1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Poems *阅读理解。 Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, b
2、ut I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past? When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the t
3、rip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by t
4、he glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen. At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I r
5、emembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary. Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.
6、I take pictures, but not very often only of objects I find really beautiful. Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future. I dont wa
7、nt to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I dont live to make memories-I just live, and the memories form th
8、emselves. 1.Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A. observing her school routine B. expressing her satisfaction C. impressing her classmates D. preserving her history 2.What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary? A.A d
9、ull night on the journey. B. The beauty of the great valley. C.A striking quotation from a book. D. Her concerns for future generations. 3.What does the author put in her diary now? A. Notes and beautiful pictures. B. Special thoughts and feelings. C. Detailed accounts of daily activities. D. Descri
10、ptions of unforgettable events. 4.The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is _. A.to experience it B.to live the present in the future C.to make memories D.to give accurate representations of it 【文章大意】作者曾经把写日记看作保留过去的一种方式，一次山谷旅行的经历让作者对日记的理解发生了变化，现在作者认识到过有意义的生活就是体验生活，而不是记录生活。 1.D 【解
11、析】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?” 可知， 13 岁以前，作者把写日记看作保留过去的一种方式。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 3.B 【解析】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 “Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down
12、 a special thought or feeling. I” 可知，现在作者在日记 中加入了自己特殊的想法和感情。 4.A 【解析】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的 “I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.” 可知，作者认为过有意义的生活就是体验生活，而不是记录生活。 *单句语法填空 1 Is there anything _ particular that you
13、want to talk about? 答案： in in particular 为固定的介词短语，作后置定语，修饰 anything，意为 “ 特别的 ” 。 2 If we _ (exchange) telephone number last week, I would have no trouble getting in touch with you now. 答案： had exchanged 该句为错综时间虚拟条件句。由 last week 可知，从句表示与过去事实相反，故应填 had exchanged。 3 Although _ (tease) about fatness, sh
14、e still has confidence in her performance of daily life. 答案： teased 主语 she 与 tease 之间为被动关系，故应用过去分词作状语。 4 This is a poem that perfectly _ (convey) to the readers what the poet feels. 答案： conveys 由主句谓语动词 is 和从句中的 feels 可以判断用一般现在时。定语从句的先行词为 a poem，为单数形式，故从句谓语动词也应用第三人称单数形式 conveys，该从句含有 “convey sth. to
15、sb.” 的结构。 5 She always exchanges words _ her neighbours. 答案： with exchange . with . “ 和 ? 交换 ?” 。 6 Since then it _ (transform) itself from a small fishing village into a major financial centre. 答案： has transformed 由 since then 可知，句子应用现在完成时。 7 In some places women are expected to earn money _ men wo
16、rk at home and raise their children. 答案： while while “ 而，然而 ” ，可用于表示两种情况的对比。 8 With something important _ (talk) about with you, you must stay here. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案： to talk 该句为 “with 宾语 to do” 复合结构， to do 表示将来的动作。 9 He just took _ for granted that he would pass the exam. 答案： it take it for granted
17、 that . 为常用句式，意为 “ 认为 ? 是理所当然的 ” 。 10 I think her _ (translate) of the article is much better. 答案： translation 由 her 可知，应填所给词的名词形式 translation，意为 “ 翻译；译文 ” 。 *完形填空。 (2018 西宁三校联考 ) I was looking through some old photo albums the other day.I had _1_ done that many times before but I felt a sudden _2_
18、to see them again.I found myself _3_ so many beautiful memories from my childhood.There was my dear Nana giving me a thorough _4_ when I was a newborn baby.There was me and my brother standing in front of the worlds ugliest _5_ our favorite Christmas tree.There was my beautiful Mom _6_ me on her lap
19、.Then the pictures seemed _7_ all of a sudden because my eyes were wet.I just couldnt _8_ the tears.“What is going on ？ ” I _ 9_.I hadnt cried the last time.But what was _10_ now? I soon saw that it was I who changed.I had _11_.My spirit had walked a little further down the _12_ of love.I realized a
20、s long as they came with a warm heart，wet eyes were _13_ to be ashamed of.I smiled and I felt Mom and Nana smiling _14_ on me from Heaven. Leo Buscaglia said： “Im not a fraid of _15_.They clean out my eyeballs.” I think they clean out our _16_ as well.They help us to wash away our pain, fear and gri
21、ef(悲伤 ) They help us to _17_ our love and goodness.They help us to become who we are _18_ to be.The next time you feel your tears starting， just let them _19_. Life is full of smiles and tears.Only by allowing them both can we _20_ live. 1 A.never B ever C already D nearly 2 A.appeal B sadness C fea
22、r D urge 3 A.shaping B reliving C escaping D building 【 精品教育资源文库 】 4 A.bath B speech C hug D survey 5 A.and B but C or D as 6 A.spinning B possessing C holding D walking 7 A.beautiful B blank C abnormal D vague 8 A.fight back B fight with C fight for D fight against 9 A.found B wondered C hesitated D discussed 10 A.heartbreaking B wrong C different D disturbing 11 A.grown B misunderstood C insisted D struggled 12 A.feast
