Unit 2 The United Kingdom Section 2 Learning about Language
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.Everyone should enjoy the right of access to the________(农村).
2.The________(可能性) of breaking the world record never occurred to him.
3.There will be a________(婚礼) in the village church on Saturday,
4.She________(安排) all her business affairs before going on holiday.
5.The climate here is always hot, summer and winter________(类似的).
6.F________the letter in two before putting it in the envelope.
7.I had a q________with my flatmate about who should do the housework.
8.We've got to fit five people p________all their luggage in the car.
9.The scenery over there was beautiful beyond d________.
10.Each of his rooms was comfortably f________before moving in.
答案:1.countryside 2.possibility 3.wedding 4.arranged
5.alike 6.Fold 7.quarrel 8.plus 9.description 10.furnished
Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空
be able to, take the place of, be familiar with,be close to, pick up, of one's own, prefer to, on one's way to, break down, divide....into
1. White lines________the playing area ________sections.
2. By now you will________the one-way system in the centre of town.
3. Nothing in the world could________the family he had lost.
4. When we gave her the bad news, she________and cried.
5.Her career only began to________when she was in her forties.
6. I'd like to have a place________after living together with my friend.
7. I________wear clothes made of natural fibers ratherthan wearfashionable ones.
8. We'll have to stop for fuel________the airport.
9. The children________each other in age though they differ in height.
10. It's so wonderful to________see the sea from my window.
答案:1.divide; into 2.be familiar with 3.take the place of
4.broke down 5.pick up 6.of my own 7.prefer to 8.on our way to 9.are close to 10.be able to
Ⅲ.单句改错
1. When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp burning but the door shutting.
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2.The program was so exciting that the children kept their eyes fixing on the screen.
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3.He looked around and caught a man put his hand into the pocket.
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4.The boy seated himself in the corner with his back turning to his father.
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5.The manager promised to keep me inform of how our business was going on.
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6.John was made wash the truck for a week as a punishment.
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7.You will find the word “psychology” to list under “P” in your dictionary.
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8.I've arranged Mrs Smith to look after you for a few days.
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答案:1.shutting→shut burning与shut分别作lamp与door的宾语补足语,但lamp与burn之间为主谓关系,故用动词-ing形式作宾语补足语,表示主动意义;而door与shut为动宾关系,需用过去分词作宾语补足语,表被动意义。
2.fixing→fixed 表达“某人盯着……”常用sb fixed his eyes on...,可见eyes与fix之间为动宾关系,需用过去分词形式作eyes的宾语补足语。
3.put→putting catch sb doing sth为固定短语,意为“抓住/看见某人正在做某事”。
4.turning→turned 因为“朝向他的爸爸”这一动作是主语“The boy”发出的动作,而不是“his back”,所以his back与turn to为动宾关系,故用turn的过去分词形式作宾语补足语。
5.inform→informed inform sb sth“通知/告知某人某事”,为习惯用语,keep sb. informed of...使某人被告知……”。
6.made后加to make,have,let等使役动词用于“让某人做某事”时,用省略to的动词不定式作宾语补足语;但当这一类短语用于被动语态时,to要补充上。
7.to list→listed the word“psychology”与list之间为被动关系,所以要用list的过去分词形式作宾语补足语,表被动意义。
8.arrange后加for “安排某人做某事”不能表达为arrange sb to do sth,而应该是arrange for sb to do sth。
Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成句子
1.张先生病了。王先生将代替他。
Mr Zhang is ill. Mr Wang will ________ ________ ________ ________ him.
2.他的早餐包括干面包和一杯茶。
His breakfast ________ ________ dry bread and a cup of tea.
3.我们知道一百年构成一个世纪。
As we know, one hundred years ________ ________a century.
4.不要依据第一印象判断一个人。
Don't________a person only________the basis________first impressions.
5.最大的岛叫不列颠岛,被英吉利海峡与法国隔开,海峡有一处只有20英里宽。
The largest island is called Britain,which______ ______ ______France ______ the English Channel, ______ at one point is only 20 miles wide.
答案:1.take the place of 2.consists of 3.make up 4.judge; on; of 5.is separated from; by; which
Ⅴ.完形填空
Britain and Ireland
The British Isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other__1__.Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is __2__into three parts: Scotland,Wales and England.
The United Kingdom is that__3__of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the__4__ of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part.The__5__of Ireland is self go verning. The__6__name of the United Kingdomis__7__“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
__8__is larger and richer than Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the largest __9__of the United Kingdom, so people often use the__10__“England” and “English” when they __11__“Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little__12__.The Scots in particular are very__13__of their separate nationality. The Welsh do not regard__14__as English, either, and have a culture and even a __15__of their own.
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish__16__”was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom.
__17__, Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still__18__to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland__19__to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations(英联邦).Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to __20__British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.
文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了大不列颠群岛的相关情况。重点讲述英国的区域划分以及它们之间的关系。
1.A.Wales B.Britain
C.England D.Scotland
答案:B 由空后的“Britain,or Great Britain,is the larger of these two islands”可推断出答案。
2.A.divided B.cut
C.broken D.separated
答案:A 大不列颠由三部分组成。be divided into“被分成……”;cut into“打断,侵犯”;break into“破门而入”;separate from“分离,分开”。
3.A.piece B.island
C.country D.part
答案:D 由该句可知the United Kingdom就是the British Isles中被女王统治的那一部分。
4.A.south B.north
C.part D.whole
答案:D 由第一段最后一句可知Britain是由Scotland,Wales和England三部分组成,所以说以上三部分就是整个的Britain。
5.A.smaller B.larger
C.rest D.island
答案:C 句意:爱尔兰其他地方是自治的。the rest of...“……的其他地方”。
6.A.correct B.true
C.full D.complete
答案:C 此处指英国的全称。full name“全名”。
7.A.also B.therefore
C.likely D.perhaps
答案:B 由上文可知the United Kingdom包括Britain,Wales,England以及Northern Ireland,又因Britain,Wales和England就是指整个Britain,因此the United Kingdom又被称为“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”
8.A.The UK B.The British Isles
C.Great Britain D.England
答案:D the United Kingdom共由四部分组成,其他三部分都提到了,就剩下England,因此答案为D。
9.A.colleges B.officials
C.cities D.population
答案:D 只有人口最多,再加上面积最大和最富有,才能使人们提起Britain或British就用England或English来代替。而大学、官员和城市最多并不足以使人们这样做。
10.A.words B.names
C.spellings D.pronunciations
答案:A “England”和“English”是两个单词。
11.A.call B.forget
C.speak D.write
答案:A 表示当人们称呼Britain或British时,常常用England或English。
12.A.angry B.difficult
C.tired D.lonely
答案:A 因为Wales和Scotland都属于Britain,所以称呼Britain为England自然让威尔士人和苏格兰人都有点儿生气。
13.A.proud B.fond
C.full D.kind
答案:A 词组be proud of意思是“为……自豪或骄傲”,符合题意。
14.A.it B.wales
C.them D.themselves
答案:D the Welsh的反身代词为themselves。
15.A.capital B.language
C.history D.programs
答案:B 作为英国的一个相对独立的组成部分,Welsh有自己的语言。而capital是另外几个部分都具备的。
16.A.Country B.Question
C.Disease D.Republic
答案:B 由下文的“the great headache”可推出答案为B。
17.A. At last B. So
C. Meanwhile D. Also
答案:A at last的意思是“最终”,表示Ireland最终分为两部分。
18.A. returns B. belongs
C. gets D. speaks
答案:B belong to意思是“属于”,Northern Ireland仍旧属于the United Kingdom。
19.A. hoped B. refused
C. broke away D. used
答案:C 句意:在1922年,爱尔兰其他地方脱离出来成为现在的爱尔兰共和国。break away表示“脱离”。
20.A. feel B. touch
C. fight D. help
答案:D 句意:爱尔兰共和国在二战中一点儿都没有帮助英国人,并想让整个爱尔兰成为一个共和国。
Ⅵ.阅读理解
Before she appeared on the reality show (真人秀) Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle was just an ordinary middle-aged British woman. Now all this is going to change.
She lives in a house with her cat Pebbles in a tiny Scottish town. Because of learning difficulties, she doesn't have much education. But what she does have is a very good voice. As a kid, she sang in church,choirs and school plays. For a living, she sang at local pubs.
When she took the stage on April 10th, her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed just_one_step_up_from rags. The audience laughed at her.
But then she opened her mouth. A few bars into the song and the laughing audience went silent. A beautiful voice was singing I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables. Everyone was amazed.At the end of her song, the audience jumped to their feet and applauded wildly.
Almost overnight, Susan became a household name. She won fans and millions of admirers. Her online videos have drawn over 85.2 million hits.
Susan's story proved the truth of an old saying:“Never judge the book by its cover.”Susan may look ordinary, and doesn't have much dress sense, but she can certainly sing.
Susan's fans admire her courage, as much as they do her voice. She has experienced mockery and many disappointments, but her love for music has kept her going, which is worth anyone's respect.
1.According to the passage, Susan Boyle________.
A.is a famous young actress
B.became famous after a show
C.used to be a good student
D.is good at dancing and has millions of admirers
答案:B 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Almost overnight,Susan became a household name.”可知苏珊·波伊尔在电视真人秀节目《英国达人》的一次演出后就一夜成名,故选B项。
2.The underlined phrase “just one step up from” in the third paragraph probably means________.
A.far from B.close to
C.different from D.the same as
答案:B 词义猜测题。根据文中的“her hair was untidy”和“The audience laughed at her.”可知她的穿着不好,接近于破烂(rags),故选B项。
3.The passage is mainly about________.
A.how to win fans
B.how to sing well
C.a woman's sudden success
D.a woman's simple life
答案:C 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍“没星相指数”很高的苏珊·波伊尔在电视真人秀节目《英国达人》的一次演出后就一夜成名,故选C项。
Ⅶ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改仅限1词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
(2015·新课标Ⅰ)
When I was a child,I hoped to live in the city.I think I would be happy there.Now I am living in a city,but I miss my home in countryside.There the air is clean or the mountains are green.Unfortunately,on the development of industrialization,the environment has been polluted.Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem.The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier.Much rare animals are dying out.We must found ways to protect your environment.If we fail to do so,we'll live to regret it.
答案:
When I was a child,I hoped to live in the city. I I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city,but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean the mountains are green. Unfortunately, the development of industrialization,the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very problem. The we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. rare animals are dying out. We must ways to protect environment. If we fail to do so,we'll live to regret it.