1、1Unit 2 Working the land Section 2 Learning about Language .用所给词的适当形式填空1We regret _to inform_ (inform) you that you will have to give up this chance.2They all regretted _refusing_ (refuse) their offer.3I suggest _finishing_ (finish) it in time.4It is no good _making_ (make) an excuse for this.5_Shak
2、ing_ (shake) heads means “No” in some countries.6His _being_ (be)careless made him fail the exam.7I object to _being laughed_ (laugh) at.8The bird narrowly escaped _being shot_ (shoot)by the hunter.9These flowers need _watering/to be watered_ (water).10Because of his bad health,the doctor advised hi
3、m to give up _smoking_ (smoking).单项语法填空1The soldiers working in earthquakehit area have tried their best to save every possible life,risking _losing_ (lose)their own.解析:考查动名词作宾语。句意:在地震袭击地区工作的战士们冒着失去他们自己生命的危险尽力地去拯救每一个可能的生命。risk 后接动名词作宾语,意为“冒险做某事” ,又由句意知这里是主动关系。2To improve our oral English,we should p
4、ractice _speaking_ (speak)it every day.解析:句意:为了改善口语,我们应该每天练习说英语。practice doing sth.练习做某事。3It is no good _arguing_ (argue) with the stubborn man because he will never change his mind.解析:句意:和那个固执的人争辩是没好处的,因为他决不会改变他的主意的。Its no good 后接动名词作真正的主语,意为“做某事是没好处的” 。4When the little boy heard that his father co
5、uldnt help _to get_ (get)the ticket to the football match,he couldnt help _crying_ (cry).解析:句意:当这小男孩听见他的爸爸不能帮忙买到足球赛的票时,他禁不住哭了。cant help doing sth.表示 “禁不住干某事” ;cant help(to)do sth.表示“不能帮助干2某事” 。5The presidents _taking_ (take)office let American people see the hope of their economic recovery.解析:句意:总统就
6、职让美国人看到了他们经济恢复的希望。动名词复合结构作主语时其结构应为“名词所有格或形容词性物主代词 v.ing” 。6Even though the modern way of life is popular now,there are still some people used to _living_ (live)a life in an old fashion.解析:句意:尽管现代生活模式现在已很盛行,但是仍有一些人习惯过着旧式的生活。be used to doing sth.意为“习惯于做某事” ,其中的 to 是介词,故后接动名词。7Why did Mary weep?She cou
7、ldnt bear _being made_ (make) fun of like that before the whole class.解析:bear 后跟动名词作宾语。又因为主语和动名词之间为被动关系。故应用动名词的被动形式。8He didnt drive to work today,for his car needs _repairing/to be repaired_ (repair).解析:need 作“需要”讲时,后跟动名词的主动形式表示被动意义,相当于不定式的被动形式。类似用法的词还有:want,require 等。9We dont allow _smoking_ (smoke
8、)here,but we can allow you _to smoke_ (smoke)in the next room.解析:考查动名词。句意:我们不允许在这儿吸烟,但是允许你在隔壁房间吸。allow后有 sb.接 to do 不定式,意为“允许某人做某事” ;没有 sb.则接动名词,意为“允许做某事” 。10_Knowing_ (know)basic firstaid techniques will help you respond quickly to emergencies.解析:考查非谓语动词。句意:知道基本的急救技术将会帮助你对紧急情况快速作出反应。由谓语“will help”可
9、知,此句缺少主语形式,且句中的“you”与动词“know”为逻辑上的主谓关系。故用动名词的一般形式作主语。11Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and _being reduced_ (reduce)to ruins,the city took on a new look.解析:考查非谓语动词。句意:在遭受大规模的地震和损失之后不久,那个城市就呈现出了崭新的面貌。and 为并列连词,连接 after 后的两个宾语 suffering from.和 being reduced to.。be reduced to (doing) s
10、th.使沦为,固定结构。12China recently tightened its waters controls near the Huangyan Island to 3prevent Chinese fishing boats from _being attacked_ (attack) in the South China Sea.解析:句意:中国最近加紧了对黄岩岛附近海域的控制以保护中国的渔船在南海海域不被袭击。prevent.from doing 保护免受,根据句意可知“保护渔船不被袭击” ,故 from 后为 being done。13One learns a language
11、 by making mistakes and _correcting_ (correct)them.解析:句意:人们在犯错误并改正它们的过程中学习一门语言。correcting them 和making mistakes 是并列的动名词短语,作介词 by 的宾语。14Its no use _complaining_ (complain)without taking action.解析:句意:光抱怨而不采取任何行动是没用的。此句应为考查句型“It is no use doing sth.”,此结构中需用动词ing 形式作真正的主语,it 为形式主语。15I had great difficul
12、ty _(in)finding_ (find) the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.解析:句意:在那家餐厅,我花了很大力气才从菜谱上找到合适的食物。have difficulty(in)doing sth.为固定结构,意为做某事有困难。.完成句子1Everyone _is satisfied with_ his performance.大家对他的表演很满意。2Id rather _have left a note_ on her desk.我要是留张便条在她书桌上就好了。3She _equipped her son with_ go
13、od education.她使她的儿子受到了良好的教育。4This tree is _three times as tall as_ that one.这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。5I _make it my duty_ to protect the environment.我把保护环境当成自己的责任。6Therefore,he was determined to _rid people of_ hunger.因此,他决定使人们摆脱饥饿。7He won the Nobel Prize for his contributions in _struggling against hunger_.因与饥饿
14、做斗争所做出的贡献,他获得了诺贝尔奖。8Is everybody feeling cold?_If not_,lets open the window.大家感到冷吗?如果不,让我们把窗户打开吧。49_Thanks to your timely help_,I managed to finish the work on time.多亏了你及时的帮助,我按时完成了工作。10He did not _expand greatly on_ his statement.他未就他的声明多加解释。.完形填空(2018河北深州中学高一下学期期末)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,
15、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Jason,our son,was born with cerebral palsy(脑瘫).My wife and I often comforted him as he faced many 1._B_ in his early years.It was 2._D_ to see him regularly chosen last for baseball,but his most 3._D_ time came when he began high school.One afternoon,Jason returned home in
16、 4._B_ and shouted: “Im never going to school again!” He was 5._A_ with food that other kids had 6._C_ him on the school bus on the way home.Jason later told us what had 7._C_.A few days earlier,Jason had 8._B_ up for the school running team.That day,a few older students made 9._D_ of his performanc
17、e on the track.I called the headmaster about the 10._D_,and it never happened again.One day,as the other kids exercised in the gym,they 11._C_ one lonely runnerJason jogging around the snowcovered track.A few weeks later,Jason said to me, “Dad,I was ready for the 12._B_.He added that each month,each
18、 student 13._D_ an ”athlete of the month“ and voted for the 14._A_.Jasons name had never been 15._B_.But that day,one student said:“Sir,I would like to propose Jason for athlete of the month.”The coach looked 16._A_.“He works harder than any of us,Sir, ” the student continued.Tears 17._D_ in Jasons
19、eyes as everyone in the class put their hands up.We,also in tears,looked on as he 18._B_ displayed his certificate.Whenever I despair,I think of this story.I 19._C_ myself that challenges are not overcome by 20._A_,but by patience,determination,and faith.文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的儿子 Jason 虽然脑瘫,但是他却靠耐心
20、、决心和信念,以及自己比别人更多的努力,在学校的运动队里赢得了尊重和认可的故事。1Achoices BchallengesCchanges Dchances5解析:考查名词。因为儿子脑瘫,所以我和妻子常常安慰他,因为他早年面临许多挑战。Achoices 选择;Bchallenges 挑战;Cchanges 改变;Dchances 机会。故选 B。2Ahopeful BconsiderateCconvenient Dheartbreaking解析:考查形容词。句意:看到他经常在棒球课是最后一名,真是令人心碎的。Ahopeful 有希望的;Bconsiderate 体贴的;Cconvenient
21、方便的;Dheartbreaking 心碎的。故选 D。3Aspecial BcomfortableCseparate Ddifficult解析:考查形容词。句意:但对他来说最困难的时刻是在他开始上高中的时候。Aspecial 专门的;Bcomfortable 舒适的;Cseparate 单独的;Ddifficult 困难的。故选 D。4Aruins BtearsCshock Dsurprise解析:考查名词。根据下文可知,他受到其他同学的欺负,所以他哭着回家,说再也不上学了。Aruins 废墟;Btears 眼泪;Cshock 震惊;Dsurprise 吃惊。故选 B。5Acovered B
22、followedCattached Dfilled解析:考查动词。句意:他身上沾满了在校车上其他孩子扔到他身上的食物。Acovered 覆盖;Bfollowed 跟随;Cattached 附上;Dfilled 装满。故选 A。6Arolled down Bpushed againstCthrown at Ddropped out解析:考查动词短语。句意:他身上沾满了在校车上其他孩子扔到他身上的食物。Arolled down 滚落;Bpushed against 推撞;Cthrown at 扔向;Ddropped out 退出。故选 C。7Arecorded BdeservedChappened
23、 Dpromised解析:考查动词。句意:Jason 后来告诉我们发生了什么。Arecorded 记录;Bdeserved 应受;Chappened 发生;Dpromised 答应。故选 C。8Astayed BsignedCpulled Dhung解析:考查固定短语。句意:前几天,他曾经报名参加学校的运动队。固定短语:sign up for(报名参加),故选 B。9Acomments Buse6Cmistakes Dfun解析:考查名词。句意:那天几个大一点的同学嘲笑他在赛道上的表现。Acomments评论;Buse 使用;Cmistakes 错误;Dfun 乐趣。固定短语:make fun
24、 of(取笑),故选 D。10Aprocess BoperationCmovement Dsituation解析:考查名词。句意:我打电话给他们校长说明情况之后,这样的事就再也没有发生过。Aprocess 过程;Boperation 操作;Cmovement 移动;Dsituation 情况。故选D。11Aadmired BwatchedCnoticed Drealized解析:考查动词。句意:一天,当其他孩子在体育馆里锻炼时,他们注意到一个孤独的跑步者Jason,在积雪的赛道上慢跑。Aadmired 羡慕;Bwatched 观看;Cnoticed注意到;Drealized 意识到。故选 C。
25、12Abest BworstCmost Dleast解析:考查形容词。句意:几周后,Jason 对我说:“爸爸我做好了最坏的打算。 ”因为他知道自己有残疾,运动成绩上肯定赶不上其他孩子。Abest 最好;Bworst 最坏;Cmost 最多;Dleast 最少。故选 B。13Ahoped BagreedCmeant Dchose解析:考查动词。句意:他补充说,每个月,每个学生都会投票选出一名“当月最佳运动员” ,而且让这个人成为获奖者。Ahoped 希望;Bagreed 同意;Cmeant 意思是;Dchose 选择。故选 D。14Awinner BrulerCadvisor Dfighter
26、解析:考查名词。句意他补充说,每个月,每个学生都会投票选出一名“当月最佳运动员” ,而且让这个人成为获奖者。Awinner 胜者;Bruler 统治者;Cadvisor 顾问;Dfighter 战士。故选 A。15Aaccepted BlistedCattended Dorganized解析:考查动词。因为 Jason 有残疾,所以他从来也没有进入过获奖者名单。Aaccepted 接受;Blisted 把 列入名单;Cattended 参加;Dorganized 组织。故选 B。716Asurprised BdelightedCmoved Dfrightened解析:考查形容词。因为 Jaso
27、n 运动成绩并不好,所以当有学生提议他是最佳运动员时,教练很吃惊。Asurprised 吃惊的;Bdelighted 高兴的;Cmoved 感动的;Dfrightened 害怕的。故选 A。17Adivided BexplodedCchanged Dformed解析:考查动词。当全班同学都举起手赞同时,Jason 感动得落下眼泪。这里指 Jason眼睛里的泪水形成。Adivided 划分;Bexploded 爆炸;Cchanged 改变;Dformed 形成。故选 D。18Awarmly BproudlyCkindly Dseriously解析:考查副词。Jason 的努力得到了大家的认可,所
28、以他很骄傲地展示他的证书给我们看。Awarmly 温暖地;Bproudly 骄傲地;Ckindly 善意地;Dseriously 认真地。故选 B。19Ablame BwarnCremind Dinform解析:考查动词。句意:每当我绝望时,我都会想起这个故事。我提醒自己,挑战不是靠武力战胜的,而是靠耐心、决心和信念来克服的。Ablame 责备;Bwarn 警告;Cremind 提醒;Dinform 告知。故选 C。20Aforce BconstructionCdiscussion Dappearance解析:考查名词。句意:每当我绝望时,我都会想起这个故事。我提醒自己,挑战不是靠武力战胜的,
29、而是靠耐心、决心和信念来克服的。Aforce 武力;Bconstruction 建设;Cdiscussion 讨论;Dappearance 外貌。故选 A。.阅读理解Dr Dian Fossey,one of the worlds leading women scientists,had a remarkable career.The workshe devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas(大猩猩)of Africahas proved highly effective and has resulted
30、 in the steady (平稳的)increase of this most endangered great apes.Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963.Three years later,she returned to Africa to begin a longtime study of the mountain gorillas.She set up camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but 8moved to Rwanda because of political reaso
31、ns in 1967.She established her “Karisoke“ Research Centre camp on September 24,1967.Fosseys aims were to study gorilla ecology (生态学)and social organization.She found that in order to achieve this,she needed to recognize individual gorillas,which required that the gorillas get used to her presence (出
32、现).By copying gorillas behaviour and sounds,Fossey began to gain their trust,and in 1970 an adult male gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand.Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviou
33、r.Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere.In 1977,one of Fosseys favorite gorillas,Digit,was killed by poachers and she established the Digit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same year.On December 26,1985,Fossey w
34、as murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke.Her body was discovered near the research centre.Most probably,Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers shed fought against.On her tombstone(墓碑), “No one loved gorillas more.”In 1988,the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie based
35、 on her book.1Why does the author say Dr Dian Fossey “had a remarkable career”?_D_ABecause she travelled all over the world.BBecause she liked to play with gorillas.CBecause she studied gorilla ecology.DBecause she made great apes increase steadily.解析:细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知,她的工作使濒危动物巨猿的数量得以平稳增长,这是她的非凡成就。
36、2Which of the following shows the right time order of the events in Fosseys life?_D_a.She established the Digit Fund.b.Her story was shown in a movie.c.She was killed probably by the poachers.d.She established her “Karisoke” centre.9Aa,d,c,b Ba,c,d,bCd,c,b,a Dd,a,c,b解析:细节理解题。Fossey 建立 the Digit Fund
37、 是在 1977 年;她的故事被拍成电影是在 1988 年;她被杀害是在 1985 年;她建立 Karisoke 研究中心是在 1967 年。由此可知 D项的排序是正确的。3The underlined word “poachers” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to people who _B_.Asell drugs against the lawBhunt animals against the lawChate successful peopleDlike to do harm to people解析:词义猜测题。根据最后三段中 Fossey 建立保护
38、大猩猩的基金及她与 poachers 进行斗争可知,她应该是被偷猎者暗杀的。poacher 指“偷猎者” 。4From the words on Fosseys tombstone,we can infer that _A_.AFossey was the person who loved gorillas mostBafter Fossey died,no one loves gorillasCFossey was the first one to study gorillasDeverybody loves gorillas as Fossey did解析:推理判断题。写在 Fossey
39、墓碑上的这句话的意思是“没有人比 Fossey 更爱大猩猩了” ,也就是说 Fossey 是最热爱大猩猩的人。.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。每处错误仅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.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2只允许修改 10 处,多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。Recently,our school has held the meaningfu
40、l discussion on whether it is reasonable for middle school students to have classes on weekends.Some of our classmates believe we should have classes on weekends because we can make fully use of free time to review the lessons we had learnt.Some others are against the opinion,saying we had better to
41、 have a good rest on weekends so that we can work effective during the weekdays.The rest agree with neither of the 10opinion.They have the view which keeping the balance between work and play are important for us.They suggest one day of the weekend should used to learn our lessons and on the other d
42、ay,we should do something interested or have a rest.答案:Recently,our school has held meaningful discussion on whether it is theareasonable for middle school students to have classes on weekends.Some of our classmates believe we should have classes on weekends because we can make fullyfulluse of free
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