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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
一、完形填空
Two months ago, when our class election (选举) started, I decided to run for class monitor (班长). I enjoyed speaking in public, so I felt it easy to win. But I was very 1 that people would laugh at me if I lost.
I was busy preparing in the following week. My plan wasn’t to make promises, but to show my class 2 I wanted to be a monitor. I 3 my posters in hallways and in the classroom. I also spent three hours writing my speech, saying that I was the one who would help them whenever they had a problem. 4 I prepared well, I felt that my chance of winning was strong.
However, when I gave my speech on Election Day, the response (反应) wasn’t what I had imagined. Few people 5 listened. When it was my opponent’s (对手的) turn, everyone was shouting his name. His speech was short but excellent. By then, I realized I should have made mine shorter and clearer.
It was clear who would 6 . I wanted to just go home and cry, but I made it through. My 7 was right: I didn’t win.
The next day, my classmates were still talking about the election. I just kept 8 and said nothing. But later, things got better. They 9 about the election and talked to me just as they did before. We 10 each other again.
By taking part in the election, I made progress. I learned to face the failure and grown stronger.
1.A.bored B.excited C.afraid D.hopeful
2.A.when B.why C.what D.which
3.A.put on B.put up C.put off D.put away
4.A.If B.Unless C.Because D.Although
5.A.really B.nearly C.hardly D.mostly
6.A.spread B.return C.wait D.win
7.A.suggestion B.prediction C.introduction D.direction
8.A.safe B.quiet C.healthy D.strange
9.A.forgot B.wrote C.cared D.discussed
10.A.agreed with B.came up with C.caught up with D.got on well with
You may have seen such a photo: with along white beard and wearing a bamboo hat, an old fisherman stands on a 11 . Huang Quande looked like this when 12 took photos with him on the Lijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi. He became so 13 on the internet that many people believed the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan renminbi banknote (纸币) was from his image (形象).
Huang shows the true 14 of the Lijiang River. He was a positive and kind man. In his 90s, Huang could still move his boat very fast. After he 15 fishing and became a photo model in 2008, he took photos with tourists worldwide.
The image of the fisherman on the 20-yuan banknote is not just about one man. 16 , it is a cultural symbol that makes the Guilin landscape (风景) what it is.
In fact, the backsides of the renminbi banknotes show the most well-known landscapes in China. Each of them 17 its own cultural meaning. For example, on the back of the 1-yuan banknote are the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (三潭映月) in West Lake, Zhejiang. Since ancient times, the 18 has been a great place for moon watchers during Mid-Autumn Festival. The candle lights from the three towers reflected on the water look like the little 19 . The renminbi pictures have helped make the landscapes even more popular among tourists. Pan Jinyu had a “banknote tour” from 1 yuan to 100 when he was 21. “I want to finish a meaningful journey and feel the 20 of our country. I am proud of being a Chinese,” Pan told the reporter.
11.A.boat B.car C.ship D.subway
12.A.engineers B.farmers C.tourists D.pilots
13.A.careful B.famous C.serious D.brave
14.A.story B.spirit C.resolution D.situation
15.A.set up B.put up C.gave away D.gave up
16.A.Instead B.Simply C.However D.Perhaps
17.A.happens B.causes C.carries D.prevents
18.A.pollution B.invention C.location D.communication
19.A.moon B.sun C.star D.cloud
20.A.business B.beauty C.treat D.warmth
When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs (嫩枝) from 21 school to plant. None of them looked very strong. 22 with hope for the future, I planted them somewhere in our backyard that had enough sunlight. Over the years, because of the poor soil (土壤), three of them 23 . Only one was alive. 24 poor they were!
It grew very slowly. Do you know 25 ? It looked more like a fat bush (灌木丛) than a tree. Later, I noticed 26 it was starting to die. The lower branches were becoming dry. Only the top third of the tree was still green. I did 27 I can to save it. I fed it a lot of fertilizer (肥料), but it didn’t work.
Later one morning, I went out to look at it again. I was wondering 28 it would be better to just cut it down. As I walked over to take a closer look at it. However, I noticed something moving within the leaves. It was a bird 29 building a nest (鸟巢) in the top branches. I smiled when I looked at it. 30 warm nest! I thought maybe this old tree was still useful. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a home.
21.A.she B.hers C.her
22.A.But B.Though C.So
23.A.die B.will die C.died
24.A.What B.What a C.How
25.A.what did it look like B.what it looked like C.how did it look like
26.A.if B.that C.which
27.A.what B.how C.when
28.A.why B.whether C.when
29.A.patient B.patience C.patiently
30.A.What B.What a C.How
Do you know some customs (习俗) when visiting a Chinese family? Here are some tips.
A gift is necessary 31 you are going to visit friends in China. Usually Chinese people will not open the gift in front of the guest. To show the politeness, it may be necessary 32 what the gift is. Bringing some nutrients (营养品) to 33 elders in the family is a good idea. The host usually makes full preparation by carefully cleaning the house and cooking a lot of delicious dishes. 34 preparing a good meal, the host may say to the guest, “My preparation is not enough. Please excuse me for my poor treat.” As a guest, you should make the host believe that there is plenty to eat 35 praising (赞美) the food.
While eating, the host will use chopsticks to pick up food for guests as a tradition and ask them 36 more. But nowadays, young people do the traditional way much less. Because they think it is better for guests to help 37 .
After dinner, tea and fruit are usually served. When the guests 38 , the host may still ask them to stay. Guests don’t have to take it 39 and they can try to find a good time to leave. This doesn’t mean that leaving early is always a good idea because the host may feel that the guests are not happy with the treat. So finding the right time to leave 40 on different situations. And the host will also give some gifts to guests as a return.
31.A.what B.when C.why
32.A.explain B.explaining C.to explain
33.A.a B.an C.the
34.A.Because B.Though C.But
35.A.in B.at C.by
36.A.eat B.eating C.to eat
37.A.they B.them C.themselves
38.A.leave B.left C.are leaving
39.A.serious B.more serious C.seriously
40.A.depend B.depends C.depended
二、短文填空
Mid- Autumn Festival is a Chinese traditional festival which is on August 15th of the lunar calendar. On that day people always 41 mooncakes that can carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
There is a beautiful love story about it. It’s said that Chang’e was Hou Yi’s wife. After Hou Yi 42 down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic 43 to thank him. Whoever drank it could 44 forever. Hou Yi planned to drink it 45 his wife. However, the bad man tried to 46 the medicine when Hou Yi was out. Chang’e 47 to give it to him and drank it all. Then she became very light and flew up to the 48 . When Hou Yi saw the moon, he called out her name. One night, he found that the moon was so 49 and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out 50 favourite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that his wife could come back!
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man 51 Scrooge. He only thinks about himself and doesn’t treat others 52 . He just cares about 53 he can make more money.
One Christmas Eve, he has a dream. Three ghosts visit Scrooge in the 54 . First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and 55 Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the 56 spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are 57 Christmas. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is 58 but nobody cares. He is so 59 that he wakes up in his bed.
He decides to 60 his life and promises to be a better person. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!
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1.C 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.D
本文主要讲述了作者自己认真准备竞选班长但最终失败的经历,并以此告诉我们,面对失败,我们应学会更加坚强。
1.句意:但我非常担心如果我输了,人们会嘲笑我。
bored无聊的;excited兴奋的;afraid害怕的;hopeful有希望的。根据“that people would laugh at me if I lost.”可知作者害怕被嘲笑。故选C。
2.句意:我的计划不是做承诺,而是向全班展示我为什么想当班长。
when什么时候;why为什么;what什么;which哪一个。根据“show my class...I wanted to be a monitor.”可知是展示为什么想当班长。故选B。
3.句意:我在走廊和教室里张贴了海报。
put on穿上;put up张贴;put off推迟;put away收起来。根据“my posters”可知是张贴海报。故选B。
4.句意:因为我准备得很好,所以我觉得我获胜的机会很大。
if如果;unless除非;because因为;although虽然。前后是因果关系,前因后果,用because引导原因状语从句。故选C。
5.句意:很少有人真正听。
really真正地;nearly几乎;hardly几乎不;mostly主要地。根据“the response (反应) wasn’t what I had imagined. Few people...listened”可知同学们的反应和作者想象的不一样,很少有人真正在听作者的演讲。故选A。
6.句意:很明显谁会赢。
spread传播;return归还;wait等待;win赢。根据“His speech was short but excellent. By then, I realized I should have made mine shorter and clearer.”可知作者意识到自己的对手会赢。故选D。
7.句意:我的预测是正确的:我没有赢。
suggestion建议;prediction预测;introduction介绍;direction方向。根据“His speech was short but excellent. By then, I realized I should have made mine shorter and clearer.”以及“I didn’t win.”可知作者意识到自己的对手会赢,最后作者的预测是正确的。故选B。
8.句意:我只是保持沉默,什么也没说。
safe安全的;quiet安静的;healthy健康的;strange奇怪的。根据“said nothing”可知作者保持沉默。故选B。
9.句意:他们忘记了选举,像以前一样和我说话。
forgot忘记;wrote写;cared关心;discussed讨论。根据“about the election and talked to me just as they did before”可知作者的同学忘记了之前的选举,还是和之前一样。故选A。
10.句意:我们又相处得很好了。
agreed with同意某人的观点;came up with想出;caught up with赶上;got on well with和谐相处。根据“about the election and talked to me just as they did before”可知作者的同学忘记了之前的选举,还是和之前一样,作者和同学又相处得好。故选D。
11.A 12.C 13.B 14.B 15.D 16.A 17.C 18.C 19.A 20.B
本文主要介绍了20元人民币纸币上的渔民以及其他人民币上的风景。
11.句意:你可能见过这样一张照片:一位留着白胡子、戴着竹帽的老渔夫站在船上。
boat小船;car汽车;ship船;subway地铁。根据“Huang could still move his boat very fast.”可知是站在小船上。故选A。
12.句意:当游客在广西桂林漓江上与黄全德合影时,他看起来就是这样。
engineers工程师;farmers农民;tourists游客;pilots飞行员。根据“took photos with him on the Lijiang River”可知是游客和他合影。故选C。
13.句意:他在互联网上变得如此出名,以至于许多人认为20元人民币钞票背面的渔夫是他的肖像。
careful认真的;famous著名的;serious严肃的;brave勇敢的。根据“on the internet that many people believed the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan renminbi banknote (纸币) was from his image”可知他在网上变得很有名。故选B。
14.句意:黄展示了漓江的真正精神。
story故事;spirit精神;resolution决心;situation情况。根据“He was a positive and kind man”可知他是积极善良的人,这是漓江的精神。故选B。
15.句意:2008年,他放弃钓鱼,成为一名摄影模特,与世界各地的游客合影留念。
set up建立;put up张贴;gave away捐赠;gave up放弃。根据“fishing and became a photo model”可知放弃了钓鱼,成为一名摄影模特。故选D。
16.句意:相反它是一种文化符号,使桂林的风景成为今天的样子。
instead相反;simply简单地;however然而;perhaps可能。根据“The image of the fisherman on the 20-yuan banknote is not just about one man...it is a cultural symbol that makes the Guilin landscape (风景) what it is.”可知渔民的形象不仅仅是关于一个人,相反,它是一个文化符号。故选A。
17.句意:每一个都承载着自己的文化意义。
happens发生;causes造成;carries承载;prevents阻止。根据“its own cultural meaning.”可知是每一个都有文化意义。故选C。
18.句意:自古以来,这个地方就是中秋节赏月的好地方。
pollution污染;invention发明;location位置;communication通信。根据“on the back of the 1-yuan banknote are the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (三潭映月) in West Lake, Zhejiang. Since ancient times, the...has been a great place for moon watchers”可知此处指这个地方是赏月的好地方。故选C。
19.句意:三塔的烛光映在水面上,看起来像一轮小月亮。
moon月亮;sun太阳;star星星;cloud云。根据“The candle lights from the three towers reflected on the water look like the little”可知三塔的烛光映在水面上,像月亮一样。故选A。
20.句意:我想完成一段有意义的旅程,并感受我们国家的美丽。
business生意;beauty美丽;treat款待;warmth温暖。根据“of our country”可知想要感受祖国的美丽。故选B。
21.C 22.A 23.C 24.C 25.B 26.B 27.A 28.B 29.C 30.B
本文是一篇记叙文。文章通过作者的女儿带回四个嫩枝,有三个因为土壤贫瘠死了,后来,最后一棵也变秃了,但是作者偶然看到一只鸟在树枝上筑巢,从而让作者知道所有的生命都是有价值的。
21.句意:我女儿上小学的时候,她从学校带了四根小树枝回家种。
she她,主格;hers她的,名词性物主代词;her她的,形容词性物主代词。修饰名词school用形容词性物主代词。故选C。
22.句意:但带着对未来的希望,我把它们种在了我们后院阳光充足的地方。
but但是;though虽然;so所以。此处和前句是转折关系,用but连接。故选A。
23.句意:多年来,由于土壤贫瘠,其中三个死亡。
die死,动词原形;will die一般将来时;died动词过去式。根据“was...”可知句子用一般过去时,动词用过去式。故选C。
24.句意:它们多么可怜啊!
what引导感叹句,修饰不可数名词或可数名词复数;what a引导感叹句,修饰可数名词单数;how引导感叹句,修饰形容词或副词。修饰形容词poor用how。故选C。
25.句意:你知道它是什么样子的吗?
what did it look like它长什么样子,疑问语序;what it looked like它长什么样子,陈述语序;how did it look like错误结构。句子是宾语从句,应用陈述语序。故选B。
26.句意:后来,我注意到它开始死亡。
if如果;that引导从句,无意义;which哪一个。分析句子结构可知,从句完整,整个句子不缺含义,用that引导宾语从句。故选B。
27.句意:我尽我所能救它。
what什么;how如何;when什么时候。此处can后省略了动词do,缺少do的宾语,用what引导宾语从句。故选A。
28.句意:我想知道把它砍掉是否更好。
why为什么;whether是否;when什么时候。根据“it would be better to just cut it down.”可知是想知道是否把它砍倒更好。故选B。
29.句意:那是一只耐心地在顶部树枝上筑巢的鸟。
patient耐心的,形容词;patience耐心,名词;patiently耐心地,副词。修饰动词building用副词。故选C。
30.句意:多么温暖的巢穴啊!
what引导感叹句,修饰不可数名词或可数名词复数;what a引导感叹句,修饰可数名词单数;how引导感叹句,修饰形容词或副词。修饰可数名词单数nest用what a引导感叹句。故选B。
31.B 32.C 33.C 34.B 35.C 36.C 37.C 38.C 39.C 40.B
本文主要介绍了有关去中国家庭做客的一些礼仪。
31.句意:当你去中国拜访朋友时,礼物是必要的。
what什么;when当;why为什么。根据“you are going to visit friends in China.”可知是当你要去拜访朋友时。故选B。
32.句意:为了表示礼貌,可能有必要解释一下礼物是什么。
explain解释,动词原形;explaining动名词;to explain动词不定式。此处是结构It is adj. to do sth.“做某事是……的”。故选C。
33.句意:给家里的长辈带些营养物品是个好主意。
a不定冠词,修饰以辅音音素开头的单词;an不定冠词,修饰以元音音素开头的单词;the定冠词。此处是the elders,指代“长辈”。故选C。
34.句意:虽然准备了一顿丰盛的饭菜,但主人可能会对客人说:“我的准备不够。请原谅我的款待太差了。”
because因为;though虽然;but但是。前后两句是让步关系,用though引导让步状语从句。故选B。
35.句意:作为客人,你应该通过赞美食物让主人相信有足够的食物吃。
in在里面;at在;by通过。根据“make the host believe that there is plenty to eat...praising (赞美) the food.”可知是通过赞美食物。故选C。
36.句意:用餐时,主人会按照传统用筷子为客人夹起食物,并要求他们多吃。
eat吃,动词原形;eating动名词;to eat动词不定式。ask sb. to do sth.“要求某人做某事”。故选C。
37.句意:因为他们认为客人最好自助。
they他们,主格;them他们,宾格;themselves他们自己,反身代词。help oneself“随便吃”,此处用反身代词。故选C。
38.句意:当客人离开时,主人仍然可以要求他们留下来。
leave离开,动词原形;left动词过去式;are leaving现在进行时。根据“When the guests...”可知是当客人要离开时,谓语动词是位移动词,此处用现在进行时表将来。故选C。
39.句意:客人不必当真,他们可以试着找个好时机离开。
serious严肃的,形容词原级;more serious比较级;seriously严肃地,副词。take...seriously“认真对待”。故选C。
40.句意:因此,找到合适的离开时间取决于不同的情况。
depend依靠,动词原形;depends动词单三;depended动词过去式。本文时态为一般现在时,主语是动名词,谓语动词用单三。故选B。
41.enjoy 42.shot 43.medicine 44.live 45.with 46.steal 47.refused 48.moon 49.bright 50.her
本文讲述了中秋节的由来及嫦娥奔月的故事。
41.句意:在那天人们总是吃月饼,月饼可以传递人们对所爱和思念的家人的祝福。根据“Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. ...They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.”可知,中秋节人们会享用月饼,enjoy“享用”,主语是复数名词,时态是一般现在时,所以动词用原形。故填enjoy。
42.句意:后羿射下了九个太阳后,一位女神给了他神奇的药物以感谢他。根据“After Hou Yi...down the nine suns”可知,应是射下九个太阳,shoot down“射下”,时态是一般过去时,所以动词用过去式。故填shot。
43.句意:后羿射下了九个太阳后,一位女神给了他神奇的药物以感谢他。根据下文“However, the bad man tried to ... the medicine”可知,给他的应是神奇的药物,medicine“药”,故填medicine。
44.句意:谁喝了它就能长生不老。根据教材原文“Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e.”可知,谁喝了这个就能长生不老,live forever“长生不老”,could后跟动词原形,故填live。
45.句意:后羿计划和他的妻子一起喝它。根据教材原文“Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e.”可知,后羿打算和嫦娥一起喝,with“和……一起”,故填with。
46.句意:然而,当后羿不在时,坏人试图偷药。根据“the bad man tried to ... the medicine when Hou Yi was out”可知,应是坏人趁后羿不在家试图偷药,steal“偷”,to后跟动词原形,故填steal。
47.句意:嫦娥拒绝给他,并把它全喝了。根据“Chang’e...to give it to him and drank it all.”可知,应是嫦娥拒绝把药给坏人,refuse“拒绝”,时态是一般过去时,动词用过去式。故填refused。
48.句意:然后她变得很轻,飞上了月亮。根据“became very light and flew up to the ... When Hou Yi saw the moon, he called out her name.”可知,应是飞到月亮上了,moon“月亮”,故填moon。
49.句意:有一天晚上,他发现月亮又亮又圆,他能看到他的妻子在那里。根据“that he could see his wife there.”可知,他能清晰看到自己的妻子,说明月亮又亮又圆,bright“明亮的”符合语境,故填bright。
50.句意:他迅速在花园里摆上了她最喜欢的水果和甜点。根据“he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out ...favourite fruits and desserts”可知,后羿看到了自己的妻子,所以应是准备了妻子喜欢的水果和甜点,用her“她的”指代“妻子的”,故填her。
51.called/named 52.nicely/kindly 53.whether 54.dream 55.reminds 56.second 57.spending 58.dead 59.scared/afraid/frightened 60.change
本文讲的是《圣诞颂歌》这部小说的故事梗概。
51.句意:这是关于一个叫做斯克鲁奇的老人的故事。根据“an old man…Scrooge”可知,斯克鲁奇是老人的名词,动词call或name“称为”与名词an old man存在被动关系,因此应用其过去分词作后置定语。故填called/named。
52.句意:他只关心自己,不善待他人。根据“He only thinks about himself”可知,他只关心自己,对他人不好,用副词nicely“好地”或kindly“善良地”修饰动词treat。故填nicely/kindly。
53.句意:他只关心自己是否可以挣更多的钱。根据“he can make more money”可知,他只关心他能不能挣更多的钱,在介词about后应用whether“是否”引导宾语从句。故填whether。
54.句意:三个神灵在梦中拜访了斯克鲁奇。根据上文“One Christmas Eve, he has a dream.”可知,应用介词短语in the dream表示“在梦中”。故填dream。
55.句意:首先,圣诞过去之灵把他带回到他的童年,让他想起了儿时的快乐日子。根据“Scrooge of his happier days as a child”可知此处应用动词短语remind sb of sth表示“使某人想起某事”,根据“takes”和“and”可知此处应用动词的三单形式。故填reminds。
56.句意:然后,第二个神灵,圣诞现在之灵,带他去看别人是如何度过圣诞的。根据上文“First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood”可知,此处是第二个神灵,用序数词second表示“第二”。故填second。
57.句意:然后,第二个神灵,圣诞现在之灵,带他去看别人是如何度过圣诞的。根据下文“Everyone is happy, even poor people.”可知,此处指看别人庆祝圣诞,spend“度过”,后接时间做宾语。根据“are”可知此处应用现在分词构成现在进行时。故填spending。
58.句意:斯克鲁奇看见他死了,但没有人关心。根据“but nobody cares”及小说内容可知,此处指他死后没有人关心,根据“is”可知,后接形容词dead“死的”作表语。故填dead。
59.句意:他很害怕,在床上醒来了。根据上文“Scrooge sees that he is…but nobody cares.”可知,他看到没有人关心他的死活,应是很害怕的,根据“is so”可知后接形容词作表语,形容词scared,afraid和frightened都可以表示“害怕的”。故填scared/afraid/frightened。
60.句意:他决定改变他的人生,承诺做一个更好的人。根据下文“He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.”可知,他做出了改变,change“改变”,decide to do sth“决定做某事”。故填change。
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