必修二unit2 listening and speaking 课后练
Part I基础部分
一、单词拼写
1、The heart attacks may directly ________ (危害) people's lives.
2、I can see some ________ (猎人) coming towards us.
3、Sorry I'm late. I might have turned off the ________ (闹钟) clock and gone back to sleep again.
4、Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, an ________ (平均数) of 40,000 per year.
5、It is reported that rapid economic development threatens animal ________ (栖息地).
6、When you get there, you can see there are ________ (海报) advertising the new movie throughout the town.
7、The ________ (物种) are in danger of disappearing in the world.
8、We'll take action ________ (立刻) to help him out of trouble.
9、What he has done recently is ________ (非法的).
10、This mass ________ (灭绝) is caused by hunting, habitat loss and pollution.
二、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1、The research paper published is primarily _____ (concern) with factors affecting employee performance.
2、He slowed the bleeding by applying _____ (press) to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.
3、As the economy develops, the _____ (live) conditions of the people have been improved accordingly.
4、We sincerely hope they can play a key role in protecting the _____ (endanger) species being harmed.
5、The government has taken a series of measures to protect wild animals from _____ (extinct).
6、Education has been given a high-priority _____ (rate) by the new administration.
7、We must find a way to resolve these problems _____ it is too late.
8、Many people travel to the country on tourist visas, and then stay and work there _____ (illegal).
9、Branagh won two awards for his screen ___________(adapt) of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth.
10、The supplies were transported to the local people _____ (immediate) the earthquake happened.
三、完成句子
1、我们应该学会和自然和睦相处。
We should learn to ______ ______ ______ ______ nature.
2、我祝贺你英语取得如此大的进步。
I congratulate you on your ______ ______ ______ ______ in English.
3、我很欣赏那些运动员在压力之下表现出的优雅。
I appreciate the athletes who show grace ______ ______.
4、We must _______________ (采取必要的措施) to prevent the rivers from being polluted.
5、Wild animals ______________ (正在被猎杀) and their habitats are getting smaller and smaller.
四、选词填空
用方框内所给短语的适当形式完成下面的句子
adapt to, die out, in danger, make progress, make out, on average, remind...of, watch over
1.Seeing the film, everyone who was watching it _______ his own childhood.
2._______, men still earn more than women.
3.I'm glad that you _______ in English in the last two months.
4.The policemen believe that their lives are _______, so they are rushing to their rescue.
5.I heard the voices, but couldn't _______ what they were saying.
6.The wild population of koalas is faced with _______.
7.The guards were originally hired to _______ the houses as they were being built.
8.The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to _______ the changes.
Part II 提高部分
一、阅读理解
How does an ecosystem(生态系统) work What makes the populations of different species the way they are Why are there so many flies and so few wolves To find an answer, scientists have built mathematical models of food webs, noting who eats whom and how much each one eats.
With such models, scientists have found out some key principles operating in food webs. Most food webs, for instance, consist of many weak links rather than a few strong ones. When a predator(掠食动物) always eats huge numbers of a single prey(猎物), the two species are strongly linked; when a predator lives on various species, they are weakly linked. Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term. If a predator can eat several species, it can survive the extinction of one of them. And if a predator can move on to another species that is easier to find when a prey species becomes rare, the switch allows the original prey to recover. The weak links may thus keep species from driving one another to extinction.
Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable, where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems. In the 1960s, scientists proposed that predators at the top of a food web had a surprising amount of control over the size of populations of other species—including species they did not directly attack.
And unplanned human activities have proved the idea of top-down control by top predators to be true. In the ocean, we fished for top predators such as cod on an industrial scale, while on land, we killed off large predators such as wolves. These actions have greatly affected the ecological balance.
Scientists have built an early-warning system based on mathematical models. Ideally, the system would tell us when to adapt human activities that are pushing an ecosystem toward a breakdown or would even allow us to pull an ecosystem back from the borderline. Prevention is key, scientists say because once ecosystems pass their tipping point(临界点), it is remarkably difficult for them to return.
1. What have scientists discovered with the help of mathematical models of food webs
A. The living habits of species in food webs.
B. The rules governing food webs of the ecosystems.
C. The approaches to studying the species in the ecosystems.
D. The differences between weak and strong links in food webs.
2. A strong link is found between two species when a predator ________.
A. has a wide food choice
B. can easily find new prey
C. sticks to one prey species
D. can quickly move to another place
3. What will happen if the populations of top predators in a food web greatly decline
A. The prey species they directly attack will die out.
B. The species they indirectly attack will turn into top predators.
C. The living environment of other species will remain unchanged.
D. The populations of other species will experience unexpected changes.
4. How does an early-warning system help us maintain the ecological balance
A. By getting illegal practices under control.
B. By stopping us from killing large predators.
C. By bringing the broken-down ecosystems back to normal.
D. By signaling the urgent need for taking preventive action.
二、完形填空
Early spring can be a tough time in the Midwest. It can 1 both people and animals with its unexpected snowstorms.
Every spring, migratory(迁徙的) birds camp out in a large pond near my house on the way to their summer 2 . This year, besides geese, scaups, a type of diving duck spent days hanging out 3 eats. Then a snowstorm hit, followed by a very 4 night.
The next morning, I was shocked to see that all birds had 5 overnight—except one lone female, who was diving 6 and dynamically in the circle of open water. Her movement and body heat had kept the 7 from coming close as I 8 her from my warm house.
However, as the temperature dropped, the open water got smaller, and her movements slowed. I watched with 9 as she eventually stopped moving, fearing that something might happen.
And then it happened: Two more ducks appeared, 10 next to her still body. More ducks came and the circle of water came alive with their splashing and diving. Slowly, the circle of water 11 in size. Within minutes, the lone female was revived by her friends’ presence.
This little duck wouldn’t have 12 another night without her friends. She, in turn, had kept that area of water 13 , so her friends had a place to stop and 14 themselves. Sometimes, a tiny action—even our mere 15 —might brighten one’s day, and even save one’s life.
1、A.scare B.move C.surprise D.beat
2、A.camp B.vacations C.courses D.habitat
3、A.regardless of B.in search of C.in addition to D.as for
4、A.dark B.starry C.peaceful D.freezing
5、A.gathered B.disappeared C.panicked D.fainted
6、A.energetically B.patiently C.calmly D.cautiously
7、A.ice B.house C.snowstorm D.water
8、A.tended B.followed C.watched D.recorded
9、A.relief B.doubt C.anxiety D.pleasure
10、A.rowing B.landing C.circling D.feeding
11、A.increased B.decreased C.transformed D.formed
12、A.spared B.wasted C.spent D.lasted
13、A.still B.open C.clean D.steady
14、A.motivate B.remind C.judge D.refresh
15、A.presence B.appreciation C.attitude D.request
三、语法填空
A pretty girl had always looked forward to 1._______(help) endangered species of wildlife. One day a flying carpet took her to a 2._______(distance) land in Tibet where she saw an antelope looking sad. It told her that they were being killed for the wool beneath their stomachs. As a result, they are now an 3._______(endanger) species.
Then the flying carpet took the girl to Zimbabwe, 4._______ she burst into laughter in relief. There an elephant told her that they 5._______(use) to be an endangered species. 6._______ that their numbers were increasing with the government's help. The girl smiled when she heard that so many things 7._______(do) there to save local wildlife, which showed the 8._______(important) of wildlife protection.
9._______(final), the flying carpet and she were in a thick rainforest, where a monkey was protecting itself 10._______ mosquitoes by rubbing an insect over his body. The monkey also told her to pay more attention to the rainforest and appreciate how the animals live together.
四、书面表达
假如你叫李华,你所生活的城市周围有很多动植物正逐渐减少,请你对此现象向有关部门写一封信,分析造成这种现象的原因,并根据实际情况提出几条切实可行的建议。以下几条要点需包括在内:
1. 野生动植物的现状;
2. 分析造成许多野生动植物濒临灭绝的原因;
3. 提出几条保护野生动植物的具体措施。
注意:
1.不可遗漏要点,可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
2.词数80左右,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm writing to give some suggestions to protect the wildlife living in and around our city.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I hope my suggestions are of much help.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
Part I
一、1、endanger 2、hunters 3、alarm 4、average 5、habitats
6、posters 7、species 8、immediately 9、illegal 10、extinction
二、1、concerned 2、pressure 3、living 4、endangered 5、extinction
6、rating 7、before 9、adaptation 10、immediately
三、1、live in harmony with
2、making such great progress
3、under pressure
4、take necessary measures
5、are being hunted
四、1. was reminded of 2. On average 3. have made progress 4. in danger 5. make out 6. dying out 7. watch over 8. adapt to
Part II
一、1-4 BCDD
二、1--5.CDBDB 6--10.AACCB 11--15.ADBDA
三、1.helping 2.distant 3.endangered 4.where 5.used 6.and
7.were being done 8.importance 9.Finally 10. from
四、答案:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm writing to give some suggestions to protect the wildlife living in and around our city. As we know, many species of wildlife are in danger of extinction. This is because the environment that they are living in has been destroyed greatly.
With the development of cities, water and air are seriously polluted. Their living areas are becoming smaller and smaller. They not only have little to cat, but also can be killed by human beings. These species of wildlife are important part of our life. Personally, more measures should be taken to protect them from being hurt. Firstly, more laws must be made to stop people from cutting down trees. Secondly, all the factories must clean the waste water before it is poured into rivers or lakes. Thirdly, more reserves should be set up so that they can live safely.
I hope my suggestions are of much help.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua