1、课时作业1Unit 1Tales of the unexplainedSection Welcome to the unit & ReadingLanguage Points.品句填词1Scientists are _(困惑) as to why the whale had swum to the shore.2There was a shooting _(事件) near here last night.3Lisa watched until the train _(消失) from view.4There is now no _(可能) that she will make a full
2、recovery.5It had never _(发生) to him that he might be falling in love with her.6We found further scientific _(证据) for this theory.选词填空step uplook intotake charge ofdue toshow upbelieve in)1She has been absent from work _ illness.2Tom _ in the end, apologizing for his being late.3Youve got to _ yourse
3、lf, or youll never succeed.4I wanted to talk with the person who _ the project, but unfortunately he was on business.5Police are _ the disappearance of two children. 6The health department is _ efforts to reduce teenage smoking.单项填空1In order to search _ the lost girl, they searched _ the whole villa
4、ge.Afor；/B/；forC/；/ Dfor；for2I cant help bursting into_when I came across the humourous joke.Atradition BlaughClaughing Dlaughter3She cant_the man who hit her because she could only feel a dark shape moving towards her in the darkness at that time.Amake out Bturn outCset out Dbring out4Facing the_qu
5、estion，the student looked_.Apuzzling；puzzled Bpuzzling；puzzlingCpuzzled；puzzled Dpuzzled；puzzling5_have been common on the border.AEvents BAccidentsCIncidents DHappening6I was just coming along to see you when I_your teacher.Aran out Bran awayCran after Dran into7In front of our house _ we used to s
6、wim.Aa river lies that Bdoes a river lie whereClies a river which Dlies a river where8They rented the old house on the _ that the landlord would paint it.Aassumption BimpressionCsuccession Dsuggestion.阅读理解In the summer of 1978 an English man named Steven was driving his tractor(拖拉机) through a field
7、of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying on the ground.The flattened_wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat.Three years later a farmer who lived nearby discovered almost the same circles in one
8、of his fields. These circles were largernearly 15 meters across. That same year, another English farmer discovered three circles of flattened wheat on his landone large circle between two small circles. During the following years, farmers in England found circles in their fields more and more often.
9、The circles are called “crop circles” because they usually appear in fields of wheat or corn. The wheat in the circles lies on the ground but is never broken; it keeps on growing, and the farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably f
10、orm at night. They appear only in the months from May to September. What causes the crop circles?At first, people thought that some kids were making them as a joke, or that farmers were making them to attract tourists. (In fact, in 1991, two men said they made the circles themselves, but many scient
11、ists dont believe them.) People tried to copy themthey tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found, but they couldnt do it. They couldnt enter a field of wheat without leaving tracks, and they couldnt flatten the wheat without breaking it.Several times people reported seeing st
12、ranger objects near the fields where crop circles later appeared. Many people believe that these crop circles are the messages sent by living things from outer space or the marks left by their spaceships.Scientists who have studied the crop circles try to find out what causes them. In the summer of
13、1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of England where many circles have appeared. They had all the latest hightech equipment(最新高科技设备). The equipmentworth 1.8 million dollarsgot nothing. But one night, as the scientists were watching a field, crop circles formed in the field behind them
14、, which were quite different from the others. The scientists had neither seen nor heard anything.1Which picture is probably the one formed in the field behind the scientists?2The underlined words “flattened wheat” in Paragraph 1 mean _.Abroken wheat Blying wheatCharvested wheat Dgrowing wheat3When p
15、eople saw the circles at first they thought that _.Afarmers were making them to attract scientistsBthese crop circles are the messages sent by living things from outer spaceCthe marks left outer spaceshipsDsome kids were making them as a joke4Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?ASteve
16、n was driving his car when he discovered something strange.BIn 1981, a farmer discovered some circles in one of his fields.CThe circles usually appear in fields of vegetables or corn.DFarmers in America found circles in their fields more and more often.5The passage is mainly about something _.Athat
17、is done by living things from outer spaceBthat cannot be solved but found all around the worldCthat cannot be made clear or understoodDthat is discovered and copied by the farmers.阅读填空(2012湖南省望城一中高一上期末)Technology is the application of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have bee
18、n able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output.This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we
19、can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span via medical technology.Will humankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of
20、 life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics show that the Unite
21、d States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources, we may well find technological substitutes for many of them through our research programs.Therefore, in the final analysis, the three major factors of production (land
22、, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills, or techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs.As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented.Technology responds to our needs in helping us maint
23、ain our standard of living.Title：1._DefinitionThe 2._ into productionEffectsGreatly increase the efficiency of 3_Increase 4._ by cutting down 5_Adopting new machines and methodsRaise our 6._ with more productionIncrease the amount of 7._ with modern machinery and techniquesExtend our 8._ through med
24、ical technologyEffortsKeeping making progress in research；Invest 9._continuously10._Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of livingUnit 1Tales of the unexplainedSection Welcome to the unit & ReadingLanguage Points.品句填词1puzzled2incident3disappeared4possibility5occurred6
25、evidence.选词填空1due to2showed up3believe in4took charge of5looking into6stepping up.单项填空1【解析】选A。search是动词，意为“搜查，搜寻”。search的宾语一般是人或地方，用for引出寻找的目标。根据句意第一空表示搜索的目标是人，故用介词for，第二空搜查的地方是村庄，故选A项。2【解析】选D。句意：当我听到这个幽默的笑话时忍不住笑了起来。burst into laughter突然大笑。根据句意应选D。3【解析】选A。句意：她不能辨认出打她的那个男的，因为当时在黑暗中，她只能感觉到一个黑影向她袭来。mak
26、e out辨认出，看出；turn out结果是；set out出发，开始；bring out使显示，出版。根据句意，故选A。4【解析】选A。句意：面对这个令人费解的问题，这个学生看起来很困惑。puzzled多修饰人，而puzzling多修饰物。根据句意，应选A。5【解析】选C。句意：在边境，经常发生一些冲突。event指有较大的社会影响的“大事”，也常指比赛项目；accident尤指意外事故；incident尤指不寻常的或讨厌的事情；happening指偶然发生的事。根据句意，应选C。6【解析】选D。句意是：我在来看你的路上正好碰见你的老师。run out用完，耗尽；run away逃跑；ru
27、n after追捕；run into偶然遇见。根据句意，应选D。7【解析】选D。句意：在我家前面流淌着一条河，过去我们经常去那里游泳。表示地点的介词短语置于句首时，要用全部倒装；lie后的定语从句中缺少地点状语，用where引导。8【解析】选A。句意：如果房主刷一下的话，他们就会租下这座老房子。assumption“假想”；impression“印象”；succession“继承”；suggestion“建议”。on the assumption that. “假定，如果”，故选A。.阅读理解1【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句、第二段前三句和最后一段倒数第二句可知，选A。2【解析】
28、选B。词义猜测题。根据第一段第二句的lying on the ground可知，此时的小麦都是躺在地上的。3【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句可知，最初人们认为这是小孩开玩笑或农民为了吸引游客做的。4【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，在3年后即1981年一位农民在他的一块田地里也发现了相同的圆圈。5【解析】选C。主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，人们不懂为什么麦田里会出现怪圈，科学家们也没有准确的解释。.阅读填空1Modern Technology2application of knowledge3(our) work force4overall output5time and expense6standard of living7food8life span9(more) money10Conclusion
