Period Two Language Points
Ⅰ.语境填词
1．The 9yearold boy was abandoned(遗弃) by his alcoholic father.
2．Traffic is bad，particularly(尤其是) in the city centre.
3．The monument(纪念碑) was built in memory of the soldiers killed in the battle.
4．He is one of the best novelists(小说家)．
5．Here’s a recipe for preserving(保存) fruit in brandy.
6．Rubin burst out laughing as he read the letter.
7．A crowd gathered to watch the interesting game.
8．The explosion occurred at 5∶23 a．m..
Ⅱ.选词填空
block out,come into view,in a way,as if,be caught in,once upon a time,dig out,break down
1．Once_upon_a_time there was a poor old fisherman.
2．As we rounded the bend in the river，the castle came_into_view.
3．In_a_way，it is nice to be working alone.
4．I must remember to dig_out that book for you.
5．We were_caught_in a rainstorm on the way home.
6．Black clouds blocked_out the sun.
7．You look as_if you’ve had a good time.
8．The elevators in this building always break_down.
Ⅲ.同义词辨析
1．用abandon，desert的适当形式填空
(1)They abandoned their sinking ship.
(2)Mike just deserted his girlfriend when he met his manager’s daughter.
(3)The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund.
解析 abandon指的是不得已而遗弃、放弃(人、物)。desert常指逃避义务或违背誓约等，有责难之意。
2．用preserve，protect或defend的适当形式填空
(1)He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
(2)In summer，we should try to protect our skin from the sun.
(3)We needed more troops to defend the border against possible attacks.
(4)Kids should be protected from all that violence.
解析 都含有“保护，使安全”的意思。preserve指“防护，保存……以免被分解或腐烂”。protect指“保护……以免遭受危险或伤害等”。defend指“保卫，防御”，应用范围很广，对象可以是具体的，也可以是抽象的。
3．用occur，happen或take place的适当形式填空
(1)Great changes have taken_place in China since the 1980s.
(2)It suddenly occurred to me that we could ask our friends to help us.
(3)So far Tom hasn’t showed up；what has happened to him?
(4)At that moment，a good idea occurred to me.
解析 occur指“发生”时可与happen换用，occur to sb.指某人突然想到/想起某个想法或主意。happen指“偶然发生”时，主语为“事”；当主语是“人”时，意为“碰巧”。happen to sb./sth.指不好的事情发生在某人(物)身上。take place表示“发生”，可与happen或occur换用，但其后面一般不接to sb./sth.结构；多指必然会发生的事情的发生。
注意：occur为不及物动词，不能用于进行时和被动语态；happen和take place也不用于被动语态。
4．用gather，collect的适当形式填空
(1)A lot of people gathered in the street.
(2)We collected a lot of money for the Hope Project.
(3)A crowd gathered to watch the fight.
解析 gather仅指“bring or get together”。collect着重指有选择、有计划性地进行“收集，
采集”。
Ⅳ.单项填空
1．Some of the old ________ about the space age are coming true.
A．fantasies B．delusions C．nightmares D．impressions
答案 A
解析 句意为：一些有关太空时代的古老幻想正在变成现实。fantasy幻想，尤其指脱离现实的空想；delusion错觉。
2．The girl had to ________ her journey because of her mother’s illness.
A．abandon B．leave C．desert D．quit
答案 A
解析 句意为：这个女孩由于母亲生病的缘故，不得不放弃旅行。abandon指因外界压力或影响完全或永久舍弃自己所感兴趣的事物或人；leave是一般用语，着重强调“离开；遗留下”的意思；desert指某人或某物在困难时或困境中被人背弃；quit指突然或出其不意地放弃，往往也含有在感情上的舍弃。
3．At minus 130 ℃，a living cell can be ________ for a thousand years.
A．spared B．protected C．preserved D．developed
答案 C
解析 句意为：在零下130摄氏度，一个活细胞可以被保存1 000年。此处preserve表示“保存”。
4．Don’t stand ________. You might be bumped into by the passersby.
A．in a way B．in this way C．in the way D．in some way
答案 C
解析 in a way在某种意义上；in this way用这种方法；in the way挡道；in some way在某种意义上。
5．It suddenly ________ to me that we could ask our neighbours to help us.
A．thought B．considered C．came D．occurred
答案 D
解析 句意为：我突然间想起来我们可以找邻居来帮忙。occur to sb.某人突然想起(想到)。occur与happen近义，但happen语气较重，指意外、不好的事情的发生。
6．On seeing Jay Chow appear on the stage，the audience ________ cheering.
A．burst on B．burst into C．burst in D．burst out
答案 D
解析 考查burst的搭配。按照搭配只有burst out后可接ving形式，故选D。
7．Windy days are ________ of March.
A．character B．chart C．chill D．characteristic
答案 D
解析 句意为：三月份的气候特点是多风。be characteristic of表现了……的特点；character性格；特征；chart图表；chill寒气，凉气。
8．I don’t know why she burst into ________.
A．tear B．tore C．torn D．tears
答案 D
解析 句意为：我不知道为什么她突然哭起来了。根据语境首先排除B、C两项，因为它们分别为tear作动词时的过去式和过去分词，tear作“泪水”讲时，常用复数形式。
9．Tom looked at Jenny，tears ________ his eyes，and shouted out the words ________ in his heart for years.
A．filling；having been hidden B．filled；hidden
C．filling；hidden D．filled；hiding
答案 C
解析 句意为：汤姆眼里含着泪看着珍妮，喊出了藏在心里多年的话。tears filling his eyes是独立主格结构，在句中作状语，修饰动词looked at表方式或伴随。hidden过去分词作定语，修饰the words，相当于which were hidden...。
10．They both talked as if they ________ friends before.
A．would be B．should be
C．had been D．have been
答案 C
解析 句意为：他俩谈起话来好像他们以前就是朋友似的。言外之意指“他们以前并不是朋友”，所以从句用虚拟语气表示与过去事实相反，故用had been。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii，Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for its stadium(运动场) and theatres，its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not，however，see Pompeii’s people. They do not see them because Pompeii has no people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years.
Once，Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius，a grasscovered volcano. Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries，so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.
In August of AD 79，Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded，and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ashes began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later，Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.
For centuries，Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes. Then，in the year 1861，an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly，carefully，Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79. There were streets and fountains，houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20,000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all，there were everyday objects，which told us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom，so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread，too；metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round，flat loaves of bread—a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with dark，shiny powder told us that women liked to wear eye makeup.
Ginseppe has died，but his work continues. Onefourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.
1．Why do large number of people come to Pompeii each year?
A．To visit the volcano.
B．To shop and eat there.
C．To watch sports and plays.
D．To see how Pompeiians lived.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。原文没有直接说出参观者到Pompeii的目的。通读全文可知，Pompeii是一座被火山吞没的城市。由于火山突然喷发，人们来不及逃避，从而保留了当时人们生活的遗迹。参观者的目的是看一看Pompeiians当时是如何生活的。如果只注意到短文第一段最后一句话“No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years.”和后面提到的volcano一词，会错误地选择选项A。
2．Why had so many Pompeiians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?
A．The city nearby offered all kinds of fun.
B．The area produced the finest wine in Italy.
C．Few people expected the volcano to erupt again.
D．The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。从第二段的“Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries，so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.”可以看出“几乎没有人想到火山会重新喷发”。
3．Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?
A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.
B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched.
C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.
D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。从第二、三段可知，Pompeii位于Mount Vesuvius山脚下，Mount Vesuvius是一座火山，但有多个世纪没有喷发了。人们以为它不会再喷发，但是，在公元79年8月，火山突然喷发，整个城市被埋葬在石头和灰尘下。由于火山突然喷发，人们在毫无思想准备的情况下被埋葬了，所以保留了当时全部的情景。
4．What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2,000 years ago?
A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.
B．They liked women wearing all kinds of makeups.
C．They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.
D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79.
答案 A
解析 推理判断题。从倒数第二段所述参观者所看到2 000年前Pompeiians生活的情景可以得出结论，他们当时的生活状况或多或少和现在的意大利人生活的状况相似。
gather v. 聚集，搜集
生义：v. 收割，收获；(从收集到的信息，证据等)认为，推断
(1)It was late August and the harvest had been safely gathered in.
已是八月下旬，庄稼都妥善收割完毕。
(2)I gather(that) she doesn’t want to work for me.
我推测她不想为我工作。
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