2013年高考英语一轮复习课时作业9：Unit 4 Wildlife protection（新人教版必修2广东专用）.docVIP

PAGE  课时作业(九)　[必修2　Unit 4　Wildlife protection] [限时：30分钟] 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm (榆树). The bull paced 1.________ the tree, dragging the heavy iron chain, which led to a groove (槽) in the bark (树皮). The groove 2.________ (deep) over the years. Though for whatever reason, it did not kill the tree. 3．________ some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain, leaving the loop around the tree and one link 4.________(hang) down. Then one year, agricultural catastrophe struck Michigan in 5.________ form of Dutch elm disease. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became infected 6.________ died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be the next. The farm owners considered 7.________(go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died. 8.________ (amaze), the tree did not die. Nobody could understand 9.________ it was the only elm still standing in the county. Its said that 10.________doesnt kill you will make you stronger. Or, as a plant pathologists (病理学家) put it，“Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places.” Ⅱ.[2011·山东卷] 阅读理解 Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21－year－old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart. “I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home’， but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，” says Jacobs. The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like