1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Working the land . 完形填空 Dear Mr Jones， I expect you may be slightly surprised to receive a letter from someone living as near as your nextdoor neighbor, but I have to raise a subject so that it will be easier for me to discuss in writing. You may have noticed that I have a _1_ o
2、f apple trees running alongside the fence that _2_ our two gardens. You may also have taken _3_ in the frequent sight of your two children _4_ on your lawn directly by the fence. And you may also have _5_ that my apple trees, so to speak, bend over the fence and seem to _6_ your children with intere
3、st. It is only natural that your children should sometimes seem to return that _7_. And it is not only natural, _8_， I acknowledge, quite legal, for them occasionally to show that interest by _9_ all the apples that hang over on _10_ side of the fence. But to be plain with you, Mr Jones, I am tired
4、_11_ seeing your children, day after day, tear the branches off the side of every one of my apple trees, and leave my trees looking _12_ a battle had been fought on one side of them. I am, if anything, even more tired of waking up these fine autumn _13_， to find even the apples on my side of the fen
5、ce _14_ in number. I know this is the work of your children, since last night I was woken at midnight by the _15_ they were making _16_ one of my trees, and (as they may have told you) chased them home. While I am on the suject, I am at least grateful to you for keeping your bonfires on the far side
6、 of your garden this year. Last year neither I _17_ your children had any apples, because the smoke from your bonfire destroyed all the flowers _18_ the apples had time to form. I very much hope that next year for the first time since I came to this village I shall have my apples, and your children
7、_19_ have theirs and that the sight of the line of apple trees will be _20_ pride to us both. Yours sincerely J Smith 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者家的苹果树长到了隔壁邻居家的院子里，邻居家的孩子在摘苹果时把树枝都给扯坏了，他们还在半夜爬到树上偷摘苹果。因此，作者给邻居写了这封信，希望他能约束一下自 己的孩子，共同爱护苹果树。 1 A.line B wire C kind D sort 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案 ： A 根据最后一段最后一句中的 “the line o
8、f apple trees” 可知 ， “ 我 ” 沿着篱笆种了一行苹果树。 line “ 排，列，行 ” ，符合语境。故答案选 A。 2 A.divides B parts C departs D separates 答案： D 此处指篱笆把我们两家的花园隔开。 separate “ 把 ? 隔开 ” ，符合语境。 3 A.part B delight C pride D place 答案： B 看见自己的孩子坐在草坪上，家长应会很高兴。 take delight in 是固定短语，意为 “ 以 ? 为乐 ” ，符合语境。故答案选 B。 4 A.seating B sat C sitting
9、 D seat 答案： C 根据所给选项可知，此处意为 “ 坐在草坪上 ” ， sit 是不及物动词，与被修饰词 two children 之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，应用其现在分词形式作宾语补足语， B 项错误，C 项正确； seat 作动词时，是及物动词，应用 seat sb.的结构，意为 “ 使某人 就座 ” ，与被修饰词 two children 为逻辑上的动宾关系，应用其过去分词形式， A、 D 两项错误。故答案选 C。 5 A.watched B noticed C seen D looked 答案： B 根据语境可知，此处指或许你也注意到了 “ 我 ” 的苹果树越过了篱笆。 noti
10、ce “ 注意到 ” ，符合语境。 6 A.look down at B look down upon C look up to D look up at 答案： A 根据对本句的理解可知，这里运用了拟人的手法，指苹果树 越过了篱笆，饶有兴趣地俯视着你的孩子们。 look down at “ 低头看，俯视 ” ，符合语境。 7 A.profit B good C interest D taste 答案： C 根据上文中的 “with interest” 可知，此处指你的孩子有时似乎会回应苹果树对他们的兴趣，这是很自然的。此处是偷摘苹果的委婉说法。 interest “ 兴趣 ” ，符合语境。
11、8 A.just B even C and D but 答案： D 此处构成固定搭配 not only . but (also) .，意为 “ 不仅 ? 而且 ?” 。故答案选 D。 9 A.picking B taking C eating D having 答案： A 根据后面的宾语 “all the apples that hang over on _ 10_ side of the fence” 可知，此处是 “ 摘苹果 ” 的意思。 pick “ 采，摘 ” ，符合语境。故答案选 A。 10 A.our B his 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C your D their 答案： C
12、 根据常识可知，邻居家孩子摘的自然是伸到邻居家花园里的苹果枝上 的苹果。本文是一封信，应用第二人称称呼邻居。故答案选 C。 11 A.from B of C for D with 答案： B 根据语境可知，此处指 “ 我 ” 厌烦了日复一日地看见你的孩子将树枝从苹果树上扯下来。 be tired of doing sth. 意为 “ 厌烦 /厌倦做某事 ” 。故答案选 B。 12 A.even if B even though C in case D as if 答案： D 根据语境可知，孩子们将树枝扯断，使树看上去就像经历过战争一般。 as if “ 似乎，好像 ” ，符 合语境。 13 A
13、.mornings B afternoons C evenings D nights 答案： A 根据句中的关键词 “waking up” 可知，此处应指早晨醒来。故答案选 A。 14 A.a little larger B much larger C much smaller D much fewer 答案： C 根据下文描述的邻居的孩子半夜爬到树上摘苹果可知，连 “ 我 ” 这边的苹果也少了很多，排除 A、 B 两项。 number 与 small 搭配，不与 few 搭配。故答案选 C。 15 A.voice B noise C whisper D scream 答案： B 根据上文中的
14、 “I was woken” 可知， “ 我 ” 是被孩子们的吵闹声吵醒的。 noise “ 噪声，吵闹声 ” ，符合语境。 16 A.jumping B beating C biting D climbing 答案： D 根据下文中的 “chased them home” 可知，应是爬上苹果树摘苹果。 climb “ 爬，攀登 ” ，符合语境。 17 A.nor B or C so D and 答案： A 此处构成固定用法 “neither . nor .” ，意为 “? 和 ? 都不 ” 。故答案选 A。 18 A.after B until C before D unless 答案： C
15、 根据语境可知，去年苹果树上没有结出一个苹果，因为在苹果开始生长之前邻居家篝火的烟毁坏了所有的苹果花。 before “ 在 ? 之前 ” ，符合语境。 19 A.can B will C could D would 答案： B 根据时间状语 “next year” 和前一分句中的 “shall” 可知，此处 用一般将来时，故用 will。故答案选 B。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 20 A.a B an C the D no 答案： A 此处是抽象名词具体化， a pride 意为 “ 一件令人骄傲的事 ” 。此处指来年看见一行苹果树会令我们都觉得骄傲。故答案选 A。 . 阅读理解 A Ya
16、couba Sawadogo is an African farmer who has been traveling across the deserts for the last 30 years, using ancient farming techniques to fight the threatening deserts. His story dates back to the 1980s when Africa suffered one of the worst droughts in its history. During that period, rainfall reduce
17、d by as much as 80%, killing almost all the plants. Most local people moved away to different places, but Yacouba stayed back. Instead of giving in to the violence of nature, he decided to take control and change the face of the land completely. Unable to read and write, and with no access to modern
18、 techniques and tools, he started to employ an old African farming practice called “Zai”. The practice involves planting seeds in small holes filled with ecofriendly manure (肥料 ). The holes fill up with and keep the water that falls during the rainy season. This provides moisture (水分 ) and nutrients
19、 for the growing plants during the dry periods. Also, the manure attracts ants, which help break up the soil further and increase its ability to take in water. Within two decades of starting his revolutionary work, a forested area of about fifty acres came up on the land of the African desert. Yacou
20、ba featured in a documentary titled The Man Who Stopped the Desert through which he became known to the rest of the world. To the great joy and relief of Yacouba, what the documentary focused on was put into the reestablishment of local forests and a training program for the farmers who wanted to learn Yacoubas technique. Today, “Zai” is being widely practiced in the region. 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。本文介绍了一位非洲农夫使用古老的耕作技术与沙漠做斗争并坚持了 30 年的故事。 1 What does the text mainly talk about? A A training program for African farmers. B A documentary abou
