1、Unit 2Working the landSection Learning about Language & Using Language.七选五How to Make Friends with NeighborsMost people have neighbors where they live, whether it is in a house, a townhouse, or an apartment. You want to be friends with your neighbors, not enemies. Here are some tips to make that hap
2、pen.Get to know your neighbors. If you are the ones moving in and nobody has come to greet you, introduce yourself to your neighbors. 1 If you see someone with a moving truck moving in, introduce yourself and offer to help. Take them a hometreat, such as cookies or bread, and welcome them to the nei
3、ghborhood. 2 Take a loaf of bread or a plate of cookies or brownies and wish them a Merry Christmas. You can make a little bag of candy to take to them and wish them a Happy Halloween.Invite your neighbors to dinner or a barbecue. You can get to know them over a delicious meal. Dont ask them to brin
4、g anything. 3 You can also invite your neighbor over to your house if you are watching a football, baseball, or other sport you think they might be interested in.Be considerate to your neighbors. 4 You dont want to be the annoying neighbors who have no consideration for others in the neighborhood. K
5、eep your arguments within the walls of your house. Dont run outside yelling at one another, creating a huge scene. Nobody wants to know about your personal or family problems.Let your children play together. Dont discourage your children from playing with your neighbors children because of religion,
6、 race, or other petty things. 5 AHelp out with yard work.BWish them happy holidays.CIf they offer, be gracious and accept it.DGo up to your neighbors house and say hello.EIf you see your neighbor working out in his or her yard, offer a helping hand.FDont play super loud music in the early morning or
7、 after nine oclock at night.GThey will probably grow up together, so avoid creating enemies and make friends instead.【语篇解读】本文为说明文,介绍了如何与邻居交朋友。1解析:选D根据本段主题句:开始去结识你的朋友,及空前一句:如果你是新搬来的,没有人跟你打招呼,那就向你的邻居介绍自己。故此处谈去邻居家主动打招呼。2解析:选B根据下文,带面包或曲奇饼祝福朋友圣诞快乐,故此处作为主题句,谈论祝福邻居节日快乐的话题。3解析:选C根据本段主题句:通过共进晚餐或一起吃烧烤可以增进与邻居的
8、友谊。上文谈不要让他们带任何东西来,此处表示如果他们带来了要有礼貌的接受,与上文为转折对比关系。4解析:选F根据本段主题句:要多为邻居着想,故此处以太早或太晚不要大声弹奏音乐,具体说明如何体谅邻居。5解析:选G根据上文,让你家孩子跟邻居家孩子一起玩,故此处谈孩子们将很可能一起长大,成为朋友而不是敌人。.完形填空Farming and GardeningAgriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom 1 by early Chinese scientists is still useful for farmers and g
9、ardeners today. One of Chinas early 2 scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing 3 into agriculture. He collected information, studied it, did experiments and learnt from the 4 of farmers.Around 540 AD, he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about
10、both farming and 5 . It includes advice on the following 6 :growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes. There arealso 7 for making wine. Jia Sixies book is a(n) 8 guide for farming. Firstly, as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow
11、seeds and 9 young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year, your work will be less and 10 will be better. But if you 11 nature and do things at the wrong time of the year, you will have to do more work and the results will not be so good. The 12 of the soil is also very important. Examin
12、e the soil on your farm 13 . If the condition of your soil is not good, you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops, you must clean rough ground and 14 weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to 15 the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers 16 the crops in their fie
13、lds. For example, do not plant rice 17 in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will 18 good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with 19 between the plants, but Jia did experiments and 20 that planting wheat close to
14、gether is better.【语篇解读】本文是议论文和说明文的结合。主要介绍了我国古代农业科学家贾思勰对我国古代农业的研究和贡献。他的耕种方法对我国古代农业起了重要的指导作用。1A.discoveredBrecoveredCreportedDrepeated解析:选A从词语和搭配考虑,此处只有discovered才能与wisdom搭配。wisdom后的“ 1 by early Chinese scientists”是过去分词短语作定语。2A.industrialBagriculturalCculturalDarticle解析:选B根据常识或上下文可知,贾思勰是我国古代的农业科学家,故选a
15、gricultural。3A.searchBresearchCexperimentDmovement解析:选Bdo research into为固定搭配,意为“进行的研究”,符合语境。4A.adventuresBadvantagesCtraditionDexperience解析:选Dlearn from the experience of farmers表示“学习农民的(耕作)经验”,符合语境需要。5A.nursingBgardeningCproduceDtrade解析:选B由本文的标题和第一段第二句推断可知,选gardening。6A.programsBtopicsCsubjectsDeve
16、nts解析:选C从语境来看,本句的下文介绍一些具体的课题,如种菜、养动物等,因此选subject“科目,课题”。7A.instructionsBconstructionsCmeasuresDtreasures解析:选A此处表示造酒的“指导,说明”,选instructions,其他选项与句意不符。8A.economicalBpracticalCsimilarDregular解析:选Bpractical guide意为“切实可行的指导”。economical“经济的,节省的”;similar“相似的”;regular“有规律的”,均与句意不符。9A.dropBincreaseCgrowDthrow
17、解析:选Cgrow young plants意为“种植幼苗”,其他选项没有“种植”之意。10A.dreamsBendingChopeDresults解析:选Dresult与前文的“work”相对,表示“工作投入少,而结果更好”。11A.argue againstBgo againstCcompete withDdeal with解析:选Bgo against nature意为“违背自然(规律)”,符合句意。12A.applicationBsituationCconditionDaddition解析:选Cthe condition of the soil表示“土壤的状况/条件”。13A.succ
18、essfullyBcarefullyCgraduallyDfrequently解析:选B前句指出土壤状况重要,本句说明要细心、仔细检查土壤,因此选carefully。14A.removeBpullCkillDreduce解析:选A从词语搭配考虑,本句告诉读者,种庄稼之前需要平整土地和除草,remove weeds意为“清除杂草”。15A.destroyBpreventCdivideDlimit解析:选A句意:让牛羊在地里走是为了摧毁杂草或者吃掉杂草,故选destroy。16A.keepBimproveCmanageDchange解析:选D从下句中“do not plant rice 17 in
19、 the same field”可知庄稼要换着种,因此选change。17A.one after anotherBhere and thereCnow and thenDyear after year解析:选Dyear after year“年复一年”,意为“不在同一块地里年复一年地种同一种庄稼”。18A.winBcollectCharvestDplant解析:选C本句意在表达“如果每年换种不同的庄稼就会有好收成”。harvest good crops意为“收成好”。19A.holesBlinesCspaceDbalance解析:选C从词语搭配考虑,本句指的是“种植小麦时,株与株之间要留有空间”,而非留有线、洞或平衡,因此选space。20A.showedBmeantCintendedDdecided解析:选A前面有“Jia did experiments”,因此后面是实验结果“证明,表明”,因此选showed。1considerateadj.体贴的;考虑周到的2annoyingadj.烦人的3religionn宗教4wisdomn智慧5sow seeds播种