《导学案》高中英语（人教版必修4）教师用书 Unit 1 Period 4　Writing 练习.docVIP

? Ⅰ.完形填空 My son is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome. In the last fifteen years I have lost 　1　 many times. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of 　2　. ? When Joshua was born, the doctors 　3　 us not to “waste our time, energy or money”. They said that our son would never 　4　 anything like other children. 　5　 for us and for our son we were not about to accept that words. ? When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, C.J., was three and 　6　 the same preschool in a younger class. The school 　7　 an art contest (竞赛) and all the children presented pictures. The pictures were 　8　 on the wall and the president of the church, who was not personally familiar with the children, was the 　9　. ? On the day of the contest I saw C.J.??s picture 　10　 it was being hung, but Joshua??s class pictures were not yet up and I didn??t think twice about 　11　 his picture before leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was 　12　 for me to know that he was able to 　13　 a picture and have it displayed with those of the other children. ? Well, when I returned to 　14　 the kids you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that Joshua was the 　15　 from his class! He was so proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the 　16　! I made it! I made a tree!” ? C.J. kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a 　17　 feeling to know that Joshua had 　18　 something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations 　19　. It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. ? Why should Joshua be any 　20　? ? 【语篇解读】由于Joshua患有先天愚型症,所以医生一开始就劝说我们放弃他,但是我们没有。虽然我对他没有太大的期望,但一次偶然的机会,他画的画竟然得了第一名。原来更高的期望带来的是更好的表现。 1.A.courage　 　B.heart 　　C.way 　　　D.direction 【答案与解析】B　从词的搭配结构上就可以排除A、C、D三项。 lose heart“丧失信心”。 2.A.expectations B.love C.encouragement D.inspiration 【答案与解析】A　expectation“期望”;love“爱”;encouragement“鼓励”;inspiration“灵感;鼓舞人心的事(物)”。由however一词可知,尽管有时丧失信心,但还有所期望,下