1、UNIT 2 TRAVELLING AROUND.阅读理解In Africa, Christmas Day begins with groups of carolers (欢唱颂歌的人) walking to and from through the village, along the roadway, by the houses of the missionaries (传教士), singing the lovely carols known to the world around. Often people may be awakened by a group of carolers
2、beginning to gather at the house of worship(敬神活动). They return home to make final preparations as to the clothes one must wear and also as to their offering for the Christmas service.The most important part of their Christmas worship service is the love offering. This is the gift in honor of Jesus.
3、At about 8 or 9 oclock everyone goes to the celebration of the birthday of Jesus. Everyone who attends the service goes forward to lay down their gift upon the raised platform near the Communion table. No one will attend the service without giving a gift.Christmas in South Africa is a summer holiday
4、. There is no snow, but it has many flowers, many beautiful varieties of wild flowers being in their full pride.In Ghana, most churches show the coming of Christmas by decorating the church and homes beginning with the first week in Advent, four weeks before Christmas. This season happens to be the
5、time of cocoa harvest, so it is a time of wealth. Everyone returns home from wherever they might be such as farms or mines.In Africa, it is the traditional dinner of turkey, roast beef, mince pies, or suckling pig, yellow rice with raisins, vegetables, and plum pudding, crackers. In the afternoon, f
6、amilies go out into the country and usually there are games or bathing in the warm sunshine, and then home in the cool of the evening. Boxing Day is also a proclaimed (正式宣布的) public holiday usually spent in the open air. It falls on December 26 and is a day of real relaxation.本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了非洲在圣诞节这一
7、天，人们有很多的活动，其中最重要的活动是呈献礼物。1The purpose of this text is to _.Apersuade us to have a holiday in AfricaBdescribe some important holidays in AfricaCtell us how people celebrate Christmas in AfricaDintroduce to us when Christmas came into being答案：C解析：写作意图题。根据文章第一段中的In Africa, Christmas Day begins with gro
8、ups of carolers (欢唱颂歌的人) walking to and from through the village, along the roadway, by the houses of the missionaries (传教士), singing the lovely carols known to the world around. (在非洲，圣诞节开始，一群欢唱颂歌的人在村里走来走去，沿巷道，在牧师的房子旁边，唱着世界闻名的优美的圣诞颂歌)以及最后一段中的In Africa, it is the traditional dinner of turkey, roast b
9、eef, mince pies, or suckling pig, yellow rice with raisins, vegetables, and plum pudding, crackers.(在非洲，这是传统的火鸡晚餐，烤牛肉、百果馅饼、乳猪、黄米饭和蔬菜、葡萄干、李子布丁)可知，这一段主要是告诉我们，在非洲人们怎样庆祝圣诞节，故选C。2What is the most important part of Christmas worship service?AOne must sing a carol on the platform.BOne must appear in fantas
10、tic clothes.CFood is shared among carolers.DEveryone carries a gift to the scene.答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的The most important part of their Christmas worship service is the love offering. This is the gift in honor of Jesus.可知圣诞膜拜中最重要的部分是呈献礼物，故选D。3If you visit South Africa on Christmas Day, youll find _.At
11、he church and homes are being decoratedBthere are flowers all over the countryCeveryone returns home to harvest cocoaDit is snowing heavily everywhere答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的Christmas in South Africa is a summer holiday. There is no snow, but it has many flowers.(南非的圣诞节是一个暑假。没有雪，但它有许多花)可知，如果你在圣诞节访问南非，你会
12、发现全国到处都是鲜花，故选B。4The correct time order of the following festivals should be _.AChristmasBoxing DayAdventBBoxing DayChristmasAdventCChristmasAdventBoxing DayDAdventChristmasBoxing Day答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的In Ghana, most churches show the coming of Christmas by decorating the church and homes beginning
13、with the first week in Advent, four weeks before Christmas.(在加纳，多数教堂通过装饰教堂和家宣布圣诞节第一周的到来，即圣诞节前的四个星期) 以及最后一段中的Boxing Day is also a proclaimed (正式宣布的) public holiday usually spent in the open air. It falls on December 26 and is a day of real relaxation.(Boxing Day也是一个真正放松的公共假日，通常在露天举行，时间是十二月二十六日)可知，以下节
14、日的正确时间顺序应为AdventChristmasBoxing Day，故选D。.完形填空It was quite a bad time for me. I was in low _1_ and felt tired physically. Probably _2_ this I hadnt shaved (剃须) for a few days. _3_ because I had been doing some repairs at my daughters house, I was _4_quite untidily (邋遢). Boarding the _5_ to go home, I
15、 saw it was almost _6_ so I found a rail (扶手) to rest against.That was when a young woman, sitting with her child, stood up and _7_ me her seat. “Wow！” I thought, surprised. Out loud I said, “Do I look that old and tired？” She _8_ with a smile on the face, “You look like youve had a _9_ day.” I than
16、ked her sincerely and stayed where I was standing.A moment later a man _10_ from his seat at the back of the bus and _11_ his way towards me, walking past several people on the way. He told me that he had a serious alcohol addiction (酗酒) problem and wanted to ask my _12_. We chatted about life for a
17、 few minutes and then he went back to his seat. _13_ him go, I also looked at the people _14_ me and his seat. He hadnt _15_ to talk to those strangers. He chose to talk to this stranger, for whatever it _16_ to him and whatever comfort it brought him. Why?Thats when it _17_ me. I must have looked l
18、ike a man who would understand the difficult _18_ I was a little sad at first, but then I was inspired by the _19_ that even when we are at our lowest we can still _20_ others if we look like we might be able to meet them where they live or walk a while in their world.本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲了作者在心情低落时，依然在
19、公交车上帮助了一个人。作者以此经历告诉我们即使在我们最低谷的时候，我们仍然可以帮助别人。1A.situationBstrengthCspiritsDpower答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。根据and felt tired physically.可知这里与physically相对应，意思是我情绪低落，身体很累。A.situation情况；B.strength力量；C.spirits精神；D.power力量，故选C。2A.because of Bin terms of Cregardless of Din spite of答案：A解析：考查固定短语辨析。句意：也许正因为如此，我几天没刮胡子了。A.b
20、ecause of因为；B.in terms of依据；C.regardless of 不顾，不管；D.in spite of尽管，故选A。3A.However BAlso CAnyhow DBut答案：B解析：考查副词辨析。句意：而且，因为我一直在我女儿的房子里修理，所以我穿得很邋遢。A.However然而；B.Also而且；C.Anyhow无论如何；D.But但是，故选B。4A.dressed Bseated Cdecorated Dshown答案：A解析：考查形容词辨析。根据because I had been doing some repairs at my daughters hou
21、se，可知我穿得很邋遢。A.dressed 穿；B.seated就座；C.decorated装饰；D.shown 表现，故选A。5A.plane Btrain Cship Dbus答案：D解析：考查名词辨析。根据A moment later a man _10_ from his seat at the back of the bus可知这里意思是登上公共汽车回家。 Aplane飞机；B.train火车；C.ship轮船；D.bus 公共汽车，故选D。6A.large Bfull Clate Ddark答案：B解析：考查形容词辨析。根据so I found a rail (扶手) to res
22、t against可知这里意思是我看到车厢几乎满了。A.large大的；B.full 满的；C.late迟的；D.dark黑暗的，故选B。7A.pointed Bpassed Coffered Dlent答案：C解析：考查动词辨析。根据Out loud I said, “Do I look that old and tired？” 可知这里意思是就在那时，一位年轻的女士带着她的孩子站起来，给我提供座位。A.pointed指出；B.passed 通过；C.offered提供；D.lent借给，故选C。8A.sighed Bresponded Creported Dturned答案：B解析：考查动
23、词辨析。根据“You look like youve had a _9_ day.”可知这位年轻的女士在回答。A.sighed叹息；B.responded回答；C.reported报告；D.turned转动，故选B。9A.difficult Brare Cnice Dvaluable答案：A解析：考查形容词辨析。上文说一位年轻的女士带着她的孩子站起来，给我提供座位，由此可知这里意思是你看起来像度过了困难的一天。A.difficult困难的；B.rare稀有的；C.nice好的；D.valuable有价值的，故选A。10A.escaped Blifted Chid Drose答案：D解析：考查动
24、词辨析。根据and _11_ his way towards me可知过了一会儿，一个男人从公共汽车后面的座位上站了起来。 Aescaped逃跑；B.lifted举起；C.hid隐藏；D.rose站起来，故选D。11A.fought Bfollowed Cmade Dfelt答案：C解析：考查固定用法。句意：过了一会儿，一个男人从公共汽车后座上站起来，向我走来。make ones way towards 向走来，该用法是固定用法，故选C。12A.promise Btrouble Cadvice Drequest答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。根据We chatted about life for
25、a few minutes可知他想要向我寻求建议。 Apromise承诺；B.trouble麻烦；C.advice建议；D.request要求，故选C。13A.Hearing BWatching CRecognizing DHelping答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。句意：看着他离去，我也看着我和他座位之间的人。A.Hearing听到；B.Watching看着；C.Recognizing认出，识别；D.Helping帮助，故选B。14A.among Balong Cbeside Dbetween答案：D解析：考查介词辨析。句意：看着他离去，我也看着我和他座位之间的人。A.among在之中；B.a
26、long沿着；C.beside在旁边；D.between在之间，故选D。15A.determined Bdemanded Cchosen Drefused答案：C解析：考查动词辨析。根据He chose to talk to this stranger 可知这里意思是他没有选择和那些陌生人说话。A.determined决定；B.demanded要求；C.chosen选择；D.refused拒绝，故选C。16A.meant Bseemed Cappeared Dhappened答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。句意：这对他意味着什么，给他带来了什么安慰。A.meant意味着；B.seemed似乎；C.
27、appeared出现；D.happened发生，故选A。17A.referred to Bbelonged to Cadapted to Doccurred to答案：D解析：考查动词短语辨析。根据I must have looked like a man who would understand the difficult _18_ I was a little sad at first可知这里意思是那是我突然想到的。A.referred to被提及；B.belonged to属于；C.adapted to适应于；D.occurred to突然想到，故选D。18A.life Bproblem
28、 Creply Dprogram答案：A解析：考查名词辨析。句意：我看起来一定像一个能理解艰难生活的人，一开始我有点难过。A.life生活；B.problem问题；C.reply回答；D.program程序，故选A。19A.decision Bdetermination Crealization Ddescription答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。句意：但是，当我意识到，即使在我们最低谷的时候，我们仍然可以帮助别人。A.decision决定；B.determination决心；C.realization意识到；D.description描述，故选C。20A.accompany Bprotect Cplease Dhelp答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。句意：但是，当我意识到，即使在我们最低谷的时候，我们仍然可以帮助别人。A.accompany陪伴；B.protect保护；C.please使高兴；D.help帮助，故选D。
