Unit 2The United KingdomGrammarⅠ同义句改写1.His car broke down and he had to get someone to repair it.→His car broke down and he had to .2.How do you want them to decorate your new room?→How do you ?3.After the robbery, they found that the window was broken.→After the robbery, they .4.Unfortunately, her bag was stolen while she was doing some shopping.→Unfortunately, she while she was doing some shopping.5.When I walked past, I saw the old building had been pulled down.→When I walked past, I.Ⅱ用所给词的适当形式填空1.Dr Lee was very happy to see his mother(take) good care of at home.2.The villagers had many trees (plant) just then.3.I found the letter (hide) under the newspaper.4.When I came back from the downtown area, I found my pocket (lose).5.The woman was standing there with her arms (fold).6.Keep your mouth (shut) and your eyes open.7.I won’t have you (talk) to your mother like that.8.When I got there,I found the farmers (feed) the chickens.9.I was in the kitchen cooking something when I felt the floor(move).10.He spoke so loudly in order to make himself (hear) clearly.Ⅲ阅读理解AVisiting London can be an expensive trip, so establishing a budget and finding bargains when you arrive will help you get around London on the cheap. The following steps can help you findcheaper alternatives for transport for your London trip.Familiarize yourself with the city’s boroughs(区) and determine specifically the area where you will be staying. You can use a street map, or an online map search engine, to establish where in the city you will be staying and the distance you are from the major tourist attractions you want to visit.Find a local provider of Transport for London tickets or travel cards, since your first bargain purchase will be an an an Oyster card. Travelling around London with an Oyster card will give you access to the cheapest option of transportation methods and the Oyster card is accepted citywide on buses, boats and the London underground, known by the locals as “the tube”.Seek out your nearest tube station. The tube is the cheapest and most reliable form of transportation and runs from around 6 am until around 1 am, depending on the line or the station.There are 287 tube stations in London that accept the Oyster card, with a high concentration in Central London. If you are staying anywhere in Central London, there will be a tube station less than 10 minutes away.The Transport for London website offers a tube station search facility to find the nearest subway station to any location in the city. When you find a tube station, you can easily locate the closest bus stop by using the comparison bus-tube maps at the station’s entrance.Follow the Transport for London Tube Guide to your destinations and always plan ahead. Making a plan for transport will save you unnecessary expenses, wasted trips on the tube and doubling back on your journey.1.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A.To introduce the public transport system in London.B.To show readers how to use the Oyster card.C.To prove the subway in London is easy to use.D.To offer tips for saving transport costs in London.2.Which of the following can help a traveller spend the least money on transport?A.Trying different transportation methods.B.Taking buses as much as possible.C.Travelling with an Oyster card.D.Making a plan before your journey.3.We can conclude from the passage that .A.the subway is the cheapest means of transport in LondonB.only tube stations in Central London accept an Oyster cardC.subway lines in London run more than 19 hours a dayD.the transfer from subway to bus is not always availableBIreland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer (征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south is an independent country.In the 1840s, the main crop was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people will work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived (复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.4. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?A.How the Irish fought against the English.B.How Ireland gained independence.C.How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.D.How two “Irelands” came i nto being.5. We learn from the text that in Ireland .A.food shortages in the 1840s led to a decrease in populationB.people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countrysideC.it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory workerD.different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments6. The last paragraph is mainly about.A.the Irish characterB.Irish cultureC.Irish musical instrumentsD.a famous Irish writer7. What can be the best title for the text?A.Life in IrelandB.A very difficult historyC.Ireland, past and presentD.The independence of IrelandCEaster Island’s large and mysterious stone statues (雕像) have made it world famous. These statues, whose likenesses look like humans with huge stone cylinders (圆筒状物) balancing on their heads like hats, have tourists coming from all over the world. The tourists come to see these works of ancient art carved by the early inhabitants of the island. They come to see the mystery that has puzzled historians for decades.Easter Island is located in a remote part of the South Pacific Ocean about 2,300 miles west of Chile. Easter Island covers just 45 square miles and its Polynesian name is Rapa Nui.On Easter Sunday 1722, a Dutch explorer named Jacob Roggeveen was the first European to see Easter Island. The early Polynesians carved the statues within the holes of the volcano using only stone tools. Then they moved these huge statues to various destinations throughout the island. These 600 statues range in height from 10 to 40 feet. Some of them weigh as much as 50 tons. How could the early Polynesians lift hundreds of heavy statues out of the volcano? How did they move them across the island to their various locations? All of these questions, as well as many others, remain unanswered.The early islanders probably worshiped (崇拜) these eyeless giants until sometime around 1670. In 1680, a war broke out between two groups of islanders. The victors of the war and ancestors of thepresent inhabitants, broke down many of the statues. In most cases, they broke the necks of the statues.Now 15 of the statues on Easter Island have been repaired to their original positions on their stone platforms. Even today, using modern tools and machinery, putting up such large statues and balancing cylinders on top of their heads presents a challenging task.8. What do we know about Easter Island?A.It is a big island of Chile.B.It is located in North Pacific Ocean.C.It was named after a Dutch explorer.D.Its early inhabitants were Polynesians.9. Scientists are still uncertain about .A.why people built the statuesB.where people made the statuesC.how people transported the statuesD.how many statues there are on the island10. What happened in 1680?A.Many statues were damagedB.Another 15 statues were put upC.People began to worship the statuesD.The islanders started a war against outsiders11. The purpose of the text is to .A.entertainB.advertisermD.persuadeⅣ概要写作阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
