1、课时训练24Unit 4Making the news一、单元扣点训练.短语填空concentrate on; accuse.of.; keep in mind; inform.of; set to work; depend on; be supposed to; to tell the truth; look forward to; ahead of1I am _ hearing about your amazing trip to Hawaii.答案looking forward to2She burst into tears when she _ cheating in the exam
2、.答案was accused of3The task will be finished _ schedule if nothing prevents.答案ahead of4I was sleeping badly and finding it hard to _ my work.答案concentrate on5It is not easy for a pupil to _ so many English words in such a short time.答案keep in mind 6The manager promised to keep me _ how our business w
3、as going on.答案informed of7It _ have been sunny today, but it is raining.答案was supposed to8_， I dont care about what other people might say.答案To tell the truth9The coffee break is over，its about time we _.答案set to work10Isnt it amazing that the colour of the creature changes _ the weather?答案depending
4、 on.完成句子1Only if you ask many different questions _(才有可能获得你需要知道的信息). (acquire)答案will you acquire all the information you need to know2They must use research to _(使自己了解到被遗漏的那部分情况). (missing)答案inform themselves of the missing parts of the story3Although _(他认为那个人一直在说谎话), he knew he must not accuse him
5、directly. (realize)答案he realized the man had been lying.模仿造句1Never_will_Zhou_Yang_forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper.翻译我永远不会忘记参军的那一天。_答案Never shall I forget the day when I joined the army.2Not_only_am_I_interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at
6、university to update my skills.翻译他不但给我提了建议，而且还借给了我一些钱。 _答案Not only did he give me some advice，but also he lent me some money.3Here_comes_my_list of dos and donts.翻译约翰来了，又喝醉了。 _答案Here comes John，drunk again.4He denied_taking money but we were skeptical.翻译他不承认拿走了我的电脑。 _答案He denied taking away my compu
7、ter.5It was a dilemma because the footballer could_have_demanded damages if we were wrong.翻译要是我再细心点，或许就能做得更好了。 _答案I could have done better if I had been more careful.二、七选五阅读Carbon FootprintWhile making visits to national parks or forest preserves, youll often be told to leave nothing but footprints.
8、 _1_ One is your physical footprint. The other is what is known as your carbon footprint. _2_ Often people consider their carbon footprint to be the result of their immediate use of fossil fuels and energy usage, like cooking with natural gas or using petrol to run their automobile. _3_ This may inc
9、lude the fossil fuel used to transport the food that you buy at your local grocery store, or the energy used to deal with the waste produced in your household.Taking small steps to reduce your carbon footprint and saving energy is actually fairly simple. _4_ It requires the burning of fossil fuels t
10、o make the bottle, transport it and get rid of it if its not recycled. Compared with it, inhouse filtration(过滤) systems can reduce your influence and cost for water. Unplugging appliances that are not frequently in use is another way to reduce your carbon footprint. Most of these items have a standb
11、y mode(待机模式) that wastes energy even when theyre not in use. _5_ What is more, new energy efficient light bulbs, filters, and appliances could also help reduce your carbon footprint. In a word, less energy used means less greenhouse gas produced. With easy steps, you are on your way to reducing the
12、size of the carbon footprint left behind.A. Cutting off power is the best way to ensure that unnecessary energy is not lost.B. For instance, the use of bottled water leaves a rather significant carbon footprint.C. What fossil fuels may lead to carbon footprints?D. However, wherever we go, we actuall
13、y leave two sets of footprints.E. We often forget footprints sometimes consequently do harm to the environment.F. However, your carbon footprint consists of many activities that can be far less obvious.G. That refers to the level of greenhouse gases your lifestyle and activity produce and send out.答
14、案1.D2.G3.F4.B5.A三、语法填空Jack: Hello, Julie. Where are you going?Julie: To the cinema. How _1_ coming with me?Jack: Id love _2_. But I havent finished my work yet.Julie: What a _3_！ I believe its a very good film.Jack: Do you go to the cinema a lot?Julie: Once a month. Most nights I stay at home _4_(su
15、rf) the Internet.Jack: Sounds _5_(relax). By the way, _6_ are you going for your holiday this year?Julie: I havent decided yet. My husband is going to his mothers for a couple of weeks. She _7_(live) in the countryside, you know.Jack: Oh, does she? It _8_ be a quiet place.Julie: Yes, _9_ I want to g
16、o to the seaside.Jack: Dont you like the country?Julie: Yes, very much. But I want to get a suntan and go_10_(swim) in the sea this holiday. What are you going to do?Jack: Im staying at home.Julie: Arent you going to have a holiday abroad this time?Jack: No, I want to buy a car, and thats going to t
17、ake every penny Ive got.答案与解析1about通过语境可知，此处是提出建议，询问对方“和我一起去怎么样”，所以用about。2to此处动词不定式符号to后面省略了go to the cinema。3pity根据前面的对话可知，Jack不能去看电影，所以表示遗憾，用pity。4surfing此处用ving作伴随状语。5relaxing这是一个省略句，句子的主语是it，要用ving形式的形容词来修饰，relaxing意为“令人放松的”。6where从下文可知，是问去哪儿，所以用where。7lives此处陈述客观情况，应用动词的一般现在时态。8must根据语境可知，那一定是
18、一个很安静的地方。情态动词must意为“一定，必须”，符合语境。9but根据语境可知，虽然说话者认为那是个安静的地方但却更愿意去海边，表示语意的转折应用but。10swimminggo swimming意为“游泳”，是固定用法。四、短文改错Dear David，I have been expected to travel to the UK. Thus, I can experience the English Culture personal. Im writing to ask for some advices. My family plan to travel there during
19、a coming winter vacation. We were to spend a week in London, where is a large city, and this is the first time for us to travel abroad. I want to know what places of interest there are worthwhile seeing. Can you offer to me some suggestions and recommend some attractions? I would appreciate if you c
20、ould reply to me soon. Im also looking forward to see you in London.Yours，Li Hua答案Dear David，I have been to travel to the UK. Thus, I can experience the English Culture . Im writing to ask for some . My family plan to travel there during coming winter vacation. We to spend a week in London, is a lar
21、ge city, and this is the first time for us to travel abroad. I want to know what places of interest there are seeing. Can you offer me some suggestions and recommend some attractions? I would appreciate if you could reply to me soon. Im also looking forward to you in London.Yours，Li Hua五、书面表达上周末Anna
22、去商店购物。下面四幅图描述的是Anna购物后回家时在路上所发生的事。请以“What an Unlucky Day”为题写一篇短文。有统计资料显示，今年春节期间，全国发送短信170亿条。有关短信拜年用“原创”还是“克隆(群发)”的争论很多。一种观点怀疑“克隆(群发)短信”拜年的真诚度，另一种观点则与之相反，认为不管短信是否是原创，祝福也一样真诚。请结合这一现象，用英语写一篇100120词的短文，发表你的看法。注：短信text message克隆的cloned_范文Statistics show Chinese sent 17 billion text messages during the Sp
23、ring Festival. People hold different views about exchanging greetings by text message. Some think its better to use original text messages instead of “cloned ones”. In my opinion, it doesnt matter much whether text messages are original or not.Its acceptable to deliver the same message to a group of
24、 people. To mark the Year of Horse in 2014, plenty of messages were witty remarks using “ma”， or horse in Chinese, as a homophone to tease recipients for fun or to convey humorous greetings. Actually, text messages are just kind signals to bless you. If one cares too much about the originality of text messages, he misunderstands the motive of others. After all, it is truly heartfelt greetings not where the greetings are from that really count.