1、阅读P1921教材课文，选择最佳答案1Which animal is a symbol of Australia?AThe duckbilled platypus.BThe kangaroos.CThe koalas.DThe Tasmanian devils.2Which of the following statements is NOT true?AIn many places in Australia，it is against the law to hold the koalas.BKoalas are not only quite cute but also very sensit
2、ive creatures.CKoalas like to interact with humans.DPeople can hold a koala for only a limited time and on a limited frequency of occasions.3What can we know about the Tasmanian devils from the text?AThey can easily be seen.BThey can make very loud noise.CThey can wake the dead.DThey dont eat dead a
3、nimals.4All the following are true EXCEPT that Athe duckbilled platypus lays eggs in a nest like a birdBthe duckbilled platypus is a primitive mammal，with a unique biologyCthe duckbilled platypus uses its senses of sight or smell to find foodDthe duckbilled platypus finds food by using electrical se
4、nsors in its bill5Whats the main idea of the passage?AThe kangaroos of Australia.BThe koalas of Australia.CThe duckbilled platypus of Australia.DThe creatures unique to Australia.答案15BCBCDWords and Phrases distribution n分布；分配；分发教材原句P19It has to be the kangaroo，as it has a wide distribution throughou
5、t the country.它必须是袋鼠，因为它在全国各地都有广泛的分布。例1Our catalogue lists all our books that are available for general distribution.我们在目录中列出所有全面发行的书。例2The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。知识拓展(1)distribution to分发给(2)distribute vt. 分配；分发distribute sth.to/among 把某物分配/发
6、给distribute.into. 把分成即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子The food was parceled up for distribution to outlying communities.The foods and drinks will be distributed(distribute) among the children.He divided the watermelon into 10 parts and distributed them to 10 children.The books in the library are distributed according
7、 to subject图书馆的书按科目分类。小片段填空The paper suggests that university MIS use distributed database structure and discusses the data distribution of distributed database.(distribute) 教材原句P20If you want to hold a koala，you have to go to certain licensed zoos where animal experts make sure that the koalas sele
8、cted for each session are in a good state for human contact and that they are handled for only a limited time and on a limited frequency of occasions.如果你想抱抱考拉，你必须去某些获得许可的动物园，动物专家确保选择挑选出来的考拉处于良好状态、适合与人接触，游客爱抚考拉的时长和频率也有限制。(1)license vt.批准；许可n.许可证；执照例1The authorities license certain shops to sell tobac
9、co.当局批准特定店铺出售烟草。例2He was licensed to do no more than send a message.允许他做的事情只不过是捎个信而已。知识拓展license sb.to do sth.允许或批准某人做某事be licensed for 获准under license 许可；特许即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子He ought not to have been licensed to fly a plane.The company expects that the drug will be licensed for use in the USA within t
10、he next year. And from 2006 until recently，it was produced under license by another company.然后从2006至今，一直在授权的情况下让其他的公司代工进行生产。(2)frequency n发生率；重复率；(声波或电磁波振动的)频率例He wrote to Mike with tolerable frequency.他和迈克通信相当频繁。知识拓展with increasing frequency越来越频繁at/with.frequency 以的频率即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子This radio stati
11、on broadcasts on four different frequencies(frequency)Accidents on that highway are happening with increasing frequency那条公路上车祸发生得越来越频繁。violent adj.暴力的；猛烈的教材原句P20Fortunately，despite their name，they are generally not violent towards people.幸运的是，尽管它们的名字不好听，但它们通常对待人并不暴力。例1They laid violent hands on him.
12、他们对他施以暴力。例2 The violent winds buried the village in sand.狂风把村子掩埋在沙中。知识拓展(1)lay violent hands on 对行凶，对下毒手be violent to/towards 对粗暴(2)violence n. 暴力；暴行by /with violence 用暴力appeal to violence 诉诸暴力do sb.violence 对某人施暴即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子She thought that some of them had been laying violent hands on me.He sla
13、mmed the door with violence(violent)My father was violent to/towards my mother when he was drunk.In dealing with the conflict，they are reluctant to appeal to violence在处理冲突时，他们不愿意诉诸暴力。小片段填空I set out to make a film without violence，and Dolls ended up becoming the most violent film that Ive made.(viole
14、nce) hatch vi.孵出；破壳vt.使孵出；策划；(尤指)密谋教材原句P21Its eggs hatch after about ten days.它的蛋大约10天后破壳例1Dont count the chickens before they are hatched.谚鸡蛋还未孵，别忙数鸡雏。例2 I hatched all the arrangement for the dance.我为舞会做了一切安排。知识拓展hatch eggs孵蛋hatch out 孵化出来；结果变成；制定hatch sth.from sth. 从中孵出即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子The chicks ha
15、tch out after 21 days.In the depths of a forest a duck was sitting in her nest.Her little ducklings were about to be hatched (hatch)No one knows how the new plan will hatch out.谁也不知道这新方案将怎样制订出来。capacity n能力；容量教材原句P21It has a capacity to find food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill.
16、它的喙上有一个电子传感器，可以在水中找到食物。例Chinas grain production capacity has improved.中国的粮食生产能力提高了。知识拓展have a capacity to do sth./of sth.有的能力in the capacity of 以的资格，有的资格即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子The pipeline has a capacity of some 1.2 million barrels a day.She has an unbounded capacity to imitate(imitate) and adopt the new.Sh
17、e alone was in the capacity of beginning the negotiation.只有她有资格开始谈判。a handful of一把(的量)；用手抓起的数量；少数人(或物)教材原句P21There are only a small handful of animals in the world that can do that! 世界上只有很少的动物可以那样做！例City kids can probably see only a handful of stars.城里的孩子可能只能看到很少的星星。知识拓展a spoonful of一勺a basketful of
18、 一篮a mouthful of 一口a houseful of 一屋子即学即练单句语法填空/完成句子Every 90 minutes shell rest for 2 minutes and eat bread or a spoonful of peanut butter.The girl carrying a basketful of flowers is walking towards him.He published nothing except a handful of short novels除了为数不多的几篇短篇小说，他没发表过什么东西。Sentence Patternuntil
19、引导时间状语从句教材原句P20They sleep and drink milk in that temporary，protected environment until they are about seven or eight months old大约七八个月大之前，它们一直待在那个暂时受保护的环境里睡觉和吃奶。句式分析：句中until引导时间状语从句，表示“直到时”。例1Ill work until he tells me to stop.我会一直工作到他叫我停下来为止。例2Until the last minute of the match，the players kept on p
20、laying.直到比赛的最后一分钟，运动员们仍在奋战。知识拓展(1)till和until可以通用，表示主句谓语动词所表达的动作持续到从句谓语动词所表达的动作发生时为止，在肯定句中，主句要用延续性动词。(2)在否定句中，until 或till可以和非延续性动词连用。until引导的从句可以放在句首，till引导的从句一般放在句末。(3)not until放在句首时，主句的主谓要倒装，表示加强语气。即学即练完成句子She didnt go to bed until she had made sure that everything was in order.直到她确信一切都井然有序后才去睡觉。Th
21、e parents waited for the boys until it got dark父母们等那些男孩子一直等到天黑。Not until he finished his work did he go to bed直到完成工作他才去睡觉。标题归纳题记叙文、说明文和议论文三种文体涉及的不同话题的阅读材料都会考查到标题归纳题。设问形式常有：(1)Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?(2)What can be a suitable title for the passage/text?(3)What is
22、the best title for this passage?(4)The most suitable title of this passage is 一个好的标题应具备三大特点：概括准确而又简短；针对性标题外延正好与文章内容相符；醒目能引发读者的阅读欲望。解题技巧1“高度概括”定标题(1)所选文章标题须能概括全文的中心内容。标题是文章的点睛之笔，是文章的灵魂和门面。为吸引读者的注意，标题往往比较醒目。(2)一般文章的标题可根据主题句来判断，但在某些文章中，如记叙文，没有明确的主题句，需要根据文中的事实细节，查找文章的“主线”，归纳出文章的主题。2文章标题三特点(1)形式一般为单词、短语或
23、句子，其中短语居多；(2)短小精悍，精确性强；(3)涵盖性强，能覆盖全文大意。例文Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks.His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter，including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road.What is even more intere
24、sting is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year.So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台)The bags are prohibite
25、d in some 90 cities in California，including Los Angeles.Eyeing these headwinds，plasticbag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers arguments：many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purc
26、hase paper bags，which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport.And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at，they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement：reusable s
27、hopping bags.The stronger a reusable bag is，the longer its life and the more plasticbag use it cancels out.However，longerlasting reusable bags often require more energy to make.One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalist
28、s dont dispute(质疑) these points.They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.What is the best title for the text?APlastic，Paper or NeitherBIndustry，Pollution and EnvironmentCRecycle or Throw AwayDGarbage Collection and Waste ControlA本文讲述了使
29、用塑料袋造成的环境问题，纸袋容易回收，但生产和运输需要更多的能源，希望消费者使用耐用可重复使用的袋子。文章对这三个方面进行了对比，Plastic，Paper or Neither既能概括全文，又能吸引读者，适合作为标题，故选A。即学即练If a city wants to hold the Olympics，it must submit a proposal to the IOC.After all proposals have been submitted，the IOC votes.If no city with the fewest votes is eliminated(淘汰)，the
30、 voting continues，until a majority winner is determined.Typically，the Games are awarded several years in advance，allowing the winning city time to prepare for the Games.In selecting the site of the Olympic Games，the IOC considers a number of factors，and chiefly among them is which organizing committ
31、ee seems most likely to stage the Games effectively.The IOC also considers which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games.For instance，Tokyo，the host of the 1964 Summer Games，and Beijing，that of the 2008 Games，were chosen in part to popularize the Olympic movement in Asia.Because of the grow
32、ing importance of television worldwide，the IOC in recent years has also taken into account the host citys time zone.Whenever the Games take place in the USA or Canada，for example，American television networks are willing to pay specially higher amounts for television rights because they can broadcast
33、 popular events live in the best viewing hours.Once the Games have been awarded，it is the duty of the local organizing committeenot the IOC or the NOC of the host citys country to provide them with money.This is often done with a part of the Olympic television revenues(收入)，and corporate sponsorships
34、，ticket sales，and other smaller revenue sources.In many cases there is also direct government support.Although many cities have gained amounts of money by hosting the Games，the Olympics can be financially risky.If the financial gains from the Games are less than expected，the city will be left with large debts.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?AWinner or LoserBApplying for Host for the OlympicsCHow to Host the Olympic GamesDThe Olympic GamesB标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了申办奥运会的流程：先向国际奥委会提交提案，国际奥委会根据规则和实际情况投票选择主办城市，一旦确定主办城市，则该城市应积极准备。故B项最适合作本文的标题。