新概念英语3 第三单元（L41~60）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 第三单元（L41~60）课文挖空默写 Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me. 1. , I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasionally visit during the weekend. Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always 2. the country. Though they 3. the peaceful life, only one of them has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months. Even he still 4. that country life is somehow 5. town life. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, 6. and the gentle pace of living. Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, 7. , the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures. This 8. is only part of the picture. My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV -- virtually the only form of entertainment. He says nothing about 9. in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work. Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me. They 10. if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong. If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can 11. . You never have to travel miles to see your friends. They invariably live nearby and 12. an informal chat or an evening’s entertainment. Some of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre 13. . For them this is a major operation which involves considerable planning. 14. , they wonder whether they will ever catch that last train home. The city dweller never 15. . The latest exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away. Shopping, too, is always a pleasure. There is so much variety that you never have to 16. . Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and 17. as many of the exotic items as they can carry. Nor is the city without its moments of beauty. There is something comforting about the warm glow shed by advertisements on cold wet winter nights. Few things could be more impressive than the peace that 18. at weekends when the thousands that travel to work every day 19. in their homes in the country. It has always been a mystery to me why city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, 20. they would prefer to live in the country. Lesson 42 Modern Cavemen Cave exploration, or pot-holing, 1._____, is a relatively new sport. Perhaps it is the 2._____ or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures people down to the 3._____ of the earth. It is impossible to give a 4._____ for a pot-holer's motives. For him, caves have the same 5._____ which high mountains have for the climber. They 6._____ which can only be dimly understood. Exploring really deep caves is not a task f ... ...