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2019-2020年高中英語 Unit2 The United Kingdom課時作業(yè)（四）新人教版必修5 I．完形填空 Chinese scientists are again being excited about the 1 that a large hairy animals may live in central China. Now they hope it won't be too long before they are able to 2 its existence. Their confidence is the 3 of a new discovery of the mystery animal in Hubei Province. The Chinese 4 , enjoying a holiday in 5 National Forest Park, were driving down a road. As their bus turned a corner, the men were suddenly _6_ by what they saw. Three 7 animal, covered with long dark hair, were crossing the roads. On seeing the animal, the engineers immediately stopped and 8 them. 9 , when they saw how the animals moved through the forest with great 10 and strength, they did not dare to 11 any further. The men did not take any 12 . However, scientists are 13 by the discovery, because the engineers were all well-educated people and scientists feel they can 14 what they described. 15 the discovery, scientists returned to the forest and 16 some hair and measured footprints. About 20 inches appears to be the length of the animal's 17 ! Chinese scientists have now set up a special group to exchange information and make a 18 of the forest. But in the meantime, some people 19 to believe that this half-man, half-monkey exists. They will not believe that it is 20 until one of the animals has been caught. 1. A. fact B. matter C. truth D. thing 2. A. prove B. apalyze C. protect D. check 3. A. basis B. requirement C. result D. preparation 4. A. travellers B. engineers C. scientists D. explorers 5. A. the B. another C. a D. one 6. A. frightened B. amazed C. upset D. inspired 7. A. trained B. rejected C. tall D. violent 8. A. shot at B. looked at C. fought with D. ran after 9. A. However B. Indeed C. Meanwhile D. Anyway 10. A. difficulty B. speed C. care D. pleasure 11. A. search B. follow C. find D. look for 12. A. bullets B. tools C. medicines D. photographs 13. A. surprised B. delighted C. disturbed D. supported 14. A. rely on B. deal with C. write down D. pass on 15. A. With B. As C. Because of D. After 16. A. cut B. pulled C. collected D. tore 17. A. foot B. leg C. body D. head 18. A. film B. tour C. choice D. study 19. A. e B. refuse C. prefer D. have 20. A. wrong B. alive C. real D. correct Ⅱ．閱讀理解 A To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade (遮光物) against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the eleventh century B. C. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol (象征) of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in monly used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later in England. By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have bee much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colours. 21. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient________. A. China B. Egypt C. Greece D. Rome 22. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella? A. No one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella. B. The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun. C. The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century. D. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. 23. A strange feature (特征) of the umbrella's use is that it was used as________. A. protection against rain B. a shade against the sun C. a symbol of honour and power D. women's decoration (裝飾) 24. In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain________. A. during the Middle Ages B. by the eighteenth century C. in Rome D. in Greece 25. This passage talks mainly about________. A. when and how the umbrella was invented B. why the umbrella was so popular in Europe C. the development of the umbrella D. the history and use of the umbrella B SHANGHAI, China—Houston Rockets star Yao Ming topped Forbes Magazine's xx list of Chinese celebrities ( famous persons), ending up head and shoulders over entertainers including martial arts star Jet Li and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon actress Zhang Ziyi. The 7-foot-6 center,now in his second season with the NBA, ranked first based on "heavy exposure in media and Web hits in China. " the magazine said in a news release on its Web site. Yao also recorded the second-highest xx ine among Chinese celebrities: $ 14. 6 million. The top money-earner was Li, star of last year's action thriller "Cradle 2 The Grave," who chalked up earnings of $ 17 million in xx. Li ranked 10th overall on the celebrity list. Zhang took second place on the list, followed by fellow actress Zhao Wei and Hong Kong based singer-actress Faye Wong. Veteran film star Gong Li came in fifth, followed by Zhang Yimou, the award-winning director of Raise the Red Lantern and other films featuring Gong. The list, published in Forbes China, the magazine's Chinese-language version, surveyed the ine and popularity of celebrities in film, sports, media, music and publishing. Those listed had to have been born and raised in mainland China; celebrities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other parts of the Chinese-speaking world were excluded. Despite that requirement, those listed were notable in that most achieved fame only after garnering an international audience. "The list reflects the rapid growth in China's entertainment industry," list piler Bobby Hao said in Forbes. "It's clear that more and more people from the mainland are making an impact and finding success overseas. " 26. According to the passage, who were the top three on the Forbes xx list of Chinese celebrities? A. Yao Ming, Jet li, Zhang Ziyi. B. Jet Li, Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyi. C. Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei. D. Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei. 27. What can we learn from the passage? A. Ine was considered most important when Forbes ranked celebrities. B. Forbes ranked people according to their birth place, their ine as well as popularity with people. C. Celebrities from mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan were all included on the list. D. Celebrities from sports are in the majority on the celebrity list. 28. What is the meaning of "chalked up" (paragraph 4) as the words are used in the text? A. wrote something with chalk B. recorded something C. gave credit for something D. achieved something C The Channel Tunnel ( 海底隧道 ), to be opened officially by British Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ and French President Francois Mitterrand on May 6, links(連接) British and France for the first time since the Ice Age. The project took eight years to plete and cost an estimated (估計) $ 13. 5 billion. The channel is considered an engineering wonder of the 20th century. Le Shuttel is the channel's specially built train. The total journey time between Calais, France and Folkstone, Britain is 35 minutes. The service is scheduled to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week in both directions. 29. According to this piece of news, who first suggested digging the Channel Tunnel? A. British Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ. B. A French engineer. C. Some that hasn't been mentioned in the passage. D. French President Francois Mitterrand. 30. The Channel Tunnel is considered as a wonder because ________. A. it took nearly a hundred years to plete this project B. there have been so many difficulties in this great project C. it has shortened the journey very much D. the tunnel will be opened by both the queen and the president 31. The underlined word "scheduled" in this passage means to________. A. put a regular train into a timetable B. plan the project for a certain time C. prepare a timetable for the project D. start a service for some time 32. Which of the following is true? A. The train runs every day except at weekends. B. It takes the train a little more than half an hour to cross the Channel. C. The train leaves Calais or Folkstone once every 35 minutes. D. The train runs only by day. 延伸探究題 I．完形填空 With the development of the information technology, we are stepping into the new century. People's topics, especially the young people's, are being more and more 1 , which older men never understand: the Internet and 2 life. Just a few years ago, people 3 talked about what a puter could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high-tech 4 for programming, to design machines, to control robots, 5 to make A-bombs! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to 6 one's puter to the web. What's more, it was too slow. So 7 people knew what the Internet really meant But today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are ing. 8 , if you like to have a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed 9 the web. 10 around and it seems as if about every pany out there is in E-business. For ordinary persons, E-mail is taking the place of traditional ways of 11 letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting their 12 to the web. They can express their 13 , either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their web mates in chat rooms. Some 14 have found their" true love" on . the Internet! I cannot 15 the Internet's great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do 16 many things for us that we almost cannot live without it Everything is 17 in the future, and no one can 18 what will exactly happen in years to e. But one thing is 19 : more people will e to know the Internet and will surely 20 themselves in his or her daily life. 1. A. modern B. advanced C. strange D. interesting 2. A. ordinary B. everyday C. school D. working 3. A. often B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom 4. A. tool B. machine C. puter D. line 5. A. still B. yet C. even D. except 6. A. put B. join C. fit D. tie 7. A. a few B. some C. few D. no 8. A. For some reason B. For some time C. For sure D. For example 9. A. through B. with C. on D. by 10. A. Turn B. Look C. Travel D. Go 11. A. sending B. receiving C. writing D. reading 12. A. E-mails B. names C. puters D. addresses 13. A. thought B. idea C. opinion D. feelings 14. A. youths B. men C. boys D. girls 15. A. believe B. imagine C. think D. make 16. A. far too B. quite C. almost D. so 17. A. true B. real C. possible D. changing 18. A. tell B. decide C. guess D. question 19. A. surely B. certain C. thoughtful D. considerable 20. A. tire B. love C. help D. enjoy Ⅱ．閱讀理解 A In 1957 a doctor in Singapore noticed that hospitals were treating an unusual number of influenza like cases. Influenza is sometimes called "flu" or a "bad cold". He took samples from the throats of patients in his hospital and was able to find the virus(病毒) of this influenza. There are three main types of influenza virus. The most important of these are types A and B, each of them having several sub-groups (亞群). At the hospital the doctor recognized that the outbreak was because of a virus-group A, but he did not know the sub-group. He reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization in Geneva. W. H. O. published the important news together with reports of the same kind of outbreak in Hong Kong, where about 15% ~ 20% of the population had bee ill. As soon as the London doctors received the package of throat samples, they began to test them. They found that they could reproduce themselves at a very high speed. Continuing their careful tests, the doctor checked the effect of medicine used against all the known sub-groups of type A virus. On this virus, none of them was of any use Having separated the virus, the two doctors now made tests on some selected animals. In a short time the usual signs of the disease appeared. These experiments showed that the new virus spread easily, but that it was not a killer. Scientists, like the general pubic, it simply "Asian flu". 21. The Asian flu mentioned in the passage________. A. had something to do with a virus group B B. was reported to W. H, O. in Geneva by a doctor in Hong Kong C. broke out not only in Singapore but also in Hong Kong D. was taken from the throats of the patients in a hospital in Singapore 22. Ixindon doctors considered________. A. Asian flu as a bad cold B. there were three main types of influenza C. it was necessary to test the other groups of virus besides group A D. the influenza called" Asian flu" is a new one 23. The Singapore doctor helped the world by________. A. making those with Asian flu well again B. killing the virus that caused Asian flu C. finding the sub-group of the virus D. reporting the outbreak of Geneva 24. The Asian flu virus________. A. was a killer B. was very weak C. could reproduce very quickly D. died very fast 25. We can draw a conclusion that________ from this paragraph. A. careful observation and research can make a new discovery B. we must stop us from catching Asian flu C. doctors should pay attention to patients D. practice makes perfect B You have heard of Webster Toys. Webster's have good, safe, interesting toys for more than a hundred years. Now, we sell them, in countries, from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil. We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He (or she) will be between the ages of thirty and forty. He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him. He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far East. The person we are looking for will live in Singapore, and work in our office there, but he will travel for up to six months in any one year. He will know the Far East quite well already. He will know how to sell in old markets, and where to find new ones. He will understand money, and make more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys. Webster want someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we an looking for, write to Mr. J. Sloman at our Head Office. 26. Children play with Webster toys________. A. only in countries a long way from each other B. in countries all over the world C. in only four countries of the world D. only in developed countries 27. The person who is________ is fit for the job Webster will give. A. thirty years of age B. forty years of age C. less than forty years of age D. between thirty and forty years of age 28. "He will already have some years of selling in the world market behind him "means________. A. he was already sold things in different pan of the world B. he was sold toys for some years C. he was already sold toys all over the world D. he was already sold things for some years 29. The person will speak________. A. English and only one other language B. English or any other language C. English or any other Far Eastern language D. English and a Far Eastern language 30. The main idea of this passage is________. A. to employ some people who are willing to work for Webster B. to show how nice the toys are C. to show how long of the history of Webster is D. to attract more toys-buyers