1、Section Introduction,Reading&Vocabulary基础夯实一、单词拼写1.A woman was a and robbed by a gang of youths.答案：attacked2.Keep your h pets away.答案：hairy3.He left f behind him on the sand.答案：footprints4.He was f at the thought of his huge debts.答案：frightened5.He was terrified to see a (怪物).答案：monster6.Cats have s
2、harp (爪).答案：claws7.The famous writer is still (敏捷的)in thought though he has attained the age of ninety-two.答案：sharp8.There are many (神秘的)stories about the Egyptian pyramids.答案：mysterious9.Few people can (生存) without water for more than a week.答案：exist10.The (生物) of the sea provide us with rich resou
3、rces.答案：creatures二、用本部分出现的短语完成句子1.Refugees had come (遭受了袭击) from federal troops.答案：under attack2.The problem of food security is (又出现在新闻中) this week.答案：back in the news3.The houses (靠近学校) are on fire.答案：close to the school4.Fishermen and sailors sometimes (声称见过怪物)in the sea.答案：claimed to have seen m
4、onsters5.The old lady only (靠生活)coffee and bread.答案：exists;on6.Mr Smith (不大可能) attend the meeting because he is too busy.答案：is unlikely to三、根据括号内所给的提示翻译句子1.他声称没有做这件事,可是我不相信他。(claim)答案：He claimed that he hadnt done it,but I didnt believe him.2.你支持哪个足球队?(support)答案：Which football team do you support?3
5、.我校占地100英亩。(cover)答案：Our school covers an area of 100 acres.4.当我告诉他这个坏消息时,他很平静。(calm)答案：He was calm when I told him the bad news.5.他们不大可能来了,因为天气这么糟糕。(unlikely)答案：They are unlikely to come since the weather is so bad.6.看到这么恐怖的场景,我几乎快吓死了。答案：I was almost frightened to death at the sight of the frighten
6、ing scene.7.玛丽对这个解决办法表示怀疑。(sceptical)答案：Mary is sceptical about the solution.8.不要靠近着火的房子。(close to)答案：Dont go/get close to the house on fire.四、语法填空1.The old man looks a cartoon character wearing a pair of glasses.答案：like2.Hundreds of dead fish can be found the surface of the lake because of the seri
7、ous pollution.答案：on3.The children dived the river to find some pearls.答案：into4.The snow was deep places.答案：in5.Many experts remain sceptical his claims.答案：about6.Dont stick your head of the train window.答案：out能力提升五、阅读理解One night in March 1999,a man was driving from California to Oregon,US,to visit s
8、ome friends.He had stopped his car to have some food when he started to hear strange noises.Turning on the headlights,he saw an 8-foot-tall creature covered in thick,dark hair.The creature stared at him for a minute,turned in the road and walked off slowly into the woods.In the past 50 years alone,t
9、here have been thousands of reported sightings of similar creatures in the US,Canada,the Himalayas(喜马拉雅山地区) and even Hubei province in China.The creature is known as Bigfoot.Bigfoot is said to be a very tall(between 2 and 4.5 metres),ape-like(类人猿似的) creature that is covered in hair and walks upright
10、 on two legs.It is very wary(警惕的) of human beings.Believers think Bigfoot is a direct descendent(后代) of ancient gigantopithecus(巨猿).But it remains one of the planets undiscovered secrets.There is a little evidence(证据) to support the believers theory:traces of hair,footprints and body prints as well
11、as the reported sightings.Some people have even showed what they say with photos or films of Bigfoot.But so far,no one has found bones or any other definite proof that the giant creature exists.As a result many people believe the evidence is just part of a big trick.The footprints are easy to make a
12、nd they say:all you need to do is to make two large feet out of plaster(石膏),attach them to the bottom of your shoes and walk with big steps.As for the photos and films,they are just people dressed in ape suits.They also say the sightings are not real,just people making mistakes.For example,Bigfoot c
13、ould be a bear living in the wild that sometimes stands up on its back legs.1.So far what we can be sure about is that .A.there exist savages(野人) in several places in the worldB.there are some traces of hair,footprints and body prints of the BigfootC.Bigfoot is a direct descendent of ancient giganto
14、pithecusD.all the Bigfoot discovered have the same look答案：B解析：细节理解题。的确是有Bigfoot留下的痕迹,到底是谁留下的,谁也没有把握,A项属于将猜测的东西当成事实;C项是一些人的“观点”;D项与文章描述不符。2.The article infers but doesnt say so that some people Bigfoots existence.A.may fool the world into believingB.have definite evidence to proveC.refuse to believeD
15、.will soon offer proofs of答案：A解析：推理判断题。由文章中“As a result many people believe the evidence is just part of a big trick.”可知,作者在暗示有人有意捏造证据,骗人相信。3.If Bigfoot is just a misunderstanding,what they saw might NOT be .A.apesB.bearsC.gigantopithecusD.people dressed in animal skins答案：C解析：推理判断题。如果真的是gigantopithe
16、cus留下的脚印,那就证明的确有这样的动物,而整篇文章都是用的推测的语气,由此可知答案：为C项。六、七选五Ways to save timeWe all wish we had just a bit more time.Just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day:you could finally stick to an exercise routine,or clean the house,or write your novel,or learn the guitar and so on.1But I can
17、 help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.(1)Get Out of Bed EarlierIf you normally get up at 7:30 am,try getting up at 7:00 am.That half-hour might not sound like much,but it could be time that you use to exercise,to read that book youve been meaning to finish.2(2)Do th
18、e Important Tasks FirstOnce you get to work,get the important ones done first(not the easy ones,or even the urgent ones).You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big,important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones.3 The urgent tasks will still get done,and you wont miss the im
19、portant ones.(3)Reduce InterruptionsIf colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat,or if the phone is constantly ringing,you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter.Constant interruptions dont just eat up time;they also break your conce
20、ntration.When youve got a big task to focus on,let your calls go to voicemail.4 Wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation.(4)5A few minutes chatting,browsing the web,and so on,can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day.When youre
21、 working,work.If your concentration is slipping,take a proper break:go and get a glass of water,or stretch your legs a bit.And if youre facing a difficult task,try breaking it into small steps or stages so that its easier to deal with.A.Stay Focused on Your WorkB.Take Breaks When NecessaryC.If you have an office door,close it.D.If you work like this,youll usually save time.E.Would you want me to make your day longer?F.I cant magically make all your days 25 hours long.G.Or simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.答案：15 FGDCA