人教版高中英语必修四Unit2Workingthelandreading课时作业

1、名校名 推荐unit 2 working the land reading课时作业一、短文填空 :in 2016, athletes from around the world will compete for gold 1 _ (medal) in thesummer olympics. brazil was named to host this important sporting event 2 _ october,2009. it will be the first olympics 3 _ (hold) in south america.the games will take pla

2、ce in rio de janeiro. the city beat out three other sites, madrid,tokyo and chicago, to host the event. when 4_internationalolympiccommitteechose rio de janeiro, cheering people 5_(flood) the citys streets. the olympics areexpected 6_ (attract) tens of thousands of people. brazilian officials 7 _(si

3、ncere) hope hosting the games willimprove life in brazil. about 30 percent 8 _people there live in poverty, or in poor conditions. tourism during the olympics is expected tocreate more than 2 million jobs.its going to be good for the economy, and good for the people, brazils president, luizinacio lu

4、la da silva says. this gives us hope 9_things will be 10 _(good)here. ”【答案】 1. medals2. in3. to be held4. the5. flooded6. to attract7. sincerely8. of9. that10. better二：短文改错 :one day, the wind and the sun were arguing about whom was the strongest. it is clear that lwas the strongest, said the wind.wh

5、en i blow, branches breaks off the trees.“ thats nothing,said the sun.“ i am very much stronger than that.” just then, they saw a man wear a heavy coat.we willtry to make her take offhis coat, said the sun. whoeversucceeds willbe thestrongest. ” the wind blew hardly at the man, so it was useless. th

6、en the sun came out and shonegently down on the man. the man smiled and took his coat to enjoy the warm sunshine. you see? asked the sun. kindness and gentleness are stronger than anything on the world.【答案】1. whom-who2. strongest stronger3. was am4. breaks break5. wearwearing6. her him7. hardly hard

7、8. off9. in10 正确三七选五：1名校名 推荐you liketo read about staying healthy and livinga long life.36here are somehighlights from the health report for 2014. it includes comments from our international audience.sit less, live longer37 the story sit less, live longer explores the dangers of sitting too much. it

8、 encouraged many of you to get up from your desks and move more at work.are you hardcore enough for cross fit?cross fit is a fitness trend that has been very popular in recent years. it uses very basic butvery challenging exercises.38but some like the fact that you do the exercises in teams.how does

9、 my brain work best?39 and they seem to like reports on how to use their brains most effectively. for example, we wrote about a study that found if you write your class notes by hand, you will remember them better than if you type them.is writing notes by hand better than typing?henry from venezuela

10、 says, taking notes is helpful when i put all the words down usingmy hand. i just take into consideration what is important to me. and a listener called “ whitecrystal from vietnam says, in my opinion, when you want to remember something, write it.because, when youre writing it means youre thinking

11、about it. you use listening, understanding,seeing and thinking.”its never too late to make your dreams come truemr. reid, nobue from japan wrote, actually, i have some dreams in mind, and follow thesedreams.40i will give them my best shot.”a. you like to know how your brain works best.b. all of us l

12、ack good living methods.c. we all sit a lot.d. some think that it is unlikely to be a challenging sport.e. i am such a happy person that i can follow my dreams.f. some say it is too easy to get hurt doing cross fit.g. our listeners like their brains.【答案】 adefb四阅读理解：2名校名 推荐“ i went skydiving at 84!”a

13、s a young girl growing up in the 1930s, i always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of a woman to do that. i got a taste of that dream in 2011,when my husbandarranged for me ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. but the experience turned out to be very dull. around that

14、time ,i told my husband that i wanted to skydive. so when our retirementcommunity （社区） announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, i decided to write about my dream.in the essay, i wrote about my desire to skydive, stati

15、ng george brush sr. did it at age 80.why not me? i was just 84 and in pretty good health. a year went by and i heard nothing. butthen at a community party in late april 2009, they announced that i was one of the winners. i justcouldn t believe it.one june 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends

16、 gathered in the area close to where iwouldland whilei headed up in the airplane. myinstructor,jay, guided me through theexperience. the plane was the noisiest one i had ever been in, but i wasnfrightenediwasreally just looking forward to the experience. when we reached 13,000 feet, jay instructed m

17、e tothrow myself out of the plane. when we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that i could hardlybreathe. for a second i thought,“ what have i gotten myself into?hing got” calmerbutthen. everytwe were in a free fall for about a minute before jay opened the parachute （降落伞） , then we justfloate

18、d downward for about five minutes. being up in the clouds and looking at the view belowwas unlike anything i have ever felt much better than the hot air balloon. i was just enjoying it. skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. i hope other people will lookat me and realize that you don t stop living just because you are 84 years old. if thereyou want to experience, look into it. if it s something that is possible, make it happen.1.what