Unit 4 Wildlife protection
.单词拼写
1．The manager ________ (雇用) another 20 workers for the new positions.
2．On just the second day of the trip, I was ________ (咬) on the leg by a snake.
3．There is a ________ (凶猛的) dog to guard the house. Please knock at the door before you enter.
4．The book ________ (包含) all the information you need.
5．His death means a great ________ (损失) to science.
6．If you really like the job, ________ (距离) is not a problem.
7．He took the poor children under his ________ (保护)．
8．I'd ________ (感激) it if you let me get on with my job.
9．To our ________ (宽慰), the missing child returned home ten days later, tired but healthy.
10．The government shouldn't ________ (减少) the income of the workers by raising their taxes.
答案：1.employed 2.bitten 3.fierce 4.contains 5.loss 6.distance 7.protection 8.appreciate 9.relief 10.decrease
.完成句子
1．他戴着墨镜，目的是保护眼睛免受强烈阳光的照射。(protect...from)
He is________sunglasses________ ________ ________ ________ ________the strong sunlight.
2．他简化了指令以便于儿童理解。(so that)
He________the instructions________ ________the children________ ________ ________.
3．人们对保护环境已投入很多注意力。(pay attention to)
Great attention________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________of the environment.
4．我不喜欢你用那样的方式嘲笑她。(way)
I don't like________ ________ ________ ________ ________her.
5．这个村子的人口数已经减少到了2500。(decrease)
The population of the village________ ________ ________ ________.
答案：1.wearing; to protect his eyes from 2.simplified; so that; could understand them 3.has been paid to the protection
4．the way(that/in which)you laugh at 5.has decreased to 2,500
.单项填空
1. —Has the WuhanGuangzhou highspeed railway been put into use?
—Yes. The last train for Guangzhou________at seven fifteen in the evening.
A．has leftB．leaves
C．was left
D．will leave
答案：B 考查时态。此处用一般现在时态表一般将来。
2．—We'd like a table for five，please?
—Have you________？
A．preserved
B．reserved
C．applied
D．subscribed
答案：B 考查动词。句意：——我们要一张可以围坐5个人的桌子。——你预定了吗？reserve“预定”；preserve“保存”；apply“应用”；subscribe“捐助，签名”。
3．It was________who suggested that he________to New York in order to get a direct flight.
A．her; went
B．her; go
C．she; went
D．she; go
答案：D 考查强调句型和虚拟语气。第一空是被强调的句子的主语，所以填主格形式she；第二空suggest作“建议”讲时，所接that从句用“(should)＋动词原形”的虚拟语气。
4．In China, a good many traditional customs have________.
A．died down
B．died off
C．died away
D．died out
答案：D 考查动词短语。句意：在中国，许多传统习俗已经消失了。die out“消失，灭绝”。
5．In the current global economic crisis, China, though________ to some degree, is undoubtedly a country recovering the most rapidly from it according to some statistics.
A．having affected
B．has been affected
C．affectedD．has affected
答案：C 句意：在现在的全球经济危机中，根据统计，中国虽然在某种程度上受到了影响，毫无疑问是经济恢复最快的。China与affect之间构成了逻辑上的动宾关系，所以用过去分词形式。
6．The math problem was the most difficult one I had ever met, but I________to work it out at last.
A．tried
B．managed
C．succeeded
D．failed
答案：B 考查动词词义和用法上的区别。try to do“努力做；企图做”；manage to do“设法做成”；succeed(in)doing等于manage to do“强调成功做到(着重结果)”；fail to do“失败；没做到”。
7．The recent stories in this magazine，________one of yours, have been________in the list of the best ones.
A．include; include
B．including; including
C．including; included
D．included; included
答案：C 考查动词include的用法。如果表示“整体中包括局部”，用介词including；若表示“局部包括在整体中”，谓语动词用被动语态have been included。
8．I would appreciate________， to be honest, if goods could be delivered as soon as possible.
A．you
B．this
C．myself
D．it
答案：D 考查有关appreciate的固定用法。appreciate虽为及物动词，但习惯上其后面不直接跟从句，其后常加入一个无所指代的it，只是语法需要，it并无确切含义。
9．We should try our best to keep our environment from______.
A．polluting
B．polluted
C．being polluted
D．having polluted
答案：C 考查keep...from...用法。处在介词之后且含有被动意味，故用v.ing的被动式。
10．(2011·宁波模拟)________in gardening and volunteering work, Mrs. Black leads a busy and rich life at her old age.
A．Employing
B．Employed
C．To employ
D．Being employed
答案：B 考查非谓语动词。由be employed in“忙于”可知，选B项。
11．The photo brought me back to the memory of the time in Qingdao，________I spent my summer holiday by the seaside with my friends.
A．that
B．when
C．which
D．what
答案：B 考查定语从句。I spent my summer holiday by the seaside with my friends是从句部分，该部分主干成分完整，因此用关系副词；先行词是time，故选when。
12．It is reported that 1.4 million people took part in________ postgraduate entrance exam，________13 percent increase from last year.
A．a; the
B．the; a
C．a; /
D．/; a
答案：B 题干中的postgraduate entrance exam在这儿是特指“今年的”研究生入学考试；a 13 percent increase from last year表示比去年增加了13%，其中不定冠词a修饰后面的increase。
13．—What is the newcomer like?
—His manner is________to offend everyone he has met.
A．so as
B．such as
C．in order
D．as
答案：B 考查句式。such as to“到如此程度以致”。再如：His illness is such as to cause anxiety. 他病得很重，令人担忧。
14．Nowadays, many people walk to work________Copenhagen Conference calling for living a lowcarbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.
A．in relation to
B．in response to
C．in addition to
D．in opposition to
答案：B 考查介词短语。句意：现在，作为对哥本哈根气候大会为解决全球变暖而发出的低碳生活的呼吁的回应，许多人步行上班。in response to“作为对……的回答，作为对……的反应”；in relation to“涉及，有关”；in addition to“除……之外(还)”；in opposition to“与……的意见相反”。
15．(2010·陕西－24)It is reported that many a new house ________ at present in the disaster area.
A．are being built
B．were being built
C．was being built
D．is being built
答案：D 句意：据报道，现在许多新房屋正在灾区兴建。由at present 可知本句要用现在进行时态，而当“many a ＋可数名词”作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式，尽管含有复数意义。
.完形填空
(2011·济宁一模)
Do some animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not? Of course they have instincts(本能), but__1__this, I am sure that they can feel__2__things which we humans cannot.A personal experience__3__this to me.
Some years ago, I had a dog named Howard.From the time that he was a baby dog, he was timid, so we named him ‘Howard’ to__4__with ‘coward’(胆小鬼)! He was especially afraid of__5__.At the first hint of them, he would run crying into the house and hide under a table.What a hero!
I often went for walks with Howard.__6__，as we were walking along a road, it began to rain.I quickly ran to a busstop for__7__.The busstop had a roof supported by metal poles.Soon after I had got there, Howard caught my__8__in his teeth and tried to pull me away.__9__， I was puzzled and a little angry at his__10__.
However, I decided to humour him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and__11__for home.
__12__I was about two hundred metres away from the shelter, there came a blinding flash of lightning and__13__， there was a crash of thunder which nearly__14__me.Howard stopped walking and began crying.Knowing that he was afraid, I__15__to pick him up.
As I straightened up, I__16__the bus shelter which we had just left.I was shocked to see that two of the__17__were bent and the roof was lying on the ground，__18__.The shelter had been struck by the lightning.I gave Howard a big hug to express my heartfelt__19__.He had just saved my life.He was truly my__20__！
文章大意：作者用自己的亲身经历告诉我们，动物有时候可能会感觉到人类无法感知的事情，如某些潜在的危险等。有一次，当作者带着小狗散步时，天突然下起雨来，于是作者跑到公交站台底下躲雨。可是，小狗却扯着他(她)的裤腿催其离开。最终，小狗救了它的主人一命。
1．A.for
B.besides
C.with
D．except
答案：B 根据上下文语境可知，此处表示并列关系，besides“除此之外(还有)”符合语境。
2．A.certain
B.few
C．several
D．great
答案：A certain“某些，某一”符合语境。句意：我相信它们能感觉到某些人类无法感知的事情。
3．A.expressed
B．conveyed
C．proved
D．applied
答案：C 根据上下文可知，C项正确，即一次亲身经历向我证明了这一点(它们能感觉到某些人类无法感知的事情)。
4．A.rhyme
B．meet
C．fight
D．compete
答案：A A项意为“与……谐音”符合语境，即我们给小狗起名Howard以和coward(胆小鬼)谐音。
5．A.people
B．buses
C．cats
D．thunderstorms
答案：D 根据第二段和倒数第二段内容可知，Howard非常胆小，害怕闪电，因此D项正确。
6．A.However
B．Once
C．Unfortunately
D．Suddenly
答案：B once此处表示“有一次”，符合语境，即接下来作者开始讲述那次发生的事情。
7．A.peace
B．relief
C．shelter
D．comfort
答案：C shelter意为“遮盖物，避难所，藏身地”，符合语境。根据文章内容可知，当下雨时，“我”跑到公交站台底下躲雨。再根据第三段最后一句“...from the shelter...”可知，C项正确。
8．A.collar
B．sleeve
C．hat
D．trousers
答案：D 根据下文内容可知，小狗是在暗示“我”离开那个危险的地方，它只有用牙齿咬住“我”的裤子，而不是衣领、袖子或帽子。
9．A.At first
B．At last
C．At once
D．At present
答案：A 根据上下文可知，刚开始时(at first)“我”由于不知道小狗的意图，所以感到奇怪并生气。
10．A.teeth
B．behaviour
C．courage
D．idea
答案：B behavior意为“行为”，符合语境，即“我”对它咬“我”裤子的行为感到不理解、生气。
11．A.looked
B．dreamt
C．headed
D．asked
答案：C head for“前往”，即往家里走去。
12．A.Because
B．Since
C．When
D．As
答案：C 当“我”离开站台大约200米时，看见了一道雪亮的闪电。
13．A.long after
B．minutes later
C．at the same time
D．soon after
答案：D 根据常理可知，闪电过后不久(soon after)便会听到雷声。
14．A.deafened
B．struck
C．killed
D．defeated
答案：A deafen“使变聋”，指雷声很大。
15．A.went
B．bent
C．rushed
D．turned
答案：B bent意为“弯下腰”，即弯下腰将处于恐惧中的小狗抱起来。
16．A.glared at
B．stared at
C．glanced at
D．aimed at
答案：C 根据上下文可知，C项正确，即当“我”抱起小狗站起身时，(不经意地)望了一眼刚才躲雨的站台。glare at“怒视”；stare at“凝视”；glance at“很快地看一眼”；aim at“意图，旨在”。
17．A.buses
B．trees
C．walls
D．poles
答案：D 根据第三段第四句“...by metal poles.”可知，D项poles指柱子，即上文“我”刚才躲雨的那个站台下的柱子。
18．A.broken
B．unharmed
C．dangerous
D．dead
答案：A 根据语境可知，A项正确，即支撑站台的两根柱子断裂了。
19．A.happiness
B．thanks
C．luck
D．wish
答案：B 根据文章内容和本句前半句“I gave Howard a big hug”可知，“我”感谢小狗救了“我”一命。
20．A.dog
B．son
C．hero
D．friend
答案：C 小狗Howard救了“我”一命，所以“我”认为它是“我”的英雄。
Ⅴ.书面表达
假设你是红星中学高三·一班的学生李华，为响应绿化祖国的号召，你班四月十二日去郊区植树。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍植树活动的全过程，给某英文杂志的“绿色行动”专栏写一篇以“Green Action in Our Class”为题的英文稿件。
注意：词数不少于100。
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