1、Period 2 Learning about Language of Cof; to Dof; of答案 B “害怕做某事”的两种表达为 be scared to do sth和 be scared of doing sth。7Did you enjoy yourself last night?It s very nice of you. I appreciate_to the party.Ato be invited Bto have invitedCbeing invited Dhaving been invited答案 D appreciate 后只能接动名词，动作发生在谓语动词之前又
2、是被动，故用having been done形式。8The rebuilt school grew greatly and its_ this year is to admit twice as many students as last year.Aconduct Btarget Canecdote Dconcept答案 B 考查词义辨析。句意：这所学校的重建进展很快并且今年的目标是，要容纳的学生是去年的两倍。conduct 行为，实施；target 目标，靶；anecdote 轶事；concept概念。故选 B。9The driver was_the new limit to speed,
3、 so he was at a loss when word came that he was forbidden to drive.Agood at Bunaware ofCaware of Dinterested in答案 B 句意：这位司机没有意识到对速度的新限制，所以他被禁止驾驶的消息传来时，他很茫然。be unaware of 没有意识到。10The final score of the basketball match was 9394. We were only_beaten.Anearly BslightlyCnarrowly Dlightly答案 C 考查副词的用法。句意为：
4、篮球比赛的最后比分是 93比 94。我们以一分之差被打败。 nearly几乎；slightly 稍微；narrowly 勉强地；以毫厘之差；lightly轻轻地；少许。故选 C。11Dont hold the bottle_to keep the water from dropping.Aupright Bupside downCinside out Dupward答案 B 考查形容词辨析。句意：不要倒拿瓶子，以防水滴下来。upright 直立；upside down上下颠倒；inside out 里外颠倒；upward 朝上。故选 B。12What a pity! I missed meet
5、ing my boss at the airport because my car was_in the traffic jam.Abroken up Bheld backCheld up Dheld down 答案 C 句意：多么可惜啊！我错过了去机场接我的老板，因为我的车被堵了。break up崩溃，分离，解散；hold back抑制，阻碍；hold up阻碍，拦截，举出；hold down阻止上涨；抑制，控制；保持住。13You should let your children play _ you can see them.Awhere Bwhen Cin which Dthat答案
6、A where 意为“在的地方” ，引导地点状语从句。14You should_the likely result before you decide to do something.Apick out Breflect onCmake use of Dtest out答案 B 句意：在决定做某事之前，你应该思索一下可能的结果。pick out挑出， 辨认出；reflect on思考，思索；make use of利用，使用；test out检验。故选B。15Im not surprised that he became a writer. Even as a child he had a_ i
7、magination.Aclear Bcautious Cfunny Dvivid答案 D 考查形容词的用法。 句意：他成为作家，我并不奇怪。他甚至在小时候想像力就很丰富。clear 明显的；易懂的；晴朗的；cautious 谨慎的；小心的；funny滑稽的；有趣的；vivid 清晰的；生动的。故选 D。.阅读理解AAlong the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green lea
8、ves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and
9、 red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another
10、 at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.During the drier months between December and March hoatzins
11、fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.【语篇解读】 文章主要介绍了生活在亚马逊河的麝雉 the hoatzin的外表特征以及生活习性。1What is the text mainly about?AHoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.B
12、The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.CPrimitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon. DThe appearance and living habits of hoatzins.答案 D 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了 the hoatzin，它是生活在亚马逊河的麝雉。介绍了这种鸟的外表特征以及生活习性。故选 D。2Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that_.Athey look like young cuckoosBthey have claws
13、on the wingsCthey eat a lot like a cowDthey live on river banks答案 B 细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句 Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip.与此段的最后一句 When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.可知幼鸟有爪子而老一些的鸟没有。故选 B。3What can we infer a
14、bout primitive birds from the text?AThey had claws to help them climb.BThey could fly long distances.CThey had four wings like hoatzins.DThey had a head with long feathers on the top.答案 A 推理判断题。根据第三段的 Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking ver
15、y much like primitive birds must have done.可知最初的鸟用爪子帮助爬行。故选 A。4Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?ATo find more food.BTo protect themselves better.CTo keep themselves warm.DTo produce their young.答案 D 细节理解题。根据最后一段的 when the rainy season begins, they collec
16、t together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.可知。BThe research team has discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had bree
17、ding (繁殖) rights within the group, ” explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 510% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation.” The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a sub
18、ordinate fish grows to within 510% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the_evicted_fish is then eaten up.It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid
19、 challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise, the gobies simply refused the extra food they w
20、ere offered, clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast. The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their
21、 subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small. While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societ
22、ies remain stable.The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature， ” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that, while h
23、umans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve longterm health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females own ideal.”【语篇解读】 人类节食是为了让自己看起来更加美丽动人，而鱼类节食则是为了避免纷争，避免自己被赶出种群，而最终被吃掉。5When a goby grows to within 510% of the size of its larg
24、er competitor, it_.Afaces danger Bhas breeding rightsCeats its competitor Dleaves the group itself答案 A 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知， 当 a goby长到较大的鱼的 510%时，会引起一场争斗。争斗的结果通常是较小的 goby被驱赶出去。故选 A。6The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to _.Athe fish beaten up Bthe fish found out Cthe fish fatte
25、ned up Dthe fish driven away答案 D 词义猜测题。根据前面一句提到的 the smaller goby being driven away from the group可知 the evicted fish应指前面被驱赶走的鱼。7The experiment showed that the smaller fish _.Afought over a feast Bwent on diet willinglyCpreferred some extra foodDchallenged the boss fish答案 B 推理判断题。根据第四段中的最后一句以及最后一段的第一句可知。8What is the text mainly about? AFish dieting and human dieting. BDieting and health.CHuman dieting.DFish dieting. 答案 D 主旨大意题。第一段应是文章的中心；下文是围绕 goby这种鱼节食进行的研究。
