双基限时练 Unit 2 Part Ⅰ
Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.The boy shows great ________ (curious) about animals.
答案 curiosity
2.The shopping mall is full of ________ (customer) every day.
答案 customers
3.They love ________ (roast) meat in the open air.
答案 roasting
4.A ________ (balance) diet is necessary for good health.
答案 balanced
5.You must know your own strengths and ________ (weak).
答案 weaknesses
6.After the tiring trip, his ________ (strong) gave out.
答案 strength
7.He is a liar. That is, he is always telling ________ (lie).
答案 lies
8.The ________ (host) made her guests comfortable.
答案 hostess
9.I don't know how he managed to get away with ________ (steal) the bike.
答案 stealing
10.— What do you think of the boy's painting
— I've never seen a person with a ________ (good) sense of art.
答案 better
11.You should understand the traffic rule by now. You've had it ________ (explain) often enough.
答案 explained
Ⅱ.用适当的介词、副词填空
1.You should eat a healthy diet and exercise more to get yourself prepared ________ the future challenges.
答案 for
2.— Would you like some potato chips
— No potato chips for me. I'm ________ a diet.
答案 on
3.If you are curious ________ Australian cities, just read the book written by Dr. Johnson.
答案 about
4.You can be thinner as well as healthy if you eat more vegetables ________ beans, cucumbers and mushrooms.
答案 like
5.Don't throw ________ the old newspapers. I'll use them to clean the windows.
答案 away
6.Everybody is tired ________ your complaints (抱怨)!
答案 of
7.Do try to get rid ________ smoking; it's a bad habit.
答案 of
8.He was so angry that he glared ________ me but said nothing.
答案 at
9.The party must try to win ________ the support it has lost.
答案 back
Ⅲ.阅读理解
A
When you enter a supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk between the shelves. You carry a shopping basket and your food is in it.
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk between the shelves. If you hear fast music, you walk quickly. The supermarket plays slow music. You walk slowly and have more time to buy things.
Maybe you go to the meat department first. There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter. You have to walk by all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale.
The department selling milk and milk products such as butter and milk powder is called the dairy department. Many customers like milk that has only a little butterfat in it. One store has three different jars of low fat milk. One says“1 percent fat”on the jar. The second says“99 percent fat free”. The third says“LOW FAT”in big letters and“1%”in small letters. As you can see, all the milk has the same amount of fat. The milk is all the same. However,in this store the three jars of milk cost three different amounts of money. Maybe the customers will buy the milk that costs the most.
Most of the food in supermarkets is very pleasing. It all says“Buy me!” to the customers. The expensive meat says“Buy me!”as you walk by. The expensive milk jar says“Buy me! I have less fat.”
1.The manager of the supermarket knows ________.
A. which customers like low fat milk
B. which customers like slow music
C. where customers enter the meat department
D. where customers come from
答案与解析 C 本文就买肉及奶制品给出了例子说明商家是如何吸引顾客买(商家)想要出售的商品的,可以从第三段第三句“The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department.”中找到答案。
2.There are three different jars of low fat milk, and ________.
A. one has more fat than the other two
B. they all cost the same amount of money
C. one has less fat than the others
D. they all have the same amount of fat
答案与解析 D 根据文中的讲述:One says “1 percent fat”; “... 99 percent fat free”; “... LOW FAT” in big letters and “1%” in small letters.可知它们的脂肪含量是一样的。
3.Supermarket managers make the food pleasing so that ________.
A. there will be more buyers
B. buyers will be proud
C. it is good and expensive
D. they can raise the prices
答案与解析 A 由本文的最后一段可知“Most of the food ... is very pleasing.”这种吸引人的标志可让更多的顾客光顾。
4.The best title of this passage may be ________.
A. Cheap Food
B. Buy Me
C. Low Fat Milk
D. Supermarket Management
答案与解析 D 本文通篇讲述了超市经营者吸引顾客的各种聪明的营销手段,有轻松的音乐、悦目的招牌及鼓励性的语言,这些都能促使消费者轻松愉快地消费。
B
Carrots are grown on farms and in family gardens throughout the world. Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. They taste good, and they contain a lot of carotene, which the body changes into vitamin A.
When people think of carrots, they usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is long, thin and orange in colour. But carrots come in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange. For example, Paris Market Carrots are about five centimetres around. Imperator Carrots are thin and about twenty five centimetres long. And Belgian White Carrots are, as their name suggests, white.
For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time. The soil also should have no rocks.
To prepare your carrot garden,dig up the soil, loosen it and turn it over. Then,mix in some plant material or animal fertilizer.
Weather, soil conditions and age will affect the way carrots taste. Experts say warm days, cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great.
Carrots need time to develop their full sugar content. This gives them their taste. If they are harvested too early, they will not have enough sugar. But carrots lose their sweetness if you wait too long to remove them from the ground.
The best way to judge if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its colour. Usually, the brighter the colour, the better the taste.
Most people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and harvest carrots the same way as during the summer months.
If the ground does freeze in your part of the world, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw. This will prevent the ground from freezing. You can remove the ground cover and harvest the carrots as they are needed.
Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut into thin pieces and cooked with other vegetables. They are cooked by themselves or added to stews. Or, once they are washed, they are eaten just as they come out of the ground.
5.We can conclude from the passage that ________.
A. carrots are of different sizes
B. carrots won't grow well in a pool soil
C. the weather will affect how carrots taste
D. tasty carrots are grown in a hot climate
答案与解析 B A、C两项陈述本身正确,但是属于原文直接说明的,不是推断出来的。D项陈述错误,故选B项。
6.By ________ we can judge a carrot's proper harvest time.
A. its sugar content B. its shape
C. its colour D. its size
答案与解析 C 由第七段可知。
7.A thick layer of leaves is necessary for growing carrots ________.
A. in the cold winter months
B. if they are planted in ground which could become frozen
C. to make sure that they taste good
D. in order to harvest them in time
答案与解析 B 由倒数第二段第一、二句可知。
8.The main purpose of the passage is to tell people ________.
A. how carrots grow
B. how to grow good carrots
C. something not widely known about carrots
D. about the different kinds of carrots
答案与解析 B 通读全文可知,作者介绍了一些关于种植胡萝卜的知识,目的在于告诉读者如何种植出好的胡萝卜。
Ⅳ.语法填空
Tom: Why don't we go out for a dinner sometime this week
Ann: That'd be nice. I haven't been to a restaurant for __1__ (age). Do you have any places __2__ mind
Tom: Not really. Let's think. How about Indian food
Ann: Mm, that would be okay. __3__ can be a bit hot, though.
Tom: Yeah, that's __4__ (truth). Then how about Chinese food
Ann: I love Chinese food. __5__ I'm never sure what __6__ (order)!
Tom: Well, why don't we try that Chinese restaurant on Main Street Have you ever eaten there
Ann: You mean __7__ Eastern Palace Is that the one
Tom: That's right.
Ann: No. __8__(actual), I've never tried it. I hear it's very good.
Tom: Yes, I __9__(eat) there several times, so I know the menu quite well.
Ann: Sounds great! So when do you want to go
Tom: Is Friday okay with you
Ann: Sure. I'm not doing anything on Friday.
Tom: Would 7:00 be okay
Ann: Yeah, that would be a good idea.
Tom: Then let's meet in front of the restaurant just before seven.
Ann: All right. I look forward to __10__ (meet) you. Thanks.
答案与解析
1.ages for ages“好长时间”, 是固定短语。
2.in have sth. in mind“心里有……”,是固定用法。
3.It 指代上文提到的Indian food,作主语,用it。
4.true be动词后用形容词作表语,故填true。
5.But “I love Chinese food.”与I'm never sure ...是转折关系,故用but。
6.to order 此处为“疑问词+不定式”结构,故填to order。
7.the 由普通名词构成的专有名词前用the。
8.Actually 修饰整个句子,作状语,用副词,应填Actually。
9.have eaten 由语境及several times可知,eat表示的动作发生在过去,且对现在有影响,故用现在完成时。
10.meeting look forward to doing sth.“盼望做某事”,是固定用法。