湖南省茶陵县第三中学高一英语牛津版必修1习题：Unit 3 Looking good feeling good CHECKING CORNER 1

CHECKING CORNER

I. Complete the following sentences according to the initials or Chinese. 1. We have learned that burning paper is a c_____ change, not a physical one. 2. Don’t push him so hard, Ms Wang. He may break up under all this p_____. 3. Though the accident did a lot of d_____ to the car, the driver survived luckily. 4. The skirt was too big around the w_____, so I changed it for a smaller one. 5. My mother always tells me that doing regular exercise can help me have a good f_____. 6. I ate some _____ ( 药片) in order to stop my headache, but it had no effect. 7. According to the study, an adult elephant eats about 130 _____ (公斤) of food every day.

8. It seems to be a good plan, but I don’t think it _____ (起作用) in practice. 9. Carl is _____ ( 遭受) from sleeplessness, which makes him feel tired and weak. 10. —How much water do you think this bottle _____ (容纳)? —I have no idea.

II. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words.

1. John is a(n) _____ (energy) boy, who is very active and doesn’t feel at all tired. 2. Don’t give up. _____ (fail) in one examination should not stop you trying again. 3. For better _____ (treat), Dr. Johns told him a goodwill lie saying his illness was nothing serious.

4. To be honest, it could be _____ (pain) to leave the house in which I was born. 5. They were happy to see that she had grown more _____ (attract) with age. III. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the phrases given below. Use each phrase once only.

be ashamed of, be popular among, hear about, hear from, in truth, laugh at, learn from, work out, worry about, used to 1. Susan laughed and chatted but was, _____, not having much fun.

2. My brother _____ go to work by bus, but now he drives a car to work every day. 3. Mr Smith _____ four days a week for at least an hour at a time to keep fit. 4. Did you _____ the meeting which was held in San Francisco last week?

5. You ought to _____ yourself for telling such lies to your parents. 6. Don’t _____ that too much. It is nothing but a small test. 7. When Bob was young, some children _____ him because he was too fat. 8. The mother said she had not _____ her daughter since September.

9. Jim _____ an unpleasant experience and changed his way of dealing with such problems.

10. We are surprised to know that these shoes _____ the young this year.

IV. Complete the following sentences and make sure each pair shares the same or similar meaning. Use one word for each blank.

1. We’ll meet at a playground. We played basketball there two days ago. We’ll meet at the playground, _____ we played basketball two days ago. 2. For parents, the most important thing is to teach children in a proper way. For parents, _____ _____ more important than to teach children in a proper way. 3. There was no need for you to tell him the news, which would just make him sad. You didn’t _____ _____ tell him the news, which would just make him sad. 4. Whatever you do, try to do it to the best of your ability. _____ _____ _____ you do, try to do it to the best of your ability.

5. My two sisters live in Beijing and both of them give me a call every two weeks. My two sisters live in Beijing, _____ _____ _____ give me a call every two weeks. V. Multiple choice.

1. —Do you know the girl in blue over there? —Yes. But I can’t think of her name _____. A. at the moment B. after a moment C. in a moment D. at any moment

2. Drinking and smoking do great harm _____ one’s health. A. from B. on C. to D. in

3. —I didn’t go to the job interview this afternoon.

—Why not? I regret _____ that you have missed a very good chance. A. saying B. being said C. to say D. to saying

4. Mrs Black is going to spend two weeks in Shanghai, _____ her son lives. A. that B. which C. when D. where

5. I’m sorry _____ you that I left your books behind in the music room. A. telling B. to tell C. to have told D. to telling

VI. Complete the following sentences according to the Chinese given. Use one word for each blank.

1. 专家说散步是一个人保持身体健康的最佳方法之一。

Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ _____. 2. 迈克手术后恢复得很好，很快就可以回去工作了。

Mike has _____ _____ _____ the operation and can go back to work soon. 3. 和陌生人说话会感到不好意思对她来说是正常的事。

It is normal for her to _____ _____ _____ talking to strangers. 4. 如果你听从我的建议而努力学习，你考试就能及格。

If you _____ _____ _____ and study hard, you will pass the exam. 5. 我经常称自己的体重看是否要节食。

I often weigh myself to see whether I should _____ _____ _____ _____ or not. VII. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words and phrases given below. Use each word or phrase once only balance, because of, difficult, drug, easy, exercise, hungry, much, require, think about If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know it can be a(n) (1) _____ process. But there are ways to make it (2) _____. An ideal weight-loss plan doesn’t mean eating nothing or doing (3) _____ until you happen to get hurt. You may need to (4) _____ a healthy diet. It can be truly necessary that you eat a healthy and (5) _____ diet. You may want to eat little (6) _____ the fact that you need to feel confident that you can

lose weight. But the (7) _____ important reason that people today fail to lose weight

is that many diets often make you feel (8) _____. You need to do a little exercise like cycling, for example. Cycling can not only help you lose weight, but also help you keep fit, because cycling is a sport which (9) _____ a large amount of oxygen ( 氧气). Cycling can also strengthen the heart and is a much better choice than (10) _____.

参考答案：

I. 1. chemical 2. pressure 3. damage 4. waist 5. figure 6. pills 7. kilograms 8. works 9. suffering 10. contains

II. 1. energetic 2. Failure 3. treatment 4. painful 5. attractive III. 1. in truth 2. used to 3. works out 4. hear about 5. be ashamed of 6. worry about 7. laughed at 8. heard from 9. learned from 10. are popular among IV. 1. where 2. nothing is 3. need to 4. No matter what 5. both of whom V. 1-5 ACCDB

VI. 1. stay / keep healthy 2. recovered well from

3. be / feel embarrassed about 4. follow my advice 5. go on a diet

VII. 1. difficult 2. easy / easier

3. exercise 4. think about 5. balanced 6. because of 7. most 8. hungry / hunger