1、Unit 2 Poems.单项填空1Nowadays some hospitals refer to patients_name,not case number.Aof BasCby Dwith解析 考查介词的用法。弄清不同介词和名词搭配的含义是正确解题的关键。句意:现在一些医院提到病人时用名字而不是病例编号。by name“凭名字”,符合句意。答案 C2Every student admits English is actually not easy _.Ato study Bto be studiedCbeing studied Dstudying解析 在“sth.isadj.to do”
2、结构中,形容词后作状语的不定式用主动表被动。答案 A3If you really have to leave during the meeting,youd better leave _the back door.Afor BbyCacross Dout解析 句意:如果会议期间你确实要离开,你最好通过后门走。by 由;用;通过,符合题意。答案 B4I decided to quit the job,because I felt my boss hard _.Ato be satisfied Bto satisfyCsatisfied Dbeing satisfied解析 形容词 easy,ha
3、rd,difficult,fit 等后的不定式常用主动形式表示被动意义。答案 B5Icy temperatures have damaged thousands of trucks and trains _ with coal,food and passengers in the most severe winter _ in 50 years in southern China.Aloading;seen Bloading;seeingCloaded;saw Dloaded;seen解析 第一个空 load 与 trucks and trains 之间是被动关系;第二个空 winter 与
4、see 之间也是被动关系,因此,两个空都用过去分词表示被动。句意:在中国南方,50 年一遇的最寒冷的这个冬天,冰冷的气温损害了成千上万载着煤炭、食物和乘客的车辆。答案 D6In only 20 years,the country has been _into an advanced industrial power.Atranslated BdegradedCdeclined Dtransformed解析 transform.into.“把变成”。句意:仅仅 20 年的时间,这个国家就已经发展成了一个先进的工业大国。答案 D7This basic _comes from the fact th
5、at it is based mainly on lyric content rather than musical content.Arespect BaspectCinspect Dexpression解析 aspect“方面”。句意:这个根本的方面在于歌词,而不在于音乐内容。答案 B8Do you think we should accept that offer?Yes,we should,for we _ such bad luck up till now,and time _ out.Ahave had;is running Bhad;is runningChave;has bee
6、n run Dhave had;has been run解析 句意:你认为我们应当接受提供的帮助吗?是的,因为到目前为止,我们碰到了如此糟糕的运气,而且时间紧迫。up till now(迄今为止)常与现在完成时连用,而时间“正在”消耗殆尽,用进行时。答案 A9Is the film Finding Nemo _ for small children?Certainly.It is about an ugly fish.Aavailable BapproachableCautomatic Dappropriate解析 appropriate“适当的,恰当的”;approachable“可接近的,
7、易亲近的”;automatic“习惯性的,无意识的”;available“可利用的;可得到的”。句意:电影海底总动员适合孩子看吗?当然适合。它讲述了一条小丑鱼的故事。答案 D10A good husband must know how to _his ideas to his wife.Adisplay BconsultCconfront Dconvey解析 convey“表达”。句意:一个好的丈夫必须知道如何向他妻子表达他的想法。答案 D11Nowadays sending e-mails to each other is a way many a student _ what they t
8、hink.Aconveys BconveyCaccount Daccounts解析 convey“表达”;“many a名词单数”作主语,尽管表示复数意义,但谓语动词用单数。答案 A12Im still working on my project.Oh,youll miss the deadline.Time is _.Arunning out Bgoing outCgiving out Dlosing out解析 句意:我仍然在做我的项目。噢!你也许不能如期完成了。因为快没时间了。当表示时间用完、耗尽的时候多用 run out。give out“分发,精疲力竭”。答案 A13What is
9、it that the author wants to _to his readers through the story?Asend BconveyCtake Dtalk解析 convey“传达,表达”。句意:作者想通过故事向读者表达什么?答案 B14I am afraid I cant return the book to you before Friday._.ADont be afraid BBe carefulCNot at all DTake your time解析 句意:我恐怕不能在星期五之前把这本书还给你。慢慢来,不着急。Dont be afraid 别害怕;Be carefu
10、l 小心,当心;Not at all 一点儿也不;Take your timeto use as much time as you need without hurrying 不用急,慢慢来。根据题意只有 D 项符合句意。答案 D15Be careful _ that piano into the truck!Aloading BtakingCbringing Dunloading解析 load sth.into some place 把装到。句意:把钢琴装上卡车时要小心。B 项,带走;C 项,拿来,带来;D 项,卸下,都不符合句意。答案 A.阅读理解AFinally,I entered th
11、e university.Because of my careful savings,I did not have to work during the school years.Then,summer came and it was time to work harder than ever.I continued working as a waitress at night,instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons.I
12、 even decided to take a class at a community(社区)college.This class at the community college saved me$650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling,I decided to work about fi
13、ve hours per week in the campus(校园)admissions office answering phones.This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out.The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer.I wanted to go to
14、 Israel to study for 3 weeks,but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me$1,600 more to get the credits in Israel.About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had$1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about!One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost,but th
15、e loss of time to make money;however,I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before.The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened t
16、o me.This experience has shaped me in many important ways.The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic(道德准则)Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar.It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle diffi
17、cult situations.【语篇解读】作者非常勤奋地做着各种兼职工作,既锻炼了自己,又挣到了钱,为以后自我的发展奠定了良好的基础。1Where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?AIn a restaurant.BIn the tennis camps.CIn a company.DIn the campus admissions office.解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I continued working as a waitress at night”可知,作者上大学前
18、在饭店工作过。答案 A2The writer took a class at a community college mainly because_.Ashe wanted to save money Blife there was relatively easyCsummer time was tiringDit was required by the university解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This class at the community college saved me$650.”可知,作者是为了省钱。答案 A3The writers major concern ab
19、out the trip to Israel was that_.Aher mother would not give her approvalBshe would fail to get credits in IsraelCa well-paid summer job would be lostD$1,600 couldnt be drawn out in time解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost,but the loss of time to make money”可知,作者主
20、要担心没有时间赚钱了,一分高薪的暑假工作失去了。答案 C4The passage is mainly about how the writer_.Amade money on the college campusBmanaged to make full use of her vacationCwas forced to support herself by her motherDwas shaped by working part-time through college解析 主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知,本文主要讲述了作者通过做各种兼职工作,学到了很多东西,塑造了自己的性格,懂得了金钱的价
21、值。答案 DB“Reconstituted”families are more and more common in the UK.Steve and Debbie got married in 2001 and had two children,Lily and Alex.Unfortunately,Steve and Debbies marriage didnt work out and they got divorced in 2006.The children live with Debbie.In 2008,Debbie remarried.Her new husband,Marti
22、n,has three children from his previous marriage and they visit Debbie,Martin,Lily and Alex at weekends.In addition,Debbie is pregnant with her third child.Shes expecting a boy who will be a halfbrother to Lily and Alex and also to Martins three other children.Confused?Debbies family arrangements mig
23、ht have seemed strange 30 years ago but nowadays this kind of“reconstituted”family is increasingly common in the UK.Almost half of all marriages in Britain end in divorce and over 40%of marriages are remarriages.More than 10%of all British children live with one birth parent and a stepparenta parent
24、 who isnt their biological mother or father.The traditional“nuclear”family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.What does all of this mean for parents in these“reconstituted”families?“There are difficulties and challenges,”says Debbie.“Different families have different ro
25、utines and it can be difficult for children to move between their two families.Birthdays and holidays can be tricky.Where do the children go?Who should they spend their time with?Also,when my children are naughty it can be difficult for Martin to tell_them_off.Things that might be simple in a tradit
26、ional family can be a bit more complicated.”And how about the children?Martins eldest child,Ella,is 12.“I like my two families,”she says.“I live with my mum but visit my dad quite often and Im happy that my mum and dad get along OK.Theyre not married any more but its good that they can still be frie
27、nds.”Of course divorce and separation are never easy but many families in the UK are finding ways to make family life work in new ways.【语篇解读】本文介绍了英国出现越来越多的重组家庭这一社会现象。5Why did Steve and Debbie get separated?AThey couldnt support the children.BThey couldnt get along well.CThey were both out of work.DT
28、hey had serious economic problems.解析 考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Unfortunately,Steve and Debbies marriage didnt work out and they got divorced in 2006.”可知,Steve 和 Debbie 由于感情破裂而无法维系婚姻,并非因为经济问题或双双失业,更不是因为养不起孩子。答案 B6We can learn from the text that a“nuclear”family _.Ahas two birth parents and their childrenBhas tw
29、o birth parents and only one childCis traditional but complicatedDdoesnt have any children解析 考查细节理解。根据第三段最后一句“The traditional nuclear family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.”可知答案为 A 项。答案 A7What do the underlined words“tell them off”in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?A
30、make them annoyed Bsend them to schoolClet out their secrets Dtalk angrily to them解析 考查词义猜测。根据画线部分前面的“when my children are naughty”和第四段的最后一句“Things that might be simple in a traditional family can be a bit more complicated.”并结合生活常识可推知,由于 Martin 是孩子的继父,所以不能够对他们大声呵斥。tell sb.off 意为“责骂、斥责某人”。答案 D8Whats the text mainly about?AThe difference between“marriage”and“remarriage”BMore and more people get divorced in the UK.C“Reconstituted”families are becoming more and more in the UK.DThe marriage situation is becoming severe.解析 考查主旨大意。根据文章首句和全文内容可知,本文意在介绍英国出现越来越多的重组家庭这一社会现象,故答案为 C 项。答案 C