Unit 2　Working the land

　　.單項填空

　　1．My sister，________ for months to find a job as a teacher, finally took a position in Wenzhou Daily.

　　A．struggling

　　B．struggled

　　C．to struggle

　　D．having struggled

　　解析　答案　D

　　2．The policemen were searching for the lost girl in the mountain for a whole night，________.

　　A．coldly and hungrily

　　B．cold and hungrily

　　C．cold and hungry

　　D．coldly and hungry

　　解析　答案　C

　　3．— I'll help you prepare for the party on Wednesday.

　　— Please don't________.My sisters have promised to help me.

　　A．promise

　　B．annoy

　　C．bother

　　D．disturb

　　解析　答案　C

　　4．— As a weight-lifting athlete, Thomas is indeed too large, I think.

　　— But________that, he is still one of the best athletes at present.

　　A．in case of

　　B．in spite ofC．thanks to

　　D．in response to

　　解析　答案　B

　　5．Troubled by a terrible headache, Catherine wondered how she could________herself of the bad situation.

　　A．throw

　　B．remove

　　C．move

　　D．rid

　　解析　答案　D

　　6．In April,2009，President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao，________the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy.

　　A．marking

　　B．to mark

　　C．being marked

　　D．having marked

　　解析　此題考查非謂語動詞。mark和“President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao”之間是邏輯上的主謂關系，故選A。

　　答案　A

　　7．He walked as fast as he could，________to catch the first train.

　　A．hoped

　　B．to hopeC．hoping

　　D．hope

　　解析　表示伴隨，hope與主語之間是主動的關系，所以應用現在分詞。

　　答案　C

　　8．The company________only when it gets orders from a foreign country.

　　A．imports

　　B．exports

　　C．transports

　　D．deports

　　解析　句意：只有當這個公司從國外得到訂單時，才出口。export出口；import進口；transport運輸；deport驅逐(出境)。

　　答案　B

　　9．Those machines________to Thailand next month are made in a factory of a small town.

　　A．exporting

　　B．to exportC．exported

　　D．to be exported

　　解析　動詞不定式表示將來的動作。export和machine之間是被動的關系，應用過去分詞。

　　答案　D

　　10．Progress so far has been very good，________，we are sure that the project will be completed on time.

　　A．however

　　B．otherwise

　　C．therefore

　　D．besides

　　解析　句意：迄今為止，進展很順利，因此，我們肯定項目能按時完成。兩個分句是因果關系。however無論如何，不管怎樣，然而；otherwise另外，否則；therefore因此，所以；besides此外，除此之外。

　　答案　C

　　11．She thought I was praising her son，________as a matter of fact，I was scolding him for his bad behaviours at school.

　　A．while

　　B．therefore

　　C．which

　　D．so that

　　解析　句意：她認為我在表揚她兒子，其實不然，我倒是在批評他在學校的不良行為。用while表示轉折。

　　答案　A

　　12．Some of you may have finished Unit One.________，you can go on to Unit Two.

　　A．If you may

　　B．If you doC．If not

　　D．If so

　　解析　本題考查省略句的用法。If so＝If you have done that/so。

　　答案　D

　　13．—The final exam is coming.Would you mind my staying up late，going over my lessons?

　　—I'd rather you________.With the light on，I can't fall asleep.A．don't

　　B．didn't

　　C．won't

　　D．haven't

　　解析　“would rather＋從句”時，從句的主語與主句主語不一致時，從句中的謂語動詞若表示同現在事實相反，則應用一般過去時。

　　答案　B

　　14．—Do you regret________2,000 yuan for the trip?

　　—No.I would gladly have paid________for it.

　　A．to pay；twice so much

　　B．to have paid；as much twice

　　C．paying；twice as much

　　D．having paid；so much twice

　　解析　由句意可知，“我”的兩千元早已經付了，因此回答表示“不懊悔。我愿意付兩倍的錢”。regret接動詞-ing形式時，表示“后悔已經做過的事情”；as much修飾倍數時，應該把倍數放在前面。

　　答案　C

　　15．People believe that we________a special ability to learn language and that our brain________itself to the language we heard around us.

　　A．are prepared for；adjusts

　　B．are equipped for；adapts

　　C．are armed with；fits

　　D．are equipped with；adjusts

　　解析　句意：人們認為我們具備特別的語言學習能力，并且我們的大腦也適應了我們所聽到的周圍的語言。be prepared for和be equipped for意為“為……做好準備”，不符合句意；be armed with和be equipped with意為“用……武裝好自己；具備”，符合句意。adjust(oneself)to意為“(使)適應”。

　　答案　D

　　.閱讀理解

　　A

　　Areas of Tokyo which had usually been packed with

　　office workers like sushi(壽司) restaurants and noodle

　　shops were unusually quiet. Many schools were closed.

　　Companies allowed workers to stay home. Long queues

　　formed at airports.

　　As Japanese authorities struggled to avoid disaster

　　at an earthquake-battered nuclear plant 240 km to the

　　north, parts of Tokyo resembled a ghost town. Many

　　people stocked up on food and stayed indoors or simply

　　left, transforming one of the world's biggest and most

　　populated cities into a shell of its usual self.

　　“Look, it's like Sunday —no cars in town，” said

　　Kazushi Arisawa, a 62-year-old taxi driver, as he waited

　　for more than an hour outside an office tower where he

　　usually finds customers within minutes. “I can't make

　　money today. ”

　　Radiation in Tokyo has been negligible,_ briefly

　　touching three times the normal rate on Tuesday, smaller than a dental X-ray. On Wednesday, winds over the

　　Fukushima (福島) nuclear-power plant blew out to sea,

　　keeping levels close to normal. But that does little to relieve public anxiety about a 40-year-old nuclear plant

　　with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毀)and a

　　fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere

　　after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami.

　　“Radiation moves faster than we do，” said Steven

　　Swanson, a 43-year-old American who moved to Tokyo

　　in December with his Japanese wife to help with her

　　family business.He is staying indoor but is tempted to

　　leave.“It's scary.It's a triple threat with the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear radiation leaks.It

　　makes you wonder what's next. ”

　　【語篇解讀】 本文主要介紹了日本的核輻射泄露對人們造成的影響。

　　1．The text is mainly about________.

　　A．the earthquake that happened in March

　　B．the government's effort to avoid disaster

　　C．the effects of the nuclear radiation leaks

　　D．the earthquake-battered nuclear-power plant

　　解析　主旨大意題。整篇文章介紹了日本的核輻射泄露對人們造成的影響。故選C項。

　　答案　C

　　2．What did Kazushi Arisawa mean?

　　A．There're usually more cars on Sundays.

　　B．He didn't care much about nuclear radiation.

　　C．He preferred to stay at home on Sundays.

　　D．He couldn't find many customers.

　　解析　細節理解題。從文章第三段的“as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes.‘I can't make money today.’”看出答案。

　　答案　D

　　3．The underlined word “negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means________.

　　A．serious

　　B．slight

　　C．normal

　　D. average

　　解析　詞義猜測題。從下文的“smaller than a dental X-ray”看出答案。

　　答案　B

　　4．What can we learn about the Fukushima nuclearpower plant from the text?

　　A．It lies to the south of Tokyo.

　　B．It

　　started to operate about fifty years ago.

　　C．It was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami.

　　D．All its four reactors are now well under control.

　　解析　推理題。從文章第四段的“a 40-year-old nuclear plant

　　with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毀)and a

　　fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere

　　after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami”看出答案。

　　答案　C

　　5．Which of the following is true of Steven Swanson?

　　A．He moved to Japan with his wife in 2010.

　　B．He is now on way back to the United States.

　　C．He wants to stay on to see what's next.

　　D．He is quite confident about the future.

　　解析　細節理解題。從文章最后一段的“Steven Swanson，a 43-year-old American who moved to Tokyo in December with his Japanese wife to help with her family business”看出答案。故選A項。

　　答案　A

　　B

　　“Is there anything else you need, honey？” my dad asked

　　me as he put three twenty-dollar bills in my hand. I was traveling

　　back home from a family visit, and after treating me to breakfast

　　and filling my car with gas, it was obvious that my dad wanted

　　to make sure that I would be okay on the road.

　　“No, Dad. You've done so much already. Thank you！”

　　I was overwhelmed once again by his kind acts of providing

　　everything I needed, despite the fact I just turned 40. Yet I

　　realize that in my father's eyes, I will always be his little girl.

　　He takes deep pleasure in knowing his children are all right.

　　Now that he has enough money, he loves to give whenever he

　　sees a need.

　　But this was not always the case.

　　Divorced from my

　　mother when I was 11, my dad couldn't be around his kids as

　　often as he would have liked.

　　Money was also tight; even

　　weekend visits were rare. However, my dad stayed in constant

　　communication with us and made sure he was involved in our

　　lives. Though he couldn't always be there in person, I knew

　　he was only a phone call away. I could always count on that.

　　Even now, almost 30 years later, I treasure knowing that

　　I can pick up the phone and call Dad, and he'll be there for

　　me. I have a wonderful husband, but that hasn't changed how

　　Dad sees me. I'm still his child and he loves to see that my

　　needs are met.

　　I remember a time when I was shopping in a hardware

　　store(五金店) with Dad. I mentioned my plans to paint one

　　wall in my house. Well, that's all it took for Dad to take

　　action. By the time I got to the checkout(結賬) line, all the

　　supplies I picked out were put out of my hands and placed

　　with things he bought.

　　Then there was the time when I took him with me to do

　　some grocery shopping for just a few “ items”. By the time we

　　were finished, my shopping cart was full of groceries from

　　every shelf in the store! My sister and I joke that if you don't

　　want Dad to buy it for you, avoid even mentioning you want

　　something.

　　【語篇解讀】 雖然作者已經是40歲的人了，可是在父親的眼中， 她仍是爸爸的小寶貝。

　　6．What's the best title for the passage?

　　A. Father's considerate love

　　B. Father's generosity

　　C. The love for children

　　D. Love's power

　　解析　標題概括題。本文作者主要講述了父親對自己無微不至的關懷，故A項最能概括文章大意。

　　答案　A

　　7．The author demonstrates her father's love for her mainly by________.

　　A．examples

　　B．reasoning

　　C．persuasion

　　D．argument

　　解析　篇章結構題。通讀全文可知，作者主要通過事例來表現父親對她無微不至的愛。

　　答案　A

　　8．Which of the following is not TRUE?

　　A．The author's father was divorced when she was 11.

　　B．Now the father's economic condition is satisfying.

　　C．The father has a great sense of responsibility.

　　D．After the author got married, her father no longer get himself involved in her

　　life.

　　解析　正誤判斷題，根據第四段的內容可知，作者結婚后，父親對其仍是關愛有加，滿足她的需要，故此題選D。

　　答案　D

　　9．The authors' two shopping experiences with father show________.

　　A．father paid little attention to money

　　B．father was quick in action

　　C．father paid great attention to his children's needs

　　D．father loved going shopping very much

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據第五、六段描述的作者和父親一起的兩次購物經歷可知，父親十分關注孩子們的需求，只要知道女兒想買什么東西，總會主動為她們購買。

　　答案　C