2019屆高二英語下學期期末復習（選修8 unit 3）

11. she set _______letters as soon as she arrived at the office.
a. about answering  b. about to answering  c. about to answer
d. out answering
12. the murderer was brought in, with his hands _____behind his back.
a. being tied   b. having tied   c. to be tied   d. tied
13. ____ in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him/
a. losing    b. having lost     c. lost     d. to lose
14. i can’t bear _______ with his mouth full.
a. little tom talking   b. little tom talk   c. to talk   d. having talked
15. the new couple call each other _____, even when there’s not much to say.
a. now and then   b. in no time    c. more or less  d. by and by
完形填空
    children find meanings in their old family tales.
when stephen guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,    36   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. in one of the darkest times   37   his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   38    , he loaded his family into the car and   39    them to see family members in canada with a   40   , “there are more important things in life than money. ”
the  41   took on a new meaning recently when mr. guyer downsized to a   42    house from a more expensive and comfortable one. he was 43     that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. to his surprise, they weren’t   44      , their reaction echoed （共鳴） their great-grandfather’s. what they   45    was how warm the people were in the house and how  46     of their heart was accessible.
many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   47    hard times. storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing  48     in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
a university   49    of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 50   parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
the  51    is telling the stories in a way children can  52     . we’re not talking here about the kind of story that   53    , “ when i was a kid, i walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s  54    , and make eye contact （接觸） to create “a personal experience”, we don’t have to tell children  55   they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”