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Unit 1 Life Choices
Lesson 3 A Volunteer Teacher
语法-ed/-ing形容词强化训练及阅读理解
一.用括号内所给动词的-ed形式或-ing形式填空
1. The children were ____after the trip. (tire)
2. The trip was____. (tire)
3. The ____children went to bed early after the trip. (tire)
4. The ____trip lasted a whole day. (tire)
5. The trip made the children____. (tire)
6. The bad weather made the trip____. (tire)
7. Tom’s parents are ____ at his ____ results of the exams.(disappoint)
8. ____and angry, he left the meeting-room. (disappoint)
9. It is ____that he didn’t pass the examination.(disappoint)
10. He was ____ about his ____ son. (worry)
11. I'm not ____with his interpretation of this sentence. (satisfy)
12. He was ____with the ____person. (annoy)
13. A police car appeared on the road, the thief had a____ look on his face. (frighten)
14. The situation here is ____and we are____. (encourage)
2. 阅读理解
PASSAGE 1
The year was 1932.Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined aeroplane.At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather.To make things worse, her altimeter (高度表)failed and she didn't know how high she was flying.At night, and m a storm, a pilot was m great difficulty without an altimeter.At times, her plane nearly plunged (冲)into the sea.
Just before dawn, there was further trouble.Amelia noticed flames (火焰)coming from the engine.Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.
In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe.When she returned to the United States, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House.From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight?Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean
alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty﹣six minutes.
In the years that followed, Amelia Earh