1、阅读P6869教材中的材料，选择最佳答案。1What does“lines” mean in the second paragraph?AA long thin mark.BA group of words.CAn imaginary border.DA remark.2Which kind of person is Rachel Carson except ？Athorough BresponsibleCdetermined Demotional3The text is a(n) Ascience report Bbook reviewCscience fiction Dautobiogra
2、phy4Which of the following is not true about Silent Spring?AIt contains a lot of scientific research.BThe language is beautiful and elegant.CIt was a milestone in the green movement.DIt was well received by everyone.答案14BDBDWords and Phrasesdozen number一打；许多(教材P69)The book also gives dozens of other
3、 examples of eradication programmes that did nothing to reduce the problems they were originally designed to solve.该书还列举了许多其他的实例来说明一些根除方案根本没有采取任何措施来减少它们原本要解决的问题。例Id like three dozen altogether.我一共想要3打。知识拓展by the dozen按打计算；大量地dozens of 许多的即学即练单句语法填空On her birthday，she always receives cards by the doz
4、en.Dozens(dozen)of miles of railway track have been torn up.If you buy a dozen of these tins，we can take 5 percent off the price.名师点津(1)与具体数字连用时，不加复数词尾s；若后接名词，通常也无需用介词of。(2)若不与具体数字连用，而是表示不确定的泛指数时，则不仅要加复数词尾s，而且要后接介词of，然后才能接名词。如：There were dozens of people there.那里有许多人。(3)当与a few，several，many等数目不很具体的词
5、或词组连用时，带不带复数词尾s均可，但是注意：若不带复数词尾s，其后的介词of可以省略；若带复数词尾s，则其后介词of不能省略。如：several dozens of eggsseveral dozen eggs 几打鸡蛋(4)若其后的名词被the，these，those等特指限定词修饰，或其后接的是us，them 等人称代词时，则此时必须用介词of。如：a dozen of his friends 他的12个朋友two dozen of them 它们中的24个precise adj.精确的；一丝不苟的(教材P69)The 50 or so pages at the end of the b
6、ook list Carsons sources，showing how thorough and precise she was as a scientist.这本书最后的五十几页列出了卡森的资料来源，显示出她作为一名科学家的周密和严谨。例A lawyer needs a precise mind.律师需要有缜密的思考能力。知识拓展(1)to be precise准确地说，确切地说be precise about. 方面准确(2)precisely adv. 精确地；恰好；细心地more precisely 更确切地说即学即练单句语法填空The shelf is about a metre
7、longwell，98 cm，to be(be)precise.The problem is due to discipline，or，more precisely(precise)，the lack of discipline，in schools.You have to be precise about the numbers.ban vt.禁止，取缔n.禁令(教材P69)Its impact was immediate and farreaching: the use of DDT was banned and the Environmental Protection Agency (E
8、PA)was established in the US.它的巨大影响是立刻显现的和深远的：DDT的使用被禁止，环境保护署(EPA)在美国成立。例 Smoking is now banned in many places of work.现在许多工作场所禁止吸烟。知识拓展(1)ban sth.禁止(做)某事ban sb.from (doing)sth. 禁止(某人)做某事(2)a ban on/against sth. 对的禁令place/put.under a ban 禁止即学即练单句语法填空Chemical weapons are banned(ban)internationally.Th
9、ey are banned from swimming(swim)in the river.There is a ban on/against smoking in all indoor public places.The new rule has put/placed smoking under a ban.名师点津“禁止某人做某事”的表达：ban sb.from doing sth.prohibit sb.from doing sth.forbid sb.from doing sth.forbid sb.to do sth.launch n推出，发起(教材P69)Silent Spring
10、 was therefore regarded as a milestone in the launch of the green movement in the Western world.寂静的春天因此被视为西方发起绿色运动的里程碑。例The launch of their new machines in this factory received much media coverage.这个工厂投产的新机器广获传媒报道。知识拓展(1)the launch of(火箭)的发射；(船)下水；(新产品) 投产(2)launch into (积极热情地)开始，着手launch out 开创，启动
11、(新而难的事)即学即练单句语法填空She launched into an explanation of how the machine worked.Shes decided she has enough experience to launch out on her own.She is signing copies of her book at the official launch.Sentence Patternmore.than.与其说倒不如说(教材P69)Some also said that her work was more emotional than scientific
12、.还有一些人说她的作品过于情感化，科学性并不强。句式分析：句中more.than.意思为“与其说倒不如说”；另外，此结构意思还可以是“比多，比更”。例1The book seems to be more a dictionary than one on grammar.与其说这是本语法书，倒不如说是一本词典。例2It is more a lyric than a folk story.与其说这是个民间故事，不如说是首抒情诗。造句众所周知，行动比语言更有力度。As we all know，actions are more powerful than words.知识拓展(1)no more.th
13、an.与一样不not more.than. 不如；不及(2)more than 超过；不止more than one单数名词，意为“不止一个”，在语意上虽为复数，但作主语时，谓语动词用单数。 即学即练完成句子This book is not more difficult than that one.这本书不如那本书难。Hes no more able to read Spanish than I am.他和我都不懂西班牙语。He is more than a writer; he is also a professor.他不仅仅是位作家，还是一名教授。词义猜测题方法技巧词义猜测题主要考查学生猜
14、测文章中某个生词、短语或词块的含义，或考查该词(块)能被哪个单词、短语或词块代替。此外，也会涉及某一个熟词在不同语境中的不同含义。解题关键词义猜测主要是从“已知”得出“未知”，即利用上下文的已知部分(尤其是该词语前后的内容)进行推理，有时还需要依靠常识和经验来猜测。例文But this summer I find myself at a loss.Im not quite interested in Balzac，say，or“Tristram Shandy”Theres always War and Peace, which Ive covered some distance several
15、 times，only to get bogged down in the“War”part，set it aside for a while，and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again，having forgotten everyones name and social rank.How appealing to simply fall back on a favoriteonce more into“The Waves”or“Justine”，which feels almost like cheating，
16、too exciting and too much fun to properly belong in serious literature.What do the underlined words“get bogged down”mean?AGet confused.BBe carried away.CBe interrupted.DMake no progress.D词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句“covered some distance several times”和“set it aside for a while”及读后的结果“having forgotten everyones n
17、ame and social rank”可知，作者在读战争部分时几次合上书，把书放一边，句中画线词指的是陷入困境，停滞不前，没有进展。与Make no progress同义，故选D。即学即练AEducation takes time.We could insist that everyone study fulltime until the age of 45 but that would surely be too much.And perhaps half the population studying until theyre 21 is also too much.As for uni
18、versities，they consume financial and intellectual resourcesperhaps those resources might be better spent elsewhere.Whats the meaning of the underlined word“consume”？AUse.BProvide.CDelight.DRaise.A词义猜测题。根据“Education takes time.”可知，教育要占用时间，再结合画线词后的“financial and intellectual resources”可知，大学占用大量财政和智力资源
19、，由此可知画线词意为“占用、使用”，故A项正确。BBut a year ago when my relationship with my wife and career took a hit，I needed my dad to pull back the curtain so I could see him as real and accessible.I was facing serious problems，and I wanted to know whether he had faced them before and how he had found his way，because
20、I felt like I had lost mine.In desperation，it occurred to me that sending an email might be the key，so I wrote him one，telling him about my regrets and fears，and I asked him to answer，if he felt like it.The underlined part can be best replaced by Adraw the curtainBbecome more optimisticCshow his tru
21、e selfDclear the misunderstandingC词义猜测题。根据“But a year ago when my relationship with my wife and career took a hit，I needed my dad to pull back the curtain so I could see him as real and accessible.”但一年前，当我与妻子和事业的关系受到打击时，我需要父亲拉开帷幕，让我看到他是真实的、平易近人的可推知，需要父亲拉开帷幕则意为“展示真实的自己”。故C选项正确。CThe global figures rev
22、eal that even the Americans put Britain to shame when it comes to taking exercise.Britain has one of the most sedentary populations on the earth，with almost twice the proportion of people defined as“inactive”as in neighboring France.In the UK，63.3 percent of the population fails to meet recommended
23、levels of physical activity，increasing their risk of conditions such as heart disease，diabetes and cancer.By contrast，40.5 percent of US citizens are inactive，despite more than 30 percent of them being obese.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“sedentary”？AProud.BInactive.CSilent.DEnergetic.B根据画线词所在句的下半句“with almost twice the proportion of people defined asinactiveas in neighboring France”几乎是邻国法国被定义为“不活跃”的人口比例的两倍可知，英国是拥有地球上最不活跃的人口的国家之一。故画线词sedentary与inactive最接近。故B选项正确。7
