Unit 2 Working the land
.单项填空
1．My sister，________ for months to find a job as a teacher, finally took a position in Wenzhou Daily.
A．struggling
B．struggled
C．to struggle
D．having struggled
解析 答案 D
2．The policemen were searching for the lost girl in the mountain for a whole night，________.
A．coldly and hungrily
B．cold and hungrily
C．cold and hungry
D．coldly and hungry
解析 答案 C
3．— I'll help you prepare for the party on Wednesday.
— Please don't________.My sisters have promised to help me.
A．promise
B．annoy
C．bother
D．disturb
解析 答案 C
4．— As a weightlifting athlete, Thomas is indeed too large, I think.
— But________that, he is still one of the best athletes at present.
A．in case of
B．in spite ofC．thanks to
D．in response to
解析 答案 B
5．Troubled by a terrible headache, Catherine wondered how she could________herself of the bad situation.
A．throw
B．remove
C．move
D．rid
解析 答案 D
6．In April,2009，President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao，________the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy.
A．marking
B．to mark
C．being marked
D．having marked
解析 此题考查非谓语动词。mark和“President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao”之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故选A。
答案 A
7．He walked as fast as he could，________to catch the first train.
A．hoped
B．to hopeC．hoping
D．hope
解析 表示伴随，hope与主语之间是主动的关系，所以应用现在分词。
答案 C
8．The company________only when it gets orders from a foreign country.
A．imports
B．exports
C．transports
D．deports
解析 句意：只有当这个公司从国外得到订单时，才出口。export出口；import进口；transport运输；deport驱逐(出境)。
答案 B
9．Those machines________to Thailand next month are made in a factory of a small town.
A．exporting
B．to exportC．exported
D．to be exported
解析 动词不定式表示将来的动作。export和machine之间是被动的关系，应用过去分词。
答案 D
10．Progress so far has been very good，________，we are sure that the project will be completed on time.
A．however
B．otherwise
C．therefore
D．besides
解析 句意：迄今为止，进展很顺利，因此，我们肯定项目能按时完成。两个分句是因果关系。however无论如何，不管怎样，然而；otherwise另外，否则；therefore因此，所以；besides此外，除此之外。
答案 C
11．She thought I was praising her son，________as a matter of fact，I was scolding him for his bad behaviours at school.
A．while
B．therefore
C．which
D．so that
解析 句意：她认为我在表扬她儿子，其实不然，我倒是在批评他在学校的不良行为。用while表示转折。
答案 A
12．Some of you may have finished Unit One.________，you can go on to Unit Two.
A．If you may
B．If you doC．If not
D．If so
解析 本题考查省略句的用法。If so＝If you have done that/so。
答案 D
13．—The final exam is coming.Would you mind my staying up late，going over my lessons?
—I'd rather you________.With the light on，I can't fall asleep.A．don't
B．didn't
C．won't
D．haven't
解析 “would rather＋从句”时，从句的主语与主句主语不一致时，从句中的谓语动词若表示同现在事实相反，则应用一般过去时。
答案 B
14．—Do you regret________2,000 yuan for the trip?
—No.I would gladly have paid________for it.
A．to pay；twice so much
B．to have paid；as much twice
C．paying；twice as much
D．having paid；so much twice
解析 由句意可知，“我”的两千元早已经付了，因此回答表示“不懊悔。我愿意付两倍的钱”。regret接动词ing形式时，表示“后悔已经做过的事情”；as much修饰倍数时，应该把倍数放在前面。
答案 C
15．People believe that we________a special ability to learn language and that our brain________itself to the language we heard around us.
A．are prepared for；adjusts
B．are equipped for；adapts
C．are armed with；fits
D．are equipped with；adjusts
解析 句意：人们认为我们具备特别的语言学习能力，并且我们的大脑也适应了我们所听到的周围的语言。be prepared for和be equipped for意为“为……做好准备”，不符合句意；be armed with和be equipped with意为“用……武装好自己；具备”，符合句意。adjust(oneself)to意为“(使)适应”。
答案 D
.阅读理解
A
Areas of Tokyo which had usually been packed with
office workers like sushi(寿司) restaurants and noodle
shops were unusually quiet. Many schools were closed.
Companies allowed workers to stay home. Long queues
formed at airports.
As Japanese authorities struggled to avoid disaster
at an earthquakebattered nuclear plant 240 km to the
north, parts of Tokyo resembled a ghost town. Many
people stocked up on food and stayed indoors or simply
left, transforming one of the world's biggest and most
populated cities into a shell of its usual self.
“Look, it's like Sunday —no cars in town，” said
Kazushi Arisawa, a 62yearold taxi driver, as he waited
for more than an hour outside an office tower where he
usually finds customers within minutes. “I can't make
money today. ”
Radiation in Tokyo has been negligible,_ briefly
touching three times the normal rate on Tuesday, smaller than a dental Xray. On Wednesday, winds over the
Fukushima (福岛) nuclearpower plant blew out to sea,
keeping levels close to normal. But that does little to relieve public anxiety about a 40yearold nuclear plant
with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毁)and a
fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere
after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami.
“Radiation moves faster than we do，” said Steven
Swanson, a 43yearold American who moved to Tokyo
in December with his Japanese wife to help with her
family business.He is staying indoor but is tempted to
leave.“It's scary.It's a triple threat with the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear radiation leaks.It
makes you wonder what's next. ”
【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了日本的核辐射泄露对人们造成的影响。
1．The text is mainly about________.
A．the earthquake that happened in March
B．the government's effort to avoid disaster
C．the effects of the nuclear radiation leaks
D．the earthquakebattered nuclearpower plant
解析 主旨大意题。整篇文章介绍了日本的核辐射泄露对人们造成的影响。故选C项。
答案 C
2．What did Kazushi Arisawa mean?
A．There're usually more cars on Sundays.
B．He didn't care much about nuclear radiation.
C．He preferred to stay at home on Sundays.
D．He couldn't find many customers.
解析 细节理解题。从文章第三段的“as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes.‘I can't make money today.’”看出答案。
答案 D
3．The underlined word “negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means________.
A．serious
B．slight
C．normal
D. average
解析 词义猜测题。从下文的“smaller than a dental Xray”看出答案。
答案 B
4．What can we learn about the Fukushima nuclearpower plant from the text?
A．It lies to the south of Tokyo.
B．It
started to operate about fifty years ago.
C．It was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami.
D．All its four reactors are now well under control.
解析 推理题。从文章第四段的“a 40yearold nuclear plant
with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毁)and a
fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere
after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami”看出答案。
答案 C
5．Which of the following is true of Steven Swanson?
A．He moved to Japan with his wife in 2010.
B．He is now on way back to the United States.
C．He wants to stay on to see what's next.
D．He is quite confident about the future.
解析 细节理解题。从文章最后一段的“Steven Swanson，a 43yearold American who moved to Tokyo in December with his Japanese wife to help with her family business”看出答案。故选A项。
答案 A
B
“Is there anything else you need, honey？” my dad asked
me as he put three twentydollar bills in my hand. I was traveling
back home from a family visit, and after treating me to breakfast
and filling my car with gas, it was obvious that my dad wanted
to make sure that I would be okay on the road.
“No, Dad. You've done so much already. Thank you！”
I was overwhelmed once again by his kind acts of providing
everything I needed, despite the fact I just turned 40. Yet I
realize that in my father's eyes, I will always be his little girl.
He takes deep pleasure in knowing his children are all right.
Now that he has enough money, he loves to give whenever he
sees a need.
But this was not always the case.
Divorced from my
mother when I was 11, my dad couldn't be around his kids as
often as he would have liked.
Money was also tight; even
weekend visits were rare. However, my dad stayed in constant
communication with us and made sure he was involved in our
lives. Though he couldn't always be there in person, I knew
he was only a phone call away. I could always count on that.
Even now, almost 30 years later, I treasure knowing that
I can pick up the phone and call Dad, and he'll be there for
me. I have a wonderful husband, but that hasn't changed how
Dad sees me. I'm still his child and he loves to see that my
needs are met.
I remember a time when I was shopping in a hardware
store(五金店) with Dad. I mentioned my plans to paint one
wall in my house. Well, that's all it took for Dad to take
action. By the time I got to the checkout(结账) line, all the
supplies I picked out were put out of my hands and placed
with things he bought.
Then there was the time when I took him with me to do
some grocery shopping for just a few “ items”. By the time we
were finished, my shopping cart was full of groceries from
every shelf in the store! My sister and I joke that if you don't
want Dad to buy it for you, avoid even mentioning you want
something.
【语篇解读】 虽然作者已经是40岁的人了，可是在父亲的眼中， 她仍是爸爸的小宝贝。
6．What's the best title for the passage?
A. Father's considerate love
B. Father's generosity
C. The love for children
D. Love's power
解析 标题概括题。本文作者主要讲述了父亲对自己无微不至的关怀，故A项最能概括文章大意。
答案 A
7．The author demonstrates her father's love for her mainly by________.
A．examples
B．reasoning
C．persuasion
D．argument
解析 篇章结构题。通读全文可知，作者主要通过事例来表现父亲对她无微不至的爱。
答案 A
8．Which of the following is not TRUE?
A．The author's father was divorced when she was 11.
B．Now the father's economic condition is satisfying.
C．The father has a great sense of responsibility.
D．After the author got married, her father no longer get himself involved in her
life.
解析 正误判断题，根据第四段的内容可知，作者结婚后，父亲对其仍是关爱有加，满足她的需要，故此题选D。
答案 D
9．The authors' two shopping experiences with father show________.
A．father paid little attention to money
B．father was quick in action
C．father paid great attention to his children's needs
D．father loved going shopping very much
解析 推理判断题。根据第五、六段描述的作者和父亲一起的两次购物经历可知，父亲十分关注孩子们的需求，只要知道女儿想买什么东西，总会主动为她们购买。
答案 C