1、必修4Unit 3A taste of English humou真题在线(2012 全国卷) 假定你是李华。你班同学决定为小明举办生日聚会。请你写信邀请外教Susan参加，要点包括：1时间：周五晚8点至9点2地点：学生俱乐部3内容：生日歌、蛋糕、游戏等4要求：准备小礼物注意：1.词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Hi Susan，Were throwing a surprise party for Xiaomings birthday._佳作欣赏Hi_Susan，Were_throwing_a_surprise_party_for_Xiaomings_bir
2、thday. Wed like to invite you to the party.We want to give him a surprise, so please keep quiet about it.Well gather at the Students Club at 8 pm this Friday, after the evening classes.And its going to last about an hour.We each will prepare a little present.When he comes, well light the candles and
3、 sing “Happy Birthday” together for him.Then the cake will be cut and well sing songs and play games.Itll be nice to see how excited he will be.Im sure youll have a good time at the party, too.Yours，Li Hua精彩采撷高级词汇记住下列词汇的用法1give sb a surprise 给某人一个惊喜2play games 做游戏3have a good time 过得愉快佳句背诵背诵下列句子，并体会
4、与佳作欣赏中相对应句子的差异I should be very glad if you would come to the birthday party.We want to make him surprised by keeping it a secret first.During the party, we will exchange our gifts and then sing together.There will be no doubt that you will enjoy yourself at the party, too.(对应学生用书第113页)单词速览 1.content
5、adj. 满足的；满意的n. 满足vt. 使满足2ordinary adj. 平常的；普通的3throughout prep. 遍及；贯穿 adv. 到处；始终；全部4failure n. 失败(者)5overcome(overcame，overcome) vt.& vi. 战胜；克服6outstanding adj. 突出的；杰出的；显著的7gesture n. 姿态；手势 vi. 做手势8amuse vt. 使发笑；使愉快9occasion n. 时刻；场合10slide(slid，slid) vt.& vi. (使)滑动；(使)滑行 n. 滑；滑动；幻灯片11whisper n. 耳语；
6、低语 vt.& vi. 低语；小声说12mess n. 脏或乱的状态13nonverbal adj. 非语言的14astonish vt. 使惊诧astonishing adj. 令人感到惊讶的astonishment n. 惊诧；震惊15fortunate adj. 幸运的；吉利的unfortunate adj. 不幸的unfortunately adv. 不幸地16entertain vt.& vi. 使欢乐；款待entertainment n. 娱乐entertaining adj. 有趣的17convince vt. 使信服convincing adj. 令人信服的18direct v
7、t.& vi. 导演；指示；指挥 adj. 直的；直接的；直率的direction n. 指导；方向director n. 导演directly adv.& conj. 直接地；径直地；一就19react vi. 做出反应；回应reaction n. 反应；回应【看单词，学构词】在13.nonverbal一词中，non为前缀，意思是“无；没有”，构成名词、形容词和副词。课标词汇中还有：nonsense，nonsmoker，nonstop，nondelivery，nonexistence，nonprofit等。短语快译1up_to_now直到现在2badly_off 穷的；缺少的3pick_ou
8、t 挑出；辨别出4cut_off 切断；断绝5star_in 担任主角；主演6feel/be_content_with 对满足7in_search_of 寻找，搜寻8in_particular 尤其，特别9in_the_open_air 在户外，露天10break_into 破门而入句式构建1as sb. said.正如某人所说，某人说过As Victor Hugo once_said，“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”.正如维克多雨果曾经说过，“笑容如阳光，驱走人们脸上的冬天”2“leaving宾语宾补”结
9、构作结果状语Unfortunately his father died，leaving_the_family_even_worse_off.不幸的是他的父亲去世了，使得他的家境更加艰难3by表示“到为止”，主句常用完成时By his teens，Charlie had，through his humour，become one of the most popular child actors in England.在十多岁的时候，凭借着自己的幽默，查理已经在英国成为最受欢迎的童星之一。(对应学生用书第114页)1content adj.满足的，满意的 n内容；目录；容量；满意；满足 vt.使满
10、足(朗文P433)I am content with my job，my home，and my family.我对我的工作，住所和家庭都非常满意。【一词多义】写出下列句子中content的词性及含义Would you be content to wait till tomorrow？adj.满意的She began to live in peace and content.n.满足She uncovered the bottle and poured out the contents.n.所容纳之物There is a table of contents in front of a dict
11、ionary.n.目录Will it content you if I let you have candy tomorrow？vt.使满足(1)(2)content oneself with.满足于；使(某人)自己对感到满足That rich man is tired of city life，so he is content to live in the country.那位富人厌倦了城市生活，于是他愿意生活在乡下。We should never content_ourselves_with book knowledge only.我们永远不要仅仅满足于书本知识。2astonishing
12、adj.令人(感到)惊讶的(教材P18)You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞。(1)astonish vt.使惊诧be astonished at/by sth.因/对某事感到惊讶be astonished to do sth.对做某事感到惊讶It astonishes sb. that令某人惊讶的是(2)to ones
13、 astonishment令某人惊讶的是(3)astonished adj.感到惊讶的The news astonished everybody.这个消息令大家惊讶。(牛津P105)It astonishes me that he could be so thoughtless.我真没有料到他会如此轻率。(2013江苏高考阅读理解C)Instead，he was astonished to_discover the opposite.然而，他很吃惊地发现正相反。To our great astonishment，the boss wasnt astonished at the astonish
14、ing news at all.使我们非常吃惊的是，老板对这个令人吃惊的消息一点也不吃惊。3convince vt.使信服，使确信(朗文P414)I managed to convince them that the story was true.我设法使他们相信那个故事是真的。(1)convince sb. of sth.使某人相信某事convince sb. to do sth.说服某人做某事(2)convinced adj.坚定不移的；有坚定信仰的be convinced of sth./that确信；坚信；深信(3)convincing adj.令人信服的We were able to
15、 convince the students of the need for wider reading.我们能让学生们认识到广泛阅读的必要性。I am convinced that sooner or later we will succeed.我确信我们迟早会成功的。His convincing words finally convinced me，and I was convinced that he was innocent.他令人信服的话最终说服了我，我相信他是无辜的。4direct vt.& vi.导演；指示；指挥 adj.直的；直接的；直率的(教材P18)Charlie Chap
16、lin wrote，directed and produced the films he starred in.查理卓别林自编、自导、自制他主演的电影。(1)direct sb.to sp.给(某人)指路；为(某人)领路direct sb.to do sth.指示；命令某人做某事direct that (sb. should do) 指示；命令(2)in the direction of朝的方向under sb.s direction在某人的指示下in all directions朝四面八方(朗文P525)Could you direct me to Trafalgar square，plea
17、se?你能告诉我去特拉法尔加广场怎么走吗？His boss directed_him_to_cancel the meeting.他的老板指示他取消这次会议。At the sound of the gun，the birds flew in_all_directions听到枪声，鸟儿四处飞去。【巧学助记】After school，she directly went in the direction of the cinema to see the new film directed by the famous director.放学后，她径直向电影院方向走去，去看由那位著名的导演导演的新影片。
18、5occasion n时刻；场合(教材P20)On one occasion in a restaurant he ordered a steak tartare.在一个饭店场景里，他订了一份鞑靼牛排。(1)on occasion(s)偶尔；有时；偶然on the occasion of在的时候have (no) occasion to do有(没)理由做(2)occasionally adv.偶尔(朗文P1348)I have on occasion visited her at home.有时我登门拜访她。Occasionally，Alice would look up from her
19、books.艾丽丝偶尔从书本中抬起头来。【温馨提示】occasion，point，situation，state，position，state等词后跟定语从句并在定语从句中作状语时，occasion后常用when引导，而其他几个词常用where引导定语从句。6entertain vt.款待，招待；使快乐He entertained us with stories curious and weird.他用稀奇古怪的故事逗我们笑。Ill entertain the guests to films.我会招待客人们看电影。1pick out挑出；辨别出(教材P18)Then he picks out
20、the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it were spaghetti.然后他挑出鞋带来吃，像是吃意大利面一样。pick over精挑细选；精选pick up拾起；接人；偶得；收听；收看；使精神恢复收拾；整理；重新开始；继续pick up on注意到；觉察到；弄清(2013天津高考阅读表达)Id finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine.我早早完成了一份练习题，拿起一本Time for Kids杂志来读。The fruiters picked_out their
21、stock of peaches and removed the overripe ones.水果商在桃子的存货中把过熟的拣了出来。She failed to pick_up_on the humour in his remark.她没有领悟他话中的幽默。考点拾遗2badly off穷的，缺少的(朗文P114)We are too badly off to have a holiday.我们太穷，没有钱度假。The school is rather badly off for equipment.学校相当缺乏设备。(教材P18)Unfortunately his father died，lea
22、ving_the_family_even_worse_off，so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.不幸的是他的父亲去世了，使得他的家境更加艰难，因此，卓别林童年时期都在照顾他生病的母亲和弟弟。句法分析：leaving the family even worse off为现在分词短语作结果状语。现在分词作结果状语常表示意料、情理之中的结果，而不定式作结果状语常表示出乎意料的结果。(2013江西高考阅读表达)No place is safe from greedy fisherme
23、n who take both males and females, leaving few fish to produce young.没有安全的地方能躲避捕鱼者，他们既捕公鱼，也捕母鱼，使得几乎没有鱼可以繁殖。He hurried to the bus stop，only_to_be_told the bus had left.他匆匆地去了车站，结果被告知车已经离开。A few men were quarrelling noisily at midnight，waking_up almost everyone in the building.几个人在半夜吵架，几乎把大楼里所有的人都吵醒了。
24、.单词拼写1There were many _(时候)when the team could win，but they were not so lucky.2He tried to _(说服)me that he would never make the same mistake again.3Are you _(满意的)with your present salary?4We felt _(吃惊地)to hear the news that Wang Li failed in the competition.5They often _(款待)their friends at weekends
25、.【答案】1.occasions2.convince3.content4astonished5.entertain.选词填空badly off；in search of；cut off；star in；pick out；in particular1Harry is wearing a red tie and blue suit.So hes easy to _ in the crowd.2Ive got quite a big room so Im not too _3I mentioned that point _，for it was quite important.4Everybody
26、thought this young actor would have a bright future after he _ two films.5In winter，the town is often _ because of heavy snow.【答案】1.be picked out2.badly off3.in particular4.starred in5.cut off.完成句子1那场大火持续了近一周，没有剩下什么值钱的东西。The fire lasted nearly a week，_2到去年年末，我们生产了20，000辆车。By the end of last year，we
27、_20，000 cars.3李明迟到了，这事是经常发生的。Li Ming is late，_【答案】1.leaving nothing valuable2.had produced3.as is often the case(对应学生用书第117页)ving形式作定语、表语和宾补用所给动词的适当形式填空1The number of New Yorkers _(take) the twowheeled means of transport has doubled.【答案】taking2At the airport，a man dressed in a black suit was caught
28、_(spit) on the clean floor.【答案】spitting3According to the report，people in the _(flood) areas are rebuilding their homes and many roads _(lead) to the area have been repaired.【答案】flooded；leading4After the earthquake，the house made of wood remained _(stand) where it is.【答案】standing5The noise from the
29、top floor，loud and constant，of the meeting room _(decorate) can be clearly heard in our classroom.【答案】being decorated6We heard the song _(sing) next door.【答案】being sung7Do you know the man _(talk) with our teacher?【答案】talking话题(十八)家庭、朋友与周围的人英语老师【写作素材】提示：黑体部分用本单元词汇表达。1我们的英语老师有些特别之处。_2他总是使用一些让人感到愉快的方式
30、来指导我们学习英语。_3他让我们相信英语阅读的重要性。_4我们乐于阅读他给我们选择的任何材料。_5当我们对生活感到厌倦时，他总是告诫我们要满足现在拥有的一切。_【连句成篇】可选用非限制性定语从句，as a result，感叹句等将以上句子连成一篇短文_【参考范文】There is something in particular for our English teacher，who is always employing amusing ways to direct us to learn English.He has convinced us of the importance of Eng
31、lish reading；as a result，we are willing to read any materials he picks out for us.When we feel bored with life，he is always telling us that we should be content with what we have owned.What a teacher!课后限时自测(十八)(对应学生用书第369页)(建议用时：40分钟).语法填空Once，in a lovely garden，lived the most beautiful butterfly in
32、 the world.She was so pretty，and had won so many beauty contests _1_ she had become very proud.One day，the naughty cockroach(蟑螂)got fed up with her showing off，and decided _2_(teach)her a lesson.She went to see the butterfly，and in front of everyone she said that the butterfly wasnt really that beau
33、tiful，and that the butterfly only won the competitions _3_ the judges had been paid.In _4_(real)，the cockroach was the most beautiful.The butterfly was angry and said to the cockroach.“I _5_(beat)you in a beauty contest，with whichever judges you yourself choose.”“OK，I accept.See you on Saturday，”ans
34、wered the cockroach，and left _6_ waiting for a reply.That Saturday everyone went to _7_ beauty contest.The butterfly arrived completely confident of victory until she saw _8_ the judges were：cockroaches，worms，beetles.All of _9_ preferred the ugliness and bad smell of the cockroach.The butterfly was
35、left _10_(sob)and disappointed，wanting never to enter another beauty contest in her life.Fortunately，the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.【语篇解读】一只美丽的蝴蝶由于赢得了无数次的选美大赛而变得越来越傲慢，蟑螂组织了一次并不公平的选美比赛，好好教育了一下自负的蝴蝶。1that此处是so.that.句型，故该空填that。2to teachdecide to do sth.“决定做某事
36、”，为固定用法。3because此处为because引导的原因状语从句。4realityin reality表示“事实上”。5will beat结合上下文可以看出此处应该用一般将来时。6without此处表示蟑螂没有等候一个答复就离开了，故填without。7the特指这次蝴蝶和蟑螂参加的选美大赛要用定冠词the。8who此处表示“评委们都是谁”，故填疑问代词who。9them分析句子成分可知，此处缺少主语，故填them，指代那些评委们。10sobbingThe butterfly和sob之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用sob的现在分词形式。.阅读理解AHouseplants clean the
37、air and brighten a room.Occasionally，they drive us mad as we wonder how exactly we managed to kill yet another“unkillable”houseplant.(In that way，they provide great lessons in perseverance as well！)But it looks like theres one more great reason to grow houseplants：their presence in your workspace mi
38、ght actually make you smarter.According to a recent study published in The Journal of Environmental Psychology，just having plants in your work space is enough to increase your attention span.An increase in attention span means that were able to remember more of what we read.To test the hypotheses，th
39、e studys authors gave subjects a Reading Span Task，which requires reading sentence aloud，then remembering the last word in each sentence.This requires reading，memorization，and recall abilities，and switching between the three.The researchers had their entire test pool complete Reading Span Tasks to g
40、et a baseline reading.Then they moved some of the people to a room with no plants，and others to a room that had four plants around the desk.They were all asked to repeat the Reading Span Tasks，and the people who worked near a plant improved overall，while those without plants stayed roughly the same.
41、Beauty，fresh air，the joy of caring for another living thingall great reasons to have a few houseplants around.If they help increase attention spans，all the better!1The study shows that growing houseplants can _Aclean the airBmake the house beautifulCincrease attention spansDhave the joy of caring【解析
42、】细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知答案。【答案】C2The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means _AideasBresearchCtheories Dexperiments【解析】词义理解题。由调查研究得出一个“想法”，然后验证这个“想法”。【答案】A3In the last paragraph，the writer _Aplaces an advertisementBcomments on the studyCshows his/her opinionDgives people a warning【解析】推理判断题。作
43、者最后一段提到“家庭绿色植物”的好处，表明了自己的观点。【答案】C4Which is the following shows the structure of the passage?ABC D【解析】段落结构题。文章第一段总括说明，第二、三段介绍“研究”；第四段提出个人观点。【答案】BBThe National Park Service in the United State will mark its one hundredth anniversary in 2016.As it nears its second century，the Park Service plans to incr
44、ease its educational programs for students and teachers.The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history.Yellowstone is believed to have been the worlds first national park when it was established in 1872.O
45、ther students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education.One of its partners is a nonprofit organization called NatureBridge.NatureBridge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and
46、says one million young people have taken part in its programs.The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms.It provides field science programs at Yosemite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwester
47、n state of Washington.Now，NatureBridge is launching an East Coast center with a fourmilliondollar grant from Google.The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia.Students stay for three to five days in NatureBridge programs.The activities are aimed at developing their
48、 science skills.For example，they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.Jason Morris is executive vice president of NatureBridge.He says when they are not sleeping，eating or in a laboratory，the students spend their time outdoors.Julia Washburn is associate director of
49、 education and interpretation for the National Park Service.She says in a time of budget cuts，the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals.And one of the most important services that the Park Services provide every day is nature interpretation.5You can probably read this text in the section o
50、f _AEducation BTravelCEntertainment DHealth【解析】推理判断题。由第一段中“.increase its educational programs for students and teachers”可知选A项。【答案】A6Which of the following is true of the National Park Service?AIt plans to make NatureBridge its branch.BIt provides programs for college students.CIt was established ear
51、lier than Yellowstone.DIt offered some educational programs before.【解析】细节理解题。由第三段内容可知D项正确。【答案】D7According to the text，NatureBridge _Afinances all the programs aloneBis aimed at laboratory activitiesChas benefited quite a lot of studentsDprovides online field science programs【解析】细节理解题。由第三段中“.says one
52、 million young people have taken part in its programs”可知C项正确。【答案】C8The text is intended to tell us that _Astudents are encouraged to learn about nature and historyBmore educational programs will be started in national parksCNatureBridge plans to work with the National Park ServiceDthe National Park
53、Service will celebrate its 100th anniversary【解析】推理判断题。第一段即点明了文章的目的意图和主旨大意，由此可推断B项合适。【答案】B.书面表达(2014山西省原平市第一中学检测)假如你是校报负责人，急需在学校内聘一位同学任英文版的编辑。请你用英文以“An English Editor Wanted”为题目写一则招聘启事。内容要点如下：1该工作主要包括两部分：一是从英文报纸杂志及互联网上选择适合学生的文章；二是选择与编辑同学们的来稿。2希望该同学满足下列要求：a乐意奉献出一些业余时间为同学们服务；b英文与美术皆好；能熟练使用电脑；c感兴趣的同学请在本
54、周内与学生会(Students Union)联系。注意：1.词数100左右；2不要逐字翻译， 要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。An English Editor WantedOur school newspaper is looking for an editor for its English edition._Students Union【参考范文】An English Editor WantedOur_school_newspaper_is_looking_for_an_editor_for_its_English_edition.The job mainly includes two par
55、ts：One is to choose proper English articles from other newspapers, magazines or the Internet for us students.The other is to pick out articles from students in our school and edit them for use.We hope that he (she) could meet the following requirements，first，he (she) is willing to devote some of the spare time to serving the others.Second, its necessary for him (her) to be good at both English and fine art.Needless to say that the ability to use the computer is important as well.Those who are interested in the job.please get in touch with the Students Union this week.Students_Union