Unit 2 The United Kingdom
Ⅰ.单项填空
My parents check our package carefully to make sure we don't________anything we will need on the trip.
A．leave off
B．leave out
C．leave about
D．leave for
解析 考查短语动词辨析。“父母仔细检查包裹”的目的是为了“不要遗漏(leave out)任何东西”。leave off停止，中断；leave about乱放；leave for动身去……。
答案 B
2．—It's said that Kate and Mary have been in conflict with each other.
—Yes，but they haven't________why.
A．instructed
B．clarified
C．admitted
D．complained
解析 考查动词辨析。clarify后可以接why引导的宾语从句，表示“阐明……的原因”。
答案 B
3．To my________，my pet dog，which was lost three days ago，came back safe and sound.
A．attraction
B．error
C．credit
D．delight
解析 考查名词辨析。既然是“丢失的宠物狗安然无恙地归来”，应该感到高兴(delight)，故选D项。attraction吸引；to one's delight“使某人高兴的是”。
答案 D
4．The computer system________suddenly while Paul was searching for information on the Internet.
A．broke down
B．broke outC．broke up
D．broke in
解析 考查短语辨析。break down出故障；break out爆发；break up拆开；break in破门而入。句意：当Paul在网上查找信息时，电脑系统突然瘫痪了。
答案 A
5．—Do you know when________accident happened?
—I was not there，so I don't know the exact date.But it must be________Sunday because I was off duty only on Sundays.
A．the；a
B．a；aC．a；不填
D．the；不填
解析 考查冠词。根据句意可知此处accident是指双方都知道的事，故其前应用定冠词；而Sunday此处是指某一个星期天，其前应用不定冠词。
答案 A
6．Overheating development might have a bad________ on the national economy.
A．cause
B．influenceC．result
D．factor
解析 答案 B
7．________ to have a picnic here!
A．What great delight
B．How great delight
C．What a great delight
D．How a great delight
解析 答案 C
8．________the stress and pressure from her job，she bore the burden of caring for her sick mother.
A． As well as
B．As long asC．As far as
D．As soon as
解析 答案 A
9.
—How could I thank you enough?
—Don't mention it.Any other may________ that.
A．must do
B．could doC．would have done
D．should have done
解析 答案 C
10．The natural beauty of Jiuzhaigou ________ millions of tourists from all over the world every year.
A．catches
B． attracts
C．reminds
D．seizes
解析 答案 B
11．This kind of material can be used to ________ plastics.
A．taking the place of
B．take place
C．taking place
D．take the place of
解析 答案 D
12．—Why do you keep all your reference books near your desk?
—________.
A．For convenience
B．For fun
C．For display
D．For purpose解析 for convenience为方便起见，是固定短语。
答案 A
13．I want to see all of his films，especially the one you________ just now.
A．referred to
B．linked to
C．mentioned to
D．talked to
解析 refer to提到；link to与……有联系；mention提到，不能加to。此处意为“特别是你刚才提到的那部电影”。
答案 A
14．When you go on a trip to Mount Tai，one of the historical________here is the Dai Miao Temple.
A．collections
B．instructions
C．attractions
D．expressions解析 attraction吸引人的地方、事物，可根据go on a trip和“岱庙”判断。
答案 C
15．As for the incident，he only told us the main facts，________most of the details.
A．putting out
B．taking out
C．bringing out
D．leaving out
解析 put out扑灭；take out拿出；bring out带出来；说明；leave out遗漏。可根据main facts(主要事实)和details(详情)判断。
答案 D
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
With more and more cars on the road，traffic jams are inevitable.Traffic jams can lead to increased accidents as there are more cars，with more people trying to get to their destination，all the while getting worse.Although it's impossible to avoid traffic jams altogether，there are some tips you can follow to reduce the amount of time on the road.
Check for traffic jams before you leave.You can listen to the radio for traffic news，or check on the Internet to get uptominute information on traffic.If the route you want to take is heavy with traffic，you can choose another.
Look for a different route permanently.Most traffic jams occur on busy roads.Using country roads could see you avoiding a lot of traffic.Although the distance you may have to travel is further，it can work out quicker.
Set your car radio to receive traffic bulletins.Many new car stereo systems(汽车音响系统)are equipped with a radio system by which you can hear the traffic channel.This way you can get the latest traffic information and change your journey if necessary.
________.Most traffic jams usually occur during rush hour，so try to avoid this time period if possible.Some jobs offer flexible working hours so that you can travel to work outside of rush hour.Some jobs even allow you to work from home so as to avoid commuting altogether.Ask your manager to see what you can do if traffic is a problem for you.
Use public transport alternatives where available.The easiest way to avoid traffic jams is to take buses or the underground instead of driving your own car.Not only will you avoid traffic jams but you will most likely be saving money as the cost of motoring rises.
【语篇解读】 随着汽车数量的增加，城市的堵车现象日益严重，因此如何减少自己在路上花费的时间就显得非常重要。本文给我们提出了五条可行的建议。
1．The underlined word“inevitable”in Paragraph 1 probably means________.
A．hard to accept
B．impossible to avoid
C．getting less serious
D．seen everywhere
解析 词义猜测题。根据第一段的内容可知，路上的汽车越来越多，交通堵塞是不可避免的。inevitable意为“不可避免的，必然发生的。”
答案 B
2．The author wrote the text in order to________.
A．explain why there are traffic jams
B．tell the negative effects of traffic jams
C．tell us what we can do on the road
D．tell us how to save time on the road
解析 写作目的题。根据第一段的最后一句可知，作者写本文的目的是告诉读者如何做才能减少自己在路上花费的时间。
答案 D
3．To get the latest traffic information，you could do the following except________.
A．surfing the Internet
B．listening to the radio for traffic news
C．listening to the traffic channel
D．turning to other drivers for information
解析 推理判断题。根据第二、四段的信息可知，前三项均是获取最新交通信息的方式，D项文中并未提及。
答案 D
4．Which of the following can be put in the blank in the text?
A．Choose a job that has flexible working hours
B．Try traveling at different time
C．Make friends with your manager
D．Work from home
解析 段落大意题。根据第五段的内容可知，如果我们能够避开交通高峰，那么我们就可以避免交通堵塞。因此段落标题为：选择不同的时间开车上班或回家。
答案 B
5．According to the author，we should use public transport because________.
A．it is cheaper and can avoid traffic jams
B．it is useful for us
C．it is environmentallyfriendly
D．it is completely free from traffic jams
解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后一句可知，乘坐公交不仅可以避开交通堵塞，而且还可以省钱。故选A。
答案 A
B
The deadly earthquake and tsunami (海啸) that struck Japan on March 11 damaged two nuclear power stations.Officials are now working to prevent dangerous radiation from poisoning the air in the area surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The Japanese government has ordered people living within 12 and a half miles of the plant to evacuate, and asked those living 12 and a half to 20 miles away to stay indoors.
Nuclear power plants create energy using a chemical reaction that produces large amounts of heat. Reactors (反应堆) in Japan have many long, thin rods，called fuel rods (棒), which must be kept cool.
If the reactor's fuel rods aren't cooled, the reaction
can burn out of control. That's what happened at the
two Japanese plants after the quake caused a power failure and the cooling systems malfunctioned (发生故障).
This overheating could cause radiation to escape and
sicken many people.
Japan's 54 nuclear reactors are built to withstand
the many small or moderate earthquakes the country
faces each year. But Friday's earthquake was one of the
most severe earthquakes ever recorded.
People exposed to unsafe levels of radiation have a
higher than normal risk of getting cancer. The Japanese
government has been distributing potassium iodide (碘化钾) pills to people in the surrounding areas to protect
those who may have come in contact with radiation from
the power plant. The pills flood the body with healthy
potassium iodide. The potassium iodide works to crowd out “bad” iodine in the body that may have been poisoned by radiation.
On Tuesday morning, 750 workers left the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
However, 50 workers stayed behind to use seawater to cool the fuel rods. These dedicated employees are risking their own lives to save many others.
On
Thursday,
officials
used
helicopters,
fire trucks, and water cannons to spray water on the reactors to cool the fuel rods. But it's not clear whether these efforts were successful. Officials are now working on a power line to restore electricity to the plant. They hope this will help restart the plant's cooling system and stop the fuel rods from leaking radiation.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了日本大地震后的核泄漏事故。
6．The underlined word“evacuate”in paragraph 1 probably means________.
A．help
B．rest
C．stop
D．leave
解析 词义猜测题。根据下文提到的住在12.5～20英里以外的居民待在家里可推知，住在12.5英里之内的居民必须撤离。
答案 D
7．What can we learn from the text?
A．The
local
people
are
scared
and
ready
to run away.
B．The earthquake led to many deaths and caused damage to roads.
C．The Japanese government has found a kind of pill that can treat cancer.
D．The two stations were damaged because their cooling systems didn' t work.
解析 事实细节题。根据第三段中的“If the reactor's fuel rods aren't cooled，the reaction can burn out of control.That's what happened at the two Japanese plants after the quake caused a power failure and the cooling systems malfunctioned.”可知，大地震使得核电站电力中断，制冷系统出现故障，燃料棒温度过度，导致核电站发生爆炸。
答案 D
8．In the last paragraph，the author mainly states________.
A．lack of help
B．international aids
C．the government's efforts
D．the result of the disaster
解析 事实细节题。最后一段讲述了政府人员调集各方面的人力物力，想方设法修复核电站的制冷系统，阻止核泄漏，因此答案为C。
答案 C
9．This text is most probably taken from________.
A．a research paper
B．a newspaper report
C．a class presentation
D．a chemistry textbook
解析 推理判断题。文章主要介绍了日本大地震导致核电站受损，以及由此产生的一系列后果。文章比较简洁完整，符合资讯报道的文体特点。
答案 B
10．What is probably the best title for the text?
A．Japan's Nuclear Disaster
B．Heroes in the Disaster
C．Nuclear Power Plants Closed
D．Japan's Big Earthquake and Tsunami
解析 主旨大意题。纵观全文，文章介绍了日本核泄露事故产生的原因、危害以及政府和工人采取的抢救措施，整篇文章都是围绕核泄露事故展开，因此答案为A。
答案 A