2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册语法填空

语法填空必修二 designed by James B2U1reading Behind the scenesHello, everyone！Let me start by asking you a question: what's the first thing ______ you notice about a film? The acting? The music? Maybe the amazing sets? _______ your answer is, there's always a lot more to it______ first meets the eye. Actually, the film you see on the screen is the ___________(produce) of a huge amount of hard work, most of _______ takes place behind the scenes. Today, I’ll give you a brief ____________(introduce) to some aspects of film­making ________ you might not be familiar __________.To begin with, I'd like to draw your attention to an important factor of a film — sound effects. These are often added after a scene __________(shoot) and might not be made in the way you would expect. For example, in Jurassic Park, the sounds of different animals, _______(include) a baby elephant and a tiger, ___________(mix) by a computer to make a dinosaur roar. The sound of the doors ___________(open) in the Star Trek films was made simply by pulling a sheet of paper out of an envelope. that than product Whatever which introduction that/which with has been shot including were mixed opening Another aspect I attach great importance _______ is visual special effects. CGI has been frequently used in film­making ______a special effects technology. Generally, scenes _______(require) CGI are filmed in front of a green screen in the studio. ______ green doesn't match any natural hair or skin colour, actors can be _______(easy) separated from the background. This enables CGI effects _______(add) later. The Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films were made in this way with the actors___________( jump) up and down in front of a green screen. __________, the aid of computers isn't always __________(prefer). Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings films, took a ___________(create) approach — he used clever camera angles _________ (make) characters seem _______(big) or smaller than they really were.Props also contribute to a film’s success. __________ (make)a film look real, great effort must sometimes be made to research, find and build objects. Director James Cameron spent six months looking at and _______(revise) plans of the Titanic in order to build a full­sized model for his 1997 film. He talked to _______(history) to ensure that the details were correct and even went down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to see _______was left of the ship for himself. It took 500 workers 100 days _________ (build) the fine model, not to mention the thousands of props inside.My lecture today may not be able to do justice to all the work _______ people have done behind the scenes. Just ______ the poor passengers on the real Titanic saw the tip of the iceberg, _______ we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film­making. Hopefully, next time you go to the cinema, you'll spare a _______(think) for all those _______(talent) people behind the scenes. They have worked for months and even years so that you can have two hours of _______(enjoy)! to as requiring preferred With easily jumping to be added As creative to make To make bigger revising as that thought what to build what hostorians talented enjoyment Extended reading Forrest Gump (Excerpt)Forrest Gump is a 1994 film _______(star) Tom Hanks. It tells the story of ForrestGump, a simple man ______ a warm _______(person). _______ an IQ of 75, he lives a _____(true) amazing life. He sees, and sometimes influences, some of the major events of the United States in the second half of the 20th century.Mrs Gump and Forrest wait for the school bus. The bus pulls _____ as Mrs Gump prepares Forrest for his first day of school.MRS GUMP: You do your very best now, Forrest.FORREST: I sure will, Momma.FORREST (Voice-over1)： I remember the bus ride on the first day of school very well.The bus driver opens the door and looks down. Forrest walks to the steps of the bus and looks at the bus driver.BUS DRIVER: Are you coming along?FORREST: Momma said not to be taking rides from strangers.BUS DRIVER: This is the bus to school.FORREST: I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.BUS DRIVER: I'm Dorothy Harris.FORREST: Well, now we aren't strangers anymore. starring with personality Despite truly up The bus driver smiles as Forrest steps up into the bus. Mrs Gump waves to Forrest as the bus drives away.Forrest begins to walk down the bus.Two young boys look up from the seat.BOY 1: This seat's _____ (take).BOY 2: It's taken!Forrest looks around. A larger girl moves over _____ Forrest can't sit next to her. She shakes her head. Forrest looks to the other side_____ a boy sits alone on a larger seat. The boy looks _____ (angry) at Forrest.BOY 3: You can't sit here.FORREST (Voice-over): You know, it's funny_____ a young man recollects. Because I don't remember _____ (bore). I, I... don't recall_____ I got for my first Christmas and I don't know _____ I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. GIRL: You can sit here if you want.Forrest looks back at Jenny Curran, a young girl _____ Forrest's age. taken about when what being born what angrily where so FORREST (Voice-over): I ______ (see)anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.JENNY: Well, are you going to sit down, _____ aren't you?Forrest sits down next to Jenny.JENNY: What's wrong with your legs?FORREST: Um, nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy.FORREST(Voice-over): I just sat next to her on that bus and had a conversation all the way to school.JENNY: Then why do you have those shoes_____ ?FORREST: My momma said my back's crooked_____ a question mark. These are going to make me as straight as_____ arrow. They're my magic shoes.FORREST(Voice-over): And next to Momma, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.JENNY: Are you stupid or something?FORREST: Momma says stupid is_____ stupid does.Jenny puts her hand out toward Forrest. Forrest reaches_____ and shakes her hand.JENNY: I'm Jenny.FORREST: I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.?FORREST (Voice-over): From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots. had never seen or over as an like on B2U1 reading A beginner's guide to exerciseYou want to start doing exercise? _____________ (congratulate)! You have just taken your first step towards a new and__________ ( improve) you!Understanding the benefits of exerciseMost people assume_________ regular exercise does _____ (wonder)for the body and mind — but _____ exactly are its health benefits? To start with, physical activity increases the _____ (efficient) of your heart and lungs. During exercise, your heart and lungs must work harder. This extra effort makes them grow_____ (strong) over the long term. ________has also been proven that active people tend________ (have)better immune systems and are__ ______ (low) risk of diseases. Moreover, exercise is good for your mental health. Working out can help you reduce stress and get over negative feelings. Some studies even show that exercise improves certain brain functions, _________ (mean) you could actually exercise your way to better_________ (perform) at school！ Congratulations improved stronger efficiency what wonders that It lower at to have meaning performance Planning your exercise routineWhen you plan an exercise routine, the first thing __________(consider) is _____ you expect________ (improve): heart and lung efficiency, muscle__________(strong)or __________ (flexible). Aerobic activities, like jogging, swimming and skiing, develop your heart and lungs. Strength training, such as pull­ups and weightlifting, __________ (increase) muscle strength and encourages bone_________ (develop). Flexibility training, including gymnastics and tai chi, helps stretch your muscles and improve your body's range of movement. These types of exercise all play a role in a healthy routine. Above all, choose activities you enjoy because, in this way, you're more _________ (like) to stick _____ them. Eating and drinking right Like cars_____ run on petrol, your body burns carbohydrates for energy. Foods like noodles, rice, fruit and vegetables give your body plenty of carbohydrates to keep up your energy during a long workout. To help your muscles recover and repair_________ (they) after exercise, you need to eat foods rich in protein, such as fish, eggs and milk products. When to eat is also _________ great importance. In general, you should have your meal an average of 1.5 to 2.5 hours before exercising. Do not eat immediately after exercise; instead, wait at least 30 minutes after a _________ (type) routine, or as much as an hour after a hard workout. Remember to drink throughout exercise to make up_____ water_____ ( lose) to sweat. to consider what to improve strength flexibility increases development likely with that themselves of typical for lost Avoiding injury__________ (prevent) soft tissue injury, make sure that you wear proper clothes and__________ (equip) when ___________ (exercise). You should also start small and slowly work your way to a longer and harder exercise routine to avoid_____ (get) hurt. Finally, remember to warm up before exercising difficult activity and stretch at the end of your workout.So, now you know the benefits of exercise and how to do it safely and _____ (effect). What are you waiting for? To prevent equipment exercising getting effectively Extended Reading Finding a balance: my taichi experienceWhen my friend first suggested that we_________ (join) the new Tai Chi Club at school, I hesitated. I always believed tai chi was for old people. After the first class, however, I had to admit that I__________ (be)wrong about tai chi. It was amazing! One year later, I can__________(honest) say it has had a huge effect _______ me physically and mentally. Just as_____________(important), practising tai chi has inspired me to explore the Chinese culture behind it.The first few tai chi classes were fun and easy, ________the moves really caught my__________ (imagine), with__________ (describe) names like "white crane _____ (spread) its wings" and "golden rooster standing on one leg". When I asked my coach_____ these interesting names came from, he told me about the history of tai chi. Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist, was said_____________ (invent)tai chi after drawing ___________ (inspire) from a fight between a snake and a bird. However; nowadays people tend to believe that Chen Wangling, a 17th-century master of Chinese martial arts, developed tai chi _____ (base) on martial arts skills. No wonder some tai chi moves are named_____ animals-Chinese martial arts have a long-standing practice of imitating animals. Chen Wangting's _____ (origin)set of moves is called Chen-style tai chi, but other styles of tai chi have since been developed, including Yang-style, Wu-style and Sun-style. join had been honestly on importantly and imagination descriptive spreading where to have invented inspiration based after original After learning the _____ (basic) of tai chi in those first few classes, I found myself_____ (bore) and __________(ach) from doing the same moves over and over again. _____ (luck), my coach taught me how to relax my muscles and focus on peace of mind while ____________ (perform) the routine. __________ these requirements of tai chi in mind, I found to my_____________(satisfy) that my balance and flexibility slowly improved, ________ I was able to do more difficult moves, and_____ my love for tai chi returned stronger than ever._____ time, I began to look_____ the ancient Chinese culture behind tai chi. I discovered that tai chi is deeply________ (root) in the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang, _______ are believed to form the________ (unit)of opposites. Neither can exist___________ (depend) of the other; for example, there is no shadow_________ light. The practice of taichi aims____________(maintain) the balance of yin and yang in the body through opposite movements: forwards and backwards, up and down, left and right, breathing in and breathing out. Eventually, tai chi brings________ a state of physical balance and mental peace. basics bored aching Luckily performing With satisfaction that that In into rooted which unity independent without to maintain about A year of practising tai chi has had a positive effect on my everyday life. I sleep better at night, and I am ___________ (energy) during the day. I feel happier and more confident. Tai chi has taught me to relax my mind, _________ (enable) me to stay cool in stressful situations. I am sure I will continue to practise tai chi and enjoy the benefits it has brought me. more energetic enabling B2U3 reading Alex around the world10 January, a wedding ceremony, IndiaWhen Nadim invited me to his sister's wedding, I knew it________ (be) the opportunity of a lifetime. I was__________ (definite) not wrong!The wedding ceremony took place in a brightly __________ (decorate) hotel room. There were hundreds of guests, all_________(dress) up in formal, colourful clothes. According to tradition, the bride was wearing_____ eye­catching red silk sari.I did not understand all of the traditional customs,_____ a few made a deep_________ (impress) on me. One was the bridegroom's _________ (enter) on a beautiful white horse. I had never seen that back home! Another was the part when Nadim's father proudly led his daughter through the rows of seats to her husband. It reminded me_____ my sister's wedding. ________ our cultures are so different, the smiling faces are the same.The customs _____ followed were anything but ordinary. The couple joined hands and walked around a small fire four times. Then they took seven steps together_____ the fire, and with each step made a different promise about_____ they were going to support each other and live together happily. It was very_________ ( romance)!After the ceremony, it was time for the celebrations. That is a story for another day, but let's just say there was a lot of dancing. Now I know I have two left feet ... and______ of them hurt! would be definitely decorated dressed an but impression entrance of Although that by how ramantic both 26 February, Rio Carnival, BrazilThe summer_____ (hot)________(hit) me as soon as I got_____ the flight. No wonder people from Rio take a week_____ for this happy occasion. I could feel it already — the Carnival was in the air!____________ (experience) the spirit of the Carnival for myself， I went to a street party. Luckily, I arrived just in time — the show was_______ to begin_____ I took my place in the merry crowd. I could see a group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy costumes__________ (stand) in the street. Some of them carried flags, ________ blew in the wind. The crowd waited with__________ (excite).Then there was an__________ (explode) of bright colours and lively music, and the group jumped into action. The band started playing an energetic samba beat, the dancers twisted and turned, and the crowd began to cheer, clap and sing. The whole group started marching _____the street. The Carnival current carried us through the ever­growing sea of people, _______ (dance) all the way. Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow streets, and the smell of roasted meat filled the air as we passed wave after wave of street stands. I was so caught up in the party fever _____ I hardly noticed five hours fly by!Even as I_______(lie) in bed that evening, the bright colours and lively music were still swimming all around me. What an amazing first day in Rio！ heat hit off off To experience about as standing which excitement explosion down dancing that lay B2U3 extended reading A precious family dinnerIt is just past five o'clock on the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the dinner table is already ________ (cover) with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes: chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl ________ (breathe) in the rich smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. Luo Yan's son, Bofeng, happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him.Six-year-old Bofeng ___________(not see) his grandparents for almost a year; and he is full of joy and excitement. Indeed, the whole family could not be________ (happy) to be together. __________ the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth ________ merry laughter rings throughout the house. Luo Yan and his wife and son have settled in the big city, far away from their hometown. Every year, they travel back for the Spring Festival, for their dream of "three generations under the same roof".The Luo family's journey back to their hometown was a long and tiring one just a few years ago. However, the high-speed train has made_____ much_____________ (convenient) for them to go back home. During the five-hour trip, they chatted _________ (excite) with each other; their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home. covered to breathe has not seen happier Despite while it more convenient excitedly _____ their_________(arrive), they find Luo's parents eagerly waiting for them. Their home has been specially decorated for the joyous occasion. From the neat designs of the paper-cuttings on the windows, to the Spring Festival couplets on the door; and to the New Year paintings on the wall, everything represents joy, luck and happiness. Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope for nian nian you yu-yu means both "fish" and "plenty" in Chinese- "May you get more than you wish for every year".After dinner; the hours until midnight go slowly by. The whole family are going to stay up late on the Chinese New Year's Eve. They gather around the television _______(watch) the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings_____ they will eat at the very start of the new year. In the warmth and comfort of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. “I hope we won't have to be separated again” he says, _____ (look) at his ageing parents. “My parents are getting old, and we should spend more time with them. We'll come back more frequently and we're also considering taking them to the city to live with us. After all, home is_______ all family members are together.”As midnight_____________(approach), Luo Yan takes his parents, wife and son outside to set off firecrackers. The whole village_______(light) up with colourful fireworks. All over the country, people are celebrating their good fortune, celebrating their family's____________(together), and celebrating their nation's strength. On arrival to watch that looking where approaches is lit togetherness A child and a man were walking on the beach _______ the child found a shell and held it to his ear. Suddenly he heard strange, low, musical sounds. These sounds seemed to be from another world and the child listened to them_____ wonder. Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and_____ the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears.________ amazed the child was not a new world,_____ the unnoticed music of the old.Some such experience as this ______ (lie) in store for us when we begin the study of literature. Let a little song appeal to the ear, or a great book to the heart, _________ we discover a new world, a world of dreams and magic. To enter and enjoy this new world, we need to love literature, and make an effort to explain it. Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race, and behind the race________(be)the natural and social environments. We must know all these, if the book is to speak its whole message. In a word, we have now reached a point__________ we wish to enjoy and understand literature. The first step is to determine some of its significant qualities. when with that What but lies and are where The first quality of literature is its _________(describe) of ________(true) and beauty. Some truth and beauty remain_________(notice) until a_______ (sense) human soul brings them to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds. A hundred men may pass a field and see only________ (die)grass; but a poet stops, looks deeply, sees truth and beauty, and writes，“Yesterday's flowers am I．”One ___ reads it is capable of seeing the beauty_____ _________(hide) from his eyes before. The second quality of literature is its appeal_____ our feelings and ________(imagine). Its_________(attract) lies more in_____ it_____ (wake) in us than what it says. When Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus asks in the presence of Helen，“Was this the face_____ launched a thousand ships？” he opens a door _________ ________ our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism. description truth unnoticed sensitive dead who that was hidden to imagination attraction what awakens that through which The third quality of literature, ________ (come) out of the other two, is its permanence. To achieve this, it should contain two elements：universal interest and personal style. Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature — love and hate, joy and_______ (sad), fear and hope. It also takes _____ a personal style — no writer can describe human life ________reflecting his own life and experiences.In summary, literature is the__________(express)of life in forms of truth and beauty, the_________ (write) record of man's__________ (think) and feelings, and the history of the human soul.( _______(adapt) from William J．Long's English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English­Speaking World) coming sadness on without espression written thoughts Adapted B2U4 extended reading The old Man and the Sea (Excerpt) Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), an American writer of novels and short stories, is well _______ (think)of for his unique writing style. He is_______ (extreme)good at describing the adventures of tough men _______ he believes “can be destroyed but not_______ (defeat)". The Old Man and the Sea, one of his most important novels, tells the story of a fisherman_________(name) Santiago. After coming in empty-handed for eighty-four days, Santiago attempts______(catch) a huge fish. The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving. The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer. For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side. Then he__________(straight) himself and began another circle. thoutht extremely who defeated named to catch straightened He felt faint again now _______ he held on the great fish all the strain _______ he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time I'll pull him over.But when he put all of his effort on, ______(start) it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then _________(right) himself and swam away."Fish," the old man said. "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?"That way nothing_______________(accomplish), he thought. His mouth was too dry to speak _________ he could not reach for the water now. I must get him alongside this time, he thought. I am not good for many more turns. Yes you are, he told himself. You're good for ever. On the next turn, he nearly had him. But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away.You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing _______ you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who. but that starting righted is accomplished but than Now you are getting ______(confuse) in the head, he thought. You must keep your head clear. Keep your head clear and know______ to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought."Clear up, head," he said in a voice he could hardly hear. "Clear up."Twice more it was the same on the turns.I do not know, the old man thought. He_________(be) on the point of feeling himself go each time. I do not know. ______ I will try it once more.He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail______(weave) in the air.I'll try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in_________(flash).He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again. confused how had been But weaving flashes $$