Unit 1 People of Achievement Learning about Language同步课时训练（含答案）

Unit 1 People of Achievement Learning about Language 一、填空 1.There was a terrible noise _____ (follow) the sudden burst of light. 2.The news that they announced was so _____(surprise) that many couldn't believe it. 3.The boy _____(ride) a bike before me is my son. 4.I was fortunate to pick up a wallet _____(lie) on the ground on the way back home. 5.One of my hobbies is _____(play) table tennis. 6.Those _____(sit) on the bench at the end of the classroom are some students' parents. 7.Climbing mountains was _____(tire)，so we all felt worn out. 8.The manager walked into the room to attend the meeting _____(hold) then. 9.The man _____(talk) to my mother is my uncle. 10.The stranger _____(stand) in front of my house caught my attention. 11.Her job is _____(keep) the lecture hall as clean as possible. 12.The problem that he raised at the meeting was quite _____(surprise). 13.The man_____(wear) a sad look said, “I’ve lost my wallet.” 14.The house _____(build) for the old is to be completed next month. 15.One of his bad habits is _____(smoke) while having dinner. 二、语法填空 16. The Dragon Boat Festival is a ①_____ (tradition) holiday that commemorates(纪念) the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan. It is a day when many people eat zongzi and race dragon boats. In ancient China, the festival ②_____ (celebrate) as "Poets' Day" in honor of Qu Yuan, ③_____ was known as China's first poet. It is ④_____ (common) believed that the local people began ⑤_____ tradition of throwing sacrificial(用于祭献的) cooked rice into the river for Qu Yuan, while others hoped that the rice would prevent Qu Yuan's body from being eaten by the fishes in the river. At first, the locals decided ⑥_____ (make) zongzi in the hope that it would sink into the river and reach Qu Yuan's body. However, the tradition of wrapping the rice in bamboo ⑦_____ (leaf) to make zongzi began the following year. Dragon boats, usually made of wood with various designs and sizes, are human-powered boats. They often have brightly decorated designs that range from 40 feet in length ⑧_____ 100 feet, with the front end shaped like the dragon's head with an open mouth, ,and the back end the scaly(有鱗屑的) tail. The boat can have up to 80 rowers(划船者) to power the boat, ⑨_____ (depend) on the length. A sacred ceremony is performed before any competition in order to "bring the boat to life," by painting the eyes. The first team to gain the flag at the end of the course ⑩_____ (win) the race. 17.阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day. One legend ①_____(date) as far back as the days of Roman Empire, According to the story, Claudius, ②_____ Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of the army. He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married ③_____ (join) the army; therefore,he made a rule that no young men could marry ④_____ he had served in the ... ...