Unit 11 The Media Period Two Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 课时精练(北师大版必修4,广东专用).docVIP

Unit 11 The Media Period Two Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 课时精练（北师大版必修4，广东专用） 　　　时间：30分钟 Ⅰ.语法填空 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 As settlers moved to California__1__the mid-nineteenth century，they became concerned about the lack of rapid__2__(communicate)with the eastern United States.Because of the dangers and hardships of__3__(cross) the West，mail often did not arrive.Therefore the most important mails __4__(send)via Panama，__5__took a month or more.In 1860 a stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Pony Express.The company hired__6__bravest riders and bought the fastest horses__7__(use)as relay(替换)teams between Missouri and California，and the company promised__8__mails would be sent in ten days.The company established two hundred stations along the route at which riders could rest and change horses.In less than two years，__9__，telegraph lines were completed and the Pony Express was__10__longer needed. 1．in　[考查短语in the mid-nineteenth century，在19世纪中期，其中的定冠词不能省。] 2．communication　[communicate是动词，而rapid是形容词，作定语修饰名词，所以应填communicate的名词形式communication。] 3．crossing　[of是介词，其后应该用v.-ing形式。] 4．were sent　[根据句意“最重要的邮件都是经由巴拿马被邮寄到加利福尼亚”可知mail和send之间是被动关系，用被动形式。并且主语是mails，为复数形式，又根据后面定语从句中谓语动词“took”是过去时，所以该空应填were sent。] 5．which　[“这要花费一个月或更多的时间”，句中“这”指的是经由巴拿马邮寄邮件这件事，所以，这是一个非限制性定语从句，故用which引导。] 6．the　[考查“the＋形容词最高级”的用法，意为最勇敢的骑士。] 7．to be used　[从“买最快的马用来接力传递邮件”可知horses与use之间存在被动关系，所以填to be used，此不定式作目的状语。] 8．that　[promise后缺宾语，而空后面是完整的宾语从句，所以所填词必须能引导宾语从句而又不作句中成分，又没有“是否”之意，所以用that。] 9．however　[“然而，在不到两年的时间里，电报线路已经被完成”。根据这一句意和空格后的逗号可判断需要的是however这个词。] 10．no　[考查no longer“不再”这一短语。] Ⅱ.阅读理解 A A vertical farm is a concept farm which is planted on levels or floors.A skyscraper type building can house a vertical farm.Since the garden is built upwards，rather than outwards，it requires much less space than a conventional(传统的)farm. The world is quickly running out of room for conventional farming.Vertical farms could be a key to this situation.An 18-story