Unit Three
1. Writing
你的朋友邀请你参加他/她的生日聚会，告诉对方你不能接受他/她的邀请。你的文章应包括下列内容：
1.告诉对方你不能接受他/她的邀请； 2.对对方的邀请表示感谢； 3.说明无法接受邀请的原因。
2. Use of English
Directions: Choose the best answer to fill in each of the following blanks. 1) —Could I borrow your car for a few days? — ________________. A) Yes, you may borrow. B) Yes, go on.
C) Sure, here you are. Enjoy your journey. D) It doesn’t matter.
2) —I wonder if I could use your computer tonight? —________________. I’m not using it right now. A) Sure, go ahead. B) I don’t know.
C) It doesn’t matter. D) Who cares
3) —Would you mind changing seats with me? —________________. A) Yes, you can.
B) Of course, I like to. C) No, I don’t mind. D) Certainly, please do.
4) —Can you go to the concert with us this evening? —________________. A) No, I already have plans.
B) I’d love to, but I’m busy tonight.
C) No, I really don’t like being with you. D) I’m ill, so I shouldn’t go out. 5) —Can I help you with your suitcase? —________________. A) That’s OK. I can manage B) It’s not very light C) I can help you with it D) Put it down on the ground
3. Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the passage and decide which of the following is the best answer to each of the questions or statements.
One hundred years ago, three guys from the Coast Guard's Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Lifesaving Station and a couple of locals saw Wilbur and Orville Wright fly a powered machine through the air for the first time.
The first successful sustained powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine were made here by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903. A 60-foot monument (纪念碑) dedicated in 1932, is set up on the top of 90-foot tall Kill Devil Hill in memory of success of these two dreamers from Dayton, Ohio.
Wilbur and Orville Wright were two brothers from the heartland of America with a vision as broad as the sky and a practicality[务实] as down-to-earth[实际的] as the Wright Cycle Co., the bicycle business they founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 12. But while there were countless bicycle shops in turn-of-the-century America, in only one were wings being built as well as wheels. When the Wright brothers finally realized their dream of powered human flight in 1903, they made the world a forever smaller place.
1) How many years ago did human beings fly a powered machine through the air for the first time?
A. 150 years ago B. a couple of years ago C. 100 years ago D. 3 years ago 2) Where did Wilbur and Orville Wright come from?
A. Dayton B. Kill Devil Hills C. Coast Guard D. N.C. Lifesaving Station 3) What was the monument for?
A. as a landmark B. to scare away the seabirds
C. to remember the name of the hill D. to honor what the two dreamers had achieved 4) Which of the following is not true?
A. Wilbur and Orville Wright were brothers.
B. They had many competitors in bicycle business. C. They also sold airplanes.
D. Their experiment was great.
5) What is this passage mainly about? A. How the two brothers cherished each other. B. The meaning of the monument.
C. How to be a successful businessman.
D. The meaning of the two brothers’s experiment.
