1、Unit 4 Global warming.阅读理解Consider yourself warned.Sunday is April Fools Day, a day when you are encouraged to play tricks on loved ones and even the people you meet at the bus stop.Its a strange tradition, but how did it get started?Nobody is completely sure about the origin of this, the silliest o
2、f holidays.However, the urban legend experts at S say that most experts owe it to Pope Gregory ， who, in the 1500s, gave the world the Gregorian calendar.In 1562, the Gregorian calendar moved the first day of the year from April 1 to January 1.Word did eventually get around, but some people were a b
3、it slow to hear the news.These folks continued celebrating the new year on April 1, unaware that they were now three months behind the times.These “April fools” were tricked by those who knew it.The tradition eventually made its way to the US.And its still going strong.Over the past week, Web search
4、es on “April Fools Day jokes” and “April Fools Day tricks” have more than doubled, and related lookups for “easy April Fools Day tricks” and “April Fools Day jokes for work” have also increased greatly.Bottom line: Keep your guard up, especially if somebody offers you a word search puzzle.Lookups fo
5、r “impossible April Fools Day word searches” are up by 200%.But really, there is no way to be certain youll escape trickery because even companies are out to trick you on April 1.In 1957, the BBC reported Swiss farmers were harvesting spaghetti(意大利面) from trees.And in 1996, Taco Bell took out ads in
6、 major newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell.本文讲述的是愚人节的起源。1What is the authors purpose of writing the text?ATo teach us how to avoid being tricked.BTo point out the best way to trick others.CTo introduce the history of April Fools
7、Day.DTo stress the importance of April Fools Day.答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第一段提到“Its a strange tradition, but how did it get started? 这真是一个古怪的传统，但它是如何开始的呢？”可知讲述愚人节的起源，故选C项。2What can we know from Paragraph 3?AApril 1 was once the first day of the year.BApril Fools Day was set by Pope Gregory CApril Fools Day ha
8、s been celebrated for thousands of years.DStarted in the US, April Fools Day is popular around the world.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第三段提到“These folks continued celebrating the new year on April 1, unaware that they were now three months behind the times. These April fools were tricked by those who knew it. The
9、tradition eventually made its way to the US. 这些人依然在4月1日庆祝新年，没有意识到他们已经落后了三个月的时间。这些四月愚人被那些知情者耍了一把。这一传统最后传到了美国。”可知选A项。3From the 4th paragraph, we can learn that _.Apeople enjoy being April foolsBApril Fools Day is still very popularCthose tricks used on April 1 are much the sameDpeople like to celebrat
10、e April Fools Day online答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据第四段提到“And its still going strong.而现在愚人节依然很流行。”可知选B项。4The examples listed in the last paragraph are used to show _.Aa modern farming technologyBwhat newspapers without ads are likeChow the Taco Liberty Bell got its nameDhow some companies trick the public答案：D解析：
11、推理判断题。根据最后一段提到“In 1957, the BBC reported Swiss farmers were harvesting spaghetti (意大利面) from trees. And in 1996, Taco Bell took out ads in major newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell. 1957年，英国广播公司报道说，瑞士农民从树上收割意大利面。1996年，提供墨西哥美食的餐饮公
12、司塔可钟在各大报纸上发布广告，宣布公司已经买下了自由钟，并把它的名字改成了塔可自由钟。”可知公司是如何愚弄大家的，故选D项。.话题写作翻译或完成下列句子，注意黑体部分要用到本单元的单词、短语或句型，然后将其合并成一篇短文。1现在许多青少年染上了吸烟的坏习惯。(quantity)Nowadays,_quantities_of_teenagers_have_got_into_a_bad_habit_of_smoking.2他们的年龄在13岁到16岁之间。(range from.to.)Their_ages_range_from_13_to_16.3这是怎么回事呢？(He about？)How_di
13、d_it_come_about?4一些青少年往往不听从父母的意见。(tend，oppose)Some_teenagers_tend_to_oppose_their_parents_ideas.5他们认为有时候父母令人难以忍受。(put up with)They_think_that_sometimes_their_parents_are_hard_to_put_up_with.6这就导致了他们不想跟父母交流。(result in)It_results_in_their_unwillingness_to_communicate_with_their_parents.7我不同意他们的观点。(sub
14、scribe to)I_dont_subscribe_to_their_opinion.8毫无疑问，父母是最爱我们的人。(There is no doubt that.)There_is_no_doubt_that_our_parents_are_the_ones_who_love_us_most.9在任何情况下他们都不会抛弃我们。(circumstance)Under_no_circumstances_will_they_abandon_us.10只要多跟父母交流，我们就会互相更加理解。(as/so long as)As/So_long_as_we_communicate_more_with
15、_our_parents,_we_can_understand_each_other_better.请将以上句子连成一篇语言流畅、用词准确、逻辑严密的短文。Nowadays,_quantities_of_teenagers_have_got_into_a_bad_habit_of_smoking_whose_ages_range_from_13_to_16._How_did_it_come_about?_Some_teenagers_tend_to_oppose_their_parents_ideas_and_think_that_sometimes_their_parents_are_har
16、d_to_put_up_with,_which_results_in_their_unwillingness_to_communicate_with_their_parents._But_I_dont_subscribe_to_their_opinion,_because_there_is_no_doubt_that_our_parents_are_the_ones_who_love_us_most_and_under_no_circumstances_will_they_abandon_us._As/So_long_as_we_communicate_more_with_our_parents,_we_can_understand_each_other_better.
