Unit 2 Welcome to the unit
一、单项选择。
1. She her talk in order to get home on time.
A. put off B. put down C. cut in D. cut short
2. ---What shall we buy for Linda as a birthday present
---Let’s buy her a new computer. Her computer breaks down from time to time _______.
A. above all B. after all C. at all D. in all
3. About ______ of the students in my class prefer to watch a ______ programme called Readers at weekends.
A. three-fourth; 70-minute B. three-quarters; 70 minutes’
C. third-fours; 70-minutes D. three-fourths; 70-minute
4. Father’s Day is coming. I want to buy a fine watch for him, but _______ is fit for him in the shops nearby.
A. none B. no one C. neither D. nothing
5. The young man has got the job because he has the advantage others of knowing many languages.
A. over B. above C. against D. beyond
6. ---It is said another Yangtze River Bridge will be built to connect Jingjiang and Jiangyin.
---________ exciting news! I simply can’t wait to see it.
A. What B. How C. What a D. What an
7. —Too much homework has made me tired these days, Mrs. Gao.
—That’s true. But a small tree won’t grow into a big one _______ it experiences lots of winds and rains.
A. if B. because C. when D. unless
8. 20th July, Armstrong became the first human walked on the Moon.
A. In; who B. On; what C. At; which D. On; who
9. A hard-working man become a great scientist, but a great scientist be a hard-working man.
A. can't; can B. may not; must C. can't; must D. may not; can
10. —We should make a contribution to the environment.
—I agree with you. More and more trees require .
A. protecting; to plant B. protect; plant
C. protecting; to be planted D. protect; planting
11. — How was your exam the day before yesterday
— Oh, I couldn’t feel ________. I made few mistakes in it.
A. better B. best C. worse D. worst
12. The Xiong’an New Area was set up in North China to ________ the development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
A. go for B. care for C. look for D. push for
二、根据汉语或首字母提示,写出正确的单词
1. We should take (优势)of what we have to win the match.
2. My cousin is very helpful. He is willing to do something to _____________ (服务) others.
3.There are many kinds of ________________ (实验室) in the new building for the students.
4.These days I can’t see the things clearly, so I’ll have my eyesight________(测试) soon.
5. A long time ago it was________(广泛地) believed that there was life on Mars.
6. You need to answer my five questions after you read the short (章节).
7. Because of his achievements, rice production has been (增加)by 20%-30%.
8.When you think of Venice, does it bring any other ________ (欧洲的) city to your mind
二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Now Chinese is (wide)spoken throughout the world.
2.The whole world took (proud)in the two astronauts.
3.The new airport has been in ________ (serve) for three years.
4.The machine ________ (control) from a distance with a remote control.
5. The ____________(discover) of oil made this island a busy place.
1. Two thousand kilos of rice solved the problem of ________(hungry) for these farmers.
四、完成句子。
1. 让人吃惊的是,那辆汽车是手工制成的。
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2. 昨天他爸爸的轿车突然在路上失去了控制。
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3. 那个男孩一接到电话就匆忙带着手机离开了。
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4. 因为大雨,这个歌手不得不缩短其演唱会。
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5. 她嫁给一个德国人已经5年了。
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一、单项选择
D
“put off” 意为 “推迟”;“put down” 表示 “放下;记下”;“cut in” 意为 “插嘴”;“cut short” 表示 “缩短”。根据 “get home on time” 可知她缩短了谈话,选 D。
B
“above all” 意为 “首先;最重要的是”;“after all” 表示 “毕竟”;“at all” 常用于否定句,意为 “根本”;“in all” 表示 “总共”。这里说毕竟她的电脑时不时出故障,所以买台新电脑,选 B。
D
分数的表达:分子用基数词,分母用序数词,当分子大于 1 时,分母用复数形式,所以 “四分之三” 可以表达为 “three - fourths” 或 “three - quarters”;“70 - minute” 是复合形容词,作定语,修饰名词 “programme”,选 D。
A
“none” 表示三者或三者以上都不,可指人也可指物;“no one” 只能指人;“neither” 表示两者都不;“nothing” 指物,但不强调数量。这里说附近商店里没有一块手表适合他,强调数量,选 A。
A
“have an advantage over” 是固定短语,意为 “比…… 有优势”,选 A。
A
感叹句结构:What + (a/an) + 形容词 + 可数名词单数 + 主谓!What + 形容词 + 可数名词复数 / 不可数名词 + 主谓!How + 形容词 / 副词 + 主谓!“news” 是不可数名词,用 “What” 引导感叹句,选 A。
D
“if” 意为 “如果”;“because” 表示 “因为”;“when” 意为 “当…… 时候”;“unless” 表示 “除非”。这里说小树除非经历风雨,否则长不成大树,选 D。
D
在具体某一天用介词 “On”;先行词是 “human”,指人,在定语从句中作主语,用关系代词 “who” 引导定语从句,选 D。
B
“may not” 表示 “可能不”;“must” 表示 “一定”。一个努力工作的人可能不会成为伟大的科学家,但一个伟大的科学家一定是努力工作的人,选 B。
C
“make a contribution to doing sth.” 表示 “为做某事做贡献”,to 是介词,后接动名词;“require to be done” 表示 “需要被做”,所以 “trees” 和 “plant” 是被动关系,用 “to be planted”,选 C。
A
“I couldn’t feel better” 表示 “我感觉再好不过了”,这里说考试没犯什么错误,感觉很好,选 A。
D
“go for” 意为 “争取;喜欢”;“care for” 表示 “照顾;喜欢”;“look for” 意为 “寻找”;“push for” 表示 “推动”。雄安新区的设立是为了推动京津冀地区的发展,选 D。
二、根据汉语或首字母提示,写出正确的单词
advantage “take advantage of” 表示 “利用”,所以填 “advantage”。
serve “to” 后接动词原形,“服务” 是 “serve”。
laboratories “实验室” 是 “laboratory”,“many kinds of” 后接可数名词复数,所以填 “laboratories”。
tested “have sth. done” 表示 “让某事被做”,“测试” 是 “test”,这里用过去分词 “tested”。
widely “广泛地” 是 “widely”,修饰动词 “believed”。
passage “章节” 是 “passage”。
increased “rice production” 和 “increase” 是被动关系,用现在完成时的被动语态,所以填 “increased”。
European “欧洲的” 是 “European”,修饰名词 “city”。
三、用所给单词的适当形式填空
widely “Chinese” 和 “speak” 是被动关系,用副词 “widely” 修饰动词 “spoken”,表示 “广泛地被说”。
pride “take pride in” 是固定短语,意为 “为…… 感到骄傲”,所以用 “pride”。
service “in service” 表示 “在使用中”,“in” 后接名词,“serve” 的名词是 “service”。
is controlled “machine” 和 “control” 是被动关系,用一般现在时的被动语态,主语是 “The machine”,所以用 “is controlled”。
discovery “the” 后接名词,“discover” 的名词是 “discovery”。
hunger “of” 后接名词,“hungry” 的名词是 “hunger”。
四、完成句子
To our surprise, that car was made by hand.
His father's car suddenly went out of control on the road yesterday.
As soon as the boy received the phone call, he hurried away with his mobile phone.
Because of the heavy rain, the singer had to cut short his concert.
She has been married to a German for five years.