1、period 2 Warming Up & Reading（2）.词汇基础A单词拼写。1It is ridicu lously a_ to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.2How to solve this problem is only my a_； please dont try to persuade me any more.3Almost all black people have a great voice; I really e_ them.4Can you guess how long the longest _ (手指甲
2、) in the world is?5You are late again.Your _ (奖金) will be reduced by fifty percent.6Nobody dares to tell Richard that his painting is really _ (糟糕的)7Carl is a wonderful dancer, whose moves are so _ (优雅的)8Much to his parents s_， the boy has again made great progress in his schoolwork.【答案】1.absurd2.af
3、fair3.envy4.fingernail5.bonus6awful7.elegant8.satisfactionB短语填空。set aside，ring up，have sympathy for，be bound to，test out，let sb alone，or rather，turn around，in all，be absent from1He _ go for a college education though he was poor at that time.2He is in a temper today so _.3We numbered 20 _.4After Boe
4、ing(波音公司)had the plane built，it _ thoroughly.5He didnt know how to do his homework because he _ the class.6A man who often _ others will be done a favor.7He went home very late last night，_，in the early hours this morning.8She _ a bit of money every month.9Some women especially enjoy passengers _ to
5、 see them.10My classmate _ me _ saying that the school football team had got three victories this month against other schools.【答案】1.was bound to2.let him alone3.in all4was tested out5.was absent from6has sympathy for7.or rather8.sets aside9turning around10.rang；upC用适当的介词或副词填空。1Dont ring _； I havent
6、finished my story.2Please turn the sentence _ English.3I really expected him to turn _ on time.4Im sure things will turn _ all right.5Hundreds of people have to be turned _ from the stadium.6The bus had to back up and turn _.【答案】1.off2.into3.up4.out5.away6.aroundD根据所给提示将下列句子翻译成英语。1我回来和他们一起生活，更确切地说，是
7、和他们待在一起。(or rather)_2劳驾， 我在打电话， 把收音机的声音调小点好吗？ (favour)_3她仔细看着他的脸，寻思他在想什么。(scan)_【答案】1I came back to live with them, or rather, to stay with them.2Do me a favour and turn the radio down while Im on the phone, will you?3She scanned his face, looking for signs of what he was thinking.完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所
8、给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Are forests always created by nature? A man from rural India proves that this is not _1_ true.Abdul Kareem, who used to be an airline ticketing agent, has a great love for the _2_.Though he never went to college, he can talk about plants and trees like a(n)_3_.In 1977,
9、he bought a piece of rocky wasteland with the hope of_4_ trees on it.In the beginning, people thought he was _5_ to waste his time and money on the land.But he_6_ignored them and kept working on the soil and planting trees there.The land was so_7_ that it had to be watered several times a day.Kareem
10、 had to fetch the water from a_8_ that was a kilometer away.In the first two years, none of the trees he planted _9_.However, in the _10_ year, several young trees started growing.Greatly _11_ by the result, Kareem planted more trees and this man made forest began to take _12_.Kareem let his forest
11、grow_13_， without using fertilizers or insecticides.He believed in the _14_of nature to renew itself without the interference of humans.Thats_15_ he did not allow fallen leaves or branches from the forest to be removed.After years of _16_， Kareem has not only realized his dream but also_17_ a piece
12、of deserted land into a beautiful forest.Today, his forest is _18_ to 1,500 medicinal plants, 2,000 varieties of trees, rare birds, animals, and insects.Now，_19_ from all over the world come to visit his creation.They hope to do research on the secret of his happiness so that other parts of the worl
13、d could _20_ from it.()1.A.strangelyBimportantlyCnecessarilyDnaturally()2.A.jobsBplanesCtickets Dwoods()3.A.expertBactorCguideDfarmer()4.A.wateringBgrowingCexamining Dexpecting()5.A.pleasedBwiseCcrazyDdisappointed()6.A.simplyBhardlyCrarelyDrudely()7.A.dampBhardCpoorDdry()8.A.resourceBsourceCforceDco
14、urse()9.A.diedBrecoveredCsurvived Dsucceeded()10.A.thirdBsecondCfourth Dlast()11.A.surprisedBsatisfiedCchallengedDencouraged()12.A.place BshapeCsteps Drisks()13.A.slowlyBquicklyCnaturally Dnicely()14.A.abilityBactivityCquality Dpossibility()15.A.howBwhenCwhere Dwhy()16.A.effectsBeffortsCcomforts Dharvests()17.A.persuaded BcheatedCtransformed Dguided()18.A.homeBkeyCaccess Dway()19.A.childrenBparentsCtouristsDscientists()20.A.suffer BbenefitCprevent Descape【答案】15CDABC610ADBCA1115DBCAD1620BCADB
