1、Unit 5 Working the Land Reading and Thinking2022-2023学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册课前导学一、课前预习1. hybrid n. 杂交植(动)物；合成物；混合动力车 2. devote vt. 把献(给)；把专用于；专心于3. shortage n. 不足；缺少；短缺4. tackle vt. 解决(难题)；应付(局面)；处理5. crisis n. (pl. crises) 危机；危急关头6. boost vt. 使增长；使兴旺 n. 增长；提高；激励7. yield n. 产量；产出 vt. 出产(作物); 产生(收益、效
2、益等) vi. 屈服；让步 8. convince vt. 使相信；使确信；说服9. characteristic n. 特征；特点；品质adj. 典型的；独特的10. attain vt. (通常经过努力)获得；得到11. conventional adj. 传统的；习惯的12. pollinate vt. 授粉；传粉 13. assumption n. 假定；设定；(责任的)承担；(权利的)获得14. intense adj. 热切的；十分强烈的；激烈的15. overcome vt. (overcame, overcome)克服；解决；战胜16. expand vt. & vi. 扩大；
3、增加 vt. 扩展；发展(业务)17. output n. 产量；输出；输出量vt. (output, output) 输出18. estimate vt. & n. 估计；估价；估算19. domestic adj. 本国的；国内的；家用的；家庭的20. consumption n. 消耗；消耗量；消费21. comprise vt. 包括；包含；由组成22. generate vt. 产生；引起23.strain n. (动、植物的) 系；品种；拉伤；压力 24. leisure n. 闲暇；休闲；空闲25. soil n. 泥土；土壤；国土；领土26. celebrity n. 名望；名
4、誉；名人；名流27. envision vt. 展望；想象 28. sorghum n. 高粱；高粱米 29. broom n. 扫把；扫帚；金雀花 30. grain n. 谷物；谷粒；颗粒31. vision n. 想象；视力；视野；影像32. reality n. 现实；实际情况；事实33. salty adj. 含盐的；咸的33. devote. to 把用于；献身；致力；专心34. be comprised of 包括；包含；由组成(或构成)35. deep down 在内心深处；本质上；实际上36. his slim but strong body 他瘦削但结实的身躯 37 .a
5、serious shortage of food 严重的食物短缺 38. tackle this crisis 解决这个危机 39. attain a higher yield 获得更高的产量 40. through intense effort 通过巨大的努力 41. overcome enormous technical difficulties 克服巨大的技术困难 42. far from the case 远非如此 43. care little for celebrity and money 不在乎名誉和金钱二、自我检测1. To work out the problem of wa
6、ter _ (short), we have to put all our efforts together. 2. The heat is the _ (character) weather of the summer in my hometown while in winter it is usually quite cold. 3_ (overcome) by curiosity, the boy looked out of the window, only to find someone was trying to break into his neighbors house. 4.
7、Governments throughout the world act on the _ (assume) that the stable economic growth will improve peoples quality of life. 5. It _ (estimate) that by the 2050, this countrys population will have increased by 30 million and close to 80% will live in urban areas. 6. Thanks to science, we have learnt
8、 to tell the difference between fantasy and _ (real). 7. His muscle _ (strain) while he was taking exercise. 8. Researchers are _ (devote) to finding a cure for cancer. 9. The _ (consume) of plastic products is threatening the environment. 10. The director _ (vision) an isolated life in his last mov
9、ie. 答案以及解析1.答案：shortage解析：考查名词。句意:为了解决缺水问题,我们必须齐心协力。句中of为介词,应接名词作宾语;shortage意为短缺,缺少,不足。2.答案：characteristic解析：考查词形转换。句意:在我的家乡,高温是夏季的典型天气;而在冬天,天气通常相当寒冷。根据句意可知,空处应填形容词修饰weather。characteristic典型的,独特的。3.答案：Overcome解析：考查非谓语动词。句意:这个男孩被好奇心驱使,向窗外望去,结果发现有人正在试图强行闯入他邻居的房子。分析句子结构可知,空处与句子主语the boy之间为逻辑上的动宾关系,故应用过
10、去分词作状语。4.答案：assumption解析：考查词形转换。句意:世界各国政府的行动都基于这样一种假设,即稳定的经济增长将会提高人民的生活质量。根据句意并分析句子结构可知,该句中含有由that引导的同位语从句,解释说明空处的内容,且定冠词the后应接名词,故填assumption。5.答案：is estimated解析：句意为:据估计,到2050年,这个国家的人口将增加3,000万,而且接近80%的人口会生活在城市。It is estimated that.意为“据估计”,为常用句型。6.答案：reality解析：句意为:多亏了科学,我们学会了区分幻想和现实。设空处与fantasy并列,作
11、介词between的宾语,应用名词形式。故填reality。7.答案：was strained解析：考查语态和时态。句意:在锻炼的时候他的肌肉拉伤了。muscle与strain之间是被动关系,故用被动语态,由从句中的was可知,此处应用一般过去时,填was strained。8.答案：devoted解析：考查固定搭配。句意:研究人员致力于找到一种癌症的治疗方法。be devoted to意为“致力于”,故填devoted。9.答案：consumption解析：考查名词。句意:塑料产品的消耗正在威胁环境。由the.of结构可知此处应用名词形式,表示“的消耗”,用the consumption of。10.答案：envisioned解析：考查动词。句意:这个导演在他的上部电影里设想了一种孤独的生活。句子缺少谓语,in his last movie提示句子用一般过去时,故填envisioned。
