Unit 2　Poems

　　(60分鐘81分)

　　Part A

　　一、閱讀理解(共8小題;每小題2分,滿分16分)

　　A

　　DELAYED BAGGAGE REPORT

　　UNITED　PRINTED AT ALBANY　N.Y.AIRPORT ON

　　JULY 10　2024　1115 AM

　　Dear Valued Customers,

　　We regret that your baggage was not available to claim after your recent flight.Everything possible will be done to locate your property and return it to you promptly.For information regarding your delayed baggage,contact the United Airlines Baggage Resolution Center at its 24 hours seven days a week.

　　Number:

　　1-800-335-BAGS(2247)(US-Toll Free)

　　281-821-3536(Local Houston Number)

　　Or visit site http://www.united,corn/for/bagtracing.

　　As soon as you file your Delayed Baggage Report,United Airlines will begin to trace for your baggage system.Our Baggage Resolution staff will make every effort to call you once a day to keep you updated on our progress.Please refer to the File Reference Number on this receipt when corresponding or calling so that we can quickly access your records.

　　Keep this receipt with your claim check and E-Ticket receipt until your baggage is returned to you.

　　In most circumstances,United Airlines will deliver your baggage when it is located.Delivery times vary depending on location.

　　If your baggage has not been returned to you with the initial five-day tracing period,please down load a claim form at http://www.united.corn/web/en-US/content/travel/baggage/delayed.Return it to us with the required documentation included.

　　DELAYED BAGGAGE REPORT

　　FILE REFERENCE:ALBUA25876

　　Name JOHN

　　JACKSON Contact

　　Number 802-247-9999 Email minminvt @

　　yahoo.com

　　Delivery

　　Address 66 MOONBROOK DR

　　BRANDON

　　VERMONT USA 05745

　　Bag Tag 0037387643 0037387657

　　Description Soft-Side Upright suitcase Non-Zippered,hard side horizontal suitcase

　　(2024·河北衡水中學一模)

　　1.Where does the report most probably come from?

　　A.Suitcase Tracing Website.

　　B.Delivery Center of United Airlines.

　　C.Baggage Resolution Center.

　　D.Information Center of the Airport.

　　2.To make the customer informed of the process,the staff at the Baggage Resolution will.?

　　A.file the customers Delayed Baggage Report

　　B.contact the customers on the telephone once a day

　　C.update the process information online every day

　　D.access the customer’ s records quickly

　　3.What can we learn about John Jackson from the report?

　　A.He must have filed his Delayed Baggage Report already.

　　B.He couldn’t deal with his delayed baggage on line until July 17,2024.

　　C.He should call 802-247-9999 for the information about his delayed baggage.

　　D.He may not know anything about his delayed baggage during the first five days.

　　4.The main purpose of the passage is.?

　　A.to tell passengers the news that their baggage was delayed

　　B.to provide information about the location of the delayed baggage

　　C.to inform the passengers of the time when the delayed baggage can be delivered

　　D.to instruct how to get back the delayed baggage

　　【文章大意】本文是一篇應用文,主要介紹了顧客如何從航空公司取回自己的延誤包裹。

　　1.C　推理判斷題。本文主要講的是如何處理機場延誤包裹的問題。根據文中的“For information regarding your delayed baggage,contact the United Airlines Baggage Resolution Center at its 24 hours seven days a week.”可推知,本文可能是Baggage Resolution Center發布的信息。

　　2.B　細節理解題。根據文中“Our Baggage Resolution staff will make every effort to call you once a day to keep you updated on our progress.”可知,工作人員將每天打一次電話讓顧客及時了解行李處理的進展情況,故選B項。

　　3.A　推理判斷題。根據文章最后附加的包裹延誤報告單可以推知,John Jackson已經提交了包裹延誤報告,故選A項。

　　4.D　目的意圖題。本文主要介紹了顧客如何通過航空公司的包裹延誤處理中心取回自己被延誤的包裹,故選D項。

　　B

　　The United States officials are close to approving new requirements for enabling vehicles to communicate with each other.Officials hope the new technology will reduce the number of traffic accidents.Automobile manufactures may be required to equip all new cars with what are being called ‘vehicle-to-vehicle’ communication devices within the next 3 years.

　　Vehicle-to-vehicle,or V2V,is a communication technology.It enables vehicles to share information about their speed and movement at a rate of 10 times a second.Cars will be able to identify possible dangers within about 300 meters.The cars will then warn their drivers or even take action to avoid an accident.

　　The drivers will be able to see,hear and even feel the warning signals through shaking of the seat.The U.S.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expects the new system to reduce the number of car accidents by as much as 80 percent.

　　Greg Winfree is with the US Department of Transportation.He says the new technology will change the way people deal with traffic accidents.“The way to look at it is the first 50 years of transportation safety were focused on surviving crashes.We see the future as technology that avoids crashes overall,” said Winfree.

　　Critics admit that V2V technology is a major development,but they are concerned about possible conflicts with other wireless devices.They say those devices already operate in the wireless frequencies planned for V2V technology.

　　Scott Belcher says people may also be concerned about their privacy.He worries about the possibility of using V2V technology to follow individual drivers and document their driving habits.Government agencies and private industry have already invested almost $1 billion in research.

　　U.S.officials expect the new technology will be required in American vehicles by early 2024.They believe it is the first step toward a better and safer transportation system.

　　1.How does the V2V communication technology work?

　　a.Cars share each other’s moving information.

　　b.V2V service is fitted to cars.

　　c.Cars recognize possible dangers and send them to their drivers.

　　d.Drivers receive warning signals and avoid danger.

　　A.b-c-d-a B.a-c-d-b

　　C.b-a-c-d D.a-b-c-d

　　2.According to Greg Winfree,the new technology will.?

　　A.cause both fewer deaths per accident and more accidents

　　B.avoid car accidents totally in the future

　　C.focus on as much as 80% of the surviving crashes

　　D.help people step away from the vehicle

　　3.Which of the following will be unlikely to happen?

　　A.The technology is likely to conflict with other wireless devices.

　　B.Individual drivers will be monitored by others.

　　C.Individual driving habits may be traced and recorded.

　　D.US officials will say no to the new technology.

　　4.What’s the aim of the passage?

　　A.To tell us cars that talk to each other could prevent most accidents.

　　B.To introduce the traffic rules and safety in America.

　　C.To compare traffic communication technologies in America.

　　D.To discuss the advantages of the V2V technology.

　　【文章大意】本文是科普資訊報道,主要介紹了在未來三年內將要使用的一種旨在減少交通事故的汽車通信技術。

　　1.C　推理判斷題。綜合前三段內容可知,首先要在新車上裝備“車對車通信設備”,該設備可使車輛分享其行駛的信息,汽車能夠分辨可能發生的危險并警告司機,司機接收到預警信號并避免險情。因此,選擇C項。

　　2.B　細節理解題。根據第四段中的“We see the future as technology that avoids crashes overall”可知,在應對交通事故的方式上,前50年的交通運輸安全是聚焦于在車禍中幸存,而未來則是通過科技完全避免車禍。所以B項正確。

　　3.D　推理判斷題。根據第一段中的“The United States officials are close to approving new requirements for enabling vehicles to communicate with each other.”和最后一段可知,美國官員即將批準這種汽車通信技術,而且被要求在2024年初前裝備到美國汽車上,可見D項與文意相悖。

　　4.D　目的意圖題。本文主要報道了在未來三年內將要使用的一種旨在減少交通事故的汽車通信技術,故選D項。

　　二、語法填空(共10小題;每小題1.5分,滿分15分)

　　When it comes to insect pests,red fire ants would 1.(probable) top everyone’s list.Their bites can injure or kill wildlife,animals and humans.Fire ants also damage buildings and electrical 2.(equip).?

　　Recently,a 3.(rise) number of villagers in Wenchang,Hainan Province have been bitten by such ants in the field.A clinic in Shihou village 4.(receive) over 100 villagers in the past week.Some of them had to be sent to larger hospitals for treatment.Now large 5.(quantity) of farmland have gone to total waste.?

　　The red fire ants are native 6. Latin America,7. are believed to have been imported to China with other things.The most important thing to remember when dealing with them is to be 8.(patience).Make sure you treat or remove all the nests.In addition,it is better to use a product without a lot of poison in it.Fire ants pass along bits of 9.(chew) up food to each other until it reaches the queen.If they discover anything unusual in 10. food,it will never get to the queen.Remember,you must kill the queen.?

　　1.probably。top在此為動詞,意為“居……之首,為……之冠”,其前應用副詞probably修飾。

　　2.equipment。electrical equipment“電氣設備,電力設備”。equipment為不可數名詞。

　　3.rising。rise作“(數量)增加,增長”講為不及物動詞,number與之構成主謂關系,故填現在分詞rising。

　　4.has received。“in the past week”為現在完成時的時間狀語,表示剛過去的一周。

　　5.quantities。large quantities of(=a large quantity of)為固定搭配,意為“大量的,許多的”,用來修飾可數或不可數名詞。

　　6.to。be native to意為“原產于,源于”。

　　7.which。逗號后為非限制性定語從句,應用which代指the red fire ants。

　　8.patient。patience為抽象名詞,不能作表語,應該用形容詞patient。

　　9.chewed。chew up與food構成被動關系,應用過去分詞作定語。

　　10.the。此處food前加the,特指前面提到的“咀嚼的食物”。

　　Part B

　　一、完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)

　　Robert Frost was one of America’s greatest poets.He 　1　 four Pulitzer Prizes,and was 　2　 the nation’s Poet Laureate(桂冠詩人).Many of Frost’s best-loved poems were about the years he 　3　 with his young family on a farm in Derry,Massachusetts.It is a simple,white wooden farmhouse,similar to other farmhouses of the same 　4　 in the area.The grounds are 　5　 green and flowery at the end of the summer visit.Some trees are the birches(樺樹)Frost 　6　.?

　　Robert Frost lived at the Derry farm from 1900 to 1911.His wife Elinor had 　7　 Frost’s grandfather to buy the farm for them.She had 　8　 a new start in farming would help her husband 　9　 the tragic loss of their four-year-old son to the 　10　 disease cholera.The farm,　11　,became a good place for him to write and find 　12　 for poems.The cow was one of them.?

　　The Cow in Apple Time is a poem about how the cow decided she liked apples 　13　 grass.Eating apples caused the same 　14　 like people drinking alcohol.The poet says the cow 　15　 producing milk as a result.Actually,The Cow in Apple Time is an 　16　 of Robert Frost’s poetic fooling.Frost’s cow did go 　17　,but not because of eating apples.Frost 　18　 writing poems late into night.Not until at noon was he able to get up and milk her.And that is really 　19　 her milk went dry.?

　　Robert Frost said several times the place where he was 　20　 was the farm in Derry though he lived most of his life in Massachusetts.?

　　1.A.defeat B.beat

　　C.won D.presented

　　2.A.served B.awarded

　　C.reserved D.deserved

　　3.A.took B.cost

　　C.afford D.spent

　　4.A.occasion B.year

　　C.age D.moment

　　5.A.still B.hardly

　　C.ever D.somehow

　　6.A.worried about B.wrote about

　　C.argued about D.learned about

　　7.A.warned B.talked

　　C.permitted D.persuaded

　　8.A.hoped B.discovered

　　C.promised D.settled

　　9.A.look into B.point out

　　C.deal with D.pick up

　　10.A.flexible B.deadly

　　C.allergic D.nervous

　　11.A.therefore B.otherwise

　　C.besides D.however

　　12.A.sources B.evidence

　　C.witness D.destination

　　13.A.regardless of B.in terms of

　　C.instead of D.in spite of

　　14.A.drunkenness B.effect

　　C.atmosphere D.panic

　　15.A.continued B.began

　　C.advocated D.stopped

　　16.A.example B.education

　　C.escape D.emergency

　　17.A.wet B.hot

　　C.dry D.bad

　　18.A.quit B.kept

　　C.disliked D.imagined

　　19.A.where B.when

　　C.how D.why

　　20.A.happiest B.saddest

　　C.quietest D.calmest

　　【文章大意】本文是記敘文,介紹了美國桂冠詩人羅伯特·弗羅斯特及其曾經生活過的農場。

　　1.C　表示“獲獎”用win;defeat和beat作“戰勝,擊敗”講,主語為人;present表示“授予,贈送,頒發”,主語為人,常構成present sb.with sth.結構。

　　2.B　他四次獲得普利策獎,并被封為美國桂冠詩人。serve“服務,服役”;award“授予”;reserve“預訂,預約”;deserve“應受,應得”。

　　3.D　spend和take都可接時間名詞作賓語,但spend的主語是人,take的主語為物。cost“花費(金錢等)”;afford“花費,付得起”。

　　4.C　由前文中the years可知,應選擇C項。age在此意為“時代”。

　　5.A　夏季將要結束的時候去參觀,地面上仍然長滿了綠草和花朵。still“仍然”;hardly“幾乎不”;ever“曾經”;somehow“不知怎么地”。A項符合語境。

　　6.B　其中一些樺樹就是弗羅斯特寫作的素材。worry about“擔憂”;write about“寫……的事”;argue about“爭論”;learn about“獲得,得知……的消息”。

　　7.D　根據下文可知弗羅斯特的妻子勸說他的祖父為他們買下農場,故選擇D項。persuade sb.to do sth.“說服某人做某事”;permit sb.to do sth.“允許某人做某事”;warn sb.to do sth.“警告某人做某事”。

　　8.A　她本希望把農耕作為新的開端,會有助于她的丈夫從失去患瘧疾的四歲兒子的悲傷中走出來。故選擇A項。

　　9.C　look into“調查”;point out“指出”;deal with“解決,控制”;pick up“獲得,撿起”。C項符合語境。

　　10.B　由前面的loss可知,cholera“瘧疾”是致命的疾病,故選擇B項。flexible“靈活的”;deadly“致命的”;allergic“過敏的”;nervous“緊張的”。