人教版（新课程标准） 必修2 Unit 4 Wildlife Protection素能提升演练(九) （有答案解析）

素能提升演练（九） 必修2 Unit 4 Ⅰ. 单词拼写 1. The manager _____ (雇用)another 20 workers for the new positions. 2. On just the second day of the trip，I was _____ (咬)on the leg by a snake. 3. There is a _____ (凶猛的)dog to guard the house. Please knock at the door before you enter. 4. The book _____ (包含)all the information you need. 5. His death means a great _____（损失）to science. 6. If you really like the job, _____ (距离) is not a problem. 7. He took the poor children under his _____ (保护). 8. I’d _____ (感激)it if you let me get on with my job. 9. To our _____ (宽慰)，the missing child returned home ten days later，tired but healthy. 10. The government shouldn’t _____ (减少)the income of the workers by raising their taxes. Ⅱ. 完成句子 1. Our school has built a new laboratory building, where many interesting experiments _____ these days. (carry) 我们学校又建了一座新实验楼，这些天在那儿做了许多有趣的实验。 2. Most children need encouragement in time of failure _____.（so that） 大多数孩子失败时需要鼓励，这样他们才能重新振作起来。 3. In rural areas, protecting yourself _____ seems impossible especially in hot summer. (bite) 在农村，保护好自己不被蚊子叮咬是不可能的，尤其是在炎热的夏天。 4. It is suggested that everybody _____ their health problem. (pay) 人们建议每个人都应关注健康问题。 5. It was with the help of his father _____ running the company. (succeed) 在父亲的帮助下，他成功地经营着公司。 6. The boss _____ Mr. Brown because he stands out through the interview. (employ) 老板打算雇用布朗先生，因为他在面试中表现出众。 7. I _____ if you could stop smoking in public areas. (appreciate) 如果你能在公共场所不再吸烟，我将不胜感激。 8. _____, including three of Great Britain.（contain） 这本书包含40幅地图，其中包括3张英国地图。 9. When once again _____ the difficult maths problem, she just smiled and made no answer. (work) 当再次问到她是如何计算出这么难的数学题时，她笑而不答。 10. Too much drinking will _____.（harm） 过量饮酒会对你的健康有害。 Ⅲ. 阅读理解 Barack Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs—what do they have in common They are, of course, all Americans. And according to a survey by social networking site , they all best illustrate(举例说明) the word “cool”. But just what does it mean to say someone is “cool” Most would answer that it is something to do with being independent-minded and not following the crowd. Yale University art professor Robert Farris Thompson says that the term “cool” goes back to 15th century West African philosophy(哲学). “Cool” relates to ideas of grace(优雅) under pressure. “In Africa, ” he writes, “coolness is a positive quality which combines calmness, silence, and life. ” The modern idea of “cool” developed largely in the US in the period after World War Ⅱ. “Post-war ‘cool’ was in part an expression of war-weariness. . . it went against the strict social rules of the time, ” write sociologists Dick Pountain and David Robins in Cool Rules:Anatomy of an Attitude. But it was the American a ... ...