(练习)课时分层作业5 Unit 2 Using Language-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第三册(人教版2019)

课时分层作业(五) Ⅰ．单句语法填空 1．The old woman ___ ____ (wear) out and she couldn't walk any further． 2．To keep slim，you'd better not eat too much ______(sugar) food． 3．Later he found it __________ (disturb) to work with such a talkative person． 4．It is said that several ___________ (specialist) will come to assess the project． 5．If you find that you're ________(stress) out，make sure that you're not neglecting your own needs． 6．Jen returned from the vacation，feeling relaxed and _________ (refresh)． 7．The boy sat beside the window，absorbing _______ (him) in a novel． 8．We had a most ___________ (stimulate) conversation． 9．Pahlsson screamed __ loudly that her daughter came running from the house． 10．If you'd like something to drink，you can either call room service or ____ (come) down here． Ⅱ．阅读理解 In 1980，I lived in Sydney，Nova Scotia which was a dirty steel town then．The steel factory was fed by a large number of coal mines surrounding the area．I became fascinated by the mines，the miners and the life they led．One weekend，I visited the Miner's Museum，which was built over a disused mine．Pictures of men，faces black with coal dust，hung from the walls on the main floor．Many would die from black lung disease long before they died of old age． I was the only local in the group of tourists．Along the way，we paused to look at the displays of mining equipment from centuries long gone．At one lighted alcove (壁凹) there was a small cage．A bird once lived inside．Treated kindly by the miners，it was well fed．It sat and waited to give up its life as a warning of the deadly methane gas (沼气) the coal produced．With no color or smell，a build­up of methane would kill the miners and destroy the tunnels they worked in．The bird's death，like a smoke detector，warned the men of danger． “Turn off your helmet lights！” the guide then ordered in the tunnel．“I want you to experience the life of a miner．” One by one we turned off our lights．The darkness was total—so thick that you thought the very air itself had be