1、Unit 3 Amazing people Section SectionWelcome to the unit & Reading一、阅读词汇检测阅读下列句子,指出黑体词的含义1.A man in connection with the murder case has been arrested.含义:答案:联系2.It was a coincidence that he was born on his mothers birthday.含义:答案:巧合3.Scientists are said to have solved the riddle of the birth of the un
2、iverse.含义:答案:谜4.This disease is caused by a virus.含义:答案:病毒5.He has made a great scientific discovery.含义:答案:科学的6.In some places,people use salt to preserve meat.含义:答案:保存7.People in that street are disturbed by the heavy traffic every night.含义:答案:打扰8.He made a fortune by only buying a lottery ticket (
3、彩票).含义:答案:财富;大笔的钱9.He was sent to his room as a punishment.含义:答案:惩罚10.Lets meet at the entrance to the building.含义:答案:入口二、写作词汇检测根据提示词,完成或者翻译句子1.An (探险家)is a person who travels to unknown places to find out more about them.答案:explorer2.They found the two mummies,which were well (保存).答案:preserved3.She
4、 hadnt read the letter,so she didnt know its (内容).答案:content4.When he is studying,dont (打扰)him.答案:disturb5.The boy accepted his (惩罚)without complaining.答案:punishment6.What is the (联系)between the two things?答案:connection7.People are concerned about the quality of the air they (呼吸) in.答案:breathe8.He l
5、ikes studying and is always(好奇) about new things around him.答案:curious9.I had the good (运气) to be chosen for a trip abroad.答案:fortune10.By (巧合),we happened to be in the same class.答案:coincidence11.孩子们对周围的一切都好奇。答案:Children are curious about everything around them.12.作为对他撒谎的惩罚,妈妈让他站在外面。答案:As punishmen
6、t for lying,the mother made him stand outside.13.这个大厅的入口在哪儿?答案:Where is the entrance to the hall?14.我一定能在三天之内完成工作。答案:I am sure to finish the job within three days.15.我认为这些有趣的旧习俗应该被保留。答案:I think these interesting old customs should be preserved.三、用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空be curious aboutin connection withcome
7、across result inset sailwould ratheras well aspay offgo outby coincidence1.My father one of his old friends while he was walking in the street.答案:came across2.His carelessness the car accident.答案:resulted in3.The new ship to London is going to next Monday.答案:set sail4.Mrs Wang, her husband and daugh
8、ter is going to the Great Wall.答案:as well as5.I stay at home and do some reading this evening.答案:would rather6.My mother is called Anna,and my wifes mother is also called Anna.答案:by coincidence7.Her hard work finally .答案:paid off8.They the people who lived upstairs.答案:were curious about9.The boy is
9、the murder case.答案:in connection with10.He didnt yesterday.答案:go out四、根据汉语提示完成句子1.众所周知,她是一名舞蹈演员。 is known to us all is she is a dancer.答案:What;that 2.计划一旦制定,就应该执行。 ,a plan should be carried out.答案:Once made 3.怎么会有这么多运动员未参加比赛呢?How did it that so many athletes were absent from the sports meeting?答案:co
10、me about 4.他们一听到这个消息,就开始奔跑相告,让村民知道即将到来的危险。 the news,they started running around the village to inform people of the coming danger.答案:On/Upon hearing5.他们冒了风险,但事情成功了。They took a risk but it .答案:paid off五、单句语法填空1.By the 1920s,he (become) an explorer, (search) for the tombs of the Egyptian kings.答案:had
11、become;searching 2.Inside the tombs,he discovered great fortune in jewels and gold,along the (preserve) bodies of dead kings.答案:a;with;preserved 3.In 1922,Howard Carter came the tomb of King Tutanhamun.答案:across4.I was doing my homework when suddenly the light went .答案:out 5.He too visited the tomb,
12、only (catch) a fever the next day.答案:to catch 6.The father as well as his three children (go) skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.答案:goes7.It is raining heavily.I would rather you (leave) tomorrow.答案:left六、阅读理解Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like
13、if you couldnt see.Imagine having to read this page,not with your eyes but with your fingers.How do you feel,then?With medical knowledge and skills today,two-thirds of the worlds 42 million blind people should not have to suffer.Unluckily,rich countries have this knowledge,but developing countries d
14、o not.ORBIS is an international charitable (慈善的)organization.Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world.Inside a DC-8 airplane,there is a teaching hospital with television room and classroom.Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here.ORBIS is alway
15、s trying to keep a closer relation among countries.ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sight-saving training.It has taught over 35,000 doctors and nurses.They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year.They have traveled around the earth 3 times,visited 76 countries and t
16、reated over 20,000 blind people.They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.For just $ 38,you can help one person see;for $ 380 10 people can see;$ 1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills;and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can ma
17、ke thousands of blind people see again.Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.(一)根据文章内容,选出正确答案1.How many blind people should not have to suffer with medical knowledge and skills today?A.14 million.B.42 million.C.28 million.D.200 million.答案:C解析:根据第二段中的“.two-thirds of the worlds 42 milli
18、on blind people should not have to suffer.”可知,选C项。2.According to this passage,ORBIS helps fight blindness by doing the following EXCEPT .A.writing this kind of article to ask for helpB.providing sight-saving trainingC.treating thousands of blind people every yearD.trying to keep a close relation amo
19、ng countries答案:A解析:根据第三段中的“.trying to keep a closer relation among countries.”和第四段中的“.providing sight-saving training.”以及“.treat thousands of blind people every year.”可知,选A项。3.The last paragraph is mainly about .A.how much a training program for a group of doctors costsB.why ORBIS needs your help to
20、 continue their workC.who can make thousands of blind people see againD.what you can do to help blind people open their eyes答案:D解析:根据本段中的“Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.”可知,本段陈述的是你能够做的事。4.The writer writes this passage in order to .A.introduce an international charitable organi
21、zationB.ask people to give the blind a handC.tell how you feel if you lose your eyes for a minuteD.explain why ORBIS helps fight blindness答案:B解析:通读本文可知,作者的目的是:为了使盲人睁开眼睛看世界,我们可以做些事。故选B项。(二)再读文章,完成下列练习语法填空1.Close your eyes for a minute and imagine life would be like if you couldnt see.答案:what 2.Imagin
22、e having to read this page,not with your eyes with your fingers.答案:but3. (luck),rich countries have this knowledge,but (develop) countries do not.答案:Unluckily;developing4.Its goal is (help) fight blindness all over the world.答案:to help 5.They have traveled around the earth 3 times,visited 76 countri
23、es and (treat) over 20,000 blind people.答案:treated 6.ORBIS helps those developing countries providing sight-saving training.答案:by 翻译句子7.They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year.答案:他们每年还为成千上万的盲人治疗。8.Imagine having to read this page,not with your eyes but with your fingers.答案:想象一下,你
24、要用手指而不是眼睛来读这一页书会是什么样子。七、根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项导学号93160021Hip-hop Planet1 Countries like France,Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture.But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from?Many centuries ago,in West Africa,traditional storytellers played musica
25、l instruments while they were telling stories.When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA,it developed into different musical styles,such as blues and jazz.2 And in the 1970s,there were many poor areas in New York.There wasnt any money for music lessons in schools,so kids made their ow
26、n music.Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets.Everybody joined in.MCs had rapping (说唱)competitions.Every week,there were talented new dancers,new DJs and new MCs.Hip-hop culture was born.3 It was in 1980.I was at a party in New York.There was a young DJ at the part
27、y.He was playing records.While he was putting a record on,a kid picked up a microphone (话筒) and began rapping.Some other kids were dancing to the music.It was loud and boring,and I hated it.I preferred jazz.4 Todays successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when
28、 they were growing up.The last time I heard hip-hop,I was in West Africa.5 I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist,who told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today.We live on a hip-hop planet.A.I remember the first time I heard hip-hop.B.You c
29、an find hip-hop everywhere you go.C.I was writing a book about African-Americans.D.Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.E.These styles all started in poor African-American areas.F.During the 1980s,hip-hop became popular all over the world.G.Some people dont like hip-hop because of its
30、spoken words.答案:15 BEAFC八、语篇填空Many Chinese students find 1 difficult to learn English,but not Chinese,because Chinese is their mother language.In fact,Chinese is much 2 (difficult) to learn than English.Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very well.If you dont see them,you may t
31、hink they are Chinese.What makes them 3 (success)?“For me,conversation is the 4 (much) helpful.I try to speak in Chinese.If you only listen to 5 others speak,you will be good at 6 (listen).But if you talk as much as you can,you will find you can speak good Chinese,” says Jenny Brown,an English girl.
32、Now she is studying Chinese at Peking University.She is 7 (interest) in China and 8 (it) history.She thinks that 9 (learn) a language well,one must try to know something about the country.Chinese is different from English,10 we can use the same way of learning it.It is conversation.答案:1.it2.more dif
33、ficult3.successful4.most5.what6.listening7.interested8.its9.to learn10.but九、短文改错导学号93160022In our daily life,unless we want to get on well with others,we should learn some skill about communication.When friends are eating dinner together,and most of them just surf the Internet on the phone without a
34、ny communication.They may feel boring so that they wont get together any more.In addition,some students always got into trouble with others,so they has no friends.All these problems caused by lack of communication.For my opinion,if they learn to talk with others more,share ideas and feelings with ot
35、hers or being a good listener sometimes,they will communicate better with each other.The best you communicate with others,the more friends you will have.答案:In our daily life,unless we want to get on well with others,we should learn some skill about communication.When friends are eating dinner togeth
36、er, most of them just surf the Internet on the phone without any communication.They may feel boring so that they wont get together any more.In addition,some students always got into trouble with others,so they has no friends.All these problems caused by lack of communication.For my opinion,if they learn to talk with others more,share ideas and feelings with others or being a good listener sometimes,they will communicate better with each other.The best you communicate with others,the more friends you will have.
