名校名 推荐Unit 2English around the world .单项填空1 _for a long time ， but he tried his best to make up for what he missed.A Being ill staying in hospitalBHaving been ill staying in hospitalCHe was ill staying in hospitalD To be ill staying in hospital2The film ，_ the true story of this Red Army general ，attracted people s interest allover the country.A is based onB is on the base ofCwhich is the base forDbased upon3 A competent speaker of a language must have a(n)_ of these different styles.A commentB observationCcommandDresponse4Don t respond to any e-mails_ personal information， no matter how official theylook.A searchingB askingCrequestingDquestioning5 Oh ， it s you！I didn t you. We haven t seen each other for several years.Glad to meet you again.A realizeB recognizeCknowDsee6 Four dollars a pair ？ I think it s a bit too much.If you buy three pairs ， the price for each will_ to three fifty.A come downB take downCturn overDgo over7 Have you bought the dictionary?No.I have_ two yuan on me.A more thanB no more thanCoverDmore over8 We can t give up_ we should fail 10 times.A even ifB sinceCwhetherDuntil1名校名 推荐9 John！ Is this bag yours?Yes.It is the same bag_ I lost yesterday.Where did you find it ？A whichB asCthatDso10 I couldn t remember the exact date of the storm， but I knew it was_ Sundaybecause everybody was at_ church.A a； theB a； /C/; aD/ ； /11 I didn t know this was a one-way street，officer._A That s all right.B I don t believe you.CHow dare you say that?DSorry ， but that s no seexcu.12 “ Don t worry about me，” she _ her sister.A said toB referred toCthanked toDspoke13 The number of people who_ English as a foreign language_ more than750 million.A learns； isB learn； areClearns； areDlearn ； is14 You won t go to Kay s wedding， willpartyyou?Yes， _ invited. 来源 :.ComA even ifB ifCunlessDas15 The money collected should be made good use_ the people in South Asia whosuffered a lot in the earthquake and the tsunami ( 海啸 )A of helpingB to helpCto helpingDof to help .阅读理解AA primary school has banned Valentine s Day cards becauseof concerns that young pupils spend too much time talking aboutboyfriends and girlfriends.Ashcombe Primary School in Weston- super-Mare，Somerset，has told parents that cards declaring love can be “ confusing for”children under the age of 11 ， who are still emotionally and socially developing.2名校名 推荐In his February newsletter( 简讯 )，Peter Turner，head teacher，warned that any cards found in school would be confiscated.He wrote ，“ Wedo not wish to see any Valentine Days cards in school this year.Some children and parents encourage a lot of talks about boyfriends and girlfriends.“ Webelieve that such ideas should wait until children are mature enough emotionally and socially to understand the commitment involved in having or being a boyfriend or girlfriend.Mr.Turner said any families wanting to support the ValentineDays concept should sendcards in the post or deliver them to home addresses by hand.His views were supported by Ruth Rice,46 ，who has twins Harriet and Olivia,9 ，at the school.She said， “ Children at that age shouldn t really be thinking about Valentine，and theyshould be concentrating on their schoolwork.”“ They are at an age when they are easily influenced and most parentsincluding myself arewith Mr.Turner.”She added， “ Thecards caused too much competition.Ifsomeone gets a card and anotherdoesn t then he or she will be disappointed.”However ，Rajeev Takyar,40，who sells newspapers and has two children Jai,11 ，and Aryan,5 ，at the school， said he was“ genuinely outraged”He said， “ Thereare schools that have banned conkers ( 康克戏 ) and snowballs， and nowValentine s Day cards.”“ Ithink banning the cards stops children from having social skills.How are they going tolearn about relationships otherwise ？It s ridiculous.”Alec Suttenwood ， founder of the Anti-Political Correctness Group ， said of the ban ， “ It stotallyridiculous.Youngchildrenjust send the cards to each other as friendsand totheirparents.It s just a bit of harmless fun.There is no difference between this and MotherDay. ”16 Valentine s Day cards may cause confusion among young