Unit 2　English around the world

　　Ⅰ.單項(xiàng)填空

　　1．I haven't seen Sara since she was a little girl，and she has changed beyond______.

　　A．hearing

　　B．strengthC．recognition

　　D．measure

　　解析　句意：自從Sara還是孩子的時(shí)候，我就一直沒(méi)見過(guò)她。她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)變得(讓人)認(rèn)不出來(lái)了。beyond recognition—impossible to recognize無(wú)法辨認(rèn)。

　　答案　C

　　2．Drunk driving，which was once a________occurrence，is now under control.

　　A．general

　　B．frequent

　　C．normal

　　D．particular

　　解析　句意：酒后駕車，在過(guò)去曾是經(jīng)常發(fā)生的事，現(xiàn)在已得到了控制。本題考查形容詞辨析。general一般的，普通的；frequent時(shí)常發(fā)生的；normal正常的，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的；particular特別的，獨(dú)有的。

　　答案　B

　　3．You've failed to do what you________to and I'm afraid the teacher will blame you.

　　A．will expect

　　B．will be expected

　　C．expected

　　D．were expected

　　解析　句意：你沒(méi)有按照預(yù)期的要求去做，恐怕老師會(huì)責(zé)怪你。本題考查動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)和語(yǔ)態(tài)。由句意可知you和expect之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故A、C兩項(xiàng)被排除；結(jié)合句子前后的兩個(gè)時(shí)態(tài)可知設(shè)空處使用將來(lái)時(shí)不合適，B也被排除。

　　答案　D

　　4．The old man asked Lucy to move to another chair________he wanted to sit next to his wife.

　　A．a(chǎn)lthough

　　B．unless

　　C．because

　　D．if

　　解析　句意：那位老人請(qǐng)Lucy換坐另一把椅子，因?yàn)樗氚ぶ拮幼１绢}考查狀語(yǔ)從句引導(dǎo)詞。由句意分析前后為因果關(guān)系，所以選because。A.盡管；B.除非；C.因?yàn)?；D.如果。

　　答案　C

　　5．Alexander tried to get his work________in the medical circles.

　　A．to recognize

　　B．recognizing

　　C．recognize

　　D．recognized

　　解析　句意：Alexander試圖使自己的工作在醫(yī)學(xué)界得到認(rèn)可。本題考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞作賓補(bǔ)。get sth done表示使某事被做，如get my hair cut表示理發(fā)；get her finger burnt表示她的手指被燒傷。

　　答案　D

　　6．Today the number of people learning English in China________rapidly.

　　A．is increasing

　　B．a(chǎn)re increasing

　　C．has increased

　　D．increases

　　解析　考查主謂一致。當(dāng)the number of結(jié)構(gòu)在句中作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，其謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)形式，同時(shí)，本句所描述的是當(dāng)前大的時(shí)間段內(nèi)正在發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，故要用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，故正確答案為A。

　　答案　A

　　7．If you let challenges and difficulties benefit________depress you，much more can be accomplished than you thought possible.

　　A．more than

　　B．rather than

　　C．less than

　　D．other than

　　解析　考查連詞用法。句意：如果你讓挑戰(zhàn)和困難使你受益而不是讓你感到沮喪，你就可以獲得比你想像可得到的更多的東西。rather than而不是；more than多于，超過(guò)；less than少于；other than除了，不同于。

　　答案　B

　　8．Having lived in China for 8 years，Helen has a good________of both English and Chinese.

　　A．program

　　B．guidance

　　C．command

　　D．a(chǎn)bility

　　解析　句意：海倫在中國(guó)已經(jīng)生活了8年，所以精通英語(yǔ)和漢語(yǔ)。have a good command of...精通……。

　　答案　C

　　9．It is requested that each of the teachers invited________a performance at the party.

　　A．should give

　　B．will give

　　C．has to give

　　D．must give

　　解析　考查虛擬語(yǔ)氣。request“要求”其后所接的賓語(yǔ)從句，以及所在的主語(yǔ)從句、表語(yǔ)從句、同位語(yǔ)從句中，均采用虛擬語(yǔ)氣should do結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　答案　A

　　10．The way________was thought of by him was similar to the way________you carried it out.

　　A．that；which

　　B．which ；in which

　　C．what；/

　　D．it；that

　　解析　the way作先行詞，其后的定語(yǔ)從句中若不缺少主語(yǔ)及賓語(yǔ)，則其引導(dǎo)詞可為that/in which/省略不填；若其后的定語(yǔ)從句缺少主語(yǔ)或賓語(yǔ)則應(yīng)考慮填that/which。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知應(yīng)選B。

　　答案　B

　　11．________on a true story，the film is well worth________.

　　A．To base；to see

　　B．Based；seeing

　　C． Basing；being seen

　　D．Basing；seeing

　　解析　考查短語(yǔ)的搭配及非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的用法。base sth on以……為基礎(chǔ)，base與其邏輯主語(yǔ)the film之間為動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，故用過(guò)去分詞形式作狀語(yǔ)；be worth doing值得做，doing為主動(dòng)形式表示被動(dòng)含義。句意：由于以真實(shí)的故事為根據(jù)，這部電影很值得看。

　　答案　B

　　12．Unemployment in that country is likely to remain high in 2024，and________for the next few years.

　　A．possibly

　　B．necessarily

　　C．gradually

　　D．normally

　　解析　考查副詞詞義辨析。possibly可能； necessarily有必要地；gradually逐漸地；normally正常地。句意：2024年那個(gè)國(guó)家的失業(yè)率可能還會(huì)很高，并有可能持續(xù)到接下來(lái)的好幾年。

　　答案　A

　　13．Nowadays，we all know that the part that China________in the international affairs________all over the world.

　　A．plays；is widely praised

　　B．plays；is wide praised

　　C．takes；widely praised

　　D．takes；wide praised

　　解析　第一空考查短語(yǔ)的變式運(yùn)用。play a part in在……中起作用；在……中扮演角色；而take part in參加；第二空考查短語(yǔ)的搭配。be widely praised受到廣泛贊揚(yáng)。

　　答案　A

　　14．In a way I can see what you mean，even though I don't________your point of view.

　　A．a(chǎn)gree

　　B．permit

　　C．recognize

　　D．share

　　解析　考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知應(yīng)為分享你的觀點(diǎn)之意。agree意為同意，后接about/on sth；permit允許，準(zhǔn)許；recognize認(rèn)識(shí)，認(rèn)出，均與語(yǔ)境不相符。share為分享，這里可引申為認(rèn)同。

　　答案　D

　　15．We had a big meal in a fine restaurant last Monday and the total cost________five hundred dollars.

　　A．came through

　　B．came in

　　C．came out with

　　D．came to

　　解析　考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)的辨析。come through傳來(lái)；(病后)康復(fù)；come in進(jìn)來(lái)；come out with說(shuō)出；come to合計(jì)；共計(jì)；達(dá)到。

　　答案　D

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　These days，there are very few wild animals left in the UK.The wolves have gone.The bears have been hunted to extinction.Fortunately，there are a few badgers(獾)．..oh，well，actually，not for long as the British government have just decided to kill them too！But why?

　　Badgers are fascinating nocturnal(夜間活動(dòng)的)creatures，living underground.They're extremely brave，fighting off larger animals such as bears and wolves.The problem is that some badgers carry“bovine tuberculosis”(bTB)—an infectious disease caused by the bacterium M．bovis which can cause TB in some other animals，including cattle.For farmers，this is a serious issue，because they usually keep a large number of cows together to raise.In 1998 in the UK，almost 6,000 cows were killed to control the disease.And in 2010，more than 30,000 animals were destroyed.Bovine TB costs the UK about ￡100 million per year.And some believe that the disease could end up costing the economy ￡9 billion over the next 40 years if nothing is done about it.

　　Experts say that badgers are responsible for about 50% of the infected cattle.So，after much debate，the government has agreed to kill badgers.

　　Of course，many are against the measure.They claim that killing the badgers in controlled zones wouldn't work because badgers from neighboring areas would simply move in and become infected too.Furthermore，the number of cattle in one spot is usually very large.They believe that the way cattle_are_raised_intensively，and transported around to lots of different farms during their lives is probably the biggest cause of the spread of the disease.

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 英國(guó)政府決定殺獾，理由是該動(dòng)物常攜帶傳染性的牛結(jié)核病，會(huì)造成嚴(yán)重的經(jīng)濟(jì)損失。

　　1．Why does the UK government want to kill badgers?

　　A．Because badgers are responsible for all the bTB-infected cattle.

　　B．Because a disease connected with badgers has caused a big loss.

　　C．Because badgers are very easy to become infected with bTB.

　　D．Because cattle are often with badgers which may carry bTB.

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，由于一些獾有牛結(jié)核病，傳染給了其他的動(dòng)物，導(dǎo)致大量動(dòng)物死亡或被殺，從而造成極大的經(jīng)濟(jì)損失，這是英國(guó)政府決定殺獾的原因所在。

　　答案　B

　　2．Some people believe that killing badgers in certain areas doesn't help because________.

　　A．badgers nearby would occupy where the killed badgers once lived

　　B．badgers are often transported around to lots of different farms

　　C．the disease will still exist there with all the cattle infected

　　D．the government doesn't have a good knowledge of the disease

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句“They claim that killing...because badgers from neighboring areas would simply move in and become infected too.”可知，應(yīng)選A。

　　答案　A

　　3．What's the main idea of the passage?

　　A．The UK government has decided to kill badgers to control the disease.

　　B．Very few wild animals exist in the UK these days except badgers.

　　C．A lot of people are against killing badgers for some reasons.

　　D．A large sum of money has been spent controlling the disease.

　　解析　主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文主要講述的是英國(guó)政府已經(jīng)決定殺獾以控制牛結(jié)核病的傳播。文中介紹了殺獾的原因，也陳述了一些人反對(duì)這項(xiàng)措施的理由，而C項(xiàng)只講述了一個(gè)方面，應(yīng)排除，故選A。

　　答案　A

　　4．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

　　A．Cattle are often kept separately to prevent diseases.

　　B．Many cattle are gathered in one area to raise.

　　C．Cattle are raised very carefully and attentively.

　　D．Cattle are cared for by sick farmers sometimes.

　　解析　句意理解題。根據(jù)畫線部分前面的“the number of cattle in one spot is usually very large”可知，畫線部分表示“牛被集中飼養(yǎng)”，故B項(xiàng)正確。

　　答案　B

　　B

　　One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might have spent too much time with electronic devices rather than experiencing the natural world.Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child's play.

　　Each of us had a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment(蠶食)？” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.

　　Without having a nature experience, kids can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive(認(rèn)知的) skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it;

　　research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that

　　play in nature fosters(培養(yǎng)) leadership. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child.The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A

　　clump(叢) of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value

　　that more.

　　Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there

　　from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a

　　childhood rite(儀式)of passage.

　　Everyone from developers to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids

　　some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that strengthen

　　love, respect and need for the landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to

　　taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文主要講述了現(xiàn)在的孩子們大都沉迷于電視和網(wǎng)絡(luò)，很少外出去體驗(yàn)大自然，致使身體和心理都不如從前的孩子們那樣健康。作者表達(dá)了對(duì)這一狀況的擔(dān)憂。

　　5．According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that________.

　　A．we are the last generation to experience nature

　　B．Richard Louv doesn't defend parks against encroachment

　　C．without a nature experience, kids are missing lots of fun

　　D．children should grow up to be protectors of nature

　　解析　推理判斷題。難度中等。根據(jù)文章第二段倒數(shù)第二句“At this rate，kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes.”可推知，作者認(rèn)為孩子們長(zhǎng)大后應(yīng)該成為自然的保護(hù)者。故答案選D。

　　答案　D

　　6．Which of the following is not listed as a reason for children being disconnected

　　with nature?

　　A．The wild has been more dangerous than ever.

　　B．Parents are too protective of their children.

　　C．TV plays sometimes inspire fear into children's heart.

　　D．Many children are lost in the world of technology.

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。文章中并未提及A項(xiàng)；根據(jù)文章第四段第二句可知，B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)文章第一段第二句可知，C、D兩項(xiàng)均正確。故答案選A。

　　答案　A

　　7．According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will________.

　　A．keep a high sense of wonder

　　B．be over-protected by their parents

　　C．be less healthy both physically and mentally

　　D．change wild places and creatures for the better

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度較小。根據(jù)文章第三段中的“Without having a nature experience...from their physical health and mental health...”可知，答案選C。

　　答案　C

　　8．According to the author, children's breaking an arm is________.

　　A．the fault on the part of their parents

　　B．the natural experience in their growing up

　　C．the result of their own carelessness in play

　　D．the effect of their repetitive stress from computers