1、第 1页（共 9页） Unit2Section A Listening and Speaking 一、单句写作 1一般来说，女人比男人寿命长。 _， women live longer than men. 2我一直很清楚还要做多少工作。 Im always very _ how much work there is still to be done. 3我发现适应新生活并不容易。 I found it not easy to _ new life. 4你究竟是怎样设法逃脱的呢？ How _ did you manage to escape? 5迫于公众压力，许多地区政府对各自海滩进行了清理。
2、_fromthepublic,manyregional governments cleaned up their beaches. 二、阅读理解 (2019咸宁高一月考)George was a game warden (猎物繁殖 和保护区的管理员) in Kenya. One day, he found three tiny lions beside a dead lioness. They were so little that their eyes had not yet opened. Sadly, he took the three little lions and drove ba
3、ck home. 第 2页（共 9页） When George got out of the car with the baby lions, his wife Joy Adamson immediatelytook over P1. Joy had cared for many young animals over the years, but she had never tried to raise baby lions! However, shewas determined to P2 save these babies. The lions grew rapidly. But as t
4、he lions grew bigger and stronger, Joy and George realized they could not keep three large lions. They decided to present two of the lions to a zoo; they would keep the smallest lion, which they named Elsa. Joy and George taught Elsa to hunt and to protect herself. Elsa liked to play with her human
5、friends, but as Elsa grew to her adult size, this play became dangerous. More than once, Elsa knockedJoyto the ground P3， scratching W1 her. Joy and George both realized that it was time to find Elsa a new home. They knew she needed a wild home where she could live the life she was born to lead. Fin
6、ally, Joy and George decided to set Elsa free in Meru Park at the foot of Mt. Kenya. Elsa never forgot Joy and George. Whenever they camped nearby, Elsa would come to visit, rubbing her head against their legs in greeting. Joy missed Elsa, but was happy that she had made a successful life as a wild
7、lion. Joy wrote a book about Elsa, Born Free,which became an internationalbestseller. Joy traveled all over the world, talking about the importance of saving the wild animals of the world. Joy lived out her life in Africa, working with wild animals. 第 3页（共 9页） She wrote more books about her experien
8、ces. Her heartfelt interest in animals and her great love for Elsa helpedinspire W2 a worldwide movement to protect wildlife. For Joy Adamson, there was no greater gift than the beauty and spirit of wild animals, living free. 1When George took the three lions home, his wife _. Aadvised him to give t
9、hem to a zoo Bwas frightened by their appearances Cwas unwilling to care for them Dhad a great love for them 2Joy and George set Elsa free because _. AElsa scratched Joy Bthere wasnt enough food for Elsa CElsa was big and strong DElsa was a danger to their neighbors 3What do we know about the bookBo
10、rn Freefrom the text? AIt became very popular. BIt is mainly about Joys experiences in Meru Park. CIt focuses on wild animals in Kenya. DIt helped change peoples attitudes towards wildlife. 4Whats the best title for the text? AJoy Adamson: living with lions BElsa: a lion raised by a woman CBorn Free
11、: a wonderful book DGeorge: a game warden 第 4页（共 9页） 三、语法填空 Animals are our friends. However, it is reported that during the past several years thousands of stray animals have been dead _1_ help didnt arrive in time. The Catawba County Humane Society is an animal shelter that is trying to put _2_ en
12、d to this, but they can t achieve it without volunteers. So I choose to be a volunteer of the shelter _3_ (excite) One of my jobs is to help with the cats. Keeping the animals happy and healthy is thenumberone concern. I usually play with them, brush them, and clean _4_ (they) living areas. A cattha
13、tisaroundpeopleeverydayisprobably_5_ (comfortable) than a cat that lives alone every day. My second responsibility is to work with dogs. I am given the task of _6_ (exercise) the dogs on the outdoor playgrounds. Only after you spend time getting along with them can you really get to know them. Each
14、has a different _7_ (personal), which makes them lovely and unique. Walking dogs and petting cats may not seem like a big deal, but they are worth my efforts. They are the things I love doing, and now that I _8_ (start), I dont want to stop.I encourage any animal lover _9_ (volunteer) at a shelter.
15、It will absolutely make you feel happy and _10_ (satisfy) 四、概要写作 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 第 5页（共 9页） Every time we breathe or burn something we turn oxygen in the air into carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide in turn is used by plants to breathe and is changed back into oxygen creating a balanced
16、cycle. The total amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is quite small. If we increase our oxygen burning for example, by burning a lot of coal or oil to generate electricity or run our carsand cut down trees, we increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. This makes the air a little heavi
17、er and it starts acting like a thicker blanket around our earth, warming it up. The actual amount of warming is only a few degrees but it is enough to disrupt (使混乱) the delicate balance of naturemelt the polar ice, raise sea levels, cause violent hurricanes and endanger species such as the polar bea
18、rs and some rare birds. The polar bears are born in dens or caves on land while their mother sleeps through the winter. The mother and the babies emerge around March famished (挨饿) from a long seclusion and must immediately hunt to feed themselves to stay alive. Now, polar bears cannot hunt on land;
19、the only hunting they know is to catch seals from floating ice in the open ocean. The floating ice is located at the edge of the polar ice capa floating frozen mass that covers the North Polar arctic region, which is all ocean. So in Marchthe polar bear mother and cubsswim from the land in Spitsberg
20、en to the edge of the polar ice cap so that they can hunt. 第 6页（共 9页） Normally this is a short swim, since in March the polar ice cap is very close to the land, and the polarbears, even babies, are goodswimmers. However, lastyear we saw that the polar ice cap hadreally shrunk in size due to meltdown
21、 from global warming. This meant that the polar bears had to swim many miles from the land in Spitsbergensometimes hundreds of milesto find the floating ice where they could hunt. Swimming hundreds of miles, especially when they are famished and have hungry babies in tow is really very hard and many
22、 bears are dying through drowning and starvation. 第 7页（共 9页） 一、单句写作 1.On average 2.aware of 3.adapt to 4.on earth 5.Under pressure 二、阅读理解 1.D推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Joy Adamson immediately took over”以及下文描述 Joy 多年来一直照料其他小动物可知，Joy 第一眼看到三只狮子幼崽时就对它们爱不释手。 2.C推理判断题。根据第四段中的“as Elsa grew to her adult size”以及“They kne
23、w she needed . to lead.”可知，随着 Elsa 长大，Joy 和 George 的家已经限制了 Elsa 的成长，不再适合她继续 待下去。 3.A细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“which became an international bestseller”可知这本书很畅销。 4.A标题判断题。文章主要讲述了 Joy Adamson 和三只被领养 的狮子幼崽之一 Elsa 的故事，以及她为保护野生动物所作的贡献， 由此可知 A 项作为标题最贴切、全面。 三、语法填空 1because考查连词。根据句意：成千上万的流浪动物死去是 因为救援不及时，故用 because 表示
24、原因。 2an考查冠词。 put an end to “结束” ，固定搭配。 3excitedly考查词性转换。修饰动词 choose 用副词。 4their考查代词。和前面的 them 相呼应，故用 their。 第 8页（共 9页） 5more comfortable考查形容词的比较级。句子中有 than， 所以用形容词的比较级。 6exercising考查非谓语动词。介词 of 后面用动词ing 形 式。 7personality考查词性转换。 different 是形容词，后面 用名词。 8have started考查动词的时态。句意：这些是我喜爱做的 事，既然我已经开始了，我就不想停
25、下来。根据句意，应用现在完成 时。 9to volunteer考查非谓语动词。 encourage sb.to do sth. “鼓励某人做某事” 。 10satisfied考查词性转换。feel 是系动词，后面接形容词，又 因主语是“人” ，故用过去分词形式的形容词。 四、概要写作 Due to our burning a lot of coal or oil, the amount of carbon dioxide is increasing very rapidly. (要点 1) So the ice in the North Pole is melting quickly. (要点 2) This is a great threat to the polar bears. (要点 3) After a long hunger, they are weak and can not swim a long distance, but they have to swim a few miles and even hundreds of miles. (要点 4) Many starve or get drowned on the way. (要点 5) 第 9页（共 9页）
