Unit 2 Working the land
一、单句语法填空
1.(2015·安徽,阅读B)Their ________ (expand)business became a large corporation in 1996.
2.People from all the corners came to the city center,________ (make)it very crowded.
3.(2015·陕西,完形)________ (satisfy)that I'd done a good job,I would happily return the comb to Dad.
4.With all his attention ________ (focus)on his experiment,he has no time to spend with his family.
5.(2015·湖南,阅读表达)College is when we should focus ________ a specific major,but high school is when we have to figure it out.
6.(2015·浙江,六选五)You and the professor will be able to examine specific points that are ________ (confuse)to you.
7.Dina,____________(struggle)for months to find a job as a waitress,finally took a position at a local advertising agency.
8.(2015·江苏,阅读A)Always get rid ________ your rubbish properly and recycle waste(e.g.,glass,paper)where possible.
9.(2015·安徽,完形)Changing our spending habits may be the best way ________ (reduce)the amount of rubbish.
10.Modern science has given clear evidence ________ smoking can lead to many diseases.
答案
1.expanding 2.making 3.Satisfied 4.focused 5.on
6.confusing 7.having struggled 8.of 9.to reduce 10.that
二、完形填空
(2016高考模拟选编)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
体裁:记叙文 话题:网络生活 词数:296 时间:18′
During Hurricane Sandy last year,the garage and basement of Christine O'Donovan's house in New York were flooded,and two cars,years of paperwork,and photos were __1__.Still,her husband,five children (aged 2 to 12),and an adopted dog named Buster remained __2__.Six months earlier,she'd taken Buster __3__ after finding the sixmonthold puppy(小狗仔) left __4__ to a telephone pole.
Just a month later,__5__,as construction workers repaired the house,Buster dashed through the open front gate and __6__.“I was extremely sad,”O'Donovan says.All the searches for him were __7__.Weeks later,O'Donovan got a text from a friend,__8__ her to look at a Facebook page that lists __9__ scheduled to be killed at New York City shelters the next day.__10__ enough,when O'Donovan visited the website,there was a picture of Buster,who was apparently to be put to sleep eight __11__ later,early the next morning.The shelter was closed for the night and wouldn't __12__ again to the public until 8 a.m.“I'm thinking,how am I going to get him __13__ they do this?”says O'Donovan.The next morning,she drove to the __14__ with all five kids.She asked the woman at the front desk if Buster was still there.When the woman replied yes,“it was like a thousand pounds __15__ my shoulders,”said O'Donovan.To __16__ her ownership,she told the assistant,“__17__ me to the back where he is,and you will see he's my dog.”When Buster spotted his __18__,he went wild,barking,jumping and licking O'Donvan's face.She burst into __19__.The shelter worker needed nothing __20__ and Buster went home.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了主人通过网络找到遗失的宠物狗,使其免于被屠宰,体现了宠物和主人之间的真挚情感。
1.A.destroyed B.injured
C.hurt D.exposed
答案 A [根据语境,在此次飓风中,two cars,years of paperwork,and photos被毁坏(destroyed)了。destroy指彻底的“破坏”,含有“不能或很难修复”的意思;injure指意外事故造成的损伤;hurt常指身体或精神的“伤害”,特指有疼痛的“受伤”;expose指“暴露”。]
2.A.dead B.lucky C.safe D.healthy
答案 C [由still可知,上文说到东西被毁了,而作者的丈夫、五个孩子还有宠物狗仍然安全(safe)。]
3.A.away B.home C.out D.up
答案 B [根据上文可知,她将小流浪狗带回了家(home)。]
4.A.stuck B.fixed C.joined D.tied
答案 D [根据a telephone pole可知,小狗被拴(tie)在电话线杆上。stick意为“卡住”;fix意为“安装”;join意为“连接”;tie意为“拴;系”。]
5.A.however B.but
C.therefore D.nevertheless
答案 A [根据语境可知,小狗被领回家,但是一个月后走失了,前后两句为转折关系,且空格后有逗号,故选however。]
6.A.died down B.showed up
C.ran off D.rushed in
答案 C [根据...dashed through the open front gate...可知,小狗跑掉了(run off)。]
7.A.in place B.in vain
C.by design D.by chance
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