Section Ⅱ Using language

基础训练

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. You can’t feel balanced if you are completely dissatisfied with your （occupy） andyour current lifestyle.

2. We believe that our hard work will help pave way to a better future.

3. Some people think that family life and parents have a great influence children’sdevelopment.

4. Great （emphasise） should be laid on education， for the young generation is thehope of a nation.

5. Today’s election will make the results favor of the northern end of the country.

6. After （reconstruct）， the cafeteria took on a new look and attracted many customerssoon.

7. Many companies have been shut down in the （economy） crisis.

8. It helped me understand that I could be a writer without being a novelist or a （journal）.

单元语法填空 阅读下面短文，根据上下文语境，结合本单元所学语法知识完成短文。

At 4：00 pm yesterday some experiences 1 （tell） to me by Frank Hawkins. Frank 2 （employ） head during the time he worked in a very large business company until he retired. But as aboy， he 3 （make） to work overtime by a small shop owner. He often 4 （work） fourteenhours a day， fixing bicycles. Once， when the bicycle 5 （repair） by Frank， a strange idea 6 （form） at the same time that he would save money to build a small workshop of his own. Then heworked hard and gradually his goal 7 （achieve）. In a few years， the small workshop 8 （become） a large one and seven hundred workers 9 （need） during its highest. When these hardearly years 10 （talk） about at that moment， Frank smiled.

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能力提升

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Over the last few weeks， I have been back and forth to the hospital and working with mydoctors and medical technicians. I feel very grateful and 1 of all the great minds and effortsinvolved in 2 my illness. I found I have become 3 grateful to those human beings whoinvented the many 4 devices that have saved so many lives and 5 so much pain.

With everything I 6 ， I couldn’t help thinking about many life-changing 7 that wehumans have come up with， from the fairly simple stethoscope （听诊器） to more 8 inventionslike X-rays， and other great devices. Of course， one of the biggest， most basic inventions was the 9 . It changed the world in all kinds of ways. Without it， we’d have no 10 ， such as bikes，cars， trains， or airplanes.

11 many inventions human beings have invented through the ages， I 12 some verypopular inventions. It is 13 to imagine what if we live without them. These 14 things liketape， nails， DNA testing， the Internet， vaccines， and medical imaging.

Some inventions were 15 discoveries but many were a matter of simply trying to solve aproblem. If we pay attention to what we 16 and really put our minds to it， there is no reasonwhy we couldn’t come up with some new inventions ourselves. Maybe make a list of 17 items，systems， and habits we all have， and then go up and down the 18 and see if we can put two orthree items together in a way to come up with a new product or better way to 19 life and thechallenges in it. Give it a try and see what we can come up with. We could 20 ourselves， andothers as well！

1. A. sure B. appreciative C. proud D. comfortable

2. A. ignoring B. developing C. curing D. examining

3. A. absolutely B. finally C. frequently D. particularly

4. A. medical B. wearable C. electronic D. underwater

5. A. felt B. caused C. relieved D. solved

6. A. figured out B. set down C. packed up D. went through

7. A. inventions B. moments C. barriers D. decisions

8. A. wonderful B. complex C. creative D. useful

9. A. wheel B. computer C. lamp D. printer

10. A. flights B. devices C. vehicles D. sports

11. A. Imagining B. Reviewing C. Choosing D. Discussing

12. A. copied B. doubted C. missed D. found

13. A. hard B. possible C. funny D. safe

14. A. mean B. need C. include D. indicate

15. A. accidental B. new C. great D. scientific

16. A. say B. want C. experience D. build

17. A. single B. small C. many D. common

18. A. stair B. list C. street D. menu

19. A. handle B. accept C. face D. improve

20. A. confuse B. frighten C. amuse D. surprise

语法填空

China has a history of more than 5，000 years and we are so proud 1 the rich culture. Everyyear， we are looking forward to 2 （spend） the holiday during the traditional festivals. They arethe important part of traditional Chinese culture. 3 for young people， the meaning of thesefestivals 4 （be） disappearing.

When young people 5 （ask） about the meaning of traditional festivals， some of them haveno idea. For example， some young people believe that Mid-Autumn Festival is in honor of theancestors， or it is a day to eat mooncakes. Actually， most festivals have been advocated （提倡） by thecommercial ads， and they show people to buy more products to spend the festivals 6 （happy）.Some advertisements try to implant people the wrong idea about the meaning of festivals， just toattract more customers.

The lack of 7 （significant） of traditional festivals has 8 negative effect on the 9 （preserve） of traditional culture. The mass media should advocate the essence （精髓） of thefestivals， so as 10 （let） the young generation learn more about our culture.

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