选择性必修二 Unit 4 Journey Across A Vast Land 基础知识练习
一、单词拼写
根据汉语或首字母提示填出本单元所学单词。
1. A number of high buildings have ______ (出现) where there was nothing a year ago but ruined.
2. Proverbs and i______ may become worn with overuse.
3. But things are changing much more slowly than I ever ______ (预料).
4. Water pipes ______ (冻住) in the extremely cold weather.
5. He sat by the fire and ______ (烤) a piece of bread.
6. The marchers ______ (行进) slowly along the street.
7. The President ______ (强调) the importance of his visit to China.
8. I received a b______ of flowers from my former student on Teachers’ Day.
9. It’s amazing that he can hold his b______ under the water for five minutes.
10. As long as we hold fast to our dreams, we are b______ to achieve success.
11. It was ten in the morning but the ______ (窗帘) were still drawn.
12. No matter how far it is, I’ll go there ______ (反正).
13. He o______ his good health to plenty of exercise and a regular life.
14. He is not ill. On the c______, he is very healthy.
15. He swam to the ______ (岸) against a strong current.
二、单句语法填空
在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
1. The explorer could not strike a match on the ______ (freeze) cold day.
2. When I got up early the next day, I found the air on the hill good to ______ (breath).
3. To their surprise, hundreds replied to the ______ (advertise).
4. We spent a very ______ (please) evening.
5. ______ (freeze) fish is a very healthy convenience food.
6. To my ______ (astonish), he has made such rapid progress in English this term.
7. He translated the passage ______ (literal).
8. She became a ______ (photograph), going around the world with her camera in her hand.
9. ______ (airline) will be able to set cheap fares without further interference from the government.
10. The ______ (highlight) of the match will be shown later this evening.
三、选词填空
用方框内短语的适当形式填空。
take sb.’s breath away arise from a bunch of contrary to date back to proceed to sth. owe sth. to sb. rather than be bound for ahead of time
1. The temple, situated on the top of the hill, ____________ the Tang Dynasty.
2. In view of these factors, you’d better finish your teaching tasks ____________.
3. As we all know, most car accidents ____________ carelessness.
4. Looking back, Diana ____________ her achievements ____________ the education she received from the college.
5. We’d better take a plane that ____________ China.
6. The beauty of the sea ____________ after we arrived at the seashore.
7. Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. In other words, we should start work at once ____________ leaving it for the next day.
8. If you have thought about that, you can ____________ the next step.
9. Lili fell asleep clutching ____________ grapes.
10. ____________ the common belief, taking a walk immediately after a meal doesn’t necessarily do good to our health.
四、单句语法填空
1. ______ (give) more time, he would be able to do better.
2. ______ (lose) in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.
3. ______ (gather) around the fire, the tourists danced with the local people.
4. Look over there – there’s a very long, winding path ______ (lead) up to the house.
5. It was reported that 115 miners ______ (trap) in the flooded mine for eight days were pulled alive at last.
6. They make great gifts and you see them many time ______ (decorate) with red envelopes and messages of good fortune.
7. When we got a call ______ (say) she was short-listed, we thought it was a joke.
8. On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the North Shore under the stars.
9. When the children are walking or ______ (cycle) to school on dark mornings, car drivers can easily see them.
10. Nervously ______ (face) challenges, I know I will whisper to myself the two simple words “Be yourself”.
11. Earth Day, ______ (mark) on 22 April, is an annual event aiming to raise public awareness about environmental protection.
五、根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 由于用了很长时间,这本书看上去很旧。
________________________, the book looks old.
2. 听到这一消息,他高兴地手舞足蹈。
________________________, he jumped with joy.
3. 做完作业后,他出去了。
________________________, he went out.
4. 在驱车进城之前,你必须将你的车洗了。
Before driving into the city, you are required to get ________________________.
5. 这是几年前建的房子。
This is the house ________________________.
6. 我们惊讶于他在会上的发言。
We ________________________ what he said at the meeting.
7. 穿白色衣服的学生是我的妹妹。
The student ________________________ is my sister.
Keys:
1 arisen 2 idioms 3 anticipated 4 freeze 5 toasted
6 proceeded 7 highlights 8 bunch 9 breath 10 bound
11 curtains 12 anyhow 13 owes 14 contrary 15 shore
Keys:
1 freezing 2 breathe 3 advertisement 4 pleasant 5 Frozen
6 astonishment 7 literally 8 photographer 9 Airlines 10 highlights
Keys:
1 dates back to 2 ahead of time 3 arise from 4 owed; to 5 is bound for
6 took our breath away 7 rather than 8 proceed to 9 a bunch of 10 Contrary to
Keys:
1 Given 2 Lost 3 Gathering 4 leading 5 trapped 6 decorated
7 saying 8 listening 9 cycling 10 facing 11 marked
Keys:
1 Used for a long time
2 Hearing the news
3 Having finished his homework
4 your car washed
5 built several years ago
6 were surprised at
7 dressed in white