1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Working the land . 阅读理解 A Review: Pablo in the Snow Written by Teri Sloat and illustrated by Rosalinde Bonnet Adventure, Animals What is soft, furry, and white? Pablos wool, of course. But this little lamb soon discovers that theres something else as well: SNOW! From making trai
2、ls to sledding with friends, having snowball fights and crafting snowmen, theres tons of fun in the snow. But winter days grow dark very fast, and Pablo finds himself lost on his way home. Not to worry Mama and Papa help Pablo get back to the comfortable and warm house on a farm so he can talk about
3、 his adventures. Biographies Teri Sloat Teri Sloat is the author of THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A TROUT! and both the author and illustrator of PIECES OF CHRISTMAS, as well as many other books for children. Ms Sloat lives with her husband in a tidy house in the north of San Francisco. Rosali
4、nde Bonnet Rosalinde Bonnet is a French writer and illustrator of childrens books. She loved to draw when she was little. She also spent a lot of time creating plays and sets for her puppets. So, after high school she went to the Versailles School of Fine Arts for two years. Then she studied at the
5、Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Arts Dcoratifs in Paris for four years. Since her graduation, she has written and illustrated a great number of childrens books. You can visit her at . 语篇导读 本文为应用文，介绍了一本由泰瑞 斯洛特所写，由罗莎琳德 博内作插图的书雪中的巴勃罗，并简述了两位作者的生平事迹。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 1 What does Pablo think of playing in the
6、snow? A Dangerous. B Enjoyable. C Unusual. D Frightening. 解析 B 细节理解题。根据第一部分中的 ?theres tons of fun in the snow 可知，在雪里玩很快乐，故选 B 项。 2 What type of book does Pablo in the Snow belong to? A Comedy. B Friendship. C Humor. D Adventure. 解析 D 细节理解题。根据第一部分中的 Adventure, Animals 可知，该书属于 “ 冒险故事 ” ，故 选 D 项。 3 Wha
7、t can we know about Teri Sloat? A She writes many books for the young. B She now lives in New York with her husband. C She is the writer and illustrator of Pablo in the Snow. D She writes PIECES OF CHRISTMAS and provides pictures for it. 解析 D 细节理 解题。根据第二部分中的 Teri Sloat?and both the author and illust
8、rator of PIECES OF CHRISTMAS? 可知，泰瑞 斯洛特既是 PIECES OF CHRISTMAS这本书的作者，又是这本书的插图画家，故选 D 项。 4 What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A The place where she was born. B The hobbies of learning experiences. C The growing experiences of Rosalinde Bonnet. D The schools that Rosalinde Bonnet graduated
9、 from. 解析 C 主旨大意题。根据最后一段的内容可知，该段介绍了作家和插图画家罗莎琳德 博内的爱好、求学经历以及成就等，所以综合起来看，最后一段主要介绍的是罗莎琳德 博内的成长经历，故选 C 项。 B The rumor proved all too bitterly true: Parks Hardware， a downtown institution of Orono for over 100 years, would be closing. Locals crossexamined, and begged Lin, the owner of the store, but in v
10、ain. Running a small, local, familyowned hardware business was no longer profitmaking. The towns affection for Parks Hardware was just not enough to allow it to compete against the giant warehouse stores. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 I was one member of the excited masses that began to walk through Parks as, day b
11、y day, the lettering on the front window changed from “20% OFF EVERYTHING” to “30%” ， “ 40%” ， and on and on, until the only things left were the light sockets(插座 ) and doorknobs. Compared with giant warehouses, a hardware store is special. I recall the time I was exploring in one giant warehouse fo
12、r a wireless doorbell that Parks didnt carry. I found the thing, but didnt understand the following note on the package: “Red light indicates condition of the battery.” “Excuse me ， ” I said to a clerk, holding the item out, “I cant seem to find the red light.” The man examined it, and said, “Neith
13、er can I ” I contrasted this experience with one I routinely had at Parks. “Lin ， ” Id beg. “Can you?please?I dont know?do you think? ？ ”And quicker than one could say, “little red light ， ” Lin would spring into action and together wed sit down to find the solution. I could buy a single screw(螺丝钉 )
14、 at Parks. At a warehouse I have no choice but to buy a box of a hundred screws. But I dont want a box of a hundred screws when all I need is one. I just want to know the location of the little red light, and now that Parks is gone, I realize that I never will. 语篇导读 本文为记叙文，讲述了一家五金店的倒闭和人们对它表示怀念的一些情况。
15、 5 Why did Parks decide to stop its business? A The owner invested in other business. B The owner couldnt make enough money. C Its location was not convenient for shopping. D It couldnt win enough affection from the locals. 解析 B 细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句可知，经营这样的五金店已经不能挣钱了，镇上的人们对这家五金店的喜爱并不能使它赢得与大型仓储式商店的竞争，故选 B
16、 项。 6 What did Parks do before closing? A It had a closing down sale. B It struggled for its reorganization. C It distributed its goods to regulars. D It looked for a new owner. 解析 A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的 the lettering on the front window changed from“20% OFF EVERYTHING” to “30%” ， “40%” 可知，五金店在关门停业之前采取了加大打
17、折促销力度的方式，即清仓大处理，故选 A 项。 7 What does the writers experience in Paragraph 3 indicate? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A The benefit of having more choices. B The pressure of competition for Parks. C The good service of Parks. D The responsible working attitude of large stores. 解析 C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的 The man examined it, an
18、d said, “Neither can I ” 以及 Lin would spring into action and together wed sit down to find the solution可知，作者提及自己购买无线门铃的经历是为了说明这家大型商店和帕克的五金店在服务质量方面存在的差别，借以突出帕克的五金店良好的服务，故选 C 项。 8 Whats the writers tone in writing his passage? A Humorous. B Supportive. C Critical. D Regretful. 解析 D 观点态度题。文章从开始到结束，作者在字
19、里行间都描 述了自己和其他人对镇上一家五金店关门的惋惜之情，故选 D 项。 . 完形填空 It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world. On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old and aged man. The old man is _1_ pruning(修剪 ), watering or fertilizing his
20、flowers all the time. The garden _2_ bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so welltended(被照顾地好 ) that every passerby cannot but stop for a _3_ with admiration. One day a young _4_ went by the old mans garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the sp
21、ecial cottage, totally _5_ the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, _6_ how happy he could be _7_ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was _8_. Greatly shocked, the young painter _9_ that old man, asking “why are you busy _10_ these flowers ever
22、y day which you cant see？ ” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I wa s young, and I _11_ like this job. Second, while I cant see these flowers I can _12_ them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. _13_ the last one, thats you.” “Me? But you dont know me.” responded the young painter. “Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never _14_. I know a great many people who show _15_ for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them in
