2021_2021学年高中英语Unit2WorkingthelandSectionⅣGrammar_动词_ing形式作主语和宾语课时作业含解析新人教版必修.doc

课时作业(八)Unit 2Working the landSection Grammar动词­ing形式作主语和宾语(本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！).单句语法填空1._(attend) the party last night made Alice very excited.答案：Attending2Its no use _(ask) him for help，for he is very selfish.答案：asking3. I will be careful to avoid_(make) the same mistakes in my study.答案：making4When Jane saw me，she stopped_(talk) with our classmate Linda and smiled to me by the roadside.答案：talking5Right from the beginning，_ (bring) attention to clean energy and the technologies it requires is the first problem for us to solve.答案：bringing6. The old couple have been used to_(live) in the countryside.答案：living7Do you enjoy _(work) with Miss Lin，an easy­going and outspoken lady?答案：working8Marys _(be) late for class this morning made the teacher angry.答案：being9The two students who had broken the school rules were lucky enough to escape_(punish)答案：being punished10Everybody stopped_(talk) as soon as the old expert began his speech.答案：talking.阅读理解The oldest desert (沙漠) in the world is in Namibia (a country in Africa)The desert is called the Namib Desert.This desert is believed to be nearly 40 million years old! It is truly an ancient desert.The Namib Desert has some of the worlds biggest sand dunes (沙丘)The dunes tower high into the sky.One dune，called “Big Daddy”，is almost 1,200 feet (365 meters) high! This means “Big Daddy” is bigger than a 100­story building！People can climb “Big Daddy”One man climbed to the dunes crest，or top.Near the crest，the man had to climb on all fours! He had to use his hands to prevent himself from sliding down.The Namib Deserts ancient dunes vary in color.When something varies，it changes and becomes different.The Namib Desert dunes vary from orange to red.During the day，the surface temperature of the sand dunes heats up.The surface temperature can heat up to 54.What does one lizard (蜥蜴) do to keep its feet cool? It stands on only two feet at a time! It jumps from pair to pair! This allows the feet in the air to cool off.When this isnt enough，the lizard dives into the sand.It digs down to where the sand is cooler.Little water falls on the dunes.Often there is less than half an inch (1.3 centimeters) of rain a year.What does one dune plant do for water? It uses the morning fog (雾)！The fog comes from the Atlantic Ocean nearby.It rolls across the dunes.The plants leaves are filled with empty spaces.The empty spaces take in droplets (小水珠) of the water.The plant can survive years without rain by taking in the fog droplets.语篇解读 本文是说明文。文章介绍了世界上最古老的沙漠纳米布沙漠。1What is the Namib Desert most famous for?AIts old age.BIts big size.CIts location. DIts animals.解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的oldest和ancient可知，纳米布沙漠是世界上最古老的沙漠，因此它以其年代古老闻名于世。答案：A5Why does the author mention the man climber?ATo show it is fun to climb dunes.BTo show the popularity of “Big Daddy”CTo show “Big Daddy” is the highest dune.DTo show the difficulty of climbing “Big Daddy”解析：推理判断题。由第二段中的“the man had to climb on all fours! He had to use his hands to prevent himself from sliding down”可知，攀爬“大老爹”沙丘还是具有挑战性的。 答案：D6How does a lizard in the Namib Desert deal with the heat?AIt touches the sand with as little of its body as possible.BIt keeps jumping from one cool place to another.CIt jumps as high as possible into the air.DIt stays inside the sand the whole day.解析：细节理解题。由第四段中的“It stands on only two feet at a time! It jumps from pair to pair！This allows the feet in the air to cool off”可知，蜥蜴一次只有两只脚着地，这样轮换着来让脚凉快点。答案：A7What can we learn from the last paragraph?AThe dune plant lives on the rain.BIt rains often in the Namib Desert.CThe Namib Desert is a coastal desert.DPlants can seldom be seen on most dunes.解析：推理判断题。由最后一段中的“The fog comes from the Atlantic Ocean nearby”可知，纳米布沙漠是一个滨海沙漠。 答案：C.完形填空A woman named LaVonn lived in North Dakota.One Christmas Eve，she was helping out in her dads _1_ when a little boy，about five or six years old，came in.He was _2_ an old brown coat with a dirty worn shirt under it.When he pulled off his hat，she saw that his _3_ was in complete disorder.The boy _4_ the small toy section of the family store，picked up several items，examined them one by one，and then _5_ put them back on the shelf.LaVonns dad walked over to the child and asked if he could _6_.The little boy said，“Yes.Im looking for a _7_ for my brother.” After 20 minutes，the child picked up a toy airplane.He _8_ it to LaVonns father.“How much is this？” he asked.“My brother _9_ airplanes.” Then LaVonns dad asked，“How much money do you _10_？” The little boy reached into his coat and pulled out a handful of _11_.He spread his money out on the counter and began to _12_.“I have one dollar and twenty­seven cents，” he answered.The dad then picked up the coins and announced，“How _13_ you are！That airplane _14_ costs one dollar and twenty­seven cents！Wait here，and Ill have it _15_ for you.”The little boy walked out of the store with the gift decorated nicely and a smile of _16_ satisfaction on his face.LaVonn made her way back to the toy section _17_ she found the planes tag (标签)She saw that it was _18_ at $11.98.She said _19_ about it，but she later wrote in her notebook，“The _20_ gift I got during this Christmas was seeing my dads love in action.”语篇解读LaVonn在她父亲的店里帮忙，她看到一个穿着很破烂的小男孩给他的哥哥买一个玩具飞机做礼物。本来飞机标价$11.98，但她父亲只收了1.27美元便将飞机卖给了男孩。1A.firmBstoreCfactory Dbookshop解析：根据后文可知，LaVonn是在父亲的“商店”里帮忙。答案：B2A.wearing BwashingCcarrying Dbuying解析：根据后文的an old brown coat以及小男孩破旧的衣服的语境可知，作者描述那个小男孩的“穿”衣情况。答案：A3A.hair BpocketCcoat Dwatch解析：根据前面的he pulled off his hat的语境可知，小男孩脱下帽子，LaVonn看见了他凌乱的“头发”。答案：A4A.pointed to Brushed toClooked around Dbroke into解析：根据本句话语境可知，小男孩在玩具区“环顾四周”，拿了几个东西，然后又放下了。答案：C5A.worriedly BnervouslyCangrily Dcarefully解析：那孩子将玩具“小心翼翼地”放在架子上，表明他怕损坏了玩具，且根据后文语境可知，小男孩没有多少钱，损坏了就赔不起，所以他轻拿轻放。答案：D6A.think BhelpCcomplain Dask解析：根据下文小男孩的回答Yes.Im looking for.可知，LaVonn的父亲是问小男孩有没有什么能“帮忙”的。答案：B7A.prize BhatCgift Dbook解析：根据上下文语境可知，在圣诞节前夕，那个小男孩应该是要为他的哥哥买圣诞节“礼物”。答案：C8A.showed BsentCthrew Dreturned解析：那个男孩挑选了一个玩具飞机，将飞机拿给LaVonn父亲看并问价。答案：A9A.designs BmakesCsells Dloves解析：根据前后文可知，那个男孩交代他挑选飞机的原因，即：他哥哥“喜欢”飞机。答案：D10A.want BearnChave Dborrow解析：根据那个男孩拿出钱的描述可知，LaVonn的父亲问那孩子“有”多少钱。答案：C11A.toys BcoinsCballs Dstones解析：那个男孩并没有多少钱，所以他拿出来的钱应该是一把“硬币”。答案：B12A.count BcryCexplain Dshout解析：根据前后文可知，那个男孩将钱“数了数”，说总共有1.27美元。 答案：A13A.poor BmeanChappy Dlucky解析：根据语境和下文的“That airplane.costs one dollar and twenty­seven cents”可知，LaVonn的父亲告诉那个小男孩：“你真幸运！”答案：D14A.unfairly BprobablyCexactly Dactually解析：因为LaVonn的父亲说这是个巧合，所以告诉小男孩，这个飞机“恰好”卖1.27美元。答案：C15A.fixed BdecoratedCcovered Dcleaned解析：根据后文“with the gift decorated nicely”可知，这位父亲说：“等一等，我为你把玩具包装好。”答案：B16. Atotal Beasy Cstrange Dlikely解析：根据前文a smile可知，那个男孩脸上露出十分满意的笑容。total意为“完全”，符合上下文。答案：A17A.because BalthoughCwhen Dwhere解析：LaVonn后来在玩具区找到了那个飞机的标签，故用where引导定语从句，并在从句中作地点状语。答案：D18A.called BpricedClooked Dlaughed解析：根据后文的价格可知，LaVonn发现上面的“标价”其实是11.98美元。答案：B19A.something BeverythingCnothing Danything解析：LaVonn对于这件事没有说什么，只是在她的笔记本上写了一段话。答案：C20A.real BbestCnewest Dcommon解析：根据前后文可知，LaVonn觉得她在那个圣诞节“最好的”礼物是看到她父亲将对他人的爱赋予行动。 答案：B.语法填空Rice 1._ (believe) to have been first grown in China or possibly somewhere else in eastern Asia around 10,000 years ago.2._ earliest evidence of rice farming comes from a 7,000­year­old site near the lower Yangtze River village of Hemudu in Zhejiang province in China.Rice is a kind of food which requires much labor.In developed countries，the planting and harvesting is done 3._ (most) with machines.However，in much of the world，these things are still largely done by hand.It takes one farmer 1,000 to 2,000 working hours 4._ (raise) a rice crop on 2.5 acres of land.The fact that rice needs so much labor means 5._ (keep) a lot of the population on the land.Rice is also a crop 6._ need of lots of water.The wet rice grown in most of Asia needs hot weather after a period of rain and conditions provided by the 7._ (rain) seasons affect many of the places 8._ rice is grown.Rice straws (稻秆) 9._ (leave) in the fields add nutrients (营养物) to the soil after rice is harvested.For the next crop，rice farmers can often enjoy a good harvest by adding little 10._ no fertilizer.1解析：考查一般现在时的被动语态。Rice与believe之间是被动关系，且believe在此描述的是一般情况，故填is believed。答案：is believed2解析：考查定冠词。形容词最高级前用定冠词限定，故填The。答案：The3解析：考查副词。设空处作状语修饰is done，故填mostly。答案：mostly4解析：考查固定结构。It takes sb.some time to do sth.意为“某人花费时间做某事”。答案：to raise5解析：考查动词­ing形式作宾语的用法。mean作“意味着”讲时，后接动词­ing形式作宾语，故填keeping。答案：keeping6解析：考查固定结构。in need of意为“需要”。答案：in7解析：考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处作定语修饰seasons，表示“多雨的”，故填rainy。答案：rainy8解析：考查关系副词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰places，且在从句中作状语，故填where。答案：where9解析：考查过去分词作定语的用法。Rice straws后跟定语，因leave与Rice straws之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且leave所表示的动作已完成，故填left。答案：left10解析：考查连词。little与no之间是选择关系，故填or。答案：or