Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome-Reading基础知识跟踪检测练习（含答案）-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

必修二 Unit4 Welcome-Reading基础知识跟踪检测练习
词性转换
1. devote vt.专心于，献身 __________ n.忠诚，挚爱，奉献 ________ adj.挚爱的，忠诚的
2. appeal vi.有吸引力，申诉，呼吁& n . 吸引力，申诉，呼吁 __________ adj.有吸引力的
3. determine vt./vi 确定，支配，决心 __________ adj.坚决的，下决心的 ________ n.决心，坚定
4. significant adj.有重要意义的；显著的__________ adv.显著地；重要地 __________ n.重要性，意义
5. describe vt.描述，形容. ____________ n. 描述，形容，说明
6. sensitive adj. 感觉敏锐的；体贴的；敏感的；灵敏的 ____________n.敏感，灵敏性
7. reflect v. 反映，显示；映出（影像）；反射；沉思 ___________ n.反映，反射
8. capable adj. 有能力，有才能；能力 ___________ n.能力 __________ adj.没有能力的
9. awaken v. 唤起，被唤起；（使）醒来 ________ adj. 醒着的，
10. permanence n. 永久；持久性 _________ adj.永久的,永恒的 __________ adj.暂时的;短暂的
11. universal adj. 普遍的，共同的；普遍存在的 ___________ adv.普遍地，一致地
12. summary n. 总结，概括，概要 ___________ v.总结，概括，概述
13. contain v.包含，含有，容纳 ___________n.容器
14. feature n.特色，特征 ___________v. 以……为特色; 由……主演
15. specific adj. 特定的；明确的，具体的 _____________ adv. 特意，专门地；明确地，具体地
二、单句语法填空
1. A child and a man were walking on the beach _______ the child found a shell and held it to his ear.
2. These sounds seemed to be from another world and the child listened to them ________ wonder.
3. Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and ________ the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears.
4. What amazed the child was not a new world, ________ the unnoticed music of the old.
5. Some such experience as this lies _________ store for us when we begin the study of literature.
6. Let a little song appeal to the ear, or a great book ________ the heart, and we discover a new world, a world of dreams and magic.
7. To enter and enjoy this new world, we need to love literature, and make an effort_________(explain) it.
8. Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race, and behind the race________(be) the natural and social environments.
9. We must know all these, if the book is to speak its whole message. In a word, we have now reached a point__________ we wish to enjoy and understand literature.
10. The first step is to determine some of its significant ___________(quality).
11. The first quality of literature is its ___________(describe) of truth and beauty.
12. Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them _______our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds.
13. A hundred men may pass a field and see only dead grass; but a poet stops, looks deeper, sees truth and beauty, and writes, "Yesterday's flowers am I." One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty ________ was hidden from his eyes before.
14. The second quality of literature is its appeal to our feelings and imagination. Its attraction lies more in _________it awakens in us than what it says.
15. When Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus asks in the presence of Helen, "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships " he opens a door _________ which our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism.
16. The third quality of literature, __________(come) out of the other two, is its permanence.
17. Good literature reflects the most _________(base) of human nature—love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope. It also takes on a personal style—no writer can describe human life without reflecting his own life and experiences.
18. In summary, literature is the expression of life in forms of truth and beauty, the ________(write) record of man's thoughts and feelings, and the history of the human soul.
19. __________(adapt) from William J. Long's English Literature, this article describes the wonder of literature from three aspects.
20. One important feature of classic literature is __________ it often reflects an author's own experiences and can therefore help us understand the important issues of his or her time.
21. This is one reason ___________ the best works of literature still appeal to readers long after they were written.
22. Cao Xueqin's A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the most famous novels in Chinese literature, is a good example of this. Its storyline follows the fall of a large wealthy family much ________ the author's own.
23. No doubt ___________(draw) on his own experiences, Cao Xueqin gives a detailed description of what life was like at that time.
24. The novel includes a great number of details such as __________ the upper class wore and ate. It also describes the social relations in 18th - century China.
25. As a result, readers gain a better understanding of the gap between rich and poor, men and women, the learned and __________ uneducated in the historical context.
26. Cultural and historical ____________(element) like these make A Dream of Red Mansions a timeless classic. In short, we can learn much about a specific period in history from classic literature.
27. To start with, ask your friends, parents and teachers to recommend what books you ought to read. Most people will be happy to share their favourite books _________ others.
28. You could also read book reviews in newspapers, in magazines or online. A book review can often tell you ___________ a book is worth reading or not.
29. Take time to look___________ the collections in different sections of your local library, and you are likely to come across books you love to read.
30. Over time, you may find yourself better able to seek out books_________ your taste and enjoy reading all the more.
三：语法填空
The Chinese Lantern Festival, which fell on Wednesday this year, marks the end of Chinese New Year celebrations and ___________(symbol) the coming of spring. This year, with the zodiac cycle ushering in the Year of the Snake, the image of the snake took the center stage at lantern carnivals across the island. The Taipei Lantern Festival, running from Feb 2 to 16, appeals to crowds with a 13-meter-high lantern ____________(design) in the shape of a snake. In addition _________ displaying lanterns in various designs, the festive tradition of solving riddles continues to be __________(huge) popular. Across Taiwan, lantern festivals are not only a visual delight __________ a testament to the deep cultural ties between the island and the mainland. This year, as in the previous nine years, lanterns sent from Shanghai _____________(play) a significant role in the Taipei festival, combining traditional Chinese paper-cut art with modern cityscape designs. In Pingxi of __________(north) Taiwan, thousands of sky lanterns float into the sky, carrying handwritten wishes — hopes for love, success, and good health. Among ___________ hopeful is Anqi, a high school senior from Taipei, carefully writing her wish. Nearby, a family huddle together __________ they release their lantern, whispering blessings into the chilly night air. Dancers includes those from Wuhan in central Hubei province, __________ perform the traditional loong-lantern dance at the festival six years after their previous performance.
Keys:
1 devotion; devoted 2 appealing 3 determined; determination
4 significantly; significance 5 description 6 sensitivity
7 reflection 8 capability 9 incapable
10 permanent; temporary 11 universally 12 summarize
13 container 14 feature 15 specifically
Keys:
1-5 when; with; that; but; in;
6-10 to; to explain; are; where; qualities;
11-15 description; to; that/which; what; through
16-20 coming; basic; written; Adapted; that;
21-25 why; like; drawing; what; the;
26-30 elements; with; whether; through; to
Keys:
symbolizes; designed; to; hugely; but; have played; northern; the; as/when; who