20202021学年高中英语Unit2TheUnitedKingdomreading课时作业2新人教版必修

Unit2TheUnitedKingdomreading第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项A★★★☆☆WhileincollegeTimstartedtolookforeasywaystomakemoney.Oneoftheopportunitieshesawwasgambling（赌博）.Hestartedlearningaboutallformsofgambling.Hegotluckyenoughtomake$9000butsadlyitdidntlastlongandoverthenextyearhelostallofthatmoney.ItwasatthispointthatTimrealizedthatheneededtostopgamblingandfocusonlearningaboutfinance.OnedayhewastalkingtooneofhisfriendsaboutcreatingabusinessandhisfriendturnedhimontoQuickSprout.SohestartedreadingeveryblogpostonQuickSproutinthehopethathecouldlearnabouthowtobecomeasuccessfulbusinessmanandmeetsomepeoplethroughQuickSproutthathecouldpartnerupwith.AyearagoTimreadablogpostonQuickSproutaboutanotherbusinessmanbythenameofTimothySykes.TimvisitedTimothysykes.comandlearnedabouthisMillionaireChallengeprogramthattaughtpeoplehowtobuyandsellpennystocks（低价股票）.Timthoughtitwou1dbeworthgivingatry.TimspentthenextfewmonthslearningfromTimothySykesonhowtotradestocks.Afterhefeltthathehadlearnedenoughhewantedtostarttrading.Withinthefirst6monthsofusingwhathelearnedintheMillionaireChallengeprogramhemadeover$

40000.Atonepointheevenmade$11000in15minutes.Overthenext12monthsTimisontracktomakeevenmoremoney.Sofarthingsarelookinggoodandheisalreadyaheadofschedule.TheMillionaireChailengeprogramhasworkedoutsowel1forhimandheisnowstartingtoenjoythefinerAo细节理解题根据第三段的thesitucitionofbeingstuckinjamsonkeyroadssuchastheA34andA40和倒数第二段的WhatIwanttoseemostofallisthequickproductionofaplantosolvetheproblemoftheA34可知，MsBlackwood认为当今最重要的事情是解决道路拥挤问题A推理判断题第一段即本文主旨句，交通拥挤问题对Oxfordshire的经济产生巨大威胁JohnCardy因对交通的担心让他不得不重新考虑是否把他的企业从Garford搬到Witney由此可推断交通正阻碍企业的发展七选五话题人际关系本文是记叙文作者认为有时候赞同比建议更重要E由无论加里做什么都无法取悦父亲可知应选E项Go由下文父亲解释离家近的各种好处和移居他乡的坏处可知，加里要在另外一座城镇工作，这让父亲大吃一惊Fo由加里说的rmmovingtogetawayfromyou可知，尽管他很爱父亲但却无法忍受父亲所做的•切Ao本段是父亲解释他干涉加里的生活的原因Co由加里生气要离开父亲可知，父亲要加里进步让他感觉更糟糕thingsoflife.Timdecidetolearnaboutfinancewhenhefirstenteredthecollegehewasluckyenoughtoearn$9000helearnedaboutallfoimsofgamblinghelostal1themoneyhegotfromgamblingByvisitingTimothysykes.comTim.foundabusinessopportunityknewhowQuickSproutdevelopedpostedabloghewroteonthewebsitesetuptheMillionaireChallengeprogram

23.HowdidTimcometoknowTimothySykesByattendingTimothyslectures.BytradingstockswithTimothy.Bybeingintroducedbyfriends.Byvisitingawebsitebychance.ThelasttwoparagraphsshowTim.hasstoppedlearningfromTimothyhastakenchargeoftheprogrambenefitsfromthestockmarkethasbecomeamillionaireB★★★☆☆WeregoingtohelpherdoitBethWangariisafarmerinKenya.Shsoneof450millionsmallholder（耕种小块农田者）farmersworldwide.Togethertheyproduceover25%oftheworldtsfoodsupply.Buttheycou1（1domuchmore.AcrossSub-SaharanAfricatheaveragefarmproducesonly

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2020.Increasetheaverageproductivityoftheworldsmajorcropsby20%withoutusingmorelandorwater.Increasethebiodiversity（生物多样性）of5millionhectaresoffarmland.Reach20millionsmallholdersandhelpthemincreaseproductivityby50%.Train20millionfarmworkersonlaborsafetyespeciallyindevelopingcountries.SeehowwedoAspartofTheGoodGrowthPlanwearereadytoworkwithgrowersgovernmentsandallwhoshareourgoals.Wewillreportourprogressonourwebsite.YoucanfindoutmoreaboutTheGoodGrowthPlanandtheprogresswearemakingat.

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31.What*sthebesttitleforthetextLearntobeanastronautWe1cometoSpaceShopComeandtakeaspacewalkShowyourtalentforscienceD★★★★☆ThebiggestthreattothefutureofOxfordshireseconomy（经济）istransport.Thatisthekeyfindingofamajornewreportwhichinterviewedmorethan120countyfirms.Theresultsshow76percentofthecompanyownersanddirectorsbelievetrafficjamsandthequalityoftransportareaffectingtheirbusiness.Morethan30percentsaythisiscostingthemdearlyintheformofextrafuelcostswhilesomesaythesituationofbeingstuckinjamsonkeyroadssuchastheA34andA40everydayismakingithardertoemployworkers.Butlack（缺乏）ofsafercyclingplansisencouraging72percentofpeopletocontinuetogotoworkbycar.Thereporthasledthegovernmenttotrytoworkoutasolutiontothesituationonthecounty*scrowdedroads.NicolaBlackwoodanofficialofOxfordshirerecentlybioughttransportministerStephenHammondtothecountyandsaidhebecamestuckinatrafficjamontheA

34.Asaresulthehaspromisedthathewillaimtolookatentireroadsratherthanindividualprojectssuchasimprovingjunctions（交叉路口）.MsBlackwoodsaid:Ifweareabletoachieveanythinglikeoureconomicgrowthweneedtosolvetheproblemsthatnotonlyaffectthenewcompaniesbutalsothegrowthofexistinglocalbusinesses.WhatIwanttoseemostofallisthequickproductionofaplantosolvetheproblemoftheA

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32.Accordingtothereport.theA34andA40arcthemostcrowdedroadscompaniesspendmoreonfuelthanbeforemoreandmoreworkersarelosingtheirjobsthereisaseriousshortageoffuelWhatdoweknowaboutthereportmentionedinthetextItaimstodevelopsafercyclingplans.Itfocusesontheunemploymentproblem.Ithasattractedthegovernmentsattention.ItisbasedonStephenHammond*sexperience.AccordingtoMsBlackwoodwhatJsthemostimportantthingtodoTosolvetheproblemofheavytraffic.Tolimitthegrowthofnewbusinesses.ToinvitethetransportministertoOxfordshire..Tofindwaystodevelopthecountyseconomy.JohnCardysworryshows.transportisholdingbackbusinessgrowthbusinessgrowthleadstotrafficjamsmostofhisemployeesarentsatisfiedwithhimhisemployeesarealwayscaughtintrafficjamsontheA40第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项选项中有两项为多余选项NomatterwhatGarydiditwasneverenoughtopleasehisfather.36Whenhedescribedthewonderfulgirlhedfalleninlovewithhegotalecturewarninghimthatshemightbedifferentthanhethought.37Hetriedtotaikhimoutofitexplainingtheadvantagesofbeingclosetothefamilyandthedisadvantagesofmoving.FinallyGarygotangry“Dad1mmovingtogetawayfromyou!38ThistimetoGaryssurprisehisdadsaidwithtearsinhiseyes“AllIeverwantedwastomakeyoubetterandhelpyoutobesuccessfulandavoidrisks.39Itswhymybusinessissosuccessful.DoyouwantmetoignoremyexperienceandjustbeacheerleaderM“DadourrelationshipisntaboutproductivitywGaryexplained.Youremydad.SometimesIneedpraisemorethanapushandapproval（赞同）morethanadvice.40Itsnotenoughthatyouloveme;Ineedyoutoappreciateme.”Thatsanimportantlesson.Inpersonalrelationshipstheremaybebenefitstotheendlesspursuit（追求）ofbetterbutthecostmaybetoohigh.ItswhatIdo.Icanunderstandyou.Alwaystryingtomakemebetterjustmakesmefeelworse.IpromiseI11standbyyoursideforevernomatterwhathappens.WhenhegotsevenAsandthreeBshisdadaskedabouttheBs.IloveyoubutIcantstandthewayyouteardowneverything1do.GarysdadwassurprisedandhurtwhenGarytookajobinanothertown.参考答案21-25DADCC26-30CACDC31-35CBCAA36-40EGFAC部分解析阅读理解A篇（社会）本文是记叙文作者介绍了蒂姆是如何赚钱的Do细节理解题根据第一段的thenextyearhelostallofthatmoney.ItwasatthispointthatTimrealized…focusonlearningaboutfinance可知Ao推理判断题MillionaireChallenge计划教授人们如何买卖低价股票蒂姆认为这值得尝试从第四段蒂姆赚到钱可知，通过访问Timolhysykes.com他找到了一个商机Do细节理解题根据第三段的TimreadablogpostonQuickSproutaboutanotherbusinessmanbythenameofTimothySykes可知，蒂姆是在浏览网页上的博客时偶然知道TimothySykes的Co推理判断题.从第四段蒂姆赚钱和最后一段他正在享受生活可知，蒂姆通过学习买卖低价股票而赚到钱，故他在股票市场中受益B篇（自然）本文是说明文文章介绍一项旨在帮助农民增产的计划Co篇章结构题从文中第三段的Syngentahelpsfarmersacrosstheworldtoraiseharvests可知TheGoodGrowthPlan的目的是为了使农民增产，标题中的We指代这项计划的实施者Syngenta公司，而it则指代这项计划的目的Co推理判断题根据第二和第三段可知，Syngenta公司致力于帮助农民在节约水和土壤的情况卜导到更多的收成，而Beth所需的是能帮助她获得更多收成的科技和技能，故可推断Syngenta可能向Beth提供的是科技和技能Ao主旨大意题从文章标题、对TheGoodGrowthPlan的详细介绍以及最后一段描述该项计划的后续工作可知，本文通过列举一位肯尼亚农民的情况，从而引出对TheGoodGrowthPlan的详细介绍C篇（兴趣与爱好）本文是应用文文章介绍了天文爱好者可以参观游览的theEuroSpaceCenterCo细节理解题根据第一段的Lightsoundandspecialeffectshelptobringyourspacejourneytolife可知，灯光、声效以及特殊效果让来到theEuroSpaceCenter的游客有身临其境的感觉Do细节理解题根据第二段的whereyoucanclimbintoourfull-scaleSpaceShuttlemodelandexperiencelifeonboardasanastronaut可知Co细节理解题最后一段描述了theEuroSpaceCenter的开放时间是假期的每天以及除周一外的其余时间故本题选C项Co标题归纳题从第二段的Visitourinternationalspacestation倒数第二段的whynotvisit和最后一段的开放时间和订票热线等可知，本文旨在吸引天文爱好者来参观theEuroSpaceCenterC项中的Come——词用来吸弓I读者，而takeaspacewalk则是对theEuroSpaceCenter的形象描述D篇（交通）本文是说明文文章介绍了交通拥挤成为Oxfordshire经济发展的最大威肋，Bo细节理解题.根据第三段的报告内容可知，由于交通拥挤，企业为额外的燃料成本付出了巨大代价Co细节理解题根据笫五段的Thereporthasledthegovernmenttotrytoworkoutasolution可知，这份报告已经引起了政府部门的注意。