Unit 5 Canada-“The True North”

(时间：45分钟　满分：100分)

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．Their daughter has a gift for language while their son is a gifted(gift) pianist.

2．The bridge measuring_(measure) as long as 200 meters needs repairing.

3．We should consider the students' request that the school library should provide more books on popular science.

4．This city has a small population，only slightly (slight) over three hundred thousand.

5．Your house is always so neat—how do you manage it with three children?

6．We all agreed to set out at dawn tomorrow morning.

7．Surrounded (surround) by the sea on three sides，modern Qingdao is considered one of the most livable cities in China.

8．To begin with，I am under the impression (impress) that I have made every effort to prepare for the final exam.

9．He became wealthy (wealth) through hard work and careful saving.

10．He looked very pleased (please) with himself，so I knew he passed his driving test.

Ⅱ.单句改错

1．As long as I can see，there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.long→far

2．I always prefer to start early，rather than leaving everything to the last minute.leaving→leave

3．I still find it terrified to find myself surrounded by large numbers of horses.terrified→terrifying

4．My father has gift for playing the piano，which has a great influence on me.gift前加a

5．It was until then that he realized the importance of the problem.was后加not

6．To our delight，he no longer keeps his neighbours at the distance.the→a

Ⅲ.阅读理解

When it came to role models，Diana Ortiz said her mother，Marcia Dominguez，was the “hero”．Ms.Dominguez came to the United States from Cuba in 1979.She went to college and got a job as a social worker—all the while raising three children in America mostly on her own.

“It was always school first，”Diana said，“My mom had us in a straight line.If we got out of line，she corrected us.She was a perfect woman.She was beautiful，she had the education and she had everything—but the illness took over.When I was 11，it frightened me to see how quickly my mother's health was ruined by cancer.A week before I turned 14，my mother died at age 50.I had tried to prepare myself，but on the first morning I woke up without my mother，the sense of loss was painful.”

Diana had not seen her father for five years，who refused to provide for her.Diana then entered the city's foster care system.She has spent about four years in foster homes.

Despite Diana's hard teenage years，the values her mother had planted in her mind inspired her to go after higher education.Since August 2010，she has been a fulltime student majoring in law.A public organization offers her tuition but she has part­time jobs to help people like her and earn more life experience.Her goal is a job in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.