1、Unit 21课下能力提升(十二).根据首字母或汉语意思写出单词1A formal c_ was signed between the two companies.2Some of the studies show positive results, w_ others do not.3Safety regulations are being i_ by company managers in the drive to increase profits.4She _ (经受) an operation on a tumour in her left lung last year.5If we
2、had taken such _ (有效的) measures much earlier, the river would not be polluted so seriously now.6He was completely _ (无知的) about the countrys political system.单句语法填空1This time shes leaving _ good; you cant expect to see her.2I hope the weather will clear _ before Sunday.3All their attention was focus
3、ed _ only one thing how to solve the problem of water pollution.4When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed, _ (tell) me stories till I fell asleep.5The robot _ (equip) with a camera can do many things for mankind.6First _ all, you have to wash your hands.7The festival will be great for our
4、city and for the country _ a whole.8You will benefit _ jogging a lot if you stick to it.完成句子1他夜以继日地工作，为的是养活全家。He worked day and night _2看来，他们知道自己在干什么。_ they know what theyre doing.3据报道，这种产品已投入使用。_ the production has been put into use.完形填空At age 86, Millie Garfield is one of the worlds oldest elderly
5、 bloggers (写博客的人)_1_ reading a newspaper article in 2003 and then asking her son for _2_ in getting online, Millie has been blogging ever since.We usually associate blogging with the _3_： our children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews. While the blogging landscape was once _4_ almost entirely by tee
6、ns, it has opened to different age groups now.After 38 years of marriage, Millie _5_ her husband in 1994. She has no siblings and has only one son. She has to live alone. Like many elderly people, her social network was beginning to _6_ in size as many of her friends were in assisted living.Blogging
7、 has _7_ Millies universe. “I have to blog once a week，” she says. “If I dont, they start _8_ about me.” When I ask who “they” are, Millie says they are the 70 or 80 _9_ who visit her blog each day. When she was three days _10_ in posting one week, she began getting _11_ from them to see if she was
8、okay. She has also got to _12_ other bloggers from around the country.Not only has blogging helped Millie make new _13_， but it has also helped her learn about herself.“I write about everyday living in a _14_ fashion, so I try to find interesting things in a TV show, a movie, or a(n) _15_ to the den
9、tist，” she says.“I never knew I was funny but now people _16_ me I am. It is a big discovery.”Millie _17_ loves blogging. “My life would be _18_ and empty without it.Im able to learn from people all over the world，” she says. Then she adds, “When youre older, you dont have many _19_. The wonderful t
10、hing about blogging is that you can have many people hear what you think and no one _20_ you when you are speaking.”1A.WhileBUntilCAfter DAs2A.help BapologyCexcuse Dpermission3A.old ByoungCrich Dsick4A.damaged BoccupiedCprepared Ddesigned5A.missed BfollowedCrecognized Dlost6A.grow BdevelopCdecrease
11、Dremain7A.expanded BconcludedCfound Druined8A.complaining BthinkingCarguing Dworrying9A.workers BreadersCpassengers Dspeakers10A.late BawayCfast Dready11A.warnings BsuggestionsCemails Dbooks12A.know BseeCchange Dask13A.comments BconnectionsCcontributions Dcombinations14A.popular BfamousCsimilar Dhum
12、orous15A.gift BvisitCwave Daward16A.warn BproveCorder Dtell17A.probably BfortunatelyChardly Dclearly18A.poor BslowCdull Dsimple19A.listeners BmanagersCinterpreters Dlecturers20A.fears BinterruptsCcontrols Dtreats.阅读理解There is little doubt that humans used herbs (药草) for healing well before anything
13、could be written about them.Many authorities recognize Hippocrates as the “father of medicine” for the European tradition. The treatment of the Hippocratic physician reflected his fundamental approach. It was the treatment of an individual, not a disease, and the treatment of the whole body, not any
14、 part of it. Treatment was based on the fundamental idea that nature had a strong healing force of its own, and that the main role of the physician was to assist nature in this healing process, rather than to direct it. The main ally of the physician in assisting nature in this process was diet. Onl
15、y if diet failed were drugs used, and surgery was a last resort.The great philosopher Aristotle was the son of a medical man and a medical man himself, but his main influence on the development of European medicine was through his student, Theophrastus, called the “father of botany (植物学)”. He was th
16、e first known author in Europe of a classification system for plants with accompanying comments about their medicinal value. He described about 450 different medicinal plants. However, this text has not come down through history, and is only noted in later commentaries.The first document of herbal m
17、edicine that is regarded as a medical classic in the European tradition was De Materia Medica by Dioscorides. Dioscorides was a surgeon accompanying the army. He travelled far, collected much information, and gained considerable medical experience. Dioscorides had recorded herb knowledge for 600 pla
18、nts. The books pictures were considered the only authoritative ones for European medicinal plants for over 1，000 years. The work was translated into English in 1655, and continued to be the primary reference on European herbs.Greek medicine continued to improve for several decades after Dioscorides,
19、 but it eventually began to stagnate. 1The treatment of the Hippocratic physician _Ausually didnt function wellBwas based on the healing power of natureCtended to replace diet with drugsDrelied heavily on surgery2What can we learn about Theophrastus from the passage?AHe was a student of Hippocrates.
20、BHe is known as the “father of medicine”CHe used a system to classify plants.DHe wrote a text that was proved wrong by later generations.3According to the passage, De Materia Medica by Dioscorides _Ahas not come down through historyBrecorded about 450 different medicinal plantsCwas originally writte
21、n in EnglishDpromoted the development of European medicine4The underlined word “stagnate” in the last paragraph probably means “_”Astop developing Bkeep growingCenjoy fame Dreduce expenses.短文改错My friend Lisa was often unhappily. One day, I asked her how. She said, “My parents love my younger sister
22、many more. I dont think Im important to them.” After hear that, I said, “Your parents surely love you and your sister equally.” I said that because I really think so then. Parents usual love all of their children the same. But they sometime act as if they loved the youngest one more. This isnt good.
23、 We dont think parents should make their children to think kids are treated differently. They should let their children know that they love all them equally.答案：.1.contract2.whereas3.ignored4underwent5.effective6.ignorant.1.for2.up3.on4.telling5equipped6.of7.as8.from.1.so that he could support his fa
24、mily2It seems that3It is reported that.语篇解读：网络已经不仅仅是年轻人的天下了，老年人中也有写博客的名人。1解析：选C开始写博客应该是在能上网之后的事情。2解析：选A一开始Millie应该需要在儿子的帮助下上网。3解析：选B从后面的“our children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews”可知指的是年轻人。4解析：选B从后面的“it has opened to different age groups now”可知此处要表示的是网络之前是年轻人占领的。5解析：选D从后面的“She has to live alone.
25、”可知Millie失去了丈夫。6解析：选C很多朋友需要在别人的照顾下生活了，交际圈变小了。7解析：选A从本段的描述可知通过写博客Millie认识了很多新朋友，她的世界得到了拓展。8解析：选D从后面的“she began getting . to see if she was okay”可知大家会担心她。9解析：选B来看Millie的博客的人应该算做读者。10解析：选AMillie引起了读者的担心，由此可知她更新博客的时间比平时晚了。11解析：选C博客的读者们最有可能发电子邮件跟Millie联系。12解析：选A通过写博客Millie认识了其他写博客的人。13解析：选B这句是一个承上启下的句子，前
26、半个分句总结上段内容，即写博客让Millie增加了与他人的联系。14解析：选D从后面的“I try to find interesting things”和“I never knew I was funny .”可知Millie试图用幽默的风格写作。15解析：选BMillie试图从日常生活中找到有趣的事情，去看牙医也是日常生活的一部分。16解析：选DMillie在写博客的过程中培养了幽默感，大家都说她很有趣。17解析：选D从后文的描述可知Millie明显很喜欢写博客。18解析：选C不写博客的话Millie会感到无聊、空虚。19解析：选A从后面的“The wonderful thing abou
27、t blogging is that you can have many people hear what you think”可知此处Millie抱怨没有听她说话的人。20解析：选B写博客的时候有人听你的想法，而且没人会打断你。.语篇解读：草药的使用在欧洲也有很长的历史。本文介绍了希腊医学史上的一些重要人物及著作。1解析：选B细节理解题。从第二段的“Treatment was based on the fundamental idea that nature had a strong healing force of its own, and that the main role of th
28、e physician was to assist nature in this healing process .”可知B项正确。2解析：选C细节理解题。从第三段的“He was the first known author in Europe of a classification system for plants .”可知C项正确。3解析：选D推理判断题。从第四段的“The first document of herbal medicine that is regarded as a medical classic in the European tradition was De Materia Medica by Dioscorides.”可知D项正确。4解析：选A词义猜测题。从转折连词but和eventually可知事情向前一分句所描述的相反的方向发展了，前一分句说古希腊的医学持续发展，此处应该是表示“终止、停滞”之类的词语。.第一句：unhappilyunhappy第二句：howwhy第三句：manymuch第四句：hearhearing第五句：thinkthought第六句：usualusually第七句：sometimesometimes第九句：WeI；去掉to第十句：all后面加of