课时作业18
Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．(2013·大理检测)As a writer，he proved to be________failure，which forced him to go in________search of another way to make a living.
A．a；/ B．/；the
C．a；the D．the；/
解析：第一个空后面的failure表示“失败的人(或物)”，是可数名词；第二个空考查固定短语in search of 寻找。句意：作为一名作家，他是一个失败者，这迫使他去寻找另外的方式谋生。
答案：A
2．(2013·海口检测)________that the government can lead us out of the financial cri sis，we are optimistic________the future of our country.
A．Convinced；about B．Convincing；about
C．Convinced；of D．Convincing；of
解析：convince sb.that使某人确信……；be optimistic about 对……持乐观态度。句中convince与其逻辑主语we之间为被动关系，故应用过去分词。
答案：A
