Exercise 2 of Unit 4 of 7B Reading ( I )

一、1. happiness 2. scissors 3. adds 4. knives 5. practice
6. landscapes 7. quickly 8. folk
二、1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.D
三、1. forms 2. from 3. beginning 4. colourful 5. expresses
6. people’s 7. lies 8. When/If 9. behind 10. beauty
四、1.A 2.C 3.D

一、词汇运用
1. At the end of the story, the couple live together with ___(幸福)and joy.
2. Be careful! The ___(剪刀)are too sharp(锋利的)for children to use.
3. Mum ___(补充说)that she will come back in a week.
4. You'd better leave the ___(刀)at home. You can't take them on the subway.
5. It takes a lot of ___(练习)to play the violin well.
6. Millions of visitors come to Guilin for the beautiful ___(景色).
7. Steve got dressed ___(迅速地)and ran out of the door, but he still missed the early bus.
8. When I travelled in Shanxi, I was very interested in the local ___(民俗的) culture.

1. happiness 2. scissors 3. adds 4. knives 5. practice
6. landscapes 7. quickly 8. folk

( ) 1.There ___ a pair of scissors and some other tools on the table. Don't let the cat go on it.

A.is
B.are
C.will be
D.has

1.A

( ) 2.We should keep our rooms tidy and then we can find our things ___.

A.friendly
B.quickly
C.happily
D.lively

2.B

( ) 3.What an easy question! ___ can answer it in seconds.

A.Someone
B.No one
C.Anyone
D.Any one

3.C

( ) 4.The workers ___ a notice saying "Wet Paint" beside the bench to stop people sitting on it.

A.make up
B.put up
C.pick up
D.get up

4.B

( ) 5.— How was your trip to Shanghai Disneyland?
— Words can't ___ my feelings(感受)! I had so much fun.

A.relax
B.express
C.prepare
D.remember

5.B

( ) 6.The bedroom is the ___. They have to share it because their flat is not big enough.

A.twins'
B.twin's
C.twins
D.twin

6.A

( ) 7.— Eric, can you bring me the knife ______ ?
— I am making the paper-cut with it.

A.That's OK.
B.Why now?
C.Of course.
D.Just a moment.

7.D

三、短文填空
Have you ever been to the Palace Museum? Have you noticed that there's a Chinese pingfeng in each palace?
The Chinese pingfeng is one of the ancient Chinese art
1. ___(form)and traditional Chinese furniture(家具). It dates
2. ___ the Han dynasty. The term pingfeng means protection
from wind, showing its purpose(目的)in the very 3. ___
(begin).
As time passes by, it has been made into different sizes with 4. ___(colour) paintings. There's often a dragon on pingfeng. It stands for nobility(高贵)and power. The crane(仙鹤)，a beautiful bird, can be seen on pingfeng too. It 5. ___(express)the wish for a long life. Beautiful flowers, which mean wealth(财富)and good luck, are also a
popular design of pingfeng. All the designs carry 6. ___ (people) beautiful wishes.
Behind pingfeng 7. ___(lie) a beautiful story. In the past, the unmarried(未婚的)daughter of a rich family should not see or be seen by men except(除了)her families and close relatives. 8. ___ a man paid a visit, she might take a secret look at him 9. ___ the pingfeng. Her father would talk about poems with the young man and ask him to write one. If the daughter and her father were happy with the young man's poem and his looks, she might agree to marry him.
Today pingfeng is back in fashion for its 10 ______ . (beautiful)and practical use as furniture. Acting as a moving wall or divider(间隔物)，it can be the perfect match for modern sofas and walls, which adds style to them.

1. forms 2. from 3. beginning 4. colourful 5. expresses
6. people’s 7. lies 8. When/If 9. behind 10. beauty