Unit 2　The United Kingdom A級:基礎(chǔ)鞏固 Ⅰ.單詞拼寫 1.Our nation 　　　(組成)of fifty-six nationalities. 答案:consists 2.Having a car of my own is a great c　　　,I needn’t take time to wait for buses any longer. 答案:convenience 3.She was t　　　with terror when she saw the scene of the murder. 答案:thrilled 4.Could you a　　　a meeting with Mrs Wilson for Monday,please? 答案:arrange 5.The tides are caused by the 　　　(吸引)of the moon. 答案:attraction 6.She 　　　(折疊)the letter in half and put it into her pocket. 答案:folded 7.Thanks to the development of modern science,many mysteries are able to be c　　　. 答案:clarified 8.What we say should always be c　　　 with what we do. 答案:consistent 9.We must a　　　our project by the end of June,or we’ll be fined. 答案:accomplish 10.Tom often q　　　with his brothers over which TV programmes they should watch. 答案:quarrels Ⅱ.單句改錯 1.When in Senior High,my class was consisted of 56 students. 答案:去掉was 2.I’ll never forget the first day which I went to the college. 答案:which前面加on或which→when 3.Stephen,the chairman of the chess club will get married next month. 答案:去掉chairman前面的the 4.You’d better get your eyes examine as soon as possible. 答案:examine→examined 5.They did went to see you yesterday,but failed to meet you. 答案:went→go B級:能力提升 Ⅲ.閱讀理解 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。 A message loud and clear As many as one in five US teenagers have some degree of hearing loss,according to researchers.They say the problem is growing. Teenagers really don’t pay attention to how much noise they are exposed to,Josef Shargorodsky of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston told Reuters.“Often people won’t notice it,but even slight hearing loss may influence language development,” said Shargorodsky,one of the researchers. The study compared surveys from the early 1990s and the mid-2000s.Each included a few thousand teenagers.In the first survey,about 15 percent of teenagers had some degree of hearing loss.Some 15 years later,that number had risen by a third,to nearly 20 percent. “This certainly is big news,” said Alison Grimes,an ear doctor.Hearing loss is very common in old people,Grimes said,but she added that it was worrying to see it happen in the younger age group. In babies and young children,hearing problems are known to slow language development.The science is less clear for teenagers,but it is easy to imagine how being hard of hearing could influence learning,said Grimes. The reasons for the rise are still unclear.When researchers asked teenagers about noise exposure—on the job,at school or from activities,for example—the teenagers didn’t report any change.But Shargorodsky said that might not be true.“We knew from before that it is difficult to ask this age group about noise exposure—they underestimate(低估)it.” Few people would call it noise when they listen to music on their MP3 player,for example.“There is a difference between what we think is loud and what is harmful to the ear,” said Grimes. Although it’s not clear that the MP3 players cause teenagers’ hearing loss,Grimes said it was still a good idea to turn down the sound and take short breaks from listening. 1.According to the researchers,in a US class of 40 students,about 　　　students have some degree of hearing loss. A.one　　　　　　　　　　B.five C.six D.eight 解析:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一句 “As many as one in five US teenagers have some degree of hearing loss,according to researchers”得知:每5個US teenagers中有一位有不同程度的聽覺問題。 答案:D 2.Josef Shargorodsky is 　　　. A.a researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston B.a past president of the American Academy of Audiology C.a reporter on new research about hearing loss among US teenagers D.a teacher who teaches teenagers with some degree of hearing loss 解析:細節(jié)理解題。從第二段最后一句 “...said Shargorodsky,one of the researchers” 可以得知Shargorodsky是里面的研究人員。 答案:A 3.Which of the following statements is true according to the article? A.Slight hearing loss does not influence learning. B.Only a few old people have hearing problems. C.Hearing problems can slow language development. D.Noise exposure is clearly noticed by teenagers. 解析:細節(jié)理解題。從第五段“hearing problems are known to slow language development”可知。 答案:C 4.About hearing loss,it can be inferred that 　　　. A.the reasons for the rise have been found B.MP3 players are to blame C.listening to loud music may be a cause D.noise is the main reason 解析:推理判斷題。從最后兩段可以推斷出音樂聲音過大可能會影響聽力。 答案:C 5.The article was written to 　　　. A.warn teenagers that loud music might be harmful B.explain what kinds of noises might influence studies C.suggest that teenagers shouldn’t listen to loud music D.show how important hearing can be for learning 解析:主旨歸納題。文章警示人們尤其是青少年,要注意音樂聲過大可能會帶來的傷害。 答案:A Ⅳ.語法填空 閱讀下面材料,在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 Although $10 seemed a lot for a guided walking tour,I’d paid up like most of the others 1.(stay)at the hotel.The tour 2.(suppose)to start at 9 o’clock,so we were getting a little angry and were just about to give up 3.the guide finally turned up at the reception 30 minutes late.The girl,4. turned out to be an inexperienced guide on her first day of the job,explained that she 5.(leave)home on time but had had to go back as she’d forgotten the tour maps.First of all,she sorted out which of us already had maps and which didn’t.We eventually set out at a little after 10,more than an hour 6. schedule and started heading for the old town.Although there were only about ten of us,I found 7. hard to hear her commentary as she seemed to be talking to only the three or four people 8.(close)to her.Finally,after a visit to a beautiful old church was cancelled abruptly,I decided to forget 9.$10 and rely on my own map and intelligence for a more 10.(person)tour of the town. 答案:1.staying　2.was supposed　3.when　4.who　5.had left　6.behind　7.it　8.closest/closer　9.the/that/my　10.personal Ⅴ.短文改錯 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。 修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞; 2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。 Last week our class has organized an activity to thank us teachers before graduation.In Thursday we had a class meeting to discuss what to do.We came up many good ideas.Then we decided to send them gifts and did some good deeds.The next day we carried out our plan.Some of us cleaned the teachers’ offices and decorated it with pots of flowers,make it more comfortable for the teachers to work in.Others helped wash the cars and bikes.But still others gave well-prepared gifts to the teachers,which were very pleased and expressed their best wishes to us.We all felt happily about what we had done for our teachers. 答案:第一句:去掉has;us→our 第二句:In→On 第三句:came up后面加with 第四句:did→do 第六句:offices→office;make→making 第八句:But→And;which →who 第九句:happily→happy