Unit 2 Warming-up & Reading命题人: 班级：姓名：1.The carpenter wanted to cut off the branches and t____________ of the tree to make a bed.2.The poverty line is the m_______________ income that people need for an acceptable standard of living.3.The students put the books on the library desk, and the l______________ checked them in.4.Greatly to her ____________(悲伤), more than ten of her relatives lost their lives in the disaster.5.These _________(诗) fully express the author's love for the ordinary people and hatred for the ruling class. II.选出与句子中划线部分意思相近或相同的答案。

1.Smoking is likely to damage your health permanently. A. forever B. temporary C. apparently D. considerably2. She couldn’t forget the dreadful night when a murder had taken place just before her very eyes.A.unpleasantB. fearfulC. delightfulD. sad3. No such young man likes to be made fun of. A. laughed B. amused C.ignored D. teased4. Stand up where you fall down, and I'm sure you'll succeed in time.A.meantimeB. timelyC. eventuallyD. later5. In only 20 years the country has been transformed into an advanced industrial power.A.performedB. informedC. changedD. exchanged6. When I returned home, I tried to convey the wonder of this machine to my husband.A.contactB. expressC. surveyD. provide7.The flexible time for classes and interesting lessons are the attraction of the English training classes.A.reliableB. changeableC. fixedD. mixed8.We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.A.different B. conflicting C. convincing D. similar III.单句填空。

（在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

）1.The dog may bite you if you keep ____________ (tease) him.2.If Jack _____________(score) that goal, we would have won that football match.3.Do whatever it takes _____________(convey) your ideas to readers in your writing. .4.He wrote a lot of novels, only both of which ______________ (translate) into a foreign language.5.The water in the Dead Sea is so__________(salt) that you can’t sink when you are in the water.6.___________(finish) his morning work, the manager stood up behind his chair, stretching himself.7.Nowadays teenagers seem to spend ___________(end) hours on smart phones, computers and tablets.8.With so many different forms of poetry__(choose) from, students may have a try of writing poems of their own.9.With10 years’ experience, I provide high quality _____ (translate) that are tailored to meet your specific needs.10.It is with a heavy and broken heart that I brought this ________(sorrow) news to everyone today that my best friend committed suicide.1.All the supplies _______________ after the battle.2.--I’m sorry I m ade a mistake! ---______________. Nobody is perfect!3.Prisoners were kept in a very tiny room with ___________________ furniture.4.She is keen on writing poetry, and on English romantic poems _____________.5.We can ___________ electric energy __________ light energy as well as into heat energy.6.At first, the earth’s surface layer ______________________ huge blocks of hard, solid rocks.7.The nightclub, opened last month, __________________ the college students near it.8.The book _________________________ thirty languages since it came on the market in 1973.9.With pressure from life and work increasing ________, there should be something for people to have fun with.10.I think it ______________ to set aside some of your money each month just in case, since nobody knows what will happen in the future.- 1 -Attitude determines altitude. 态度决定高度V. 完形填空When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ___1___. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could___2___a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister___3___talent.I was better at my ___4___. My teacher had told my parents that I had great ___5___. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ___6___me. But the only time he was ___7___was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. Back then, I was ___8___about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was___9___every Saturday at 3 p.m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour. So I ___10___this amazing opportunity. Today, I don’t even have a ___11___ in my house.My sister became an engineer, but she___12___stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched ___13___. She went back to college, got a(n) ___14___in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never___15___.Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family ___16___for her. As she played, I looked around at the ___17___. Everyone was ___18___enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly ___19___sounds and knew how far she had come, despite ___20___. Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.1. A. advance B. quit C. reflect D. listen2. A. inspect B. open C. attend D. visit3. A. lacked B. spotted C. possessed D. admired4. A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument5. A. patience B. enthusiasm C. potential D. ambition6. A. train B. examine C. correct D. challenge7. A. punctual B. skillful C. occupied D. available8. A. sensitive B. crazy C. serious D. particular9. A. filmed B. designed C. aired D. commented10. A. jumped at B. turned down C. waited for D. opened up11. A. tutor B. violin C. musician D. piano12. A. never B. once C. already D. even13. A. attitudes B. careers C. plans D. positions14. A. scholarship B. sponsor C. degree D. assistant15. A. provided B. imagine C. received D. expected16. A. voted B. feared C. stayed up D. turned up17. A. students B. audience C. spotlights D. platform18. A. obviously B. desperately C. appropriately D. anxiously19. A. booming B. pleasing C. awful D. powerful20. A. everything B. something C. everybody D. somebodyVI. 短文改错。