Unit 2 Using Language
一、填空
1.语文、数学和英语是学生的必修课程。
Chinese, Math and English are the students' ________ subjects.
2.那只受了惊吓的狗待在床底下,甚至不敢出去找吃的。
The ________ dog stayed under the bed, ________ ________ ________ to go out for food.
3.作为一个著名的记者,他为许多著名的报纸和杂志写文章。
As a ________ reporter, he wrote articles for many famous newspapers and magazines.
4.His whole life has been devoted to studying the origin of c___________(癌症).
5.Every time I m___________(提及) her, you become very sensitive.
二、语法填空
Helping others ①________(be) a good thing, because we can get some enjoyment out of it. So I ②________ (firm) believe that participating in a volunteering activity can benefit us a lot.
Firstly, we can get a lot of life experience and gain ③________ (skill) to help those in need. Secondly, we would make more friends and learn much knowledge. Then we can get well ④________ (prepare) for our future.
Thirdly, we may gain a special skill ⑤________ can help us live better in ⑥________ (challenge) conditions. And lastly, taking such ⑦________ activity means letting everyone in the world feel the existence of love and ⑧________ (warm). Maybe we will know more about ⑨________ the happiness is.
So, try to become a volunteer and do our best to help others. I believe we can know more about ourselves and our ⑩________ (wonder) future.
三、七选五
Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life.
①_____ Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.
But the good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.
Talking really helps. What most of us think is that our problems can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.②_____ Talking helps you move on and let go.
Write your problems. ③_____ When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.
Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don't lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family..., you should still have faith. ④_____
Your problems aren't the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours. ⑤_____ Your problems might just seem big and bad, but in reality they can be removed.
Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.
A. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why can't I
B. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.
C. Of course, we've been fighting problems ever since we were born.
D. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.
E. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with.
F. When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it
G. But the truth is that when you talk about them, you're setting free the negative energy that has been gathering within you.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:required
2.答案:frightened, not even daring
3.答案:well-known
4.答案:cancer
解析:句意:他的一生都献给了对癌症起因的研究。cancer n.癌症。
5.答案:mention
解析:句意:每次我提到她,你就变得非常敏感。
二、
答案:is; firmly; skills; prepared; that/which; challenging; a; warmth; what; wonderful
解析:①考查主谓一致。句意:帮助别人是一件好事,因为我们能从中感受到一些快乐。helping others为动名词短语,单数概念,因此谓语动词用单数,另外,这里说的是一个事实,因此用一般现在时。
②考查副词。句意:因此我坚信,参与志愿活动对我们很有益处。believe 为动词,需要副词修饰。
③考查名词。句意:首先,我们能获得很多生活经验,获得帮助那些需要帮助的人的技能。skill指各方面的技能,可数名词,此处应用复数。
④考查形容词。句意:然后,我们能够为未来做好充分准备。get 为系动词,后面跟形容词。
⑤考查关系代词。句意:第三,我们能够获得有助于我们在挑战情况下生活得更好的特殊技能。that/which引导定语从句,修饰先行词skill。
⑥考查形容词。conditions 为名词,需要形容词修饰。challenging 意为“具有挑战性的,困难的”。
⑦考查冠词。句意:并且最后,参与这样一项活动意味着让世界上的每一个人都感受到爱心和温暖的存在。activity为可数名词,此处用单数,读音以元音音素开头,因此填an。
⑧考查名词。句意:见第7题。of为介词,后面跟名词。
⑨考查连词。句意:或许我们能够更多地了解什么是快乐。what引导名词性从句作宾语。
⑩考查形容词。句意:我相信我们能够更多地了解自我,了解我们美好的未来。future为名词,需要形容词修饰。
三、
答案:①-⑤CGEBA
解析:①根据第一段中的 you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life和第二段中的Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on.可知, 问题伴随一个人的一生, C项(当然, 自从我们出生的那时起, 我们就在和问题作斗争。)起到了衔接上下文的作用, 故选C项。
②根据本段中的What most of us think is that our problems can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 可知, 大多数人都会认为, 自己的问题只有自己能够解决, 说出来也没有用。而G项内容是强调把问题说出来能够释放内心积压的消极情绪, 表示一种转折, 故选G项。
③根据本段中的Write your problems.和 When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system.可知, 本段的建议是人们可以通过写日记来排解内心的紧张, E选项内容Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with.符合语境, 且diary是信息词, 故选E项。
④根据本段内容可知, 本段强调的是无论何时都不要失去信念和希望, B 选项With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.也是告诉人们只要有信念和希望, 就能重建失去的一切, 内容承接上文, 故选B项。
⑤根据本段中的No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.可知, 本段讲的是自己遇到的问题不会比他人的严重。 A项(告诉自己: 当他们都能把问题解决时, 自己为什么不能呢 )符合语境, 故选A项。
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