Unit 2 Period Ⅱ Warming Up and Reading 学业分层测评3

1、() 三学业分层测评 .单词拼写The children in our family are always ()to their elders. 1尊敬的 The developing countries bear the () of an enormous external 2.负担 debt. We need to take () for looking after our own health. 3.责任 They intend to () more places to mature students this year. 4分配 When Joan returned to work,

2、the () between them increased. 5冲突 The weather () is better for today. 6.预报 The accused person stuck out that he was () of the crime. 7.清白的 The () boss stopped at nothing to gain profit. 8.贪婪的 Many parents () bilingual education in schools. 9.反对 Those () officials fattened themselves by drinking the

3、 10.腐败的 peoples lifeblood. 1.respectful2.burden3.responsibility 【答案】4allocate5.friction6.forecast7.innocent 8greedy9.oppose10.corrupt .阅读理解The writings of Shakespeare are today seldom read by young people in Britain. His young readership is limited to those who choose to study literature at universi

4、ty. Shakespeares work, together with most other classics, is seen as remote, and written in a 400-year-old version of English that is about as inviting as toothache. Still, in British schools, it is compulsory to study the bard(), and when 诗人something is made compulsory, usually the result is boredo

5、m, resentment() or 憎恨both. This was my experience of the classics at school. But when I reached my late teenage years, I had a change of heart. Like every other young person since the dawn of time, the world confused me. I wanted answers, so I turned to books to find them. I went on to take a PhD in

6、 literature and have taught it in Britain and China. I 页 1 第have never regretted it. There is something in literature that people want, even if they dont read books. You see this in the popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works, the recent film version of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice

7、 being a case in point. These popular adaptations may help increase peoples interest in the classics. Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeares actual play. If that is the case, then I welcome the trend. But do not make the mistake of thinking that it is the

8、 same thing. Shakespeare is a poet. His greatness is in his language. Reading someone elses rewriting of his work is like peeling a banana, throwing away the fruit, and eating the skin. Take on the original, which really is worth the effort. 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇议论文。如今英国的年轻人很少去阅读莎士比亚 ，论述了经典作品的价值和魅力。的作品了。作者通过

9、自己的学习经历The underlined phrase “a case in point” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to 1“ ” Aa great hit Ba good example Ca movie adaptation Da popular phenomenon 【解析】 ，也可以从经典中获取所需的东西。即便人们不读书推理判断题。这从由鸿篇巨著改编而成的电影或电视剧的流行就可看出。根据前文所述可知这 B。里是通过傲慢与偏见进行举例说明。故答案为B 【答案】According to the passage, the writer 2

10、Ahas liked literary classics since an early age Bwas forced to read the classics for a PhD Cturned to literature to seek answers in his teens Dthinks only people who read books like literature “.I had a change of heart. Like every other 【解析】根据第四段细节理解题。 页 2 第young person since the dawn of time, the w

11、orld confused me. I wanted answers, so I Cturned to books to find them.”。可知答案为C 【答案】The popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works may help 3people Alearn more about tradition Bget a PhD in literature Cseek their answers about the world Dbecome more interested in the classics “These popul

12、ar adaptations 【解析】理解细节题。由倒数第二段最后一句 ”may help increase peoples interest in the classics.可知答案。D 【答案】What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph? 4AThe fruit of a banana is more useful than its skin. BThe rewriting trend does more harm than good. CReaders should try to read the origin

13、al versions. DReaders need to learn the language in the classics. 【解析】 ，莎翁的伟大之处就在于他的语言。如推理判断题。由语境可知，还有什么味道？由此可果读别人的改写本扔了果肉就像是剥香蕉仅吃皮 C，。作者是建议读者去读莎士比亚的原著。因此答案为知C 【答案】. 阅读填句 How to Improve Eyesight NaturallyEyes are important for everybody. You must take care and try everything in your hand to keep the

14、m in good condition. Here are some of the tips to improve your eyesight naturally. 1 Strain is known to be a factor in many health conditions and eyestrain is no exception. Try meditation, yoga or other methods of stress relief to improve your 页 3 第vision and overall health. Try palming.Sit upright

15、in a comfortable chair. 2 Cup your hands so that there is no pressure on your eyes. Let your fingers rest across your forehead. There should be no light entering your eyes. Palming should be done for a period of 5 to 10 minutes to start. Palming should be relaxing. It may help to do palming in a dar

16、kened room. Avoid sugar as much as possible. 3 It will unpleasantly affect your eyesight, which affects the eyes by producing a larger amount of insulin () in the blood. Therefore you shouldnt 胰岛素be having much fruit juice or something that contains a lot of sugar. Exercise your eyes.The only exerci

17、se most eyes get is that daily rubbing we give them when were tired or suffering from eyestrain. But eye exercises are actually good for your eyes and can improve your vision. 4 Blink as fast as you can for a few seconds then close your eyes tightly, open and repeat. Do this exercise 3 to 4 times da

18、ily. Eat healthy. You probably hear that statement all the time but eating the right foods are necessary to good health. 5 Foods that are high in fiber, vitamin C, D and beta carotene as well as other vitamins and minerals can help improve your vision. Here are a few foods that can be beneficial to

19、good vision: carrots, eggs, blueberries, spinach, kale, grapes, and fresh garlic. AReduce eyestrain. BKeep your eyes moist. CSugar is your eyes worst enemy. DGive your eyes a workout with the following exercise. EYou may not be aware that your diet affects your vision but it does. FClose eyes and co

20、ver them with the palms of your hands. GBe sure to get plenty of sleep so your eyes dont strain to stay open during the day. 15AFCDE 【答案】 .完形填空There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.But 1 a few of 页 4 第them are very 2 English is one of these.Many, many people use it, not only in Engl

21、and and the US.A., but in other parts of the world.About 200000000 speak ，it as their own language.It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 3 language.Many millions are 4 to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 5 Have you ever 6 the

22、ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? Learn English in six months, or your 7 back .” “Easy and funny? Our “ records and tapes 8 you master your English in a month. 9 the first day your 10 will be excellent.Just send .” Of course, it never 11 quite like this. The only language that seems e

23、asy to learn is the mother tongue.We should 12 that we all learned our own language well when we were 13 If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. 14 what a small child does.He listens to what people say.He tries what he hears.When he is using the language, talking i

24、n it, and 15 in it all the time, just imagine how much 16 that he gets! So it is 17 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 18 upon a lot of practice.And practice needs great effort and 19 much time.Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 20 But th

25、ey cannot do the students work for him. 【语篇解读】 ，仁者见仁本文是一篇议论文。英语好学还是难学？对此 ，离不开大量的练习。智者见智。作者认为学英语离不开语言环境 Anot Bquite 1. D Conly very only “”【解析】 ，。句意：世界上约有一千五百种语言意为仅仅、只有 但只有几种是重要的。C 【答案】 Adifficult Bimportant 2.Deasy necessary C important “”，【解析】 ，根据下文提到的像英语被广泛使用重要的意为 页 5 第 说明了这几种语言是重要的。故不宜选其他形容词。B 【答

26、案】 Anative Bforeign 3.Dmother Cuseful as a foreign language()as their own language 【解析】相对外语与前句中的 应。B 【答案】 Alearning Benjoying 4.Dliking Ctrying are trying to do so are trying to learn English “ 【解析】在尽力学意为 ”。习英语C 【答案】 Aquestions Bproblems 5.D answers Cideas answer “”，【解析】 指回答前面的问题。句意：学习英语容意为答案 ，不同的人有

27、不同的答案。易还是困难D 【答案】 Afound Bwatched 6.Dknown Cnoticed notice notice，“【解析】 ”，切合注意到只有意为根据不同的动词意义 句意。指注意到这些广告。C 【答案】 Aknowledge Btime 7.D English money C moneyor your money back， 【解析】。这些广告的目的是为了收钱故选 ”“。否则退钱意为 页 6 第C 【答案】 Amake Bhelp 8.D Clet allow help sb.do sth.make/ let sb.do sth.” “【解析】。而意为帮助某人做某事/allow ”“不符合该句句型。让某人做某事意为。使B 【答案】 AFrom BOn 9.D After CSince from the first day ”【解析】 “。意为从第一天