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【Eileen】人教版高一英语必修三Book 3课文重点单词填空
【Eileen】人教版高一英语必修三Book 3课文重点单词填空

Unit 1 Festivals around the world

1.Sometimes celebrations would be held after ________(猎人)had caught animals.

2.At that time people would ________(饿死)if food was difficult to find , especially during the cold winter months.

3.Today’s festivals have many _______(起源): some are ________(宗教上的), some are seasonal , and some for special people or events.

4.Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the _________(祖先), who might return either to help or to do harm.

5.For the Japanese festival Obon , people should go to clean graves and light incense ________(纪念)their ancestors.

6.In _______(墨西哥), people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.

7.On this important ________(节日)day , people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with”_______(骨头)”on them.

8.It is now a children’s festival , when they can ____________(打扮)and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets.

9.If the neighbours do not give any sweets , the children might ________________(捉弄)them.

10.The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient ________(诗人), Qu Yuan.

11.In the USA , Columbus in the New World.

12.India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi , the leader who

helped _______(获得)India’s _____________(独立)from Britain.

13.People are grateful because their food is _________(搜集)for the winter and the

___________(农业)work is over.

14.Some people might win _______(奖)for their farm produce , like the biggest watermelon or

the most handsome ________(公鸡).

15.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals , when people ________(赞美)the moon and in

China , enjoy mooncakes.

16.The most _________(充满活力的)and important festivals are the ones that ______________ (期待)the end of winter and the coming of spring.

17.Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals , which take place forty days before

_______(复活节), usually in February.

18.These carnivals might include parades , dancing in the streets _______________(日夜), loud

music and colorful __________(衣服)of all kinds.

19.Easter is an important religious and social festival for ___________(基督教徒)around the

world.

20.The country , covered with cherry tree flowers , look ____________(好像)it is covered with

pink snow.

21.People love to get together to eat , drink and ____________(玩得开心)each other.

22.Festivals let us enjoy life , be proud of our _________(顾客)and forget our work for a little

while.

23.But she didn’t __________(出现).

24.She said she would be there at seven o’clock , and now he thought she would

______________(信守诺言).

25.Well , he was not going to _______________(屏住呼吸)for her to ___________(道歉).

26.He would ________(淹没)his _________(悲伤)in coffee.

27.It was _________(明显的)that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave - he ______(擦)the tables , then sat down and turned On the TV - just what Li Fang needed!

28.People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day , because if it is raining , it

means that Zhinv is _________(哭泣)and the couple won’t be able to meet.

29.As Li Fang _________(出发)for home , he thoug ht , “I guess Hu Jin doesn’t love me.

30.I don’t want them to _______ me ___(使......想起......)her.

31.She would never ________(原谅)him.

Unit 2 Healthy eating

https://www.360docs.net/doc/a25777038.html,ually he got up early and prepared his menu of __________(烧烤)_________(羊肉)kebabs , ________(烤制的)pork , stir-fried vegetable and ______(油炸)rice.

2.By now his restaurant _________(应该)be full of people.

3.He thought of his mutton , beef and ________(腊肉)cooked in the hottest , finest oil.

4.Want to __________(减肥)?

https://www.360docs.net/doc/a25777038.html,e inside Yong Hui’s ___________(苗条的)restaurant.

6.__________(好奇心)drove Wang Peng inside.

7.The ________(女主人), a very thin lady , came forward.

8.There were few choice of food and drink on it :just rice , _____(生的)vegetables served in ________(醋), fruit and water.

9.He could not have Yong Hui ________________(不受惩罚)_________ people ______(说谎)!

10.Even though her _________(顾客)might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food , they were not

eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit.

11.Perhaps with a ________(折扣)and a new sign he could _____ his customers ______(赢回).

12.Perhaps he would be able to _____________(谋生)after all and not have to close his

restaurant.

13.He did not look forward to being ________(欠债)because his restaurant was no longer

popular.

14.She did not look but ______(怒目而视)at him.

15.I though you were a new customers and now I know that you only came to __________(暗中

监视)me and my menu , ”she shouted.

16.I don’t want to upset you , but I found your menu so _________(有限的)that I stopped

worrying and started advertising the _________(好处)of my food.

17.Yong Hui agreed to stay and soon they were both enjoying dumplings and ________(胸部)

of chicken cooked with ________(大蒜).

18.Wang Peng was enjoying a second plate of dumplings so he _______(叹气).

19.Perhaps we ought to ________(结合)our ideas and provide a balanced menu with food full of

energy and fibre.

20.In this way they ____________(删减)the fat and increased the fibre in the meal.

21.Their balanced diets became such a success that __________(不久以后)Wang Peng became

slimmer and Yong Hui _________ more _______(增加体重).

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

1.At this moment , they see a penniless young man ________(漫步)on the ___________(人

行道)outside their house.

2.It is Henry Adams , an American ___________(商人), who is lost in London and does not know what he should do.

3._______(允许)me to lead the way , sir.

4.____ right _______(向前).

5.As a matter of fact , I landed in Britain __________(偶然).

6.About a month ago , I was sailing out of the ______(海湾)...(his eyes ________(凝视)what is left of the brothers’ dinner on the table)

7.It was all my _______(错误).

8.The next morning I’d just about given myself up for lost when I was _______(发现)by a ship.

9.The fact is that I earned my _______(船费)by working as an unpaid hand , which _________ (是......的原因)my appearance.

10.I went to the American _________(大使馆)to _______(寻找)help , but...(The brother smile

at each other.)

11._________(耐性), Mr Adams.

12.____________(与此相反), in fact.

13.I’d like some ham and eggs and a nice big _______(牛排).

14.I’d also like a cup of coffee and a ________(菠萝)_________(餐后甜点).

15.I’m afraid it’ll cost a large _______(数量)of money.

16.Well , we’ll have to ____________(冒险).

17.(in a _____(粗鲁的)_______(举止))

18.(the hostess _______(尖声叫), the other customers look at her and she puts a hand to her

mouth)Do you think it’s ______(真的)?

19.But he’s _______(衣衫褴褛)!

20.______(真正的), sir , I hope y ou’ll come here whenever you like.

21.______(至于)the bill , sir , please forget it.

22.(The owner , the hostess and the waiter all ______(鞠躬)as Henry leaves.)

Unit4 Astronomy: the science of the stars

1.However , according to a widely accepted ______(学说), the univ erse began with a “Big Bang” that threw matter in all directions.

2.After that , _____(原子)began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies.

3.For several _______(百万)years after the “Big Bang” , the earth was still just a cloud of dust.

4.What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid ______(球体).

5.The earth became so _______(猛烈的)that it was not clear whether the shape would last or not.

6.They were ________(及时)to produce ______(碳)dioxide , nitrogen , water vapour and other gases , which were to make the earth’s _________(大气层).

7.Water had also appeared on other planets like Mars but , ______(与......不同)the earth , it had disappeared later.

8.It was not immediately obvious that water was to be __________(基本的)to the development of life.

9.What many scientists believe is that the continued presence of water allowed the earth to

dissolve ________(有害的)gases and _____(酸)into the oceans and seas.

10.This produce a ______(链子)reaction , which made it possible for life to develop.

11.They _______(乘)and filled the oceans and seas with _______(氧), which encouraged the later development of early shellfish and all sorts of fish.

12.They produced young generally by ___________(下蛋).

13.They laid eggs too and _______(存在)on the earth for more than 140 million years.

14.These animals were different from all life forms in the past , because they ___________

(产生)young baby animals and produced milk to feed them.

15._____(因此)they have , __________(轮到某人), become the most important animals on

the planet.

16.They are putting too much carbon _______(二氧化物)into the atmosphere , which ________

heat ______(阻止)escaping from the earth into space.

17.We visited the moon in our ________(宇宙飞船)!

18.As the rocket rose into the air , we were pushed back into our seats because we were trying to

escape the _____(拉)of the earth’s gravity.

19.I _________(感到高兴)immediately and ______(漂浮)weightlessly around in our spaceship

cabin watching the earth become smaller and the moon larger.

20.If you are right , my _______(体重)will be less than on the earth because the moon is smaller

and I will be able to move more freely.

21.“Oh dear , ”I cried , “walking does need a bit of practice _________(既然)gravity has

changed.”

22.We watched , amazed as fire _________(突发)on the outside of the spaceship as the earth’s

gravity increased.

Unit5 Canada —“The True North”

1.___________(与其)take the aeroplane all the way , they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.

2.The thought that they could cross the whole _________(洲)was exciting.

3.He was going to take them and their _________(行李)to catch “The True North” , the cross-Canada train.

4.On the way to the station , he ________(聊天)about their trip.

5.You’re going to see some great _______(景色).

6.Going __________(向东), you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests , as well aswide rivers and larges cities.

7.People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city , __________(包围)by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

8.Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the _________(海港)make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in.

9.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall , some ___________(测量)over 90 metres.

10.That afternoon ________(在(船、飞机、火车或公共汽车)上)the train , the cousins

___________(定居)in their seats.

11.Earlier that day , when they crossed the Rocky Mountains , they _______________(设法做)

_______________(看见)some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an _______(鹰).

12.Many of them _______________(有......天赋)riding wild horses and can win thousands of

dollars in prizes.

13.At school , they had learned that most Canadians live _________(在......之内)a few hundred kilometres of the USA _________(边界), and that Canada’s population is only ________(轻微的)over thirty million , but now they were amazed to see such an empty county.

14.They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of

_______(英亩).

15.The next morning the _______(灌木丛)and _______(枫树)trees outside their windows were

red , gold and orange , and there was _______(森林)on the grounds , _________(证实)that fall had arrived in Canada.

16.Around noon they arrived in Toronto , the biggest and most _________(富有的)city in

Canada.

17._______________(在远处), they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great Niagara

Falls , which is on the south side of the lake.

18.Lin Fei , one of my mother’s old ___________(校友), lives here.

19.I should phone her from a telephone _________(公用电话间).

20.They met Lin Fei around dusk in _________(市区的)Chinatown , one of the three in Toronto.

21.It’s _____________(接近)four hundred kilometres northeast of Toronto , so it would take too

long.

22.The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal at _______(黎明)the next morning.

23.As they sat in a _______(自助餐)restaurant looking over the _________(宽阔的)St

Lawrence River , a young man sat down with them.

24.I’m a student at the university _________(附近的).

25.Most of us speak both English and French , but the city has French culture and _________(传

统).

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