1、UNIT 8Period Two基础练单词拼写1She was sitting in an armchair with a _(毯子) wrapped around her.2She lay on her back, _(凝视) up at the ceiling.3I have never in my entire life heard such _(废话)!4The glass _(滑) out of my hand and fell on the floor.5He moves the phone away from his face in a combination of _(不相信)
2、 and disgust.6Some locals offered food and _(服装) to the refugees.【答案】1blanket2staring3nonsense4slipped5disbelief6clothing单句语法填空1In order to get the best out of any multicultural team, leaders should keep the following tips _ mind.2He stared _ the diamonds with greedy eyes.3Its _(believe) that they f
3、inished all the tasks within such a short time.4Many areas have been _(blanket) with snow.5When Peter returned last night, he heard _ the exciting plan.6She longed _(be) her own master and be able to help others instead of being helped by them.7Hardly could I hold _ my excitement when I heard that y
4、ou will come to China.8Would you mind _(wait) outside for a moment?【答案】1in2at3unbelievable4blanketed5of6to be7back8waiting完成句子1_ a heavy rain on the way home, he was all wet.他在回家的路上淋了一场大雨，所以全身湿透了。2Many people _ some bad habits, such as smoking and drinking too much.许多人发现很难摆脱一些坏习惯，比如吸烟和酗酒。3The entire
5、 family was _, waiting for him to speak.全家人都盯着他，等着他说话。4Unfortunately, I _ and knocked my nose on a chair.不幸的是，我滑倒了，鼻子碰在了椅子上。5Patients say that humour and shared laughter help _, and take their minds off their illness and problems.病人说，幽默和与人同乐可以帮助他们提升情绪，让他们暂时忘记自己的病痛和问题。【答案】1Caught in2find it difficult
6、/hard to get rid of3staring at him4slipped down5raise their spirits提升练阅读理解Fireworks are exciting, but also hard to control. The Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang, though, has developed a way to harness the visual and physical power of fireworks to make art. He recently used them to create a burning sculpt
7、ure that stretched high into the sky. Guoqiang fittingly named the work Sky Ladder.Guoqiang built Sky Ladder by making a frame out of metal. He coated the frame with gunpowder, the main chemical material in fireworks.The artist tied one end of the frame to the ground and attached a large weather bal
8、loon to the other end. The balloon was filled with heliuma gas thats lighter than air. When released, the balloon floated upward, pulling the top of the ladder 500 meters into the sky. Thats higher than the top of the Empire State Building!Guoqiang set fire to the bottom of the ladder, and the crack
9、ling(啪啪作响的) flames raced skyward up the frame. The sculpture burned for two and a half minutes before its flames began to die out from the bottom up.Dealing with explosives is challenging, and conditions had to be perfect for Guoqiang to achieve his desired effect. He first attempted Sky Ladder in 1
10、994, but bad weather prevented him from successfully completing the work. Guoqiang put Sky Ladder aside so that he could work on other projects, perhaps most famously the fireworks display that opened the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.Finally, after two more failed attempts, Guoqiang successfully sent
11、his flaming ladder skyward last year. He presented Sky Ladder in his hometown, a quiet fishing village near Huiyu Island, Quanzhou. He offered the work as a gift to his 100-year-old grandmother, other family members, his friends, and his town.“Behind Sky Ladder lies a clear childhood dream of mine，”
12、 Guoqiang explains. “Despite all lifes twists and turns, I have always been determined to realise it. The ladder rose towards the morning sun, carrying hope. For me, this not only means a return, but also the start of a new journey. ”()1What does the underlined word “harness” in Paragraph 1 probably
13、 mean?AControl and use.BFind and collect.CSave and develop.DCount and produce.()2Cai Guoqiang first imagined a ladder of fire when _.Ahe was a young boyBhe saw the Empire State BuildingCthe 2008 Olympic Games openedDhis grandmother had her 100th birthday()3What would be the best title for the text?A
14、Living with hopeBA birthday giftCBurning manDArt on fire【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章报道了中国艺术大师蔡国强的500米高烟火作品天梯“登天”成功的消息。1A词义猜测题。由第一段的“Fireworkshard to control. ”和下文介绍艺术大师蔡国强利用烟火创作的震惊世人的“烟花天梯”可知，他找到了一种能“控制并利用”烟火的方法来进行艺术创作。故选A项。2A推理判断题。由最后一段的“Behind Sky Ladder lies a clear childhood dream of mine”可知，蔡国强在儿时就想象过一架喷着火焰
15、的梯子。故选A项。3D标题归纳题。本文主要是对艺术大师蔡国强创作的烟火作品天梯成功绽放的报道。D项作标题既指天梯这幅烟火表演作品，也指蔡国强所从事的烟火表演艺术。故选D项。完形填空Sometimes a wedding dress is more than a beautiful gathering of fine cloth. Sometimes it tells a story of help.After her own wedding was _1_ because of COVID-19 this spring, Jessica Leja, a nurse, made a decisi
16、on that she would donate her $1，800 dress to someone in need.Of course, she could have sold the dress, but because she has _2_ her life to caring for cancer patients, she decided to turn a sad situation into something encouraging for someone else.She decided to _3_ it to a cancer patient.“My heroes
17、are cancer patients; they are the fighters，” she said. “The admiration I have for them is beyond _4_. ”Since the story appeared on 18 June, Jessica, who lives in New Lenox, Illinois, has _5_ hundreds of emails from people interested in taking her up on her offer.To find who is the most _6_ person, J
18、essica _7_ the summer reading emails. On 19 August, she called Toni Roberts, a cancer patient in Lebanon, Tennessee, to tell her shed been _8_ to receive the dress.Roberts, a 31-year-old mother of one, who _9_ as a nurse, told Jessica about her breast cancer, and how she supported and encouraged oth
19、er patients.Jessica said she _10_ Roberts spirit. “She reaches out to them; shes kind and helpful，” Jessica said. “Shes all about helping others and _11_ them. ”Roberts had decided to marry Daniel Johnson a month before Jessicas story appeared in newspapers. The couple planned to _12_ their wedding
20、on 20 February, 2021So Jessica planned to take the dress to them sometime the next month.Roberts said the dress donation was more than a financial saving. She and Jessica have become friends thanks to the _13_.“She knows what Im _14_. She experienced it with her patients every day，” Roberts said.“An
21、d of course, the dress is wonderful，” she said, “just like Jessica is _15_. ”()1Acalled offBcalled forCcalled onDcalled back()2AdevotedBfocusedCturnedDapplied()3AcarryBcollectCsellDgive()4AphrasesBwordsCexpectationDpoints()5AacceptedBwrittenCreceivedDshared()6AusefulBsuitableCcarefulDcomfortable()7A
22、tookBspentCenjoyedDcost()8AallowedBforcedCchosenDrefused()9AworksBpresentsCdirectsDhelps()10AaffectedBprovedCinfluencedDadmired()11Aencouraging BmeetingCteachingDprotecting()12AholdBopenCfixDdesign()13AweatherBmessageCexperienceDtechnology()14Apulling downBfalling overCpassing onDgoing through()15Am
23、eaningfulBdelightfulCpeacefulDwonderful【语篇解读】护士杰西卡莉娅 (Jessica Leja)的婚礼取消后，她决定将婚纱捐给有需要的人。1A句意：今年春天，在她自己的婚礼由于新冠肺炎被取消后，护士杰西卡莉娅决定把她价值1 800美元的婚纱捐给有需要的人。call off取消；call for要求；call on号召；call back召回。故选A项。2A句意：当然，她本可以卖掉这件婚纱，但由于她一生都致力于照顾癌症患者，所以她决定把伤心的局面变成鼓舞别人的事情。devoteto意为“把奉献给”。故选A项。3D句意：她决定把婚纱送给(give)一位癌症患者
24、。故选D项。4B句意：她说：“我对他们的钦佩难以言表。”beyond words表示“无法用语言表达”。故选B项。5C句意：生活在伊利诺伊州的新莱诺克斯的杰西卡收到了(receive)数百封电子邮件。这些人都对接受她的提议感兴趣。故选C项。6B句意：为了找到最合适的(suitable)人选，杰西卡在读电子邮件中度过(spend)了夏天。故选B项。7B句意见第6题。spend some time doing sth. 表示“花费多长时间做某事”。故选B项。8C句意：8月19日，她打电话给田纳西州黎巴嫩县的癌症患者托尼罗伯茨(Toni Roberts)，告诉她，她被选中(choose)接受这件婚纱
25、。故选C项。9A句意：罗伯茨，有一个孩子的31岁母亲，目前担任(work)护士，告诉杰西卡她患有乳腺癌，以及她是如何支持和鼓励其他病人的。故选A项。10D句意：杰西卡说她很欣赏(admire)罗伯茨的精神。故选D项。11A句意：她关心帮助和鼓励(encourage)别人。故选A项。12A句意：这对夫妇计划在2021年2月20日举行(hold)婚礼。故选A项。13C句意：由于这次经历(experience)，她和杰西卡成了朋友。故选C项。14D句意：罗伯茨说：“她知道我正在经历什么”。pull down 摧毁；fall over 从上跌落；pass on 传递；go through 经历。故选D
26、项。15D句意：“当然，这件衣服好极了(wonderful)，就像杰西卡一样。”她说道。wonderful极好的；meaningful有意义的；delightful令人高兴的；peaceful和平的，宁静的。故选D项。语法填空Dragon Heads-raising Day, 1._ falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month, is one of the Chinese traditional festivals as the proverb goes: “The dragon is awake, 2._(raise
27、) his head. ” On this day, dragons, a prominent totem(图腾) in Chinese culture, raise 3._(they) heads with the sound of thunder. Around this time, the earth 4._(burst) with lifegrass and trees are beginning to shoot up. In ancient China, people 5._(pray) the dragon god beside a river or a lake for the
28、 precious spring rain to breed their crops.6._(tradition), food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of the dragon. For instance, wontons were called “dragons eyes”. The special 7._(food) usually eaten on this day include dragons scales, popcorn and pigs heads.In Shanxi, people usually have the
29、ir hair 8._(cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new. In 9._ countryside in Hebei Province, people would fetch water from a well at dawn. It was believed 10._ on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collectors good harvest.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了在农历二月初二那天
30、中国的传统风俗。1which考査关系代词。分析该句结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为“Dragon Heads-raising Day”，空处在从句中作主语，故用which引导该定语从句。故填which。2raising考查现在分词。该句主语“The dragon”和动词raise之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，在此处作伴随状语，故用其现在分词形式。故填raising。3their考査代词。空处修饰后面的名词heads，故用形容词性物主代词their，表示“它们的头”。故填their。4is bursting考査固定用法。根据常识并结合语境可知，大概就是这个时候，大地生机勃勃。此处考査固定用
31、法be bursting with sth. ，表示“充满某物”；且该句主语为“the earth”，为第三人称单数，且此处叙述的为客观情况。故填is bursting。5would pray/prayed考査动词时态。该处表示在古代人们在二月初二将要做的动作，故用过去将来时；根据该句的时间状语“In ancient China”可知，该处陈述的是发生在中国古代的事情，所以也可以用一般过去时。故填would pray/prayed。6Traditionally考査副词。空处修饰整个句子，用traditional的副词形式。故填Traditionally。7foods考査名词复数。根据该句中的“include dragons scales, popcorn and pigs heads”可知，这一天人们吃多种食物，且谓语动词include为复数。故填foods。8cut考査固定用法。分析该句结构可知，此处考査固定用法have sth. done，表示“让某物被”。故填cut。9the考査冠词。in the countryside意为“在乡下；在农村”。故填the。10that考查关联词。该句中的It为形式主语，真正主语是空处引导的主语从句；且该从句为陈述句，用that引导该主语从句。故填that。
