Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Ⅰ.课文词汇填空(旨在复习本课文中的单词拼写和主要词语等)
根据课文内容完成下面语法填空,注意单词拼写和词语用法:
There are all kinds of celebrations 1 (遍及)the world. Different countries have different festivals. Festivals of the Dead are held to honour the 2 (death) or to satisfy the ancestors. Festivals can also 3 (hold) to honour famous people. In China, the Dragon Boat Festival honours the famous 4 (古代的) poet, Ou Yuan. The most energetic and important 5 (节日 )are Spring Festivals 6 look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in 7 , people eat such things __8 dumplings, fish, and meat and give children lucky money in red paper. Some western countries have very 9 (excite) carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in 10 (二月) .
Ⅱ.课文大意概括(旨在训练用30个单词概括大意的能力)
阅读课文,试着用30来个单词概括课文大意或翻译下面短文。
文章告诉了我们世界各地五种重要节日并解释了人民为什么,在何时以及如何举行各种活动来庆祝这些节日。
The passage tells us _______________________________________________________________________
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Ⅲ.课文佳句背诵与仿写(旨在培养对难句的理解和写作能力)
1【原句】.At that time people would starve if(when)food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. 在那个时代,如果食物难以找到,特别是在寒冷的冬月,人们就会挨饿
[模仿要点]句子结构: when/ if +从句 , especially + 强调
【模仿1】在我们遇到麻烦时他总是乐于帮助我们,尤其是在我们在英语学习中遇到困难时。
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2【原句】.Today's festivals have many origins, some religions, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.现在的节日有很多由来,一些是宗教上的,一些是季节性的,一些是纪念特殊的人和事件的。
[模仿要点] 句子结构:“一些…,一些…”表达
【模仿】我非常荣幸有机会和这么多优秀的同学一起学习,有些非常热心,有些非常勤奋,有些非常善良。
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3【原句】 India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's independence from Britain.
[模仿要点] 句子结构 名词+同位语+定语从句
【模仿】我忘不了布朗夫人,她是我的英语老师,在我感到沮丧的时候她总是鼓励我挑战自己。
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4 【原句】The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
[模仿要点] 句子结构:…are the ones + 定语从句
【模仿】最有经验最有益的老师是那些不仅教给知识的人而且还是教你如果获取知识的人。_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5【原句】 The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. P2
整个国度处处都是樱花盛开,看上去就像罩上了一层粉红的雪。
[模仿要点] 句子结构:分词作定语covered with …插入 looks as if /as though
【模仿】他的房间到处都是各种不同的图书,看上去仿佛是个小图书馆。
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单元检测
Ⅰ.写出下列必考单词
1.猎人 n . _____________ 2.祖先,祖宗 n . _____________
3.起源;由来;起因 n _____________ 4.诡计;恶作剧 n . _____________
5.获得,得到 n.&v. _____________ 6.信任,信心,信仰 n . _____________
7.农业的; 农艺的 adj _____________ 8.奖品;授予 n.&v _____________
9.向前地 adv . _____________ 10.明显的;显而易见的 adj _____________
11.节日,盛宴 n. _____________ 12.遍及世界的,世界性的 adj. _____________
Ⅱ.写出下列单词的变化形式
1.允许(v.)_____________; 许可(n.)_____________
2.独立(n.)_____________ ; 独立的(adj.)_____________;
依靠(v.)__________ ; 有依赖性的(adj.)_____________
3.赞美(v.)____________; 羡慕(n.)____________
4.精力充沛的(adj.)_____________; 精力(n.)_____________
5.道歉(v.)____________; 道歉(n.)____________
6.悲哀(n.)_____________; 悲哀的(adj.)_____________; 悲哀地(adv.)_____________
7.挨饿,饿死(v.)_____________; 饥饿(n.)_____________
◆活学活用
用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.Della,s eyes were full of _______ at the ________ news and she looked __________ at her husband. (sad)
2.You are not _____________ to leave here without his _____________.(permit)
3.His __________ English filled us with ___________. (admire)
4.Tom was a boy full of _________and he did everything ___________.(energetic)
5.You’d better ________to Jimmy. Of course, ________is not the only way but the most direct one. (apologize)
6.It is surprising that there are still many people in the world __________ to death each year, that is, many people die of __________.(starve)
Ⅲ.翻译下列必背短语
1.纪念,追念 ________________ 2.打扮,装饰,盛装 ________________
3.诈骗,开玩笑 ________________ 4.期望,期待,盼望 ________________
5.日夜,整天 ________________ 6.和……玩得开心 ________________
7.淹没,浸泡在 ________________ 8.守信用,履行诺言 ________________
9.使想起 ________________ 10.好像 ________________
11.屏住呼吸 ___________________ 12.出发,动身 ___________________
13.出现,到场 ___________________ 14.发生 ___________________
◆活学活用
根据括号中的解释,用适当的短语完成句子。
1.We gathered here today _____________(to honour, in honour of) those who died for our happiness.
2.The traffic accident _____________(to cause, or result in) more than ten deaths.
3.The girl was _________ a new skirt so that she could wear it on her birthday. (long for, have a strong desire for)
4.Once you _____________(break one’s promise), no one will believe you any more.
5.It,s sad that many Africans _____________(die of hunger) every year.
6.When you are late, you should _____________ (say sorry to) your teacher.
7.If the lost child still hasn’t been found today, the policeman are to ____________ (set out) to look for him tomorrow morning.
Ⅵ.单元重点动词
◆ 活学活用
starve dress gain gather admire apologize
drown wipe weep remind forgive award
用上述动词的适当形式填空。
1.The girl ___________ in red is my sister’s daughter.
2.__________ the sweat off her face, she bent _________ the rice.
3.Learning __________ for your mistakes is very important if you wish to get along well with others.
4.On Christmas Eve, I went to the central square of the city, _______different kinds of Christmas trees and light with all colours.
5.Thank you for _____________ me of the lecture, otherwise I would miss an important chance.
6.Hearing the sad news, she couldn’t help ________ all night.
Ⅶ.考点活用: 用本单元所学词组、句型翻译下列短文
节日的用意是庆祝重要的事件,每年的不同时候都有节日。在古代,人们没有足够的食物,经常饥饿致死,只有在过节时他们才能饱吃一顿。春节是中国最重要的节日,它庆祝农历新年的到来,也是家人团聚的时候。除夕之夜,人们穿着漂亮的新衣服,与家人团聚一起吃丰盛的年夜饭。大人习惯上要给孩子们压岁钱,祝福孩子们新年好运。在许多地方,人们放炮竹。饺子是最传统的食物。孩子们盼望过新年,因为他们可以吃美味的东西、穿新衣服、开心地玩耍,更重要的是,他们可以得到父母、亲戚的压岁钱。
一、完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。?
Care Your Dream
I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina(芭蕾舞女)twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for me.When I was young, I would twirl in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my 1 . For hours I would dance 2 people were watching me. 3 work me up when I heard a voice saying, “I don’t know why you 4 trying to dance.Ballerinas are pretty, slim little girls. 5 , you don’t have the talent to 6 be a ballerina.”I remembered how those words paralyzed(使麻木)every 7 in my body.I fell to the ground and wept for hours.?
We lived in the country by a nearby lake and I would sometimes go there to hide.I enjoyed 8 by the water.I would sit there for hours and stare at my 9 . There I was, looking 10 like a pretty ballerina dancer. Reflections don’t 11 .Once the waves would come, my reflection was 12 ,washed away just like my 13 . I sat there staring at the water,hoping that my reflection would reappear and be 14 .?
As I grew older, I began to realize that the dream I had was never 15 , so it slowly died.It’s not that I wanted it to die, but I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words.Now that I’m older, I know that I won’t care how others saw me and I will care how God sees me.
1.A.playground B.backyard C.platform D.daydream
2.A.ever since B.in case C.as if D.even if
3.A.Directors B.Instructions C.Awareness D.Reality
4.A.bother B.remind C.attempt D.assume
5.A.Meanwhile B.However C.Besides D.Therefore
6.A.yet B.ever C.thus D.still
7.A.struggling B.feeling C.performing D.twirling
8.A.hanging out B.settling down C.looking upon D.diving off
9.A.figure B.status C.picture D.reflection
10.A.everything B.nothing C.something D.anything
11.A.hide B.speak C.lie D.laugh
12.A.lifted B.hidden C.gone D.melted
13.A.childhood B.emotion C.thoughts D.dream
14.A.fashionable B.flexible C.sensitive D.different
15.A.cared for B.brought on C.turned out D.given up
二、语法填空
Today is World AIDS Day,a day that reminds us 1 how HIV has weakened the whole world over the past two decades 2 the time it was reported.It is the role of the government 3 makes a difference in fighting against the disease and helping AIDS and HIV infected patients get the treatment they need in a discrimination(歧视)-free environment. The estimates(估计)of UN AIDS suggests that 33.2 million people live with AIDS worldwide, 4 (include)2.5million children.An estimated number of 2.5million people were 5 (new)infected in 2007. A total of 223,501 people 6 (infect)with HIV have been reported in China.Of those,62,836 are AIDS patients and 22,205 have died.It 7 (estimate)that the total number of HIV/AIDS patients could be around 700,000 nationwide.?
In fact discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients has made 8 difficult for them to get the treatment.Now we have got to understand the virus and the patients who suffer 9 it.An agreement has been reached that efforts from both the government and the public can be more 10 (effect)in preventing the spread of the disease.