1、Unit 3 Under the seaSectionGrammar课后篇巩固提升一、单句填空1.(1)Dont forget (take)your umbrella when you go out.(2)I will never forget (take)by my parents to visit the Great Wall when I was young.答案(1)to take(2)being taken2.(1)(expose)to the strong sunlight,your skin will be harmed.(2)(expose)to this tech cultu
2、re allowed me to realise at an early age the impact of innovation.答案(1)Exposed(2)Being exposed3.(1)After dinner I sit behind the motel by myself,(watch) the sun drop behind the bluffs.(2)(watch)your teacher carefully and you will know how to do the experiment.答案(1)watching(2)Watch二、翻译句子1.I heard thi
3、s song being sung in English then.答案那时,我听过有人在用英语唱这首歌。2.The area is being flooded because of the continuous heavy rain.答案由于持续的强降雨,那一地区正被洪水围困。3.他受不了别人那样开他的玩笑。答案He could not bear being made fun of like that.4.正在施工的大楼是一座新的购物中心。答案The large building being built is a new shopping mall.5.他的迟到使老师非常生气。答案His b
4、eing late made his teacher very angry.6.他成为我们足球队的带队者让我们很高兴。答案His having been made leader of our football team was a pleasure to us.三、阅读理解AIt was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning after the storm,though,was beautiful:warm air and a calm,inviting sea touching the shore gent
5、ly.My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing,but I decided to go all the same.Im so glad I did.On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast,but the harbour itself was
6、 in fairly good shape.After all,it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea.As we got on board,we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.On approaching them,we saw it was a mother whale with her baby.We couldnt believe itthere arent any whales along the coast h
7、ere.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay,in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.The little baby whaleactually as big as our boatwas obviously stuck and could not move.The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly,making big whirlpoo
8、ls(漩涡)and waves.“Shes trying to help her baby,but on the wrong side,” my father said.At this point,my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and,heading the boat towards the baby whale,pushed it gently.With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under wat
9、er.Then it swam up right beside its mum.They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel.Slowly,they let us lead them,sometimes rising from the water right be
10、side us to breatheand to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes.Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea,the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes,but we had been with those
11、wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half.That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day.Nearly four decades later,I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.1.The author says “Im so glad I did.” (in Para.2) because .A.he witnessed the whole process of fishingB.he enjoyed the beauty
12、 of the calm seaC.he experienced the rescue of the whalesD.he spent the weekend with his family答案C解析推理判断题。根据下文内容可知,作者说“我很高兴自己跟父亲一起去钓鱼了”,是因为他有机会经历拯救鲸鱼的过程,对于作者来说这是一段十分美好的回忆。2.The harbour survived the storm owing to .A.the shape of the harbourB.the arms of the bayC.the still water in the channelD.the l
13、ong coastline答案B解析细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知,作者去钓鱼的港口没有受到暴风雨的袭击是因为有狭长的海湾保护着。3.The mother whale failed to help her baby because .A.she had stayed in the polluted water for too longB.the whirlpools she had made were not big enoughC.she had no other whales around to turn to for helpD.the waves pushed her baby in
14、 the wrong direction答案D解析细节理解题。根据第五段第三句,也就是父亲说的那句话可知,鲸鱼妈妈掀起的波浪把她的孩子推向了错误的方向,所以没能帮助自己的孩子摆脱困境。4.What is the theme of the story?A.Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness.B.Fishing provides excitement for children.C.Its necessary to live in harmony with animals.D.Its vital to protect the environ
15、ment.答案A解析主旨大意题。文章用大量篇幅描述了作者与父亲一起拯救鲸鱼的过程。根据最后一段可判断,作者认为挽救生命能带给人一种快乐的感觉。BBlue whales are the largest animals ever known to have existed on the planet,and they can grow to a length of 100 feet and weigh more than 330,000 pounds.But recently researchers have found that these whales are on the move and
16、they have migrated from California waters to areas off Canada and Alaska for the first time since commercial whaling ended in 1965.The researchers identified 15 blue whales that have appeared off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since 1997.Four of these whales were recognised as
17、ones that were once sighted off California shores,suggesting that the whales are returning to an old migration pattern between the coasts.Before commercial whaling began in the early 1900s,blue whales were found widely throughout the North Pacific and California waters.But from the 1920s to the 1960
18、s,whaling severely reduced the whale populations.Blue whales never recovered in the North Pacific,making sightings in this area rare.However,much larger groups of whales have been observed close to California since the 1970s.The scientists had previously thought that the California population was se
19、parate from the population that had historically lived in the North Pacific waters.But the current study shows that whales off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska are likely part of the California population.To identify the blue whales,the researchers looked at photos of cetaceans t
20、aken in the North Pacific Ocean and compared them with a library of blue whale pictures taken along the west coast of the United States and Southern Pacific.Up to now,the researchers are not quite sure why the whales are changing their migration patterns,but they suspect that the whales may be follo
21、wing their food moving farther north by the changes in ocean conditions.5.According to the passage,blue whales are .A.following a fixed route of migrationB.dying out due to commercial whalingC.moving from the south to the northD.rarely found in the Southern Pacific答案C解析推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句中的“thewhalesma
22、ybefollowingtheirfoodmovingfarthernorth”可推出,蓝鲸正从南向北移动。故选C项。6.The whale population in the North Pacific .A.is different from the California populationB.is probably part of the California populationC.has become the largest group since the 1970sD.has lived there since the 1960s答案B解析细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Butthe
23、currentstudyshowsthatwhalesoffthecoastofBritishColumbiaandtheGulfofAlaskaarelikelypartoftheCaliforniapopulation”可知,选B项。7.The underlined word “cetaceans” in Paragraph 5 probably means .A.land creaturesB.whale speciesC.ocean conditionsD.migration patterns答案B解析词义猜测题。根据第五段中的“Toidentifythebluewhales,ther
24、esearcherslookedatphotosofcetaceanstakenintheNorthPacificOcean”可知,为了辨认蓝鲸,研究者看在北太平洋拍的有关cetaceans的照片,所以cetaceans应该指的是鲸类。故选B项。8.What might make blue whales migrate according to the researchers?A.Commercial whaling.B.Weather conditions.C.Life reproduction.D.Food resources.答案D解析推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“buttheysusp
25、ectthatthewhalesmaybefollowingtheirfoodmovingfarthernorth”可知,研究者怀疑蓝鲸有可能跟随着它们的食物向北移动。故选D项。四、七选五阅读理解In the winter months,most children spend their time on video games.Spending their time on video games for a long time is harmful to them.How you can try your best to get them active and keep their minds
26、 and bodies healthy is very necessary and important.1.Here are some ideas:Take out some old gamesAfter hours of being indoors,kids will quickly get tired of their own games and toys.Take this opportunity to teach them the old games from your childhood.Make up new rules to refresh the games and make
27、them original to your family.2.Cook togetherCooking is a great activity because the whole family can get involved.3. Kids can even practice their reading skills by reading the recipe aloud from a cookbook.Cooking with children also encourages them to try new foods because theyve had a hand in making
28、 the finished product.Make use of that big projectYou may have spring cleaning plans,but get a head start on that big clean-out project this winter.4. Get your kids involved in cleaning the garage or painting the guest room.Once the project is complete,all of you will feel satisfied to work together
29、.Go on an indoor adventureStaying at home day after day is really dull and you may take part in other activities with your kids.5. Take a trip to an indoor ice skating or roller skating rink.You can also start a bowling tournament with other families from school and the neighbourhood.A.Encourage you
30、r kids to join in the project.B.Set aside more hours for your work.C.Assign everyone a job,like mixing or frying.D.Most kids enjoy outdoor activities in winter.E.Go to a swimming pool in a local gym.F.Record the game ideas to pick out a fun activity later.G.With a little creativity,you can prevent t
31、he winter blues.答案15 GFCAE五、选词创境运用下列词汇,自己创设一个小语境,形成一个小语段。witness,urge,abandon,help.out,relationship,opposite,dive,flee参考范文Tom is one of the top five students in our class,and we have a good relationship.We have a lot in common.For example,we both like swimming and diving.He often helps me out with m
32、y maths.He says that we wont abandon each other whatever the situation is.Yesterday Tom told me that he witnessed a car accident but the woman driver fled to a shop opposite.He first called the police and then ran to look for the driver.He soon found the driver and urged her to go back.Im proud to have such a good and kind friend.