Unit 2
The universal language
[对 点 题 组]
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1．In ancient China，anyone who cheated the emperor would be ________(condemn)to death.
2．Many cities have speeded up in house building to meet the ________(demand)．
3．The number of tourists to the resort ________(decline)by 15% last year.
4．The ________(disturb)news made people present at the meeting unhappy.
5．We ________(seek)for an answer to the question，but couldn't find one.答案 1.condemned 2.demands 3.declined 4.disturbing 5.soughtⅡ.单项填空
1．George________the good chance to present his proposal to the director，and at last，it was adopted.
A．realized
B．seized
C．delivered
D．released
答案 B [句意：乔治抓住那个好机会向主管提出自己的建议，最后建议被采纳了。seize“抓住(时机)”，符合句意。]
2．Boris has brains.In fact，I believe he has________IQ than anyone else in the class.
A．a high
B．a higher
C．a highest
D．the highest
答案 B [句意：鲍里斯很有头脑，实际上，我认为他的智商比班上任何其他人都要高。“比较级＋than＋anyone else”表示最高级含义。]
3．The attack by terrorists has been ________by the entire world.
A．condemned
B．scolded
C．criticized
D．blamed
答案 A [句意：恐怖分子的袭击受到全世界的谴责。condemn“谴责”，指因道义而受到指责，程度比较严重；scold“责骂”；criticize“批评”；blame“责怪”，由语境可知此处用condemn。]
4．Mr Stevenson is great to work for—I really couldn't ask for a ________boss.
A．better
B．good
C．best
D．still better
答案 A [考查比较级用法。“can't/couldn't...＋比较级”表示最高级含义。根据前半句“Mr Stevenson is great to work for”可知，史蒂文森是一个不错的老板，因此说“我真的找不到一个比他更好的老板了”，表示在我看来他是最好的。]
5．He is always________faults with other people though he doesn't do his own work properly.
A．seeking
B．looking
C．finding
D．putting
答案 C [seek“寻找”；look“看(为不及物动词)”；find“找到”；put“放”。find faults with sb“挑某人的毛病”。]
6．The group of the tourists were ________on a deserted island because of a heavy storm a month ago.
A．cast away
B．cast down
C．thrown off
D．thrown out
答案 A [be cast away on a deserted island意为“流落荒岛”。]
7．Unemployment，traffic crowdedness and other problems are leading to a(n)________in our quality of life.
A．swing
B．increase
C．decline
D．trend
答案 C [考查名词词义辨析。句意：失业、交通拥挤和其他问题导致我们生活质量下降。decline“下降”；swing“摇摆，摆动”；increase“增加”；trend“趋势”。]
8．The problem was that he didn't know what had hurt her and he________her.
A．dared not to ask
B．not dared ask
C．didn't dare ask
D．didn't dare asking
答案 C [句意：问题是他不知道什么伤害了她，而且他也不敢问她。dare既可作情态动词，也可作实义动词，作实义动词用于否定句时可省略to。]
9．The boy was so careless that the glass fell from his hand and it________on the floor.
A．broke in
B．broke down
C．broke up
D．broke out
答案 C [break in“破门而入，打断”；break down“(汽车、机器等)出故障，坏掉，垮掉”；break up“打碎，破坏(关系)，结束”；break out“爆发”。此处指“杯子打碎了”，故C项正确。]
10．On AIDS Day，the Minister of Health Department demanded that the problems________paid special attention to.
A．referred to being
B．referred to be
C．refer to being
D．refer to be
答案 B [考查虚拟语气。句意：在艾滋病日，卫生部部长要求对提到的问题应该特别注意。referred to为过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰problems，demand后接宾语从句时应使用虚拟语气，即should＋动词原形，should可以省略。]