Unit 2　Cloning

　　.單詞拼寫

　　1．The brothers________(不同) widely in their tastes.

　　2．Being a straightforward girl, she said that she hated

　　learning a________(商業的) course.

　　3．The old teacher had accumulated much experience of teaching before he________(退休)．

　　4．I'd like to come, too, if you have no________(反對)．

　　5．He always managed to________(得到)what he wanted.

　　6．Don't be so serious. I________(僅僅) played a joke on you.

　　7．However, the problem that she later developed a serious lung disease________(打擾) scientists.

　　8．You should follow the normal procedure if you want to___ _____(承擔) the law case.

　　9．The scientists have made a breakthrough in the research to__ ______(抵抗) the deadly disease.

　　10．It's very disturbing that there is too much violence in the common________(媒體)．

　　答案：1. differ 　2. commercial 　3. retired　4. objection　 5. obtain　6. merely　7. bothered　8. undertake　9. resist　10. media

　　.完成句子

　　1．He________ ________ ________(沮喪)because he was forbidden to go out with his brothers.

　　2．My uncle comes to have dinner with us________ ________ ________ ________(不時地)．

　　3．Keep on working hard like this, and your research________ ________ ________ ________(一定能取得) great success.

　　4．In ancient times, people believed that they could________ ________ ________ ________ ________(使復生) after death.

　　5．He tried________ ________(白費力氣)to persuade her to marry him.

　　6．All of them were strongly________ ________ ________(支持)the project.

　　7．Thinking they have grown up, the boys________ ________(反對)being treated like children.

　　8．Even though the house has a long history, it is still________ ________ ________(狀態良好)．

　　答案：1. was cast down 　2. from time to time　3. is bound to obtain　4. be brought back to life　5. in vain 　6. in favour of

　　7. object to　8. in good condition

　　.單項填空

　　1．(2011·濟南模擬)The new clothes in that shop are so beautiful that Anna cannot________taking a close look at them, although she cannot afford them at present.

　　A．enjoy　B．imagine

　　C．risk

　　D．resist

　　答案：D　句意：那家商店里的新衣服那么漂亮，以致Anna忍不住仔細地看了看，雖然她目前買不起。enjoy“喜歡”；imagine“想像”；risk“冒險”；resist“抵抗”。

　　2．You mustn't lose heart; sooner or later your efforts will__ ______.

　　A．pay off

　　B．take off

　　C．give off D．set off

　　答案：A　考查短語。句意：一定不要灰心，你的努力遲早會得到回報的。pay off“成功，奏效，達到目的”；take off“起飛，騰飛”；give off“發出”；set off“出發，引發，引起”。

　　3．—I told you she was not serious about him and now she has dumped him.

　　—Poor boy! It will take him a long time to get over this____.

　　A．beat

　　B．strike

　　C．blow

　　D．knock

　　答案：C　考查名詞。blow“打擊，不幸，精神上的打擊”。再如：His death was a terrible blow to her. 他的逝去對她是個可怕的打擊。

　　4．Sales of their new video has________one million dollars this year.

　　A．got over

　　B．set up

　　C．brought about

　　D．broken through

　　答案：D　考查動詞短語。句意：去年，他們新影帶的銷售額突破了一百萬美元。break through“突破”。

　　5．When I got home, I found the door open. A terrible thought________me—had anyone broken into the house?

　　A．beat

　　B．struck

　　C．knocked

　　D．appeared

　　答案：B　考查動詞。句意：回到家時，我發現門開著。我突然有了一個可怕的想法“有人闖入過嗎？”。strike在此表示“突然想到，猛地意識到”。

　　6．After the quarrel, I tried all my best to fix the misunderstanding between us, but all my efforts seemed________.

　　A．in trouble

　　B．in case

　　C．in time D．in vain

　　答案：D　考查介詞短語。句意：爭吵過后，我盡力消除我們之間的不快，但是努力都是白費。in vain“白費勁，徒勞無功”。

　　7．Suddenly the idea came to me________I might turn to Mr.Smith for help.

　　A．what

　　B．that

　　C．which

　　D．whom

　　答案：B　考查同位語從句。I might turn to Mr.Smith for help就是the idea的內容，同位語從句不缺成分用that引導。

　　8．The hospital described his________as “satisfactory” while he felt there was something wrong.

　　A．condition

　　B．situation

　　C．energy

　　D．position

　　答案：A　考查名詞辨析。condition“情況，狀態”；situation“形勢”；energy“能量”；position“位置”。

　　9．Yesterday I had a word with the CEO of the company，______who used to teach at Beijing University.

　　A．one

　　B．the one

　　C．that

　　D．it

　　答案：B　the one作同位語，特指the CEO of the company。

　　10．Garter Druse________his selection for the important task to his courage，devotion and knowledge of the area.

　　A．led

　　B．owed

　　C．devoted

　　D．contributed

　　答案：B　考查動詞。owe sth. to...為固定搭配，表示“把……歸功于”。句子意思為“Garter Druse把他對重要任務的選擇歸功于他的勇氣、奉獻精神和對這個領域的了解”。

　　11．Our school forbids________， that is to say, we are not allowed________at school.

　　A．to smoke; to smoke

　　B．students' smoking; smoking

　　C．students' to smoke; smoking

　　D．students' smoking; to smoke

　　答案：D　句意：我們學校禁止吸煙，也就是說，我們不允許在上學期間吸煙。forbid與allow的用法類似，forbid/allow sb. to do sth., forbid/allow(sb.'s)doing sth.。

　　12．If you________this task, you must be ready to suffer from hardship.

　　A．apply

　　B．experience

　　C．undertake

　　D．command

　　答案：C　apply“應用”；experience“經歷”；undertake“承諾，擔任”；command“命令，要求”。句意：如果你承擔這項任務，你應該做好應對困難的準備。

　　13．I have no objection ________your story again.

　　A．to hearing

　　B．to have heard

　　C．to hear

　　D．to having heard

　　答案：A　object和objection后常接to，而且to是介詞。

　　14．The genes of the cloned animals are so arranged that it can't________such a disease, so it soon died.

　　A．overlook

　　B．resist

　　C．exist

　　D．withdraw

　　答案：B　考查動詞辨析。 overlook“忽略”；resist“抵擋”；exist“存在”；withdraw“撤回，取回”；can't resist such a disease“不能抵擋住這樣一種疾病”。

　　15．—Hey, if you can't enjoy that at a sensible volume, please use the earphone. I'm studying.

　　—Oh, I'm sorry. I________realize it________you.

　　A．don't; bothers

　　B．didn't; bothered

　　C．don't; was bothering

　　D．didn't; was bothering

　　答案：D　由語境可知，我沒意識到(指前者提醒之前沒意識到，現在已意識到了)這么大的音量一直打擾著您。故第一空用一般過去時，第二空用過去進行時。

　　.完形填空

　　Here's a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly.

　　Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods—even if you also exercise regularly—could be__1__for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place—at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV—just the overall number of hours it__2__.

　　Research is preliminary(初步的), but several studies__3__people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

　　In an editorial__4__this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define__5__activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.

　　While health officials have issued guidelines__6__minimum amounts of physical activity, they haven't suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated__7__.

　　“After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send__8_ _signals，”Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucose and fat in the__9__start to shut down.

　　Even for people who__10__， spending long stretches of time sitting at a desk is still harmful.

　　Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who

　　exercise every day—__11__still spend a lot of time sitting—might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day，__12__in a single bout.

　　That wasn't__13__news for Aytekin Can, 31, who works at a London financial company, and spends most of his days sitting __14__a computer. Several evenings a week, Can also teaches jiu jitsu, a Japanese martial art__15__wrestling, and also does Thai boxing.

　　“I'm sure there are some detrimental__16__of staying still for too long, but I hope that being__17__when I can helps，” he said. “I wouldn't want to think the sitting could be__18__dangerous.”

　　Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat__19__had a higher death risk, independently of whether or not they exercised.

　　Figures from a US survey in 2003～2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars.

　　Experts said more research is needed to__20__just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects.

　　文章大意：本文說明的是：越來越多的科學家提醒，即使經常鍛煉身體，長時間坐著也會對健康產生有害影響。

　　1. A. bad

　　B. good

　　C. mean

　　D. dead

　　答案：A　此處意為：長時間坐著也會對健康產生壞影響，故選A項。

　　2. A. does

　　B. occurs

　　C. matches

　　D. dies

　　答案：B　不管你坐在哪里，它都會發生。occurs符合句意。

　　3. A. advise

　　B. talk

　　C. suggest

　　D. say

　　答案：C　但已有幾項研究顯示，故選suggest。advise“建議”，talk“談論”和say“說”均不符合句意。

　　4. A. thrown

　　B. caught

　　C. seen

　　D. published

　　答案：D　根據“在英國《運動醫學》雜志上發表的一篇評論文”，應用published。

　　5. A. biological

　　B. physical

　　C. psychological

　　D. logical

　　答案：B　相關機構應重新考慮如何界定身體鍛煉，以強調久坐的危害。根據句意應選B。

　　biological“生理的”；psychological“心理的”；logical“邏輯的”，均不符合句意。

　　6. A. commending

　　B. mending

　　C. recommending

　　D. communicating

　　答案：C　衛生官員已發布指南建議人們的最低身體活動量。recommend意為“建議”符合句意。

　　mend“修補”；commend“命令”；communicate“交流”。

　　7. A. stand

　　B. state

　　C. post

　　D. position

　　答案：D　但在一天最多坐幾個小時的問題上還是個空白。保持坐姿：in a seated position。

　　8. A. harmful

　　B. careful

　　C. wonderful

　　D. skillful

　　答案：A　身體會開始發出有害的(harmful)信號，A項正確。careful“仔細的”；wonderful“完美的”；skillful“有技巧的”。

　　9. A. head

　　B. arm

　　C. body

　　D. foot

　　答案：C　此時調節體內(就是身體：body)葡萄糖和脂肪量的基因會開始罷工。

　　10. A. sleep

　　B. rest

　　C. walk

　　D. exercise

　　答案：D　即使對那些經常鍛煉(exercise)的人來說，長時間坐著也有害。

　　11. A. and

　　B. so

　　C. but

　　D. then

　　答案：C　對于那些每天鍛煉但依然(就是轉折：but)有很多時間是處于靜坐狀態的人來說……。

　　12. A. rather than

　　B. other than

　　C. more than

　　D. less than

　　答案：A　如果每天的鍛煉可分散進行而不是(rather than)一次集中完成。other than“除……以外”；more than“多于”；than“少于”，均與句意不符。

　　13. A. bad

　　B. harmful

　　C. disadvantageous

　　D. welcome

　　答案：D　這對于艾特金·肯來說不是什么好消息。這里就是“受人歡迎的”消息。welcome符合句意。harmful“有害的”；disadvantageous“不利的”，與句意不符。

　　14. A. behind

　　B. back

　　C. in front of

　　D. forward

　　答案：C　肯每天大部分時間都坐在電腦前(in front of)。故選C項。

　　15. A. referring

　　B. involving

　　C. taking

　　D. bringing

　　答案：B　不過肯每周有幾個晚上教授一種和日本摔跤武術相關的柔術，此外還練泰國拳擊，

　　involving“與……相關的”，符合句意。

　　16. A. effects

　　B. prefects

　　C. affects

　　D. offers

　　答案：A　我知道長時間坐著不動肯定會有不好的影響。effects符合句意。affect是動詞“影響”，語法不符。

　　17. A. inactive

　　B. active

　　C. interactive

　　D. positive

　　答案：B　但我希望我做的這些運動能起到作用，故選active“活躍的”。inactive“不活躍的”；interactive“互動的”；positive“正面的”，均不符合句意。

　　18. A. such

　　B. little

　　C. lot

　　D. that

　　答案：D　句意：我不愿相信坐著會產生那么危險的后果。that用作副詞，意為“那么”。

　　19. A. less

　　B. fewer

　　C. more

　　D. further

　　答案：C　長時間坐著的人死亡率更高，more表示“更多”，符合句意。