Unit2Workingtheland话题语言应用巩固练习

1、巩固练习单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。B. in the past decadeD . after a decadeWe have learned 3, 000 words A . during past decade B C. a decade ago【2. Our monitor made itto read English every morningA . a habit B . habit C . rule D . a duty3 . Two years ago, Ia high school .A . grad

2、uate for B . graduated from C . left from D . left for4 . the good weather, we call climb the mountain easily .A . Because B . As C . Thanks to D . Because for5 . The bedroom is twicethe kitchen .A . as bigger as B . bigger tha nC . big tha nD . bigger to6 . Seldomwhat I says .A . does my mother car

3、e for B . my mother cared aboutC . my mother care forD . does my mother care about7 . Ito him . He is too serious .A . did n 'use to talk B . am not used to talk ingC . am not used to talk D . did n 'use to talk ing8 . When you are con fused about some word in readi ng , you canthe dict iona

4、ry .A . refer to B . look up C . check D . have a look at9 . Our countyvegetables .A . is rich in B . are rich in C . was rich on D . rich for10 . Wehe be prese nt at the meeti ng .A . in sist onB . in sisted C . stuck D . in sisted on11. He is always the firstto the classroom and the last .A . to c

5、ome; leavingB . coming ; to leaveC . to come; to leave D . coming ; leaving12 . Shall I ope n the window to let some flesh air in?No, .A . I'd rather not B . I'd rather you notC .I'd rather you did n ' D .I'd like not to13 . You can hardly imagine the difficulty Mrs . Jones hadup

6、 her children .A . brought B . to bring C . bringing D . to have brought14 . Mr. Read made up his mind to devote all he had toa school for poor childre nA . set up B . sett ing up C . have set up D . havi ng set up15 . As we know , he isas his younger brother is .A . as a in tellige nt stude ntB . a

7、s in tellige nt a stude ntC . as a stude nt in tellige ntD . a stude nt as in tellige nt完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。One stormy night , many years ago , an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby （休息室）of a small hotel inPhiladelphia . Trying to get out of th

8、e _16_, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some _17_ for the ni ght .Could you possibly give us a room here? ” the husband asked .The clerk , a 18 man with a winning smile , looked at the couple and 19 , “ All of our rooms are taken , 20_ I can 'tsend a nice couple like you out i

9、nto the rain at one o 'clock in the morning . Would you perhaps be _21 to sleep in my room? It ' not 22 a suite（套房）,but it will be good eno ugh to make you folks 23 for the ni ght. ” When the couple 24 , the young man pressed on. “ Don 'worry about me ; I'll 25 just fine，” the clerk

10、said . So the couple 26.As he 27 his bill the next morning , the elderly man said to the clerk , “ You aye the kind of manager who should be 28 of the best hotel in the United States . Maybe someday I Cl build one for you .” The clerk looked at them and smiled . The three of them had a good 29. As t

11、hey drove away , the elderly couple agreed the helpful clerkwas in deed exceptio nal（例外的）,as finding people who are both frien dly and helpful isn 'easy.The clerk had almost forgotten the incident30 he received a letter from the old man . It 31 that stormynight and enclosed （附上）a round- trip 32

12、to New York , asking the young man to pay them a 33 . The old man met him in New York , and led him to the comer of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street . He then 34 a great new building there , a palace of reddish stone, with turrets （塔楼）and watchtowers thrusting up to the sky . “ That”, said the old man ,

13、 "is the hotel I have just built for you to 35. ”You n ever know whose heart you may be touch ing!C . rain D . hotel16 .A .ni ghtE17 .A .foodB18 .A .tallB .19 .A .expla ined20 .A .andB21 .A .willi ng22 .A .possibly23 .A .ready124 .A .agreed25 .A .make out26 .A .leftB .27 .A .sawB28 .A .owner29

14、.A .laugh30 .A .afterB31 .A .remin ded32 .A .sightE33 .A .visitB34 .A .poin ted to35 .A .stayBB .billman age.clothespaid.receivedB . likelyB. happy.tired nessC. waterD. shelterfrien dlyC. handsomeB. demandedsoC. butB. anxiousB . refusedB . makeB. bosstimeuntilD. youngC . suggested D . in sisted D .

15、uni esseagerD. ki ndexactlyC . tired D .C . won deredD . almostcomfortableD . doubtedup C . pick upC . stayed D . cameC . checked D . paidD . bring inC . clerkD . guestmealwhe nD . dayD . whileB . recalledbus in essC . ni ghtreported D . regrettedC . ticket D . pictureD . mealC . 100ked up toC . vis

16、itC . walked up toD . serveD . poin ted out阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AHallowee nHistory expels say Halloween goes back more than two thousand years to the Celts（凯尔特人）of ancient Britain . October 31 was the Celtic Day of the autumn feast（宗教节日）.On that day，priests（牧师）of the Celtic religion （宗教 ） prayed t

17、hat the spirits of the dead would return to their homes for a few hours . The Celts built huge fires to frighten away evil spirits released with the dead on that night .Hundreds of years later , the Roman Catholic （天主教的）Church made November first a day to honor Christian Saints . It was called All S

18、aints Day or All Hallows Day . The day before was called Hallow Eve or Hallowee n . The n ame came from the church . But the traditions were closer to the old Celtic beliefs .People from Scotla nd and Irela nd brought these traditi ons to America . Many people still believed spirits playedtricks on

19、people on the last night of October In the late 19th century ， American boys helped the spirits with tricks of their own On Halloween ， they would do things like changing street signs or putting a wagon on top of a house American children continue to celebrate Halloween today Many adults enjoy the h

20、oliday as well They go to holiday parties dressed as ghosts， monsters or famous people from history Children continue these Halloween traditions by going out to “ Trick or Treat ”They dress as frightening creatures or characters from popular movies They go from house to house asking for candy They m

21、ay also ask for money for the United Nations International Children 's Emergency Fund（ 联合国国际儿童急救基金会 ） They send the money to UNICEF to help needy children around the world 36 Who believed that the dead spirits would return home on Halloween?AThe Celts B American boysC People from Italy D People

22、from Rome 37 Who gave the name of Halloween?AThe Celts B American boys C People from Scotland D Roman Catholic Church 38“Trick or Treat ” means A give us bananas or we'll not leaveB give us candy or we'll make troubleCgive us apples or we 'll go into your kitchenD give us oranges or we&#

23、39;ll cry here39 On Halloween children go from house to house asking money A to buy their candyB to buy their pensC to send t0 their parentsD to help the poor children in the worldBDavid Brown and Anne are two patients in the Adult Day Care program at Mercy Hospital ， David Brown is seventy- two yea

24、rs old He's friendly and likes to talk He lives with his wife in the city But David is becoming forgetful His wife says ，“ He'll heat up some soup，then forget to mum off the gas ”She is sixty- one and still works She is worried about leaving her husband alone by himself Anne is eighty and li

25、ves with her daughter ，who is sixty Her daughter says that she needs a res，t“ Mom follows me everywhere She follows me from room to room when I am cleaning She sits down next to me when I am reading the newspaper I need a rest and she does，too . ”And so ，several times a week，David ' s and Anne &

26、#39;s families take them to the Adult Day Care CenMtraeny hospitals have this program Patients come to the centre for a full or half day ，from one to five days a week All the patients live with their families and most are old people In the centre ，patients learn many things ，such as dancing and pain

27、tingMany patients like to cook their meals every daySeveral men and women enjoy playing games All the patients enjoy talking ，singing and being with one another Mrs Carol Johnson is the director of the Centre She says，“ We are offering both the patients and their families a service of great value Pa

28、tients have the chance to get out of their housesHusbands，wives or grown children can work or have a rest Most important of all ， families are able to stay together ” 40 Why does David Brown become a patient of the Adult Day Care Centre?AHe is seventy - two years oldB He is lonely at home C He is be

29、coming forgetful D He is seriously ill 41 What happens to Anne'family?A Her daughter is too old to look after her B Anne cleans all the rooms every day C Her daughter doesn't want Anne to live with her D Her daughter is very tired because Anne always follows her 42 Many patients prefer to st

30、ay in the Adult Day Care Centre because A they are free to do anything they likeB the centre can help husbands and wives to live peacefully togetherC they can live by themselvesD it makes the whole family enjoy themselves43 The best title of the passage should be A How to Spend the Rest YearsB The A

31、dult Day Care ProgramC A Valuable PlaceD Happy Families at the Adult Day Care CentreCOrgan TransplantationsThere were many horror stories in the 19th century about crazy （ 疯狂的 ） doctors who took a part of one man 's body and put it in that of another man 'sThe writers did not think it was po

32、ssible ，but in today 's world it is possible with some parts of the body hearts，for example But how far can this go in the future? Will people be able to have new ann8 or legs, or even heads? It may not be crazy . We already have heart transplants（移植）,and artificial （人造的； 假的 ） arms, legs and han

33、 ds. We have artificial muscles （肌肉）that use air to move. We have computers which we put i nside people to help make their bodies work We can make artificial ears ， artificial eyes like small television cameras ， and artificial throats ， which make voices like the real thing Mr. White， a professor i

34、n a university in the United States says it will not be long before we have head transplants “We can do this with the technology （技术） we have now There is only one big problem when we cut off the old head, the nerves（神经）which join the rest of the body to the head is also cut and broken . The new hea

35、d could hear and see， but body could not move . But in the future ， scientists will be able to make the head grow its own nerves and join itself to the nerves in the body ， like a plant grows into the soil .”When will all this happen? In a few hundred years perhaps ，says Professor White，who also say

36、s that his ideas are as crazy as the ideas of the man who said a hundred years ago that it was possible to walk on the moon .44. The writers in the 19th century thought ， so they wrote many horror stories .A . it was fearful to have transplantsB. it was impossible to have transplantsC. some crazy do

37、ctors killed a lot of peopleD. some crazy doctors injured a lot of people45. Nowadays ， the dream of transplanting some parts of a man'sbody .A . has come trueB. is being studied by scientistsC. is being found out D. hasn'tbeen found out yet46. With computers 'help， .A . scientists have

38、had head transplants successfullyB. scientists can complete heart transplants and many other sophisticated（ 复杂的 ） operations.C. scientists can easily complete head transplantsD. it will not be long before heart transplants can he done47. It's difficult to have a head transplant nowadays because

39、A . a new machine haven'tbeen inventedB . nobody has done such an operation beforeC. no doctor would do such a terrible operationD the way to connect the new head 's nerves with the old body 'shas not been found out yetDMost people around the world are“ right handed”This also seems to be

40、 true in history In 1799 ，scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1500 BC to the 1950sMost of the people shown in these works are right - handed so the scientists guessed that right - handedness has always been common through history Today， only about 10% to 15% of the world 

41、9;s population is left handedWhy are there more right - handed people than left - handed ones? Scientists now know that a person 's two hands each have their own jobs For most people， the left hand is used to find things or hold things The fight hand is used to work with things This is because o

42、f the different work of the two sides of the brain The right side of the brain ， which makes a person's hands and eyes work together，controls the left hand The left side of the brain ，which controls the fight hand is the centre for thinking and doing problems These findings show that more artist

43、s should be left - handed， and studies have found that left handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobsNo one really knows what makes a person become fight handed instead of left - handedScientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left - handed because th

44、eir main brain is damaged when they are born However ，this doesn't happen to everyone， so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left- handedOne idea is that people usually get right -handed from their parents . If a person does not receive the gene（基因）for fight-handedne

45、ss，he/she may become either fight -handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with Though fight -handedness is more common than left- handedness，people no longer think left - handed people are strange or unusualA long time ago，left-handed children were made to use

46、 their fight hands like other children ， but today they don 'thave to 48After studying works of art made at different times in history ，the scientists found Athe art began from 1500 B. C.Bthe works of art ended in the 1950sCmost people shown in the works of art are fight -handedDmost people show

47、n in the works of art are left -handed49 What is the left hand for most people used to do?AIt'sused to find or hold things BIt'sused to work with things CIt'sused to make a person's eyes and hands work togetherDIt'sthe centre for thinking and doing problems 50According to the pas

48、sage，which of the following is true?A No one really knows what makes a person become fight -handedBLeft- handedness is cleverer than fighthandednessCToday children are made to use their fight hands only D Scientists think there is no reason why people become left - handed51 The best title for this p

49、assage is AScientists'New InventionsB Left- handed PeopleCWhich HandD Different Brains ，Different HandsEIt's perfectly normal for young children to suddenly decide they hate everythingeven foods they loved yesterdayIt's also common for them to go on what expels call food jags that is，the

50、y want to eat the same few foods over and over again at every meal，while turning up their noses at anything new “It'sa fear of new things，”says Nancy Huds on , a researcher in Uni versity of Califor nia , Berkeley. “ We think it 'sone of those quirks （怪癖）that huma ns probably developed to pr

51、otect themselves as mankind came into this world . You don'ttry new things because you don 't know if they 're safe”Children like familiar things whether they're their beds or their afternoon tea ，so most kids won 't try new foods until they 've been shown to them many times

52、Picky （ 挑剔的 ） eating can also be a child 'sway of showing his independence This is why forcing a child to eat often makes things worse Finally ，it may seem like your child cannot sit still long enough to eat very much at one sitting because of his short attention But children are generally good

53、at getting what they need ，even if it doesn 't seem like much to you In any case you can try to keep your child at the table longer by making mealtime as calm and regular as possible ， without too many distractions （分心的事物 ） like toys ， TV ， or pets52 How many reasons does the writer mention in t

54、his passage to explain why children are mostly picky eaters?A ThreeB TwoC FourD One53What does the phrase“ turning up their noses ” underlined in Paragraph 1 mean?A Accepting BDisliking C Putting their noses onD Fearing54 Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?A Only children like things w

55、hich they are familiar with B Toys are not good、 for children C It seems that children like eating more when they have something they like in their hands D Make it a rule to let your child eat at the table when mealtime comes 55 According to the writer ， one of the ways to have children eat new food

56、s is A telling them stories while they 're eatingB not giving them any food until they 're very hungryC letting them become familiar with the new foodsD explaining to them how useful the new foods are阅读表达 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）To the Editor ：I have been reading your newspaper， the Hometown

57、 Gazette， for the past two years， ever since I moved to Smithville We moved here from New York City ，so I am accustomed to reading excellent newspapers such as The New York Times In fact ，we still have the Times delivered on Sundays The entire family enjoys reading the recipes in the paper， as well as the Styles sectionThe Times is great ，but I 've never read an article that doesn 't contain at least three or four spelling orgrammatical errors For instance，in last week 's issue，you misspelled the word “ secretary”， used a singular verb with a plural noun and used“ it '