新编英语教程 第二册 单元练习 Unit1-4

《新编英语教程》（修订版）第二册单元练习

Unit Exercises

(Unit 1, Book 2)

Ⅰ. Vocabulary:

A B

( ) 1. disheartening A．fame

( ) 2. participate B．cruel

( ) 3. reputation C．discouraging

( ) 4. tremendous D．shake

( ) 5. brutal E．new

( ) 6. employ F．imagine

( ) 7. contest G．hire

( ) 8. visualize H．take part

( ) 9. novel (adj.) I．competition

( ) 10. tremor J．Great

Ⅱ. Multiple – choice:

1. He dropped in the middle of the race due to hasty training.

A．in B．out C．off D．down

2. The two runners were good enough to qualify the Games.

A．to B．for C．of D．with

3. I was so happy that I could hardly back my tears.

A．control B．draw C．keep D．hold

4. I am so grateful you for clearing this up.

A．to B．for C．with D．about

5. I was about to leave a customer came in.

A．while B．if C．when D．after

Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions or adverbs:

1. The first Olympic games were held Greece ancient times.

2. Y ou must keep it mind that the gerund must not be confused the present participle.

3. They were so short funds that they were forced to live a near-starvation diet.

4. She was tears as she told the story what had happened.

5. Several friends dropped during the day, but only a few stayed dinner.

Ⅳ. Cloze:

Y oung people and older people do not always 1 _. They sometimes have 2_ ideas about living, working, and playing. But in one special program in New Y ork State, 3_ and teenagers live together 4_ peace.

Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together 5_ eight weeks 6_ members of a special work group. Everyone 7_ several hours each day. The 8_ is not just to keep busy. It is to find meaning and enjoyment in 9_ . Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village, 10_ learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

1. A．quarrel B．agree C．disagree D．argue

2. A．different B．some C．similar D．strange

3. A．old people B．older people C．adults D．adult

4. A．for B．with C．by D．in

5. A．after B．in C．for D．during

6. A．of B．as C．together D．to be

7. A．works B．worked C．works in D．worked in

8. A．target B．goal C．point D．aim

9. A．life B．studies C．labour D．work

10. A．Some adults B．Some C．Other adults D．Many teenagers

Ⅴ. Reading comprehension:

For most people, life is easier and more comfortable than ever before. Convenience foods from the supermarket simplify shopping and cooking. Household appliances like the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine have taken the drudgery out of housework. Released from these household chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home. Women are achieving economic independence.

Families, too, are simpler today. In America, it is not customary for parents to live with their married children. With our greater mobility, relatives have scattered, the parents retiring to Florida or Arizona and the young people, after they marry, going wherever their jobs or their interests take them.

Y oung adult women have new freedom, too. While attending college, they often live away from home, sometimes far from their parents or their relatives. After college, they move to the city, find a job, and set up a “bachelor”apartment. This is the era of women’s liberation.

But all this freedom and affluence (富足) have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage.

1. In the U.S., families are becoming .

A．bigger B．smaller C．easier D．freer

2. Why are women able to achieve economic independence?

A．Because they are free away from drudgery.

B．Because convenience foods are available.

C．Because they have their own salary.

D．Because they are attending college.

3. Hard housework was taken away by .

A．liberated women B．retired parents

C．unforeseen supermarkets D．modern equipment

4. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A．Women’s liberation has made it possible for them to attend college.

B．Comfortable life adversely influences marriage in America.

C．Adults can go wherever they want.

D．Women prefer to be bachelors.

5. The passage implies that the author .

A．highly praises the liberation of women

B．heartily enjoys this freedom and affluence

C．strongly recommends such kind of social life

D．greatly worries about the bond of matrimony (结婚)