人教新课标必修四UNIT2Working the land课下作业

人教新课标 必修四Unit2课下作业

贵州省思南中学 许义怀

Part 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending

I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。

1. When you go out in the hot sun, you should always put cream on your skin to avoid getting s_____.

2. The young girl is s_____ to bring up a family alone.

3. The measures will enable us to increase our o_____ of bicycles soon. 4. My friend was down with the flu, and _____ (因此) couldn’t come to the party. 5. The _____ (令人不安的) problem has been making it hard for him to sleep every night.

6. In ten years the city’s population e_____ by 12%, which has made the city more crowded.

7. Although he speaks English fluently, he is not of British or American _____ (国籍). 8. Please state your name, address and _____ (职业).

9. Our products are _____ (出口) to Southeast Asia to gain more profit. 10. Blood _____ (循环) in the body until life stops. II. 每空填一词，使上下两句话的意思相同或相近。 1. His explanation satisfied everyone present at the meeting.

Everyone present at the meeting _____ _____ _____ his explanation. 2. There is a color TV in each classroom in our school. Each classroom in our school _____ _____ _____ a color TV.

3. The first ten years of the 21st century saw the development of the company. The first _____ of the 21st century saw the development of the company. 4. The man in the forest struggled to rid himself of his fears. The man in the forest struggled to _____ _____ _____ his fears. III. 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。

1. It was _____ (多亏了) your timely help that we accomplished the task on time.

2. From his manner, we knew that he _____ (对……满意) the exam. 3. —Do you mind my keeping pets at home? —I _____ (宁愿) you didn’t.

IV. 根据上下文的语法结构及所给提示填空，使短文连贯通顺。

Farming was once the chief way of life in nearly every country. People cannot

live 1. _____ food, and nearly all their food comes from 2. _____ and animals raised 3. _____ farms. Many other materials such as cotton and wool also come from plants and animals 4. _____ (raise) on farms. Not many people farm for a 5. _____ (live) any more, but farming 6. ______ (remain) the most important 7. _____ (occupy) in the world. 8. _____ (science) methods and labor-saving machinery have made farming increasingly 9. _____ (product). The development of improved plant varieties and fertilizers has helped double and even triple the yields of some major crops. At the same time, the use of tractors and other modern farm equipment has sharply 10. _____ (reduce) the need for farm labor.

Learning about Language

I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。

1. Don’t show him the other way of doing it — it’ll only c______ him. 2. I ______ (后悔) not having worn a thicker coat yesterday.

3. The sailors ______(搏斗) with the winds and waves and finally landed the goods at New York.

4. This plant can grow in many parts of the g______.

5. Some farmers are discussing which c_______ they should grow in the field next year.

II. 根据括号内的提示，完成句子。

1. _______ (大声朗读) in the reading room is a bad habit. 2. It’s no use _______ (像这样谈话).

3. In my mind, _______ (进入那所著名的大学) will be the only way to become a world-class writer.

4. Mary prepared well for the job interview, for she couldn’t risk _______ (丢失这个好机会).

5. My little brother remembered _______ (没有完成作业), so he got up early to do it the next morning.

III. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. _____ (eat) more fruit every day is helpful to keep the flu away from you. 2. It’s no use _____ (argue) with him, so you’d better give it up.

3. I can hardly imagine Peter _____ (sail) across the Atlantic Ocean alone. 4. —You were brave enough to raise different opinions at the meeting. —Well, now I regret _____ (do) that.

5. One learns a language by making mistakes and _____ (correct) them. 6. He is proud of his son’s _____ (win) first prize. 7. —What do you think of the book?

—Excellent. It’s worth _____ (read) a second time. 8. This new order will mean _____ (work) overtime.

9. Jenny could not help _____ (cry) when she was reading the moving story. 10. She looks forward every spring to _____ (walk) in the flower garden.

Using Language

I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。

1. The number of people suffering from heart disease will be greatly _____ (减少) if they are persuaded to eat more fruit and vegetables.

2. Please summarize the main idea by _____ (略读) the article.

3. Researchers in this field have made several important new _____ (发现). 4. Farmers are reducing their use of _____ (化学的) fertilizers on crops. II. 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。

1. All the pressure _____ (逐渐增强) and he was off work for weeks with stress. 2. As I said before, we need to _____ (集中精力于) the customers and their needs. 3. The news shocked the public, _____ (导致) great concern about students’ safety at school.

4. The report focused on how teachers are _____ their students _____ the pressure of exams. (使……免受影响)

5. In ancient times, the masses were not allowed to _____ (评论) politics. 6. More and more farmers are beginning to ______ (转向有机耕作).

7. The woman washed the vegetable again and again in order to ______ (避免影响健康).

8. The forest prevents wind and water from ______ (带走土壤). III. 用适当的介词填空。

1. Costs have been reduced ______ 20% over the past year. 2. You can focus your telescope ______ that distant television tower. 3. I hope I haven’t kept you ______ your work.

4. He made no comments _______ what I said at the meeting.

5. “Green food” is grown away ______ industrial areas and dirty water supplies. IV. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. The scientist said that the rocks had changed in both ______ (chemistry) and physical ways.

2. They hope that the new model will go into ______ (produce) next year.

3. The doctor advised him to eat more fish, which is a rich source of vitamins and ______ (mine).

4. In that research they made the ______ (discover) that bees can communicate with each other.

5. ______ (bacterium), which we can’t see with our naked eyes, are extremely small living things.

参考答案:

Warming Up, Pre- reading, Reading and Comprehending

I. 1. sunburnt 2. struggling 3. output

4. therefore 5. disturbing 6. expanded 7. nationality 8. occupation

9. exported 10. circulates

4. get rid of

II. 1. was satisfied with 2. is equipped with 3. decade

III. 1. thanks to 3. would rather

2. was satisfied with

IV. 1. without 2. crops 3. on 4. raised 5. living

6. remains

7. occupation 10. reduced

8. Scientific 9. productive

Learning about Language

I. 1. confuse 2. regretted 4. globe 5. crop II. 1. Reading aloud

3. battled

2. talking like this

3. attending the famous university 4. losing the good opportunity III. 1. Eating

5. not having finished his homework

2. arguing 3. sailing 4. doing

5. correcting 6. winning 7. reading

8. working 9. crying 10. walking

Using Language

I. 1. reduced 4. chemical

2. skimming 3. discoveries

II. 1. built up 2. focus on 3. leading to 4. keeping ... free from 5. comment on / about 6. turn to organic farming 7. avoid affecting health 8. carrying away the soil III. 1. by

2. on

3. from

4. on / about 5. from

IV. 1. chemical 2. production

3. minerals 4. discovery 5. Bacteria