2016届高考英语二轮巩固练习题：必修4 unit2 working the land（新人教版）

　　第一部分　必修四　Unit 2

　　Ⅰ.用所给单词的适当形式填空

　　1．In some poor African areas, many children died of __________(hungry) every year.

　　2．For decades, they __________ (struggle) to search for ways to increase rice harvests, but without success.

　　3．We were told to keep all our sports __________ (equip) in

　　the lockers downstairs.

　　4．The people there enjoy complete __________ (free) of speech.

　　5．He returned from Paris and found his office was under someone else's __________ (occupy)．

　　6．__________ (confuse) by the question, the boy turned to his teacher for further explanation.

　　7．He tried __________ (reduce)

　　the family's expenses by 10%.

　　8．I regretted __________ (comment) on his article like

　　that. He must be angry with my words.

　　答案：1.hunger　2.have been struggling　3.equipment　4.freedom　5.occupation　6.Confused　7.to reduce　8.commenting

　　.句型转换

　　1．We got three times as many people as we had expected.

　　＝The people we got were ____________________ we had expected.

　　2．As a result of the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.

　　＝____________________ the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.

　　3．You've done well at school, which satisfies me.

　　＝You've done well at school. I ____________________ you.

　　4．The children would walk there rather than take a bus.

　　＝The children ____________________ there ________ a bus.

　　5．Her father's death was caused by heart failure.

　　＝Heart failure ____________________ her father's death.

　　答案：1.twice more than　2. Because of/Owing to　3. am satisfied with　4.would rather walk；than take　5. led to

　　.话题写作

　　根据提示，利用本单元所学知识，完成下面的小作文。

　　1．中国的农民曾经过着很艰苦的生活，并一直受着饥饿的困扰。

　　2．几十年来，他们努力寻找能够提高粮食产量的方法，但收效甚微。

　　3．多亏了袁隆平的杂交水稻研究，农民们的收成比以前多了一倍。这意味着世界22%的人口摆脱了饥饿。

　　4．大多数农民都很满意现在的生活，宁愿待在农村当农民。

　　答案：Farmers in China used to lead a hard life and were always disturbed by hunger.

　　For decades, they struggled to search for ways to increase the grain output, but without success.

　　Thanks to Yuan Longping's research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before, which means 22% of the world's population have got rid of hunger. Most of the farmers say they are now quite satisfied with their lives and would rather be farmers in the countryside.