1、UNIT 4Period Three题组A基础练(建议用时：15分钟).单词拼写1Unfortunately, many birds didnt _(幸存) the severe winter.2I put my phone on charge because it was running out of _(电力供应)3He is a very brave man who can keep _(镇静的)even in danger.4This door should only be used in an _(紧急情况)5The country has financial _(援助) to ma
2、ny African countries.【答案】1.survive2.power3.calm4.emergency5aid.用定语从句合并下列句子1I have a friend.He likes listening to classical music._2Yesterday Emily was wearing the new dress.I lent her the new dress._3The students article was published in the magazine.I know the student._4My grandparents live in a ho
3、use.It lies at the foot of the mountain._5You referred to the man in the meeting yesterday.I want to know the man._6The letter is from my sister.I received it yesterday._7The train was late.It was going to Nanning._8I want to talk to the boys.Their homework hasnt been handed in._9The boy is my broth
4、er.He was here a minute ago._10The tree is quite tall.He is climbing it._【答案】1I have a friend who likes listening to classical music.2Yesterday Emily was wearing the new dress (that/which) I lent her.3I know the student whose article was published in the magazine.4My grandparents live in a house whi
5、ch/that lies at the foot of the mountain.5I want to know the man (whom/who/that) you referred to in the meeting yesterday.6The letter (that/which) I received yesterday is from my sister.7The train that/which was going to Nanning was late.8I want to talk to the boys whose homework hasnt been handed i
6、n.9The boy who/that was here a minute ago is my brother.10The tree (that/which) he is climbing is quite tall.微写作我父亲在离我们家不远的一家医院工作。我的母亲是一个家庭主妇，经常给我们做好吃的饭菜。我姐姐在北京大学学习，她的专业是中国文学。我有几个喜欢打篮球的好朋友。_One possible version：My father works in a hospital which/that is not far from our home.My mother is a housewif
7、e who often cooks delicious dishes for us.My sister studies in Peking University, whose major is Chinese Literature.I have several good friends who enjoy playing basketball.题组B提升练(建议用时：30分钟).阅读理解If plastic had been invented when the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, to North Americaand their M
8、ayflower had been stocked with bottled water and plastic-wrapped snacks，their plastic waste would likely still be around four centuries later.Atlantic waves and sunlight would have worn all that plastic into tiny bits.And those bits might still be floating around the worlds oceans today, waiting to
9、be eaten by some fish or oysters, and finally perhaps by one of us.Because plastic wasnt invented until the late 19th century, and its production only really took off around 1950, we have a mere 9.2 billion tons of the stuff to deal with.Of that, more than 6.9 billion tons have become waste.And of t
10、hat waste，a surprising 6.3 billion tons never made it to a recycling binthe figure that shocked the scientists who published the numbers in 2017.No one knows how much unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean, the earths last sink.In 2015, Jenna Jambeck, an engineering professor of the Universit
11、y of Georgia，caught everyones attention with a rough estimate：between 5.3 million and 14 million tons of plastic waste each year just come from coastal regions.Meanwhile, ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions of marine(海洋的) animals every year.Nearly 700 species，including endangered ones, are k
12、nown to have been affected by it.Some are harmed visibly, stuck by abandoned things made of plastic.Many more are probably harmed invisibly.Marine species of all sizes, from zooplankton to whales, now eat microplastics, the bits smaller than one-fifth of an inch across.“This isnt a problem that we d
13、ont know what the solution is，” says Ted Siegler, a Vermont resource economist who has spent more than 25 years working with developing nations on garbage.“We know how to pick up garbage.Anyone can do it.We know how to deal with it.We know how to recycle.Its a matter of building the necessary instit
14、utions and systems ideally before the ocean turns into a thin soup of plastic.”()1.Why does the author mention the Pilgrims in Paragraph 1?ATo prove plastic was difficult to invent.BTo introduce what marine animals like eating.CTo tell the Pilgrims contributed a lot to the marine protection.DTo show
15、 plastic waste has a lasting effect on the ocean.()2.Whats the main trouble marine animals face according to the text?ALacking protection.BBeing stuck by plastics.CBeing caught by humans.DTreating plastics as food.()3.What does Ted Siegler want to tell us in the last paragraph?ASome people dont know
16、 the solution to plastic waste.BPlastics will turn the ocean into a soup of plastic.CIts time to take measures to deal with plastic waste.DPeople should avoid using plastics to protect the ocean.()4.From which is the text probably taken?AA biology textbook.BA travel brochure.CAn environmental report
17、.DA lifestyle magazine.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了塑料垃圾给海洋带来的巨大危害，并呼吁人们积极行动起来，保护海洋环境。1D推理判断题。根据第一段可知，作者在第一段中提到Pilgrims是为了表明塑料垃圾对海洋有持久的影响。故选D项。2D细节理解题。根据第四段可知，海洋动物面临的主要问题是把塑料当作食物。故选D项。3C推理判断题。根据最后一段中可知，Ted Siegler想告诉我们是采取措施处理塑料垃圾的时候了。故选C项。4C题材来源题。文章主要是关于海洋垃圾和海洋生物保护的，由此可推知这篇文章可能来自一份环境报告。故选C项。阅读加油站plastic n/ad
18、j.塑料visibly adv.可见地abandoned adj.废弃的recycle v循环利用rough estimate 粗略估算Meanwhile, ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions of marine animals every year.与此同时，据估计，海洋塑料每年会杀死数百万海洋动物。.读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。Fisherman Salvador was just trying to make a living on the sea with
19、 fellow fisherman Cordoba.Two days into the journey, disaster struck, and the two men would begin the greatest challenge of their lives.The boat was loaded with tons of provisions, including 70 gallons of gasoline, 16 gallons of water, 50 Ibs of sardines for bait(鱼饵)They also had a mobile phone, kep
20、t safe in a plastic bag, a GPS, and a two-way radio.The two had never spoken before or worked together, but they liked fishing and both of them seemed to know what they were doing.Two days later, the weather was getting worse and worse.Salvador was trying to remain calm, but Cordoba was not prepared
21、.He held on to the rail(围栏)for dear life as the waves crashed around them, vomiting(呕吐)and crying.When the storm finally passed, Salvador noticed that they had drifted far away from land.To make matters worse, the motor had stopped working.Salvador called his boss on the radio, but there was no resp
22、onse.Even worse was the fact that the GPS they has brought with them had stopped working.The two men had been at sea for two months.While Salvador had become accustomed to catching and eating the animals available to them, Cordobas mental health and physical health had begun to decrease.Once he got
23、sick from eating raw seabirds, he refused to eat at all.His own depression, fear and malnutrition(营养不良)finally killed him, leaving Salvador alone on the boat.One day, after a terrible storm, Salvador found the sky was suddenly filled with shorebirds.He knew that he was heading for land at last.He mu
24、st have been close.There, in the distance was a green Pacific atoll(环礁)It looked small and wild, but it was dry land and would likely have food and shelter.Paragraph 1：Salvador struggled until he reached what appeared to be a beach house._One possible version：Salvador_struggled_until_he_reached_what
25、_appeared_to_be_a_beach_house. This was a fishermans home.Seeing a weak man heading to their home unsteadily from the sea, the fisherman and his wife rushed out to him and welcomed him into their home.They had never seen anyone so weak and hungry.They were surprised that Salvador remained awake and
26、managed to ask for a doctor before losing consciousness.Meanwhile they prepared abundant food and water for him.Paragraph 2：Salvador was rescued._One possible version：Salvador_was_rescued.Despite suffering unimaginable hardships, Salvador had survived his journey.He has spent 438 days lost at sea an
27、d finally he was safe.Soon enough, he was on his way back home to E1 Salvador, where he was reunited with his family.Of course, he made time to visit Cordobas mother to tell her the news of her sons death.No matter what situation we are in, prepare for anything possible and stick to the last minute bravely.
