新概念英语第三册 第一单元（L1~20）课文挖空默写（含答案）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 新概念英语3 第一单元（L1~20）课文挖空默写 Lesson 1 Pumas at large Pumas are large, 1._____ which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma 2._____ forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the 3. _____, experts from the Zoo 4._____investigate, for the descriptions given by people who 5._____ the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman 6._____ saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts 7._____ that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often 8._____ in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it 9._____ dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in 10._____ and puma fur was found 11._____. Several people complained of "cat-like noises” at night and a businessman 12._____ saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now 13._____ the animal was a puma, but where had it come from As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been 14._____ a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is 15._____ that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside. Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one Our vicar is always 1. for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to 2. . The big clock which 3._____day and night was damaged many years ago and 4. ever since. One night, however, our vicar 5. : the clock was striking the hours! 6. , he saw that it was one o’clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. 7. , the vicar went up into the clock tower to see 8. . In the torchlight, he 9. whom he immediately 10. Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. ‘Whatever are you doing up here Bill ’ asked the vicar in surprise. ‘I’m trying to repair the bell,’ answered Bill. ‘I 11. night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.’ ‘You certainly did give me a surprise!’ said the vicar. ‘You’ve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I’m glad the bell is working again.’ ‘That’s the trouble, vicar,’ answered Bill. ‘It’s 12. , but I’m afraid that at one o’clock it will strike thirteen times and there’s 13. about it.’ ‘We’ll 14. that, Bill,’ said the vicar. ‘Thirteen is 15. one, but it’s better than nothing. Now let’s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.’ Lesson 3 An unknown goddess Some time ago, and interesting discovery was made by 1._____ on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must 2._____, for it enjoyed a high level of 3._____. Houses -- often three stories high – were 4._____. They had large ... ...