1、1Unit 2 The United Kingdom reading 课时作业第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My parents owned a 500-acre farm in Montana when I was young. Life there was filled not just with fun and games but_1_as well. The lambing season was especially hard. Montanas fr
2、eezing spring weather kept my parents watching_2_mamas at all hours of the day and night_3_a newborn lamb.It was during this time of new life that my favorite childhood memory_4_.One exceptionally_5_day,my mother spied a sheep trying to deliver her baby lamb and needed my_6_.My mother calmly held th
3、e sheeps head and_7_me to get hold of the lambs protruding（伸出）legs.I_8_and must have had a look of panic on my face. The little things were_9_not something I wanted to touch. But I_10_my courage and wrapped my fingers_11_them.I can still remember the_12_of the unexpectedly delicate legs. My heart be
4、at in fear and excitement_13_I pulled with all my strength. The lamb was delivered!I was no_14_to seeing farm animals being born, but to have a_15_in it was something I will cherish forever. Im sure everyone got very_16_hearing me tell and retell my heroic story.Looking back, Im so glad that I didnt
5、_17_to get my hands dirty. If I had, the miraculous moment and the precious memory would have been_18_.I try to instill（逐渐灌输）that life_19_into my children. Sometimes you need to get your hands a little dirty to experience something_20_and pure.1. A. pleasure B. danger C. dilemma D. hardship2. A. pre
6、gnant B. working C. desperate D. sleeping3. A. at the risk of B. in case of C. free from D. in exchange for4. A. faded B. took place C. impressed D. broke down5. A. warm B. cold C. mild D. hot6. A. notice B. support C. help D. operation27. A. begged B. invited C. forbade D. instructed8. A. wondered
7、B. resisted C. suspected D. hesitated9. A. surely B. hardly C. only D. hopefully10. A. lost B. gathered C. searched D. lacked11. A. beyond B. through C. around D. in12. A. feel B. point C. sight D. thought13. A. because B. as C. if D. unless14. A. stranger B. beginner C. newcomer D. speaker15. A. me
8、mory B. hand C. look D. difference16. A. proud of B. excited about C. tired of D. sorry for17. A. refuse B. promise C. choose D. pause18. A. kept B. lost C. ignored D. forgotten19. A. quality B. skill C. lesson D. standard20. A. upset B. funny C. thrilling D. amazing【答案】1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. C
9、 7. D 8. D 9. A 30. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. D【解析】本文作者主要回顾了小时候在农场帮母亲给羊接生的故事及感想。1. 考查名词。A. pleasure 乐趣 B. danger 危险 C. dilemma 进退两难 D. hardship 艰难。根据下文的“The lambing season was especially hard”可推知，农场的生活既充满乐趣也有艰辛。故选 D。2. 考查形容词。A. pregnant 怀孕的 B. working 工作的 C. despera
10、te 绝望的 D. sleeping 睡觉的。结合语境“a newborn lamb”可推知，应选 A 项，意为“怀孕的” 。3. 考查介词短语。A. at the risk of 冒风险 B. in case of 以防 C. free from 免受 D. in exchange for 交换。根据语境可推知，作者的父母当时日夜看护着怀孕的母羊以防有新羊羔诞生，所以答案为 B。4. 考查动词。A. faded 褪去 B. took place 发生 C. impressed 使有印象 D. broke place 破坏。结合下文可知，作者最喜欢的童年记忆发生在这段时间，根据意思可知答案为B
11、。5. 考查形容词。A. warm 温暖的 B. cold 冷的 C. mild 温和的 D. hot 热的。与上文3的“Montanas freezing spring weather”呼应可知，此处表示“非常冷的一天”。故选 B。6. 考查名词。A. notice 通知 B. support 支持 C. help 帮助 D. operation 手术。根据语境可知，妈妈在照看即将生产的羊，并需要作者的帮助。故选 C。7. 考查动词。A. begged 乞求 B. invited 邀请 C. forbade 禁止 D. instructed 指导。根据语境可推知，当时母亲在指导作者如何帮助羊
12、生产，故选 D。8. 考查动词。A. wondered 惊奇 B. resisted 抵制 C. suspected 怀疑 D. hesitated 犹豫。结合语境“and must have had a look of panic on my face”可推知，作者当时有些惊慌失措，所以犹豫了，故选 D。9. 考查副词。A. surely 确定，肯定 B. hardly 几乎不 C. only 仅仅 D. hopefully 有希望地。根据下文的转折可推知，年幼的作者当时肯定是不想去触碰正在出生的小羊的。根据意思填肯定，答案为 A。10. 考查动词。A. lost 失去 B. gathere
13、d 聚集 C. searched 搜寻 D. lacked 缺乏。根据上文的“The little things were 49 not something I wanted to touch”不敢触碰，然后转折可知此处表示作者鼓起勇气。gather courage 在此表示鼓起勇气，符合语境。选 B。11. 考查介词。A. beyond 超出 B. through 通过 C. around 环绕 D. in 里面。根据“wrapped”可知，作者当时手握着新生羊羔的腿。 wrap sth. around sth.为固定用法。选 C。12. 考查名词。A. feel 感受 B. point 意
14、义 C. sight 风景 D. thought 思想。根据下文的“delicate legs“可推知，此处表示的是触感，与上文的“touch“呼应。故选 A。13. 考查连词。A. because 因为 B. as 当时候 C. if 如果 D. unless 除非。此处表示当作者用尽力气帮助母羊接生时，作者感到既害怕又兴奋。as 意为“当时候” ，引导时间状语从句，符合语境，B。14. 考查名词。A. stranger 陌生人 B. beginner 初学者 C. newcomer 新来的 D. speaker 讲演者。此处表示看农场上的动物出生对作者来说并不陌生，但是亲自参与接生这件事作
15、者将会永远珍视。故选 A。15. 考查名词。A. memory 记忆 B. hand 手 C. look 看 D. difference 不同。句意见上题，have a hand in sth.意为“ 参与某事”，符合语境，选 B。16. 考查形容词短语。A. proud of 对 自豪 B. excited about 对激动 C. tired of 对厌烦 D. sorry for 对抱歉。根据“tell and retell“可推知，作者反复地讲自己的英雄4事迹，自然会让人觉得厌烦。此处为作者用诙谐的口吻叙事。故选 C。17. 考查动词。A. refuse 拒绝 B. promise 承
16、诺 C. choose 选择 D. pause 暂停。根据上文可知，作者当时没有拒绝帮羊接生，这让作者感到高兴。选 A。18. 考查动词。A. kept 保持 B. lost 丢失 C. ignored 忽视 D. forgotten 遗忘。由上文的“my favorite childhood memory”和“but to have a in it was something I will cherish forever”可知，如果作者没有给羊接生，那么作者就得不到这些珍贵的记忆，也就是失去，选 B。19. 考查名词。A. quality 质量 B. skill 技巧 C. lesson 课
17、，经验，教训 D. standard标准。很明显，作者想给孩子们灌输这一人生经验(lesson)，选 C。20. 考查形容词。A. upset 心烦的 B. funny 有趣的 C. thrilling 刺激的 D. amazing令人惊奇的。由上文的“the miraculous moment and the precious memory”并结合空后的“and pure”可推知，作者认为有时人们需要“把手变脏” 来经历一些“精彩和纯净的事”，选 D。第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Tyler T
18、hompson is_1_unlikely star in the world of Peking opera.The 15-year-old from Oakland has fascinated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability_2_(sing) pitch-perfect Mandarin（普通话）and perform the ancient Chinese art form.The teen,_3_is black and only speaks some basic Chinese,has been praised b
19、y teachers since he _4_(pick) up the music as a kindergartener.“As soon as he opens_5_(he) mouth and sings in Chinese,the Chinese are very surprised and they feel very proud of him,”said his music teacher.“When he puts on the costume and all the acting,you can see that he is pretty good.”Tyler has l
20、earned to sing several well-known pieces of Peking opera,a centuries-old form of musical theater _6_(know) for its highly structured costumes,changing gongs（锣）and cymbals（钹） ,wide-ranging voices and highly stylized_7_(move).Tyler got_8_(stand) cheers when he performed_9_Justice Bao,a famous Song Dyn
21、asty judge who fought corruption,from the Chinese classic Bao Qing Tian.“The music is very beautiful,and its very passionate,”said Tyler. “Its made me want to know_50_(much) about the world outside of America or California or Oakland.【答案】1. an 2. to sing 3. who 4. picked 5. his 6. known 7. movements
22、 8. standing 9. as 50. more5【解析】本文主要介绍了一个擅长表演京剧的外国青少年的故事。1. 考查冠词。star 是可数名词，且第一次在文章中出现，故用不定冠词修饰，形容词unlikely 的读音以元音音素开头，故用 an。2. 考查非谓语动词。ability to do sth. 意为“做某事的能力”，为固定词组搭配，故用不定式作后置定语。3. 考查定语从句。who 引导非限定性定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰先行词 The teen。4. 考查动词时态。since 意为“ 自从”时，引导的状语从句中，从句用一般过去时，主句用现在完成时。5. 考查代词。根据语境 mo
23、uth 和主语 he 可知，此处应用形容词性物主代词 his 修饰名词 mouth，在句子中作定语。6. 考查非谓语动词。know 和句子谓语之间没有连词，故用非谓语动词，且 know 和其逻辑主语 form 是动宾关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。7. 考查名词。根据 and 可知，此处与名词 voices 呼应，故用名词的复数形式，即movements。8. 考查形容词。由空后的名词 cheers 可知，此处应用形容词形式修饰名词，standing意为“站着进行的 ”，表示 Tyler 得到了（观众的）起立欢呼。9. 考查介词。此处 as 意为“作为”，后跟名词、代词或动名词，与 perfor
24、med 呼应，表示扮演的角色，符合语境。50. 考查副词比较级。根据语境可知，此处表示“更多”的含义，故用副词比较级 more修饰动词 know。第三节 短文改错（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有 10 处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（） ，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）
25、不计分。My father is the man I respect most.Strict as he may be,however he never fails to show her 6care and consideration.Once I broke a neighbor window.Seeing nobody around,I ran away immediately.When Dad came home,he noticed my uneasiness and asked me what has happened.I could only tell him a truth.I
26、nstead of scold,he praised my honesty and then encouraged me to apologize our neighbor.I learned from this incident that not only does Dad take care of my health and he also teaches me what to be a good citizen.How luckily I am to have such a good father!【答案】【解析】作者通过具体事例中父亲对自己的教育，表达了父亲对孩子无私的爱和关心，及孩子
27、对父亲的尊敬感激之情。1.去掉 however.考查复合句。此处是 as 引导的让步状语从句，后面是主句不再用连接词引导，故去掉 however.2. herhis.考查代词。文章讲述的是 My father 的故事，此处指他的关心用代词 his，故herhis.3. neighborneighbors.考查名词所有格。此处指邻居的窗户，表示 “的”用名词所有格，故 neighborneighbors.4. hashad.考查动词时态。此处是宾语从句，主句是 asked 是过去时，从句发生的早用过去完成时，故 hashad.5. athe.考查冠词。此处指我打坏窗户这个事实，表示特指用定冠词
28、the，故 athe.6. scoldscolding.考查动词形式。此处用在介词 of 后动词用-ing 形式，故 scoldscolding.77. apologize 后加 to.考查介词。表示“向某人道歉” 用 apologize to sb.，to 表示“向”。故apologize 后加 to.8. andbut.考查连词。此处是 not onlybut also 的用法，表示 “不但而且” ，故 andbut.9. whathow.考查副词。此处表示怎样成为好公民，表示方式用 how，故 whathow.10. luckilylucky.考查形容词。此处是系动词 am 的表语，不用
29、副词用形容词。指我是幸运的，故 luckilylucky.第四节 书面表达（满分 25 分）假定你是李华，你的外教 Ms Jenkins 约你本周六上午教她制作中国结（Chinese knot） ，但你因故无法前往，你的朋友韩梅梅将代你去，请写一封电子邮件给 Ms Jenkins，说明相关情况。注意：1.词数 100 左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Ms Jenkins,_Yours,Li Hua【答案】Dear Ms Jenkins,I would like to offer my apology for not being able to teach you to ma
30、ke Chinese knots this Saturday.The reason is that I have got a cold,and the doctor suggests that I should lie in bed for one 8week or so.But dont worry.Ive asked a friend of mine,Han Meimei,to go there instead.She is good at making Chinese knots.She will go to your apartment at 9:00 this Saturday mo
31、rning.Please allow me to say sorry again.I have the confidence that you can learn how to make Chinese knots.Wish you a good time!Yours,Li Hua【解析】这是一片提纲类作文。考生在成文时应注意：合理发挥想象力，使文章的表达自然，丰满。文章的写作要点要齐全。注意文章的人称：以第一人称为主。时态：一般现在时。注意使用高级词汇和句型，以提高文章的档次；恰当使用一些连词、插入语，使文章表达自然，流畅。根据提示信息可判断出，本文属于应用文中的电子邮件。邮件格式已经给出。该邮件的内容应包括给外教 Ms Jenkins 写信的原因，以及时间安排。【范文亮点】表语从句以及宾语从句。The reason is that I have got a cold,and the doctor suggests that I should lie in bed for one week or so.Be good at 的使用。 She is good at making Chinese knots.同位语从句。I have the confidence that you can learn how to make Chinese knots.
