module2 A job worth doing--reading

Module 2 第二课时

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．Let me reassure you your service is quite s______.

2．It seemed to be her m______ to care for her brother's children.

3．We must r______ the laws of a country we are in.

4．He came towards me, smiled and o______ his hand.

5．She recognized that he was not ________(合格的) for the post.

6．The ________(志愿者) for community service are doing a good job.

7．Is this announcement the ________(信号) of better times ahead?

8．Her parents' divorce had a ________(极大的) effect on her life.

答案：1.satisfying 2.mission 3.respect 4.offered 5.qualified 6.volunteers 7.signal

8.profound

Ⅱ.单项填空

1．Luke was ________ a job to work abroad immediately after he graduated from university.

A．obtained B．offered

C．provided D．supplied

答案：B 句意是：卢克大学毕业后立刻被提供了一份去国外工作的职业。obtain“得到”。provide和supply都表示“提供”，但不接双宾语，只有offer能形成offer sb. sth.或sb. be offered sth.或sth. be offered to sb.结构。

2．When Bob could not get a good job, he realized he had to ________ all the years of

fooling around instead of working hard in school.

A．make for B．pay for

C．call for D．apply for

答案：B 句意是：当鲍勃找不到理想的工作时，他意识到了这些年来他游手好闲，在学校不用心读书，因而得付出代价。make for“走向”；pay for“付出代价”；call for“要求，提倡”；apply for“申请”。

3．The government work report by Premier Wen covers a variety of issues, and social justice

________.

A．in common B．in general

C．in particular D．in pratice

答案：C 句意是：温总理作的政府工作报告包含了一系列的问题，尤其是社会公正问题。此句要用in particular突出重要内容，意为“尤其是”；in common“共同”；in

general“总的来说”；in practice“实际上”。

4．In the late afternoon, we reached ________ small village ________ east of ________ West

Hill.

A．the; the; the B．a; 不填；the

C．a; the; the D．a; 不填；不填

答案：B 句意是：下午很晚的时候，我们到了西山东边的一个小村庄。village前面要加不定冠词，表示“一个”；east在此句中作副词用，如果作名词则用to the east of; West Hill虽然是专有名词，但它是由普通名词构成的，所以前面要用定冠词。

5．The youngsters are to be taught to have respect ______ social moral standards.

A．of B．for

C．over D．with

答案：B 句意是：年轻人应当得到教育，尊重社会道德规范。have respect for是习惯用语，意为“尊重”。

6．________ from space, the earth, with water ________ seventy percent of its percentage,

looks a “blue ball”．

A．Seen; covered B．Seeing; covering

C．Seeing; covered D．Seen; covering

答案：D 句意是：从太空中看，被水覆盖了百分之七十的地球，看起来像是一个蓝色的球。seen是过去分词，与主语earth是被动关系；第二个空用covering，因为cover与water是主动关系。

7．There are a lot of websites offering different ________ to the study of English to the

beginners.

A．ways B．approaches

C．methods D．means

答案：B 句意是：有许多网站向初学者提供学习英语的不同方法。四个备选项中只有approaches后面才能接介词to。

8．A teacher cannot take ________ for granted that students always do their homework.

A．that B．the thing

C．it D．this

答案：C 句意是：老师不能假定学生们一定会做家庭作业。it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是由that引导的从句：that students always do their homework。for granted是宾补。

9．My brother is ________ about what he eats.

A．special B．particular

C．peculiar D．unusual

答案：B be particular about/over sth.“对„„特别讲究，挑剔”；special“特别的；专门的”；peculiar“特殊的；独特的”；unusual“不寻常的”。

10．The boss managed ________ the debts and ________ all his men.

A．to pay for; pay for B．paying back; pay

C．to pay off; pay D．to pay off; pay for

答案：C 句意为：老板还清了 债务并付了他手下人的工资。pay off the debts意为“还清债务”；pay sb.意为“付某人钱”。

Ⅲ.完形填空

When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I

recognized form my dad's office.

“What are you doing home already？” I asked __1__.

“Andrew, I was __2__ today，” he answered quietly.

I was sure he was joking. “No, you weren't. Why are you really home？”

Then I noticed his __3__ and realized he was telling the truth. My father has always been a

hard worker and __4__ himself on his career. __5__ for our family has been his joy, and I guess I

had taken his work for __6__.

My father's unemployment created many changes in our lives. He was home all day, __7__

meant my bed had to be made, my room __8__， and my homework done right after school. I

would come home every day to find him at the computer __9__ jobs. I began to notice how down

he seemed, and how losing his job had affected his self-esteem(自尊心), though he tried to be

__10__. For the first time, I saw my dad as the vulnerable. I gave up my __11__， which even

though it wasn't much, felt like the right thing to do. I __12__ found a part-time job.

After several difficult months of searching, my dad decided to go in a totally different

direction. He __13__ that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own

business. Day by day, I watched him build it, and I admired how much time and energy he devoted

to it.

One evening I asked if he needed help.

“__14__ it doesn't interfere(妨碍) with school，” he said, which sounded like a yes.

I __15__ at his office the next afternoon, and most afternoons after that for two months. I