Unit-2 Sailing Round the World 练习及答案.ppt

Unit 2 1) determined to carry out his plan a. besides 2) covered 14,100 miles b. by oneself alone 3) sail single-handed round the world c. traveled 4) fortunately d. not far away 5) damage to the boat e. having a strong will 6) contact the nearest person f. overcome 7) a ship nearby g. harm 8) what he wanted to accomplish h. luckily 9) conquer fear i. get in touch with 10) moreover j. succeed in doing 2. Fill in the blanks. 1) Though she is nearly 65, Mary doesn’t want to ______. 尽管快65岁了，玛丽还不想退休。 2) Tom invented(发明) a ______ to make the door shut by itself. 汤姆发明了一个装置让门自己关闭。 3) I’ll ______ you by telephone when I hear anything new. 当我听到任何新闻，我将通过电话联系你。 2. Fill in the blanks. 4) The boy _________ his fear of the dark and walked alone in the woods at night. 这个男孩战胜了黑暗带来的恐惧，晚上独自在树林里走着。 5) He ________ his seat on the bus to an old woman standing _______. 他把自己在公共汽车上的座位让给了站在旁边的一个老太太。 2. Fill in the blanks. 6) Do you believe that a 15-year-old girl has translated this English story into Chinese ____________? 你相信一个15岁的女孩已经独自把这个英文故事翻译成了中文吗？ 7)The whole journey was a _________; we lost our luggage and we arrived two days late. 这个旅程就是一个噩梦：我们丢了行李还迟到了两天。 2. Fill in the blanks. 8) He is a man of great ability. I am sure that a lot will be ___________ if he is elected chairman of the student union. 他是一个很有能力的人。我相信如果他当选学生会主席，很多事都会做好。 9. Jack arrived an hour late for the meeting. ________, he didn’t even apologized or give an explanation. 杰克会议迟到了一个小时。不仅如此，他竟然没有道歉或者作出解释。 10. He says you are ___________ the best candidate. 他说你无疑是最佳的候选人。 2. Fill in the blanks. 11. In those days the Portuguese (葡萄牙人) were trying to reach India by sailing round Africa, but Columbus _______________ to prove that India could be reached by sailing west.