暑假英语作业M8U2.doc

M 8 Unit 2第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. He enjoys working in the library, reading _ books every day. A. a great deal of B. a large amount of C. a good many of D. a mass of 2. Nobody _ their eyes from the ground when their head teacher entered the classroom. A. dare to lift B. dared lifting C. dare lift D. dared lift3. According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to _ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22. A. decline B. shrink C. fail D. differ4. Excuse me, how is my case going now?It _ by our top lawyer. You can count on him.A. is handled B. is being handledC. had been handled D. has been handled5. - Tom and Mary ended their relationship last year.-What made their marriage_?A. hang up B. break up C. spring up D. saty up6. For many Nanjing citizens, the schools and airports _ lately because of heavy smog was just as annoying as the pollution.A. having closed B. being closed C. closing D. to be closed7. If someone spends his or her time, effort and money writing a book, for example, he or she deserves to be paid for it, _ it is just a draft.A. even if B. as if C. unless D. until 8. Do you _ her pessimistic view of the state of the economy? I am afraid not, for it is already recovering.A. cater to B. appeal to C. submit to D. subscribe to9. My hometown is a common town, _ I think that can be found in every province in China. A. which B. what C. one D. that10. He hasnt gone to the office up to now. Well, he _.A. should B. ought to have C. ought to go D. ought to 11. Professor Smith left for the airport a moment ago. What a shame! Had I come a bit earlier, I _ him. A. have seenB. had seenC. would seeD. would have seen 12. Those tasks, which included online searches for information, were meant to copy _ distracted students might do during class.A. why B. how C. what D. which 13. -“I slipped on the stairs. I think my arm is broken.” - “Oh! I _.” A. do not hope to B. do not hope C. hope not so D. hope not 14. We are to install this instrument _ . A. as originally planned B. as it originally planned C. as was originally planned D. as it being originally planned 15. Could you help me with the math problem?_ You must be barking up the wrong tree. A. A pleasure. B. Hang on a minute.C. Whats the point? D. Are you kidding?第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Text messages are responsible for destroying countless relationships and life-long friendships. At the start of college my best friend and I had to rely 16 on texting because we were no longer at the same school and it was inconvenient for us to call each other! We thought that it would be fine, but we were 17 . We didnt expect the 18 that would come along with our new relationship. Some days it would take her hours to respond to my 19 because she was “in class”, and couldnt be 20 to respond to my urgent need to know something. I texted her when receiving an A on my first Calc III exam and was extremely 21 when she used only three exclamation marks (感叹号) to show her 22 . We were so frustrated and 23 with each other that we began texting less and less. By winter break we werent texting at all. Texting almost killed our relationship, but we were 24 . My mother suggested something that seemed 25 to me: some old-fashioned, face-to-face conversation. I could 26 my friends excitement for me when telling her I earned the prized “A” in Human Event. I could 27 express my pride at her accomplishments. These things had been 28 over a few words seen on a tiny screen sent from across the state. The same words can build people up or tear them down based on the context in which theyre said, the tone used to say them, and the body language that 29 them. Text messages have some context, 30 the tone and body language are hidden behind the screen. The 31 for the troubles brought on by misreading is a face-to-face conversation. Using text messaging for serious matters causes us to be bolder and more aggressive than the situation 32 because we dont have to be responsible for the 33 of the person on the receiving end. Its time we should take a stand against the 34 method which is responsible for 35 so many good things in our life. 16. A. onlyB. partly C. safelyD. equally17. A. rudeB. bitterC. worriedD. wrong18. A. fightsB. risksC. puzzlesD. struggles19. A. ideasB. messagesC. questionsD. changes20. A. challengedB. arrangedC. botheredD. convinced21. A. amusedB. upsetC. anxiousD. amazed 22. A. argumentB. encouragementC. excitementD. disappointment23. A. angryB. contentC. familiarD. popular24. A. forgivenB. educatedC. inspiredD. saved25. A. modestB. interestingC. absurdD. suitable26. A. shareB. seeC. hearD. recall27. A. alsoB. everC. stillD. again28. A. uncertainB. impossibleC. abnormalD. invisible29. A. polishesB. includesC. explainsD. accompanies30. A. sinceB. whileC. butD. and31. A. cureB. chanceC. reasonD. appeal32. A. stands forB. holds forC. heads forD. calls for 33. A. deedsB. mistakesC. emotionsD. kindnesses34. A. communicationB. researchC. teachingD. assessment35. A. consumingB. destroyingC. forbidding D. forgetting第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AAlexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Scotland, but when he was young his family moved to Boston, USA. His mother was almost entirely deaf, so Alexander became interested in helping deaf people communicate and in deaf education. This interest led him to invent the microphone. He found that by pressing his lips against his mothers forehead, he could make his mother understand what he was saying.He believed that one should always be curious and his most famous saying was:Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the result of thought.It was this exploring around problems and his dynamic spirit that led to his most famous invention - the telephone in 1876. Bell never set out to invent the telephone and what he was trying to design was a multiple telegraph. This original telegraph sent a message over distances using Morse code (a series of dots tapped out along a wire in a particular order). But only one message could go at a time. Bell wanted to improve it so that it could send several messages at the same time. He designed a machine that would separate different sound waves and allow different conversations to be held at the same time. But he found the problem difficult to solve. One day as he was experimenting with one end of a straw joined to a deaf mans ear drum and the other to a piece of smoked glass, Bell noticed that when he spoke into the ear, the straw drew sound waves on the glass. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration. If sound waves could be reproduced in a moving electrical current, they could be sent along a wire. In searching to improve the telegraph, Bell had invented the first telephone!Bell was fully aware of the importance of his invention and wrote to his father:The day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water or gas and friends will talk to each other without leaving home.The patent was given in 1876, but it was not until five days later that Bell sent his first telephone message to his assistant Watson. The words have now become famous:Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you.Alexander Graham Bell was not a man to rest and he interested himself in many other areas of invention. He experimented with helicopter designs and flying machines. While searching for a kite strong enough to carry a man into the air, Bell experimented putting triangles together and discovered the tetrahedron (四面体) shape. Being very stable, it has proved invaluable in the design of bridges.Bell was an inventor all his life. He made his first invention at eleven and his last at seventy- five. Although he is most often associated with the invention of the telephone, he was indeed a continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybodys life.1. What mainly led to his inventing the telephone?A. Designing a multiple telephone. B. His mothers being deaf.C. Inventing the microphone.D. Exploring around problems.2. What do you know about Morse Code?A. It could send several messages at the same time.B. It helped sending telegraph messages over distances.C. It consisted of dots and dashes in a certain order.D. It could separate different sound waves.3. What does the underlined word invaluable mean in the last but one paragraph?A. useless. B. priceless.C. helpless.D. worthless.4. We can see from the text that _.A. Bell invented hot balloons. B. Bell designed the first bridge.C. Bell was interested in many different fields.D. Bell has been the youngest inventor so far.BI try not to be biased (有偏见), but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. He suffered from Downs syndrome (唐氏综合症). I knew some people would be uncomfortable around Stevie so I closely watched him for the first week. After the first week Stevie had gained my staffs respect, and within a month my trucker regulars had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot (吉祥物). He was eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished. One morning Stevie missed work. I heard he was in hospital getting something put in his heart. One morning several months later when word came that he was out of surgery. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance in the aisle when she heard the good news. “OK, Frannie, what was that all about?” Belle Ringer, our regular customer, asked. “Stevie will be back.” But she then sighed, “But I dont know how he and his mom are going to handle all the bills.” Later that day Frannie handed a napkin to me, and three twenty dollar bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside was printed “Something For Stevie”. In later times, we often received such napkins. Today is Thanksgiving. Stevie is supposed to be back to work. Stevie couldnt stop grinning as he pushed through the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart were waiting. “Work can wait for a minute, Stevie,” I said. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.” We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with dozens of folded paper napkins. “First thing you have to do is clean up this mess,” I said. Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had “Something for Stevie” printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. I turned to his mother. “Theres more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving.” I saw tears rolling in Stevie and his moms eyes.5. From the first two paragraphs we learn Stevie _. A. caused the author a lot of troubleB. became very popular among customersC. had difficulty in finishing his workD. cared everyones attitude towards him6. Why was Stevie absent from the restaurant one morning?A. The author fired him.B. He had to receive a surgery. C. He had to look after his ill mother.D. Someone offered him another well-paid job.7. Stevie was asked not to be anxious to work because _. A. he didnt get over his illness completelyB. there werent any customers on that dayC. he would be presented with peoples donations D. the author planned to treat him to breakfast first8. What would be the best title for the text? A. Something for StevieB. Learn from StevieC. Donations from customersD. Come on! Donate to Stevie第II卷 （两部分 共35分）第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空只填1个单词。To Move Ahead You Have to Know What to Leave BehindDecisions are the most fundamental building blocks of successful change in our organizations, our teams, and our careers. The faster and more strategically we remove those blocks, the faster and more successfully we achieve change. Yet, change efforts often stall (搁置) precisely because those decisions dont happen.The question is why?Avoid Changing By Addition. Technically, deciding to do something new without killing something old is not a decision at all. It is merely an addition.When an executive announces that her business will change to become a luxury service provider, technically it is not a decision until she also states that they will not provide low cost services to price-sensitive customers anymore.When a sales manager declares that his strategy this quarter will require his salespeople to spend more time strengthening existing customer relationships, he has only made an addition until he also declares that they should spend little time on something else like hunting for new customers.Your hands might be sweating at the mere thought of telling your team to ignore some group of paying customers or to not spend time hunting for new business, even if you really want to see the change happen. But this change-by-addition approach can be a death blow.Avoid Constant Tradeoffs (权衡). When team leaders fail to decide which old directions are going to be sacrificed in service of the new direction, the tradeoff doesnt magically disappear. Constant tradeoffs create two major problems for change efforts. First, it is highly unlikely that each team member will independently arrive at the same conclusion about what to do and what not to do. Part of the team will choose to move in one direction while the other part moves in another direction.Second, psychologists have shown that making tradeoffs consumes our overall mental capacity and causes us to make poorer judgments in completely unrelated situations. When your team has to spend a long morning making tradeoffs, it leads to long afternoons of either staring at the wall and web-surfing, or making poor choices for their customers, their workloads, and their budgets.To Lead Is To Decide. Making change decisions is an activity that the average person will go to great lengths to avoid. That might be a key element of what makes great leaders great. Great leaders have come in all personality types. But the one thing they all seem to have in common is their willingness to decide when others could not.Title: To Move Ahead You Have to Know What to Leave BehindPassage outlineSupporting detailsThe significance of decisionsDecisions are important because they (1) _ whether we can achieve change.Avoid making only (2) _ Making a decision without (3) _ something old is but addition.To be a real luxury service provider, an executive must stop (4) _ low cost service.A sales manager who wants to strengthen existing customer service should require his staff to stop (5) _ new customers. Avoid tradeoffsTradeoff is sure to (6) _ if the leader fails to decide on the new direction. Tradeoffs can cause team members to (7) _ varied conclusions.Tradeoffs can result in team members judging situations (8) _.To lead is to decideChange decisions are too (9) _ to make for ordinary people.Great leaders (10) _ themselves by being willing to decide.第五部分 书面表达1 (满分25分)假设你校举办名为“The Power of Praise”的英文演讲比赛，请你写一篇演讲稿参赛。内容包括：赞扬的重要性好话一句三冬暖赞扬的作用给他人好心情和谐人际关系激励他人进步呼吁人们多赞扬注意：1. 作文词数150左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数； 3. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。Good afternoon, everyone!The topic of my speech today is “The Power of Praise”._书面表达2中学举办学生“成人礼”活动已成惯例，但是最近有所学校斥资数十万举办此项活动，引发了人们的热议。请你根据以下提示，用英语写一篇短文，介绍人们的不同看法以及你自己的观点。赞成者1. 有助于弘扬民族传统文化；2. 可增强青少年的家庭和社会责任感。反对者1. 形式单一，内容枯燥，缺乏趣味性；2. 巨资浪费，使活动失去本意。你的观点（至少两点）参考词汇：a rite of passage（成人礼）注意：1. 对所有要点逐一陈述，可适当发挥，不要简单翻译；2. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数；3. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。In recent years, ithas beena common practice for high schools to hold a rite of passage. KEY单选：1-5 DDABB6-10 BADCB11-15 DCDAD完形：16-20 ADDBC 21-25 BCADC 26-30 BABDC 31-35 ADCAB阅读：1-4 DBBC5-8 BBCA 任务型阅读：1. determine / affect / decide 2. additions 3. killing / removing 4. providing 5. seeking/finding 6. appear/exist 7. reach / draw 8. poorly/badly 9. difficult / hard 10. distinguish书面表达1：Good afternoon, everyone!The topic of my speech today is “The Power of Praise”.There is a