Unit 17 Laughter Period Two

PeriodTwoLanguagePointsⅠ.语境填词1．Therearesevered________onRoute95thismorningbecauseofanaccident.2．Histastesareinh________withminesoweoftenplaytogether.3．Grandfatherisf________andoftenrepeatshimselfwhenhetellsastory.4．Nobodybelievedthisnews，becauseeverybodythoughtittoor________.5．Nobodycanbringus________(迅速地)，painlesslyintothepromisedland.6．Theteacher’sexplanation________(澄清)thepuzzlingproblem.7．Thekitchen’salwaysso________(凌乱的)afterwe’vehadguests.Givemeahandtodoitover，willyou?8．Shetoldusseveral________(趣闻)aboutthehospitalandthepatients.Ⅱ.同义词辨析1．用overlook，neglect或ignore的适当形式填空(1)Shesawhimcomingbutshe________him.(2)Hewassobusythathe________hishealth.(3)Themother________herlittleboy’sbadbehaviour.(4)It’seasyto________asmalldetaillikethat.2．用mature，ripe填空(1)Thepeachesarenot____________.(2)Peachtreesareconsidered________whentheybeginbearingfruit.(3)Autumniscoming.Everythingis________andevenourloveis________insuchaharvestingseason.Ⅲ.完成句子1．Hurryup!__________________________(剩下的时间不多了)．2．Hardlyhadsheheardthesadstorywhenshe________________(突然大哭起来)．3．__________________(由于)badweather，theflight________________(耽误)．4．We________________(不能忽视)thepartthatwomenplayinourlife.5．Heisshort，sohehasto____________________(挤进去)insidetowatchtheshow.6．Didyou____________________________________(你找到他家费事吗)?Ⅳ.单项填空1．Ithasbeenreportedthatsomegovernmentleaders________theirauthorityandpositiontogetillegalprofitsforthemselvesthatresultedintheoppositioninThailand.A．abuseB．takeC．employD．overlook2．Becauseofthefinancialcrisis，Ihavenoready________onme.CanIpayyoutomorrow?A．depositB．chequeC．coinD．cash3．Atthefunnyscene，weall________.A．burstintolaughingB．burstoutlaughterC．burstintolaughD．burstintolaughter4．Youwill________hisaddress；heiswell­knowninthisarea.A．havenodifficultiesfindingB．havenodifficultytofindC．findnotdifficulttofindD．havenodifficultyfinding5．Weshouldknowthatwecanonlyreachthetopifwearereadyto________andlearnfromfailure.A．dealwithB．dependonC．carryonD．gowith6．—Ourholidaycostalotofmoney.—Didit?Well，thatdoesn’tmatter________youenjoyedyourselves.A．unlessB．incaseC．asfarasD．aslongas7．He’snot________enoughtobegiventoomuchresponsibility.A．natureB．oldC．maturelyD．mature8．Theweatherwas________coldthatIdidn’tliketoleavemyroom.A．reallyB．suchC．tooD．so9．Heopenedthedoor________aknock.A．inanswertoB．inresponsetoC．inordertoD．respondto10．Tomwasabouttoclosethewindow________hisattentionwascaughtbyabird.A．whenB．ifC．andD．tillⅤ.阅读理解Differenttypesofanimalshavebeendisappearingfromviewontheearthformillionsofyears.Now,oneofthemkeepspoppingupagain,thankstonaturalhumancuriosity.Mammoths(猛犸)couldwalktheearthagain.Withlargetusks(长牙)andahighroundhead，mammothswereupto5meterstallattheshoulder.Theywerecoveredwithlong,darkhairandprobablyweighedfrom6to12tons.TwomammothsdugupareondisplayinBeijingMuseumofNaturalHistoryfromApril28toJuly10.Mammothsarecloserelativesofmodernelephants.MammothsfirstappearedinAfricaaboutfourmillionyearsagoandspreadoutacrossEuropeandAsia.Theyslowlyevolvedintoseveraldifferentspecies,eachadaptingtotheirenvironment.Forexample，thehardywoollymammoth(毛猛犸)livedintheextremecoldofSiberia.Mostscientiststhinkthatabout10,000yearsago,woollymammothsdiedoutasaresultofwarmerweatherreducingtheirfoodsources.Itisbelievedthat10millionmammothsareburiedunderthefrozensoilofSiberia.In2007,aRussianhuntercameacrosswhathethoughtwasthebodyofareindeerstickingoutofthesnow.Withacloserlook,the“reindeer”turnedouttobea40,000­year­oldbabymammoth.Pictureitinyourmind.Woollymammothseatinggrassaroundtheplaceswearelivingin.“Ourancestorsmighthaveseenthem,livedwiththem,andevenhuntedthem，”saidAndreiSher,amammothexpertattheSevertsovInstituteofEcologyandEvolutioninMoscow,Russia.Youmightalreadyhaveseenamammothinthemovies.InIceAgeⅡ，themammothcoupleshowedofftheirpower,withthemalesavingthefemalefromacave.Whataprehistoricromance!Butscientistsaredyingtoseerealmammoths.Theskinandfleshofthoseduguparewellpreserved.Expertsstudyingthemhopetofindthegeneticsecretsofthemammothandbringthembacktolife.1．Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?A．Mammoth’sskeletonsaredifficulttofind.B．Wewillhaveachancetoseetherealmammothoneday.C．Mammothswillbeouranimalspecimens.D．Mammothswillbeasmanyasbefore.2．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．MammothsfirstappearedinSiberiaaboutfourmillionyearsago.B．In2007,aRussianhuntercameacrossareindeer.C．Mostscientiststhinkthatabout10,000yearsago，woollymammothsdiedoutasaresultofwarmerweatherreducingtheirfoodsources.D．ThetworealmammothswerefoundinBeijing.3．Whatdoyouthinkthepurposeofthelastbutoneparagraphis?A．Toprovidebackgroundinformationofthetopic.B．Toofferthebasicknowledgeofthetopic.C．Toarousepeople’simaginationtoseetherealmammoth.D．Tooffersomelivingfeaturesofmammoths.4．Whatisthebesttitleofthispassage?A．TwomammothsdugupareondisplayinBeijingMuseumofNaturalHistoryB．ThelifefeaturesofmammothsC．Wherearethemaininhabitantsofmammoths?D．Tellussomethingaboutmammothsburstout，burstintoburstout与burstinto作为“突然……起来”时，burstout后通常接动名词，而burstinto后通常接具有动作意义的名词。Sheburstintotears.＝Sheburstoutcrying.她突然哭起来。答案