2021版外研版必修二英语Unit2 Let′s celebrate period3+4基础巩固+提升训练（含答案）.doc

1、Unit2 Lets celebrate Period 3 Using languageGrammar may; must; could; might 1I _ make a lantern now, but I _ when I was young. 2It _ rain this afternoon. Youd better take a raincoat with you. 3How long _ I keep this book? You _ keep it for two weeks. 4Your mother _ be in the next room. I can hear he

2、r talking there. 5_ we go out and play football now? No, you _. You _ finish your homework first. 单句写作 1应老师们的请求，教授将给我们举办一次讲座。 The professor will give us a lecture _ the teachers. 2据说他们的产品远销国内外。 It is said that their products are sold both _. 3通过考试确实是值得他付出的努力。 He is really _ of passing the test. 4迈克，

3、这个问题不过是你的想象。 The problem only _ your head, Mike. 5我觉得这里的食物不对我的胃口。 _ the food here agrees with me. 6我承认，那次干的是件蠢事。 _ it was a stupid thing to do. 7吸引大量客人的是这家酒店的中国传统菜。 _ a large number of guests is the traditional Chinese dishes in this hotel. 8我们中国人通常在春节前用图画和鲜花装饰我们的屋子。 We Chinese people usually_ pictu

4、res and flowers before Spring Festival. 9所有的竞争对手在竞争中都很有竞争力。 All the competitors are very competitive _. 10我喜欢在家读小说不亚于在电影院看电影。 I enjoy reading novels at home _ seeing movies at the cinema. 提升训练 完形填空 （一） The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. Peop

5、le from the North and the South have different _1_ about the foods they eat on this _2_ day. In Northern China, people _3_ eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the _4_ and the beginning of time. According to historical _5_， in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on C

6、hinese New Years Day. Perhaps _6_ the areas in Southern China _7_ more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly _8_ to eat many other kinds of food on New Years Day. _9_， the most common foods for the first _10_ are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodles _11_ long life. Th

7、e New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which _12_ the hope of improvement in _13_ year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of _14_ according to the Chinese. To _15_ a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to _16_ a New

8、 Years greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. _17_， as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have _18_ new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. _19_， they use short messages or emails.

9、Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into _20_. 1A.word Bhabits Cmeanings Dstories 2A.usual Bunforgettable Ccommon Dspecial 3A.seldom Busually Calways Dhardly 4A.end Bfuture Cresult Deffect 5A.reasons Brecords Cnotes Dstories 6A.as long as Bthough Cwhen Dbecause 7A.caused Btook Cprod

10、uced Dbrought 8A.understood Bknew Cmade Dbegan 9A.Besides BTherefore CConsequently DUsually 10A.subject Btitle Cprogram Dmeal 11A.symbolizes Breveals Cshows Dindicates 12A.transports Brepresents Cfetches Dtakes 13A.health Bfamily Clife Dwork 14A.reunion Bluck Chappiness Dharmony 15A.do Bpay Cget Dca

11、rry 16A.express Bdescribe Cestablish Ddefine 17A.Luckily BUnfortunately CHowever DBesides 18A.given away Bmade out Cgot into Dtaken up 19A.Instead BFortunately CMoreover DFurthermore 20A.sight Beffect Cfashion Dpower （二） Fathers Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with M

12、others Day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time. Fathers Day was first celebrated by American _1_ it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart. He was a veteran (退伍军人) of the US Civil War and his wife _2_ away giving birth to their

13、 sixth child. He _3_six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly _4_back in those days. His daughter, Sonora Dodd, _5_ when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his _6_. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually _7_ one day, listening to a sermon (传教) on_8_. She t

14、hought there should _9_be a Fathers Day celebration. And so the _10_was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonoras fathers death. Britain took the idea of Fathers Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated _11_since the 1970s. Fathers Day is never qui

15、te such the big commercial event _12_Mothers Day is, probably because it hasnt been in _13_for so long. But what do British people do for Fathers Day? Well, most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would probably have a nice message in it _14_ what a great Dad their father is. Some peopl

16、e do buy presents as well. _15_ gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because these are things that Dads can _16_ use even if they dont want them. In the run- up (即将到 来之际) to Fathers Day, or indeed Mothers Day, there will be ads on the TV giving_17_ideas of CDs or gadgets (小玩具，小玩意) w

17、e can buy. Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “Worlds Greatest Dad”_18_on them. Some families _19_do things together to celebrate Fathers Day like going for a meal. As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest, _20_him a cup of tea, or even wash

18、 his car and mow the lawn (除草) to make him feel really appreciated. 1A.and Bso Cor Dbut 2A.gave Bwent Cput Dpassed 3A.brought Bfed Craised Deducated 4A.unusual Bunnatural Cunfair Duntrue 5A.noticed Bfound Cheard Drealized 6A.wife Bchildren Cson Ddaughter 7A.at school Bat home Cat work Dat church 8A.

19、Mothers Day BFathers Day CChristmas Day DNew Years Day 9A.still Btoo Calso Das well 10A.attraction Btradition Cposition Dcongratulation 11A.special Bofficially Cespecial Dgreatly 12A.like Bthat Cas Dwhich 13A.existence Buse Ceffect Dpower 14A.drawing Bsaying Cspeaking Dtelling 15A.Regular BPopular C

20、Normal DMoral 16A.always Bsometimes Cseldom Dnever 17A.you Bthem Cus Dpeople 18A.placed Bput Claid Dwritten 19A.must Bhave to Cmight Dshould 20A.cook Bboil Csteam Dmake 阅读理解 A Millions of people crowded onto trains, airplanes and buses across China last week. They were hurrying home, to be with thei

21、r families for Chinas most important holiday, Chinese New Year. More than one billion people around the world are celebrating the New Year. History Behind the Holiday The Chinese New Year is celebrated at the second new moon after the winter solstice (冬至). (The winter solstice is one of the two time

22、s of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator. It is also the shortest day of the year.) According to an ancient legend, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. 12 animals came, and Buddha named a year after each animal. The animals were: the mouse, ox

23、, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Good Year to Be a Pig Buddha announced that people born in each animals year would have some of that animals personality. If you were born in 1959, 1971, 1983 or 1995, you were born in the year of the Pig. People who were b

24、orn in these years are believed to be polite, honest, hardworking and loyal. They are also supposed to be lucky, which is why many Chinese like to have babies in a Pig year. They are said to get along best with people born under the year of the Rabbit, Goat, Tiger, Dragon, Horse and Dog. Festivals,

25、Lions and Feasts On Chinese New Years Eve, the Chinese celebrate with fireworks, family gatherings, and feasts. One of the most popular ways to celebrate the holiday is the lion dance. The lion is considered a holy (神圣的) animal. During celebrations, dancers dressed as lions (or holding up elaborate

26、paper lions in the air) perform to bring good luck to the people they visit at their homes or businesses. People often wear in red, which symbolizes fire. Legend has it that fire can drive away bad luck. The 15- day New Year season is celebrated with firecrackers, dragon dances and visits to friends

27、 and relatives. The celebrations end with the Lantern Festival, when brightly colored lanterns are hung in parks around China. 1The eighth animal of Chinese year is _. Arabbit Bdog Cgoat Dhorse 2Why do many parents want a baby born in a Pig year? AA pig is a gentle animal. BThe baby would be friendl

28、y to others. CIt would bring pride to its parents. DIt is regarded as lucky. 3People wear red clothes during the festival in order to _. Alook beautiful Bget rid of bad luck Cappear like a fire Dsuit the atmosphere of the festival 4The Spring Festival ends with _. Aeating dumplings together Blion da

29、ncing Cthe Lantern Festival Dfireworks B People usually celebrate their traditional festival. The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad. United Kingdom Celebrations for Sprin

30、g Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every New Year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. United States Spring Festival is an important time for Chinese liv

31、ing or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional New Year. It is a good chance for people to feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture. Australia On Chinese New Year, many people across Australia come to Sydneys Chinatown. They enjoy fire

32、works, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non- Chinese. Singapore The family dinner on New Years Eve is an important tradition for Chinese. They put traditional food on a table as a

33、n act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoys their dinner together. They usually have it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. 5Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in _. A1890 B1980 C2000 D2002 6Chinese in Australia enjoy t

34、he following activities except _. Afireworks Blion dances Cplaying cards Ddragon boat races 7In Singapore, Chinese families dont have the New Year dinner at a restaurant but at home because _. Athey were born in Singapore Bthey moved there from other places Cthe restaurant is far away Dthey want to

35、keep Chinese tradition 8After reading the passage above, we can say _. Aall parts of the world celebrate Spring Festival Bthe Chinese New Year is celebrated only in China Conly four foreign countries celebrate Chinese Spring Festival DChinese around the world have a strong feeling towards Spring Fes

36、tival 语法填空 Dragon Heads- raising Day, _1_ falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month, is one of the Chinese traditional festivals. As the proverb goes, “The dragon is awake, _2_ (raise) its head.” On this day, dragons, a prominent totem (图腾) in Chinese culture raise _3_ (they) heads

37、 with the sound of thunder. Around this time, the earth _4_ (burst) with life. Grass and trees are beginning to shoot up. In ancient China, people _5_ (pray) beside a river or a lake for the precious spring rain to breed their crops. _6_ (tradition), food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of

38、 the dragon. For instance, wontons were called “dragons eyes”. The special _7_ (food) usually eaten on this day include dragons scales, popcorn and pigs heads. In Shanxi, people get their hair _8_ (cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new. In _9_ countryside in Hebei Province, p

39、eople would fetch water from a well at dawn. It was believed _10_ on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collector a good harvest. 1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5_ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9_ 10._ 概要写作 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 That Special Moment Between Mother and Daughter, over Baklava Lately,

40、 following the most recent fall a month ago, my 90- year- old mother has been more and more quiet and sleepy. For a person who by everyones accounts walk, moves and talks a mile a minute and is a firecracker of a personality, this is very odd. At the same time, my 92- year- old father has been suffe

41、ring his own health problems. My father says she was still talkative until a couple of weeks ago and now is no longer like that. The other day, I recalled how my mother used to visit a woman named Mrs Demopolis, who made the best baklava! She gave lessons on baking them to my mother and as a 4- year

42、- old, I thoroughly enjoyed these visit and the treat I inevitably ended up with! Also, my mother took to baking baklava often for a time and that was sheer pleasure. As I spoke of this over the phone, my silent mother perked up and said how much shed like to have one again. Now, they live in Florid

43、a and I live in Wales, UK, so I cant sadly pop over and bring her some baklava or even make some in her kitchen. But what I did suggest was that my father or sister could buy them some baklava at a Greek Restaurant and I could do the same, and wouldnt it be fun to eat our baklava at exactly the same

44、 time and so be together sharing the moment and the pleasure? Both parents loved the idea and we resolved to do it. Two days later we both had our baklava and shared the experience while our husbands took a picture. It meant a lot to my parents, and to me, to do this. We both had authentic and delic

45、ious baklava and shared the moment. My mother said she wants to do this again, maybe with another food or even baklava again! Why not? And as she only weighs 85 lbs and keeps losing instead of gaining, it is good for her to find foods that appeal to her appetite. It is becoming harder to find ways t

46、o communicate over the phone, but this was at least a very yummy way to do so. And it was nice, as well, to evoke pleasant memories of our past. 读后续写 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 It was Christmas_Day. Pappy was working alone fixing an old lantern in the backroom when he heard the ringing of his be

47、ll on the shop door. The bell,_which produced a uniquely pleasant sound, had been in Pappys family for over a hundred years. He valued it dearly and enjoyed sharing its song with all who came to his shop. Although the bell hung on the inside of the main door, Pappy had tied a wire to the screen door

48、 so that it would ring whether the inner door was open or not. Hearing the bell, he left the backroom to greet his customer. “And how can I help you, little lady？” Pappys voice was joyful. “Hello, sir.” The_little_girl spoke almost in a whisper. She looked at Pappy with her big brown eyes, and then slowly scanned the room in search of something special. Shyly she told him, “Id like to buy a present, sir.” “Well, lets see，” Pappy said, “who is t