1、UNIT 2 SUCCESSPeriod Two题组A基础练(建议用时：10分钟)单词拼写1Li Lei lay _(舒服地) on the sofa, reading a new novel.2Wang Fei, a(an) _(教授) from Hunan University, will come to give us a lecture next Saturday. 3The letter “P” is the _(符号) for parking, which means you can park your car there.4We must work hard to win the
2、 _(最后的) victory.5Mr. Li made a big deal last month in foreign trade and made a large _(巨款)6We have ten roommates in our _(宿舍)7We have bought a lot of _(家具) for our new house.8I would _(欣赏；感激) it a lot if you could give us an early reply.9Now, we no longer suffer from cold and _(饥饿) with enough food
3、supply.10With her brothers hand burnt by boiling water, the girl felt rather _(内疚的)【答案】1comfortably2professor3symbol4ultimate5fortune6dormitory7furniture8appreciate9hunger10guilty单句语法填空1Every day she has to spend a lot of time _(help) her children with their homework.2_(read) aloud in the morning is
4、 of great help to English beginners.3Its my _(please) be invited to speak here.4He usually gives in _ his wife in the end whenever quarrel breaks out between them.5Mike is a generous man _ his brother never reaches out his helping hand to others.6My brother made the _(choose) to go home on foot ever
5、y day.7What I want best is _(get) the chance of studying in Peking University.8Now no one will die _ cold and hunger in our village now. 9Im sorry, but I didnt mean _(step) on your foot.10More and more people have come to see the fact _ China is no longer what she used to be.【答案】1helping2Reading3ple
6、asure4to5while6choice7to get8of9to step10that完成句子1She won the first prize in the singing competition, _ _ her parents happy.她在歌唱比赛中获得了一等奖，这让她的父母很高兴。【答案】which made2Mrs. Wang _ _ _ _ her husband after they quarreled.王太太和丈夫吵了一架后就不理睬他了。【答案】turned her back on3Lily _ _ _ one of the top three students in m
7、y class.莉莉被认为是我们班的前三名学生之一。【答案】is regarded as4Wasting time means _ _ with your own hands.浪费时间意味着自杀。【答案】killing yourself5Mike _ _ _ school at the age of fifteen to support his family.迈克十五岁时辍学养家糊口。【答案】dropped out of题组B提升练(建议用时：30分钟)阅读理解One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in Americ
8、an history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasnt felt the same way? We are all too aware of our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions every year. Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it matte
9、rs. Because beauty is powerful. Because even we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by beauty.Aristotle said, “Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction.” Its not fair, but its true. We simply treat beautiful people better than
10、we do others. Attach a photograph of a beautiful author to an essay, and people will think that it is more creative and more intelligently written than exactly the same essay accompanied by the photo of a homely author. As children, beautiful people are more likely to become favorites with parents a
11、nd teachers. Later, they are more likely to get good jobs. Attractive people in need are more likely to receive help from strangers.These days, women and men both rely on advanced technology to improve their beauty. Wrinkles can be stretched away with a face lift. Special injections can make lips lo
12、ok young and plump (丰满的). Besides being a sign of youth, good skin also means that the person is likely to be healthy. Still, it is possible to go too far. At the end of the 19th century, some women even had their ribs (肋骨) removed so theyd have that perfect narrow waist.Our sensitivity to physical
13、beauty is not something we can control at will. We are born with it. Experiments showed that even small infants prefer to look at attractive faces. Before they have met a single supermodel, before they have watched a single TV show, before they have opened up a single fashion magazine, they are draw
14、n to the same faces which adults have judged to be attractive.There are more important things in life than beauty. But as Nancy Etcoff says, “We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.” If you aim to be wise and kind and funny, it doesnt mean that you cant also try your best
15、to look beautiful. Theres no reason to feel guilty about being moved by beautys power. It moves us all.1Which of the following proverbs has the opposite meaning of Aristotles sentence in Paragraph 2?ANever judge a book by its cover.BAct on second thoughts.CLeave your luck while winning.DGreat minds
16、think alike.2The underlined word “homely” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by _.AattractiveBplainCbeautiful Dhandsome3According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?APeople are all slaves to beauty.BBeauty can ensure good jobs.CAdvanced technology helps improve beauty.DPeople valu
17、e beauty over other virtues.4Whats the best title of this passage?AThe Power of BeautyBHuge Costs of BeautyCBad Effects of BeautyDVarious Ways to Beauty【语篇导读】本文是说明文。文章讲述了美丽可以给人带来很多好处，例如：漂亮的人更有可能成为父母和老师的最爱、更有可能找到好工作、更有可能从陌生人那里得到帮助。但生活中有比美更重要的东西。另外，我们要被美的力量感动。1A句意猜测题。根据第二段中的“Beauty is a greater recomm
18、endation than any letter of introduction.”可知，亚里士多德说：“美是比任何介绍信都要有用的推荐函”。A不要以貌取人；B三思而后行；C见好就收；D英雄所见略同。因此A项与亚里士多德所说的相反。故选A项。2B词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“We simply treat beautiful people better than we do others.”可知，我们就是会对美丽的人比较好。画线词所在的句子是在为这个观点举例子，划线词所在句子中的than表示二者的比较，其中的一个是“a beautiful author(漂亮的作者)”，则另一个是长相一般的作者。
19、故选B项。3C细节理解题。根据第三段可知，如今，男人和女人都依靠先进的技术来改善自己的美丽。即高科技有助于改善美丽。故选C项。4A主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章讲述了美丽可以给人带来很多好处，但生活中有比美更重要的东西。另外，我们要被美的力量感动。因此，The Power of Beauty(美丽的力量)符合文章内容，可以作为标题。故选A项。完形填空My husband came out into the front yard, where I was_1_his clothes.“Is the dryer broken？” he asked.“Theres nothing wrong wit
20、h it, but it costs money to_2_and it is bad for the environment，”I said.I _3_this recently while traveling in Italy, where clotheslines are everywhere.“Try to think of it as an art exhibition，”I said.“I doubt if our_4_will consider it to be art, ”he said. He had a point. Americans have a reputation
21、for being anticlothesline. No one else has a clothesline in my neighborhood.After a week of_5_the laundry in the front yard, I was_6_that none of my neighbors even mentioned my clothesline. I_7_a particularly artistic photo of a Tshirt online, which looked as if one sleeve were waving hello. Afterwa
22、rd, I received plenty of_8_comments such as “beautiful” or “lovely”. A few days later, I asked one of my neighbors about her opinion of front yard clotheslines.“Well, do you have a_9_？”she asked. “Yes，” I replied.“Why not move them behind your house？” she added.What do experts have to say on the top
23、ic? I_10_Anne Lawrence, a clothesline expert in Michigan, who speaks regularly to schoolchildren about the importance of keeping the practice_11_.“How do you feel about a front yard clothesline？” I asked her.“It is considered a bit_12_because people cant avoid seeing it，” she admitted.“It would be b
24、etter if you had a backyard.”After I got off the phone with Ms. Lawrence, I_13_the front yard line with a longer one in black, offering more_14_for artistic freedom. I could have a colorful laundry display with an army of my pink, yellow and white socks marching in a row. When the sun hits just righ
25、t, what a(n)_15_scene it would be!1Awashing Bironing Changing Dmending2Arun Bbuild Cdecorate Dchange3Ashared Brealized Cdiscussed Dremembered4Achildren Bparents Cfriends Dneighbors5Adrying Bfolding Cseparating Dproviding6Aafraid Bannoyed Csurprised Dconcerned7Atook Bposted Cprinted Dfound8Aunfair Bs
26、trange Cpositive Dinteresting9Abasement Bbackyard Cbalcony Dclothesline10Aphoned Bvisited Cadmired Dchallenged11Aproper Bsimple Cformal Dalive12Aconfusing Bdangerous Ccomplicated Dembarrassing13Areplaced Bcompared Cconnected Dbalanced14Aguidance Bprotection Crequirements Dopportunities15Afamiliar Be
27、xtraordinary Chorrible Dsuccessful【语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了作者在意大利旅行时获得灵感，开始在家里前院使用晾衣绳，也没有收到周围邻居的反对意见。于是，作者在网上发布了一张特别有艺术感的T恤照片，也得到了很多正面的评价。在和晾衣绳专家通过电话后，作者将晾衣绳换成了更长的绳子，好让自己有更多的机会进行艺术创作。1C考查动词词义辨析。句意：我丈夫走到前院，我正在那儿晾他的衣服。Awashing洗涤；Bironing熨烫；Changing悬挂；Dmending修补。根据后文“Is the dryer broken？”可推知作者正在前院晾衣服。故选C项。
28、2A考查动词词义辨析。句意：我说：“它没坏，只是运行起来要花钱，而且对环境有害。”这里it指的是烘干机，即烘干机运行起来要花钱。故选A项。3B考查动词词义辨析。句意：我最近在意大利旅行时意识到这一点，那里到处都是晾衣绳。根据后文“this recently while traveling in Italy, where clotheslines are everywhere”可知，作者是在意大利旅行时意识到使用晾衣绳的。故选B项。4D考查名词词义辨析。句意：“我怀疑我们的邻居是否会认为这是艺术。根据后文“Americans have a reputation for being anticlo
29、thesline.No one else has a clothesline in my neighborhood.”可知，丈夫在担心邻居会反对晾衣绳。故选D项。5A考查动词词义辨析。句意：在前院晾了一个星期的衣服后，我感到奇怪，邻居们竟然没有一个人提起我的晾衣绳。Adrying晾干，脱水；Bfolding折叠；Cseparating分开；Dproviding提供。结合后文“the laundry in the front yard”以及上文提到的作者在前院晾干衣服，故此处指晾了一个星期衣服，用drying。故选A项。6C考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。上文提到美国人以反对晾衣绳而闻名，但是作者
30、用了一周的晾衣绳也没有人来投诉，所以作者感到惊讶。故选C项。7B考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在网上发了一张特别有艺术感的T恤照片，看起来好像有一只袖子在招手。根据后文“online”可知在网上发布照片。故选B项。8C考查形容词词义辨析。句意：之后，我收到了很多正面的评价，比如“漂亮”或“可爱”。结合后文“beautiful”和“lovely”可知，都是对照片积极正面的评价。故选C项。9B考查名词词义辨析。句意：“那么，你有后院吗？”她问道。Abasement地下室；Bbackyard后院；Cbalcony阳台；Dclothesline晾衣绳。根据后文“Why not move them behi
31、nd your house？”可知，邻居询问的是作者家有没有后院，为什么不把衣服移到房子的后院。故选B项。10A考查动词词义辨析。句意：我给密歇根的晾衣绳专家Anne Lawrence打了电话，她经常向学生们讲述使用晾衣绳的重要性。结合后文“After I got off the phone with Ms.Lawrence”可知作者给Lawrence打了电话。故选A项。11D考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我给密歇根的晾衣绳专家Anne Lawrence打了电话，她经常向学生们讲述使用晾衣绳的重要性。结合上文“keeping the practice”可知，此处为短语keep sth.alive“
32、使某物存活”，这里理解为继续在日常生活中使用晾衣绳这种东西。故选D项。12D考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她承认：“这被认为是有点尴尬的，因为人们不可避免看到它。”Aconfusing令人困惑的；Bdangerous危险的；Ccomplicated复杂的；Dembarrassing令人尴尬的。结合后文“because people cant avoid seeing it”因为人们总是能看到晾衣绳，所以会有点令人尴尬。故选D项。13A考查动词词义辨析。句意：和Lawrence女士通完电话后，我把前院的绳子换成了更长的黑绳子，为艺术自由提供了更多的机会。Areplaced取代；Bcompared比较
33、；Cconnected连接；Dbalanced平衡。结合后文“the front yard line with a longer one in back”可知作者把前院的绳子换成了更长的绳子。故选A项。14D考查名词词义辨析。句意：和Lawrence女士通完电话后，我把前院的绳子换成了更长的黑绳子，为艺术自由提供了更多的机会。Aguidance指导；Bprotection保护；Crequirements要求；Dopportunities机会。根据后文“for artistic freedom”可知，新换的晾衣绳为作者的艺术创作提供了更多的机会。故选D项。15B考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当太阳正
34、好照到的时候，那将是一幅多么非凡的场景啊！Afamiliar熟悉的；Bextraordinary卓越的，非凡的；Chorrible可怕的；Dsuccessful成功的。结合上文“I could have a colorful laundry display with an army of my pink, yellow and white socks marching in a row.”可知作者的晾衣绳上有各种色彩，故推测当阳光照到的时候，是一副非凡的场景。故选B项。语法填空The Financial Times gave part of my job to a robot named Am
35、y last week. For years I have been making podcast (播客) version of my column, but now I am faced with a tough 1_(compete)To be fair, Amy does something going for her. She has a great voice, smooth as velvet. Her second advantage 2_ (be) that shes practically free. She is part of a new service from Am
36、azon that turns text 3_ speech, costing nearly nothing. Even more 4_(impress) is her speed. Less than two seconds after receiving my 5_(write) text, which means when I just start to read, “Yesterday the Finan”， she has already finished.Yet once I got over my distress and listened to her work, I felt
37、 6_(good). I know its early days for her, but at the moment Amy is no match for me. Listening to her is not like listening to 7_ nonEnglish speaker read aloud, but to someone without brain, or heart, or sense of humor. Her 8_(deliver) is so poor that I dont even understand. Amy never reads with unde
38、rstanding, never 9_(know) when to pause, and never does irony. She continues to get it wrong.Finally, Im not afraid Amy is about to steal my job. Only people possess human touch. It is the hearttoheart communication that makes 10_(we) special, beautiful and irreplaceable.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者一开始因为自己的部
39、分工作分给机器人而感到焦虑，后来在工作中意识到人与人之间的沟通交流是机器人无法替代后，不再忧虑的故事。1competition考查名词。句意：多年来，我一直在制作我的栏目的播客，但是现在，我面临着一个艰难的竞争。分析句子结构可知，此处需要一个名词。故填competition。2is考查主谓一致。主语是单数。故填is。3into考查固定搭配。句意：她是亚马逊一项新服务的一部分，这项服务将文本转换为语音，成本几乎为零。固定短语turninto意为“把变成”。故填into。4impressive考查形容词。此空前有more，比较级结构为more形容词，因此应将动词impress变成形容词impres
40、sive。故填impressive。5written考查过去分词。动词write与所修饰的名词text之间是被动关系，因此变成过去分词written作定语修饰名词text。故填written。6better考查形容词比较级。Yet表转折关系，前文提到机器人Amy有很多优点，现在“我”克服了忧虑，因此此处表示“我”比之前感觉好了，应该用形容词比较级。故填better。7a考查冠词。此处泛指一个不是以英语为母语的人，用不定冠词；修饰nonEnglish speaker，发音是辅音音素，因此选a。故填a。8delivery考查名词。分析句子可知，“Her _8_”在句中作主语，应该用名词。因此将动词deliver变成名词delivery。故填delivery。9knows考查主谓一致。分析句子可知，and并列三个谓语动作，时态为一般现在时；另外句子的主语是Amy，是第三人称单数，根据主谓一致原则，谓语动词也应该用动词的一般现在时的单数第三人称形式。故填knows。10us考查代词。动词后应用代词宾格。故填us。
