2020版新素养同步人教版高中英语必修四练习：UNIT 2 WORKING THE LAND 课时作业2-2 WORD版含答案.doc

1、.单句语法填空1Having spent the whole afternoon playing on the beach without protection, he became sunburnt (sunburn)2Many people in this country are dying of hunger (hungry) every day.3In just two decades (decade), the village has grown into a fishing port with a population of around 5,000 people.4Tom sai

2、d he had some disturbing (disturb) news to share with me.5Mr. Smith borrowed a large amount of money from the the bank to_expand (expand) his business.6Your education equips (equip) you to earn a good living in the future.7The boss hoped that his products could be_exported (export) to European count

3、ries.8Henry has German nationality (nation), but he grew up in the United States.9My mother would rather I focused (focus) more attention on my study.10Susan made it clear that she wished to study abroad.阅读理解The oldest desert (沙漠) in the world is in Namibia (a country in Africa). The desert is calle

4、d 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

5、”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 chang

6、es 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 pai

7、r! 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

8、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。1Wha

9、t is the Namib Desert most famous for?AIts old age. BIts big size.CIts location. DIts animals.答案与解析：A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。2Why 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 th

10、e highest dune.DTo show the difficulty of climbing“Big Daddy”答案与解析：D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。3How does a lizard in the Namib Desert deal with the heat?AIt touches the sand with as little of its b

11、ody 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.答案与解析：A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

12、脚凉快点。4What 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.答案与解析：C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。.完形填空“Here, kitty, ki

13、tty, kitty！” Mr. Gordo called. “ _1_ , kitty！” He called and called. So did Nina. But no little white cat came.It was a bad day for Snowflake to get _2_. The Gordos were moving. A big van (厢式货车) had taken their _3_ that morning. “Well just have to go without Snowflake，” said Mr. Gordo. “Well get you

14、 a _4_ cat.” Nina began to _5_. “But I want Snowflake！” she said.That night, the Gordos were in their new home. “The _6_ did a good job, ”said Mr. Gordo. “They moved everything _7_ Snowflake.”“Snowflake was afraid of them，”said Nina. “I saw her trying to _8_.”“What if she hid in the van？” asked Nina

15、s father. “She may still be there！” Mr. Gordo _9_ the movers. In the morning, a big van _10_ at the Gordo home. Nina and her father and mother ran out to the _11_. Three big men jumped down from the van. They _12_ its back doors. Nina saw nothing inside. But _13_！ Was there a little mew? It was! And

16、 out came Snowflake, as white as ever, wearing a new _14_ ribbon (丝带). “Snowflake！” Nina cried.“We happened to _15_ Snowflake in a box，” the driver said. “We gave her some milk. And we put the red ribbon on her.”“Thank you very much！” said Nina. “Youre welcome. Its all part of our _16_ .”As the van

17、moved away, Nina _17_ these words on the side: NO JOB TOO BIG NO JOB TOO SMALL.Nina gave her _18_ a hug. “Snowflake，” she said. “They did a(n) _19_ job for us! Arent you glad？”Snowflakes _20_ was a soft “Mew！”【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。多亏了搬家公司工作人员的热心，搬家时小猫失而复得。1A.Run BSorryCCome DHelp答案与解析：C根据下文中的“But no little w

18、hite cat came”可知，他在叫小猫“过来(Come)”。2A.hurt BlostCleft Dstolen答案与解析：B根据上文及本段中的“Well just have to go without Snowflake”可知，小猫“丢(lost)”了。3A.house BpetCkids Dthings答案与解析：D根据上文中的“The Gordos were moving”可知，他们在搬家，所以货车把他们的“东西(things)”拉走了。4A.small BnewCdifferent Dbrave答案与解析：B根据语境可知，父亲要给Nina再“新(new)”找一只猫。5A.cry

19、BexpectCcheer Dspeak答案与解析：A根据下文中的“But I want Snowflake！”可知，Nina舍不得小猫，所以听到父亲的话应该是“哭(cry)”了。6A.friends BneighborsCmovers Dchildren答案与解析：C根据下文中的“They moved everything”可知，父亲谈论的是“搬家工人(movers)”。7A.but BandCfor Dbefore答案与解析：A根据上文可知，小猫找不到了，所以搬家公司“除了(but)”小猫，其他东西都搬走了。8A.hide BjumpCstay Deat答案与解析：A根据上文中的“Snow

20、flake was afraid of them”可知，小猫在“躲藏(hide)”。下文中的“hid in the van”也是提示。9A.thanked BinvitedCavoided Dcalled答案与解析：D根据下文中搬家公司的货车又开到Nina家可推断，父亲给他们“打电话(called)”了。10A.disappeared BstoppedCturned Dbroke答案：B11A.school BcompanyCstation Dstreet答案与解析：D根据下文中的“Three big men jumped down from the van”可知，货车“停(stopped)”

21、在了“街(street)”边。12A.locked BopenedCfixed Dshowed答案与解析：B根据下文中的“Nina saw nothing inside”可知，三个彪形大汉“打开 (opened)”了车厢门。13A.guess BcheckCwait Dwatch答案与解析：C根据下文小猫出现的事实可知，这里是说，“稍等(wait)”，表示与上文意思的转折。14A.red BwhiteCyellow Dblue答案与解析：A下文中的“we put the red ribbon on her”是提示。15A.keep BtrainCfeed Dfind答案与解析：D根据下文搬家公

22、司工作人员对猫咪所做的事可知，他们碰巧在箱子里“发现(find)”了猫咪。16A.job BplanCstory Dlife答案与解析：A下文的NO JOB是提示。他们认为这是他们“工作(job)”的一部分，是他们的分内之事。17A.wrote BreadCunderstood Dcopied答案与解析：BNO JOB TOO BIG NO JOB TOO SMALL是Nina在货车侧面看到的文字。18A.dad BmomCcat Dworker答案与解析：C下文的Snowflake提示Nina给了“猫(cat)”一个拥抱。19A.SMALL BEASYCBIG DHARD答案与解析：C根据上

23、一段内容及小猫在Nina心中的重要性可知，她认为搬家公司完成一项很“重要的(BIG)”工作。20A.offer BadviceCidea Danswer答案与解析：D上文Nina在问，这里小猫在“回答(answer)”。.短文改错Wandering outside the station in the heavy rain I spotted the taxi. I was about to jump in and head off where I noticed a young woman with a baby that looked only weeks older. I asked h

24、er if she wants to share the taxi with me. She was surprising and looked straight at me. She explained that she didnt have enough money, but that she could pay for when she got home. I invited her take the taxi with me and she gave me a warm smile. Maybe my appearance told him that I was a gentleman

25、. In the silence of the journey, see the baby sleeping in the warm taxi, I suddenly felt very happily.答案：Wandering outside the station in the heavy rain I spotted th taxi. I was about to jump in and head off wher I noticed a young woman with a baby that looked only weeks olde . I asked her if she wa

26、nt to share the taxi with me. She was surprisin and looked straight at me. She explained that she didnt have enough money, but that she could pay when she got home. I invited her take the taxi with me and she gave me a warm smile. Maybe my appearance told hi that I was a gentleman. In the silence of the journey, se the baby sleeping in the warm taxi, I suddenly felt very happil .