1、Period Two Warming Up & ReadingLanguage Points基础巩固.单词拼写1These animals are very rare(稀有的)，and are protected by law.2There was a choice of four prizes，and the winner could select(挑选) one of them.3The job gave her a chance to get valuable(宝贵的) experience.4The Mogul Dynasty(王朝) ruled over India for cent
2、uries.5I really dislike her teaching style(风格) 6The woman had her jewels(珠宝) stolen last night.7Both the blue and yellow dresses are pretty，but I prefer the former(前者) 8We went to the restaurant to have lunch，only to find that it was being decorated(装修)9The book， which is designed(设计) for children u
3、nder 5 years old，must be simple and colourful.10The piano took up too much space，so I removed(搬开) it from the room.选词填空serve as， the former.the latter.， in the style of， belong to， at war， less than， in return， in search of11Most of the furniture in the house is in the style of the Ming Dynasty.12Th
4、e large bottle served as a flower vase for a long time in his room.13As far as I know，this vase is worth less than 40 dollars.14Twenty soldiers were sent to the mountain in search of the trapped climbers.15He gave me so much help when I was out of work.I wish I could give something to him in return.
5、16Professor Williams keeps telling his students that the future belongs to the welleducated.17When two countries were at war ，troops of soldiers were sent to battlefront(前线) to fight.18Jane and Mary are good friends；the former is a teacher and the latter is a nurse.单句语法填空19The old man put the old va
6、se into a wooden(wood) box.20There s some doubt whether they can survive the terrible accident.21She survived her husband by ten years.22The patient is going to have his temperature taken (take)23He came up with a suggestion which was well worth considering(consider)24I dont know what has happened t
7、o them.Why are they still fighting for survival(survive)?25Later the girl entered a room decorated(decorate) with jewels.26He was very upset that the valuable watch belonging (belong) to him was missing.完成句子27I could not have finished the work so soon without your help.如果没有你的帮助，我不可能那么快完成工作。28The bos
8、s was not satisfied with what he said at the meeting.老板对他在会上说的话不满意。29It was amazing that he knew nothing about the big event.他对于这件大事一无所知，真让人感到诧异。30I have a lot of homework to do，so I cant go out.我有很多作业要做，所以我不能出去。31There is no doubt that nearsightedness is a serious problem among the youth of our cou
9、ntry.毫无疑问，近视在我国的年轻人中是一个严重的问题。能力提升.阅读理解Christmas，which falls on Dec.25 every year，is the most important festival in the West.During Christmas， a big fat man in a red suit usually takes center stage.His name is Santa Claus.He lives in the North Pole and sends presents to children in a magic sled(雪橇) t
10、hat is pulled by flying reindeer(驯鹿)It sounds crazy，but Santa Claus is very popular.Small children around the world even leave food out for Santa and his reindeer on the eve of Christmas.When they wake up in the morning，some of the food is eaten and there are presents under the Christmas tree.As you
11、 grow older you learn that Santa is not real and it is in fact just your parents.I was about 7 or 8 years old when I figured it out for myself.But that doesnt stop people celebrating Christmas in the same way.So where did Santa Claus come from？Santa was actually a real man called Saint Nicholas，whic
12、h sounds very similar to Santa Claus.He was born about 2,000 years ago in the Roman Empire(罗马帝国)He was a very kind priest(神父) who would travel the country to help people，giving gifts late at night.He did not like to be seen giving gifts，so children were encouraged to go to sleep quickly.Nothing has
13、changed today，with Santa Claus not visiting until all the children are asleep.The United States version(版本) of Santa Claus was started when Dutch settlers(荷兰移民) arrived about 400 years ago.They called him Sinter Klass and that was slowly changed to Santa Claus over the years.Once big companies like
14、Coca Cola began to use Santa Claus in their advertisements， he quickly became a symbol of Christmas.语篇解读 本文介绍了圣诞老人及其起源的不同版本。32Which of the following about Santa Claus is NOT true according to the traditional story?AHe is very popular during Christmas.BHe lives in the North Pole.CHe sends presents to
15、 kids in a sled.DHe is a poor man with no food to eat.答案 D解析 细节理解题。本题可以运用排除法，根据第三、四段内容可知，圣诞老人很受欢迎，他经常给孩子们礼物，他住在北极，故选 D。33When he knew the fact about Santa ，the writer .Adidnt believe his parentsBdidnt enjoy Christmas anymoreCstill celebrated ChristmasDcelebrated Christmas in a different way答案 C解析 细节
16、理解题。根据倒数第三段中的“I was about 7 or 8 years old when I figured it out for myself.But that doesnt stop people celebrating Christmas in the same way.”可知，当作者知道其实送他礼物的是父母而不是圣诞老人之后，仍然愿意庆祝圣诞节。故选 C。34What do we know about Saint Nicholas?aHe was born in the Roman Empire.bHe was a very kind priest.cHe used gifts
17、to make kids go to sleep quickly.dHe asked Santa Claus to do his job for him.Aa，b Ba ，c Cb，c Db，d答案 A解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“He was born about 2,000 years ago in the Roman Empire(罗马帝国)He was a very kind priest(神父) who would travel the country to help people”可知，圣诞老人的原型圣尼古拉斯出生在罗马帝国，他是一个善良的神父。故选A。.完形填空I tak
18、e the train to work every morning from a train station near my house.I can get to the station quite easily because there is a short 35 to the station.But in summer，it can get quite smelly because of all the 36 .So I always try to 37 through it.Today I was trying to do so as usual 38 something made m
19、e stop for a moment.I saw the most beautiful 39 by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white 40 .She was short and 41 and had white hair.She was walking slowly as each 42 took some effort.I hadnt specially 43 her at first，until she stopped near a rubbish bin.She slowly placed her
20、walking stick 44 the rubbish bin.Then she leaned(斜倚着) on it with her right hand.She bent down and 45 the rubbish.She clearly found it 46 and it took her a while.She picked some rubbish with her left hand and 47 straightened(伸直) herself up again.All the while she used the rubbish bin to 48 herself.Sh
21、e threw the rubbish inside the bin and then 49 walking.It all took her great effort.Theres so much rubbish and no one ever does 50 about it.I was 51 to see this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it 52 ！I havent been able to 53 thinking about that all day.I want to follo
22、w her 54 .Ive decided to pick up rubbish off the ground if I meet from now on.I hope people will do the same as I do.语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。一位老人即使身体虚弱、走路不便，依然把地上的垃圾捡起扔到垃圾桶里，而作者很讨厌垃圾的气味却什么都没做。看到老人的举动，作者深受触动，决定以后看到地上的垃圾就会捡起来。35A.ending BzoneCcut Dentrance答案 C解析 根据设空前的“I can get to the station quite easily”可知，
23、“我”到达车站很容易，因为有一条近路。a short cut 捷径，故选 C 项。36A.rubbish BboxesCbottles Dmosquitoes答案 A解析 根据该空前面的 smelly 一词的提示和下文多次出现的 rubbish 可知，夏天垃圾会发出臭味，故选 A 项。37A.walk BpassCgo Drush答案 D解析 根据前文可知，这个地方在夏天的时候垃圾会发出难闻的气味，所以按照常理判断，作者为了尽快离开这个区域，肯定会跑或冲过去，故选 D 项。38A.while BuntilCwhen Dbecause答案 C解析 根据句中的“was trying”可知，此处应用
24、 when，构成 be doing sth.when.结构，表示“正在做某事，这时突然” 。39A.signal BactCmark Dsign答案 B解析 signal 信号；act 行为；mark 标记；sign 迹象。根据第三段的描述可知，老人费力地捡起垃圾扔进了垃圾箱，这个行为让“我”感触颇深，故选 B 项。40A.bike BstickCdog Dumbrella答案 B解析 根据第三段中的“She slowly placed her walking stick”可知，老人走路的时候需要依靠拐杖，故选 B 项。41A.weak BfancyClocal Dmerciful答案 A解析
25、 weak 虚弱的；fancy 奇特的； local 当地的；merciful 仁慈的。根据句中的“had white hair”以及下一句中的“ She was walking slowly”可判断，老人走路困难、身体不好，所以此处应指“虚弱的” 。故选 A 项。42A.walk BbendCstop Dstep答案 D解 析 根 据 语 境 可 知 ， 老 人 拄 着 拐 杖 ， 走 路 也 很 慢 ， 所 以 她 每 走 一 步 应 该 都 很 费 劲 ， 故 选 D项 。43A.watched BseenCglared Dnoticed答案 D解析 watch 观看，注视；see 看见
26、；glare 怒目而视；notice 注意。根据前文对老人的描述可知，此处表示直到老人停在垃圾桶旁边时， “我”才注意到她。故选 D 项。44A.in BaroundCagainst Dunder答案 C解析 根据语境可知，老人把拐杖靠着垃圾桶放才能立着。against 倚着，靠着。45A.searched for Blooked forCreached for Dhunted for答案 C解析 search for 搜寻；look for 寻找；reach for 伸手拿/够；hunt for 搜寻。根据后文的“She picked some rubbish with her left h
27、and”可知，老人弯腰是为了捡垃圾，故选 C 项。46A.unable BdifficultCdifferent Dimpossible答案 B解析 unable 不能的；difficult 困难的；different 不同的；impossible 不可能的。根据前文的描述可知，老人走路和弯腰都很困难，故选 B 项。47A.slowly BswiftlyCsimply Dbriefly答案 A解析 slowly 慢慢地；swiftly 迅速地；simply 简单地；briefly 短暂地，简洁地。根据前文的语境可知，老人捡垃圾很困难，所以她伸直身体应该是比较缓慢的，故选 A 项。48A.pro
28、tect BhelpCsupport Dsink答案 C解析 protect 保护；help 帮助； support 支撑；sink 下沉。根据语境可知，老人捡垃圾的时候没有拄拐杖，所以她靠着垃圾桶支撑自己的身体，故选 C 项。49A.continued BstartedCenjoyed Dexplored答案 A解析 continue 继续；start 开始；enjoy 享受；explore 探索。根据语境可知，老人把垃圾扔到垃圾桶里以后继续走，故选 A 项。50A.something BanythingCgood Deffort答案 B解析 根据语境可知，地上有很多垃圾，但是没有人对此采取
29、任何行动，故选 B 项。51A.frightened BmovedCremoved Dshocked答案 B解析 frightened 害怕的；moved 感动的；removed 移除的；shocked 震惊的。根据后文的“such a great effort to keep even a small part”以及最后一段可知，老人费那么大的努力做的事情触动了“我” 。故选 B 项。52A.busy BbeautifulCdirty Dclean答案 D解析 老人捡起垃圾是为了让地上保持干净，故选 D 项。53A.keep BstopCmind Dselect答案 B解析 根据前后文的语境
30、可知，老人这个简单的举动对“我”的触动很大，所以应该是一整天都在想这件事情，故选 B 项。54A.protection BrealityCexample Dstyle答案 C解析 protection 保护；reality 现实；example 榜样；style 风格。根据该空后的“Ive decided to pick up rubbish off the ground if I meet from now on.”可知，老人的行为为“我”树立了榜样，故选 C 项。.语法填空Local 55. (official) in Beijing promised to further protect
31、 the citys cultural heritage(遗产)，in particular the narrow streets known as hutongs.Hutongs are 56. (common) found in the cities of North China，but they are in danger.Beijing is nowadays believed to have fewer than 1,000 hutongs，most of 57. are near the Forbidden City.Only 60 years ago，the number of
32、the hutong 58. (be) 3,250.“Usually more than 100,000 people visit the Forbidden City during the National Day holidays.The visits put pressure on the 59. (protect) of cultural relics， ” said Huang Yan，director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning,60. (add) that hutongs should be prot
33、ected from human damage.The government concentrated 61. how the protection plans were carried out.Wang Shaofeng，head of the Xicheng District Government，said the area has 182 cultural relics,62. many of them were built as far back as the Yuan Dynasty.The district of Xicheng has 1.28 million residents
34、 in its 50.7 square kilometers of land.“The most efficient way is to decrease the local population to reduce the possibility of causing harm to the heritage， ” Wang said.“Each community has been required 63. (report) the status of its cultural heritage.”No one knows for sure how many hutongs 64. (le
35、ave) in the coming 100 years.语篇解读 本文主要讲了北京的政府官员承诺进一步保护城市的文化遗产胡同。55答案 officials解析 考查名词复数。空前没有冠词修饰，且此处表示不止一位官员，故应用名词复数形式。56答案 commonly解析 考查副词。设空处修饰谓语动词 are found，作状语，应用副词形式。57答案 which解析 考查关系代词。设空处指代先行词 hutongs，引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作介词 of 的宾语，故用 which 引导。58答案 was解析 考查时态和主谓一致。由时间状语“60 years ago”可知，应用一般过去时；且主语
36、为“the number of the hutong”，所以填 was。59答案 protection解析 考查词性转换。根据空前的 the 和空后的 of 可知，设空处应用名词。60答案 adding解析 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，Huang Yan 与 add 之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用动词ing 形式作伴随状语。61答案 on解析 考查介词。concentrate on 意为“集中注意力于” ，为固定搭配。62答案 and解析 考查连词。分析句子结构可知，设空处应用连词；且根据语境可知，应用 and。63答案 to report解析 考查非谓语动词。require sb.to
37、do sth.要求某人做某事，为固定用法，此处是其被动形式“be required to do sth.” 。64答案 will be left解析 考查时态和语态。根据时间状语“in the coming 100 years”可知，应用一般将来时；且 hutongs 与 leave 之间是被动关系，故用一般将来时的被动语态。.概要写作用约 60 个词概括课文内容The text tells the history of the Amber Room.It was designed for the palace of Frederick .However，Frederick William s
38、ent it to Peter the Great as a gift.Later，Catherine had it moved to her summer palace outside St Petersburg，but during the war the Nazis arrived and stole it， then it disappeared.Recently，the Russians and Germans have built a new one in 2003 and it was shown up at the celebration of the 300th birthday of St Petersburg.
