Unit2
一、词汇运用:
1.I would like to go to places of natural ___________(美丽).
2.When the performers were_________(行进)across the park,people got very excited.
3. His father has gone to Thailand on __________(生意).
4.All of them screamed with____________(激动)when the fashion show began.
5. You can go there in any season __________(除了---以外) winter.
6. We can take a direct _________(航班) to Hong Kong Disneyland.
7. I _____________(not finish) my homework . Can you help me?
8. My parents have been __________(marry) for fifteen years.
9. My father _____ (read) the novel twice.
10. He likes going ________(fish) at weekends.
11. I _________ (lost ) my watch yesterday.
12. I _________ (buy) a book just now.
二、单项选择。
( )1.There _____________great changes in China in the past thirty years.
A. are B. have C. were D. have been
( )2. The terrible earthquake hurt__________people.___________them got seriously hurt.
A. thousands of; Two hundreds of B. two thousand; Two hundred
C. thousands of; Two hundred of D. thousand of; Two hundred of
( )3 I remember she went to Hainan ____________ last month.
A. at the end B. at the end of C. in the end D. in the end of
( )4.The old man was not ______ to climb up the hill.
A. healthy B. enough healthy C. health enough D. healthy enough
( )5 -Why not go to see the dolphin show with me -Because I _______ it.
A. saw B. will see C. see D. have seen
( )6 —You look really beautiful in this pink dress, Sally. — A. No, just so-so. B. Thank you. C. Yes, I’m sure. D. Not at all.
三、句型转换
1.Sam was washing his clothes when Tom came to see him. (对划线部分提问)
_______ was Sam______ when Tom came to see him.
2.I have never seen a real dolphin before. (同义句)
It is my _______ _______ to see a real dolphin.
3.Seeing many elephants walking and dancing was a funny thing. (同义句)
It was fun_______ ________ many elephants walking and dancing.
4.The little boy is too young to go to school. (同义句)
The little boy is _______ young _______ he can’t go to school.
5.She came to our hometown five years ago.(同义句)
She ______ ______ ______our hometown since five years ago.
6.We got to know each other five years ago.(同义句)
We _______ ________ each other for five years.
7.I have had the bike for three months.(同义句)
I _______the bike 3 months ago.
8.We got married ten years ago.(同义句)
We _______ _______ _______for ten years.
四、首字母填空
Lexie Alford from California,America,recently has broken the Guinness World Record. At the age of 21, she visited 196 countries by herself and made history as the y__1__ person to travel to every country in the world.
Alford mainly used planes,boats and trains to get around. But her favourite t__2__ was the train.“Travelling on trains is almost a form of slow travel,and I can watch the changing views from the window,”she said.
It took Alford over three years to break the world record. She s___3___travelling when she was very young because her mother owned a travel company in California. She grew up travelling around with her mom on b___4___. After graduating(毕业) from college at 18, she d___5___ to go on her own journey.
It was not easy at all. Alford met much trouble along the way,for example,how to keep safe in some d___6___ countries. But the trouble improved herself in some ways. Alford said,“There are a lot of experiences that can come out of travelling a___7___ .Because you are more open to the communications with local people than you are in a big group of people.”
Alford enjoyed different c___8___on her trip.“For the most well-kept history in the world,I love Egypt. For the kindness of locals,I had an unforgettable experience in Northern Pakistan. For the most amazing n___9___beauty,I loved visiting Angel Falls in Venezuela,”she added.
For Alford,n __10__ is better than travelling,which she describes as her favourite part of being alive.
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
五、完型填空
There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl__1___ big eye. Her big eyes are ___2__ us her dream: I wish to _3____! In China, there are still ___4___ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their __5__ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to ___6_ the money for all the children. So the parents often ask __7__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t ___8_ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government( 政府) to make their life __9__. Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is __10__ great.
( )1.A with B on C to D in
( )2. A saying B telling C speaking D talking
( )3. Ago to work B go to bed C go to school D go home
( )4.A a lot B lot of C a lot of D much
( )5.A schools B cities C houses D families ( )6.A pay B take C buy D lend
( )7.A teachers B girls C boys D all the children
( )8.A look up B turn on C worry about D make sure
( )9.A better B shorter C longer D worse
( )10.A not B never C hardly D really
六、任务型阅读
One of the most pleasant parts of travel is sharing your stories with people when you get back home. And that’s what we’d like you to do. The True Stories section of our magazine is for your strange experiences, heartwarming tales, and funny stories on your trip. So do you have a good story E-mail us at TrueStories@ or mail us at True Stories, Budget Travel, 530 7th Ave, New York, NY l0018.
We’ll choose the best one from all the stories we receive between November lst, 2011 and November 30th, 2011. The writer will win a day journey to Kenya(肯尼亚). The prize has a value of at least $3,200, including nine viewing drives, 16 meals, air tickets and more. For more information, please call on 866 2374 or 462 2374 or visit . And here are a few things to remember: Keep the story brief and lively; (250 words at most). Please send your story as the body of your e-mail not as an attachment(附件).
Most of the stories we print have photos, so send pictures but try not to go crazy. Only send the best one and tell us who (and what) is in the photo. And we need to be able to get in touch with you, so tell us your daytime phone number and home address.
Tell us your travel story and win a big surprise
Prize A 1 journey 2 Kenya
Where to send E-mail: True Stories@Budge
Mail: True Stories, Budge Travel, 530 7th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Time 3 November 4 , 2011 to November 30th, 2011
Things to remember Keep the story within(在……之内) 5 words and 6 it as the body of the e-mail
Send the best 7 and 8 it
Tell us your 9 phone number and 10 address
1.____________2.____________3.______________4.___________5.__________
6.____________7.___________8.______________9.___________ 10._________
七、回答问题。
Have you ever wanted a toy balloon They are very light. But they are much bigger balloons which can fly very high up in the sky.They are big enough to carry people.They are called hot-air balloons.
To make a hot-air balloon go up. turn on the burner(燃烧器). That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will go up. To make the balloon go down,turn off the burner. The air inside the balloon will get cooler.Then the balloon will go down. Underneath(在...下面) the balloon there is a large basket.That is where the pilot and the passengers go.
The burner is just above the basket. You can stand in the basket and turn the burner on and off.The balloon will go where the wind is blowing the right way!Do you want the balloon to go somewhere special First make sure the wind is blowing the right way!
People have been flying in hot-air balloons for over two hundred years. Before planes were invented,it was the only way of flying by hot-air balloon .Today people fly in hot-air balloon for fun. Some people like to race hot-air balloons.The first Hot-air Balloon World Championship was held in 1973.
1.How can people make a hot-air balloon go up
_______________________________
2.What will happen to the hot-air balloon if people turn off the burner
___________________
3.How long have people been flying in hot-air balloons
________________________________
4.When was the first Hot-air Balloon World Championship held
_________________________
5.What is the passage about
______________________________________________________
八、阅读理解。
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is thousands of English words How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly
First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.
Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary
The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.
( )1. This passage is about______.
A. new words in writing B. different dictionaries
C. the best way of reading D. using an English-Chinese dictionary
( )2. In the dictionary you may not find_______.
A. how to pronounce the word B. the spelling of the word
C. who used the word first D. how to use the word
( )3. In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.
A. begins with Z B. begins with A C. is a short one D. is not often used
( )4. Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary
A. perhaps, produce, plenty B. straight, subject, surprise
C. century, center, business D. foreign, entrance, headache
( )5. In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.
A. we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English
B. an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word
C. an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study
D. all English-Chinese dictionary are the same
一、 1. `posted`:现在完成时,“have + 过去分词”,post 的过去分词是 posted。 2. `Have; done; have`:根据语境和时间状语“in an hour”,此句应用现在完成时,疑问句将助动词 have 提前,回答用“Yes, I have.”。 3. `haven't finished`:根据“yet”可知用现在完成时,否定形式是“haven't + 过去分词”,finish 的过去分词是 finished。 4. `Has; arrived`:根据“Not yet.”可知用现在完成时,主语 the train 是单数,助动词用 has。 5. `have; remembered`:现在完成时,主语是 you,助动词用 have,remember 的过去分词是 remembered。 二、 1. `seen`:“have + 过去分词”构成现在完成时,see 的过去分词是 seen。 2. `moved`:根据“two years ago”可知用一般过去时,move 的过去式是 moved。 3. `been`:“have been to”表示“去过”。 4. `However`:表示转折,“然而”。 5. `counting`:“be + 现在分词”构成现在进行时,count 的现在分词是 counting。 6. `travelled`:“have + 过去分词”构成现在完成时,travel 的过去分词是 travelled。 7. `any`:any 用于否定句和疑问句。 8. `never`:“never”表示“从未”。 三、 1. `a 15-year-old American boy`:“15-year-old”作定语,修饰名词 boy。 2. `at present`:固定短语,表示“现在”。 3. `one of the biggest and busiest cities`:“one of + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数”表示“最......之一”。 4. `two years ago`:表示“两年前”,用于一般过去时。 5. `send sb. to work`:“send sb. to do sth.”表示“派某人去做某事”。 6. `the Robinsons`:表示“罗宾逊一家”,是特定的称呼。 7. `have been to`:“去过某地”。 8. `such as`:例如,用于列举。 9. `be different from`:“与......不同”。 10. `so far`:“到目前为止”,常与现在完成时连用。 11. `all over the world`:“全世界”。 12. `count down`:“倒计时”。 四、 1. D:“in the past thirty years”是现在完成时的时间状语,there be 句型的现在完成时结构是“there have been”。 2. C:“thousands of”表示“成千上万的”;“two hundred of them”表示“他们中的两百个”。 3. B:“at the end of”表示“在......末尾”。 4. D:“healthy enough”表示“足够健康”,enough 修饰形容词放在其后。 5. D:“Because I have seen it.”表示已经看过,所以不想再去。 6. B:对于别人的称赞应表示感谢。 五、 1. `What; doing`:对过去进行时的动作提问用 what,后面跟现在分词。 2. `first time`:“It is one's first time to do sth.”表示“这是某人第一次做某事”。 3. `to see`:“It is + 形容词 + to do sth.”,it 作形式主语,真正的主语是动词不定式。 4. `so; that`:“so...that...”表示“如此......以至于......”,引导结果状语从句。 5. `has been in`:“since + 过去时间点”是现在完成时的标志,且动词要用延续性动词,“be in”表示“在......”。 6. `have known`:“for + 时间段”是现在完成时的标志,know 是延续性动词。 7. `bought`:“3 months ago”是一般过去时的时间状语,buy 的过去式是 bought。 8. `have been married`:“for ten years”是现在完成时的标志,且用延续性动词,“be married”表示“结婚”。 六、 1. `Have; tried`:根据“ever”可知用现在完成时,try 的过去分词是 tried。 2. `invited`:根据“yesterday”可知用一般过去时,invite 的过去式是 invited。 3. `called`:过去分词作后置定语,“a book called...”表示“一本叫做......的书”。 4. `pity`:“What a pity!”表示“真可惜!” 5. `thinking about`:“be + 现在分词”构成现在进行时,think about 表示“考虑”。 6. `speaking`:“speaking competitions”表示“演讲比赛”。 7. `first`:“first prize”表示“一等奖”。 8. `dreams`:主语是第三人称单数,谓语动词用 dreams,dream of 表示“梦想”。 七、 1. `become`:现在完成时,has 后接过去分词,become 的过去分词还是 become。 2. `has`:主语是 it,用第三人称单数形式。 3. `interested`:“be interested in”表示“对......感兴趣”,interested 修饰人。 4. `left`:现在完成时,leave 的过去分词是 left。 5. `them`:介词 of 后接宾格。 6. `entering`:by 是介词,后接动名词。 7. `write`:how to do sth. ,用动词原形。 8. `has had`:现在完成时,“has + 过去分词”,have an influence on 表示“对......有影响”。 9. `Learning`:动名词作主语。 10. `using`:stop doing sth. 表示“停止做某事”。 八、 1. C:chance 表示“机会”,get the chance 表示“得到机会”。 2. D:根据下文的“been to the village”可知是去村庄。 3. A:一开始父母不同意,agree 表示“同意”。 4. B:never 表示“从未”,强调之前没去过。 5. C:担心去那里不安全,safe 表示“安全的”。 6. A:look after 表示“照顾”,能照顾好自己。 7. B:different 表示“不同的”,发现和城市很不同。 8. D:them 指代前面的 houses。 9. A:although 表示“虽然”,虽然穷但很开心。 10. C:received 表示“收到”。 九、 1. A:根据“Some value it highly, believing that it is good for social progress.”可知有些人认为竞争推动社会进步,所以欢迎竞争。 2. D:the most vocal 指最强烈反对竞争的人。 3. D:作者可能同意在竞争中消除对失败的恐惧。 4. C:文章主要讲述了人们对竞争的不同看法。 十、 1. `beauty`:“natural beauty”表示“自然美”,名词。 2. `marching`:“were + 现在分词”构成过去进行时,march 的现在分词是 marching。 3. `business`:“on business”表示“出差”。 4. `excitement`:with excitement 表示“激动地”,名词。 5. `except`:except 表示“除了......之外(不包括在内)”。 6. `flight`:“direct flight”表示“直飞航班”。 7. `haven't finished`:现在完成时的否定形式。 8. `married`:be married 表示“结婚”的状态。 9. `has read`:现在完成时,主语是第三人称单数。 10. `fishing`:go fishing 表示“去钓鱼”,固定搭配。 十一、 1. D:with big eyes 表示“有着大眼睛”,作后置定语。 2. B:tell 表示“告诉”,tell sb. sth. 。 3. C:根据语境,女孩的愿望是上学。 4. C:a lot of 表示“许多”,修饰可数名词复数。 5. D:家庭太穷,供孩子上学困难。 6. A:pay the money 表示“付钱”。 7. B:让女孩待在家,男孩去上学。 8. C:worry about 表示“担心”。 9. A:生活变得更好,用 better。 10. D:really 表示“真的”,强调程度。 十二、 1. `day; to`:“a day journey to...”表示“一天去......的旅程”。 2. `From; first`:“from...to...”表示“从......到......”;“November first”表示“11 月 1 日”。 3. `250; send`:根据文中要求,故事在 250 词以内,并作为邮件正文发送。 4. `photo; explain`:发送最好的照片并解释。 5. `daytime; home`:提供白天的电话号码和家庭住址。 十三、 1. 人们可以打开燃烧器让热气球上升。 2. 如果人们关闭燃烧器,热气球会下降。 3. 人们乘坐热气球飞行已经超过两百年了。 4. 第一届热气球世界锦标赛于 1973 年举行。 5. 这篇文章是关于热气球的,包括它们的工作原理、人们飞行的历史以及一些相关活动。 十四、 1. D:文章主要讲述如何使用英汉词典来查找单词。 2. C:英汉词典一般不会提及谁最先使用某个单词。 3. A:按照字母顺序,最后一个单词通常以 Z 开头。 4. B:在词典中,这组单词的顺序是正确的。 5. C:作者试图告诉我们英汉词典对英语学习帮助很大。