课时作业(七) 必修2 Unit 2 The Olypic Gaes
Ⅰ.单项
1．(2016•重庆卷)—The odern Art Exhibition in the City useu has been cancelled.
—Oh，no！________.
A．It’s a pity B．It doesn’t atter
C．I knew it already D．It’s not interesting at all
2．Hosting the 31st Olypics is________great honor and the Brazilians are working hard to ake the gaes________success.
A．a；/ B．/；a
C．a；a D．/；/
3．—Tina plays the violin________， if not better than，Catherine.
—I can’t agree with you ore.
A．as well B．as well as
C．so well D．so well as
4．He has been acting very strangely these days.I can’t________his actions at all.
A．ask for B．account for
C．call for D．stand for
5．(2013•郑州一中检测)As a atter of fact，getting rid of a bad habit is________foring a good one.
A．an effort uch as B．uch an effort as
C．as an effort uch as D．as uch an effort as
6．The writer goes to the library every________days and he’ll finish the novel within________days.
A．a few；a few B．few；few
C．few；a few D．a few；few
7．After the operation，the patient is supposed to go to the hospital for________checks every onth.
A．coon B．noral
C．regular D．usual
8．—Your dress is quite beautiful on you.
—Thank you.I got it when it was on sale.It was really a________.
A．treasure B．ercy
C．charge D．bargain
9．(2013•福建毕业班质检)As is known to all，the ter “Lei Feng”________anyone who is selfless，or anyone who is ready to help others in China.
A．focuses on B．stands for
C．results fro D．turns to
10．(2013•河北省邯郸市
高三第一次模拟考试)—How terrible it is today!
—________.A very bad day for swiing，isn’t it?
A．So it is B．So is it
C．Nor it is D．Nor is it
11．(2013•山西太原五中四月月考)The boss refused to sell the car for________he thought was not satisfactory.
A．that B．which
C．how D．what
12．(2013•江西九所中学高三联考)—How uch did he charge you________the service?
—Luckily，it’s________nothing.
A．for；of B．for；for
C．for；/ D．of；/
13．(2013•太原模拟)So severe was the earthquake________the country had to start a huge rescue operation.
A．and B．so
C．that D．as
14．r Sith doesn’t want to________the debate over which artist’s work should be chosen for the prize because ost of the artists are his friends.
A．take away B．take off
C．take apart D．take part i n
15．________the traditional business letter，the eail plays a ore and ore iportant role in the coercial affairs.
A．Largely replaced
B．Having largely replaced
C．Largely to replace
D．Having largely been replaced
Ⅱ.理解
A
(2013•东北三校第一次联考)
When Taylor Swift first cae to the attention of the public，she was a 17yearold newcoer who loved singing to her guitar.She seeed far ore enthusiastic than skillful.
Four years later，Swift becae a ultiaward winner.This onth，she was crowned “Woan of the Year” by Billboard agazine，the youngest singersongwriter ever to receive the honor.“Aged only 21，Taylor has already ade a aior ipact on usic and has been an unbelievable role odel for hopeful artists and young woen everywhere，” said Bill Werde，Billboard’s director.
Werde’s_words_do_not_coe_fro_nowhere. Unlike any pop singers，especially those who do not write their own aterial，Swift has the power of turning her ideas into lyrics that will set people thinking.“Hidden beneath Taylor Swift’s notagirl，notyetawoan sweetness is a very skillful songwriting technique，” wrote Leah Greenblatt in an Aerican agazine.
Songwriting，as Swift explains，is to cope with issues.“I tend to write about things that really ipact e ost.” There certainly sees to be soething true and honest running through every one of the 14 songs on her albu，Speak Now，about “the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18,19 and 20.”
“For the audience too young to have experienced real passion or heartbreak，Swift’s songs are like a potential road ap，proising things will work ou t OK，” coented Dorian ynskey in a British newspaper.
Now Swift is getting ready to go further and has so far written about 10 songs f or her 2016 albu，which i s about feelings of growing up and becoing an adult.“They’re sad，if I’ being honest.”“They’re about y heartbreaks and y oving on.But ore iportantly，they are about achieving contentent.You’re not always going to be perfectly happy as you grow up.”
1．What does the writer ean by saying “Werde’s words do not coe fro nowhere”？
A．Swift stands out as a singer and songwriter.
B．Only Swift writes her own songs.
C．Swift begins to take interest in singing.
D．Swift decides to deal with probles in her new albu.
2．Which of the following stateents is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Swift has the ability to write songs with deeper eanings.
B．Swift is both enthusiastic and skillful no
C．Swift becae a ultiaward winner when she began to sing on the stage.
D．Swift’s albu Spea k Now has 14 songs.
3．Taylor Swift’s 2016 albu ainly records________.
A．drea and reality B．heartbreak and despair
C．pain and growth D．probles and society
4．What is the best title for the passage?
A．Swift coes to people’s attention
B．Swift rises to fae
C．Swift wins any awards
D．Swift experiences real passion
B
(2016•西安市第一次质量检测)
ore than half of rich Aericans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday.
The survey，published by the Bank of Aerica，studied the rich with $3 illion or ore in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”．
The ajority of the 457 people surveyed are selfade，firstgeneration rich.Fiftytwo percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the faily wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.
They are worried that their children would becoe lazy，spend oney freely，ake bad decisions and even becoe a target for gold diggers.
Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to han dle any inheritance (遗产) they plan to leave the.
“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，” said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investent anageent of the Bank of Aerica.“Our research，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”
The trend is led by the world’s richest an Bill Gates，who proised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by hi and his wife，the Bill and alinda Gates Foundation (基金会)，and not to his children.
“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the ost positive ipact，” he said.
Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids soe oney but not a eaningful percentage...they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”
5．We can learn fro the passage that________.
A．rich parents ay not know how to anage their inheritance
B．rich parents don’t equal rich kids，at least in the US
C．Aerican children don’t get to inherit their parents’ wealth
D．poor children don’t expect theselves to be as rich as their parents
6．According to the survey，ost rich Aericans________.
A．think they owe their children nothing
B．think it best to give their oney back to society
C．doubt their children’s ability to handle wealth
D．are confid ent of their children’s ability to handle wealth
7．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refers to________.
A．responsible children B．Bill Gates and his wife
C ．firstgeneration rich D．rich parents
8．Fro the last paragraph，we can see that Bill Gates wants to show________.
A．the trend of leaving no inheritance to children
B．the positive ipact of charity on society
C．the way of giving back to society
D．the iportance of independence for children
答案：
课时作业(七)
Ⅰ.单项
1．解析： 考查情景交际。根据前面的“Oh，no！”可知此处表示遗憾，故选A项。B项意为“没关系”，C项意为“我已经知道了”，D 项意为“根本没有意思”，都不符合语境。
答案： A
2．解析： honor作“光荣的人或事”讲时，是可数名词；a success表示“一个成功的人或一件成功的事”，这里指“一届成功的奥运会”。
答案： C
3．解析： 上句意为：Tina小提琴拉得如果不比Catherine好的话，也跟她一样好。这里的if not better than可以视为插入语。
答案： B
4．解析： 句意为：这些天来他行为一直很古怪。我根本无法承受他的行为。ask for要求；account for说明；call for要求；stand for忍受。
答案： D
5．解析： 在as(so)．.. as中，第一个as(so)为副词，后接形容词；第二个as是连词后跟名词或从句，该题正确的语序是as uch an effort as。
答案： D
6．解析： every few days“每几天”；few前不加a，因为every修饰few。a few表示“一些”。
答案： C
7．解析： 此处表示“定期检查”，应使用regular。regular意为“有规律的，定期的”，指合乎规则或该种类一般。
答案： C
8．解析： 句意为：——你的裙子穿在身上很美。——谢谢，我是在它降价销售时买的，它真是一件廉价商品。A项“珠宝，珍宝”，B项“宽恕，恩惠”，C项“收费，指挥，主管”，D项“廉价商品，便宜货”。
答案： D
9．解析： 句意为：大家都知道，在中国“雷锋”这个字眼儿象征着任何无私或任何乐于助人的人。stand for代表，象征；focus on聚集于，集中精力于；result fro因……而导致；turn to转向，求助于。
答案： B
10．解析： 此处表示肯定问话的内容，故用so it is。句意为：——今天天气多糟糕啊！——的确是。不是游泳的好天气，难道不是吗？
答案： A
11．解析： 此处he thought为插入语，what作宾语从句的主语。句意为：那位老板拒绝以不满意的价钱卖车。
答案： D
12．解析： 考查介词。第一空，charge...for...表示“(向……)收费，开价”；第二空，for nothing表示“免费”。
答案： B
13．解析： 题干实际上使用的是so...that(如此……以至于)这一结构，只是so部分放在了句首，主谓倒装 。
答案： C
14．解析： 从because ost of the artists are his friends可知在此用take part in表示“史密斯先生不想参加辩论”。
答案： D
15．解析： the eail是动作replace的执行者，故排除A和D；to do表示将来的情况，与事实不符，故答案为B。
答案： B
Ⅱ.理解
语篇解读： 本文主要讲述了Swift由开始时对音乐的酷爱到最终成为成绩卓著的音乐人的故事。
1．解析： 推理。根据第二段中Werde所说的话及第三段的第二句可知，画线句表明“Swift作为歌手和曲作家很出色。”
答案： A
2．解析： 正误。根据第二段的第一句可知，Swift 4年后才成为一个多次获奖的赢家。由此可知C项与原文内容不符。
答案： C
3．解析： 细节理解题。由最后一段的内容可知，她的这个专辑是有关成长及随之而来的痛苦的。
答案： C
4．解析： 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了Swift作为一个音乐人逐步走向成功的故事。故B项作为标题最合适。
答案： B
语篇解读： 调查表明，大部分美国富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算将丰厚的资产传给后代。
5．解析： 推理判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中，几乎没有人计划为他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子，由此可推断在美国，父母富有并不意味着孩子富有。
答案： B
6．解析： 推理判断题。根据第四段内容可推知，大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富的能力。
答案： C
7．解析： 猜测词义题。人们期望富裕的父母把他们的财富传给下一代，此处they指代的是画线词前面的“the wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。
答案： D
8．解析： 推理判断题。根据本段中比尔•盖茨所说的话可推知，他更强调 孩子的个人奋斗，认为培养孩子的自立很重要。
答案： D
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