1、Unit 2 Wish you were here 课时作业(二)Reading： An adventure in AfricaI. 根据课文内容，选出正确的选项：1. According to the first pararaph, _.A. Toby is planning a business tripB. Toby usually travels in his summer holiday C. Colin wants to travel before starting universityD. Toby is not very excited about the trip2. Acc
2、ording to the second paragraph, _.A. Toby enjoys traveling on camelsB. Toby is worried about traveling on camelsC. Toby will feed the camelsD. Colin loves camels3. According to Paragraph 5, Toby wants to _.A. see a giraffe up closeB. scare animals awayC. take photographs of animalsD. about an elepha
3、nt4. According to the letter, Toby enjoys _.A. comfortable, expensive holidaysB. cultural holidaysC. adventure holidaysD. staying at homeII. 根据短文的含义及所给的首字母提示填上正确的单词：Another exciting a 1 is rafting. A raft is a small b 2 tht you can use to paddle down rivers and streams. Rafting is a good way to e 3
4、nature. If you want a normal rifting trip, choose a 4 stream or river that is wide and has few f 5 trees or rocks. If you are looking for more e 6 you may want to try whitewater rafting. Whiterifting is more a 7 and difficult than normal rafting. It is done on rivers and streams where the water move
5、s q 8 . You have to be careful not to hit rocks, trees and other dangers. The name “whitewater” comes from the f 9 that the water in these streams and rivers is white when it moves quickly.As with hinking, you should always think about your s 10 and wear good clothes. You also need to learn the basi
6、c s 11 of rafting, such as how to h 12 the raft, how to p 13 , and how to get in and out of the raft. You should not go rafting u 14 you know how to swim, and you should always wear a life j 15 .III. 下列各句中只有一个错误，请指出并给以改正：1. She is busy day and night on her homework.2. If Ive made any mistake, Im rea
7、dy for apologize.3. He had no money or no place to live.4. We are about to leave London on 15th July, and well be flying to Morocco.5. Were going to travel by camels through the Sahara Desert. 6. This room is of the same size that one.7. The work is making as much progress as can expect.8. Dont keep
8、 me in the darkness about it.9. They scared him to hand over the keys.10. He looked in envy at his neighbors new car. IV. 单项选择：1.The man insisted _ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.A. find B. to findC. on findingD. in finding2. More patients _ in hospital this year than last year.
9、A. treated B. have treatedC. had been treatedD. have been treated3. The old man, _ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.A. having workedB. workingC. to have workedD. to work4. _ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.A. WhichB. WhenC. WhatD. As5. A cook wi
10、ll be immediately fired if he is found _ in the kitchen.A. smokeB. smokingC. to smokeD. smokedV. 阅读理解： Views on animal protection G. J. Lee: I was shocked when I saw the news of the awfulness of some people towards innocent (无辜的) animals. Theyre not feeling sorry for their actions simply because the
11、y dont find anything wrong! Humans and other living beings are all a part of nature, so theres no reason to mistreat our brothers and sisters just because our race is now a little stronger! Remember, were equal! Su Jun (Shanxi): I firmly hold the belief that the economy is the foundation of everythi
12、ng. If we want more care and ethical (人道的) treatment in China, the first thing to do is to make our country richer so that more financial support and manpower can be used to take care of animals. How could we spend so much money on pets with many people in China suffering from terrible poverty? Of c
13、ourse, cruelty to animals is completely wrong and what we should do now, if sensible, is just to treat them fairly and avoid abuse(虐待). Wang Jiangwei: We often hear that animals are our best friends and we should protect them. But why? The most popular reason is that if we damage the food chain, hum
14、an beings will suffer a lot. So many people protect animals just for themselves for medical research, for instance. However, if a person doesnt believe an animal may save his life, he will be cruel to animals if he doesnt love them at all. So I think the best way to protect animals is to let people
15、really develop love for animals. Li Ting (Anhui University): A person will feel lonely living in a house without anyone else. Likewise, humans will feel lonely living on the earth without any other living things. Unfortunately, many people are driven by commercial benefit and selfish ideas. Many peo
16、ple treat animals badly because they dont understand that loving animals is also loving human beings themselves. World Animal Day gives us a good chance to re-establish relations between animals and humans. Lakeman (Harbin): I think that protecting animals is the governments work and not citizens. A
17、 great many children grow up without seeing animals as anything other than pets or domestic animals. Perhaps they will not see them their whole lives. They can do nothing to protect animals. Pets dont need protecting. But at the same time, a lot of wildlife is being destroyed for various reasons, Fo
18、r example, their habitats are destroyed or they are killed for economic benefit. So, our government should have regulations to prevent these things from happening again and should do something to channel peoples actions in a different direction.1. G. J. Lee was shocked at the news mainly because _.
19、A. animals are weaker group compared with humans B. there are people who badly treat animals in the world at all C. some people dont treat animals as their brothers and sisters D. there are people who badly treat animals in the world at all2. Su Jun thinks that _. A. peoples bad treatment of animals
20、 is understandable B. the existence of people is more important than that of animals C. the government should answer for the wrong done to animals D. the development of economy is the key to protect animals3. According to the discussion, the most important idea of animal protection is _. A. that lov
21、ing animals is also loving human beings themselves B. to show humans love to other living beings C. to show the equality between humans and other living beings D. that animals can let people not feel lonely any longer4. Besides being killed, another threat to wild animals mentioned is that _. A. the
22、 government doesnt pay enough attention to animal protection B. their habitats are destroyed badly C. children only know how to protect pets instead of wild animals D. we have little money to be used in the protection of animals VI. 翻译下列词组：1. 忙于做某事 _2. 迫不及待地做某事_3. 骑骆驼 _4. 大约美国大小 _5. 吓得某人不敢做某事_6. 近距离
23、地看_7. 盼望做某事 _8. 羡慕他的学问_9. 全身湿透 _10. 比预料的早 _参考答案I. 略II. 1. adventure2. boat3. experience4. quiet5. fallen6. excitement7. adventurous8. quickly 9. fact10. safety11. skills12. handle13. paddle14. unless15. jacketIII.1. on with / over2. for to 3. or and 4. are about to are going to5. by on6. size 后加上as7
24、. expect be expected 8. darkness dark9. to hand into handing 10. in withIV. CDADBV. 1B。见GJLee讲话的第2句。这是一个感叹句，是对第1句的进一步解释 (他为何感到惊异)。2D。Su Jun发言的第1句就表明了自己的观点：经济是一切事物的基础(包括动物保护)。3A。 关于保护动物的讨论中，发言者谈了很多重要性；但最重要的，当数安徽大学的Li Ting所说的“爱护动物就是爱护人类自己”。4B。最后一段的第2句说：野生动物的栖息地遭到破坏足它们面临毁灭的原因之一。VI. 1. be busy doing sth. 2. cant wait to do sth. 3. ride a camel4. about the size of USA5. scare sb. out of doing sth.6. see up close7. look forward to doing sth.8. envy him (for) his knowledge9. be wet through10. earlier than expected