2014届高考高三英语一轮总复习：Unit 3 Celebration B卷 精选单元测试题（北师大版必修一）.docVIP

Unit 3 Celebration B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the __1__of my shift (轮班) at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could __2__our gifts for Christmas. Just then, a very __3__ gentleman went up to me. He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and __4__his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a __5__. And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home __6__. About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman __7__and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars __8__. I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into __9__. I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was __10__ ill at home and was not expected to __11__another year. He expected that this would likely be the __12__Christmas with his son. I told Tom to __13__his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast __14__and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2：30 a．m. Kathy was still __15__me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation __16__Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no__17__that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the __18__choice. A couple of days later, I __19__a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked me for the special __20__he had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine. 语篇解读：“我”在平安夜驾车送一位陌生人回家，帮助那位错过转接飞机的父亲圆了和患重病的儿子一起过圣诞节的愿望，妻子为“我”的善行表示理解和欣慰。 1．A.end B．turn C．role D．change 解析：时间是平安夜的11：30，作者期待着下班回家。the end of my shift指“我上班的结束”。 答案：A 2．A.expect B．get C．exchange D．make 解析：因为是平安夜，作者的妻子等他回家互相交换圣诞节的礼物。第六段中的第二句“We traded gifts”是答案暗示。