Unit 2　Working the land

　　.單詞拼寫

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

　　9．He is trying to________(減少)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．我寧愿他在這里。我需要他幫忙。

　　I________ ________that he________ ________. I need his help.

　　2．我們必須想辦法把房間里的蟑螂去掉。

　　We must find ways to________the house________blackbeetles.

　　3．幸虧醫生的及時救治，這個男孩得救了。

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

　　4．他們主要是想保持土壤肥沃且免受病害。

　　They________ ________ ________the soil rich and free of diseases.

　　5．過度工作和過少休息會引起疾病。

　　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.單項填空

　　1．The laboratory was well________for atomic research.

　　A．offeredB．equipped

　　C．provided

　　D．supplied

　　答案：B　equip“裝備”。句意：這個實驗室有齊全的設備供原子研究。offer, provide, supply意思都是“提供，供應”。

　　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表示讓步；however和though表示轉折；therefore表示因果，根據句意選C。句意：我們沒有足夠的錢，因此買不起這輛新車。

　　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：吃飯時孩子們談話聲那么大，我只好極力讓人聽到。struggle后通常接不定式構成struggle to do sth.，意為“極力做某事”；此處還要考慮被動語態的問題。

　　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“后悔做過某事”。句意：我后悔在一輛小汽車上花這么多錢。而regret to do則表示因要做某事而表示遺憾。

　　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　考查倍數的表達法。句意：大約有1億1千萬人搬到這座城市，現在這座城市的人口是十年前的兩倍。表示倍數時，其結構為“倍數＋as＋adj./adv.＋as...”；此處as ten years ago為省略句，補充完整為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：看到你的詞匯量在逐漸增長，我很高興。turn up“出現”；come up“被提出，發生”；wake up“醒來”。

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

　　A．guide

　　B．aim

　　C．direct

　　D．focus

　　答案：D　focus“調焦距”。句意：這張照片看上去有些滑稽，我想你是忘了給照相機調焦距了。guide“指導”；aim“瞄準”；direct“指導”，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“減少”。句意：據說這位經驗豐富的編輯幾乎能把錯誤降低到零。increase“增加”；equip“裝備”；battle“戰斗”。

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

　　A．expanded

　　B．exploded

　　C．cracked

　　D．burst

　　答案：A　expand“擴大”。句意：這個公司已從一間辦公室發展到擁有12個分公司了。crack“裂開，斷裂，破裂”；explode“爆炸，爆破”，指用炸藥；burst“脹破，脹裂”。

　　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“有價值”。這是一句諺語，意思是：心中有夢想，風雨不折腰。字面意思是“只要我們的夢想足夠大，事實并不重要”。cost“花費”；value“重視”；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　本題考查短語辨析。句意：根據網站進行的調查，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“負責”，均不符合題意。

　　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，你可以在詞典里查一下。if not相當于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：終有一天我們能夠從地球上消滅這種可怕的疾病——癌癥。rid...of..意為“使……擺脫……”。get rid of“去除……”；refer...to...“把……提交……”；treat...to...“請(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。說話者是想表達“我寧愿沒這么做”，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“增強”。句意：運動和游戲能強健我們的體魄，使我們保持健康，有助于延長我們的壽命。set up“樹立，設立”；put up“搭起”；bring up“教育，培養”。

　　.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：本文是議論和說明的結合。主要介紹了我國古代科學家賈思勰對我國古代農業的研究和貢獻。他的耕種方法對我國古代農業起了重要的指導作用。

　　1．A. discovered

　　B. recovered

　　C. reported

　　D. repeated

　　答案：A　從詞語和搭配考慮。此處只有discovered才能與wisdom搭配。

　　2．A. industrial

　　B. agricultural

　　C. cultural

　　D. article

　　答案：B　從常識方面考慮。Jia Sixie是我國古代的農業科學家，故選agricultural。

　　3．A. search

　　B. research

　　C. experiment

　　D. movement

　　答案：B　從上下文和語境搭配考慮。此處：doing research into agriculture表示“做農業研究”，不用experiment。后文已提到了did experiments。

　　4．A. adventures

　　B. advantages

　　C. tradition

　　D. experience

　　答案：D　從詞語搭配考慮。此處

　　“learn from the experience of farmers”表示“學習農民的耕作經驗”。

　　5．A. nursing

　　B. gardening

　　C. produce

　　D. trade

　　答案：B　從上下文考慮。由本文的標題和第二段第二、三句推斷可知，選gardening。

　　6．A. programs

　　B. topics

　　C. subjects

　　D. events

　　答案：C　從語境考慮。本句的下文介紹一些具體的課題，如：種菜，養動物等。因此選subject“科目，課題”；topic“話題”；program“項目，節目”；event“事件”。

　　7．A. instructions

　　B. constructions

　　C. measures

　　D. treasures

　　答案：A　從詞語搭配考慮。此處表示造酒的“指導，說明”，選instructions，其他與句意不符。

　　8．A. economical

　　B. practical

　　C. similar

　　D. regular

　　答案：B　從詞語搭配考慮。“practical guide”意為“切實可行的指導”，economical“經濟的，

　　節省的”；regular“有規律的”，與句意不符。

　　9．A. drop

　　B. increase

　　C. grow

　　D. throw

　　答案：C　從詞語搭配考慮。此處“grow young plants”意為“種植幼苗”，其它選項沒有“種植”之意。

　　10．A. dreams

　　B. ending

　　C. hope

　　D. results

　　答案：D　從上下文考慮。本題用result，與前文的work相對，表示“工作投入少，而結果更好”，下文也有類似的句子。

　　11．A. argue against

　　B. go against

　　C. compete with

　　D. deal with

　　答案：B　從上下文考慮。選go against nature意為“違背自然”，其它選項均不符合句意。

　　12．A. application

　　B. situation

　　C. condition

　　D. addition

　　答案：C　從詞語搭配考慮。本題the condition of the soil表示“土壤的狀況，條件”。而situation表示“形勢”，與soil不搭配，其它與句意不符。

　　13．A. successfully

　　B. carefully

　　C. gradually

　　D. frequently

　　答案：B　從語境考慮。前句指出土壤狀況重要，本句說明要細心、仔細檢查土壤，因此選carefully。

　　14．A. remove

　　B. pull

　　C. kill

　　D. reduce

　　答案：A　從詞語搭配考慮。本句告訴讀者，種莊稼之前需要平整土地和除草，remove weeds意為“清除雜草”。

　　15．A. destroy

　　B. prevent

　　C. divide

　　D. limit

　　答案：A　從詞語搭配考慮。本題選destroy。讓牛羊在地里走，這就是為了摧毀雜草或者吃掉雜草。

　　16．A. keep

　　B. improve

　　C. manage

　　D. change

　　答案：D　從上下文考慮。從下句中“do not plant rice________in the same field”可知莊稼要換著種，因此選change。

　　17．A. one after another

　　B. here and there

　　C. now and then

　　D. year after year

　　答案：D　從上下文考慮。選year after year“年復一年”。題意為“不在同一塊地里年復一年地種同一種莊稼”。

　　18．A. win

　　B. collect

　　C. harvest

　　D. plant

　　答案：C　從語境和詞語搭配考慮。本句意為“如果每年換種不同的莊稼就會有好收成”。harvest good crops意為“收成好”。

　　19．A. holes

　　B. lines

　　C. space

　　D. balance

　　答案：C　從詞語搭配考慮。本句意思是“種植小麥時，株與株之間要留有空間”，

　　而非留有線、

　　洞或平衡，

　　因此選space。

　　20．A. showed

　　B. meant

　　C. intended

　　D. decided

　　答案：A　從語境考慮。本句的開頭是“but Jia did experiments”，因此后半句是實驗結果證明、表明。因此選showed。

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