1、Module 2Period Two(时间：40分钟).单词拼写1Before he leaves for the war, Argon asks his handsome son, Ferdinand, to r_ if he gets killed.2The king takes the woman to his palace and m_ her, not knowing that she is a wicked witch.3The elder stateswoman of Britain fantasy literature is JK.Rowling, the g_ creator
2、 of Harry Potter.4She had the extra b_ of looking after her baby daughter while she worked.5But she was stubborn and _(克服) all the difficulties.答案1.revenge2.marries3.gifted4.burden5.overcame.完成句子1我不想与汤姆的计划有任何瓜葛。I wouldnt want to _ _ _ Toms project.2这次比赛只允许23岁以下的选手参加。The match _ _ _ players under the
3、 age of 23.3我正要跳到河里去游泳，这时向导拦住了我。I _ _ _ the river _ the guide stopped me.4李蕾出生就在这间房子。_ _ _ _ _ _ Li Lei was born. 5天宫一号的设计对我们大家都有吸引力。The design of Tiangong I _ _ all of us.答案1.be associated with2.is restricted to3was jumping into；when4.It was in the room that5appeals to.单项填空1A healthy life is freque
4、ntly thought to be _with the open countryside and homegrown food.Atied Bbound Cinvolved Dassociated答案D句意：健康的生活同广阔的乡村和自家产的食物联系起来。be associated with“与联系起来”；tie“用绳子拴，系”；bound是bind的过去式，是“捆，绑”的意思；involve“使卷入”；be involved in sth“卷入某事”。2The good thing about children is that they_ very easily to new environ
5、ments.Aadapt Bappeal Cattach Dapply答案A考查短语辨析。句意：关于孩子们，好的一点是他们很容易适应新环境。adapt to适应；appeal to对有吸引力；attach to(使)相关；apply to适用(于)。根据句意，选A项。3They didnt _ until they bought a new house. Abe married Bget married Cmarry to Dmarrying答案B句意：直到他们买了新房子， 他们才结婚。be married表示状态；get married强调动作。根据句意应选B。4He was punishe
6、d _ cheating in the exam by the teacher.Aby Bfor Cwith Dthrough答案B考查动词punish的用法。punish sb for“因为 而惩罚某人”，用于被动be punished for，for表原因。句意：因考试作弊，他被老师惩罚了。5After years of hard work, he _ a better position in the company.Aattained Bpossessed Cacknowledged Dadmitted答案A考查动词的辨析。attain“达到，获得”；possess“拥有”；acknow
7、ledge“承认”；admit“承认”。句中表示获得一个更好的职位，因此选A项。6My son is extraordinarily _ music.Agift for Bgifted for Cgift in Dgifted in答案Dbe gifted in或have a gift for均可表示“在某方面有天赋”。7Mr. White was so angry at all _ Bill was doing_ he walked out. Athat; which Bthat; that Cwhat; that Dwhich; that答案B第一空的that是定语从句的引导词，修饰先行词
8、all。第二空格中的that与前面的so构成“so.that”句式，that引导结果状语从句。8It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic_Zheng He had sailed to East Africa.Awhen Bthat Cafter Dsince答案B题干的意思是：“郑和航海到东非比哥伦布横渡大西洋早80年。”分析题干可知本句是一个强调句，被强调的是“80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic”，根据强调句结构“It is/
9、was被强调部分that剩余部分”可知选B。9_energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake. AAccumulated BGathered CAssembled DCollected答案A句意：聚积在地下的能量必须以某种方式释放出来，比如地震。accumulate意为“积累，聚积”，强调渐进的、长期的过程；gather意为“集合，聚集”，尤指不同的个体集结起来，也指云层积聚；assemble意为“集合，召集”，正式用语，指成员或个体集合在一起；collect
10、意为“收集，采集”。10My uncle _until he was fortyfive. Amarried Bdidnt marry Cwas not marrying Dwould marry答案Bmarry为瞬间性动词，故不能用进行时，即不能选择C项。当瞬间性动词同until连用时应用其否定形式。11We were swimming in the lake _ suddenly the storm started.Awhen Bwhile Cuntil Dbefore 答案A考查was/were doing.when.句型。句意：我们正在湖中游泳，这是突然下起了暴风雨。12It is n
11、ot how much we do but how much love we put into what we do _ benefits our work most.Awho Bwhich Cthat Dwhat答案C考查强调句型。it is.that.是强调句型，被强调部分是not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do。句意：给我们工作带来最大益处的不是我们做了多少而是我们将多少爱投入到我们所从事的事业中。. 阅读理解AIf you look for a book as a present for a child,
12、you will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Potter. J. K. Rowlings wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good childrens books, which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics, such as The Lord of the Rings.
13、 Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics, in 1997, 23% said they didnt like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availabilit
14、y of computer games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his prebudget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.Rea
15、ding Recovery is aimed at sixyearolds, who receive four months of individual daily halfhour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help mad
16、e just five months progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school they read well, but read less often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who a
17、re keen on reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.1Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1? AMany childrens books have been adapted from
18、films.BMany highquality childrens books have been published.CThe sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.DThe sales of presents for children have increased.答案B细节理解题。由“.the past decade has been a harvest for good childrens books.”可知此题选B。A、C两项因果错位；D项文中未提到。2Statistics suggested that _.Ath
19、e number of top students increased with the use of computersBa decreasing number of children showed interest in readingCa minority of primary school children read properlyDa large percentage of children read regularly答案B细节理解题。从第二段所给出的数据可判断B项正确。3What do we know about Reading Recovery? AAn evaluation
20、of it will be made sometime this year.BWeak readers on the project were the most hardworking.CIt aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.DChildren on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.答案D细节理解题。由“.children on the scheme made 20 months progress in just one year.”可知
21、D项正确。A、C两项与事实不符；B项文中未提到。4Reading for fun is important because bookloving children_.Atake greater advantage of the projectBshow the potential to enjoy a long lifeCare likely to succeed in their educationDwould make excellent future researchers答案C细节理解题。由“.loving books is an excellent indicator of futu
22、re educational success.”可知C项正确。BBritish scientists are breeding (育种) a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive farms once more.Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo，from Sussex Universitys School of Biologic
23、al Sciences，have spent several years researching how crops，such as rice，could be made to grow in water that has become salty. The pairs have recently begun a threeyear programme，funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council，to establish which genes enable some plants to surviv
24、e salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops，starting with rice.It is estimated that each year more than 10 million hectares of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stop plants growth. The problem is caused by several factors. In the tropics，mangroves
25、that create swamps (沼泽) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down. In the Mediterranean，a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop，allowing sea water to flow slowly in. In Latin America，irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated (蒸发) by the heat，l
26、eaving salt deposits behind.Too much salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive.To overcome these problems，Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little
27、 salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop，but it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use.Once the characteristics for survivi
28、ng salty soil are known，Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the genes into all manners of crops and plants. Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again，providing much needed food for the poorer countries of the world.5Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo
29、is true?AThey are husband and wife.BThey are students at Sussex University.CThey are farmers from the Mediterranean.DThey are colleagues at an institution.答案D细节理解题。根据第二段“Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo，from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences，have spent several years researching how crops，such
30、 as rice，could be made to grow in water that has become salty.”可知Flowers和Yeo都是来自生物科学研究院的研究工作者，故选D。6Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage?ANatural barriers to sea water have been destroyed.BSea level has been continuously rising.CThe water table ha
31、s gone down after droughts.DEvaporation of water leaves salt behind.答案B理解判断题。利用所给选项中的核心词(natural barriers；sea level；water table，droughts；evaporation)作为答案线索，在文章中查找相关信息进行一一确认。7The word “affect” in Paragraph 5 could be best replaced by_.Abenefit Bbalance Cinfluence Dprotect答案C词义猜测题。分析affect根据语境可推出它的意思是
32、“影响”，和influence同义，故选C。8The attitude of the author towards the research project is_.Apositive Bnegative Csuspicious Dindifferent答案A推理判断题。根据本文最后一句“Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again，providing much needed food in the poorer countries of the world.(一度荒芜的土地能再次繁盛，能为世界上贫困国家提供他们非常需要的食物)”，可知本文是对“在含有盐分的土地中种植植物”这项研究课题的积极展望，由此判断作者的态度应是“积极的”，所以A是正确答案。