课时作业2：Period One Warming Up and Reading

Period One Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．He has been buried in the novel for 3 hours.
2．Females find it extremely difficult to get a job in such a field.
3．Many people were killed or injured in the earthquake.
4．You may burst the balloon if you are not careful.
5．They organized(组织)the youths to form a group to protect the environment.
6．After the war，the city lay in ruins(废墟)．
7．We knew Bob had cancer，but the news of his death still came as a shock(震惊)．
8．Hundreds of people are still in the water，waiting to be rescued(援救)．
9．These bushes grow well in the shelter(掩蔽处)of big oak trees.
10．A lot of people lost their lives in the disaster(灾难)．
Ⅱ.根据课文填入合适的单词
Strange things happened before Tangshan Earthquake happened.The well walls had deep cracks.A smelly gas came out of them.The water pipes cracked and burst.At 3：42 on the morning of July 28，1976，everything began to 1.shake.It seemed as if the world was 2.at_an_end.3.Steam burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of 4.dirt．Soon the whole city lay in 5.ruins．Many people died or were injured.Everything in the city was destroyed.People were
6.shocked at this and wondered how long the disaster would last.The army organized teams to
7.dig_out those who were 8.trapped and to 9.bury the dead.Workers built shelters for survivors.Fresh water was taken to the city.Thanks to the army，the city began to 10.breathe again.
Ⅲ.翻译与仿写
1．Imagine there_has_been a big earthquake.
翻译：想像有一场大地震。

仿写：周六晚上将举行一场英语晚会。

There_is_going_to_be_an_English_evening_party_on_Saturday_evening.
2．In the farmyards，the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.
翻译：农家院落里的鸡，甚至是猪都太惶恐而不吃食。

仿写：那时他太年轻不能理解父亲的话。

He_was_too_young_to_understand_what_his_father_said_then.
3．Mice ran out of the fields looking_for places to hide.
翻译：老鼠也从地里跑出来找地方躲。

仿写：年轻人跟在老人后面开始慢慢走着。

Following_the_old_man，the_young_people_started_walking_slowly.
4．It seemed as_if the world was at an end.
翻译：似乎世界末日来临了。

仿写：她对我就像对个小孩儿似的。

She_treats_me_as_if_I_were_a_child.
5．All hope was not lost.
翻译：不是所有的希望都破灭了。

仿写：不是所有的学生都明白他说的话。

All_the_students_could_not_understand_what_he_said.
或：Not_all_the_students_could_understand_what_he_said.
Ⅳ.句型转换
1．A：The problem isn't easy enough for me to work out.
B：The problem is too difficult for me to work out.
2．A：My professor didn't seem very interested in my essay.
B：It seemed that my professor wasn't very interested in my essay.
3．A：These sunglasses became her trademark；she was known everywhere she went.
B：These sunglasses became her trademark；she was known no matter where she went.
4．A：After the earthquake，water，food，and electricity were hard to get.
B：It was hard to get water，food，and electricity after the earthquake.
5．A：If war breaks out，we shall be called up at once.
B：If war breaks out，we shall be called up right away．
6．A：Not all the students know how to deal with the problem.
B：All the students do not know how to deal with the problem.
Ⅴ.根据提示或句意填空
1．—We need an immediate reply.
—I see.I'll send the paper to you ________ (just now；right away)．
答案right away
解析right away立刻，马上，与上文“an immediate reply”相一致。

just now刚才。

2．The shop manager always says to her assistants，“We can never be ________ polite to our customers.”
答案too
解析句意：商店经理总是对售货员说：“我们对顾客越礼貌越好。

”can not/never be too...越……越好。

3．The article discusses the ________ (affair；events) which led to the outbreak of the war.
答案events
解析句意：这篇文章讨论了引起这场战争的事件。

表示“大事，要事，有意义或不同寻常之事”用event。

affair表示“繁杂或较多的事务”。

4．His friends ignored his advice，________ (as；if；even if) they knew it to be helpful.
答案even if
解析句意：他的朋友们不理睬他的建议，尽管他们知道这条建议有帮助。

as if好像；even if即使，尽管。

5．He remembers everything of his childhood as if it ________ (happen) just now.
答案happened
解析句意：他记得童年的每一件事，仿佛是刚刚发生的一样。

as if仿佛，好像，其后的从句可用虚拟语气。

句中的remember为一般现在时，故as if从句中用一般过去时表示虚拟语气。

6．I'm sorry to say that our food is almost ________ (in the end；at an end) .We can't survive if there is no one to help us.
答案at an end
解析句意：我很遗憾地说我们的食物快没了。

如果没有人来帮助，我们就无法生存了。

in the end最后，终于；at an end结束，终结。

7．Mr Wilson didn't believe that two－thirds of his children's spare time ________ (be) wasted watching TV.
答案was
解析分数作主语时，谓语动词的单复数由of后面的名词的数决定。

该句中time是不可数名词，故谓语动词用单数；语态上是被动，故填was。

8．The houses across the street are in ________ (row；ruin)，but they were in good condition a few years ago.
答案ruins
解析in rows成行，成排；in ruins毁坏，破败不堪。

9．It is said that there was a car accident last night，________ (kill) five people and making more ________ (injure)．
答案killing；injured
解析句意：据说昨天晚上有一起车祸，导致五人死亡，更多的人受伤。

killing...是现在分词短语作结果状语。

injured是过去分词作宾语补足语。

10．At least 203 miners were killed，22 ________ (injure) and 13 ________ (trap) in the coal mine gas explosion.
答案injured；trapped
解析句意：这次煤矿瓦斯爆炸中，至少有203名矿工丧生，另外22人受伤，13人被困。

injure和trap均与miners构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以要用过去分词形式表示被动。

11．It was a ________ story，and we all got ________ (shock)．
答案shocking；shocked
解析句意：这是一个令人震惊的故事，我们都感到大吃一惊。

shocking令人震惊的，指事物或人本身的性质；shocked感到震惊的，指人的心理感受。

12．—All the students haven't finished their homework.
—________ (no；yes)，because some students watched the final football match until far into the night.
答案No
解析all与not连用构成部分否定，答语中No的意思是“对，是的”。

13．—Is there good news from your friend?
—Yes，many valuables have been ________ (dig out；work out) in the working site.
答案dug out
解析句意：“从朋友那里带来了什么好消息吗？”“是的。

从工地上挖出了许多珍贵物品。

”dig out“掘出；发现”，符合句意。

work out“解决，计算出”。

14．He was so ________ (bury in) thought that he didn't see the pole on the road.
答案buried
解析句意：他太专心于思考了，以至于没看到公路上的柱子。

be buried in埋头于，专心于。

15．He is trying to shelter his student ________ criticism.
答案from
解析句意：他正努力保护自己的学生不受批评。

表示“保护……使其不受……”用shelter...from...。

Ⅵ.阅读理解
Dec.21，2012 Is an Ordinary Day
Though there are hundreds of books devoted to 2012，and millions of Websites，depending on what combination of “2012”and “doomsday”you type into Google，NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)said last week that the world was not ending—at least
anytime soon.NASA also announced that people needn't to worry the end on Dec.21，2012 of the world，when a 5，125－year cycle known as the Long Count(“长历法”)in the Mayan(玛雅)calendar supposedly comes to a close.
Mayan time was a circle，and experts say there is no evidence that the Mayans thought anything special would happen when the odometer(里程表)rolled over on this Long Count in 2012.There are references in Mayan inscriptions(碑文)to dates both before the beginning and the ending of the present Long Count，they say，just as your next birthday and April 15 loom beyond New Year's Eve，on next year's calendar.
If you want to worry，here are some things you should know.
To begin with，there is nothing special about the Sun and the Milky Way center lining in the sky.It happens every December with no physical results.
If there were another planet out there heading our way，everybody could see it by now.As for those solar storms，the next sunspot maximum will not happen until 2013，and will be on the mild side，astronomers say.
Geological apocalypse(世界末日的大灾难)is a better bet.There have been big earthquakes in California before and probably will be again.These quakes could destroy Los Angeles，as shown in the movie，and Yellowstone(黄石公园)could erupt again with flood sooner or later.We and our works are indeed temporary riders on the Earth.But in this case，“sooner or later”means hundreds of millions of years，and there would be plenty of warning.
“We have to be clear about this.There is no prophecy for 2012，”said Erik Velasquez，a specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico(UNAM)．“It's a marketing fault.”
“The Mayans did not think about humanity，global warming or predict the poles would fuse together，”said Alfonso Ladena，a professor from the Complutense University of Madrid.“We project our worries on them.”
1．According to the passage，which sentence is RIGHT?
A．Millions of Web sites prove that the world was ending.
B．The end of the world is coming.
C．The God will save the world.
D．Geological apocalypse will happen one day in the future.
答案D
解析事实细节题。

第六段第一句“Geological apocalypse is a better bet”以及后面的内容可知任何事物有生就有灭，我们都是过客，地球的灭亡只是久远些。

2．What will happen on Dec.21，2012?
A．Geological apocalypse takes place on the earth.
B．Everything disappears because of the ending of the present Long Count.
C．Everything goes as usual，just like the day next year.
D．There are big earthquakes in California.
答案C
解析细节推断题。

第二段最后一句“There are references in Mayan inscriptions to dates both before the beginning and the ending of the present Long Count, they say，just as your next birthday and April 15 loom beyond New Year's Eve, on next year's calendar”表明那一天和日历上其他日子一样平安到来。

3．How many reasons does the author give to make you NOT believe the end of the world?
A．one B．two
C．three D．four
答案C
解析归纳计算题。

文章第四段“to begin with”开头列举出一个理由，第五段第一句中的说明是第二个理由，“As for...”之后说了第三个理由。

4．What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?
A．The prophecy for 2012 hasn't got the evidence.
B．The Mayans have a prophecy for 2012.
C．Someone wants to force us to believe the end of the world.
D．Everything will happen according to the prophecies.
答案A
解析推理判断题。

文章自始至终都在说明玛雅人的预言是不存在的，综合各选项，A 最合题意。

Ⅶ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Salary：Hello，dear.Why are you going home from work so early?
Smith：I have some terrible news.My company __1__(have) financial problems.Today，over 100 employees were let go，__2__(include) me.
Salary：Oh，my God.This is a shock! They didn't give you __3__ warning?
Smith：Everyone at work knew the company had problem，but my manager kept telling us that there wouldn't be any layoffs(裁员)．No one __4__(expect) this day.
Salary：Now what are we __5__(suppose) to do?
Smith：I don't know.I was so worried __6__ I was coming home.I don't want you be a afraid or disappointed in me.
Salary：Honey，this is not your fault.No matter what，we will be together，and we will be fine.
Smith：Your words mean more to me __7__ you know.
Salary：So ，what are you going to do tomorrow?
Smith：Well，tomorrow morning I __8__ go down to the state unemployment office and file __9__ claim for unemployment __10__．This will give us some income for 6 months.Then ，in the afternoon，I will begin looking for a new job.
答案 1.is having 2.including 3.any 4.expected 5.supposed 6.when7.than 8.will9.a10.benefits。