Unit 2 The United Kingdom.必背句型1. We would have won if Jack _(如果踢进那个球)答案： had scored that goal2. Some poems tell a story or describe something _(用给读者留下深刻印象的方式)答案：in a way that will give the reader a strong impression3. It is not a traditional form of English poetry，_(而是非常受英国作家欢迎的)答案：but is very popular with English writers4. _(要是行人归来)，this stone would utter speech.答案：Should the traveller return5_ (由于有如此多不同形式的诗歌可以选择)，students may eventually want to write poems of their own.答案： With so many different forms of poetry to choose from.完成句子1At school the other children always _(取笑) because I was fat.(tease)答案：teased me2He likes pop music，_(而) I am fond of folk music.(while)答案：while3Four kingdoms _(组成) the United Kingdom.(make)答案：make up4Id like to _(放松点) when I am on holiday.(take)答案：take things easy5_(别着急)；there is a lot of time left.(take)答案：Take your time.多项选择1(2010年高考山东卷)Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have _ schedules to make it easier to care for their children.AheavyBsmoothCflexible Dcomplex解析：选C。句意为：外出工作的母亲们应该灵活安排，以便能更加轻松地照顾孩子。flexible“灵活地，可变通地”，符合题意。heavy“沉重的”；smooth“光滑的”；complex“复杂的”。2Before Tom left home，his mother kept telling him to _ his manners at the party.Awatch BmindCobserve Dnotice解析：选B。mind指注意，留心；watch强调注视，notice指注意到。3(2011年潍坊高二检测)Her attitude to the party is _.She said she liked it but she refused to attend it. Acontroversial BcontradictoryCcontemporary Dconventional解析：选B。考查词义辨析。根据语境“她说她喜欢却拒绝参加”可知她的态度是矛盾的，因此用contradictory。controversial“有争议的”主要指某事容易引起争论，用在本句中不合适。contemporary“当代的”，conventional“传统的”。4I dont like the pattern of the trousers._，the color doesnt suit me.AHowever BInsteadCBesides DAnother解析：选C。表示前后意义的递进关系时用besides。5Tom succeeded in _ all the difficulties in his studies and became a college student.Aovercoming BaffectingChitting Dknocking解析：选A。overcome意为“战胜；克服”，根据所提供的情景became a college student可判断出他克服了学习中的一切困难。affect影响，感动；hit击打；knock碰，撞。6There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _ gave up.Aeventually BunfortunatelyCgenerously Dpurposefully解析：选A。考查词义辨析。句意：中间休息时排队喝咖啡的人特别多，所以我们最后放弃了。eventually“最后；最终”符合语境。unfortunately“不幸的是”，generously“慷慨地；大方地”，purposefully“故意地”。7Having walked in the desert for several days，they felt exhausted，but they had to find a pool before the water they had in the bottle _.Aput out Bkept outCran out Dused up解析：选C。句意是：他们在沙漠中行走了几天后，已是疲惫不堪了，但是他们必须在瓶中的水用光之前找到池塘。put out熄灭；kept out把挡在外面；ran out不及物动词短语，意为“用光；耗尽”；used up是及物动词短语，意为“用光”，在此句中要用被动语态。8No one seems to have any _ information about her.So she remains a mystery to everyone.Aconcluding BdetailCconcrete Dcomplete解析：选C。考查词义辨析。句意：似乎没有人知道关于她的任何具体信息。因此她对每一个人来说仍然是个谜。concrete“具体的”符合语境。concluding“总结的；最后的”，detail是名词，意为“细节”，complete“彻底的；完全的”。9A good teacher must know how to _ his ideas to the students，as generally agreed by educational experts.Atransmit BtransferCconvey Dcommunicate解析：选C。句意是：像教育专家一致认同的那样，一个好的老师应该知道怎样把他的思想传达给他的学生。transmit“传输，转送，传达，传导，发射，传播”；transfer“转移，调转，调任，传递，转让，改变”；convey“传达，表达”；communicate“沟通，通信，(房间、道路、花园等)相通，传达，感染”。10Im sorry to keep you waiting.Ill make short work of this._.Im not in a hurry.ATake it easy BTake your timeCNot at all DDo as you like解析：选B。句意是：“对不起，让你久等了，我尽快做完这件事。”“不忙，我不着急。”此处是指时间方面，所以要用take your time.阅读理解ANovember not only marks the publication of Toni Morrisons eagerly anticipated(期待) eighth novel，Love，but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature.Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel，and so honored before her in literature are only two black men: Wole Soyinka，the Nigerian playwright，poet and novelist，in 1986; and Derek Walcott，the Caribbeanborn poet，in 1992.But Morrison is also the first and only Americanborn Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962，the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award.Like Song of Solomon，Love is a multigenerational story，revealing the personal and communal legacy(遗产) of an outstanding black family.As Morrison scholars will tell you，Love is the third volume of a literary masters trilogy(三部曲) investigating the many complexities of love.This trilogy began with Beloved(1988)，which deals with a black mothers love under slavery and in freedom.Jazz (1993)，the second volume，tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem.This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and 50s.The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey，the former owner and host of the shabby Coseys Hotel and Resort in Silk，North Carolina，described in the novel as