1、Unit 4Exploring plantsSection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending课时过关即时巩固一、根据句意和首字母提示或括号内的汉语提示写出单词的正确形式1This district used to grow cotton on a large s.答案:scale2The child was uncomfortable in his t boots.答案:tight3The film retains much of the books e flavour.答案:exotic4He said that he was bo
2、rn and brought up in a d village.答案:distant5I seem to remember he was present during the c.答案:conflict6His (努力)to get the plan passed failed.答案:endeavours7Franklin used a glass(容器) to do the experiment.答案:container8The government placed many (限制) on foreign trade.答案:restrictions9We will (求助) to a gr
3、eat variety of sources of information.答案:appeal10A (植物学家) can differentiate varieties of plants.答案:botanist二、用所给短语的适当形式填空be familiar withresult inon a large scaletake the opportunity ofdate back tonot onlyappeal toquantities ofnumbers ofcome across1The board of directors made the decision to produce
4、 the cars .答案:on a large scale2This castle 1860.答案:dates back to3She the high court against her sentence.答案:appealed to4Small poison were detected in the dead mans stomach.答案:quantities of5Large people had to struggle on the verge of starvation.答案:numbers of6do the nurses want a pay increase,but als
5、o they want reduced working hours as well.答案:Not only7Yesterday on my way to school,I an old friend.答案:came across8Wed like to visiting the palace.答案:take the opportunity of9The accident three people being killed,because the driver had drunk too much.答案:resulted in10If you this type of computer,woul
6、d you please help me?答案:are familiar with三、用所给单词的适当形式完成短文scaleexoticappealsealtightcontainerconflictbotanicrestrictiondistantThere were various plants outside Europe,which 1 to many European 2.In the 18th and 19th centuries,the exploration of the botanical world began on a large 3.While sometimes th
7、ey came into 4 with the local people and there were 5 on their movements in some countries,some brave young men managed to get to 6 countries and brought back some 7plants in 8 9 portable glass 10.12345678910答案:1.appealed2.botanists3.scale4.conflicts5.restrictions6.distant7.exotic8.tightly9.sealed10
8、.containers四、阅读理解AThe garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard(1850-1928).After immigrating from England to the USA,and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer,he moved to Chicago,where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871.In those days
9、,it was nicknamed “the Garden City”,almost certainly the source of Howards name for his later building plan of towns.Returning to London,Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s,drawing on ideas that were popular at the time,but creating a unique combination of designs.The nineteenth-centu
10、ry poor city was a terrible place in many ways,dirty and crowded;but it offered economic and social opportunities.At the same time,the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive:though it promised fresh air and nature,it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enou
11、gh work and wages,nor much social life.Howards idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement,the garden city.Howards idea was that a group of people should set up a company,borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside,far enough from existing
12、 cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.Garden cities would provide a central public open space,radial avenues and connecting industries.They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt,also owned by the company,containing not merely farms but also some industri
13、al institutions.As more and more people moved in,the garden city would reach its planned limitHoward suggested 32,000 people;then,another would be started a short distance away.Thus,over time,there would develop a vast planned house collection,extending almost without limit.Within it,each garden cit
14、y would offer a wide range of jobs and services,but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system,thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.1How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?A.Through his observation of the cou
15、ntry life.B.Through the combination of different ideas.C.By taking other peoples advice.D.By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.答案:D解析:细节理解题。从第一段第三句话“In those days,it was nicknamed the Garden City.his later building plan of towns.”可知D项正确。2The underlined phrase “drawing on”in Paragraph 1
16、 probably means .A.making use ofB.making comments onC.giving an explanation ofD.giving a description of答案:A解析:词义猜测题。从第一段第四句话可知,霍华德以这些想法为素材,创造出了一种独特的设计风格,故draw on的意思是make use of。3According to Howard,garden cities should be built .A.as far as possible from existing citiesB.in the countryside where the
17、 land was cheapC.in the countryside where agriculture was developedD.near cities where employment opportunities already existed答案:B解析:细节理解题。从第二段最后一句话“.in the depressed countryside,far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.”可知B项正确,强调地价要低。A项描述不准确。4What c
18、an we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?A.Their number would continue to rise.B.Each one would continue to become larger.C.People would live and work in the same place.D.Each one would contain a certain type of business.答案:A解析:细节理解题。从第三段第三句话“As more and more people moved in,the garde
19、n city would reach its planned limitHoward suggested 32,000 people.”可知B项错误;C项在文中没有提及;从第三段第五句话“each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services”可知D项错误;从第三段第三句话“.another would be started a short distance away.”可知A项正确。5What could be the best title for the passage?A.City and CountrysideB.T
20、he Invention of the Garden CityC.A New City in ChicagoD.A Famous Garden City in England答案:B解析:主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了the Garden City名字的由来、建设及其发展的过程,故不选D项而选B项。BCan plants eat people?Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat.Some of them are big.And they can eat small animals.One famous meat-catching
21、 plant is the Venus flytrap (捕蝇草).The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant.It grows in dry parts of the United States.Its leaves are like the pages of a book.They can open and close very quickly.Inside the leaves,there are three small hairs.If a fly touches one of the hairs,the leaf closes quickly.
22、The fly cannot get out.In about half an hour,the leaf presses the fly until it is dead.Then,the plant covers the fly.Slowly,the plant eats the fly.Why do plants do it?Most plants get what they need from the sun,the air,and the ground.In some places,the ground is very poor.It doesnt have all these im
23、portant things,especially nitrogen (氮).Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen,so some plants eat meat to get what they need.Lets hope that some of the bigger plants dont get the same idea!6The Venus flytrap is a kind of .A.plantB.animalC.foodD.meat答案:A解析:细节理解题。由第一段最后一句和第二段第一句可知答案。7The Venus flytrap grows
24、 in .A.most parts of the worldB.some parts of AfricaC.dry parts of the USD.wet parts of England答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知捕蝇草生长在美国的干燥地区。8From the passage we learn that .A.all plants can eat peopleB.all plants can eat animalsC.some plants can eat peopleD.some plants can eat animals答案:D解析:细节理解题。由第一段可知应选D项。
25、9The underlined word “presses” probably means .A.squeezesB.closesC.opensD.loosens答案:A解析:词义猜测题。由上下文可知:捕蝇草的叶子很快地合上,苍蝇无法逃出,在半个小时的时间里,捕蝇草的叶子挤压苍蝇直至将其挤死。10The reason why some plants eat animal meat is that .A.plants are dangerous to animalsB.animals are dangerous to plantsC.plants want to get what they ne
26、ed from animal meatD.plants want to protect themselves against animals答案:C解析:细节理解题。由最后一段可知答案。五、语篇填空:阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。No one likes to talk about forgiveness.But the dictionary 1(definitive) of “forgive” is “to stop feeling angry or resentful towards something or somebody”.And Im su
27、re many people 2(manage)to do that.I know I have,and I know how hard it is.To let go of feeling 3(wrong)is probably the hardest part.I had been living with a friend for two years and many things he was doing were really bothering me I felt 4 werent good for him 5(emotion)or physically,and I hated be
28、ing around the results.I started to get very angry in my interactions with him.We finally had a quarrel,and when he pointed out that I also6(behave)badly,I was shocked.All my 7 disappeared and I realized that,8 angry I may get,I finally loved my friend and wanted to continue to live with him.Its tru
29、e that “9(love)is to forgive all.” And to forgive feels great.After 10 long conversation,my friend looked at me and said,“Im so glad we could let go of all that.I feel like Ive shed a skin.” I had to agree.12345678910答案:1.definition2.have managed3.wronged4.they 5.emotionally6.was behaving7.anger8.however 9.to love10.a