Section Ⅱ Using language
单句语法填空 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
1. He (devote) all his collections to helping the homeless children.
2. She spent too much time in preparing for her tomorrow’s (present).
3. Our school (adopt) a new teaching method recently.
4. Our body requires a continuous supply food and water.
5. No one had been able to escape the (cruel) of war at that time.
6. Hundreds of buildings (damage) due to the severe earthquake.
7. Don’t (affect) by her words. She’s just lying.
8. This creature’s tail will grow again if it is cut .
9. Wearing a mask can prevent you from the (infect).
10. There’s much we can do to protect sharks extinction.
完成句子 根据汉语提示,结合本单元所学语法知识完成句子。
1. 当我回到办公室时,我发现我的桌子被搬走了。
When I returned to my office, I .
2. 所有问题解决后,他开始考虑旅行。
, he began to think of a journey.
3. 他们离开了,留下我一个人做剩下的所有工作。
They left, all the rest of work.
4. 由于建了这座桥,这两个村庄现在连接起来了。
With , the two villages are connected now.
5. 因为急需讲义,所以工人们让机器运转了一整天。
The papers were in great need, so the workers all day long.
句子合写 用现在分词或过去分词合并下列句子。
1. She found the tall man with beard. He was involved in the accident.
2. As soon as we entered the hall, we saw a man on the stage. He was playing the piano.
3. We had no difficulty finding the house with the little boy. The little boy was leading the way.
4. When I came into the classroom this morning, I found him. He was reading a novel.
5. The young man was caught by the police. He was stealing a car.
完形填空
Both in their seventies, Tububatu and his wife Taoshengchagan live in a village near Badain Jaran, Inner Mongolia. They’ve been spending every day since they retired in 2002 1 against sandstorm. Before Tububatu others had tried but 2 . He just wanted to make a difference. He started by 3 just 50 trees a year, but kept doubling his 4 to the point where he now plants thousands of trees a year.
The retired couple have been slowly growing their little desert forest at their own 5 , so that they live a very 6 life. Even though they mostly plant drought-resistant (抗旱的) types like sacsaoul trees and desert cistanche, they still make sure to 7 them at least once a day to make them grow 8 .
Although they have been 9 by some neighbors who think their efforts are 10 to fail, they haven’t given up. Over the last 19 years, the couple have planted over 266 hectares of desert and have no 11 of stopping.
Besides 12 the spread of the desert, Tububatu is also making a living by planting, as the desert cistanche is a(n) 13 medicinal plant that can sell for up to 100 yuan per kilogram.
For nearly 20 years, Tububatu and his wife have been 14 hard in the process and they have planted over 70,000 trees, 15 more than 1 million yuan of their savings. The 16 conditions have weakened their health and they look 17 than they actually are, but they refuse to abandon (放弃) their battle against the 18 .
The couple have received several 19 and honors from the government over the years, becoming a good 20 for all environmentalists.
1. A. charging B. warning C. fighting D. voting
2. A. changed B. finished C. failed D. disappeared
3. A. growing B. buying C. keeping D. protecting
4. A. ideas B. efforts C. dreams D. difficulties
5. A. expense B. risk C. time D. convenience
6. A. comfortable B. quiet C. happy D. simple
7. A. cut B. cover C. water D. replace
8. A. equally B. quickly C. naturally D. healthily
9. A. cheered up B. laughed at C. turned down D. taken in
10. A. ready B. sure C. early D. final