1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。选修9Unit 1Other countries, other cultures. 细品味经典文章(2018全国卷)Cities, usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to comm
2、unications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896,
3、 Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30, 000. Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They t
4、ravelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warning. An avalanche(雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the
5、difficult trip. Of the first 20, 000 people who dug for gold, 4, 000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives. But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended o
6、n had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and goto see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Touris
7、m is now the chief industry of Dawson Cityits present population is 762. . 按要求完成任务1. 写出文章中与国家地理有关的单词和短语。cities, port, river, be suited to communications and trade, harbour, snow-covered mountains2. 现在越来越多的地方城市化(urbanization), 你对此现象有什么看法? I think urbanization can create more job opportunities for the
8、 unemployed. In addition, urbanization will free a great number of farmers from the fields, thus realizing the dream of agricultural mechanization in our country. 1. freezing adj. 极冷的, 冰冻的adv. 极冷地n. 冰点【教材原句】There are many wild animals in the forests and on the freezing lands in the north. (P2)森林和北部的
9、冰冻的土地上有许多野生动物。【词块必记】(1)freezing point 冰点freezing cold 极为寒冷(2)freeze(froze, frozen) v. 使冻死; 使结冰; 使呆住; 感到极冷; 停住, 僵住freeze to death 冻死(3)frozen adj. 冷冻的; 冰封的; 冻硬的; 呆若木鸡的be frozen with 因而冻住, 僵住【语境速测】 单句语法填空Its very cold today, the temperature has dropped to freezing (freeze) point. They drove to huge su
10、permarkets to buy canned and frozen (freeze) foods for the week. The boys were frozen with fear and momentarily afraid to speak. The weather was so cold that even the water in the room froze (freeze). 【文化金句】 Because of the freezing weather, many Red Army soldiers froze to death during the Long March
11、. 由于严寒的天气, 许多红军战士在长征中冻死了。2. rank vi. &vt. 属于某个等级, 将归为某个等级; 排列n. 等级, 地位; 军衔【教材原句】Toronto, the largest city in Canada, ranks among the most multicultural cities in the world. (P2)多伦多是加拿大最大的城市, 是世界上文化最丰富的城市之一。【词块必记】rank(. . . )as把评为某个等级;具有等级rank first 名列第一【语境速测】 单句语法填空Shandong Province produced 50 mill
12、ion pounds of apples this year, ranking(rank) second in China. Frank was ranked as an excellent employee in the first half of the year. 句式升级(现在分词作状语)Sue got three gold medals and ranked second of all the competing players. Sue got three gold medals, ranking second of all the competing players. 3. eq
13、uip vt. (equipped/equipped)配备, 装备【典型例句】Many cars are equipped with pollution-control devices. 许多汽车装备了污染控制装置。【词块必记】equip sb. for使某人为而有准备/有能力be well/badly equipped 设备精良的/较差的(2)equipment U n. 设备, 装备a piece of equipment 一件设备【熟词生义】The course is designed to equip students for a career in nursing. (使有能力)该课
14、程旨在为学生提供从事护理工作的技能。【语境速测】 单句语法填空The flats are well equipped (equip), and the rents are very low. Every classroom has been equipped with multimedia teaching facilities since last year. The manager is not equipped for public speaking. The government has an interest in the scientific equipment (equip) o
15、f this kind. 【文化金句】In order to make our students adapt to the society better, we want to equip them with some special skills. 为了让我们的学生更好地适应社会, 我们想让他们具备某些特殊技能。4. seek ones fortune外出寻找(成功或发财)机会【教材原句】Approximately one million people left their homes and travelled westwards to seek their fortune in the
16、Gold Rush. (P3)大约有100万人离开家园, 到西部去寻找他们的财富。【词块必记】【语境速测】 完成句子This is a great opportunity to earn fame and fortune (名利)! They made a fortune (发财) from discovering oil on their land. They went to the big cities to try their fortune (碰运气). In early youth he went to seek his fortune (寻找发财机会) in a foreign c
17、ountry. 5. Montreal, a port in the province of Quebec, is the second largest city in Canada, and also the second largest French-speaking city in the world, Paris being the largest. 港口城市蒙特利尔位于魁北克省境内, 是加拿大第二大城市, 也是世界上第二大法语城市, 最大的法语城市是巴黎。【典型例句】It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some
18、measuring more than 90 metres tall. 那里十分潮湿, 树木长得极高, 有些测量高度有九十多米。There being no buses, he had to walk home. 由于没有公交车了, 他只好走回家。【句型公式】独立主格结构【语境速测】 单句语法填空Weather permitting (permit), we will go to the beach on Sunday. The task finished (finish), Tom had a two-month leave. Here are the first two volumes,
19、the third one to come (come) out next month. 完成句子She entered the office, her nose red with cold. 她走进办公室, 鼻子冻得通红。The old woman sat down, tears in her eyes. 老太太坐下来, 眼中含着泪。【备选要点】1. occasion n. 时刻, 时节; 大事; 场合【教材原句】That is an occasion when model planes and model rockets are flown over the school grounds.
20、 (P9)那是一个飞机模型和火箭模型飞跃学校的时候。【词块必记】(1)on occasion有时; 偶尔; 间或on the occasion of在的时候; 在之际(2)occasional adj. 偶尔的occasionally adv. 偶尔【误区释疑】(1)occasion表示“时机, 时刻”时, 后面常用when引导定语从句。(2)occasion表示“场合”时, 后面常用where引导定语从句。【语境速测】 单句语法填空I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health. He
21、r wedding was quite an occasion where the hall was crowded with her family, relatives and friends. He has been known on occasion to lose his temper. There was a celebration on the occasion of the schools anniversary. 【文化金句】It is said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which
22、is now known as Byrons Pool. 据说, 拜伦有时借着月光在这个湖里裸泳, 现在这个湖被称为拜伦湖。2. owe vt. 欠债; 归功于, 归因于【教材原句】Many people owe their love of sport to the perfect weather conditions for it. (P14)许多人把他们对体育运动的热爱归功于完美的天气条件。【词块必记】(1)owe sb. an apology 欠某人一个道歉owe sb. sth. = owe sth. to sb. 欠某人某物(2)owe. . . to. . . 把归功于(3)owi
23、ng to因为; 由于【语境速测】 单句语法填空Owing (owe) to the rain, the opening ceremony will not take place. He owes his good health to plenty of exercise and a regular life. Mr Wang, to whom we owe a lot, comes from Shanghai, which lies in the east of China. We owe it to Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the
24、people on the other side of the world. 【写作金句】 He owes it to his doctors care that he is quite well again. 他恢复得很好, 他把这归功于他的医生的照顾。【知识拓展】(1)owing to表示 “因为” 。意义类似的介词短语还有: due to/because of/thanks to/on account of(2)如果owe的宾语是动词不定式或名词性从句, 可使用it作形式宾语, 将充当真正宾语的动词不定式或名词性从句放在句尾。. 单句语法填空1. (2020浙江高考)The salt l
25、owers waters freezing (freeze) point, causing ice to melt (融化). 2. (2020江苏高考)I also began to find something else, a collection of scientists, usually brilliant, occasionally (occasion) half-mad, who made the discoveries. 3. (2020浙江高考)Now he hopes that other cities will consider making (make) their s
26、treets run smarter instead of just making them bigger. 4. (2020新高考全国卷)In the 18th and 19th centuries, wealthy people travelled and collected plants, historical (history) objects and works of art. . 微短文改错(每句中最多2个错)1. I hate when the weather here becomes frozen cold because there is no heater in the h
27、ouse. hate之后加it;frozenfreezing2. Our school spent much money on the new equipments, which could contribute to improve the teaching. equipmentsequipment;improveimproving3. Fang Tong is 34 years old, a actor, director and teacher of Beijing Opera Theatre. Most of his students are from other part of Ch
28、ina and have come to Beijing at an early age. 第一句aan;第二句partparts4. My uncle is the owner of a pub close to that I live. Though not very big, the pub is popular in our area. It is always crowding with customers especially on weekends. 第一句thatwhere;第三句crowdingcrowded. 语法填空(黑体词为本单元重点词汇)Paul, who was a
29、lways trying to seek 1. his (he) fortune, was not content 2. with his life. One freezing morning, he was thrilled to know that a company was in great need of 3. photographers (photographer) who also had 4. a good knowledge of computer. 5. Fortunately (fortunate), he was an amateur of photography at
30、college, which 6. equipped(equip) himself with a lot of skills. As was expected, he ranked first and 7. was admitted (admit). Paul worked actively on every occasion and it took him little more than half a year 8. to get (get) promoted. Paul owed his success 9. more (much)to his hard work rather than luck. In fact, 10. what really counts is not what you can say but what you can do. 关闭Word文档返回原板块
