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UNIT 4 ADVERSITY AND COURAGE
Reading and Thinking
必备知识基础练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.The union had sought a (工资) increase and a shorter work week.
2.Losing the match yesterday was a (激烈而不愉快的) disappointment for the team.
3.They said goodbye to him as he got a the train at Beijing Station.
4.They enjoyed an income and a lifestyle that many people would (羡慕).
5.He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the (毛毯).
6.Ways must be found to assure our children a (相当不错的) start in life.
7.The reforms are motivated by a (真正的) concern for the disabled.
8.My heart s because I thought he was going to leave me behind.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.I will try to finish the work (assign) to me ahead of time.
2.Finally they arrived at the (abandon) house,tired and hungry.
3.They made a (resolve) to lose all the weight gained during the Christmas period.
4.His proposal was turned by his boss,which made him disappointed.
5.I really admired his (endure) when he looked after little children.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.那位农场主非常热情,我们发现拒绝他很难。
The farmer was we found it hard to turn him down.
2.事实上,这些年这个女孩一直妒忌她的姐姐。
As a matter of fact,the girl her elder sister these years.
3.那些人正在寻找沉入河底的那艘船。
Those people were looking for the ship which the river.
4.这个女孩虽然年轻,但她很擅长应对那样的人。
,she is good at dealing with such a person.
5.他不会拒绝那些符合资格做这件事的人。
He won’t those who are qualified for this thing.
关键能力提升练
Ⅳ.阅读理解
On October 20,2017,British adventurer Tom Morgan went up over South Africa seated in a camp chair fastened to 100 helium balloons.During the two-hour flight,the balloonist covered 16 miles and reached heights of up to 8,000 feet.Though Morgan later called the experience “unbelievably cool”,he did admit feeling “somewhere between terrified and delighted” during the flight.
Morgan,the founder of the League of Adventurists,a British group whose mission is to make the world “l