Unit20NewFrontiersPeriodOneWarmshyupLesson1课时精练（北师大版选修7，广东专用）.doc

Unit 20 New Frontiers Period One Warm-up Lesson 1 课时精练（北师大版选修7，广东专用） 　时间：45分钟 Ⅰ.完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 We are going on a long train journey. Out of the windows, we can see cars running on nearby highways, children waving at a crossing, cattle grazing on a distant hillside, smoke pouring from factories, village houses and city skylines. But __1__in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will __2__into the station. Bands will be playing and flags__3__. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will __4__and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a(n)__5__jigsaw puzzle(拼图). How restlessly we pace the aisles(通道)，damning(咒骂)the minutes for waiting, waiting for the station. “When we reach the __6__，that will be it！” We cry. “When I am 18.” “When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz！” “When I put the __7__ kid through college.” “When I have __8__ off the debts！” “When I get a promotion.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live __9__ ever after！” Sooner or later, we come to realize that there is no such station as we arrive at once and for all. The __10__ joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It __11__leaves us behind. “Cherish the moment” is a good __12__. It is the burdens of today that drive us to keep on trying. And it is the regrets over yesterday that motivate us to overcome the 　__13__and look forward to the future. So __14__ pacing the aisles and counting the miles.Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more __15__， swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough. 【解题导语】 在人生的旅途中，根本没有可以让我们一劳永逸的终点。生活的真正乐趣在于旅行的过程，而不是终点。 1．A.hidden B．faint C．deep D．buried 答案　C　[在旅行时，表面上我们在看窗外的风景，但在我们的内心深处(deep)想的还是旅行的目的地。] 2．A.pull B．get C．approach D．arrive 答案　A　[文章的第一句话说明我们在乘车旅行，这里pull into指(列车 或列车上的旅客)到达(车站)。] 3．A.floating B．waving C．raising