Unit 2 Great People Lesson 9 China's Most Famous "Farmer"
一、单选题
1.It is helpful to _______ a good habit of reading in language learning.
A. take B, show C. develop D. match
2.Your advice is very valuable to me. I'm sure our activity will be _____ meaningful.
A. much B. more much C. much more D. too much
3.The government of China _____ the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013.
A. came up with B. cheered up C. put up D. ate up
4.—________! I'm sure he does quite well in English.
—You're right. He got a very good prize in the English competition last year.
A. What an excellent chess player
B. How high that boy is jumping
C. What an exciting magician
D. How beautifully that boy speaks English
5.—Have you ever heard that China is building a nationwide 5G network
—Right. 5G will allow us _____ English movies faster than ever.
A. download B. downloads C. to download D. downloading
6.Mr. Brown started to work in the city ten years ago. Since then he _____ in this department.
A. lived B. will live C. was living D. has lived
7.She did her best ____ the blind and deaf people.
A.help B.helping C.to help D.helped
8.In Hainan there will be a new bridge over 30 kilometres long ____ Ningbo and Jiaxing.
A.beside B.between C.next to D.from
9.She learned one word first, then she learned ____.
A.many B.much C.many more D.much more
10.—I've made much progress in grammar. The ideas you _____ worked out fine.
—Glad I could help.
A. came up with B. ran out of C. came out D. focused on
二、句子翻译
11.这位著名的科学家出生在20世纪60年代。
The famous scientist was born _____ _____ _____.
12.他每天晚上睡觉前经常看半小时电视。
He often watches TV for _____ _____ _____ before he goes to sleep every night.
13.中国是一个发展中国家,而美国是一个发达国家。
China is a _____ country while the USA is a _____ country.
14.琳达和她哥哥一起做了一个漂亮的风筝。
Linda, _____ _____ her brother, made a beautiful kite.
15.今年我们城市致力于建造5个大的公园以改善市民的生活。
Our city will _____ _____ _____ five large parks this year to improve citizens' life.
三、阅读理解(任务型阅读)
Many people have their dreams at home and abroad. During China's Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Wan Hu whose dream in life was "flying to the moon". One day, he tied ①/h m'self/ _____ to a chair with 47 self-made "rockets" and held a big kite in his hands. He lit the "rockets" and disappeared into the sky. Unfortunately, he died when the "rockets" exploded(爆炸).
Hundreds of years later, in 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down from Apollo Ⅱ and walked on the moon. He was the first man to set foot on the moon. It was a great dream. ②______________________________. To remember Wan, there is a crater(环形山)on the far side of the moon which is named after him.
There are many people like Wan in the world.③他们从未停止实现他们的梦想。American civil rights(民权) leader Martin Luther King once said, "I have a dream." His dream helped American people of all races(种族) get the same rights. Though others laughed at him, Henry Ford had a dream of cars covering the roads ④/ n'sted/ _____ of horses and carts(马车). Seeing hungry people, Yuan Longping invented the hybrid rice for his dream of "feeding everybody in China".
Dreams are important because they give us directions for our lives. With dreams, we set goals and make plans to change our present situations. ⑤So we can always change the world for the better. Let's work harder for our dreams.
1. 填写单词:根据文中①、④两处音标填写单词。
① /h m'self/______________
④/ n'sted/______________
2.将文中③处划线句子翻译成英语
______________________________________
3.将文中⑤处划线句子翻译成汉语
______________________________________
4.补全短文:从下面四个选项中,选出能放入文中②处划线部分的最佳选项( )
A. It was also Henry Ford's dream
B. It was also Wan Hu's dream
C. It was also Yuan Longping's dream
D. It was also Martin Luther King's dream
5. Why are dreams important according to the passage
______________________________________
答案以及解析
一、单选题
1.答案:C
解析:句意为:在语言学习中养成一个好的阅读习惯是很有帮助的。develop a good habit意为"养成一个好习惯",故选C项。
2.答案:C
解析:句意:你的建议对我非常有价值,我相信我们的活动将更有意义。much表示程度,修饰meaningful的比较级more meaningful,表示“有意义得多”。故选C。
3.答案:A
解析:句意:中国政府在2013年提出了“一带一路”倡议。come up with提出; cheer up使高兴; put up张贴,举起,搭建; eat up吃光。故选A。
4.答案:D
解析:考查感叹句。句意:——那个男孩英语说得多好啊!我敢肯定他的英语很好。——你说对了。他在去年的英语比赛中得了一个很好的奖项。由句意可知,选项D(那个男孩的英语说得多好啊)符合语境。
5.答案:C
解析:—你听说中国正在打造国家5G网络吗 —你说的对。5G将会允许我们比以前更快地下载英语电影。allow sb. to do sth. 意为“允许某人做某事”,为固定搭配。
6.答案:D
解析:句意:Brown先生十年前开始在这座城市工作,从那时起他就住在这所公寓。since then意为“从那时起”,用于现在完成时。
7.答案:C
8.答案:B
解析:between…and…表示“在……两者之间”。
9.答案:C
10.答案:A
解析:—我已经在语法方面取得了很大进步。你提出的主意很有效果。—很高兴我能帮忙。come up with“想出,提出”;run out of“用完” ;come out “出现”;focus on“集中于,致力于”。
二、句子翻译
11.答案:in the 1960s/1960's
12.答案:half an hour
13.答案:developing; developed
14.答案:together with
15.答案:work on building
三、阅读理解(任务型阅读)
答案:1. himself; instead
2. They never stop realizing (achieving) their dreams./ They never stop making their dreams come true.
3.因此我们总能把世界改变得更(美)好.
4. B
5. Because they (dreams) give us directions for our lives./Because they (dreams) make us set goals and make plans to change our present situations.
解析:1.根据所提示音标可知,①处填himself,④处填instead。
2. stop doing sth. “停止做的事情”; realize (achieve) one's dreams “实现某人的梦想”, make dreams come true “使梦想变为现实”。
3.略。
4.根据“It was a great dream.”及“To remember Wan…”可知,此空格处描述的内容事关梦想,且与Wan相关,故选B。
5.根据“Dreams are important because they give us directions for our lives. With dreams, we set goals and make plans to change our present situations.”可知,梦想可以给予我们生活的方向。有了梦想,我们会设定目标,并制订计划去改变目前的状况。
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