1、UNIT 2 SUCCESSPeriod Three题组A基础练(建议用时：10分钟)单词拼写1The May 4th Movement is one of the most _(有影响力的) events in history.2The manager has _(奉献) all his time and energy to this project.3Rice _(产量) has been greatly increased in our country in recent years.4Six hours should be the _(最小数) for you to be on dut
2、y every day.5I think only Li Lei will be able to win the _(冠军称号) in the 1,000 meters race.6Li Ming is going to look for a _(出版商) for his new book.7Her boss offered to promote her in the office, but she _(拒绝) the offer.8Youll have to make a _(合同) with him if you want to buy his house.9Time is _(有限的),
3、 so we must value our time.10We are all _(确信) that our life will be better in the future.【答案】1influential2devoted3production4minimum5championship6publisher7rejected8contract9limited10convinced单句语法填空1As we all know, hard work leads _ success.2Mike devotes his time and energy to _(do) his experiment i
4、n the lab.3Jim has not only successfully completed his own work, _ also helped his classmates. 4Lily spends only five hours _(sleep) in bed every day because she is too busy.5Mr.Li has decided to get his house _(paint) to make it look new.6In the last few months, Li Ming _(make) much progress in his
5、 lessons.7After a hot bath, Mr.Wang lay in bed _(comfort), reading a story.8My mother always encourages us _(do) our lessons well at school.9Youll have to prepare _(you) for your future.10We are much _(convince) of our success in the football match.【答案】1to2 doing3but4sleeping5painted6has made7comfor
6、tably8to do9yourself/yourselves10convinced完成句子1We ought to _ _ _ in our life and study.我们应该在生活和学习中养成良好的习惯。【答案】develop good habits2_ _ _ _ _ the gold medal, but also broke the record in the 1,000meter race. 他不仅赢得了金牌，而且还打破了1,000米赛跑的记录。【答案】Not only did he win3Li Ming began to work in a factory _ _ _ _
7、17 to support his family.李明17岁开始在工厂工作来养家。【答案】at the age of4What _ _ the great fire in the factory last week?是什么导致了上周工厂的大火？【答案】contributed to5Each of us should _ _ _ _ each of our lessons at the beginning of the new year.新年伊始，我们每个人都应该为每一节课设定一个目标。【答案】set a goal for题组B提升练(建议用时：30分钟)阅读理解British children
8、s writer Roald Dahl ate chocolates and sweets “pretty much every mealtime”， remembers daughter Ophelia Dahl.After dinner, whether dining alone or entertaining guests, Dahl would pass around a little red plastic box full of Mars Bars, Milky Ways, Maltesers, Kit Kats and much more.He knew the history
9、of all the sweets and could tell you exactly when they were invented. 1937 was a big year when Kit Kats (his favorite), Rolos, and Smarties (his dog, choppers favorite) were invented. He wrote a history of chocolate, lecturing schoolchildren to commit such dates to memory, such as 1928 when “Cadbury
10、s Fruit and Nut Bar popped up on the scene，” saying dont bother with the Kings and Queens of England. All of you should learn these dates instead. Perhaps the Headmistress will see from now on that it becomes part of the major teaching in this school.According to Dahl, the Golden Years of Chocolate
11、were 19301937In 1930, Roald Dahl was 14 years old. He was a student at Repton, a famous boys boarding school in England. It was a tough environment: Those in authority were more interested in controlling than educating the students.Ironically, it was at this difficult period that chocolate became Da
12、hls passion. Near Repton was a Cadbury chocolate factory. Every so often, Cadbury would send each schoolboy a sampler box of new chocolates to taste and grade. They were using the students “the greatest chocolate bar experts in the world” to test out their new inventions.This was when Dahls imaginat
13、ion took_flight. He pictured factories with inventing rooms with pots of chocolate and fudge(软糖)and “all sorts of other delicious fillings bubbling away on the stoves.”“It was lovely dreaming those dreams when I was looking for a plot for my second book for children, I remembered those little cardbo
14、ard boxes and the newlyinvented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”For the record, Roald Dahl did not like chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream. He said, “I prefer my chocolate straight.”1What can we learn about Roald Dahl?AHe treated himse
15、lf with various chocolates after dinner secretly.BHe has a good knowledge of chocolate, especially its history.CHe used to lecture schoolchildren of a boys boarding school.DHe only wrote some books related to the history of chocolate.2What happened during the Golden Years of Chocolate?AIt was a grea
16、t time for children to get educated.BThose years stopped Dahls interest in chocolate.CStudents could become chocolate experts then.DRoald Dahls passion for chocolate was lit up then.3Which of the following can best replace the underlined phrase?APaid off.BWent on.CPicked up. DTook off.4What gave Roa
17、ld Dahl inspiration to write Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?AThe dreams about chocolates.BFactories with chocolate and fudge.CThose boxes with chocolates.DChocolate cakes and ice cream.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了英国儿童作家Roald Dahl对巧克力的热情。1B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“He knew the history of all the sweets and could tell y
18、ou exactly when they were invented.”可知，Roald Dahl对巧克力很了解，尤其是它的历史。故选B项。2D细节理解题。 根据第五段中的“Ironically, it was at this difficult period that chocolate became Dahls passion.”可知，在巧克力的黄金时代，14岁的Roald Dahl对巧克力的热情由此点燃。故选D项。3D词义猜测题。画线词后是Roald Dahl想象的场景：工厂的房间，一盆盆巧克力和软糖，以及各种各样美味的馅料，在炉子上咕嘟咕嘟地冒着热气，也就是说Roald Dahl的想象
19、力飞了起来，由此可知画线词词义为“起飞”。故选D项。4C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“I remembered those little cardboard boxes and the newlyinvented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”可知，是那些装满巧克力的盒子给了Roald Dahl写查理与巧克力工厂的灵感。故选C项。完形填空My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. W
20、e had a yard with a lot of _1_. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some _2_ to the area.Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didnt plant it and Denise said she didnt either.We de
21、cided to let it _3_ growing until we could find out what it was.Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the _4_ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to _5_ the weeds(杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something _6_.The sunflower had not _7_ whe
22、re I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the _8_.Thats when I _9_ that if a tiny little sunflower didnt let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we also have the ability of doing the same thing. If we _10_ ourselves like that little sunfl
23、ower, we can reach where we _11_ to go and get what we need for growth.We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the _12_ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had _13_ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflowe
24、r and be _14_ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to _15_ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.1Aflower BinsectsCvegetables Drocks2Awater BfertilizerCcolor Dshape3Astop BcontinueCimprove Descape4Aweak BstrangeClonely Dpretty5Aco
25、llect BtendCremove Dwatch6Aunusual BwonderfulCterrible Dvaluable7Apassed BstartedCleft Ddied8Aair BtopCsun Dhouse9Ahoped BrealizedCdoubted Dregretted10Afill in Bput inCworry about Dbelieve in11Aforget BhateCaim Dwait12Awish BplanCability Didea13Afaith BenergyCvirtue Dcourage14Aaware BafraidCproud Dt
26、ired15Aforgive BsupportCupset Daffect【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过介绍自己院子里面顽强生长的向日葵悟出一个道理：如果我们相信自己，我们可以克服一切困难。1D考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们有一个院子，院子里有很多石头。Aflower花；Binsects昆虫；Cvegetables蔬菜；Drocks岩石。从下一句话“Denise or I would plant some between the rocks”可知院子里有很多石头。故选D项。2C考查名词词义辨析。句意：只是为了给这个区域增加一些颜色。Awater水；Bfertilizer肥料；Ccol
27、or颜色；Dshape形状。种一些花朵为了给院子增添一些色彩。故选C项。3B考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们能弄清楚它是什么。从后文“until we could find out what it was”可知作者想让它继续生长。故选B项。4B考查形容词词义辨析。句意：几个星期过去了，当我返回到那株奇怪的植物时，它看起来像是一株向日葵。到目前为止作者还不知道它究竟是一种什么植物。故选B项。5C考查动词词义辨析。句意：我决定清除它周围的杂草。Acollect收集；Btend照顾；Cremove去除；Dwatch观察。从下文的“As I pulled rocks from t
28、he area to get to the weeds”可知，作者要除草。故选C项。6A考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我把石头从这个地区移到杂草上的时候，我注意到一些不寻常的事情。从下文可知，向日葵并没有生长在“我”最开始发现它的位置，这件事是不寻常的。故选A项。7B考查动词词义辨析。句意：向日葵并没有在我最初看到它的地方开始生长。根据“It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the_8_.”可知，向日葵并没有生长在作者最开始发现它的位置。start表示“开始生长”。故选B项。8C
29、考查名词词义辨析。句意：它实际上是从一块大石头下面开始的，在石头下面和周围生长，以接触到阳光。向日葵是朝向太阳生长的。故选C项。9B考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在那时，我意识到，如果一株小小的向日葵不让一块大石头挡住它成长的道路，我们也有能力做同样的事情。以下是作者意识到的内容，通过这件事情获得的人生感悟。故选B项。10D考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：如果我们像那株小向日葵一样相信自己，我们就能达到我们的目标，得到我们成长所需要的东西。Afill in填写；Bput in放入；Cworry about担心；Dbelieve in相信。作者认为如果我们也能像这株向日葵一样充满信心，与下文的“We n
30、eed to believe in ourselves knowing we have the _12_ to achieve our goals.”相呼应。故选D项。11C考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果我们像那株小向日葵一样相信自己，我们就能达到我们目标，得到我们成长所需要的东西。最后一段作者提到“We will find a way to go under or around any rocks in order to reach our goals.”所以是达到我们的目标。故选C项。12C考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们需要相信自己，知道我们有能力实现我们的目标。have the abilit
31、y to do sth. 表示有能力做某事，由下文“it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks”可知，我们有能力实现我们的目标。故选C项。13A考查名词词义辨析。句意：就像向日葵一样，它知道自己有能力越过岩石，因为它相信自己会成功。Afaith信念；Benergy能量；Cvirtue美德；Dcourage勇气。have faith in“相信”，与前文提到的“We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the _12_ to achieve our goals.”相呼应。故选A项。14C考
32、查形容词词义辨析。句意：像向日葵一样挺直腰杆，为自己感到骄傲，然后环境就会开始支持我们。像向日葵一样挺拔，为自己而感到自豪。故选C项。15B考查动词词义辨析。句意：像向日葵一样挺直腰杆，为自己感到骄傲，然后环境就会开始支持我们。Aforgive原谅；Bsupport支持；Cupset打乱；Daffect影响。周围的环境和事物也会开始对我们有所帮助。故选B项。语法填空The story of The Farmer and The Mule (骡子) makes us smile.1_， it does have wisdom in it. It reminded me about defeati
33、ng adversity (逆境)2_ we handle adversity determines our success in life. One of my 3_(thought) on adversity is, “Adversity is a fact of life. It cant 4_(control). What we can control is how we react to it.”When 5_(face) with adversity, we can give up the negative attitude. Or we can look on adversity
34、 6_ an opportunity to find other ways to do things. We should be 7_(determine) and persistent. It all comes down to your choice and it is a choice of attitude!You see, the farmer thought the mule was not worth 8_(save) when it fell into a well accidentally, and he just put it out of its misery by bu
35、rying it. Despite the farmers best efforts to bury it, the mule 9_(resist) until it was able to climb out of the well on top of all the dirt that was thrown in after it.The mule, despite the fact that it was 10_(constant) in a deep well, would not give up. The mule simply shook the dirt off little b
36、y little, never giving up the will to live by climbing out of the well.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者用农夫和骡子的故事告诉我们在面对逆境时，我们不应该放弃，而应该努力战胜它。1However考查副词。句意：农夫和骡子的故事使我们发笑，然而，这个故事蕴含着智慧，提醒我要战胜逆境。根据句意可知“农夫和骡子的故事使我们发笑”与“这个故事蕴含着智慧”之间是转折关系，空后有逗号，故填However。2How考查主语从句。句意：我们如何处理逆境决定了我们在生活中能否成功。分析句子结构并结合句意可知，此处为主语从句，从句中缺少
37、方式状语，表示“如何”，故填How。3thoughts考查名词复数。句意：我对逆境的一个看法是，“逆境是生活的一部分，是无法控制的，我们能控制的是我们对它的反应”。thought是可数名词，one of后接可数名词复数，故填thoughts。4be controlled考查语态。句意同上。It与control之间是被动关系，应该用被动语态，情态动词cant后接动词原形，故填be controlled。5faced考查非谓语动词。句意：当面对逆境时，我们可以摒弃消极的态度。be faced with表示“面对”，此处去掉be作状语，故填faced。6as考查介词。句意：或者我们可以把逆境看作是一
38、个寻找其他做事方式的机会。分析句子结构可知，此处需要填介词，根据“an opportunity to find other ways to do things”可知，此处表示“作为”，故填as。7determined考查形容词。句意：我们应该有决心并坚持下去。此处与后面的persistent并列用形容词作表语，determined是形容词，表示“有决心的”，故填determined。8saving考查非谓语动词。句意：你看，农夫认为不慎掉进井里的骡子不值得一救，就决定埋掉它，使它不再痛苦。be worth doing表示“值得做”，故填saving。9resisted考查时态。句意：尽管农夫尽最大的努力把它埋掉，但骡子还是顽强地抵抗，直到它从扔在它身上的泥土中挣脱出来，爬到井外。was表明用一般过去时，故填resisted。10constantly考查副词。句意：尽管骡子一直陷在深井里，但它还是不愿放弃。修饰介词短语“in a deep well”用副词，故填constantly。
