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B2U5 On the Road Vocabulary
夯实基础
Ⅰ.用括号里所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
1. Professor Smith, who is famous in the medical_____ is paying a _____visit to our college. ( profession )
2. The ancient Chinese culture , having arisen and matured on the isolated_____ of East Asia, belongs to the_____ national culture. ( continent ).
3. They have been_____ and are_____ in their wedding ceremony. ( engage )
4. They are keen on_____.The two_____ decided on a in the summer vacation. ( hike)
5. His_____ answer was based on the fact that he_____ lived in Africa.( previous )
6. After graduation, she couldn't wait_____ ( return) to her
hometown.
7. So difficult did I feel it to live in an English-speaking country that I was determined_____ ( learn) English well.
8. We would appreciate it if you could reply at your earliest ________(convenient).
II. 完成句子
1. It was________________ by Yang Jiang.
我是无意中发现了杨绛写的这本小说。
2. Galileo's ideas were well_________________.
伽利略的思想远远超越了他所处的时代。
3. The moment he retired, he_______________ in the country.
一退休,他就迫不及待地想到乡村过平静的生活。
4. Optional courses__________________ in what they are really interested in and what they are willing to devote to.
选修课使学生能够从事他们真正感兴趣的和愿意投人的事情。
5_____________,the majority of people believe that it is a
lifetime study.
说到教育,大部分人认为它是一种终生的学习。
能力提升
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
A snowboarder was feeling lucky to be alive yesterday after a helicopter rescue(直升机营救).
Ben Akintola,30,was snowboarding in the French Alps under a clear blue sky in the afternoon when a large amount(数量) of snow fell down the side of the mountain.He didn’t have time to escape(逃脱) and it hit him with full force and knocked him senseless.
He woke in the middle of the night in total darkness.He was lying on an icy rock.Amazingly,he still had a mobile phone signal(信号),so he called a friend a thousand kilometers away in Britain.His friend called the French rescue services.
“I was waiting for what seemed like hours on that rock.I was beginning to give up hope when I heard the sound of a helicopter.It