Unit 2　Working the land

　　.单词拼写

　　1．Please state your name, age and________(职业)．

　　2．After the conference, the secretary passed me a ten-page___ _____(概要，摘要)．

　　3．We want to________(装备)your children with some special skills.

　　4．As is known to all, when heated, things will________(膨胀)．

　　5．If you stay out in the sun for some time in summer you will get________(晒伤)．

　　6．The doctor gave us a lecture on the connection between food and________(营养)．

　　7．Rumours began to________(流传)about Chen Lin's death.

　　8．The toys produced in our factory are mainly________(出口)to European countries.

　　9．He is trying to________(减少)the family's expenses to save money.

　　10．The twins are so alike that I always________(混淆)them with each other.

　　答案：1.occupation　2.summary　3.equip　4.expand

　　5．sunburnt　6.nutrition　7.circulate　8.exported　9.reduce

　　10．confuse

　　.完成句子

　　1．我宁愿他在这里。我需要他帮忙。

　　I________ ________that he________ ________. I need his help.

　　2．我们必须想办法把房间里的蟑螂去掉。

　　We must find ways to________the house________blackbeetles.

　　3．幸亏医生的及时救治，这个男孩得救了。

　　________ ________the doctor's timely treatment, the boy was saved.

　　4．他们主要是想保持土壤肥沃且免受病害。

　　They________ ________ ________the soil rich and free of diseases.

　　5．过度工作和过少休息会引起疾病。

　　Too much work and too little rest often________ ________ ____ ____.

　　答案：1.would rather；were here　2.rid; of　3.Thanks to　4.focus on keeping　5.leads to diseases

　　Ⅲ.单项填空

　　1．The laboratory was well________for atomic research.

　　A．offeredB．equipped

　　C．provided

　　D．supplied

　　答案：B　equip“装备”。句意：这个实验室有齐全的设备供原子研究。offer, provide, supply意思都是“提供，供应”。

　　2．We do not have enough money.________， we cannot afford to buy the new car.

　　A．However

　　B．Anyway

　　C．Therefore

　　D．Though

　　答案：C　anyway表示让步；however和though表示转折；therefore表示因果，根据句意选C。句意：我们没有足够的钱，因此买不起这辆新车。

　　3．The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle________.

　　A．to be heard

　　B．to have heard

　　C．hearing

　　D．being heard

　　答案：A　句意：吃饭时孩子们谈话声那么大，我只好极力让人听到。struggle后通常接不定式构成struggle to do sth.，意为“极力做某事”；此处还要考虑被动语态的问题。

　　4．I regret________so much money on a car.

　　A．spent

　　B．to spend

　　C．to have spent

　　D．spending

　　答案：D　regret doing/having done“后悔做过某事”。句意：我后悔在一辆小汽车上花这么多钱。而regret to do则表示因要做某事而表示遗憾。

　　5．About 110 million people have moved to this city. The population is________as ten years ago.

　　A．as twice large

　　B．twice as large

　　C．as many twice

　　D．twice as many

　　答案：B　考查倍数的表达法。句意：大约有1亿1千万人搬到这座城市，现在这座城市的人口是十年前的两倍。表示倍数时，其结构为“倍数＋as＋adj./adv.＋as...”；此处as ten years ago为省略句，补充完整为as it was ten years ago。

　　6．I'm very glad to see that your vocabulary is gradually_____ ___.

　　A．building up

　　B．turning up

　　C．coming up

　　D．waking up

　　答案：A　build up“增加”。句意：看到你的词汇量在逐渐增长，我很高兴。turn up“出现”；come up“被提出，发生”；wake up“醒来”。

　　7．This photograph looks funny; I think you forgot to______ __the camera.

　　A．guide

　　B．aim

　　C．direct

　　D．focus

　　答案：D　focus“调焦距”。句意：这张照片看上去有些滑稽，我想你是忘了给照相机调焦距了。guide“指导”；aim“瞄准”；direct“指导”，都不符合句意。

　　8．This experienced editor is said to be able to________the mistakes to almost nil.

　　A．reduce

　　B．increase

　　C．equip

　　D．battle

　　答案：A　reduce“减少”。句意：据说这位经验丰富的编辑几乎能把错误降低到零。increase“增加”；equip“装备”；battle“战斗”。

　　9．The business has________from having one office to having twelve branches.

　　A．expanded

　　B．exploded

　　C．cracked

　　D．burst

　　答案：A　expand“扩大”。句意：这个公司已从一间办公室发展到拥有12个分公司了。crack“裂开，断裂，破裂”；explode“爆炸，爆破”，指用炸药；burst“胀破，胀裂”。

　　10．Each time I came across failure, my father always used the motto—if your dream is big enough, the facts doesn't________—to cheer me up.

　　A．cost

　　B．count

　　C．value

　　D．mean

　　答案：B　count“有价值”。这是一句谚语，意思是：心中有梦想，风雨不折腰。字面意思是“只要我们的梦想足够大，事实并不重要”。cost“花费”；value“重视”；mean“意思是”。

　　11．According to the survey conducted by the website, speed________at least 30 percent of road traffic and deaths.

　　A．contributes to

　　B．results from

　　C．lies in

　　D．answers for

　　答案：A　本题考查短语辨析。句意：根据网站进行的调查，超速至少造成了(contribute to)交通事故及死亡的30%。result from“是由……引起的”；lie in“在于”；answer for“负责”，均不符合题意。

　　12．See if you can understand the following; ________， you can look them up in the dictionary.

　　A．if any

　　B．if not

　　C．if needed

　　D．if possible

　　答案：B　句意：看看你是否明白了下面的意思，如果不懂，你可以在词典里查一下。if not相当于if you don't...表示“如果不……”。

　　13．One day we will manage to________the world________this terrible disease—cancer.

　　A．get rid; of

　　B．refer; to

　　C．rid; of

　　D．treat; to

　　答案：C　句意：终有一天我们能够从地球上消灭这种可怕的疾病——癌症。rid...of..意为“使……摆脱……”。get rid of“去除……”；refer...to...“把……提交……”；treat...to...“请(客)”。

　　14．—Did you say something rude to her because of what she'd done?

　　—Yes, but I________so.

　　A．had better not do

　　B．would rather not do

　　C．oughtn't to do

　　D．would rather not have done

　　答案：D　考查would rather句型。说话者是想表达“我宁愿没这么做”，所以用would rather not have done。

　　15．Sports and games can________our bodies, keep us healthy and help us live a long life.

　　A．build up

　　B．set up

　　C．put up

　　D．bring up

　　答案：A　build up“增强”。句意：运动和游戏能强健我们的体魄，使我们保持健康，有助于延长我们的寿命。set up“树立，设立”；put up“搭起”；bring up“教育，培养”。

　　.完形填空

　　Farming and Gardening

　　Agriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom__1__by early Chinese scientists is still useful for farmers and gardeners today. One of China's early__2__scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing__3__into agriculture. He collected information, studied it, did experiments and learnt from the__4__of farmers.

　　Around 540 AD, he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about both farming and__5__. It includes advice on the following__6__： growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes. There are also__7__for making wine. Jia Sixie's book is a(n)__8__guide for farming. Firstly, as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow seeds and__9__young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year, your work will be less and__10__will be better. But if you__11__nature and do

　　things at the wrong time of year, you will have to do more work

　　and the results will not be so good. The__12__of the soil is also

　　very important. Examine the soil on your farm__13__. If the condition of your soil is not good, you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops, you must clean rough ground and__14__ weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to__15__the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers__16__the crops in their fields. For example, do not plant rice __17__in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will__18__good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with__19__ between the plants, but Jia did experiments and __20__that planting wheat close together is better.

　　文章大意：本文是议论和说明的结合。主要介绍了我国古代科学家贾思勰对我国古代农业的研究和贡献。他的耕种方法对我国古代农业起了重要的指导作用。

　　1．A. discovered

　　B. recovered

　　C. reported

　　D. repeated

　　答案：A　从词语和搭配考虑。此处只有discovered才能与wisdom搭配。

　　2．A. industrial

　　B. agricultural

　　C. cultural

　　D. article

　　答案：B　从常识方面考虑。Jia Sixie是我国古代的农业科学家，故选agricultural。

　　3．A. search

　　B. research

　　C. experiment

　　D. movement

　　答案：B　从上下文和语境搭配考虑。此处：doing research into agriculture表示“做农业研究”，不用experiment。后文已提到了did experiments。

　　4．A. adventures

　　B. advantages

　　C. tradition

　　D. experience

　　答案：D　从词语搭配考虑。此处

　　“learn from the experience of farmers”表示“学习农民的耕作经验”。

　　5．A. nursing

　　B. gardening

　　C. produce

　　D. trade

　　答案：B　从上下文考虑。由本文的标题和第二段第二、三句推断可知，选gardening。

　　6．A. programs

　　B. topics

　　C. subjects

　　D. events

　　答案：C　从语境考虑。本句的下文介绍一些具体的课题，如：种菜，养动物等。因此选subject“科目，课题”；topic“话题”；program“项目，节目”；event“事件”。

　　7．A. instructions

　　B. constructions

　　C. measures

　　D. treasures

　　答案：A　从词语搭配考虑。此处表示造酒的“指导，说明”，选instructions，其他与句意不符。

　　8．A. economical

　　B. practical

　　C. similar

　　D. regular

　　答案：B　从词语搭配考虑。“practical guide”意为“切实可行的指导”，economical“经济的，

　　节省的”；regular“有规律的”，与句意不符。

　　9．A. drop

　　B. increase

　　C. grow

　　D. throw

　　答案：C　从词语搭配考虑。此处“grow young plants”意为“种植幼苗”，其它选项没有“种植”之意。

　　10．A. dreams

　　B. ending

　　C. hope

　　D. results

　　答案：D　从上下文考虑。本题用result，与前文的work相对，表示“工作投入少，而结果更好”，下文也有类似的句子。

　　11．A. argue against

　　B. go against

　　C. compete with

　　D. deal with

　　答案：B　从上下文考虑。选go against nature意为“违背自然”，其它选项均不符合句意。

　　12．A. application

　　B. situation

　　C. condition

　　D. addition

　　答案：C　从词语搭配考虑。本题the condition of the soil表示“土壤的状况，条件”。而situation表示“形势”，与soil不搭配，其它与句意不符。

　　13．A. successfully

　　B. carefully

　　C. gradually

　　D. frequently

　　答案：B　从语境考虑。前句指出土壤状况重要，本句说明要细心、仔细检查土壤，因此选carefully。

　　14．A. remove

　　B. pull

　　C. kill

　　D. reduce

　　答案：A　从词语搭配考虑。本句告诉读者，种庄稼之前需要平整土地和除草，remove weeds意为“清除杂草”。

　　15．A. destroy

　　B. prevent

　　C. divide

　　D. limit

　　答案：A　从词语搭配考虑。本题选destroy。让牛羊在地里走，这就是为了摧毁杂草或者吃掉杂草。

　　16．A. keep

　　B. improve

　　C. manage

　　D. change

　　答案：D　从上下文考虑。从下句中“do not plant rice________in the same field”可知庄稼要换着种，因此选change。

　　17．A. one after another

　　B. here and there

　　C. now and then

　　D. year after year

　　答案：D　从上下文考虑。选year after year“年复一年”。题意为“不在同一块地里年复一年地种同一种庄稼”。

　　18．A. win

　　B. collect

　　C. harvest

　　D. plant

　　答案：C　从语境和词语搭配考虑。本句意为“如果每年换种不同的庄稼就会有好收成”。harvest good crops意为“收成好”。

　　19．A. holes

　　B. lines

　　C. space

　　D. balance

　　答案：C　从词语搭配考虑。本句意思是“种植小麦时，株与株之间要留有空间”，

　　而非留有线、

　　洞或平衡，

　　因此选space。

　　20．A. showed

　　B. meant

　　C. intended

　　D. decided

　　答案：A　从语境考虑。本句的开头是“but Jia did experiments”，因此后半句是实验结果证明、表明。因此选showed。

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