Units 4-5
I. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式完成下面对话(每个单词限用一次)。
major, suffer, calm, helicopter, survive, rescue, summary
Girl: Did you see that story on the news about an English kid in Australia
Boy: No, I didn’t. I didn’t see the news yesterday. Can you give me a(n) 1. ________ of what
happened
Girl: Well, a boy called Sam was travelling around Australia and working on a large farm in
Queensland, in the outback — where it’s just desert and very hot. And one morning he went
jogging.
Boy: So, what happened
Girl: While he was jogging he got lost! He couldn’t find his way back to the farm, and the 2.
________ problem was that he had only two bottles of water in his backpack.
Boy: So how long was he lost for
Girl: He 3. ________ for three days ...
Boy: Three days ! In the outback ! How did he manage that
Girl: Well, he kept 4. ________ when he realized he had been lost. Then he looked in his
backpack again and found lots of packets of contact lenses (隐形眼镜). His dad put them there
before he left the UK. When he didn’t have any more water, he started to drink the liquid (液体)
in the packets of contact lenses.
Boy: That’s amazing. So how did he get out of the desert Was someone looking for him
Girl: Well, his family were looking for him when a 5. ________ found him thirteen miles away
from the farm and he was 6. ________.
Boy: So was he OK
Girl: Yes, he was lucky to be alive, although he really 7. ________ a lot.
II. 根据所给提示完成下列短文(每空一词)。
A
Students learning English as a second language are sometimes given a word by their teacher
and asked to give a(n) 1. ________ (描述) as to what that word means; in other words, to provide
a definition (定义). 2. ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (在他们看来), if you
know a word, you can define it. However, this doesn’t always make sense. There are words and
phrases used in conversation that even 3. n________ speakers find difficult to define. Take the
word “zeitgeist” for example, which has entered English from German. It’s much easier to use
than it is to define. With a word like “zeitgeist”, it may be more useful to test a student’s
understanding rather than ask a student to define it.
B
Tornadoes are violent (猛烈的) winds that can 1. ________ (摧毁) everything in their paths.
When they appear, they look like large, funnel-shaped (漏斗形状的) clouds, like a long rope 2.
________ (清扫) across the land.
If there is a tornado warning, the safest place during a tornado is in a tornado 3. ________
(避难处) or a basement. If you are not near one then a bathroom with no windows is a good place.
Remember to keep water, food and a(n) 4. ________ ________ ________ (急救箱) at the place
where you stay and don’t leave until you are sure the tornado has passed.
III. 用正确的关系词完成下面短文。
Sherlock Holmes, 1. ________ name is well known, didn’t really exist. However, for many
people 2. ________ have read his adventures, he might as well have been a real person.
The man 3. ________ created Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in Edinburgh in
1859. He trained as a doctor, but found he could earn more money by writing than by practising
medicine. He wrote not only stories about Holmes, but many other books 4. ________ people also
liked. However, it is for the detective stories 5. ________ he wrote that he is best remembered.
The place 6. ________ Holmes mysteries ( 谜 ) are set is Victorian England. Holmes,
7. ________ is a brilliant detective, uses his wisdom and scientific knowledge to solve the
mysteries.
Even though Doyle wrote many Holmes mysteries, we’ll never know the reason 8. ________
he gave us so little information about Holmes’ private life. All the books were written in the first
person, not by Holmes, but by his assistant (助手), Dr Watson.
IV. 阅读下列短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
Luis Sandoval 1. ________ (eat) a sandwich after school when the phone rang. It was his
father, 2. ________ worked for the city government.
“Luis, is your mother there ” he asked. “No, Papa. She went to the supermarket with Pablo
and Alex.”
“Please listen 3. ________ (careful). Hurricane Dean is moving in our direction. It will reach
our coast in three or four days. The government has declared (宣布) a state of emergency.”
“Are we 4. ________ danger, Papa ”
“Not if we prepare. It may be as bad as Hurricane Wilma. Do you remember 5. ________ we
did then ”
“Yes, Papa.”
“Then start preparing.”
Luis remembered Hurricane Wilma very well. A rise in the ocean, 6. ________ (call) a storm
surge, flooded large areas along the coast. Winds up to 240 kilometers per hour destroyed homes.
Luis took out two backpacks and put some of the food, water, and other 7. ________ (supply)
in each one. By the time his mother and two little brothers came back, he 8. ________ (pack)
everything they needed.
The next morning, Luis and his family left the city 9. ________ (stay) at a storm shelter.
They would be safe from the hurricane there. Luis’s father remained in the city, 10. ________
(help) those who could not leave.
B
In the future we are going to see more and more people using technology 1. ________ (learn)
languages. There will be software 2. ________ gets computers to read texts aloud and translate
them. And we won’t only talk on the computer; we will also talk with the computer in any
language we choose.
We will also begin to understand the 3. ________ (important) of the five senses in language
education, and 4. ________ (researcher) will likely look at children’s toys for inspiration. Music is
going to play an increasing role 5. ________ language learning. Short texts and phrases will be set
to music and this will help students to remember the words, just as The A, B, C Song 6. ________
(help) children learn the alphabet (字母).
Textbooks may be unrecognisable when 7. ________ (compare) to today’s books. They will
come with microchips ( 微 芯 片 ) that produce smells and sounds. So if we are learning the
word bread, when we touch that part of the page it will give off the smell of bread. If we are
learning the word cry, when we touch the word it will make a crying sound. These books are
8. ________ (possible) expensive at first, but market economics will drive prices down. So 9.
________ (get) ready for fun and games while you learn another language — these changes could
happen sooner 10. ________ you think!
答案:
I.
1. summary 2. major
3. survived 4. calm
5. helicopter 6. rescued
7. suffered
II.
A
1. description 2. From their point of view
3. native
B
1. destroy 2. sweeping
3. shelter 4. first aid kit
III.
1. whose 2. who / that
3. who / that 4. which / that
5. which / that 6. where
7. who 8. why
IV.
A
1. was eating 2. who
3. carefully 4. in
5. what 6. called
7. supplies 8. had packed
9. to stay 10. helping
B
1. to learn 2. that / which
3. importance 4. researchers
5. in 6. helps
7. compared 8. possibly
9. get 10. than