1、Unit2 Exploring English 基础自测基础自测 【单句语法填空】【单句语法填空】 1Last night the building was on fire and burned _. 2I wish I could do something more _ (create) 3The passage can be seen as the authors _ (reflect) upon a particular life experience. 4When we look out _ the window that day, we saw a group of children
2、 playing on the grass. 5Do you think English language is the same _ Chinese language in grammar? 6Sara lives with her husband and children in a _ (公寓套房) in central London. 7The price of p_ is coming down by four pence a gallon. 8Compared with other forms of transport, I like s_ best. 9She felt uneas
3、y in the u_ surroundings. 10Air is a mixture of g_. 11He studied ancient paintings and _ (雕像) for many years. 12She was praised by our headmaster because of her excellent _ (举止，行为) at school. 13The _ (对立的) armies were preparing for war. 14Her brother might look a bit fierce, but actually he is quite
4、 _ (无害的) 15Our newspaper aims to _ (反映) the views of the local community. 16I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives _ (wait) 17 Although it seems _ (confuse), the Americans and the British have little or no difficulty in understanding each other. 18This song reminded me _ my story w
5、hen I visited Beijing. 19_ you can see, the number of cars on our roads keeps rising these days. 20I pick _ languages easily. 21It was when I got back to my _ (公寓套房) that I first came across my new neighbors. 22 This speech needs to be set in the _ (背景) of Britain in the 1960s. 23Pastas basic ingred
6、ients are flour and water, sometimes with the _ (添加物) of eggs or oil. 24_ (菠萝) from southern China is a kind of popular fruit. 25Hes the president of a large international _ (组织) 26Dont forget to fill _ your boarding cards. 27We have been asked to come up _ some new ideas. 28The alarm was timed to g
7、o _ at 12 oclock. 29I always said Jacky would wind _ in prison. 30Lets burn _ all this waste paper. 31We do not have the _ (财力) to update our computer software. 32Do you have any _ (评论) to make about the cause of the disaster? 33Its a hotel in the heart of the _ (市中心) 34The emergency _ (出口) is at th
8、e back of the bus. 35She fell off her bicycle and hurt her legs _ (相当，颇) badly. 36Im not sure _ Im pronouncing this word correctly. 37It turned _ that the new job was very hard to do. 38Time is so precious that all of us should make good use _ every minute. 39What are you basing the theory _？ 40I do
9、nt think people are really aware _ the risks involved. 41He _ (雕刻) these figures from single blocks of marble. 42I felt _ (想家的) for Scotland. 43 Id recognize your handwriting any where it is _ (独特的) 44He looked at me and nodded, almost _ (看不出来) 45 If we say to _ (上发条) up the meeting, we mean we brin
10、g an end to the meeting. 46Excuse me. I want a seat in the smoking _ (区域) 47He _ (认出) me as soon as I came in the room. 48Some _ (消极的) words in English dont really mean something wrong. 49Discussions are held on an _ (非正式的) basis within the department. 50To my _ (惊讶), he should remember my name afte
11、r so long a time. 51A lighthouse marks the entrance _ the harbour. 52 If you decide to work for our organization, you will be part _ a great team. 53She made helpful comments _ my study. 54I had _ frog in my throat when I got a cold. 55Wool socks wick _ sweat. 56We need to realize that the issue isn
12、t lack of c_ or technic. 57It is a fact that everyones fingerprints are u_. 58My new a_ clock wakes me up every morning. 59Please fill in your name and t_. 60It is obvious that what he said at the meeting was quite c_. 61If you are so _ (happy), why dont you change jobs? 62We have to carry out some
13、_ (improve) to the system. 63 While it is _ (like) that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. 64I dont have much contact _ her in Paris. 65She mixes with all _ (type) of people. 66He looked calm, but a_ he was very excited. 67It is i_ that product
14、ion will start next month. 68In many cases we can use different e_ to convey the same meaning. 69There are too many e_ in your work. 70They are all o_ people. 71_ you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 72I know you h
15、ave no trouble _ (find) your classmates address in the village. 73Neither Tom nor his parents _ (go) to spend their vacation this summer in China. 74That is _ all the girls in town follow you all around. 75_ I was waiting for the train, I bought a magazine. 【单句写作】【单句写作】 1去年，我不喜欢英语课。 _ 2老师说得如此快以至于我大多
16、时间跟不上她。 _ 3我看了一部叫作玩具总动员的英文电影。 _ 4我喜欢上了这类既令人激动又好笑的电影。 _ 5我想学习更多的生词和语法以便更好地去理解英文电影。 _ 6.将上列单句连句成篇 【读后续写【读后续写-故事类故事类】 A 篇： 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故 事。 Mr Brown lived in a house less than two miles away from his office. He was therefore able to drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove hom
17、e in the middle of the day, he found cars were parked in the road outside his house, and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive two blocks farther before he could find a place to park. Then he had to walk home. This made him very angry. He had put up a board which read “No Parking！” in t
18、he garden facing the road, but nobody seemed to pay attention to it. People only obeyed a_police_notice,_but not a private one. There were no parked cars where there was a_blue_board_with_white_letters on it: Police Notice No Parking! Mrs Brown suggested that he should steal a police notice. But he
19、dared_not,_being_afraid_of_going_to_prison. She then suggested that he make one just like a police notice. He said he was not a policeman and couldnt_use_the_word_“police”. He decided that he must find a way out and started thinking hard. For several days, the smell of paint filled the house. One ni
20、ght he showed his wife a new notice board. It was painted in white letters on a blue board: Polite_Notice No Parking! “Oh，” Mrs Brown said, “but you told me you werent going to use the word police”. “Is it？” he asked. “Look again.” She began to laugh, “You are really rather clever.” 注意： 1所续写短文的词数应为
21、150 左右； 2至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1： Why did Mrs Brown say her husband was really rather clever？ Paragraph 2： If the police discovered that the Browns were using a police notice， B 篇： 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故 事。 Im an English selflearner; E
22、nglish is not my first language. Today I am an English teacher. I would like to voice that failures are not disasters. Have faith,_keep moving on, and never give up, you will see your hard work pay off. I was a slow learner when I was little. Before five, I couldnt even speak in full sentences. Unli
23、ke most other children, I seldom interacted with others; I neither cried nor got angry. My extreme quietness made my parents wonder if I was mentally slow, but they were not sure. Actually, I have to admit that my memories of my early childhood are quite uncertain. When I was in elementary school, I
24、 learned very slowly and was as quiet as a doll. While my teacher was teaching, my mind oftentimes would wander outside of the classroom to the playground. The learning problems and inactive personality remained with me until I was in Grade 5. As a fifth grader, I finally started interacting with my
25、 classmates. That was the first time in my memory that I had had some friends. More amazingly, from that time on, I became talkative,_laughing and playing like any normal child. After heading full speed for my junior high_education,_my learning situation got stuck in the mud again. In my country, st
26、udents were arranged into different levels of classes based on their IQ test scores. For example, students with higher IQ scores were placed in the outstanding class; average ones joined the intermediate class, and slower students were destined (注定) for the “bottom_class”. I was placed in the “botto
27、m class” as a result of my belowaverage IQ score. Most of my teachers taught us using easy and slow methods because they considered us unable to learn much. Despite that, I never lost faith that I might succeed one day as if to prove that when God closes a door, he will definitely open up a big wind
28、ow. A miracle occurred. Thats when I discovered a strong passion for English. 注意： 1所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右； 2至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1： At the age of 13, I found myself deeply interested in English. Paragraph 2： That way, I could further expand my v
29、ocabulary. 参考答案： 【单句语法填空】 1 答案：down 2 答案：creative 3 答案：reflection 4 答案：of 5 答案：as 6 答案：flat 7 答案：petrol 8 答案：subway 9 答案：unfamiliar 10 答案：gases 11 答案：sculptures 12 答案：behavior 13 答案：opposing 14 答案：harmless 15 答案：reflect 16 答案：waiting 17 答案：confusing 18 答案：of 19 答案：As 20 答案：up 21 答案：apartment 22 答案：c
30、ontext 23 答案：addition 24 答案：Pineapple 25 答案：organization 26 答案：in/out 27 答案：with 28 答案：off 29 答案：up 30 答案：up 31 答案：resources 32 答案：comment 33 答案：downtown 34 答案：exit 35 答案：rather 36 答案：if/whether 37 答案：out 38 答案：of 39 答案：on 40 答案：of 41 答案：sculpted 42 答案：homesick 43 答案：unique 44 答案：invisibly 45 答案：win
31、d 46 答案：section 47 答案：recognized 48 答案：negative 49 答案：informal 50 答案：astonishment 51 答案：to 52 答案：of 53 答案：on 54 答案：a 55 答案：away 56 答案：creativity 57 答案：unique 58 答案：alarm 59 答案：title 60 答案：confusing 61 答案：unhappy 62 答案：improvements 63 答案：likely 64 答案：with 65 答案：types 66 答案：actually 67 答案：intended 68
32、答案：expressions 69 答案：errors 70 答案：odd 71 答案：If 72 答案：finding 73 答案：are going 74 答案：why 75 答案：While/When 【单句写作】 1. 答案：Last year, I didnt like my English class. 2. 答案：The teacher spoke so quickly that I didnt follow her most of the time. 3. 答案：I watched an English movie called Toy Story. 4. 答案：I fell
33、in love with this kind of exciting and funny movie. 5. 答案： I want to learn more new words and grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies. 6. Last year, I didnt like my English class. The teacher spoke so quickly that I didnt follow her most of the time. Then one day, I watch
34、ed an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this kind of exciting and funny movie. Now I want to learn more new words and grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies. 【故事续写】 A: Paragraph 1： Why did Mrs Brown say her husband was really rather clever? Because she
35、found that he had written a notice which looked exactly like a_police_notice. He made a_blue_board_with_white_letters on it, but it was not a real police notice. Being_afraid_of_going_to_prison,_Mr Brown certainly dared_not use the word “police”， but he used “polite notice” instead of “police notice
36、”. He was quite clever, wasnt he? Paragraph 2： If the police discovered that the Browns were using a police notice, they would feel angry and punish them. It was a crime because he offended the police, passing himself off as a policeman. But Mr Brown remained very calm. He would ask the policemen to
37、 look at the board carefully. The policemen would burst out laughing when they realised what had happened. B: Paragraph 1： At the age of 13, I found myself deeply interested in English. Besides reading English textbooks, I made a habit of reading English magazines, listening to English programmes, a
38、nd keeping an English diary. Moreover, I summarized almost every story in books or magazines to improve my writing skills. In order to strengthen my English speaking ability, I oftentimes told myself those stories in English. I also wrote down unfamiliar words or phrases in notebooks and frequently
39、reviewed them. Paragraph 2： That way, I could further expand my vocabulary. I kept learning,_and realised that no matter how hard or how unfair my situation was, I could choose to move on, rather than give up. After college, I set my goal to pursue further education in America. Where there is a will, there is a way, as the old saying goes. With over 10 years of consistent English selfstudy, I successfully passed TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) without going to any cram schools or language centers, and headed for America to pursue my higher_education.
