1、UNIT 2 Period Five 题组 A 基础练 (建议用时：10 分钟) 单词拼写 1How can you go to the party without an _(邀请)? 2A dinner party will be _(组织)to celebrate my mothers eightieth birthday. 3The professor will give a lecture on the _(话题) of environment protection. 4Five _(参赛者) were awarded at the end of the match. 5The stu
2、dents _(参与) in class is an important element of a good lesson. 【答案】1.invitation 2.organized 3.topic 4competitors 5.engagement 单句语法填空 1_ is known to all, China will be more and more powerful in the future. 2Im afraid she wouldnt be _(will) to give me a hand in the work. 3Since the beginning of last y
3、ear, we _(plant) more than two million trees on the hill. 4Im sorry but I have only ten dollars _(leave), so I cant lend you any. 5He had an _(engage) at a restaurant at eight. 6How many _(compete) will attend the final in the 100- meter race? 7We cant get our work promoted without _(innovate) 8I _(
4、sincere) express my congratulations to you for your achievements in your work. 9To attain your _(fluent) in your spoken English, you can do more loud reading. 10Many people felt it strange that Tom went to the party without _(invite) 【答案】1.As 2.willing 3.have planted 4.left 5engagement petitors 7.in
5、novation 8.sincerely 9fluency 10.being invited/invitation 完成句子 1These old books _ _ too much room. 这些旧书占太多的地方了。 【答案】take up 2We _ _ two thirds of all of work _ _. 到目前为止，我们已经完成了工作的三分之二。 【答案】have finished; so far 3Five hours later, they finally _ _ _ _. 五小时之后，他们终于做出了决定。 【答案】came to a decision 4_ _ _，
6、our life is much richer than before. 正如你所知道的那样，我们的生活比以前富裕多了。 【答案】As you know 5An annual sports meeting _ _ in our school last week. 上周我校举行了每年一度的校运会。 【答案】was held/ took place 题组 B 提升练 (建议用时：30 分钟) 语法填空 How many tigers have tried to attack you to death today？1._(hope) the stressors in your life dont i
7、nvolve a wild animal chasing you through the bush, as was often 2._ case for our cavemen ancestors. Still, we are wired for stress physiologically much the same way we were thousands of years ago. 3_ not all stress is bad, we need a break from bad stressors. Otherwise, our health may begin to 4._(wo
8、rse). The link between stress and heart disease isnt 5._(total) clear but being under long- time stress can affect blood pressure and heart rate, 6._ can lead to heart issues. It can also cause many people to “manage” their stress with 7._(health) behaviors like drinking and smoking, which can affec
9、t heart health. Young adults and middle- aged people who experience stress on a regular basis may experience memory loss before 8._(them) turn 50.A study published in the journal Neurology shows people who are under stress have their brain 9._(shrink) for years before symptoms start to show. So its
10、important for people to find ways 10._(reduce) stress, such as getting enough sleep, engaging in moderate exercise, or asking your doctor for advice. 【语篇解读】 这是一篇说明文， 主要讲述了长期处于压力下会对人的健康造成不良影响。 1Hopefully 考查词性转化。句意：希望你生活中的压力源不像我们的穴居祖先那样， 是一只野生动物在灌木丛中追赶你。分析句子可知，此处的 Hopefully 是副词做状语，修饰 后面的句子。故填 Hopefull
11、y。 2the 考查冠词。句意：希望你生活中的压力源不像我们的穴居祖先那样，是一只野 生动物在灌木丛中追赶你。As is often the case 为固定搭配，意为“情况常常是这样”。故填 the。 3Though/Although/While 考查连词。句意：虽然不是所有的压力都是不好的，但是 我们需要从压力中解脱出来。分析句子可知，此处是一个让步状语从句，表示“尽管”。故 填 Though/Although/While。 4worsen 考查动词。句意：否则，我们的健康可能会开始恶化。begin to do 是固定 用法，意为“开始做某事”；分析句意可知，此处表示健康恶化，故填其动词原
12、形。故填 worsen。 5totally 考查副词。句意：压力和心脏病之间的联系还不完全清楚，但长期处于压 力下会影响血压和心率，可能会导致心脏问题。此处 totally 修饰 clear；修饰形容词用副词。 故填 totally。 6which 考查关系代词。句意：压力和心脏病之间的联系还不完全清楚，但长期处于 压力下会影响血压和心率，可能会导致心脏问题。分析句子可知，此处是一个非限制性定语 从句，修饰前面的句子，且从句中缺主语，故应用关系代词 which 来引导。故填 which。 7unhealthy 考查形容词。句意：它还会导致很多人用不健康的行为来“管理”他们 的压力，比如喝酒和抽
13、烟，这会影响心脏健康。根据后面的抽烟、喝酒可知，此处是指不健 康的行为。用形容词修饰名词 behaviors。故填 unhealthy。 8 they 考查代词。 句意： 经常承受压力的年轻人和中年人可能在 50 岁之前就会失忆。 主语应用主格代词。故填 they。 9shrunk 考查过去分词。句意：发表在神经学杂志上的一项研究表明，处于压 力下的人大脑会在症状出现前几年萎缩。have sth. done 为固定用法，此处的 shrunk 是过去 分词做宾补，表被动。故填 shrunk。 10to reduce 考查动词不定式。句意：因此，人们找到减轻压力的方法是很重要的， 比如获得足够的睡
14、眠，进行适度的锻炼，或者向医生寻求建议。分析句子可知，此处的 to reduce 是动词不定式表目的。故填 to reduce。 阅读理解 Decision- making under stress A new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative (负面的) co
15、nsequences of a decision.The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways. “Stress affects how people learn， ” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes under stress.” For example, two recent studies looked at h
16、ow people learned to connect images(影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water.
17、In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadnt gone through the stress. This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while und
18、er stress at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled. The research also found
19、 that stress appears to affect decision- making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different. Men who had been stressed by the cold- water task tended to take more risks in the
20、experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk- taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better, when caution weighs more, however, women will win. This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why
21、women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction. 1We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to _. Akeep rewards better in their memory Brecall consequences more effortlessly Cmake risky de
22、cisions more frequently Dlearn a subject more effectively 2According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their _. Aways of making choices Bpreference for pleasure Ctolerance of punishments Dresponses to suggestions 3The research has proved that in a stressful situation, _. Awomen
23、 find it easier to fall into certain habits Bmen have a greater tendency to slow down Cwomen focus more on outcomes Dmen are more likely to take risks 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。 文章介绍了在压力之下人们做出决定时的考虑是不一 样的， 并通过实验说明人们在有压力的时候通常更多地想到的是积极的一面， 同时也介绍了 男性和女性在面对不同的压力时不同的反应。 1A 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“People learn better about p
24、ositive than negative outcomes under stress(人们在压力之下记住更多的是积极方面而不是消极后果)”和第三段 “In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadnt gone through the stress(在以上两个 案例中， 这些受到压力的参与者相对于那些没有经历压力的人来说记得更多更清楚的是奖励
25、 而不是惩罚)”由此可知，人们在压力下往往会更好地记住奖励。故选 A 项。 2A 细节理解题。根据文章的标题及第一自然段的总结可知，压力影响的是人们做 出决定的方式，即如何做出选择。第一自然段为文章的中心，一项新的研究表明：压力影响 了人们对有利条件和不利条件的考虑方式， 导致了人们更多地去思考好的一面而忽视了消极 的一面。故选 A 项。 3 D 细节理解题。 根据文章最后一段“Men who had been stressed by the cold- water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women res
26、ponded in the opposite way.”可知， 实验中，在受到冷水压力之下男士趋向于冒更大的险，而女性的反应则相反。故选 D 项。 书面表达 假定你李华，你校将于下周五举办跳绳(skipping rope)比赛。请用英语给你校英国交换 生 Steven 写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括： 1时间和地点； 2比赛形式； 3奖项设置。 注意：1.词数 80 左右； 2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Steven， _ _ _ Yours， Li Hua 【答案】 One possible version： Dear_Steven，
27、 I have a piece of good news to tell you that there will be a skipping rope competition to be held on the playground of our school next Friday. I sincerely invite you to join in it. The competition will be held in the form of single skipping rope and team skipping rope. The student or the team who skips most will win the first prize, and many prizes will be given to the players who are in top 10. I hope you can join in it with us. Im looking forward to your reply. Yours， LiHua
