Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.A组基础知识一、根据音标写单词1. /pleI/2. /wзk/3. /n/4. /j/5. /bIlt/二、根据句意及汉语提示完成句子1. Sometimes she writes some （诗）for herself.2. It took ten years to （建造） the huge bridge.3. Bill Gates is a very （成功的） businessman in the world.4. The poor man （去世） in his home town.5. All of us wish to travel （遍及） the world.三、用所给词的适当形式填空1. He （marry） her two years later.2. They （go） to school in different towns when they were young.3. Lucy （write） a letter to her friend three days ago.4. Betty （leave） school and（begin） work at the age of 12.5. I （take） a taxi to school yesterday.6. My family （come）to this town in the summer of 1970 because my grandpa（get） a job here.7. They （buy） a house one year later.8. We decided （visit） the new factory yesterday.9. When he was free at home, he always （read） books.10. The boy wants to be an （act） like Andy Lau.四、句型转换1. We enjoyed ourselves at the party last night. （改为同义句）We at the party last n ight.2. Jim got married in 1582. （对画线部分提问）Jim ?3. Tan Lei became a member of the Party in 1995. （改为同义句）Tan Lei the Party in 1995.4. She is a successful actress. （对画线部分提问）she?5. He moved to New York when he was eighteen.（改为同义句）He moved to New York eighteen.B组能力提升一、完形填空Last Saturday, Tony went to see Benny. But he didn’t know 1 Benny lived. 2 the way, he stopped in front of a yellow house, and asked an old woman the 3 to Benny’s house. “His house is not far from my house,” said the woman. “It’s behind the trees. But you can’t get there 4 . You can go there by bus. It’ll5 you several hours to get there6 foot.” “What’s7 with her?” Tony thought. “I can see Benny’s house from here now. It’s behind the8 .”T hen Tony walked to the other side of the trees. He found the old woman was 9 . There was a river in front of him, and he couldn’t see a boat. The house was on the other side of the 10 .（）1. A. what B. where C. how D. why（）2. A. By B. On C. Near D. In（）3. A. place B. house C. bus D. way（）4. A. well B. now C. easily D. hurry（）5. A. spend B. take C. bring D. carry（）6. A. in B. on C. by D. with（）7. A. matter B. trouble C. wrong D. right（）8. A. houses B. rivers C. trees D. boats（）9. A. right B. good C. wrong D. fine（）10. A. road B. street C. tree D. river二、阅读理解One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat byhis feet and a sign that read: “I am blind. Please help me.”A creative publicist（广告员） named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat. Without asking for per mission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins. The blind man recognised（识别） his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.The publicist said, “I just wrote the message a little differently.” He smiled and wen t on his way.The new sign read: “Spring has come, but I can’t see any thing.”（）1. What’s the blind man’s name?A. Tom.B. John.C. Tony.D. Sorry, I don’t know.（）2. Who wrote a new message?A. The blind man.B. The teacher.C. The publicist.D. The farmer. （）3. How did the blind man recognise the publicist?A. By his sign.B. By his footsteps.C. By his voice.D. By his coins.（）4. When did the story happen?A. In spring.B. In summer.C. In autumn.D. In winter.（）5. What can we learn from the passage?A. Publicists are always friendly and helpful.B. We can get more money by chang-ing a sign.C. The blind man was very stupid, so he had little money.D. The power（力量） of language is great.三、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空1. Anna John two years ago.2. Yesterday there was a in the old library, but luckily, no one died.3. Shakespear’s poems are still popular .4. We all think English is a ve ry important , we should learn it well.5. Nick has much money, so he is very .四、根据短文内容及汉语提示完成短文Shakespeare 1 （结婚） in 1582 and had three children. He became famous2 （围绕） the world for his 3 （戏剧；剧本） and you can see them in many different 4 （语言）. Shakespeare wrote 5 （诗歌） as well. He was also a6 （富有的） and 7 （成功的） actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building.There was a8 （火灾） in the old theatre and they 9 （建造） it again. He 10 （去世） at the age of 52.五、语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。
