（整理版高中英语）Unit2Workingtheland词汇巩固

1、unit 2 working the land词汇稳固ipractice for words in bold on page 96.1. the old man has been s_ with illness. 这位老人一直在与病魔斗争。 2. she s_to keep back the tears. 她努力忍住泪水。3.he is thinking of his business. 他正考虑扩展他的生意。 4. i want to_ this city_corruption! 我要这座城市摆脱腐败现象! 5.it was _ _ your timely help that we acco

2、mplished the task on time. 幸亏你及时帮助,我们才按时完成了任务。 6. he was down with the flu, and _ couldn't come to the party. 他患了流行性感冒,因此未能前来参加宴会。 7. we _ rice but _ wheat. 我们出口稻米,但进口小麦。 8.i believe you will _ leaving paris. 我相信你会为离开巴黎而懊悔的。9. i _ to say that i am unable to help you. 很抱歉,我爱莫能助。 10. shelley had n

3、o regrets for his actions. 雪莱_。 he felt no shame and no regret. 他_。 11. he tried to _ _ his strength. 他试图增进体质。he has _ _ a good business over the years. 几年来他生意做得很兴旺。12. this road _ _ the hotel. 这条路通到旅馆。 smoking can _ _ lung cancer. 抽烟可能导致肺癌。 13. she always wants to be the _of attention. 她老想成为人们注意的中心

4、。 i can't _ my thoughts today. 今天我的思想集中不起来。 each exercise f_ on a different grammar point.每个练习各有不同的语法重点。14. costs have been r_ by 20% over the past year. giving up smoking r_ the risk of heart disease.15. he made no _on our proposal. 他对我们的建议没有作评论。 his conduct at social gatherings created a lot o

5、f _. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。 16. he did not comment _ what i said. 他对我的话未作评论。 he _ that her acting was superb. 他评论说,她的演技精湛。 ii practice for other important words on p96.1. i happen to have the latest population _ with me. 我手头正好有最新的人口统计资料。 2. the skiing instructor was a tall, _ man. 滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。 3.

6、the measures will enable us to double our _ of bicycles. 这些措施能使我们的自行车产量加倍。 4. the whole world hungers for/after peace. translation:_5.here is a _ (disturb)piece of news. i was _(disturb)and depressed by the news.6. blood _ in the body. 血液在体内循环。 the heart circulates blood round the body. translation:

7、_the news was circulated through the room. translation:_in times of prosperity money circulates quickly. 在商业繁荣时期,钱_得快。 7. the sailors battled with the winds and waves. translation:_ 8. our laboratory is well _. 我们的实验室装备良好。 9. your training will_ you _ your future job. 你的训练使得你能够胜任将来的工作。 his work expe

8、rience _ him to deal with all kinds of people. 他的工作经验使他能与各种各样的人打交道。10. he is a bus driver by _. 他的职业是公车司机。 11. the japanese occupation of taiwan lasted fifty-one years. translation:_ 12. you confused australia with austria. translation:_13. because of his poor _, he has grown weaker and weaker. 他因为营

9、养不良,身体越来越虚弱。14. dr. fleming's _ of penicillin occurred in 1928. 弗莱明医生发现青霉素是在一九二八年。 new scientific _ are being made every day. 科学上,每天都有新的发现。15. since he had no time to read the book in detail, he just _it. 由于他没有时间细读那本书,所以他只把它浏览了一遍。 he skimmed through the newspapers over breakfast. translation:_。

10、16. the key words are _. 关键的字下面划了线。 17. he made a _ of the case. 他为这个案件做了一个摘要。 he gave a summary(adj) report of the day's events. translation:_。 iii.background knowledge read and guess the meanings of the underlined words and phrasesyuan longping - father of hybrid rice "i saw rice plants a

11、s tall as chinese sorghum, said yuan longping of a dream he once had, “each ear of rice as big as a broom and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. i could hide in the shadow of the rice crops with a friend." yuan was just awarded 5-million-yuan state supreme science and technology prize for

12、his high yield hybrid rice species. this award is viewed as "chinese nobel prize". road to super hybrid rice born into a poor farmer's family in 1931 and a graduate from the southwest agriculture institute in 1953, yuan began his teaching career at an agriculture school in anjiang, hun

13、an province. he came up with an idea for hybridizing rice in the 1960s, when a series of natural disasters and inappropriate policies had plunged china into an unprecedented famine that caused many deaths. since then, he has devoted himself to the research and development of a better rice breed. in

14、1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had obvious advantages over others. greatly encouraged, he began to study the elements of this particular type. in 1973, in cooperation with others, he was able to cultivate a type of hybrid rice species which had great advantages. it yielde

15、d 20 percent more per unit than that of common ones. the next year their research made a breakthrough in seeding. they successfully developed a set of technologies for producing indica (long-grained non-glutinous) rice, putting china in the lead worldwide in rice production. for this achievement, he

16、 was dubbed the "father of hybrid rice." in 1979, their technique for hybrid rice was introduced into the united states, the first case of intellectual property rights transfer in the history of new china. at present, as much as 50 percent of china's total rice fields grow yuan longpin

17、gs hybrid rice species, yield 60 percent of the rice production in china. due to yuan's hard work, china's total rice output rose from 5.69 billion tons in 1950 to 19.47 billion tons last year, about 300 billion kilograms more have been produced over the last twenty years. the annual yield i

18、s enough to feed 60 million people. the "super rice" yuan is now working on yields are 30 percent higher than those of common rice. a record yield of 17,055 kilograms per hectare was registered in yongsheng county in yunnan province in 1999. money and fame longping high-tech, a seed compan

19、y using his name, started business in shenzhen. in return, yuan got 5 percent stake or 2.5 million shares worth 2 million yuan. yuan's wealth is estimated more than 100 million yuan (us$12 million), making him one of the richest in china. but he cares for nothing more than his research. "th

20、at figure means nothing," he says in a heavy local accent. "im satisfied with my life. too much money means a burden. my mind is on my research only." but he admits that the listing may help china's hybrid rice in international market and may bring more funds for future projects.

21、he has, with a donation of 2 million yuan, established yuan longping foundation, which awards merited workers in agricultural research. four minor planets and a college in china were named after him, the first time a chinese scientist's name has become intellectual asset. "i am afraid of fa

22、me," said yuan, his face lean, wrinkled and sun-burnt, "too big a fame, too little freedom." two wishes in late 1960s, rice output was just over 300 kilograms per mu (0.06 hectare), but yuan had increased that to more than 500. but yuan didnt slow down, working hard on another breed w

23、ith bigger grains of rice, and a yield of over 800 kilograms per mu. this project, he said, was on two stages. the first was to achieve 700 kilograms per mu on large scale, which was realized in 1997. that year, yuan saw the highest 870 kilograms of rice per mu in his experimental field in hunan. th

24、e result was similar in an even larger experiment conducted in 1998. the second target is to reach an annual yield of over 800 kilograms per mu. he has set the year of as the deadline for this goal. however, yuan is confident in hitting that target two years ahead. one reason is an output increase b

25、y 7 to 10 percent has been seen in experimental fields; the other being a new planting technique which should bring additional 10 percent increase. besides, yuan has another dream - introduce this breed to and benefit every nation. the fao (united nations food and agriculture organization) 1991 stat

26、istics show that 20 percent of the world's rice output came from 10 percent of the world's rice fields that grow hybrid rice. a famous economist 11.claimed the yuans achievement as a victory over 12. the threat of famine and that yuan was ushering us into a world with ample food. now, over 2

27、0 countries have adopted the hybrid rice. the fao has vowed to be actively involved in spreading the yuan's high-yield hybrid rice worldwide. "if the new strain is sown in the rest of the rice fields, the present grain output worldwide can be doubled, a significant solution to the grain sho

28、rtage," said yuan. yuan worked as the chief 13.consultant for the fao in 1991, to share his knowledge with workers from other countries. he has gone abroad every year to provide guidance. he also sent scientists to india, viet nam, myanmar and bangladesh to work as advisors. between 1981 and 19

29、98, the hunan hybrid rice research center under yuan longping held 38 training classes with over 100 participants from 15 countries. with the help of chinese scientists, the acreage of hybrid rice in viet nam and india increased to 200,000 hectares and 150,000 hectares respectively in 1999. after work in spite of a busy schedule for academician of chinese academy of engineering, vice-chairman of the provincial chinese people's political consultative conference, yuan has managed to keep some interests other than working. in