Revision for Module 2

一、 根据首字母或汉语提示写出正确的单词

1. The $70 sneakers were a gift from his poor mother, who had saved up for months and bought them at a 60 percent ________(折扣)．

2. Students in the experimental class start early learning the literary ________(经典作品) of China and Western countries.

3. As the last ________(目击者) of the 1800s, the world's oldest living person celebrated 117th birthday in Italy.

4. The CEO of the company announced that 4G ________(信号) had covered 70% of the country.

5. Tourists come from around the world to see the giant pandas at the Wolong Nature ________(保护区) in Sichuan.

6. The traffic policeman stopped the car to e________ whether the driver was drunk while driving.

7. Hundreds of small companies have been s________ up by these large ones in recent years. 8. I didn't feel that this was an a________ time to discuss the problem. Let's make it another time.

9. If the children feel u________ with strangers, parents should encourage them to speak up. 10. The Republican Party c________ Trump pulled off a surprise victory against Hillary Clinton and became the host of the White House.

11. What a c________！ He was born on his mother's birthday.

12. Please give me a call in a________ so that I can pick you up at the station. 13. Nobody knows exactly how life came into e________， which still remains an unsolved puzzle.

14. A person needs to be very o________ in order to survive difficult times. 15. Not long after the accident, everything returned to n________． 二、 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空 1. — We've spent too much money recently.

— Well, it isn't surprising. Our friends and relatives ________(come) around all the time. 2. This is the first time we ________(see) a film in the cinema together as a family.

3. Over the past decades, sea ice ________(decrease) in the Arctic as a result of global warming.

4. When I was at college I spoke three foreign languages, but I ________(forget) all except a few words of each.

5. — I'm going to leave at the end of this month.

— I don't think you should do that until you ________(find) another job.

6. Daniel's family ________(enjoy) their holiday in Huangshan this time next week. 7. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ________(leave) office soon. 8. — Guess what, we've got our visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer. — How nice! You ________(experience) a different culture then.

9. The moment I got home, I found I ________(leave) my jacket on the playground.

10. The crazy fans ________(wait) patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.

三、 选词填空

sound; cover; rise; sympathy; set up; no sooner; settle down; critical; rare; turn around 1. Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel and she hopes to ________ a new world record.

2. She looked at it ________ for a moment. “It's all right，” she said, “but isn't it upside down？”

3. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept ________． 4. Jasper White is one of those ________ people who believe in ancient myths. 5. I ________ and looked angrily at the man and the woman sitting behind me.

6. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she ________ a distance of eight miles.

7. The snake ________ out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. 8. The manager was ________， but he could do nothing about it.

9. He had ________ returned than he bought a house and went to live there.

10. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to ________ in the country. 四、 单项填空

1. — Why are you so crazy about music?

— Because I can always find in music ________ peace that is missing in ________ world full of challenges.

A. the; a B. the; / C. /; a D. /; the

2. It's the first time that I have been to such a big supermarket. I really don't know which to take and which to ________．

A. pick up B. leave behind C. put up D. turn down

3. — Do you know anything about his plan to his company? — No, I was kept completely ________． A. in the black B. in the dark C. in this case D. in the distance

4. Immediate measures ________ to deal with the emergencies once they happen. A. will be taken B. will take

C. have been taken D. have taken

5. — I'm afraid I am a man without luck. I have been trying and have always been turned away.

— ________. Just have a little patience.

A. Things at the worst will mend B. Time and tide wait for no man C. Fear always springs from ignorance D. Troubles never come singly

Revision for Module 2

一、 1. discount 2. classics 3. witness 4. signals 5. Reserve 6. examine 7. swallowed 8. appropriate 9. uncomfortable 10. candidate 11. coincidence

12. advance 13. existence 14. optimistic 15. normal

二、 1. have been coming 2. have seen 3. has been decreasing 4. have forgotten 5. have found 6. will be enjoying 7. would leave 8. will be experiencing 9. had left 10. had been waiting

三、 1. set up 2. critically 3. soundly 4. rare 5. turned around 6. covered 7. rose 8. sympathetic 9. no sooner 10. settle down

四、 1～5 ABBAA

1. A 解析：句意：——为什么你对音乐如此着迷？——因为我总是能从音乐里在充满挑战的世界里找到失去的平静。第一个空表示特指，故用the；第二个空表示泛指，故用a。

2. B 解析：leave behind(留下，忘带；把……丢在后面，超过)，与take对应。

3. B 解析：in the dark(不知道，蒙在鼓里)；in the black(赢利，盈余)；in this case(既然这样)；in the distance(在远处)。

4. A 解析：take与measures之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，应用被动语态，once引导的条件状语从句为一般现在时，表示将来要发生的事，主句应用一般将来时。故选A。

5. A 解析：Things at the worst will mend(否极泰来)；Time and tide wait for no man(岁月不待人)；Fear always springs from ignorance(恐惧源于无知)；Troubles never come singly(祸不单行)。