Unit 2 The universal language Part III 能力提升练习 一词多义。将合适的词语意思对应的选项填在横线上。 possess A.具有（特质） B.支配；控制 Dogs possess an incredible sense of smell, which enables them to detect diseases and health condition from smell alone. _____ brilliant A. 聪颖的，技艺高的 B.巧妙的 C.明亮的 2. My story would come straight from the horse's mouth. Not a brilliant idea, but funny; and unlikely to be anyone else's choice. _____ 3. Looking up at the brilliant blue sky and then at the faraway mountains rising above the palm trees they couldn't wait to start their holiday. _____ 根据语境写出黑体词语的意思 4.I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep smiling. _____ 5. Thanks to the Silence Machine, a British invention, you can get rid of the sour without upsetting the boy or his parents. _____ 二、单句填空。 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.Frank Hurley, a confident and _____ ( gift )Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images. 2. This kind of treatment helped him lose nine kilograms within a month , _____ (ease) his back and knee pains. 3. The county _____(possess) rich cultural resources and the site of the western beginning of the Great Wall during the Qin Dynasty. 4. The company achieved a steady increase in sales and profits and gained a good reputation_____ a responsible company last year. 5. Some studies have shown that people who always feel _____ ( depress) are more likely to become ill. 6.The Three-Body Problem, written by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, is one of those astonishing_____ ( predict) about the future. 7. Longing to experience the low-paced lifestyle , they want _____ ( desperate) to make a change on the weekend. 8. The hotel owner was there to_____ (enthusiastic ) greet me as I pulled up in the town's main square. 9. The car was so badly damaged that it couldn't be repaired and had to_____ ( abandon). 10.By the time the rescue team arrived, the violent rainstorm_____ ( sweep) the whole town, which caused great economic loss and many broken families. 三、阅读理解。（建议用时: 8分钟） The nine women of Bella Mondo win over yet another audience, The group is one of just a handful of all-women ensembles(乐团)in Ivory Coast. It all started in 2007. Prisca Allou was a music student. A music producer came to see her. He said he wanted to make an all-female ensemble to keep a promise to his late mother. Allou got on board and was charged with recruiting(招募) other members. " It wasn't easy at first. Some parents were against it. You know, in Africa, the place of women is often seen as being either in an office or at home. That was the fixed image." Allou spread the word and took out ads in local papers. Most of the girls she found were not professional players. " I just played some tamtam.I learned to play the drums when I joined Bella Mondo, " The girls spent the next four years learning to play their instruments. Many gave up along the ... ...
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