Unit 2 Travelling around Reading for Writing
一、完成句子
1.I do ________ your reply to my application as soon as possible.
我的确盼望早日收到您对我的申请的回复。
2.他除了脸部和双手受伤外,两条腿也断了。
____________________the injuries to his face and hands, he broke both legs.
3.这个小男孩去年竟然辍学了,真令人吃惊。(一句多译)
(1)____________________ the little boy should have dropped out of school last year.
(2)____________________ the little boy should have dropped out of school last year.
4.________ the little boy worked out the difficult problem.
令人惊奇的是,这个小男孩解出了这道难题。
5.The young man ________ _ a singer and he ________ singing popular songs which are known to many teenagers.
这个年轻人是位知名歌手,他尤其以唱许多青少年耳熟能详的流行歌曲而出名。
二、用单词的适当形式完成句子
6.My classmates came over last night. They ________(come)over this evening, too. (所给词的适当形式填空)
7.“That’s what’s so ________ (amaze) about chimp gestures,” she said. “They’re the only thing that looks like human language in that respect.” (所给词的适当形式填空)
8.The African lion is known ________ the king of the forest. (用适当的词填空)
9.Taking pictures of polar bears is ________ (amaze) but also dangerous. (所给词的适当形式填空)
10.All the students are requested________________________(attend)the annual school celebration.(用单词的适当形式完成句子)
11.I caught sight ________ her running when I walked past the playground.(用适当的词填空)
三、阅读理解
When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer—and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.
My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full time blogger.
Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010, and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging—not my photography—did take me around the world successfully. At first, I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.
Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.
12.After the author quit her job, she decided to ________.
A.divorce her husband
B.be a wedding photographer
C.pay off all her debts
D.go travelling abroad
13.What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph
A.She paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.
B.She realised his dream of becoming a travel photographer.
C.She got a job as an editor in a publishing house.
D.She finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.
14.The author believed her success mainly resulted from ________.
A.her personal reasons
B.her photographing skills
C.free marketing for blogging
D.booming of travel industry
15.What did the author think of her two years' work
A.Inspiring.
B.Appealing.
C.Interesting.
D.Challenging.
More and more travellers in China nowadays prefer homestays rather than traditional hotels, as they seek private living experiences. The house-sharing model was first introduced by the website in 2003. It is still the largest website for travellers to find accommodation (住宿) without much money to spend.
Encouraged by her great experience of homestays in France, Maggita, 30, considered short-term hire as her first choice in her future trips. She later went back to her hometown Shanghai and ran a "shared accommodation" business.
The short-term hire idea has been a win-win business model. For travellers, they can rent a special room at a reasonable price and also enjoy a firsthand experience of the local culture, compared with traditional hotels. For owners, they can gain much with daily rental. Now Maggita has quit her last job in an IT company and become a host of some 20 homestays, which enables her to earn a monthly income of around 40,000 — 50,000 yuan.
In recent years, China has seen many homestay booking websites such as Xiaozhu and Tujia. Chen Chi, the founder and CEO of Xiaozhu, said the model is to share rooms or apartments that are not in use with people who need them. Instead of the traditional view that Chinese people feel uncomfortable living with strangers, Chen found that a large number of travellers got along well with house owners.
However, experts have pointed out a series of problems brought about by the fashion. Lacking supervision (监管) to those accommodation sharing websites, the service quality and accommodation safety cannot be guaranteed (保障).Experts suggest that the online websites should closely work together with communities and local police stations to improve the services.
16.What can we learn about homestays from the first paragraph
A.They started in China. B.They offer the best service.
C.They can be money-saving. D.They are popular with the youth.
17.What does the underlined word "quit" in the third paragraph mean
A.Taken up. B.Given up.
C.Looked for. D.Gone for
18.What does Chen Chi think of this sharing model
A.Useless. B.Relaxing.
C.Well-accepted. D.Uncomfortable.
19.What can we infer from the last paragraph
A.Homestays need to be improved.
B.Some experts don't support homestays.
C.Lacking supervision is the biggest problem of homestays.
D.The police should manage the homestay services.
四、完形填空
When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind and lots of things in my backpack. I wanted to travel around Africa with my 20 . So I left my hometown with great confidence and 21 in Cape Town on a one-way ticket, not really 22 what to do next. 23 , before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel 24 lever received: “Be like a student on your way around the world.”
It sounds 25 , but it really changed my mind about travelling. He helped me 26 that travel is about learning and observing different 27 . “It's far too easy to go into a(n) 28 country for you and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions, and 29 to learn from the locals, you'll have far richer experiences,” he promised me. On other trips when I was on my tour way to Cancun, I didn't know the man so I was just a 30 . I only stayed there for a week to see the 31 and places of interest and then left. The culture didn't 32 me. I left the cities and towns without really 33 anyone or anything. Those people and things 34 in those places to which I had paid a visit.
This trip satisfied me more than any other trip ever did to me.
20.A.friend B.pet C.backpack D.family
21.A.continued B.took C.danced D.arrived
22.A.sure B.excited C.afraid D.concerned
23.A.Certainly B.Luckily C.Truly D.Sadly
24.A.knowledge B.feeling C.advice D.reason
25.A.simple B.funny C.boring D.foolish
26.A.remember B.choose C.improve D.realize
27.A.cultures B.events C.places D.backgrounds
28.A.strange B.magic C.new D.interesting
29.A.accept B.try C.wait D.forget
30.A.tourist B.student C.reporter D.businessman
31.A.picture B.sight C.show D.mountain
32.A.inspire B.contact C.help D.influence
33.A.refusing B.encouraging C.knowing D.teaching
34.A.existed B.disappointed C.kept D.started
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参考答案
1.look forward to receiving
2.Apart from
3.It was amazing that It was a surprise that
4.It's amazing that
5.is known as is mostly known for
6.are coming
7.amazing
8.as
9.amazing
10.to attend
11.of
12.D
13.D
14.C
15.A
16.C
17.B
18.C
19.C
20.C
21.D
22.A
23.B
24.C
25.A
26.D
27.A
28.C
29.B
30.A
31.B
32.D
33.C
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