1、Unit 2Working the land阅读理解(共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AOrganic (有机的) farming is a type of agriculture that benefits from the recycling and use of natural products.Use of dried plants not only saves money, but also ensures the growth of crops.The technique is characterized by t
2、he use of green manure(肥料), biological pest control methods and special farming techniques to keep soil productivity.Limiting the use of manmade chemicals or completely doing away with them reduces the risk of diseases.Today, organic farming is a major and preferred industry around the world.Organic
3、ally grown food products have a huge market, with farmlands covering about 10% of the total worldfarmland cover. The_hard_work_of_Sir_Albert_Howard,_the_Father_of_Organic_Farming,_has_paid_off.Advantages of Organic Farming：(1)The economics of organic farming are characterized by increasing profits t
4、hrough reduced water use and reduced soil erosion (侵蚀)(2)Organic farming produces the same crops as those produced through traditional farming methods, but uses half the energy, and holds 40% more topsoil.(3)Farming the organic way enables farmers to get rid of weeds without the use of any chemicals
5、.(4)The use of green pesticides (杀虫剂) is environmentally friendly and does no harm to humans health.Disadvantages of Organic Farming：(1)Organic methods of farming produce less, compared to traditional farming techniques.(2)Organic agriculture does little to fight global climate change.Though organic
6、 farming practices are recognized as giving out less CO2, but not to a significant degree.However, though there are some disadvantages to organic farming, farms where organic methods for cropping have been used have more advantages than traditional farms.Organic agriculture is surely better in the l
7、ong term.()1The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 shows that Sir Albert Howard _.Aworked hard for nothingBsucceeded in organic farmingCspent all his time on organic farmingDdidnt expect organic farming to be successful()2According to the passage, compared to traditional farming, organic farming _.a
8、is more environmentally friendlybproduces a lot more foodcuses less energydresults in more weeds in the farmlandeis better for humans healthAabc BacdCace Dbce()3The authors attitude toward organic farming is _.Aanxious BhopelessCunclear Doptimistic()4The writer wrote this passage to tell us _.Athe d
9、evelopment of agricultureBwhat kind of food is being grown at presentCwhy organic farming is so popular around the worldDwhat organic farming is and its advantages and disadvantages【语篇解读】本文介绍了有机农业以及其种植的优缺点，告诉我们相对于传统的耕种方法，有机农业种植更好些。1B推理判断题。根据前文的“with farmlands covering about 10% of the total worldfar
10、mland cover”以及画线句子中的“hard workhas paid off”可推断， Sir Albert Howard在有机农业研究和种植方面是成功的。2C细节理解题。根据有机农业的优点中第二点的 “uses half the energy”、 第四点的 “environmentally friendly”和“does no harm to humans health” 可知， a，c，e 都是有机农业胜于传统农业的地方，故选C。3D作者观点题。根据末段的“Organic agriculture is surely better in the long term.”可知，作者对有机
11、农业的未来充满信心。4D作者意图题。通读全文可知，作者主要告诉了我们什么是有机农业以及其优缺点，故选D。BTo country walkers, they are the plants to be avoided.But to gardeners, it appears that stinging nettles (大荨麻) may be attractive as they are now being sold for 799 to those who wish to boost the wildlife in their flowerbeds.The Gardeningexpress.co
12、.uk website sells stinging nettles in its “weeds (杂草) and wildlife plants” section, and says supplies have already been snapped up (抢购) by eager buyers.The product description tells gardeners: “Many people are now planting these in their gardens for wildlife. They are important food for the caterpil
13、lars (幼虫) of red admirals (赤蛱蝶), peacocks, and tortoiseshell butterflies. If you live in the town and there are not wildlife friendly plants in your garden, this one has to be your first choice.”It also suggests the nettles could make a “healthy snack” for people as the plant is rich in vitamins A a
14、nd C, iron, potassium, manganese and calcium. They can be used to make a delicious soup. Chris Bonnet from the website told the Daily Mail: “Some call them weeds but we dont want to hurt their feelings. After all, a weed is only a plant in the wrong place. For gardeners who want to do their bit for
15、the nations wildlife theyre a must.” “Also available on the site are dandelion (蒲公英) plants for 399 each and buttercups (毛茛) for 599 Although many gardeners are trying to remove dandelion plants and buttercups from their lawns, supplies of the dandelions are also said to have been snapped up. Buyers
16、 are advised they should be planted to provide yellow flowers.”Mr Bonnet added: “While plants such as buttercups and dandelions may seem like weeds in the middle of a lawn, if they are planted in a flowerbed they can look beautiful and really make a garden beautiful.Demand has been surprising.We are
17、 having to clear extra space in our nursery so we can grow more.”()5The underlined word “boost” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_”Ascare BincreaseCprotect Dharm()6What do we know about stinging nettles?AThey can be eaten by humans.BThey are harmful to the environment.CThey are popular with country wa
18、lkers.DThey look great in the middle of a lawn.()7What can be inferred from Chris Bonnets words?AButtercups and dandelions are weeds.BIts not easy to take care of a flowerbed.CHis website is expecting a promising market.DStinging nettles are more useful than dandelions. ()8In which part of a magazin
19、e can we probably read this text?ATravel. BCulture.CNature. DFashion.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，讲述了一家网站出售带刺的大荨麻，因为这种植物种在花园里可以招来更多的野生动物。5B词义猜测题。由第三段中的“Many people are now planting these in their gardens for wildlife.” 可知，这种植物可以吸引更多的野生动物，所以人们购买这种植物是为了“增加”花园里野生动物的数量。6A细节理解题。由第四段内容可知这种植物可以食用。7C推理判断题。由文末的“Demand has
20、 been surprising.We are having to clear extra space in our nursery so we can grow more.” 可以推断，网站的销售前景很可观。8C推理判断题。本文中提到的荨麻、花园、草坪、野生动物等是与自然相关的，所以本文最有可能出自“自然”版块。七选五阅读(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts sug
21、gest：_1_ Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y， was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown (小丑). “I became interested in the clowns，” she recalls. “One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laug
22、h and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.”_2_ To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing._3_ It doesnt take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favourite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humour you find in everyday life
23、. “Good ideas come and go fast. You have to capture them quickly or they are gone，” says Virginia Tooper.Laugh when you need it most. Comedian Bill Cosby says, “_4_” “And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it，” he insists.Gray Alan, a sociology pro
24、fessor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gainbecause it comes naturally. _5_ Just remember: We are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.AYou can soften the worst blows through humour.BMix with people who laugh.CPractise the art of laughing.DKeep a laug
25、hter file (文档)EHe who laughs last laughs best.FBut its also something that has to be developed (培养)GPeoples joy can affect those around them.【答案】15BGDAF.完形填空(共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Farming and GardeningAgriculture has a long history in China.Much of the wisdom
26、 _1_ by early Chinese scientists is still useful for farmers and gardeners today.One of Chinas early _2_ scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the sixth century ADHe spent his time doing _3_ into agriculture.He collected information, studied it, did experiments and learnt from the _4_ of farmers.Ar
27、ound 540 AD, he wrote a book called QiminYaoshu.The book is about both farming and _5_.It includes advice on the following _6_： growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes.There are also _7_ for making wine.Jia Sixies book is a(n) _8_ guide for farming.Firstly, as a
28、farmer you should do things at the right time of the year.If you sow seeds and _9_ young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year, your work will be less and _10_ will be better.But if you _11_ nature and do things at the wrong time of the year, you will have to do more work and the resu
29、lts will not be so good.The _12_ of the soil is also very important.Examine the soil on your farm _13_.If the condition of your soil is not good, you should improve it.Before sowing or planting crops, you must clean rough ground and _14_ weeds.Let sheep or cows walk on the land to _15_ the weeds or
30、eat them.The best harvest is reached when farmers _16_ the crops in their fields.For example, do not plant rice _17_ in the same field.But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will _18_ good crops.Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with _19_
31、 between the plants, but Jia did experiments and _20_ that planting wheat close together is better.()1Adiscovered BrecoveredCreported Drepeated()2Aindustrial BagriculturalCcultural Dpolitical()3Asearch BresearchCexperiment Dmovement()4Aadventures BadvantagesCtradition Dexperience()5Anursing Bgardeni
32、ngCproduce Dtrade()6Aprograms BtopicsCsubjects Devents()7Ainstructions BconstructionsCmeasures Dtreasures()8Aeconomical BpracticalCsimilar Dregular()9Adrop BincreaseCgrow Dthrow()10Adreams BendingChope Dresults()11Aargue against Bgo againstCcompete with Ddeal with()12Aapplication BsituationCconditio
33、n Daddition()13Asuccessfully BcarefullyCgradually Dfrequently()14Aremove BpullCkill Dreduce()15Adestroy BpreventCdivide Dlimit()16Akeep BimproveCmanage Dchange()17Aone after another Bhere and thereCnow and then Dyear after year()18Awin BcollectCharvest Dplant()19Aholes BlinesCspace Dbalance()20Ashow
34、ed BmeantCintended Ddecided【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了我国古代农业科学家贾思勰对我国古代农业的研究和贡献。他的耕种方法对我国古代农业起了重要的指导作用。1A从词语和搭配考虑，此处只有discovered才能与wisdom搭配。wisdom后的“_1_ by early Chinese scientists”是过去分词短语作定语。2B根据常识或上下文可知，贾思勰是我国古代的农业科学家，故选agricultural。3Bdo research into为固定搭配，意为“进行的研究”，符合语境。4Dlearn from the experience of fa
35、rmers表示“学习农民的(耕作)经验”，符合语境需要。5B由本文的标题和第一段第二句推断可知，选gardening。6C从语境来看，本句的下文介绍一些具体的课题，如种菜、养动物等，因此选subject“科目，课题”。7A此处表示造酒的“指导，说明”，选instructions，其他选项与句意不符。8Bpractical guide意为“切实可行的指导”。economical“经济的，节省的”；similar“相似的”；regular“有规律的”，均与句意不符。9Cgrow young plants意为“种植幼苗”，其他选项没有“种植”之意。10Dresult与前文的work相对，表示“工作投
36、入少，而结果更好”。11Bgo against nature意为“违背自然(规律)”，符合句意。12Cthe condition of the soil表示“土壤的状况/条件”。13B前句指出土壤状况重要，本句说明要细心、仔细检查土壤，因此选carefully。14A从词语搭配考虑，本句告诉读者，种庄稼之前需要平整土地和除草，remove weeds意为“清除杂草”。15A让牛羊在地里走是为了摧毁杂草或者吃掉杂草，故选destroy。16D从下句中“do not plant rice _17_ in the same field”可知，庄稼要换着种，因此选change。17Dyear afte
37、r year“年复一年”，意为“不在同一块地里年复一年地种同一种庄稼”。18C本句意在表达“如果每年换种不同的庄稼就会有好收成”。harvest good crops意为“收成好”。19C从词语搭配考虑，本句指的是“种植小麦时，株与株之间要留有空间”，而非留有线、洞或平衡，因此选space。20A前面有“Jia did experiments”，因此后面是实验结果“证明，表明”，因此选showed。.语法填空(共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 There once were a goat and a donkey 1_(li
38、ve) on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer 2_(feed) it the most food. Sometimes the donkey was given more food 3_ it could eat. This made the goat so jealous.4_ it began plotting against(谋划对付)the donkey. “Hey, donkey，” the goat said one day. “I think you do too much work on this farm
39、. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why dont you pretend 5_(get)sick so you can take a day 6_” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable(畜栏)on its side with its eyes 7_(close).8_(immediate), the farmer called the doctor. After lo
40、oking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special 9_(medical) made from the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 10_ goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。讲述的是山羊嫉妒驴子能干活受到主人疼爱，告诉驴子让它装病想要陷害它，但最后山羊却被自己的嫉妒心害了。1living句子“There once were a goat and a donkey _1_(live) o
41、n a farm.”的主语为a goat and a donkey，与live之间为主动关系，故填living。2fed浏览全文可知本文是一般过去时态，根据时态一致的原则，故填fed。3than固定搭配“more than超过”，驴子有时候被给的食物比它能吃的还要多，故填than。4thatthat放在句首可以引导主语从句，故填that。5to get固定搭配pretend to do sth.意为“假装做某事”，故填to get。6off根据句意可推断出此处指休假，使用固定搭配day off“休假”，故填off。7closed题目中已经给出了with和一个名词eyes，和动词close构成被
42、动关系，故填它的过去分词形式，故填closed。8Immediately通过副词形式来表示时间频率，故填Immediately。9medicinespecial为形容词，修饰名词，故填medicine。10the/his这里既可以填the来特指山羊，也可以用his表示农夫的山羊，故填the/his。.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号“”，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用“”画掉。修改：在错的
43、词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Believe it or not, many of the biggest change in how English is spoken have come from common people in the streets. And one of the most important places which English has changed is the playground! These playgrounds can be any place wher
44、e the young people meet, such like a sports field or a beach. Often words using by black kids in big cities become popular for other kids many years later. On the beaches of southern California, teenagers invented words to describe what they felt when they surfed. These words found its way into the
45、high schools and then to other places. Similar changes happen among young people in Ireland and Australia. Children from one group would find ways to play with another group more easily. Often they made new words just develop an identity different from their parents.【答案】Believe it or not, many of th
46、e biggest in how English is spoken have come from common people in the streets. And one of the most important places English has changed is the playground! These playgrounds can be any place where the young people meet, such a sports field or a beach. Often words by black kids in big cities become popular other kids many years later. On the beaches of southern California, teenagers invented words to describe they felt when they surfed. These words found way into the high schools and then to other places. Similar changes among young people in Ireland and Australia. Children from one
