1、 Unit 15 LearningLesson 2 Different Schools.单词拼写1His method is to _ (训练) students in English grammar.答案 drill2The researchers made a _ (保守的) guess at the population of Tokyo.答案 conservative3The boy accepted his _ (惩罚) without complaining.答案 punishment4Mr. Li is one of the most _ (杰出的) scientists in
2、his field of science.答案 outstanding5This film best _ (反映) the hard times at that time.答案 reflects6Beijing University has (a) good _ (名誉) both at home and abroad.答案 reputation7We have _ (温和的) weather throughout the year, not too cold or too hot.答案 mild8The name of the _ (接收者) is not clear on the mail
3、.答案 receiver.用所给短语的适当形式填空to a certain extent， be proud of， participate in， hand out， place . on， due to， at the pace of， take . easy， become of， catch up with1Our school _ a lot of importance _ the teachers working experiences.答案 places; on2You must work hard so that you can _ your classmates.答案 cat
4、ch up with3Im not sure what will _ your future.答案 become of4Look! A young lady _ advertisements to the passersby over there.答案 is handing out5While doing the work, you should remember to _ things _.答案 take; easy6We must encourage more students to _ the treeplanting activities.答案 participate in7I agr
5、ee to your plan _， but I still dont think it is very practical.答案 to a certain extent8The train is running _ more than 100 kilometers an hour.答案 at the pace of9The parents _ the great achievements their son has made.答案 are proud of10The flight to Nanjing has been delayed, _ the bad weather.答案 due to
6、.单项填空1Youre welcome to come with us now in our car. _ you could go later with Mary. Its up to you.A. Alternatively B. AlternativeC. To choose D. To alter答案与解析 A alternatively 副词，修饰第二个句子，意为“或者；另外一个办法”。2I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom _ so lonely as now.A. have I f
7、elt B. I had feltC. I have felt D. had I felt答案与解析 A 将现在与以前相比较，故用现在完成时，当否定副词置于句首时，句子要用部分倒装形式。3_ to use in April, 2005, the road has solved the longstanding problem of traffic jams of this area.A. Put B. PuttingC. Having put D. Being put答案与解析 A put sth. to use 意为“ 加以利用某物；把某物投入使用”。主语为 road，故用过去分词 put
8、表被动含义。4 Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of promotion. Shes a woman of _.A. attention B. ambitionC. expectation D. reputation答案与解析 B 语境表明她总是抓住任何晋升的机会，所以她是个具有雄心/ 野心的人。5There is no time _ for _. Tell us your decision at once.A. leaving; changing your mindB. left; changing your mindC. remaining; m
9、aking your mindD. remaining; making a decision答案与解析 B left 表“ 剩下的 ”，作后置定语； remaining 表“剩下的” ，作前置定语。由句意可知 B 项正确。6These days she feels very lonely and _.Would you like to have _ with her?A. misunderstood; a word B. misunderstanding; wordsC. misunderstanding; a wordD. misunderstand; words答案与解析 A 句意：这些天
10、来，她感到自己很孤独并且被误解，你愿意和她说说话吗？feel misunderstood “感觉被误解”； have a word with sb.“与某人说说话”； have words with sb. “同某人吵架” ，由句意和短语区别可知 A 项正确。7Those who break the rules should inflict (予以) _.A. punishes B. punishmentC. punished D. punishments答案与解析 B inflict punishment 意思是“予以惩罚”。8Let every man who pants for fame
11、 _ his own style of pants and go ahead.A. selects B. selectedC. select D. to select答案与解析 C let sb. do sth.“让某人做某事”；根据句意， who pants for fame 为 man 的定语。9The weather in London is living up to its _ as a fog city.Areputation BnameCrepetition Drepulsion答案与解析 A 句意：作为雾城，伦敦的天气真是名副其实。reputation“名誉；名声” ，强调在人们
12、心目中的印象。name“姓名；名字”； repetition“重复”； repulsion“憎恶”。10He doesnt pay any attention to his behavior, which _ his lazy attitude towards work.Areflects BresponsesCexplains Dselects答案与解析 A 句意：他不注意自己的行为举止，这反映了他对待工作懒散的态度。reflect“反映”，符合句意。response“ 对回应” ； explain“解释”； select“挑选”。.阅读理解In the United States 84 c
13、olleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleg
14、es that accept both men and women. As a result, some womens colleges decided to accept men students, too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again.The president of Trinity College in Washington D. C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that study
15、ing at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a womens college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a womens college a higher percentage of students studies
16、 mathematics than in a college with both men and women.Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a womens college, women feel free to say what they think. Womens schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women
17、 are represented everywhere. For example, at a womens college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show this leadership continues after college. The studies show that American women who went to womens colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life.1. S
18、ome womens colleges decided to accept men students because _.A. teaching women is more difficult than teaching menB. many young women chose to study at colleges with both men and womenC. studying with men is more challengedD. women and men can have equal chances of competition答案与解析 B 细节理解题。 A、C 两项文章
19、中没有论述，D 选项与第二段的信息相违背。B 项在第一段倒数第三、四句有明显的阐述。2. Why did womens school become popular again?A. Because women could study mathematics only in womens colleges.B. Because women could not have equal chances to learn if studying with men at the same school.C. Because men could not choose classes freely in wo
20、mens colleges.D. Because there were more educational experts in womens colleges.答案与解析 B 细节理解题。根据第二段中第一句可知答案。3. According to this passage, if a woman wants to hold successful jobs, shed better _.A. study in colleges with both men and women B. study in Trinity CollegeC. learn from the president of Smi
21、th College D. study in womens colleges答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由最后一段，最后一句可知 D 项正确。4. The underlined word “established” in the first paragraph means _.A. set up B. set down C. made up D. made out答案与解析 A 词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句子的上下文内容可推知 established 是“建立”的意思。5. Which of the following is NOT the reason why women preferred
22、 studying in womens school?A. Because women recognized they hadnt an equal chance to learn at colleges that accept both men and women.B. Because womens schools bring out leadership capabilities in many women and this leadership continues after college.C. Because most of colleges were designed to off
23、er women the education which they could not receive anywhere else.D. Because American women who went to womens colleges are more likely to get satisfactory jobs.答案与解析 C 细节理解题。纵观全文，可以用排除法得知答案：其中 A、B、D 三项在文中都已提到。.任务型读写Happiness is Ushaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a
24、 slump (暴跌) when we are middleaged, British and US researchers say.Economists from the University of Warwick, central England, and from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, looked at data on the mental health of two million people from 80 countries.In Britain, the probability of depression for men and
25、women peaks at around 44 years of age, Warwick University said in a press release.In the United States, though, there was a big difference between men and women. Among women, unhappiness peaked at around the age of 40, whereas among men, it was about 50.But the Ushape of happiness is constant around
26、 the world, and midlife depression takes place regardless of marital (婚姻的) status, changes in job or income.The study appears in Social Science & Medicine, published by the Dutch publishing house Elsevier.“It happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor and to those with
27、and without children.” said coauthor Andrew Oswald.One possibility may be that people realize they wont achieve many of their aspirations at middle age, the researchers said.Another reason could be that after seeing their fellow middleaged peers begin to die, people begin to value their own remainin
28、g years and embrace life once more.But the good news is that if people make it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, they are on average as happy and mentally healthy as a 20year old.“For the average persons in the modern world, the dip in mental health and happiness comes on slowly, not suddenly in a single year， ” Oswald said. “Only in their fifties do people get out of this low period.”Title: People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in middle答案 1shape/form 2.British/English 3.likely 4.different 5.unhappy 6.happens/occurs 7.Reasons 8.unable 9.left 10.condition/health
