湖北省宜昌市高中英语 Unit 2 Working the land课课练二（无答案）新人教版必修4.doc

unit 2 working the land 第一节：语法填空 one sunday morning in august i went to local music festival. i left it early because i had an appointment 1._ (late) that day. my friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me 2._the bus arrived. i got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then i noticed a man 3. _(sit) at the front. he 4._ (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. he must be 5. _ (mental) disabled.behind him were other people to 6._ he was trying to talk, but after some minutes 7._walked away and sat near me, looking annoyedi didnt want to be laughed at for talking to him but i didnt like leaving him 8._ ones own, either.after a while i rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. i sat next to the man and introduced myself. we had 9._ amazing conversation. he got off the bus before me and i felt very happy the rest of the way home.im glad i made a choice. it made 10._ of us feel good.第二节：短文改错it was a year ago when joshua got a bike for christmas, but he rode it every day. one morning, he suddenly found the bike gone. ran to his front yard, he saw a man loading it into his car. he shouted, but the man drive off. as a devoted christian, he told his dad he real forgave the thief. whats more, he wanted the thief know he was forgiven. so the next day, he posted the message on a poster-board and put it in the front yard. to the person who stole my bike: you hurt my feeling. but i am a christian and i forgive him! when he left for home the next morning, at the end of the driveway, the bike was back with new brakes.第三节：七选五if something that youre doing doesnt challenge you, then it doesnt change you. we all need some normal stress in our lives, after all. 36 so challenge the following limits: 1. figure out what youre scared of and do it continuously if youre a salesman, and youre scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking youll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call 37 but dont stop on the first try! eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, go on, im not scared! 2 38 make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income 3set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise 39 a simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourselfexercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself 4travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people dont just limit yourself to your fellow travelers - try to connect with the service staffyou never know what kind of people theyre going to be get out of your house or go online right now to book your class 40 a you should do it continuously b someone may hang up on you c you dont need to go to the gym d running in the gym may be a better choice e start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself f take a class for a hobby youve been wanting to develop g you can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone第四节：阅读理解 teaching was an occupation i had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. i accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of mr. davis. my father went by the same name, and i liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about mr. davis the retired man, or mr. davis the respectable scholar?”the position was offered at the last minute, and i was given two weeks to prepare, a period i spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “hello, class. im mr. davis.” sometimes i would give myself an aggressive voice. sometimes i would sound experienced. but when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true mr. davis was there. i sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.i arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. i had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. i saw nine students along a long table. i handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as i required. “all right then,” i said. “okay, here we go.” then i opened my briefcase and realized that i had never thought beyond this moment. i had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. i had imagined that i would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of hands. every student would yell. “calm down, youll all get your turn. one at a time, one at a time!”a terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, i inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.1. the author took the job to teach writing because _. a. he wanted to be expected b. he had written some storied c. he wanted to please his father d. he had dreamed of being a teacher2. what can we learn about the author from paragraph 2? a. he would be aggressive in his first class. b. he was well-prepared for his first class. c. he got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.d. he waited long for the arrival of his first class.3. before he started his clas