1、必修4 Unit 2 Working the land基础操练. 单词拼写1. (饥饿) is the best sauce. 2. Her shoulders were badly (晒伤). 3. Another (超级) skyscraper is being built.4. Manufacturing (产量) has increased by 8%. 5. The business has (扩展) a big one.6. Farmers produce millions of tons of g to feed the nation. 7. Would you mind wri
2、ting a s of the passage? About 200 words are OK. 8. At that time the British pound can e 2.80. 9. Shes c to do well in the examination. 10. Doctor gave me some advice on diet and n . 用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空be satisfied with/graduate from/struggle/lead a .life/with the hope of/rid of1. I the result of the
3、 experiment.2. They have for years to drive the invaders out of their country.3. We all wish that we could the world crime.4. In some less developed areas in China, some farmers are still poor .5. After college, he went to Shenzhen getting a chance to become rich soon. 同义句转换1. Better stay with us. I
4、f you stay with us, you are much safer. Better stay with us. If , you are much safer.2. That was the way he treated his parents. That was his parents. 3. The weather in Kunming is much better than the weather in Harbin. The weather in Kunming is much better than in Harbin.4. As she didnt know the wa
5、y to the hospital, she turned to the police for help. Not the way to the hospital, she turned to the police for help.5. They went to the supermarket on foot instead of by taxi. They went to the supermarket on foot by taxi.提升练习. 单项填空从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. We have learned 3,000 words . A. dur
6、ing past decade B. in the past decadeC. a decade ago D. after a decade 2. Our monitor made it to read English every morning. A. a habit B. habit C. rule D. a duty 3. Two years ago, I a high school. A. graduate for B. graduated from C. left from D. left for 4. the good weather, we can climb the mount
7、ain easily. A. Because B. As C. Thanks to D. Because for 5. The bedroom is twice the kitchen. A. as bigger as B. bigger than C. big than D. bigger to 6. Seldom what I says. A. does my mother care for B. my mother cared about C. my mother care for D. does my mother care about7. I to him. He is too se
8、rious. A. didnt use to talk B. am not used to talking C. am not used to talk D. didnt use to talking 8. When you are confused about some words in reading, you can the dictionary. A. refer to B. look up C. check D. have a look at 9. Our country vegetable. A. is rich in B. are rich in C. was rich on D
9、. rich for 10. We he be present at the meeting. A. insist on B. insisted C. stuck D. insisted on . 阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AEven plant can run a fever, especially when theyre under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet
10、awaystraight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared（红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target
11、pesticide（杀虫剂）spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest problems.Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an in
12、frared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a colou-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers”. Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, afte
13、r only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This techn
14、ique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial
15、backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.1. Plants will send out an increased amount of heat when they are .A. facing an infrared scanner B. sprayed with pesticidesC. in poor physical condition D. exposed to excessive sun rays2. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrar
16、ed scanning to .A. estimate the damage to the crops B. draw a colour-coded mapC. measure the size of the affected area D. locate the problem area3. Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by .A. resorting to spot-spraying B. transforming poisoned rainC. consulting infrared scanning exper
17、ts D. detecting crop problems at an early stage4. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties .A. its high cost B. the lack of official supportC. the lack of financial support D. its failure to help increase production5. Infrared scanning technology may
18、be brought back into operation because of .A. full support from agricultural experts B. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on cropsC. the forceful promotion by the Department of AgricultureD. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produceBNuclear-powered aircraft ca
19、rriers are considered one of the most important marine weapons in the 20th century. So far, only two countries in the world, the USA and France, have ever produced them. But these fearful fighting machines are about to enter Asia.The US Navy said last month that one of its nine nuclear-powered aircr
20、aft carriers will be sent to Japan to replace the diesel(柴油)-powered carrier Kitty Hawk in 2008. In an agreement on October 30, the two countries also plan to level up their military (军事的) cooperation and the USA called for Japan to take a larger role in alliance military moves.It will be the first
21、time that a nuclear-powered carrier is based in Japan. Bombed by US forces in World War at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is the only world country to have been attacked by a nuclear weapon. Therefore, the citizens are highly sensitive to where nuclear powered weapons are based. “A radiation leak at
22、Yokosuka would kill 100,000 people as far away as Tokyo, and could cause billions of dollars in damage,” said Masahiko Goto, leader of a protest group in Yokosuka. His group has collected more than 300,000 signatures of people across Japan opposed to the nuclear carrier.The 44-year-old Kitty Hawk, t
23、he US navys oldest active ship, has been based in Yokosuka since 1998. It had returned to the US to be decommissioned in 2008. The new carrier, yet to be unveiled, will travel faster, be capable of supporting longer operations and carry with it the Navys most modern technology.Experts pointed that t
24、his change is not only to strengthen the US-Japan military alliance but also to keep the military power of China and North Korea within limits. However, even Japanese experts dont believe that the two countries are threats to the region.“There is no need for Japan to have a nuclear carrier as defens
25、e,” said Tetsuo Maeda, an international relations professor at Tokyo International University. He said that the change of ship indicates an increased military capability in the region, much more than what is needed.6. With such a formidable weapon to enter its country, Japanese citizens .A. are awar
26、e of its benefits to the countryB. are anxious about its potential danger C. are curious about the advanced technology D. are against where the carrier will be based7. The replacement of the aircraft carrier is intended to .A. set up a kind of base in Japan B. strengthen the US-Japan military allian
27、ceC. show Japans greater military capability D. get rid of the dated marine weapon8. From the story, we learn that .A. no other countries except the USA and France possess aircraft carriersB. Japan has long planned to increase its military capability with new weaponsC. Japan will be the first countr
28、y in Asia to have a nuclear aircraft carrierD. Japan will be the third country to produce a nuclearpowered aircraft carrier9. The underlined word “unveiled” probably means .A. perfected B. discussed about C. produced D. brought to view10. By his remark in the last paragraph, the professor means that
29、 .A. he is quite confident of their military defenseB. he is completely opposed to a new nuclear carrierC. what is needed is far more than a nuclear carrierD. it is unnecessary to guard against the two countries 答案基础操练. 单词拼写1. Hunger 2. sunburnt 3. super4. output 5. expanded 6. grain7. summary 8. ex
30、change 9. certain10. nutrition. 用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空1. was satisfied with 2. struggled3. rid; of 4. leading a; life5. graduating from; with the hope of. 同义句转换1. so 2. how he treated 3. that4. knowing 5. rather than 提升练习. 单项填空1. 解析：选B。在过去的十年里可以说during the past decade，也可以说in the past decade。2. 解析：选A。hab
31、it为可数名词，意为“习惯”，而duty意为“责任；义务”。3. 解析：选B。句意为：两年前，我从一所高校毕业。graduate from意为“从毕业”。4. 解析：选C。由于空后是短语，因此排除A、B两项，thanks to相当于because of表示原因。意为“由于，幸亏”。5. 解析：选B。A项有较大干扰性，as.as中间是形容词或副词的原级。6. 解析：选D。care for意为“关心；照顾”；care about意为“在意；在乎”，后面可以跟宾语从句。7. 解析：选B。used to表达的是过去的习惯；be used to表达的是现在的习惯，其中to是介词，后跟名词或动名词。8.
32、解析：选A。refer to与look up都有“参照；查询”的意思。refer to后跟查询的资料，如书；look up后跟被查询的事情，如单词、数据等。9. 解析：选A。be rich in为固定搭配，意为：盛产；富有的。our country为单数形式。10. 解析：选B。insist在这里表示“坚决要求”，后跟的宾语从句要用虚拟语气，其结构为“should +动词原形”或直接接动词原形；insist on后跟名词或动名词。. 阅读理解1. 解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章第二段 “.an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crop
33、sThe data were transformed into a colour-coded map showing where plants were running fevers”可知，植物在发“高烧”，也就是说，植物在“身体状况”不佳时才会散发出热。2. 解析：选D。推理判断题。由文章第二段末尾“.showing where plants were running feversFarmers could then spotspray，.”可知，用红外线的描的目的是确定有问题的区域，以使农民有针对性地喷杀虫剂。3. 解析：选A。细节理解题。由文章第二段最后一句“Farmers could
34、then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would”（采取点喷，农民们可以节省平时用量的50至70的杀虫剂）可知。4. 解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章第三段的第一句“The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984，after only three yearsFarmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find”，可知，红外线扫
35、描技术应用于农业遇到了一些问题，原因有两个：一是农民对新技术的抵制；二是难以找到长期赞助商。还有一处明显的提示出现在文章的最后一句“But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago”，从该句提供的信息同样可以反推出10年前的情形。5. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第三段 “But with the renewed concern about pesticide on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning，Paley ho
36、pes to get back into operation”可知,B项正确。6. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由第三段中“Japan is the only world country to have been attacked by a nuclear weapon. Therefore, the citizens are highly sensitive to where nuclear powered- weapons are based”可知，B项正确。7. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第二段中的内容可知。8. 解析：选C。推理判断题。由文章第三段第一句话“It will be the first time that a nuclearpowered carrier is based in Japan”可知。9. 解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据上下文提供的语境可推测,unveil意为“揭开，使得显露出来”。10. 解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后两段的内容可知，教授的意思是反对新的核计划.