1、UNIT 9Period One基础练单词拼写1The satellite enables us to _(计算) their exact location anywhere in the world.2They both have the _(能力) of winning.3I _(infer) from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident.4Moreover, it is useful and practical knowledge, which can be employed for the _ (改善)
2、 of humanity.5As an active _(参与者) in various volunteer work, I have a lot of experience in serving others.6These reasons are not sufficient to _(证明有道理) the ban.7In general, from our point of view, we design components where we believe we can _ (创新).8Hes known to be an outstanding _(物理学家).【答案】1calcul
3、ate2capability3inferred4betterment5participant6justify7innovate8physicist单句语法填空1We encourage students to participate fully _ the running of the college.2In my opinion, the decision was wholly _(justify).3Leonard made a rapid _(calculate), but the result was wrong.4Human beings differ from animals in
4、 that the former is capable _ using language.5I _(infer) from what she said that you have not recovered from the operation.6What was his first _(react) to the amazing news?7He was an _(admire) chairman and contributed to the development of the country.8To answer the important questions of the new ce
5、ntury, theories should be _(innovate).9With a goal in mind, you will be amazed _ your potential.10And then I made a _(decide) that would change my life forever.【答案】1in2justified3calculation4of5inferred6reaction7admirable8innovated9at10decision完成句子1They announced to have discovered _ the disease.他们宣布
6、已经发现了治疗此病的一种药物。2The report recommends that more resources should _ teaching four-year-olds.该报告建议投入更多的资源用于4岁儿童的教育。3_ what you do rather than what you say _ decides your future.决定你的未来的是你所做的,而不是你所说的。4Studies show that people are more likely to _ back problems if they always sit before computer screens
7、for long hours.研究表明,如果人们总是长时间坐在电脑屏幕前,他们更有可能患上背部疾病。【答案】1a cure for2be devoted to3It is; that4suffer from提升练阅读理解Rick Anderson says he isnt scared of sharks and he is appealing to others to learn to love them.“I try to convince people that looking at a shark eye to eye is totally different to sitting o
8、n a surfboard or a boat looking at every shadow that goes underneath thinking its a shark coming to get them,” he said. “Eye to eye they look at you,you look at them and you go your own way. ”“I find that once people see their first sharks,their whole attitude changes. They realise that they are not
9、 as scary as what they thought they were,” Mr Anderson said. He compares sharks to dogs,in the way they show their behaviour and attitude towards humans. “Youre not going to go up to a dog that is arching(拱起) its back and making a low sound in the throat at you,” he said. “If a shark is arching and
10、its fins(鳍) are down,its telling you to move on. ” He admits he thought the shark was trying to attack him the first few times.Mr Anderson is against the controversial policy introduced in Western Australia to kill a shark if it presents a threat to humans. He says many of the same things that occur
11、 in Western Australia are also happening in New South Wales.Mr Anderson says that sharks come closer to shore because they are attracted to the smell of whale carcasses(尸体) which have broken down after being buried in the sand on many beaches.Mr Anderson often sees grey nurse sharks,fur seals,leopar
12、d seals,penguins and fishes of a range of colours in the Pacific Ocean along Bellingen Shire. “Depending on the time of the year,you can get a good mixture of sea creatures moving through there,” he said. Tiger sharks are his favourite kind of sharks. He describes them as pig-headed but also gracefu
13、l creatures.()1What does Mr Anderson probably do?AA boatman. BA diver.CA surfer. DA fisherman.()2What mistake did Mr Anderson once make?AHe never looked at sharks eye to eye.BHe once saw sharks as a scary animal.CHe misunderstood a sharks arching its back.DHe didnt allow sharks to get close to shore
14、s.()3What do we know about the Pacific Ocean along Bellingen Shire?AIts Mr Andersons favourite place.BIts a popular place for tourists.CIts open in certain times of the year.DIts where Mr Anderson trains sharks.【语篇解读】本文是说明文。对里克安德森而言,鲨鱼不但不可怕,甚至还成了他在海中结交的好朋友。1B推理判断题。根据第二段第一句和最后一段内容可知,安德森先生可能是一名潜水员。2C细
15、节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知,安德森先生曾经误解了鲨鱼做出的“弓背,垂鳍”的动作,认为它是在试图攻击他。3A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知,在沿着Bellingen Shire的太平洋能看到很多种海洋生物,还有他最喜欢的虎鲨,所以可推断出沿着Bellingen Shire的太平洋是安德森先生最喜欢的地方。完形填空From an early age, Parker always said that he would be an astronaut when he grew up. But no matter how much he studied and took tests, he was
16、never _1_ to fly in space. _2_, he grew over the maximum age for taking the selection tests.Thinking about all the time and effort Parker had put into trying to be an astronaut, people felt _3_ for him. Despite what he was told about having to _4_ his ambition, Parker continued training and studying
17、, _5_ he was going to have the tests next month.He _6_ as he got older, and when he was a very old man he heard that they were doing some very important _7_ experiments. For those experiments they needed a very _8_ astronaut. Parker, who now walked with a _9_, was the only old man in the whole world
18、 who was trained to fly in a rocket. Therefore, Parker found himself flying in _10_, all with the help of science. It was clear that the _11_ gained during those missions helped to cure one of the worst sicknesses for old people, and Parker was _12_ as a hero.Photos of the astronaut with a walking s
19、tick and no teeth _13_ all over the world, and became a _14_ of how you can never train or learn too much. It showed that _15_ effort always brings reward even though it may not be in the form we had first expected.()1AnoticedBselectedCinvitedDpermitted()2ASecretlyBSuddenlyCLuckilyDFinally()3AhappyB
20、sorryCnervousDcalm()4AignoreBforgetCdevelopDabandon()5Aso thatBnow thatCas ifDeven though()6Acarried onBturned onCturned offDgot off()7AelectricalBphysicalCmedicalDpolitical()8AsickBexperiencedCactiveDold()9AmapBstickCguideDcandle()10AsilenceBdangerCactionDspace()11AknowledgeBexperienceCmoneyDopport
21、unity()12AreplacedBeducatedCpraisedDaffected()13AmovedBflewCspreadDtook()14AsymbolBmarkCcaseDdoubt()15AdesperateBpersistentCcautiousDapparent【语篇解读】Parker从小立志做一名宇航员,却一直未实现自己的梦想。但他从未放弃希望,一如既往地进行飞行训练。终于在年老时实现了自己的愿望。1B根据下文中的“he grew over the maximum age for taking the selection tests”可知,此处指他从来没有被“选(sele
22、cted)”去太空飞行。故选B项。2D句意:最后,Parker已经超过了选拔考试的最大年龄。finally意为“最终;终于”。故选D项。3B根据第一段中的“But no matter how much he studied and took tests”可知,Parker付出了很多时间和努力。句意:人们一想到Parker为成为宇航员所付出的时间和努力就为他感到“遗憾”(sorry)。故选B项。4D句意:尽管有人告诉Parker,他不得不“放弃(abandon)”他的目标,但他还是继续训练和学习,“好像(as if)”下个月他要参加测试似的。abandon意为“放弃”。故选D项。5C句意与上一题
23、一致。as if好像; so that以至于;目的是;now that既然,由于;even though即使。故选C项。6A根据语境可知,Parker在他老了之后,还在继续(学习和训练)。carry on意为“继续做;坚持干”,符合语境。故选A项。7C根据下文中的“helped to cure one of the worst sicknesses for old people” 可知,Parker得知他们在太空做医学实验。medical意为“医疗的”,符合语境。electrical用电的;physical物理学的;political政治的。故选C项。8D根据语境可知,他们需要一位“年纪大的”
24、(old)宇航员。故选D项。9B根据最后一段中的“Photos of the astronaut with a walking stick”可知,当时Parker走路需要拐杖。a walking stick意为“拐杖”。故选B项。10D根据语境可知,此处指Parker参加实验后,发现自己在“太空(space)”飞行。故选D项。11A句意:在那些任务中所获得的“知识(knowledge)”有助于治愈老人们最严重的疾病之一。故选A项。12C句意:Parker被人们“称赞(praised)”为一位英雄。replace代替;educate教育;affect影响。故选C项。13C句意:这位拄着拐杖且没有
25、牙齿的宇航员的照片在全世界“传播(spread)”开来。故选C项。14A句意:Parker的照片成了一种“象征(symbol)”你再怎么去学习和训练都不为过。故选A项。15B句意:这表明“坚持不懈的(persistent)”努力总会带来回报。desperate绝望的;cautious小心的;apparent显而易见的。故选B项。语法填空None of the major traditional museums seemed to see it as a threat when the Museum of Ice Cream opened in New York in 2016However,
26、as more of these pop-up museums started coming 1. _ existence over the next two years, they seemed to become a trend that should have been taken more seriously. And the 2. _(late) member to join this list is The Museum of Pizza, set 3. _(open) in New York this October.It seems that museums are no lo
27、nger places to 4. _(mere) “see” art. People want to have more interactive experiences instead of keeping a polite distance from 5. _(exhibit). At the Museum of Ice Cream, for example, visitors can jump into a pool of plastic sprinkles. And at the upcoming The Museum of Pizza, people 6. _(lie) on a “
28、pizza beach”, where they can experience a “wave of cheese”.Not only are visitors taking pictures of art, but theyre taking pictures of 7. _(them) within these spaces. This immersive experience 8. _(give) by pop-up museums allows visitors to get away from their real lifeeven just for a short timeand
29、enter a fantasy world. Maybe its this experience of feeling close to art 9. _ allows pop-up museums to not only keep “popping up”, but also remain openat least for 10. _ time being.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。近几年,快闪博物馆不断出现,越来越多的人喜欢去快闪博物馆一探究竟。1into考查固定搭配。句意:然而,在接下来的两年里,随着更多快闪博物馆的出现,它们似乎成了个趋势。come into existence意为
30、“出现,存在”。故填into。2latest考查形容词最高级。最新加入快闪博物馆名单的成员是比萨博物馆,它准备今年10月在纽约开馆。根据语境可判断此处应填latest“最新的”。故填latest。3to open考查不定式。此处set to do sth. 意为“准备做某事”,是固定用法。因此可知,此处要用不定式。故填to open。4merely考查副词。句意:似乎博物馆不再仅仅是“观赏”艺术的场所。此处修饰动词see。故填副词merely。5exhibits考查名词复数。exhibit是可数名词,在此表示“(一件)展览品,陈列品”,空前没有限定词,故此处应用名词复数exhibits。故填e
31、xhibits。6will lie考查动词时态。句意:而在即将开馆的比萨博物馆中,人们能够躺在“比萨海滩”上,体验“芝士浪潮”。与upcoming相呼应,说明动作即将发生,用一般将来时。故填will lie。7themselves考查代词。与主语they呼应,此处表示他们给自己拍照。故填themselves。8given考查过去分词。分析句子结构可知,本句已经有谓语动词allows,故本空应是非谓语动词,所修饰词experience是give的承受者。故填given。9that考查强调句型。句意:或许正是贴近艺术的这一体验让快闪博物馆不仅不断“闪现”,而且将继续开放下去至少现在是这样。分析句子结构可知,这是一个强调句型,被强调部分“this experienceart”作句子主语,指物。故填that。10the考查冠词。句意与上一题一致。for the time being意为“眼下,暂时”,是固定搭配。故填the。