1、1Unit 2 Working the land李仕才【短文语法填空】Most people agree that the best way 1. (improve) your skills in any endeavor is to practice and practice and then practice some more.This applies 2. (equal) to playing sports or becoming a good musician, painter or doctor.Of course, natural talent also plays a part
2、 in high 3. (achieve), but learning the correct techniques and then practicing them will improve anyones performance.The same principle 4. (apply) to competent readers.There are certain 5. (technique) you can learn and then 6. is up to you to practice.The texts you choose to practice with should not
3、 be too difficult or you will soon get frustrated and bored.One way to test 7. a text is at the right level or not is to read the first page.If the percentage of new words is 8. (high) than 3%, you will not be able to read the text easily and so will probably not enjoy it.Reading will also be enjoya
4、ble if the subject interests you or you believe it is useful.For example, suppose in biology you were studying how plants reproduce, then you could find an English text about this 9. the Internet.That way you would be practicing reading in English as well as 10. (study) biology.【解题导语】 文章向我们介绍了英语阅读练习
5、的相关技巧，强调练习在任何领域都起着重要作用。1to improve 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：大多数人认为在任何尝试中，提升你技能最好的方式是练习、练习、再练习。the best way to do sth.为固定结构，意为“做某事的最佳方式” ，动词不定式结构作后置定语。2equally 解析：考查词性转换。句意为：这一点同样适用于体育运动或成为一名好的音乐家、画家或医生。分析句子结构可知，apply to 为动词短语，应用副词修饰。故填equally。3achievement(s) 解析：考查词性转换。句意：当然，天赋对于取得高成就起着重要作2用设空前为介词 in，故填 achieve
6、的名词形式 achievement(s)，作宾语。4applies 解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意：同样的原则适用于有能力的读者。根据句意及句子结构可知，The same principle 为主语，且此处阐述的是客观事实，故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填 applies。5techniques 解析：考查名词单复数。句意：有些特定的技巧供你学习，然后练习取决于你自己。technique 在此意为“技巧” ，为可数名词，根据 There are可知应用复数形式。故填 techniques。6it 解析：考查代词。句意见上一题解析。It is up to sb.to do sth.为固
7、定句型，it为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式。故填 it。7whether 解析：考查宾语从句。句意：检测一篇文章是否难度适中的一种方式是读第一页。分析句子结构可知，test 为动词，后接宾语从句，结合句意和空后的 or not可知，此处填 whether。8higher 解析：考查形容词的比较级。句意：如果生词率高于 3%，你将很难读懂文章，因此可能也不会喜欢这篇文章。根据空后的 than可知，此处应用形容词的比较级。故填higher。9on 解析：考查介词。句意：你可以在网上找到有关这一主题的英文文章。on the Internet为固定搭配，意为“在网上” 。10studying
8、 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：你可以用那种方式练习用英语阅读和学习生物。由 as well as可知，practicing 和设空处并列，故填 studying。struggle v her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescue team put his hand through
9、 a narrow gap on the wall to reach the womans body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the
10、team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruined house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his hand through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement， “A child! There is a child！”The whole team worked tog
11、ether; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3monthold little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mothers dead body. Obviously, the woman had made a sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to p
12、rotect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.11The medical doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone.There was a text message on the screen. It said, “If you can survive, you must remember that I
13、 love you.” This cell phone was passed around from one hand to another. Everybody that read the message wept. “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mothers love for her child!【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。地震中一位年轻的妈妈为了保护年幼的儿子，用自己的身体弯出的弧度给了儿子一片安全的地带，并在手机上留言，表达自己对儿子深深的爱。1. Why did the
14、leader of the rescue team decide to leave the house?AHe didnt notice the woman.BHe left to ask for help.CHe knew she was dead.DThe gap was too narrow for his hand to get through.答案与解析：C考查细节理解。【关键句】However，the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.(第二段最后一句)译文：然而，冰冷僵硬的身体告诉他她确实
15、已经死了。根据关键句可知，救援队的队长确定这个女人已经死去后决定带队离开。故选 C。2. The reason why the woman died in such a strange pose was that _.Aher hands were supported by an objectBthe earthquake happened when she was worshippingCher knees were severely injuredDshe tried to protect her baby with her own body答案与解析：D考查细节理解。【关键句】Obvio
16、usly, the woman had made a sacrifice for saving her son.When her house was falling，she used her body to make a cover to protect her son.(第四段第三、四句)译文：显然，这个女人为了救她的儿子做出了牺牲。当她的房子塌下来时，她用自己的身体作掩护来保护她的儿子。根据关键句可知，那个女人用身体弯出弧度来保护自己的儿子，所以死时姿势奇特。故选 D。3. What can be the best title for the passage?12AA strange po
17、se in the ruinsBA rescue teams struggleCA mothers love in the ruinsDA heartbreaking scene答案与解析：C考查标题概括。文章主要讲述地震中一位母亲为了保护年幼的儿子，用身体弯出弧度给了儿子一片安全的地带，并在手机上留言，表达了对儿子深深的母爱。因此 C项“废墟中的母爱”能概括全文内容，符合题意。故选 C。亮点句积累：The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.(倒数第二段最后一句)译文：当队长把小男孩抱起来时，他仍在安稳地睡着。
