必修4 Unit 2单元提升练习
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必修4
Unit 2
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2019河南郑州“二模”)
I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the
news I had never expected. A lump in my neck __1__ out to be cancer. I would __2__ six months
of chemotherapy (化疗).
After the shock, laws struck by this thought: my __3__ didn't have any room for cancer. I had
so much I wanted to __4__ and so many goals I wanted to chase.
I was faced with the __5__ job of telling my friends and family. Then, I had to decide whether
to __6__ in Cambridge and take five exams at the end of the year. My doctor __7__ against it, and
so did my parents and teachers.
My doctors and teachers convinced me that taking some time off to __8__ and relax would be
the best thing for me. I could not think of anything __9__. I did not want to __10__ a year of my
life, receiving pity from those around me.
Together with my parents, I tried to persuade the university to __11__ me to stay at Cambridge
and study only half the course. At the end of the year I would take two exams. It was really a
__12__ to persuade them to agree.
Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It
made me feel __13__, but to a much lesser degree than I had expected. I was __14__ to read, eat
and socialize exactly as I used to. I slept a lot and rested a lot, but I also worked hard at my studies.
It gave me focus, and it also gave me purpose. Completing my __15__ at the end of term felt like a
great personal victory.
I took a __16__ to continue studying while undergoing treatment, and it __17__. I was
successful in my exams and more __18__, I made a full recovery.
Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the __19__ that are right for them. I am
__20__ that I made the decision that was right for me.
( )1.A.stuck B.came
C.turned D.worked
( )2.A.require B.expect
C.sense D.arrange
( )3.A body B.memories
C.family D.dreams
( )4.A.face B.achieve
C.show D.understand ( )5.A.necessary B.temporary
C.difficult D.disappointing
( )6.A join B.treat
C.settle D.continue
( )7.A.fought B.advised
C.acted D.decided
( )8.A.recover B. exercise
C.study D.play
( )9.A.better B.worse
C.more D.less
( )10.A.save B.spend
C.take D.miss
( )11.A.help B.remind
C.allow D.invite
( )12.A.struggle B.failure
C.burden D.trouble
( )13.A.tired B.relaxed
C.confident D.nervous
( )14.A.afraid B.ready
C.able D.eager
( )15.A purpose B.projects
C.treatment D.exams
( )16.A rest B.risk
C.privilege D.job
( )17.A.ended up B.passed on
C.paid off D.broke out
( )18.A.clearly B.interestingly
C.specifically D.importantly
( )19.A.choices B.changes
C.efforts D.chances
( )20.A.surprised B.excited
C.determined D.proud
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在上大二的时候被诊断出得了癌症,家人和医生一致建议作者休学去治病,但是作者决定一边上学一边治病。最终,作者的努力获得了回报,不仅获得了好成绩,更重要的是,作者康复了。
1.C。作者脖子里的一个肿块结果证明是癌症。
2.A。根据常识可判断出,作者得了癌症,因此他需要化疗。
3.D。 根据下文“I had so much I wanted to__4__and so many goals I wanted to chase.”可知,作者有很多梦想要实现,无法给癌症腾出空间。
4.B。参见上题解析。
5.C。根据逻辑关系可判断出,将自己得癌症的消息告诉家人和朋友是一件难事。
6.D。根据上文中的“started my second year studying at Cambridge University”可知,作者需要决定是否要继续留在Cambridge上学并完成最后的五次考试。
7.B 根据常识可知,为了作者的健康着想,医生应是建议作者不要再去上学了。
8.A 根据空格后的relax可判断出,作者的医生和老师都想让作者休学以让身体得到康复。
9.B。根据下一句“I did not want to__10__a year of my life, receiving pity from those around
me.”可知,作者想不到有什么比这(得癌症)更糟糕的事了。
10.D。根据空格后的“receiving pity from those around me”和上文描述的作者有很多梦想要实现可知,作者不想一年的时间什么都不做。
11.C。 根据该段末尾的“persuade them to agree”并结合语境可知,作者努力劝服校方允许自己继续留在大学学习。
12.A。作者患了癌症,因此要说服校方同意作者继续留校学习应是一件难事。故选A。
13.A。上文提到,作者经常要去医院进行治疗,这样作者需要经常往返于学校和医院这两个地方,因此作者会感觉有些累。
14.C。根据下文的描述并结合语境可知,虽然有些累,但作者当时能够做到像以前一样读书、吃饭和交际。
15.D。根据上文多次提到“exams”可知,此处应表示作者完成学期末的考试后,感觉自己像是获得了一场巨大的胜利。
16.B。作者患了癌症,需要化疗,但作者还是继续学习。这是有一定的风险的。take a
risk to do sth.“冒风险做某事”。
17.C。 根据下文中的“I was successful in my exams and more __18__, I made a full
recovery.”可判断出,最终作者的努力获得了回报。
18.D。根据空格后的“I made a full recovery.”并结合语境可知,作者的考试成绩不错,更重要的是,作者完全康复了。
19.A。 根据下一句话提示“I made the decision…”,故选A。
20.D。根据上下文,“我很自豪我做出了适合我的决定”,故选D。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2016山西临汾一中高三月考)
As the population grows and temperatures rise, it will become more difficult to grow enough
food for everyone.So, scientists are exploring the planet for plants that do not need as much water
as today's crops.The Mojave Desert in the US state of California is home to some of these plants.
Scientist Heather Rose Kates of the University of Florida is in that desert.She is searching
along roads for a plant called coyote melon which is a kind of squash(南瓜小果).Coyote melon
may not taste good, but it can be grown in places that have little rainfall.The desert where it grows