1、Unit 2 Working the landPeriod FourGrammarThe ing form as the Subject and Object.单句语法填空1Its a waste of time trying(try) to persuade him to give up playing computer games.2There is no use keeping(keep) silent about such a matter.3His not getting(not，get) to the station on time made everyone worried la
2、st week.4The teacher told the students to stop writing(write) and listen to him.5He succeeded in persuading(persuade) her to do the job.6His not knowing(know) English brought him a lot of inconvenience.7I regret to tell(tell) you that my sister regrets making/having made(make) you her date.You are n
3、ot the kind of person she wants.8The book is worth reading(read) a second time.9We are looking forward to hearing(hear) from Mr Li.10The windows havent been cleaned for a long time.They need cleaning/to be cleaned(clean).完成句子1等别人替你做决定是没有好处的。Its no good waiting for other people to make decisions for
4、you.2我发现史密斯先生一生致力于帮助那些无家可归的人。I discovered Mr Smith had devoted his whole life to helping the homeless.3在雪地里和孩子们一起玩可以使你和他们之间的关系更牢固。Playing with the kids in the snow can make the bond between you and them stronger.4如果你继续这样开车的话，你会出事的。Youll have an accident if you carry on driving like this.5威廉试着接近那只受伤的
5、狼，但它大声地叫了起来。William tried getting close to the injured wolf，but it howled loudly.6当看到他那奇怪的帽子时，孩子们忍不住大笑起来。When seeing his strange hat，the children couldnt help laughing.7那两个违反校规的学生很幸运没有受到惩罚。The two students who had broken the school rules were lucky enough to escape being punished.8丢了戒指使爱丽丝很沮丧。我们该安慰她
6、。Losing the ring made Alice very upset.We should comfort her.阅读理解(2017湖北武汉二中高一期末)Have you ever thought of getting in touch with your inner child from time to time？ Obviously some people are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment.A Brooklynbased adult preschool is ch
7、arging customers between 333 and 999 for the chance to act like a kid again.At Preschool Mastermind in New York adults get to participate in showandtell，artsandcrafts such as finger paint，games like musical chairs and even take naps.The monthlong course also has class picture day where the adults ar
8、e expected to have a field trip and a parent day.30yearold Michelle Joni Lapidos，the brain behind the adult preschool，studied childhood education and has always wanted to be a preschool teacher.Shes always on the lookout for new ways to get people in touch with the freedom of childhood.A friend enco
9、uraged her to start the mastermind course instead.According to Candice，her blogger friend，Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to relearn and master the things that they failed to understand as children.“I realized all the significance of what we had learned in preschool，”said founder Michelle
10、 Joni.“People come here and get in touch with their inner child.Its magical.We are bringing ourselves back to another place，another time with ourselves when we are more believing in ourselves，more confident and ready to take on the world.”“One persons here because they want to learn not to be so ser
11、ious，” Michelle said.“Anothers here to learn to be more confident.” She explained that most of the classes were planned.However，Joni added that while the planned activities were fun，it was often the spontaneous(自发的) moments that attracted students.“Its the things you dont plan for，the sharing betwee
12、n friends and learning from each other.”语篇解读本文介绍了一所能让成年人重回童年，重新学习解决童年时疑惑的学校。涉及了创建目的、具体活动及人们的收获。1What is the purpose of Preschool Mastermind？ATo give adults a chance to return to childhood.BTo help parents understand their children better.CTo provide practical training courses for teachers.DTo introd
13、uce some ways of playing with children.答案A解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“for the chance to act like a kid again”和第四段中的“Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to relearn and master the things that they failed to understand as children.”可知，Preschool Mastermind的目的是给成年人一次重回童年的机会，重新学习和掌握一些东西，故选A。2What is mainly dis
14、cussed about Preschool Mastermind in Paragraph 2？AIts customers. BIts activities.CIts environment. DIts schedule.答案B解析推理判断题。根据第二段的“showandtell，artsandcrafts such as finger paint，games like musical chairs and even take naps”和class picture day等内容可知，本段介绍的是学校的具体活动，故选B。3According to Candice，people come t
15、o this program to .Aenjoy freedom of thinkingBrealize their childhood dreamsCdiscover their inner abilitiesDfigure out childhood puzzles答案D解析推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“According to Candice，her blogger friend，Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to relearn and master the things that they failed to understa
16、nd as children.”可知，成年人来这里是为了重新学习和解决童年时的疑惑，故选D。4What do we know about Michelle Joni？AShe used to be a preschool teacher. BShe likes to make plans in advance.CShe founded Preschool Mastermind.DShe gained confidence by sharing.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第四段中的“I realized all the significance of what we had learned in
17、 preschool，said founder Michelle Joni”可知，Michelle Joni是Preschool Mastermind的创建者，故选C。.完形填空All our food comes directly or indirectly from soil.The soil which is dark in colour is humus(腐质土)Humus includes plenty of useful materials 1 from dead plants and waste 2 from animals.Soil 3 its food.If we do no
18、t 4 it with any， 5 will not grow well on it.Animal 6 is the best food for soil，and chemical 7 are good，too.A change of crop every year in the same soil will also do 8 .When soil is too 9 ，winds blow it away，and the land will soon look like a 10 .Farmers can prevent this 11 growing trees.This will we
19、aken the 12 of the wind.After a heavy rain，the 13 carries the humus down to the river.This often happens 14 the fields are on the hillsides.Farmers can level their fields and make them 15 .At the beginning of the 16 there have been about 7，000 17 people on earth.We now ought to 18 every bit of the s
20、oil. 19 ，where will such a large 20 grow their food？语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。怎样才能让我们赖以生存的土壤更好地为我们服务呢？又怎样才能减少土壤的流失呢？本文给出了答案。1A.died BmadeCbrought Dtaken答案D解析taken from“从中取出；取材于”是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰useful materials。2A.matter BgasesCgoods Drubbish答案A解析waste matter意为“废弃物”，这里指“(动物的)粪便”。3A.eats BneedsCfeeds Denjoys答案B解析土壤
21、“需要”食物，指上文中的dead plants和waste matter from animals。4A.give BproduceCsupply Ddevelop答案C解析supply.with.把提供给。5A.man BtreesCplants Danimals答案C解析直接依靠土壤而生存的只有植物，而B项太片面。6A.body BbloodCbone Dwaste答案D解析animal waste指“动物粪便”，即上文提到的waste matter from animals。7A.poisons BfertilizersCpowders Dmedicines答案B解析改良土壤的应该是“化
22、肥(chemical fertilizer)”。poison毒药，毒物；powder粉末；medicine药。只有B项符合语境。8A.harm BgoodChelp Dfavour答案B解析do good有益处，有好处。9A.light BenergeticCdry Dthirsty答案C解析当土壤太“干燥(dry)”时，风就会把土壤吹走。10A.desert BlakeCvalley Dplain答案A解析因为风把土壤吹走了，所以土地看上去就像“沙漠(desert)”。11A.from BbyCoff Dwith答案B解析by表示通过某种方式或手段，后接动词ing形式作宾语。12A.nois
23、e BblowCspeed Dforce答案D解析通过植树可以减弱风的“力量(force)”，从而防止土壤被风吹走。noise噪音；blow吹；speed速度。13A.wind BfarmerCtree Dwater答案D解析大雨过后，“雨水”会把土壤里的腐质土冲到河里。14A.where BinCto Dthat答案A解析此处where表示地点。15A.hilllike BstairlikeCbottomlike Dgulflike答案B解析农民可以平整田地，使它们像梯级一样。stairlike像梯级的。16A.period BcenturyChistory Ddynasty答案B解析at
24、the beginning of the century在本世纪初。17A.thousand BthousandsCmillion Dmillions答案C解析thousand，million等与具体数字连用时，不加s，故排除B.D两项，根据常识可知选C。18A.affect BuseCsave Dshare答案C解析我们现在应该“节约(save)”每一寸土地。19A.Otherwise BHoweverCTherefore DThough答案A解析否则，如此多的人口在哪里种植粮食呢？otherwise否则，符合语境。20A.people BglobeCpopulation Dnumber答案
25、C解析用large修饰population，指人口多。.语法填空(2017河北正定一中高一检测)During most of the Stone Age，people lived by hunting and gathering their food in Egypt.They traveled from place to place in the Nile Valley，1.harvesting(harvest) wild grasses，digging up roots，and finding bird eggs.They fished in the Nile River and gath
26、ered reeds (芦苇) from its shores 2.to make(make) baskets.By around 10，000 BC，Egypt had gotten so 3.crowded(crowd) that people were forced to begin growing their own food.People also began to keep cows，sheep and pigs that they 4.possibly(possible) bought from their West Asian neighbors.This is 5.what
27、we call the Agricultural Revolution today.But farming brought many other changes too.Once people started planting crops，they had to defend the land 6.where their crops were.There was more fighting.Soon people began to band together 7.into larger communities that could fight better.They chose leaders
28、.8.Seeing(see) the advantages that farming brought them，those leaders forced more and more people to start farming and settle down under their leadership.Around 3，500 BC，donkeys 9.were used(use) to carry ivory and gold north into Egypt，and to carry Egyptian things south to Sudan and Kenya.That made
29、both places 10.richer(rich) than they were before.Together，the trade and the farming helped to start the Old Kingdom.短文改错As you know it，food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even cause social unrest in some areas.But who is responsible for the current world food crisis？First，annual
30、 world grain output has declined because climate change.Then lots of farmland have been lost due to the rapid development of industry and urbanization.Then how should we do to deal with the problem？On the one hand，we should focus on the environmental protection or improve the ecology.On the other ha
31、nds，strict measures should be taking to protect farmland.And for the moment，I think，we should study hardly to develop science and solve a food shortage problem in the future.答案As you know it，food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even social unrest in some areas.But who is responsib
32、le for the current world food crisis？First，annual world grain output has declined because climate change.Then lots of farmland been lost due to the rapid development of industry and urbanization.Then should we do to deal with the problem？On the one hand，we should focus on the environmental protection improve the ecology.On the other ，strict measures should be to protect farmland.And for the moment，I think，we should study to develop science and solve food shortage problem in the future.