Unit 2 Making a difference

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1.It was a great r____________ to find that my family were all safe.

2.Nowadays， more and more senior people in China prefer to raise pets， which has been proven to make positive c____________ to a senior citizen’s life.

3.She seemed confident but in r____________ she felt extremely nervous.

4.The project is f____________ by several local companies. They give their money and play important roles in it.

5.In order to e____________ my living， I have always had to work beyond the limit of my strength.

6.Keeping a diary in English is one of the____________ （有效的） ways to improve our English writing ability.

7.The going was slow on the project because of a____________ （短缺） of skilled workers.

8.Some of the____________ （内部的） walls of my house are made of stones.

9.The local people lined up to____________ （捐献） money to the earthquake-hit area.

10.Used things should be____________ （回收利用）， such as paper and plastic.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

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1. As long as everyone gives a bit of his own love， it will____________ to the whole world.

2. They were amazed to find that the rabbit____________ to be a very modern-looking woman.

3. When the little girl saw her birthday presents， she____________.

4. A great many people with high pressure have____________ taking the exercise.

5.____________ the river at that farm. That’s my younger brother’s.

课文语法填空

Six-year-old Canadian schoolboy Ryan couldn’t believe that many people in 1 （develop） African countries couldn’t get enough clean water. So， Ryan decided 2 （earn） money to build a single well somewhere in Africa. He 3 （clean） windows and did gardening for his family and neighbours， reaching his first target of $70 soon. But he 4 （tell） that $70 wasn’t enough for a well. It actually cost $2，000. He started to ask for help from his classmates and neighbours and persuaded 5 （they） to donate money. At 6 same time， a friend of Ryan’s mother helped make his story go public. After several months， Ryan had raised the $2，000， with 7 a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The children at the school were grateful 8 him and invited him to visit. He 9 （real） had made a difference for these children.

Later， Ryan set up a foundation to encourage more people to help. Many 10 （inspire） people gave him their support. Today， over 800，000 people in 16 countries across Africa have benefited from the life-changing gift of clean， safe water.

1.____________   2.____________   3.____________   4.____________   5.____________

6.____________   7.____________   8.____________   9.____________   10.____________

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Dave Merry and his tools have been through a lot together. The tools helped Dave， now 80， repair his home in St. Paul， Minnesota， where he and his wife， Annette Merry， lived for 46 years and raised three children. The table saw， the jointer plane， the drill press， and the dozens of other power and hand tools had pride of place in his carefully organized workshop. “I had a whole setup， and it was beautiful，” says Dave， a retired engineer.

But then Annette experienced a stroke （中风） that left her relying on a walker to get around， and the Merrys decided to move into assisted living. Dave’s workshop was obviously a minor consideration given Annette’s condition， but the family knew that giving it up， on top of everything else， would hurt.

It was the Merrys’ daughter who came up with a possible solution. She’d heard about some people who were setting up a tool library—a nonprofit （非营利的） facility that would lend out tools just as a regular library lends books. Might Dad be interested in donating his？

“I said yes，” Dave says.

The people creating the St. Paul Tool Library were thrilled. They had expected it would take a year to collect enough tools to make their facility fully functional. Instead it took one day： the day Dave donated his.

The library’s founders drove over to the Merrys’ house and picked everything up themselves. The library is housed in the basement （地下室） of the American Can Factory. Members pay an annual fee （from $20 to $120） for unlimited tool use and a varying number of visits to the workshop. And they get an extra benefit： Dave Merry. “Almost every time we’re open， Dave’s here，” says one of the founders， Peter Hoh. “It means a lot to me to be able to go and use my tools，” Dave says. “But it means just as much to help DIYers use the tools properly.”

1. What can we learn about Dave Merry from the text？

A. He had few DIY tools. B. He kept his tools well.

C. He owned a tool library. D. He used a walking stick after the stroke.