(练习)14 课时达标训练(九) Period Three-【提分教练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册(外研版2019)

课时达标训练(九)　Period Three Ⅰ. 单句语法填空 1. Helping (help) you to finish the task is our duty. 2. Having (have) a conversation with her best friends made her feel better. 3. Working with you is (be) my great pleasure. 4. It is rather tiring walking (walk) around the city. 5. There is no joking (joke) about such matters. 6. It is no use blaming (blame) her for taking the wrong keys by mistake. 7. Playing chess and jogging are (be) what she likes to do in her spare time. 8. Practising (practise) English every day enables him to make great progress. 9. It is useless discussing (discuss) with his parents about the issue. 10. It is no good eating (eat) too much for dinner. Ⅱ. 阅读理解 Don't ignore the difference teenagers can make. John Michael Thomas, 14, Florida When John Michael Thomas decided to honour his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks (孔雀)． He wanted to build a life­sized peacock fountain in Elizabeth's favourite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired. John Michael raised $52，000 to build the fountain. Barrett England, 13, Utah The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike Shop, a place where young people can earn free bike by reading and performing community service. Barrett visited Karma's owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate them to the shop. He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39. Zachary Blohm, 15, Wisconsin The 25­year­old playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time. That's when Zachary Blohm saved the day. He and some volunteers wanted to build a huge playground. To raise money, Zac planned T­shirt and bake sales, sold tickets and more. He held monthly money­raising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130，000 — enough to finish his project. Jack