Unit2 Grammar and usage and Integrated skills
能力提升练
I. 阅读理解
Surviving Hurricane Sandy（飓风桑迪）
Natalie Doan，14，has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway，New York. Living just a few blocks from the beach. Natalie can see the ocean and hear the waves from her house. “It’s the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,”she says.
On October 29. 2012, that ocean turned fierce. That night，Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast，and Rockaway was hit especially hard Fortunately，Natalie’s family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city’s bridges closed.
When they returned to Rockaway the next day they found their neighborhood in ruins. Many of Natalie’s friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her，people were suffering especially the elderly. Natalie’s school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in Brooklyn.
In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild. Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings.
“My mom tells me that I can’t control what happens to me, ”Natalie says, “but I can always choose how I deal with it. ”
Natalie’s choice was to help.
She created a website page matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. Natalie posted information about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card collection when his house burned down Within days, Patrick’s collection was replaced.
In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who received a new basketball Charlie, who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-needed supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person. Last April，she was invited to the White House and honored as a hurricane sandy Champion of Change.
Today，the scars（创痕）of destruction are still seen in Rockaway，but hope is in the air. The streets are clear and many homes have been rebuilt. “I can’t imagine living anywhere but Rockaway，” Natalie declares. “My neighborhood will be back，even stronger than before. ”
1. When Natalie returned to rockaway after the hurricane she found______.
A. some friends had lost their lives.
B. her neighborhood was destroyed.
C. her school had moved to Brooklyn.
D. the elderly were free from suffering.
2. According to Paragraph 4, who inspired Natalie most
A. The people helping rockaway rebuild.
B. The people trapped in high-rise buildings.
C. The volunteers donating money to survivors.
D. Local teenagers bringing clothing to elderly people.
3. How did Natalie help the survivors
A. She gave her toys to other kids.
B. She took care of younger children.
C. She called on the White House to help.
D. She built an information sharing platform.
4. What does the story intend to tell us
A. Little people can make a big difference.
B. a friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. East or west, home is best.
D. Technology is power.
Ⅱ. 完形填空
In our backyard there was a big pond with lots of trees and bushes. Both my grandparents were fond of our so-called garden.
One morning our new neighbor, an aggressively ambitious businessman, saw my grandfather 1 two rare deodar (雪松) tree saplings on both sides of our gate. 2 , he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather 3 gave his plants adequate amount of water and didn’t give them full 4 , while our neighbor interested in better 5 looked after them too well. His plants were much 6 and greener Normally in summer, we have fierce thunderstorms. 7 the extreme damage, these storms also bring 8 from the terribly hot climate After a thunderstorm we came out to the damage to 9 our garden and saw the neighbor in his garden, too, but he looked 10 as his plants had been uprooted. Ours were standing 11 on the ground. Surprised to see this, he came up to us and said with embarrassment, “My trees 12 from the roots while yours didn’t. Why ”
My grandfather said，“You gave your plants more attention，water and manure（肥料）， 13 they didn’t need to work for anything. I gave mine just some，letting their roots do the 14 thus their roots went deeper and became stronger. ”Our neighbor nodded in 15 . Hearing the words，I realized that anything easily given could be taken away much more easily and we would not understand the hard work it took to earn those things
1. A. moving B. purchasing C. delivering D. planting
2. A. By the way B. By coincidence C. On the contrary D. In contrast
3. A. extremel B. instantly C. barely D. negatively
4. A. force B. amount C. review D. attention
5. A. requirements B. returns C. education D. access
6. A. drier B. rarer C. fuller D. wilder
7. A. Instead of B. Regardless C. But for D. Apart from
8. A. addition B. relief C. protection D. awareness
9. A. infer B. control C. prevent D. inspect
10. A. tired B. upset C. bored D. ashamed
11. A. firmly B. widely C. fairl y D. flexibly
12. A. came off B. put off C. took off D. showed off
13. A. so B. if C. though D. unless
14. A. majority B. opposite C. sort D. rest
15. A. total B. detail C. approval D. turn
Ⅲ. 语法填空
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, (1) [ ] (destroy) fourteen homes Seven others were so badly damaged (2) [ ] their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed several were (3) [ ] (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early (4) [ ] the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I (5) [ ] (eat) with my wife and children, ”he said. “when we heard a loud noise. a few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best (6) [ ] (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was (7) [ ] (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe (8) [ ] very frightened. ”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she (9) [ ] (feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought (10) [ ] (they) food, clothes and shelters.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
参考答案：
Ⅰ.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。飓风桑迪袭击了 Natalie的家乡 Rockaway，损失很大，一些人的援助行为鼓舞了Natalie，她创办了一个网站来帮助家乡的人们。
1. B 细节理解题。根据第三段开头“…. they found their neighborhood in ruins. ”可知B项正确。
2. A 细节理解题。根据第四段开头第一句可知帮助Rockaway进行重建的人们鼓舞了她，包括带来捐赠品的志愿者、帮助他人的邻居以及帮助老人的青少年们，故A项正确。
3. D 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段可知 Natalie创办了一个网站，发布需要帮助的幸存者的信息，从而可以让捐赠者们找到捐赠的对象，由此可知她建立了一个信息分享平台，故D项正确。
4. A 推理判断题。从整篇文章可以得知，Natalie虽然年纪不大，但是她在飓风后家乡的重建过程中，创办了一个信息分享平台，为他人提供了巨大的帮助，故A项正确。
Ⅱ.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的祖父和邻居用截然相反的两种方法来种树，结果祖父的树在暴风雨之后依然屹立，而邻居的树却被连根拔起。作者通过这个故事告诉我们：任何容易得到的东西也会更容易失去。
1. D 考查动词词义辨析。move移动；purchase购买；deliver投递；plant种植。根据下文 he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden可知，此处“种植”符合语境，故选D项。
2. B 考查短语辨析。by the way顺便说；by coincidence碰巧；on the contrary相反；In contrast相比之下。结合上下文可知，两人都种了这种罕见的树苗，这是巧合，故选B项。
3. C 考查副词词义辨析。extremely极其；instantly立即；barely几乎不；negatively消极地，否定地。根据语境可知，上下文之间是对比关系，根据下文 looked after them too well可推测作者的祖父几乎不会给树苗浇充足的水，故选C项。
4. D 考查名词词义辨析。force武力，力量；amount数量；review审查，评论；attention关注。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的祖父既不给树苗充足的水，也不太关注树苗，故选D项。
5. B 考查名词词义辨析。requirement要求；return回报；ducation教育；access通路。根据语境可知，作为商人的邻居想要更好的回报，所以把树苗照顾得很好，故选B项。
6. C 考查形容词词义辨析。Dry干旱的；rare稀少的；full茂盛的；wild荒芜的。根据空后的 and greener可知此处应选择正向的表达，故选C项。
7. D 考查介词短语辨析。instead of代替，而非；regardless of不管；but for要不是；apart from除了。根据语境可知，此处是指暴风雨除了带来破坏，也会带来好处，故选D项。
8. B 考查名词词义辨析。addition附加物；relief缓和；protection保护；awareness意识。结合上下文可知，此处是指暴风雨也给植物带来了水分，这缓和了炎热的气候造成的干旱，故选B项。
9. D 考查动词词义辨析。infer推断；control控制；prevent阻止；Inspect检查。根据语境和常识可知，暴风雨过后要检查花园中的受损情况，故选D项。
10. B 考查形容词词义辨析。ired劳累的；upset沮丧的；bored无聊的；ashamed羞愧的。根据下文 his plants had been uprooted可知，此处“沮丧的”符合语境，故选B项。
11. A 考查副词词义辨析。frmy牢固地；widely广泛地；fairly公平地；flexibly灵活地。根据下文 My tree12 from the roots while yours didn’t. Why？可知，两家的树苗的状况截然相反，故此处“牢固地”符合语境，故选A项。
12. A 考查动词短语辨析。come off脱落，脱离；put off推迟；take off飞，脱下；show off炫耀。根据上文 his plants had been uprooted可知，此处“脱落”符合语境，故选A项。
13. A 考查连词词义辨析。so因此；if如果；though尽管；unless除非。根据语境可知，上下文之间是因果关系，故选A项。
14. D 考查名词词义辨析。majority大多数；opposite相反的人（或事物）；sort种类；rest剩余部分。根据语境可知，此处是指给了树苗一些水和肥料之后，剩余部分就由它们的根来解决，故选D项。
15. C 考查名词词义辨析。total总计；detail细节；approval同意；tum机会。根据空前的 nodded可知作者的邻居同意祖父的话，故选C项。
Ⅲ.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道。一场风暴席卷了新界的两个村庄，造成了一定的损失。
1. destroying 考查非谓语动词。句意：上周五一场风暴席卷了新界的两个村庄，摧毁了14座房屋。分析句子结构可知，本句已经存在谓语动词且句中没有连词，故设空处应填非谓语动词，且逻辑主语som与 destroy之间是主动关系，应用现在分词作结果状语，表示顺理成章的结果。故填 destroying。
2. that 考查状语从句。句意：另有7座房屋严重受损，以至于主人不得不离开，还有15座房屋的窗户或屋顶破损了。固定句型so. that. “如此…以至于…”引导结果状语从句。故填that。
3. seriously 考查词性转换。句意：一人死亡，数人伤势严重并被送往医院，还有其他许多人受了轻伤。分析句子结构可知，设空处作状语修饰形容词hurt，故填副词 seriously。
4. in 考查介词。句意：一个农民谭先生说，风暴从一大早就开始了，持续了一个多小时。固定短语 in the morning“在早上”。故填in。
5. was eating 考查固定句型。句意：我和妻儿正在吃饭，这时我们听到一声巨响。be doing…when…. 在做……这时且由上下文时态可知应用一般过去时，故填 was eating。
6. to climb 考查非谓语动词。句意：我们竭尽全力爬了出来，但那时我发现我的一个孩子不见了。固定短语 try one’s best to do sth. “尽某人最大努力做某事”。故填 to climb。
7. mIssing 考查词性转换。句意同上。was后跟形容词作表语，故填形容词 missing“不见的，消失的”。
8. but 考查连词。句意：我回到屋里，发现了他，他很安全，但非常害怕。空前后两个形容词之间是转折关系。故填but。
9. felt 考查动词的时态。句意：吴美芳女土说，她丈夫刚去上班，她就感到房子在动。根据前文 had just left可知，此处应用一般过去时。故填felt。
10. them 考查代词。句意：士兵帮助带人们撤离洪水地区，福利救济部门给他们带来了食物、衣服和遮盖物。分析可知设空处作动词 brought的间接宾语，应用宾格形式。故填them。Unit2 Grammar and usage and Integrated skills
基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1. According to a weather report a ______（飓风）called Betty is now approaching the coast of Florida.
2. The party came to ______（政权）at the last election held two years ago.
3. Thanks for your directions to the house：we wouldn’t have found it ______（否则）.
4. They played a football game to raise money for ______（慈善）.
5. The ______（全体职工）are not very satisfied with the latest pay increase.
6. The heavy rain has caused ______（洪水）In many parts of the country.
7. The young man rushed ______（往楼下）and burst into the kitchen.
8. The news of my promotion came as a ______（震惊）.
9. Sweeten the mixture with a little ______（蜂蜜）.
II. 用方框内短语的适当形式填空
run out of; in this case; due to; in detail; go through; watch out for; look through; right away; try ones best
1. I __________ todays newspaper but I found nothing important.
2. The brave girl never gave up but __________ overcome the difficulty in life.
3. I’d be very grateful if you could take some time to my __________ resume and make necessary changes.
4. This is a great place for camping but you have to __________ snakes.
5. My car broke down on the way to the beach because it had __________ petrol.
6. You may think of giving up the plan __________ just think it over before making the decision.
7. The town was cut off from the rest of the world __________ heavy snow.
8. This plan shows us what we should do in every step __________.
9. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it __________.
III. 单句语法填空
1. He is old enough ______ (live) independently.
2. Car manufacturers have been accused of ______ (flood) the market with cheap cars.
3. She gave him a ______ (shock) look.
4. It ______ (scare) me to think I was alone in the building at night.
5. Never before has our country been so ______ (power) as it is today.
6. The students were ______ (curiosity) about the people who lived upstairs.
7. ______ we all know, vocabulary is an important part of language, just like bricks of a building.
8. Tom works hard and he is always the last one ______ (leave) the classroom every day.
9. One of the ______ (document) lost by accident was a report written by the engineer.
10. What worried us was that ______ (supply) of food were almost exhausted.
Ⅳ. 完成句子
1. 她是第一个在奥运会上获得金牌的女性。
She was ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ the gold medal in the Olympic Games.
2. 杰克是我们班唯一一个毕业后出国的学生。
Jack is ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ after graduation in our class.
3. 简匆忙赶回来，却发现她妈妈已经离开了。
Jane hurried back ______ ______ ______ that her mother had left.
4. 我的哥哥是该奖最年轻的获奖者。
My brother is ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ the prize.
5. 正如我在电话里解释的那样，你的请求将在下次会议上讨论。
______ ______ ______on the phone，your request will be discussed at the next meeting.
参考答案：
I.
1. hurricane 2. power 3. otherwise 4. charity 5. Staff 6. floods
7. downstairs 8. shock 9. honey
II.
1. looked through 2. tried her best 3. go through 4. watch out for 5. run out of 6. In this case 7. due to 8. in detail 9. right away
III.
1. to live 考查动词不定式。句意：他足够大了，能独立生活了。分析可知此处为 enough to. 结构，应用动词不定式作结果状语，故填 to live。
2. flooding 考查非谓语动词。句意：汽车制造商被指责以廉价汽车充斥市场。介词of后应用动名词形式，故填 flooding。
3. shocked考查词性转换。句意：她吃惊地看了他一眼。shocked look吃惊的眼神，故填形容词 shocked。
4. scared 考查动词的时态。句意：想到整座楼里晚上只有我一个人，怪害怕的。分析句子结构可知，设空处充当主句的谓语动词，由从句的谓语动词was可知主句应用一般过去时，故填 scared。
5. powerful 考查词性转换。句意：我们的祖国从来没有像现在这样强大。分析句子结构可知，设空处作表语，故填形容词powerful“强大的”。
6. curIous 考查词性转换。句意：学生们对于楼上住的人感到好奇。be curious about“对…感到好奇”，故填形容词 curious。
7. As 考查定语从句。句意：众所周知，词汇是语言的一个重要组成部分，就像建筑的砖块一样。分析句子结构可知，设空处位于句首，引导非限制性定语从句，指代整个主句，且在从句中作宾语，故填As。as we all know“众所周知”。
8. to leave 考查动词不定式。句意：汤姆学习很努力，每天总是最后一个离开教室。代词one前有 the last修饰，设空处应用动词不定式作定语，故填 to leave。
9. documents 考查名词的数。句意：意外丢失的文件中有一份是工程师写的报告。分析句子结构可知，此处为“one of+可数名词复数”结构，故填 documents。
10. supplies 考查名词的数。句意：使我们担心的是食物的供应几乎耗尽了。分析句子结构可知，此处在表语从句中作主语，应用名词，且由从句谓语动词were可知应用名词复数，故填supplies。
IV.
1. the first woman to win 2. the only student to go abroad 3. only to find
4. the youngest one to win 5. As I explained
