1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Language 一、阅读理解。 When firefighters got to the six-story brick building on East 191st Street in Bronx early Saturday, they saw flames shooting from a top-floor window. Strange, sharp popping(爆音 ) sounds filled the air, a fire lieutenant said later. As a sixth-floor apartment turn
2、ed into an inferno(火海 ), a woman who lived there ran downstairs with a small child. Neighbours said she told them her husband was still upstairs trying to get their two other children. Vale Dorsey, 66, who lives on the fifth floor, said he was awakened by his wife. An explosion above had showered sh
3、attered glass from a sixth-floor window. As they rushed downstairs, they were joined by other people, who were asking one another in Spanish and English what was happening. As the people fled, firefighters hurried up the stairs. When they reached the sixth floor, the fire lieutenant, William Kearns,
4、 Firefighter Christopher OBrien and others met a wall of flames coming from the kitchen just inside the door of the burning apartment. Firefighter Rodney Littlejohn used a fire extinguisher to try to keep the fire from spreading, and the heat from the kitchen partly melted his plastics eye shield. W
5、hile Firefighter Littlejohn sprayed, Firefighter OBrien bent under the flames. There about 10 feet into the apartment, he found the father of the three children lying in a hallway.Firefighters pulled him from the burning apartment. Lieutenant Kearns and a firefighter from Rescue 3 started going thro
6、ugh the apartment room by room, feeling their way through the smoke. In a bedroom, the firefighter from Rescue 3 found a 3-year-old in a bed shaped like a race car. Moments later, Lieutenant Kearns found a 1-year-old in a crib. The two children and their father were brought to hospital, fire officia
7、ls said, where the man was listed in critical condition and the children were in critical but stable condition.On Saturday the apartment where the fire started was badly 【 精品教育资源文库 】 burned. Inside his apartment on the fifth floor, Mr. Dorsey said, “I was hap py that everybody was safe. We got luck
8、y.” 1.What do we know about Vale Dorsey? A.He was the first to report the fire accident to the fire department. B.He lives on the floor below the apartment that caught fire. C.His apartment was also badly burned but he escaped from the fire. D.He woke up his wife and told her about the strange, shar
9、p popping sounds. 2.From what part of the apartment did the flames come that the firefighters met? A.The hallway. B.The store room. C.One of the bedrooms. D.The kitchen. 3.Who was last found in the burning apartment according to the passage? A.The 1-year-old child. B.The 3-year-old child. C.The moth
10、er of the three children. D.The father of the three children. 4.We learn from the passage that _. A.the children were in critical but stable condition after the fire accident B.there about 10 feet into the apartment Kearns found the mother of the three children C.Christopher OBrien used a fire extin
11、guisher to try to keep the fire from spreading D.it was Rodney Littlejohn that found the 4-year-old in a bed shaped like a race car 参考 答案： 1.B; 2.D; 3.A; 4.A 解析： 1.细节理解题。根据第二段 : Vale Dorsey, 66, who lives on the fifth floor, said he was awakened by his wife 可得答案。 2.事实判断题。根据第三段 .met a wall of flames
12、coming from the kitchen just inside the door of the burning apartment 可得答案。 3.事实判断题。根据第四段 : Moments later, Lieutenant Kearns found a 1yearold in a crib.可知答案。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 4.细节理解题。根据第五段 :and the children were in critical but stable condition可知答案。 一、单项填空 1.My bed _ most of the small room in the back
13、house where we are living now so I have to keep the bookshelf in the living room. A. creates B. occupies C. provides D. possesses 【答案】 B 【解析】 create 创造，创作； occupy 占领，占据； provide 提供； possess 拥有，所有。句意：我睡的床铺占据了我现在住的后面屋子小房间的大部分空间，所以 我不得不把书橱放在会客厅里。 2.We can see monuments here and there. Those who have ma
14、de great _ to human beings and society will never be forgotten. A. advances B. progress C. contributions D. achievements 【答案】 C 【解析】 句意：我们到处都可以看见纪念碑。那些为人类和社会做出过重大贡献的人是永远也不会被忘记的。 advance 前进，进步； progress 进步； contribution“ 贡献 ”与介词 to 连用； achievement“ 成就，成绩 ” 多与介词 for 连用。 3.Eating too much fatty food an
15、d smoking can _ your future risk of heart disease. A. rise B. stop C. move D. raise 【答案】 D 【解析】 raise 增加，及物动词，后面有宾语。句意：吃太多油腻 的食物和吸烟会增加你未来患心脏病的风险。 4.Even if SARFT completely _ domestic TV stations from broadcasting advertisements, they could still implant(植入 )advertisements into TV shows. A. protecte
16、d B. differed C. banned D. freed 【答案】 C 【 精品教育资源文库 】 5.The rescuers in Africa say it is worse than ever as disease and starvation _ to kill thousands. A. combine B. succeed C. gather D. respond 【答案】 A 【解析】 combine 结合； succeed 成功 ； gather 聚集 ； respond 回答， 回应。 句意： 在 非洲的救援人员说疾病 加上 饥饿 夺走数千人的生命，严重程度前所未有
17、。 6. Would it be _ for you to come at 9:00 am tomorrow? Can we make it a little earlier? I have another meeting at 10:30 am. A. convenient B. comfortable C. vacant D. free 【答案】 A 【解析】句意： “ 你方便明早九点来吗？ ”“ 我们能早一点儿吗？我十点半还有一个会。 ”convenient 便利的，方便的，常用于 it is convenient for sb.to do sth.结构。comfortable 舒服的；
18、 vacant 空的，空缺的； free 自由的，均不符合题意。 7.When it comes to my preference for entertainment in the spare time, I prefer gardening to parachuting, because the latter is a dangerous _. A. occupation B. career C. movement D. devotion 【答案】 A 8.As is widely _, whatever small good deeds we do can definitely _ a m
19、ore harmonious society. A. realized; result in B. acknowledged; contribute to C. recognized; result from D. expected; distribute to 【答案】 B 【解析】句意：已经取得大家的共识，不管我们做多么小的善事一定会有助于一个更加和【 精品教育资源文库 】 谐的社会。 acknowledge 取得共识； contribute to 有助于。根据题意可知选 B 项。 9.A completely new situation will _ when the income t
20、ax system comes into existence. A. rise B. arise C. arouse D. raise 【答案】 B 【解析】 rise 上升，增强 (vi)、使 ? 飞起 (vt)； arise 出现，上升，起立 (vi)； raise表示提高 (vt)； arouse 引起，激起 (vt)、觉醒，醒来 (vi)。句意：新的个人所得税制度出台后 ， 将会出现新的局面。 【解析】句意：在新闻发布会上，政府发言人表达了他对三名受困工人的关心。 sympathy同情； concern 关心，关注； concern 难过； anger 生气。 10.In the qu
21、estionnaire, the subjects are questioned whether they advocate _ cars in the city center. A. driving B. boycotting C. banning D. stopping 【答案】 C 【解析】句意：在问卷调查中，被试被询问是否提倡在市中心禁止车辆行驶这一主张。 11.Since I realize the importance of a good plan, I have made greater progress in learning English through the _ of
22、hard work and planning. A. combination B. convenience C. competence D. consideration 【答案】 A 【 解析 】 combination 联合； convenience 便利，方便； competence 胜任，能力，资格；consideration 考虑 ， 体谅 。句意： 我意识到好计划的重要性，因此通过勤奋和规划，我在英语学习中取得更大的进步。 12.Maybe our school president will not be _ to attend the meeting, for he is completely occupied with the 80th anniversary ceremony. A. convenient B. available C. reliable D. accessible 【答案】 B 【解析】句意：也许我们校长将没时间出席会议 ， 因为他正忙着学校 80 周年校庆典
