2021 必修4 Unit 2 Work the land

1 Unit 2 Woorking the land

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短文填空

New Zealand is only a young country and _____very far away from

China.From the southern parts of China，it ______ more than 9,000

kilometres across Southeast Asia to ______ New Zealand. the

fact that New Zealand is so far away，ties have existed

the two nations from early on.The first wave of Chinese settlers

_______ around the middle of the nineteenth century.Most of them

came from southern China.They came to try their ______ to find

gold.Gold was discovered in New Zealand in the 1850s.This

many pioneers who hoped to become rich through the gold business.

lies

takes

reach

between

arrived

luck

attracted

Despite

漫画欣赏 2 画面描述

A boy is absorbed in fishing.Three other boys are leaving，emptyhanded，though there’re many fish in the water.

Unit 2 第 2 课时 Reading

I .单词拼写

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限写一词）。

1. He is s _______ from a day on the beach.

2. The measures will enable us to double our o _______ of bicycles.

3. He is thinking of e _______ his business.

4. It is _______（令人不安的）to hear of your illness.

5. I'm not at all s _______ with the result.

6. These birds are rare and t _______ protected by law.

7・ She's old enough to have the ______ （自由）to do as she likes.

8. We ___________ （出 口）goods to over 40 different countries.

9. She lives in France but has British n _______ .

10. Prices have risen greatly during the past ___________ （十年）•

答案:1 .sunburnt 2.output 3.expanding 4.disturbing 5.satisfied 6. there fore

7. freedom S.export

9. nationality lO.decades

II •用本课所学知识翻译下列短语。

1. 种地做研究

2. 为……而奋斗

3. 世界第一位农业先驱

4. 产量高

5. 出生于一个贫穷的农民家庭

6. 提高水稻产量的极大需求

高中英语必修4 Unit2练习及答案

Unit 2 Working the land

一、请根据各句上下文的意义，选择正确的单词填入空白处。

第一组：nutrition, level, struggle, grain, suitable, hunger, exchange, summary,

sunburn, export

1 According to the latest survey the Qomolangma is 8844.43 meters above sea

______.

2 We should try to save rice, never waste even a _______ of rice.

3 He died of ______ because he had not eaten for days.

4 We were asked to write a ________ after reading the long passage.

5 The toys produced in our factory are mainly ________ to European countries.

6 If you stay out in the scorching sun for some time then you will get ________.

7 Can I ________ my seat with you? I cannot see the blackboard clearly.

8 Shenzhen is really a modern city ________ for people to live in.

9 When seeing a boy ________ in the river I jumped into the water to save him.

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Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1.It’s necessary to be prepared for a job interview.Having(have) the

answers ready will be of great help.

解析：句意：为工作面试做好准备是非常必要的。准备好问题的答案是非常有帮助的。此处为动名词作主语。

2.Seeing the funny scene, I can’t help laughing(laugh).

解析：can’t help doing禁不住做某事。can’t help (to) do不能帮助做某事。

3.It is difficult to imagine his accepting(accept) the decision without any

consideration.

解析：句意：很难想象他不假思索地接受了这个决定。imagine后要跟动名词。

4.The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years to

planting(plant) trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great

value.

解析：句意：在过去的几年里他在遥远的地区种树，贡献出的时间和努力被认为是非常有价值的。定语从句修饰time and effort,从句的主干结构为devote one’s life/time/energy to doing sth.。

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5.Now that we have lost all the money, it’s no use scolding(scold) me and

saying it’s all my fault.

解析：句意：既然我们已经丢了所有的钱，责备我和说是我的责任也是没有用的。It’s no use doing做某事是没有用的。