课时作业2 Unit1 语言运用专项（word练习）-【状元桥·优质课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第三册（人教版2019）

课时作业(二)　语言运用专项 (建议用时：35分钟)(见学生用书P125) Ⅰ.完形填空 We've all been there before: You're driving down the road when suddenly a pothole seems to appear out of nowhere and sends the 　1　 jumping.Most people think potholes are 　2　, but artist Jim Bachor sees them as a canvas for his artwork. Bachor uses the 　3　 art form of mosaic to create eye-catching, colorful images of famous artists like Aretha Franklin or simple everyday 　4　 like food.He even makes less-appealing visuals of insects. Bachor was a graphic designer for 20 years before he began his 　5　 in mosaic.He regards an incidental trip to Europe as his motivation to change careers.While 　6　 in Italy, Bachor fell in love with Pompeii, the preserved ancient Roman city.A tour guide pointed out a mosaic, made of mainly glass and marble, and told Bachor, “Glass and marble don't 　7　.So, this looks essentially the way the artist intended.” Bachor says, “That kind of staying power just 　8　 me so much.” A year later Bachor returned to attend a mosaic class in Ravenna, Italy, to learn the proper way to 　9　 the ancient technique.Years after that, he mastered the technique.He 　10　 that mosaics can be just as significant today as the art form over 1,000 years ago. “I just saw that there was a(n) 　11　 to bring it into the new age as a contemporary subject，” he says. So, Bachor decided to make a special piece of 　12　 for that pothole.He has 　13　 mosaic pothole art around Chicago, Detroit, New York City and even in Finland. While he may not be getting 　14　 from drivers or passengers, Bachor's art is 　15　 a pleasant surprise to discover. 1． A．body B．rock C．car D．sand 2．A.challenging B．interesting C．discouraging D．annoying 3．A.modern B．ancient C．brief D．mysterious 4．A.objects B．ideas C．routines D．projects 5．A.duty B．career C．belief D．instruction 6．A.traveling B．living C．working D．studying 7．A.last B．connect C．fade D．resolve 8．A.reminded B．confused C．troubled D．impressed 9．A.introduce B．perform C．promote D．descri