2020人教版英语必修4 Unit 2 Section 1

Unit 2Section Ⅰ

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．To celebrate the Lunar New Year，some Chinese people would rather return to their hometowns to visit their families than travel abroad.

解析：句意：为庆祝农历新年，一些中国人宁愿返回他们的家乡去拜访他们的家人而不愿出国旅游。would rather do sth.than do sth.“宁愿做某事而不做……”。

2．The work is being performed smoothly；therefore，we can expect to finish it on time.

解析：句意：这项工作进展顺利；因此，我们预计能准时完成它。therefore“因此，所以”。

3．The explorers were told to equip themselves with everything they would need for the voyage.

解析：句意：探险者被告知要配备好行程需要的一切装备。equip sb.with sth.“用……装备某人”。

4．Americans eat twice as many vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

解析：句意：今天美国人每人吃的蔬菜是他们在1910年吃的蔬菜的两倍。在倍数的表达方式中都是倍数在前，后加其他形式。两倍的表达方式是twice as...as...。

5．—You look so angry.What's wrong?

—Look at my hair, I'm just not satisfied(satisfy) with the way he cut my hair.

解析：句意：——你看起来很生气，怎么了？——看看我的头发。我对他给我理发的手法不满意。satisfied“满意的”，be satisfied with“对……满意”。

6．Once it is formed，a bad habit is not easy to get rid of.

解析：句意：坏习惯一旦养成，就很难去掉。get rid of“摆脱；除去”。

7．A new school is said to be built on what is considered to be the best place for farming.

解析：句意：据说一所新学校要建在被认为是种田的最好的地方上。考查名词性从句。...is considered to be the best place for farming.作介词on的宾语，为宾语从句，横线处为连词，而在宾语从句中又缺少主语，既作连词又充当主语成分的只有what符合条件。

8．Disturbing(disturb)news came that an unknown disease was spreading in the area.

解析：句意：令人心烦的消息传来，一种不明的疾病在这一地区传播开来。disturbing“令人心烦的”；disturbed“不安的；心烦的”。an unknown disease was spreading in the area为同位语从句，从句不缺成分用that来引导。

9．(2019·浙江省考试院高三抽测)Thanks(thank) to electronic mail，today you can send a letter halfway around the world in seconds simply by pressing a button.

解析：句意：因为有了电子邮件，如今你能够只需要按一下按键，就能在几秒钟的时间里把信件传递到半个地球远的地方。根据句意，这里用thanks to表示“幸亏；因为”。

10．We would rather our daughter stayed (stay)at home with us, but it is her choice, and she is not a child any longer.

解析：考查虚拟语气。句意：我们宁愿女儿跟我们待在家里，但是那是她的选择，她已经不再是个孩子了。此处为将来的情况，从句用一般过去时。如果指过去的情况，则从句用过去完成时态。

Ⅱ.选词填空

make a difference

facts.

2．We reached our hotel before dark thanks to the kind driver.

3．Our classroom is equipped with computers.

4．Actually, I don't care about what he has done to make a success.

5．When we came near, we saw a young man struggling for life in the water, and we rescued him to safety.

6．I would rather not tell you the truth, as you may get discouraged.

7．Will you leave me alone so that I can think about the problem seriously?

8．We went out early in the morning with the hope of catching the early bus to Chicago.

9．When we were searching for our lost pet dog, I found a cat in the dark corner of a room.

10．Are you coming to tonight's show？If so，can you call me when you go to the show?

Ⅲ.阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

(2018·江苏卷，C篇)

If you want to disturb the car industry，you'd better have a few billion dollars：Mom－and－pop carmakers are unlikely to beat the biggest car companies.But in agriculture，small farmers can get the best of the major players.By connecting directly with customers，and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems (生态系统)，small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys.As the co－founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC，美国青年农会) and a family farmer myself，I have a front－row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.

For example，take the Quick Cut Greens Harvester，a tool developed just a couple of years ago