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Unit 12 Culture Shock Period Two　Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 　　　时间：30分钟 .语法填空 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 Hello Mr.Death！A peek at Chinese rare names Unhappy with your name？Then spare a thought for those rare Chinese families whose surnames mean“zero”“ghost”__1__even“death”．A man in Chinas southern Jiangxi Province has spent the last 20 years compiling a list of__2__(usual)family names，according to national__3__(broadcast)，the China Central Television. Most Chinese people share a few common surnames，Zhang，Wang，Li，Liu and Chen.The Chinese expression for“ordinary people”literally__4__(mean)“the old one hundred surnames”． __5__Cheng Yinglians interest was piqued after reading a newspaper many years ago and__6__(discover)a person with the surname Cui，meaning“ghost”，CCTV said.__7__then，he has collected newspapers，books and other publications to find similar rare surnames，coming up__8__about 2,000 to date. Those he has found include Ling，or“zero”，Cu，or “vinegar”，Miao，or“second”and Yi，or“one”．In China，many parents go out of their way to give__9__children auspicious names__10__suggest they will grow up to be healthy，strong and rich. 答案　1.or　2.unusual　3.broadcast　4.means　5.But 6．discovering　7.Since　8.with　9.their　10.which/that .阅读理解 A Mark Twain was a great writer.He was also a famous speaker.He was famous for his sense of humour.Many people liked to listen to his talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time. One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing.Before he was going to leave，one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that hed better not go there.Mark Twain waved his hand and said，“It doesnt matter.The mosquitoes are not relatives of mine.I dont think they will come to visit me.” After he arrived at the town，Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station.He went into his room，but when he was just about to have a rest，qu