1、Section Warming Up & ReadingLanguage Points witness v当场见到；目击；见证；为的证据 n目击者；证人；证据(教材P20)I thought，at the time，that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.当时我认为这只不过是一个故事罢了，但是后来我亲眼见过很多次。(1)witness to sth./doing sth.证实，证明(做)某事witness for 为作证be witnessed by 由证明(2)be a wi
2、tness to 是的证据/证人bear/give witness to 做的证人；为作证He was a witness to the accident.他是这场事故的一个目击者。The driver witnessed to having_seen(see)the man enter the building.司机作证说，他看到此人进入那栋大楼。语境助记The witness who witnessed the incident gave witness to the police and promised to be a witness.这个目击了这起事故的目击者向警察提交了证据并且答应
3、作证人。名师点津英语中常使用拟人修辞手法的句子，主语通常是表示时间、地点等的名词，谓语动词常为witness，see，find等。The two stone lions standing in front of Tiananmen saw/witnessed many great historic events.天安门前的这两只石狮见证了许多重大的历史事件。 accommodation n住所，住宿，膳宿(教材P20)On the afternoon I arrived at the station，as I was sorting out my accommodation，I heard a
4、 loud noise coming from the bay.有天下午我来到捕鲸站，正在整理住处的时候，听到从海湾那边传来一阵喧闹声。(1)arrange sb.s accommodation给某人安排住处provide accommodations for 为提供膳宿(2)accommodate v. 为提供住宿/空间；适应；(房间、建筑物等)容纳accommodate(oneself)to 适应，顺应accommodate sb.with.supply sb.with. 向某人提供This hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.这家旅馆可供500位
5、来宾住宿。He accompanied us to the place of interest and provided accommodations for us.他陪我们去了那个旅游景点，还给我们安排了膳宿。 opposite prep.在对面 adj.相对的；相反的 adv.在对面 n对立的人(或物)；对立面(教材P20)We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.我们
6、及时赶到岸边，看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面，然后又坠落到水里。However，some students have opposite views on the question.然而，在这个问题上一些学生持相反的观点。(1)be opposite to在对面；和相反in the opposite direction 朝相反的方向do the opposite 做相反的事(2)oppose vt. 反对be opposed to(doing)sth. 反对(做)His store is opposite to mine.他的店在我的对面。They are all opposed to n
7、aming(name) the high school after Martin.他们都反对以马丁的名字命名这所高中。 depth n深，深度，深处(教材P20)Within a moment or two，its body was dragged swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea.过了片刻，鲸的尸体就被虎鲸们迅速拖向深海中去了。in depth全面；深入；详细from the depth of the mind 从心底里；真心地at a depth of. 在的深度in the depths of 在正中；在深处Wh
8、en her son got injured and disabled in the accident，she was in the depths of despair.当她儿子在事故中受伤致残时，她陷入了绝望的深渊。Plant the beans at a depth of about six inches.把豆子种在大约六英寸深的地方。名师点津adj.deephighwidelongstrongbroadn.depthheightwidthlengthstrengthbreadthv.deepenheightenwidenlengthenstrengthenbroaden urge vt.
9、催促；极力主张；驱策 n强烈的愿望；要求(教材P20)“Man overboard！Turn the boat around！”urged George，shouting loudly.乔治催促着大声喊道：“有人落水了！把船头调回去！”(1)urge sb.to do sth.催促某人做某事urge sth.on/upon sb.urge on/upon sb.sth. 向某人极力陈述某事urge sb.into doing sth. 催促/力劝某人做某事urge that.(should) 动词原形 催促；极力主张(2)urgent adj. 紧急的；紧迫的urgently adv. 紧急地
10、；紧迫地urgency n. 紧急；紧急的事；催促；强求；坚持She could hear him urging her on as she ran past.她跑过他面前的时候，听到他在为她加油。I urge him to_write(write) a novel about the life we live together in the countryside.我鼓励他写一部小说，描述我们在农村一起生活的历程。I urged that he (should)take(take) immediate action to prevent such a thing happening agai
11、n.我极力主张他应该立刻采取措施阻止这样的事情再次发生。 abandon vt.放弃；遗弃；抛弃 n狂热；放任(教材P21)From Jamess face，I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.从詹姆斯的脸上我能看出他非常惊慌，生怕被我们遗弃。(1)abandon sth.放弃某物abandon oneself to 沉湎于(2)in/with abandon 放肆地；恣意地(3)abandoned adj. 被遗弃的；恣意放荡的During their annual celebration，they sang and d
12、anced with abandon.在他们年度庆祝期间，他们纵情地又唱又跳。They abandoned carrying(carry)out the plan for lack of money. 【导学号：88172009】因为缺少资金，他们放弃了执行这项计划。We should keep off those who abandon themselves to drugs.我们要远离那些吸毒成瘾的人。 help(.)out帮助(某人)摆脱困境或危难(教材P21)What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping the whalers out
13、?有什么证据可以证明老汤姆正在帮助捕鲸人脱离困境？help sb.(to) do sth.帮助某人做某事help sb.with sth. 帮助某人做某事cant help but do sth. 不得不做某事cant help doing sth. 忍不住做某事cannot help (to) do sth. 不能帮忙做某事help oneself to sth. 随便取；随便用I cant help wondering(wonder)what happened to that little girl.我忍不住想知道那个小女孩出了什么事。When your country calls you
14、 for help，you cant help but go(go)当国家需要你支援时，你必须尽心为国家服务。.语境填词 【导学号：88172010】1If you want to join，theres an_membership fee of 10 and the organization publishes its list of members _.(annual)2He was a_to the accident，so when police appealed to anyone who_the accident to contact them，he stood up.(witnes
15、s)3We turned the bicycle lights off to _ the batteries and the_is necessary.(conserve)4The lake is over 20 meters in _.So we were all moved _ by the man who dived_into the lake to save the boy.(deep) 5If you cant find any _ elsewhere，here is a room which can _ up to five people.(accommodate)【答案】1.an
16、nual；annually2.witness；witnessed3conserve；conservation4.depth；deeply；deep5accommodation；accommodate.选词填空yell at；dive into；sort out；in depth；in the meantime；urge.to；help.out；abandon oneself to1_things you want to keep and throw everything else away.2My friend，Jim，_me_apply for the job.He thought I wa
17、s fit for it.3The flight will be announced soon._，please remain seated.4They promised to_me_when I was in trouble.5He_drinking. 【答案】1.Sort out2.urged；to3.In the meantime4.help；out5.abandoned himself to(教材P20)This was the call that announced there was_about_to be a whale hunt.这是宣告捕鲸行动马上就要开始的呼声。【要点提炼】
18、be about to do“即将做，就要做”be about to do.when.正要做，这时be doing.when. 正在做，这时be on the point of doing.when. 刚要做突然had just/hardly/scarcely done.when. 刚做完，这时The couple were about to declare their divorce when an awful thing happened.这对夫妇正准备宣布离婚时，一件可怕的事情发生了。Last Monday，I was_walking(walk) in the street when I
19、 suddenly saw an old man falling off his bicycle.上周一，我正在街上散步，这时突然看到一位老人从自行车上摔了下来。They had just gone three miles when they realized they had left their IDs at home.他们刚走了三英里，突然意识到他们的身份证忘在家里了。完成句子1学好英文写作需要耐心及努力。_English writing.2那个时期我们不得不上门推销我们的产品。_we had to sell our products door to door.3我们正在讨论问题，这时停
20、电了。_there was a power failure.4专家建议年轻夫妇应该每月存点钱以防紧急情况发生。The expert urges that_every month in case of emergency.5中国目睹了过去30年的大变化。China_in the past 30 years.【答案】1.It takes patience and hard work to master2.It was a time when3.We were discussing the problem when4.young couples should set aside some money
21、5.has witnessed the great changesIt took over half an hour to get the boat back to James，and when we approached him，I saw James being firmly held up in the water by Old Tom.【分析】这是个并列复合句，and连接两个并列分句。在第二个并列分句中有一个由when引导的时间状语从句。第一个分句属于“It takes/took some time to do sth.”句型，其中it作形式主语，不定式短语为真正的主语。【翻译】我们花
22、了半个多小时才把船调向詹姆斯。当我们靠近他的时候，我看到老汤姆正在水中稳稳地托着詹姆斯。学业分层测评.单句语法填空 【导学号：88172030】1It is not difficult to sort_the materials as long as time permits.2He came in and took a seat opposite_me.3Whats the_(deep)of the lake?4The junior clerk was alarmed when he_(witness)the robbery in his office.5After the civil wa
23、r broke out，what should be immediately done is to provide_(accommodate) for those who fled out of their hometown.6Nobody helped me_when I lost my job.7During the civil war，thousands of people_(flee) the country.8I was about to ring him up_he dropped in.9My dad abandoned_(smoke)because of his poor he
24、alth.10I got a note from Mary urging me_(get) in touch.【答案】1.out2.to3.depth4.witnessed5accommodations6.out7.fled8.when9smoking10.to get.单句改错 【导学号：88172031】1He witnesses the accident when he was five years old._2He was seen stand there reading._3There was pause before she began to speak again._4The m
25、an is yelling at help._5His eyes took a while to accommodate the darkness._【答案】1.witnesseswitnessed2.standstanding3.pause前加a4.atfor 5accommodate后加to.阅读理解For years，the giant squid(大王乌贼)had remained a modern mystery.Living in the dark depths of the ocean，the creature is difficult for scientists to obs
26、erve directly.It had also managed to avoid all attempts to film it.That changed last July：for the first time ever，scientists were able to catch the giant squid on video in its natural habitat.They were amazed by what they saw.The scientists filmed the squid in the North Pacific Ocean，south of Tokyo，
27、Japan.They followed it down to a depth of 2,952 feet.They shot more than 23 minutes of video before the squid swam off into even darker depths.The video footage will be released to the public later this month on The Discovery Channel.Tsunemi Kubodera，a zoologist at Japans National Museum of Nature a
28、nd Science，led the team that filmed the squid.The team went into the ocean in a small submarine with lights invisible to both humans and squid.Since giant squids eat smaller squid，the scientists released a small squid as bait(诱饵)Then the scientists waited in the pitch black for the giant squid to ap
29、proach.The color video shows the creature floating vertically，eating the bait squid.The giant squid is 9 to 10 feet long and is missing its two longest tentacles(触须)With those tentacles，it could have measured up to 26 feet long.It has huge black eyes the size of dinner plates，“It was shining and so
30、beautiful，”Kubodera said.Because the deep ocean is so unfriendly to humans，little is known about the giant squid.Scientists say catching the mysterious creature on video is an important step toward understanding it.For centuries，sailors had reported seeing a huge，oceandwelling beast，thought to be th
31、e giant squid.The creature is also believed to be the subject of the Nordic myth of the kraken，a sea creature that supposedly attacked ships in Scandinavian waters over the past thousands of years.【语篇解读】本文介绍了一种生活在海洋深处的特殊乌贼大王乌贼。1Why is it difficult to film the giant squid?ABecause it is illegal to fi
32、lm the giant squid.BBecause it is too expensive to make such a film.CBecause the giant squid lives in the dark deep ocean.DBecause the giant squid is dangerous to humans.【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Living in the dark depths of the ocean，the creature is difficult for scientists to observe directly.”可知，因为大王乌贼生活
33、在大洋深处，所以人们很难拍摄到它。【答案】C2We can learn from the first paragraph that scientists_.Afirst saw the giant squid in the oceanBdiscovered a new sea creature in the oceanChave the ocean bottom secretly recorded on videoDhave first caught the legendary giant squid on video【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，科学家在北太平洋下到深度为2 952
34、英尺的地方第一次拍摄了一段23分钟长的有关大王乌贼的视频。因此D项正确。【答案】D3According to the passage，the giant squids longest tentacles can be_.A16 to 17 feet longB9 to 10 feet longCmore than 26 feet longDabout 36 feet long【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，这只大王乌贼有9到10英尺长，算上它的触须可达到26英尺长，由此可得出这只大王乌贼最长的触须有16到17英尺长。【答案】A4The scientists released a sma
35、ll squid in the ocean to_.Aincrease the number of the giant squidBtrick the giant squid into coming outCmake an educational film about itDshow concern for the giant squid【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Since giant squid eat smaller squid，the scientists released a small squid as bait(诱饵)”可知，科学家在大洋里放一条小乌贼目的是将大王乌贼引诱
36、出来。【答案】B.完形填空Recently, I was invited to a writing class at my old high school.I accepted the_1_because its always fun to see what young writers are up to.A few hours before the class, I got the_2_that I often get before I go into a schoolnausea(反胃) and the fear that Im about to get into_3_.When I_4_
37、 into a school, all the old feelings come back：_5_ teacher is going to get mad at me; the headmaster is going to make me take a note home.But Im not alone in having_6_feelings from school days.Often people talk about bad_7_they still have about being unprepared for a(n)_8_test.Others say that being
38、picked on and not being _9_ for a team are still terrible memories for them.So its no_10_that adults sometimes act like theyre still in school.My_11_memories are about teachers getting mad at me.I was often ashamed of the serious crime of “talking out of turn”， a guy who couldnt keep his_12_shut.I r
39、ealize that the answer is to face the feelings，_13_avoid them.So I volunteer at a school once a week.Each week, Im a little more_14_when I walk into the office to_15_.And I admit that sometimes when the headmaster_16_me with a smile, I think hes planning to call my mother to say I should dress a lit
40、tle nicer_17_I visit his school.But by the end of my time there, I feel_18_.Now Im_19_my next volunteer day at school.In fact, I might get there a little earlier so I can spend_20_more time there.【语篇解读】校园生活总是给我们留下深刻的印象。毕业后多年的今天，作者鼓足勇气去面对和克服对校园生活的恐惧。1A.challengeBpresentCinvitationDoffer【解析】根据上文I was
41、invited to.可知是“接受邀请”，所以选C。【答案】C2A.messageBchanceCwishDfeeling【解析】根据下文when I.into a school, all the old feelings come back可知答案为feeling。【答案】D3A.moodBtroubleCthoughtDpanic【解析】根据下文.teacher is going to get mad at me.可知作者害怕陷入麻烦(get into trouble)。【答案】B4A.arriveBwalkCadmitDrush【解析】句意：当我走进一所学校，所有往日的感觉都来了：某个老
42、师会对我发脾气，校长会让我带话回家。【答案】B5A.anotherBmanyCthe otherDsome【解析】表示“某一个”用some。【答案】D6A.amazingBfascinatingCexcitingDlasting【解析】根据上下文可知作者已经毕业了，但学校的记忆仍然影响着他，所以他对学校的感觉是“持久的”。【答案】D7A.situationsBplacesCexperiencesDdreams【解析】根据后面they still have about being.可知，这应该是做梦，而不是现实。【答案】D8A.importantBeasyCrecentDaverage【解析】结
43、合上下文语境，这里指一场重要的考试。【答案】A9A.chosenBnotedCconcernedDadapted【解析】句意：其他人说被找茬和没被某个球队选上对他们来说仍是糟糕的回忆。【答案】A10A.doubtBwayCwonderDsecret【解析】句意：所以难怪有时候成年人表现得就像他们还在学校一样。“It is no wonder that.”意思为“难怪”。【答案】C11A.bestBlongestCworstDlatest【解析】上文提到的对于其他人来说，被找茬和没被某个球队选上对他们来说仍是糟糕的回忆，相应的，这里是说“我”最糟糕的回忆是老师对“我”发脾气，所以选C。【答案】C
44、12A.heartBeyesCmouthDhands【解析】根据句意：我为自己“说了不该说的话”的重罪而羞愧，总是管不住自己的嘴。keep ones mouth shut意为“管住某人的嘴”。【答案】C13A.rather thanBexcept forCas toDinstead of【解析】句意：我意识到解决的办法是面对这些感觉，而不是逃避。【答案】A14A.stressedBannoyedCtiredDrelaxed【解析】由上文可知作者以前每次进入学校都会紧张、害怕，但是在找到应对的方法后，应该每周都会轻松一些。【答案】D15A.sign inBcheck outCtake offDg
45、et up【解析】作者走进办公室应该是签到(sign in)。【答案】A16A.impressesBgreetsCshocksDrefuses【解析】根据语境可知，校长应该是微笑着打招呼。【答案】B17A.whenBsinceCwhetherDunless【解析】表示“当的时候”应该用when。【答案】A18A.anxiousBstrongCnervousDstrange【解析】根据转折连词but可知，后文应该是表达作者觉得自己“强大”了。【答案】B19A.reflecting back toBlooking forward toCgetting away fromDtaking over by【解析】根据下文，作者会特意早一点到学校，可知作者是期待在学校的下一个志愿者日。【答案】B20A.alsoBstill CevenDever【解析】句意：事实上，我会早到一点，那样就能够在那里待上甚至更长的时间。【答案】C
