：45分钟] 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl 1.________ (name) Lisa who was suffering from a rare and serious disease.Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion 2.________ her five－year－old brother, 3.________ had miraculously (奇迹般地) survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies (抗体) needed to fight the 4.________ (ill)． The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy 5.________ he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking 6.________ deep breath and saying, “Yes, Ill do it if it can save Lisa.” As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister and 7.________ (smile), as we all did, seeing the color returning 8.________ her cheeks.Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away？”Being young, the boy had 9.________(understand) the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all 10.________ blood. Ⅱ.阅读理解 A People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their picture taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on. Northern European are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun! The huge crowds mean lots of mone