Banked+Cloze+（BOOK+2）

Banked+Cloze+（BOOK+2）
Unit 1 Banked Cloze
1.
The highest mountain of all, the Chomolungma, is on every climber's list to do. But this
mountain is not
mountain range in the world, the Himalayas.
It is internationally recognized that the mountain was first climbed and
although controversy still exits about the question
Mallory and/or Andrew Irvine had climbed the mountain 29 years
More recently, questions about the commercialization have come up as more and more climbers make the climb.
The second highest mountain in the world is the K2, which is only one of the
Survey team gave it, after the first discovery. These letter-number combinations are
local name to be found, probably because it can't be seen from any
The mountain is famous for its difficult ascent and terrible weather
casualties among the climbers attempting to summit. The first successful summit
attempt was in 1954, after that 23 years passed before someone else put a foot on the top. The mountain also got some extra attention with the release of the film K2 in 1992, and Vertical Limit in 2000.
Correct answer: (1) without (2) descending (3) recorded (4) successfully (5)
whether (6) earlier (7) few (8) normally (9) settlement (10) conditions
Unit 3 Banked Cloze
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
1.
Food marketing brings together the producer and the consumer. It is the chain of
activities that brings food from "farm gate to plate". The marketing of even a single food
companies. For example, 56 companies are involved in making one can of chicken
noodle soup. These businesses
processors but also the companies that
those who print labels and manufacture cans. The food marketing
United States.
week when farmers took their wares on market day into the local village marketplace.
Here food was sold to
development of the food processing industry, a wider
could be sold and distributed in distant locations. Typically early grocery shops would be counter-based shops, in which purchasers told the shop-keeper
In the 20th century, supermarkets were born. Supermarkets brought with them a self
offer quality food at a lower cost through economies of scale and reduced staffing costs.
In the latter part of the 20th century, this has been further revolutionized by the
development of vast warehouse-sized, out-of-town supermarkets, selling a wide range of food from around the world.
Correct answer: (1) involving (2) include (3) transport (4) system (5) era (6)
grocers (7) purchases (8) range (9) what (10) service
Unit 4 Banked Cloze
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
1.
One of the main battlegrounds in the fight against an expected resurgence of swine flu this fall will be the schoolyard. People between 6 months and 24 years old appear to be
expected to remain open unless the virus becomes more
little standing in the way of H1N1's spread.
Schools are unlikely to serve as centers for mass immunizations for some school health systems are not very well-funded and some schools do not have the staff to get
parental 疫苗注射). So far, the swine flu does
not appear to be more dangerous than the
medical authorities are concerned that it could infect many more people—thereby
—because so few people have
immunity against it.
Principals received advice on hand washing and other anti-flu
health officials one day this month, and they left the meeting room with a pamphlet that
flu, for instance, what to do with children who go to school sick (they are to be given
up) and how to maintain an online site to allow students to keep up with assignments while they are sick at home.
prevent the disease's spread is for people to wash their hands regularly with soap and water.
Correct answer: (1) vulnerable (2) severe (3) permission (4) typical (5) potential (6) measures (7) declared (8) briefed (9) surgical (10) vital
Unit 7 Banked Cloze
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
1.
A. properly
B. accident
C. complicated
D. compelled
E. attention
F. complexion
G. turns H. instance I. together
J. generally K. totaled L. audience
M. proportion N. parallel O. honest
The mainstream media is the one that failed to "connect the dots". There are an
amazing amount of intriguing news stories that have squeaked into the media but not
reached a wide
You might call some or all of this "conspiracy theory". The term "conspiracy theory" is bandied about to discredit ideas that run counter to what is widely believed. But
sometimes the official story —look at what the Nixon
Administration was claiming and the press
conspiracy is coincidence theory. At some point, when enough "dots" line up, the
thought that everything is just coincidence becomes the wildest theory of all.
theories, but it is an extremely
plausible explanations for part or all of the story's aspects. Also, I do not want to force
my ideas down your throat. I am using the timeline to draw interesting stories that you may not have read. I have tried to let the stories speak for themselves, and reduce my voice as much as possible. When I do add my own
comments, I put those at the end of a summary in question form and in italics. I hope you come to your own conclusions.
Correct answer: (1) audience (2) properly (3) together (4) compelled (5) turns (6) generally (7) instance (8) honest (9) complicated (10) attention
Unit 9 Banked Cloze
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
1.
A. substances
B. evolved
C. support
D. majority
E. cultures
F. pressed
G. sharpened H. include I. spicy
J. species K. ripened L. minority
M. source N. therefore O. so far
Almost all foods are of plant or animal origin, although there are some exceptions. Salt is often eaten as a flavoring or preservative, and baking soda is used in food
part of human diet.
Many plants or plant parts are eaten as food. There are around 2,000 plant
cultivars.
because they contain nutrients necessary for the plant's initial growth. In fact, the
seeds
such as sunflower, rapeseed and sesame. One of the earliest food recipes made from ground chickpeas is called hummus, which can be traced back to Ancient Egypt times.
卵巢) of plants, including the seeds within.
animals, so that animals will eat the fruits and excrete the seeds some distance away.
are eaten as vegetables.
Vegetables are a second type of plant matter that is commonly eaten as food. These include root vegetables (such as potatoes and carrots), leaf vegetables (such as spinach and lettuce), stem vegetables (such as bamboo shoots and asparagus), and inflorescence vegetables (such as globe artichokes and broccoli). Many herbs and spices are highly-flavorful vegetables.
Correct answer: (1) substances (2) species (3) source (4) majority (5) include (6) pressed (7) ripened (8) evolved (9) therefore (10) cultures。