Unit 2 Poems
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．Nowadays some hospitals refer to patients______name，not case number.
A．ofB．as
C．by
D．with
解析 考查介词的用法。弄清不同介词和名词搭配的含义是正确解题的关键。句意：现在一些医院提到病人时用名字而不是病例编号。by name“凭名字”，符合句意。
答案 C
2．Every student admits English is actually not easy ______.
A．to study
B．to be studied
C．being studied
D．studying
解析 在“sth.is＋adj.＋to do”结构中，形容词后作状语的不定式用主动表被动。
答案 A
3．If you really have to leave during the meeting，you’d better leave ______the back door.
A．for
B．by
C．across
D．out
解析 句意：如果会议期间你确实要离开，你最好通过后门走。by由；用；通过，符合题意。
答案 B
4．I decided to quit the job，because I felt my boss hard ______.
A．to be satisfied
B．to satisfy
C．satisfied
D．being satisfied
解析 形容词easy，hard，difficult，fit等后的不定式常用主动形式表示被动意义。
答案 B
5．Icy temperatures have damaged thousands of trucks and trains ______ with coal，food and passengers in the most severe winter ______ in 50 years in southern China.
A．loading；seen
B．loading；seeing
C．loaded；saw
D．loaded；seen
解析 第一个空load与trucks and trains之间是被动关系；第二个空winter与see之间也是被动关系，因此，两个空都用过去分词表示被动。句意：在中国南方，50年一遇的最寒冷的这个冬天，冰冷的气温损害了成千上万载着煤炭、食物和乘客的车辆。
答案 D
6．In only 20 years，the country has been ______into an advanced industrial power.
A．translated
B．degraded
C．declined
D．transformed
解析 transform...into...“把……变成……”。句意：仅仅20年的时间，这个国家就已经发展成了一个先进的工业大国。
答案 D
7．This basic ______comes from the fact that it is based mainly on lyric content rather than musical content.
A．respect
B．aspect
C．inspect
D．expression
解析 aspect“方面”。句意：这个根本的方面在于歌词，而不在于音乐内容。
答案 B
8．—Do you think we should accept that offer?
—Yes，we should，for we ______ such bad luck up till now，and time ______ out.
A．have had；is running
B．had；is running
C．have；has been run
D．have had；has been run
解析 句意：——你认为我们应当接受提供的帮助吗？——是的，因为到目前为止，我们碰到了如此糟糕的运气，而且时间紧迫。up till now(迄今为止) 常与现在完成时连用，而时间“正在”消耗殆尽，用进行时。
答案 A
9．—Is the film Finding Nemo ______ for small children?
—Certainly.It is about an ugly fish.
A．available
B．approachable
C．automatic
D．appropriate
解析 appropriate“适当的，恰当的”；approachable“可接近的，易亲近的”；automatic“习惯性的，无意识的”；available“可利用的；可得到的”。句意：——电影《海底总动员》适合孩子看吗？——当然适合。它讲述了一条小丑鱼的故事。
答案 D
10．A good husband must know how to ______his ideas to his wife.
A．display
B．consult
C．confront
D．convey
解析 convey“表达”。句意：一个好的丈夫必须知道如何向他妻子表达他的想法。
答案 D
11．Nowadays sending emails to each other is a way many a student ______ what they think.
A．conveys
B．convey
C．account
D．accounts
解析 convey“表达”；“many a＋名词单数”作主语，尽管表示复数意义，但谓语动词用单数。
答案 A
12．—I’m still working on my project.
—Oh，you’ll miss the deadline.Time is ______.
A．running out
B．going out
C．giving out
D．losing out
解析 句意：——我仍然在做我的项目。——噢！你也许不能如期完成了。因为快没时间了。当表示时间用完、耗尽的时候多用run out。give out“分发，精疲力竭”。
答案 A
13．What is it that the author wants to ______to his readers through the story?
A．send
B．convey
C．take
D．talk
解析 convey“传达，表达”。句意：作者想通过故事向读者表达什么？
答案 B
14．—I am afraid I can’t return the book to you before Friday.
—______.
A．Don’t be afraid
B．Be careful
C．Not at all
D．Take your time
解析 句意：——我恐怕不能在星期五之前把这本书还给你。——慢慢来，不着急。Don’t be afraid别害怕；Be careful小心，当心；Not at all一点儿也不；Take your time—to use as much time as you need without hurrying不用急，慢慢来。根据题意只有D项符合句意。
答案 D
15．Be careful ______ that piano into the truck!
A．loading
B．taking
C．bringing
D．unloading
解析 load sth.into some place把……装到……。句意：把钢琴装上卡车时要小心。B项，带走；C项，拿来，带来；D项，卸下，都不符合句意。
答案 A
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
Finally，I entered the university.Because of my careful
savings，I did not have to work during the school years.Then，summer came and it was time to work harder than ever.I continued working as a waitress at night，instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons.I even decided to take a class at a community (社区) college.This class at the community college
saved me $650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.
During my second and
third years of undergraduate schooling，I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus (校园)admissions office answering phones.This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings
out.The
overall
situation
looked
hopeful
as
I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer.I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks，but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel.About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about！One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money；however，I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before.The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.
This experience has shaped me in many important ways.The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (道德准则)．Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar.It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.
【语篇解读 作者非常勤奋地做着各种兼职工作，既锻炼了自己，又挣到了钱，为以后自我的发展奠定了良好的基础。
1．Where did the writer probably work parttime before attending the university?
A．In a restaurant.
B．In the tennis camps.
C．In a company.
D．In the campus admissions office.
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I continued working as a waitress at night”可知，作者上大学前在饭店工作过。
答案 A
2．The writer took a class at a community college mainly because________.
A．she wanted to save money
B．life there was relatively easy
C．summer time was tiring
D．it was required by the university
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“This class at the community college saved me $650.”可知，作者是为了省钱。
答案 A
3．The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that________.
A．her mother would not give her approval
B．she would fail to get credits in Israel
C．a wellpaid summer job would be lost
D．$1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time
解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost，but the loss of time to make money”可知，作者主要担心没有时间赚钱了，一分高薪的暑假工作失去了。
答案 C
4．The passage is mainly about how the writer________.
A．made money on the college campus
B．managed to make full use of her vacation
C．was forced to support herself by her mother
D．was shaped by working parttime through college
解析 主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了作者通过做各种兼职工作，学到了很多东西，塑造了自己的性格，懂得了金钱的价值。
答案 D
B
“Reconstituted” families are more and more common in the UK.
Steve and Debbie got married in 2001 and had two children，Lily and Alex.Unfortunately，Steve and Debbie’s marriage didn’t work out and they got divorced in 2006.The children live with Debbie.In 2008，Debbie remarried.Her new husband，Martin，has three children from his previous marriage and they visit Debbie，Martin，Lily and Alex at weekends.In addition，Debbie is pregnant with her third child.She’s expecting a boy who will be a halfbrother to Lily and Alex and also to Martin’s three other children.
Confused？Debbie’s family arrangements might have seemed strange 30 years ago but nowadays this kind of “reconstituted” family is increasingly common in the UK.Almost half of all marriages in Britain end in divorce and over 40% of marriages are remarriages.More than 10% of all British children live with one birth parent and a stepparent—a parent who isn’t their biological mother or father.The traditional “nuclear” family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.
What does all of this mean for parents in these “reconstituted” families？“There
are
difficulties
and
challenges，”
says Debbie.“Different families have different routines and it can be difficult for children to move between their two families.Birthdays and holidays can be tricky.Where do the children go？Who should they spend their time with？Also，when my children are naughty it can be difficult for Martin to tell_them_off.Things that might be simple in a traditional family can be a bit more complicated.”
And how about the children？Martin’s eldest child，Ella，is 12.“I like my two families，” she says.“I live with my
mum but visit my dad quite often and I’m happy that my mum and dad get along OK.They’re not married any more but it’s good that they can still be friends.”
Of course divorce and separation are never easy but many families in the UK are finding ways to make family life work in new ways.
【语篇解读 本文介绍了英国出现越来越多的重组家庭这一社会现象。
5．Why did Steve and Debbie get separated?
A．They couldn’t support the children.
B．They couldn’t get along well.
C．They were both out of work.
D．They had serious economic problems.
解析 考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Unfortunately，Steve and Debbie’s marriage didn’t work out and they got divorced in 2006.”可知，Steve和Debbie由于感情破裂而无法维系婚姻，并非因为经济问题或双双失业，更不是因为养不起孩子。
答案 B
6．We can learn from the text that a “nuclear” family ________.
A．has two birth parents and their children
B．has two birth parents and only one child
C．is traditional but complicated
D．doesn’t have any children
解析 考查细节理解。根据第三段最后一句“The traditional
‘nuclear’ family of two parents and their children is not so traditional any more.”可知答案为A项。
答案 A
7．What do the underlined words “tell them off” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A．make them annoyed
B．send them to schoolC．let out their secrets
D．talk angrily to them
解析 考查词义猜测。根据画线部分前面的“when my children are naughty”和第四段的最后一句“Things that might be simple in a traditional family can be a bit more complicated.”并结合生活常识可推知，由于Martin是孩子的继父，所以不能够对他们大声呵斥。tell sb.off意为“责骂、斥责某人”。
答案 D
8．What’s the text mainly about?
A．The difference between “marriage” and “remarriage”．
B．More and more people get divorced in the UK.
C．“Reconstituted”
families are becoming more and more in the UK.
D．The marriage situation is becoming severe.
解析 考查主旨大意。根据文章首句和全文内容可知，本文意在介绍英国出现越来越多的重组家庭这一社会现象，故答案为C项。
答案 C