Unit 2 Things that matter 随堂练习 B : Grammar activity Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Lovely Team Members I fell in love with rhinos when I worked in a zoo in the 80s, and spent much of the next 20 years as the keeper of the largest captive group of rare black rhinos. Being aggressive and stupid is (1)_____impresses urban residents about rhinos, but I discovered a group of sensitive, affectionate animals. (2)_____(weigh) over a ton, black rhinos are unexpectedly alert and have an unpredictable nature. However, (3) _____given care and reassurance ('hat), they can be very trusting. In the past few years, the number of rhinos has dropped dramatically, during (4)_____time I have helped look after rhinos being moved to reserves. Last year, I helped on a project to fly five black rhinos to the Serengeti National Park, where they had to be kept captive for a few weeks before (5) _____(release) into the wild. They lived in "bomas" - wooden enclosures with "bedrooms". A couple of weeks before their planned release, the sky was filled with smoke and the flames were blowing over it. (6)_____ the rhinos (7)_____(make) sure everything was fine, we rushed toward the bomas. Terrified that (catch) fire, my initial response was to release them. But I couldn't, because they (8)_____(not fit) with transmitters (发射器) . If I let them out, we would have great difficulty tracking them down. So I dashed back to the bomas and called the rhinos to their "bedrooms". To my surprise, they moved without hesitation and were (9)_____(panicky) than I had thought. After half an hour, the wind changed direction and the fire began to die down. That we and the rhinos had escaped wnscathed (未受伤的) was a miracle. The relationship we had built with those lovely animals proved crucial. (10)_____it, all our work would have been for nothing. The teamwork of everybody there played a large part too and the rhinos were very much part of that team. Section B Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need. A. Stimulated B. anticipation C. empowering D. initiative E. Boost F. prohibiting G. cited H. integral I. Facilitate J. mirror K. instrumental Helping Eighth Graders Discover a Wider World of Science Salina Morales, an eighth-grade student, wants to work with animals when she gets older. She was excited and full of 1_____ at the prospect of a class visit to the American Museum of Natural History. Salina is among thousands of eighth graders in New York public schools whose science education will be given an) 2_____by a new partnership between the schools and seven of the city's science-oriented instituti ... ...
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