Unit 2 Exploring English
Part 2 Using language
课前积累
完成以下名言警句并做好积累。
1. NBA games are _________(excite) to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in
China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.
观看 NBA 比赛令人兴奋，NBA 具有全球吸引力。它们在中国非常受欢迎。当我有时间
的时候，我会在电视上看 NBA 比赛。 —习近平
2. Learning never __________(exhaust) the mind.
学习从不会令头脑疲倦。 —达芬奇
3. One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up ____(be) governed
by your inferiors.
拒绝参政的惩罚之一就是你最终会被不如你的人统治。 —柏拉图
4. A good decision is _________(base) on knowledge and not on numbers.
一个好的决定是基于知识而不是基于数字。 —柏拉图
5. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by _________(evade) it today.
你不能通过逃避今天来逃避明天的责任。 —林肯
6. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four ________(sharp) the axe.
给我 6 个小时砍树，我会花 4 个小时磨斧头。 —林肯
答案自查
1. exciting 2. exhausts 3.being 4.based 5.evading 6.sharpening
级练
基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1. I put a mark in the margin to ___________(提醒) me to check the figure.
【答案】remind
2. It is ___________(很有可能的) that investors will face losses.
【答案】likely
3. The ocean would ___________(反射) more heat and light.
【答案】reflect
4. This ___________(类型) of allergy can very occasionally be fatal.
【答案】type
5. The ___________(地铁) in most cities of China are efficient and spotlessly clean.
【答案】subways
6. I've been trying to ___________(联系) you all day.
【答案】contact
7. She speaks no Japanese and is ___________(不熟悉的) with Japanese culture.
【答案】unfamiliar
8. The rain had stopped and a star or two was ___________(看得见的) over the mountains.
【答案】visible
9. A large ___________(组织) can be slow to adapt to change.
【答案】organization
10. The ___________(高速路) is often lined with cars on the weekend.
【答案】motorway/highway
11. Much of the meaning must be inferred from the ___________(上下文).
【答案】contact
12. It's on the fifteenth floor, so we'd better take the ___________(电梯).
【答案】elevator
13. We have all kinds of beverages in ___________(添加物) to fruit juices.
【答案】liquids
14. All I did was let him know his ___________(行为) was unacceptable.
【答案】addition
15. The writing of poems, stories or plays is often called ___________(创造性的) writing.
【答案】creative
II. 短语填空
come across familiar to wind up combine with different from
In short burn down add to made up of stay calm
1. Two atoms of hydrogen ___________ one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
【答案】combine with
2. ___________, being a good leader needs courage and practice.
【答案】In short
3. His public image is very ___________ the real person.
【答案】different from
4. The smell is very ___________ everyone who lives near a bakery.
【答案】familiar to
5. Wolves cannot climb a tree so when you ___________ one, hide on the tree.
【答案】come across
6. If you forgot to turn off the stove when you went away, you might ___________ the house.
【答案】burn down
7. I forgot to ___________ my watch, so of course it stopped.
【答案】wind up
8. I fought the rising panic, trying to ___________.
【答案】stay calm
9. A glass or two of wine will not significantly ___________ the calorie count.
【答案】add to
10. The feet are highly specialized structures ___________ 26 small delicate bones.
【答案】made up of
III. 单句语法填空
1. They remind me ________ the time when I used to live in Spain.
【答案及详解】of 考查动介词的搭配。句意：它们让我想起那些我在西班牙生活的日子。
remind sb of sth 使某人想起某事，故填 of。
2. The movie was so __________(scare) that it gave me goose bumps.
【答案及详解】scary 考查词性转换。句意：电影太恐怖了，吓得我满身起鸡皮疙瘩。系动
词 be+形容词，描述主语的特征或状态。名词 scare+y 变成形容词，故填 scary。
3. The moral characters of men ___________(form) not by heredity but by environment.
【答案及详解】 are formed 考查动词的时态和语态。句意：人的品德不是由遗传而是由环
境形成的。该句描述了一个一般事实，要用一般现在时态。品德是被塑造形成的，故用被动
语态。故填 are formed。
4. Her work is showing some signs of ________(improve).
【答案及详解】improvement 考查词性转换。句意：她的工作出现了一些改进的迹象。介词
+名词，故填 improvement。
5. Say yes when ________(ask) for a hand.
【答案及详解】asked 考查非谓语动词。句意：当有人求助时，要表示同意。该句是一个祈
使句，主语默认为 you，非谓语动词作状语时，如果和主语形成被动关系，要用过去分词。
故填 asked。
6. Researchers believe the reason lies _______ the fact that people with an Internet addiction are
more lonely.
【答案及详解】in 考查动介词的搭配。句意：研究人员认为，这是因为上网成瘾的人更孤
独。lie in the fact that...在于一个...的事实。故填 in。
7. Each year, many __________(addition) are made to English dictionaries.
【答案及详解】additions 考查名词的复数形式。句意：每年英语字典中都会增加很多内容。
many+可数名词复数形式，故填 additions。
8. These expressions are often used interchangeably, but they do have different ________(mean).
【答案及详解】meanings 考查词性转换。句意：这些表达法经常可以互换使用，但它们的
确有不同的含义。different+可数名词复数形式，mean“意味着，意思是”变成名词 meaning
“意义”，故填 meanings。
9. I should focus my effort on my study ________(realize) my dream.
【答案及详解】to realize 考查非谓语动词。句意：我应该专注于我的学业，以实现我的梦
想。动词不定式表示目的，故填 to realize。
10. This may sound _________(convenient), but English people are used to doing so.
【答案及详解】inconvenient 考查词形转换。句意：这听上去不难么方便，但是英国人习惯
那样做。convenient 加上前缀 in-表示相反的意义，故填 inconvenient。
IV. 翻译句子
1. 有时候一个单词是由几个单词的首字母组成的。
【答案】Sometimes a word is made up of the first letters of several words.
2. 有些名词和形容词可以被用作动词，反之亦然。
【答案】Some nouns and adjectives can be used as verbs, or the other way round.
3. 前缀和后缀常常有固定的含义。
【答案】Prefixes and suffixes often have fixed meanings.
4. 当你打开一本字典，你常常会遇到很多不熟悉的单词。
【答案】When you open a dictionary, you often come across a lot of unfamiliar words.
5. 今天，美式英语在国际上被普遍应用。
【答案】Today, American English is in common international use.
V. 语法填空
At 8,844.43 meters high, Mount Qomolangma is 1. _________ (tall) mountain on Earth. While 2.
_________ is famous for its challenging hike, parts of the mountain are facing a problem:
garbage. Every year, thousands of 3. _________ (visit) throw away tons of trash, including soda
cans and plastic bags.
According to the UN, over 140 tons of trash have been left on the mountain. To reduce trash,
China is limiting the number of people 4. _________ can climb the mountain’s north side. Only
300 people will 5. _________ (allow) to climb it each year, and only during spring.
Local residents cleaned the mountain last year, 6. _________ (remove) trash at a height of
5,200 meters. They 7. _________ (collect) about 8.4 metric tons of trash, according to figures
from the Tibet autonomous region’s government.
This year, the local government plans to spend 4 million yuan 8. _________ a new clean-up
campaign, setting up stations to sort, recycle and break down garbage collected from the
mountain.
In addition to trash, workers will also collect the bodies of 9. _________ (die) climbers. As
of the 2019 climbing season, more than 300 people have died on Qomolangma, with 12 deaths this
year.
A group of artists will try to turn some trash into artwork. They will show these works 10.
_________ (local), to remind people not to leave trash when climbing the mountain.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. _____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________
【答案及详解】
1. the tallest 考查形容词最高级。珠穆朗玛峰是世界上的最高峰。故填 the tallest。
2. it 考查人称代词。 珠峰以其险峻的山峰而著名。以 it 指代珠峰。
3. visitors 考查词性转换。 每年成千上万的游客扔掉以吨计的垃圾。故填 visitors。
4. who 考查定语从句的关系词。中国正在限制可以从北坡登峰的人。先行词为 people，关
系词为 who。
5. be allowed 考查动词的被动语态。每年只有 300 人将被允许登山。故填 be allowed。
6. removing 考查非谓语动词。 去年当地居民清理珠峰，在海波 5200 高的地方清除垃圾。
非谓语动词作伴随状语，与主语形成主动关系，故用现在分词 removing。
7. collected 考查动词时态。他们捡了大约 8.4 吨的垃圾。描述去年发生的事情，动词要用过
去式，故填 collected。
8. on 考查动介词搭配。今年政府计划花费 4 百万元用于清理珠峰。在 ...上花费 ...，
spend...on...。
9. dead 考查词性转换。除了垃圾，工人们还将清理死难登山者的尸体。故填 dead。
10. locally 考查词性转换。一些艺术家要把这些垃圾变成艺术品。他们将在当地展出这些作
品。在当地 locally。
拓展培优练
阅读理解
In the movie Jurassic Park (1993) a billionaire creates a theme park filled with dinosaurs,
brought back from extinction through cloning by a team of scientists.
Although the film is of course fictional, the methods used in it to bring animals back from the
dead may soon become reality.
Scientists from Harvard University in the US are currently working on resurrecting the
woolly mammoth, a mammal that became extinct around 4,000 years ago.
However, it wouldn’t be an exact copy of the hairy beast. “Our aim is to produce a hybrid
elephant-mammoth embryo,” Professor George Church, head of the team of scientists, told The
Guardian.
“Actually, it would be more like an elephant with a number of mammoth characteristics.
We’re not there yet, but it could happen in a couple of years.”
The team is hoping to make a “mammophant” – a mix between an elephant and a mammoth.
It would be like a regular elephant but have features from the mammoth that would make it more
adaptable to cold weather.
Small ears, a thick layer of body fat and, of course, long hair are what helped the
mammoth live in freezing temperatures.
So why go through all the effort and expense to bring back an animal that died out thousands
of years ago The answer lies in climate change.
It’s hoped that the creatures will stop frost in the world’s tundra from melting and releasing
huge amounts of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
“Mammoths used to keep the tundra from thawing by punching through snow and allowing
cold air to come in,” said Church. “In the summer, they knocked down trees and helped the grass
grow.”
Church and his team are attempting to mix mammoth DNA, recovered from frozen samples
of the animal found in Siberia, with that of the Asian elephant, which is its closest relative.
There are critics who believe that the media has got carried away with the story though, after
several websites ran headlines such as “Woolly mammoths will be on Earth again within two
years”.
“So far, scientists have managed to include characteristics of the mammoth into elephant
DNA. In a few years, they hope to make an embryo, but that’s a long way from creating a viable
embryo,” Popular Science magazine wrote.
Some have even gone so far as to call the story “fake news”. Paleoanthropologist John
Hawks wrote on blog platform Medium: “Is this just another case of the media turning a good
science story into something it’s not ”
Although we may not be seeing woolly mammoths at the zoo any time in the near future, it’s
still exciting to know that there is still the possibility of a real Jurassic Park some day, however
tiny that possibility may be. (497 words)
1. The underlined word “resurrecting” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.
A. making something adaptable to current condition
B. studying a sample of something
C. bringing something back to life
D. producing a hybrid embryo of something
2. What would a mammophant look like according to the text
A. It would be a combination of elephant, mammoth and dinosaur.
B. It would be an exact copy of the woolly mammoth with long hair.
C. It would look like a normal elephant but also share some mammoth traits.
D. It would be like a bigger sized elephant with small ears and short hair.
3. What is the main purpose of producing mammophants according to Church
A. To improve biodiversity. B. To help fight global warming.
C. To remove frost in the tundra. D. To help grass grow in the tundra.
4. What can be concluded from the text
A. The media holds a cautious attitude toward the mammophant program.
B. A hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo is likely to be produced within two years.
C. The method used to produce mammophants was borrowed from the movie Jurassic Park.
D. Scientists still have a long way to go to fulfil the goals of the mammophant program.
【词汇积累】
1. woolly mammoth 长毛猛犸象
2. a hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo 一个大象和猛犸象杂交的胚胎
3. tundra 冻原
4. thaw v. 解冻
5. sample 样本
6. get carried away with...被...冲昏头脑
7. viable 能存活的
8. Paleoanthropologist 古人类学家
【答案】BCDD
【文章大意】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了科学家正在努力将亚洲象和在西伯利亚发
现一种 DNA 进行杂交试验，希望产生一个叫 mammothphant 的新物种，目的是抑制全球气
候变化。
1. C 词义猜测题。根据第三段后半部分，这种猛犸象已经于 4000 年前灭绝，由此可推断科
学家们正在尝试让其重新回归，让其复活，因此答案为 C。其他三项均不符合文意。
2. C 细节理解题。可定位至文章 6-8 段，根据文本可知，这种生物具有正常大象的体型，但
具有一些长毛猛犸象的特征，包括小耳朵、厚脂肪层和长毛等。由此可判断答案为 C。其他
三项均与原文信息不符。
3. B 判断推理题。由文中的“It’s hoped that the creatures will stop frost in the world’s tundra from
melting and releasing huge amounts of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
[Mammoths used to] keep the tundra from thawing by punching through snow and allowing cold
air to come in”，可知如果猛犸象能够复活，将能阻止北极冻土层继续消融，其对温室气体的
排放有抑制作用，因此答案为 B。
4. D 判断推理题。通读整篇文章，可以得知，这项科技正在进行试验，虽然有可能性，但在
未来的几年之内无法实现，因此可推测答案为 D，科学之路还很长。A 项，文章倒数第四段
提到媒体对此事进行大肆渲染，且报道与事实不符，因此 A 项错误；B 项，根据 Church 教
授的说法，此种生物在两年内无法面世，排除 B 项；C 项文章只是说《侏罗纪公园》中的
方法会成为现实，并非在说创造这种生物的方法是借鉴于《侏罗纪公园》，因此 C 项错误。
七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Humans use electricity to light up the night sky. But did you know that nature itself can glow,
too
1. __________. Some use their lights to communicate. Others shine to hunt, to mate or to
protect themselves. The vampire squid (幽灵蛸), for example, gives out a cloud of light to scare
enemies.
2. __________. In 2013, the US company Gleaux said it had created the world’s first
light-producing plant, reported the Daily Mail. 3. __________.
“People have dreamed about this stuff for many years,” said Alexander Krichevsky, the
company’s founder.
He and other researchers are working toward a future in which glowing plants replace lamps
and glowing trees line highways. 4. __________, making them glow to let farmers know when
they need water or are ready to be picked.
While Gleaux is working on glowing plants, the French company Glowee is trying to use
glowing bacteria to light up shop windows and street signs. It is the same type of bacteria that
causes certain sea animals to light up.
5. __________. The company is now working on a light that shines brighter, lasts longer and
comes in different colors.
“Our goal is to change the way we produce and use light,” said Glowee founder Sandra Rey.
“We want to offer a global solution that will reduce the 19 percent of electricity consumption used
to produce light.”
A. People are also creating glowing bacterial art that you can hang in your home
B. Scientists have found many glowing creatures, most of which live in the ocean
C. Krichevsky also hopes the technology could be used in crops
D. Researchers around the world are looking into nature’s lights for new ideas
E. It is a genetically-modified (转基因的) plant that glows like fireflies do
F. In 2016, Glowee created a bacteria-powered light that glowed for three days
G. This technology could help us save much energy.
【答案】BDECF
【文章大意】这是一篇新闻报道：人类可以用点来发光照亮夜晚，一些海洋生物也能自身发
光吓退敌人或吸引交配，美国的一家公司培育出一种植物可以发光，这种植物可以在代替路
灯以节约能源。
1．B。根据划线后 Some use their lights to communicate. Others shine to hunt, to mate or to
protect themselves(一些生物发光来沟通，一些生物发光来交配或保护自己)可知，前面应该
是提及会发光的动物。故选 B。
2．D 。根据划线后 In 2013, the US company Gleaux said it had created the world’s first
light-producing plant(2013 年，美国公司 Gleaux 说自家公司已经创造出世界上第一个能发光
的植物)，说明使生物发光已经不仅限于动物，开始应用到植物。故 D 项正确。
3．E 。划线前提到美国一家公司创造出会发光的植物，因为文中使用了 create，说明这种
植物之前是不存在的，肯定是转基因的植物。故 E 项正确。
4．C 。根据划线后 making them glow to let farmers know when they need water or are ready to
be picked(时农民们知道他们什么时候需要水，什么时候可以采摘)可知，前一句肯定提及了
某种农作物。只有 C 项符合。
5．F 。根据前一段的 While Gleaux is working on glowing plants, the French company Glowee is
trying to use glowing bacteria to light up shop windows and street signs.(在Gleaux致力于研究发
光植物时，法国的 Glowee 正研究用发光的细菌来照亮商店橱窗和街道标志)，划线后 The
company is now working on a light that shines brighter, lasts longer and comes in different
colors.(该公司目前正在研究一种发光更亮、持续时间更长、有不同颜色的灯)可知。这家法
国公司已经研制出了用细菌发光的灯。故 F 选项符合。
高考沙场点兵
主题语境：人与社会 难易度：☆☆☆ 语篇类型：记叙文 建议用时：6 min
（2021 广东高三联考，B 篇）
The definition of community has evolved for me from childhood to the young adult I am now.
My mom was born in America but both her parents were from the Bahamas. It was their culture to
take care of the elderly and the sick, And my mom has taught me to be caring to those around us
because we're all a part of the “community”, an extension of family.
When I was 9 years old, my family moved to Cape Coral, Florida. Both mom and dad
worked full-time, so they registered me to attend an after-school program at the Youth Center.
Youth counselors would help me with my homework and play games with me and this was where
my interest took munity service started with me giving back at the Youth Center.
Then illness struck at home. My grandmother had to have heart surgery and needed hospital
treatment. This experience brought me to volunteer at Cape Coral Hospital. I asked if I could learn
from the nurse how to give my grandma her medicine and it started here.
I loved being at Cape Coral Hospital. I would bring paperwork to other doctors, bring food to
the patients, and make sure the patients were attended. I would help direct visitors to see patients. I
would always tell what would cheer the patients up because I had built a relationship with them
and their loved ones. I grew to feel the hospital was a part of my community.
After volunteering at the Youth Center and at the Hospital, I've learned that people become
sort of an extended family when you care about them. Now I am more considerate of those close
to me, neighbors and even strangers who share my resources.
1. Who might be the first to expose the author to the sense of community
A. Counselors at the Youth Center. B.Nurses at Cape Coral Hospital.
C. Her grandparents. D.Her mother.
2. Why did the author's parents send her to the Youth Center
A. They were too busy to take care of her.
B. They wanted her to do community service.
C.The author couldn't finish her homework on her own.
D. Becoming a counselor was the author's childhood dream.
3. What did the author volunteer to do first at Cape Coral Hospital
A.Cheer the patients up. B.Bring food to the patients.
C.Help direct visitors to see patients. D. Serve medicine to her grandmother.
4. What is the best title for the text
A.I Love Volunteering
B.Community Is Family
C.My Volunteer Experiences
D.My Community and My Family
【词汇积累】
1. evolve v.升华
2. counselors n. 辅导员
3. attend v.参加，照顾
4. an extension of family 家庭的延伸
5. heart surgery 心脏手术
6. cheer...up 使...振奋
7. considerate adj.周到的，体贴的
【答案】DADB
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者从小就受母亲的影响，把自己当成社区的一分子。
在 Youth Center 和 Cape Coral Hospital 做志愿工作的经历使作者对社区意识有了更深刻的理
解。作者领悟到，社区就是家的延伸。
1. D 细节理解题。根据第一段“And my mom has taught me to be caring to those around us
because we're all a part of the 'community', an extension of family."可知，作者从小就受母亲的
影响，把自己当成社区的一部分。即第一个使作者接触到社区意识的人是作者的母亲。
2. A 细节理解题。根据第二段“Both mom and dad worked full-time, so they registered me to
attend an after-school program at the Youth Center."可知，作者的父母将作者送到 Youth Center
是因为他们忙于工作而无法照顾作者。
3. D 细节理解题。根据第三段“This experience brought me to volunteer at Cape Coral Hospital. I
asked if I could learn from the nurse how to give my grandma her medicine and it started here.”可
知，作者在 Cape Coral Hospital 做的第一项志愿工作是喂奶奶吃药。
4. B 标题归纳题。总结全文内容可知，作者主要讲述了自己从小受母亲的影响，之后受在
Youth Center 和 Cape Coral Hospital 做志愿工作的经历的影响，对社区的理解和认识有了升
华，最后作者领悟到，社区就是家的延伸。文章首末两段都点明了此主题，由此可知，B 项
是最佳标题。Unit 2 Exploring English
Part 2 Using language
课前积累
完成以下名言警句并做好积累。
1. NBA games are _________(excite) to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in
China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.
观看 NBA 比赛令人兴奋，NBA 具有全球吸引力。它们在中国非常受欢迎。当我有时间
的时候，我会在电视上看 NBA 比赛。 —习近平
2. Learning never __________(exhaust) the mind.
学习从不会令头脑疲倦。 —达芬奇
3. One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up ____(be) governed
by your inferiors.
拒绝参政的惩罚之一就是你最终会被不如你的人统治。 —柏拉图
4. A good decision is _________(base) on knowledge and not on numbers.
一个好的决定是基于知识而不是基于数字。 —柏拉图
5. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by _________(evade) it today.
你不能通过逃避今天来逃避明天的责任。 —林肯
6. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four ________(sharp) the axe.
给我 6 个小时砍树，我会花 4 个小时磨斧头。 —林肯
级练
基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1. I put a mark in the margin to ___________(提醒) me to check the figure.
2. It is ___________(很有可能的) that investors will face losses.
3. The ocean would ___________(反射) more heat and light.
4. This ___________(类型) of allergy can very occasionally be fatal.
5. The ___________(地铁) in most cities of China are efficient and spotlessly clean.
6. I've been trying to ___________(联系) you all day.
7. She speaks no Japanese and is ___________(不熟悉的) with Japanese culture.
8. The rain had stopped and a star or two was ___________(看得见的) over the mountains.
9. A large ___________(组织) can be slow to adapt to change.
10. The ___________(高速路) is often lined with cars on the weekend.
11. Much of the meaning must be inferred from the ___________(上下文).
12. It's on the fifteenth floor, so we'd better take the ___________(电梯).
13. We have all kinds of beverages in ___________(添加物) to fruit juices.
14. All I did was let him know his ___________(行为) was unacceptable.
15. The writing of poems, stories or plays is often called ___________(创造性的) writing.
II. 短语填空
come across familiar to wind up combine with different from
In short burn down add to made up of stay calm
1. Two atoms of hydrogen ___________ one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
2. ___________, being a good leader needs courage and practice.
3. His public image is very ___________ the real person.
4. The smell is very ___________ everyone who lives near a bakery.
5. Wolves cannot climb a tree so when you ___________ one, hide on the tree.
6. If you forgot to turn off the stove when you went away, you might ___________ the house.
7. I forgot to ___________ my watch, so of course it stopped.
8. I fought the rising panic, trying to ___________.
9. A glass or two of wine will not significantly ___________ the calorie count.
10. The feet are highly specialized structures ___________ 26 small delicate bones.
III. 单句语法填空
1. They remind me ________ the time when I used to live in Spain.
2. The movie was so ________(scare) that it gave me goose bumps.
3. The moral characters of men ________(form) not by heredity but by environment.
4. Her work is showing some signs of ________(improve).
5. Say yes when ________(ask) for a hand.
6. Researchers believe the reason lies _______ the fact that people with an Internet addiction are
more lonely.
7. Each year, many __________(addition) are made to English dictionaries.
8. These expressions are often used interchangeably, but they do have different ________(mean).
9. I should focus my effort on my study ________(realize) my dream.
10. This may sound _________(convenient), but English people are used to doing so.
IV. 翻译句子
1. 有时候一个单词是由几个单词的首字母组成的。
2. 有些名词和形容词可以被用作动词，反之亦然。
3. 前缀和后缀常常有固定的含义。
4. 当你打开一本字典，你常常会遇到很多不熟悉的单词。
5. 今天，美式英语在国际上被普遍应用。
V. 语法填空
At 8,844.43 meters high, Mount Qomolangma is 1. _________ (tall) mountain on Earth.
While 2. _________ is famous for its challenging hike, parts of the mountain are facing a
problem: garbage. Every year, thousands of 3. _________ (visit) throw away tons of trash,
including soda cans and plastic bags.
According to the UN, over 140 tons of trash have been left on the mountain. To reduce trash,
China is limiting the number of people 4. _________ can climb the mountain’s north side. Only
300 people will 5. _________ (allow) to climb it each year, and only during spring.
Local residents cleaned the mountain last year, 6. _________ (remove) trash at a height of
5,200 meters. They 7. _________ (collect) about 8.4 metric tons of trash, according to figures
from the Tibet autonomous region’s government.
This year, the local government plans to spend 4 million yuan 8. _________ a new clean-up
campaign, setting up stations to sort, recycle and break down garbage collected from the
mountain.
In addition to trash, workers will also collect the bodies of 9. _________ (die) climbers. As
of the 2019 climbing season, more than 300 people have died on Qomolangma, with 12 deaths this
year.
A group of artists will try to turn some trash into artwork. They will show these works 10.
_________ (local), to remind people not to leave trash when climbing the mountain.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. _____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________
——拓展培优练
阅读理解
In the movie Jurassic Park (1993) a billionaire creates a theme park filled with dinosaurs,
brought back from extinction through cloning by a team of scientists.
Although the film is of course fictional, the methods used in it to bring animals back from the
dead may soon become reality.
Scientists from Harvard University in the US are currently working on resurrecting the
woolly mammoth, a mammal that became extinct around 4,000 years ago.
However, it wouldn’t be an exact copy of the hairy beast. “Our aim is to produce a hybrid
elephant-mammoth embryo,” Professor George Church, head of the team of scientists, told The
Guardian.
“Actually, it would be more like an elephant with a number of mammoth characteristics.
We’re not there yet, but it could happen in a couple of years.”
The team is hoping to make a “mammophant” – a mix between an elephant and a mammoth.
It would be like a regular elephant but have features from the mammoth that would make it more
adaptable to cold weather.
Small ears, a thick layer of body fat and, of course, long hair are what helped the mammoth
live in freezing temperatures.
So why go through all the effort and expense to bring back an animal that died out thousands
of years ago The answer lies in climate change.
It’s hoped that the creatures will stop frost in the world’s tundra from melting and releasing
huge amounts of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
“Mammoths used to keep the tundra from thawing by punching through snow and allowing
cold air to come in,” said Church. “In the summer, they knocked down trees and helped the grass
grow.”
Church and his team are attempting to mix mammoth DNA, recovered from frozen samples
of the animal found in Siberia, with that of the Asian elephant, which is its closest relative.
There are critics who believe that the media has got carried away with the story though, after
several websites ran headlines such as “Woolly mammoths will be on Earth again within two
years”.
“So far, scientists have managed to include characteristics of the mammoth into elephant
DNA. In a few years, they hope to make an embryo, but that’s a long way from creating a viable
embryo,” Popular Science magazine wrote.
Some have even gone so far as to call the story “fake news”. Paleoanthropologist John
Hawks wrote on blog platform Medium: “Is this just another case of the media turning a good
science story into something it’s not ”
Although we may not be seeing woolly mammoths at the zoo any time in the near future, it’s
still exciting to know that there is still the possibility of a real Jurassic Park some day, however
tiny that possibility may be. (497 words)
1. The underlined word “resurrecting” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.
A. making something adaptable to current condition
B. studying a sample of something
C. bringing something back to life
D. producing a hybrid embryo of something
2. What would a mammophant look like according to the text
A. It would be a combination of elephant, mammoth and dinosaur.
B. It would be an exact copy of the woolly mammoth with long hair.
C. It would look like a normal elephant but also share some mammoth traits.
D. It would be like a bigger sized elephant with small ears and short hair.
3. What is the main purpose of producing mammophants according to Church
A. To improve biodiversity. B. To help fight global warming.
C. To remove frost in the tundra. D. To help grass grow in the tundra.
4. What can be concluded from the text
A. The media holds a cautious attitude toward the mammophant program.
B. A hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo is likely to be produced within two years.
C. The method used to produce mammophants was borrowed from the movie Jurassic Park.
D. Scientists still have a long way to go to fulfil the goals of the mammophant program.
【词汇积累】
1. woolly mammoth 长毛猛犸象
2. a hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo 一个大象和猛犸象杂交的胚胎
3. tundra 冻原
4. thaw v. 解冻
5. sample 样本
6. get carried away with...被...冲昏头脑
7. viable 能存活的
8. Paleoanthropologist 古人类学家
七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Humans use electricity to light up the night sky. But did you know that nature itself can glow,
too
1. __________. Some use their lights to communicate. Others shine to hunt, to mate (交配) or
to protect themselves. The vampire squid (幽灵蛸), for example, gives out a cloud of light to scare
enemies.
2. __________.
In 2013, the US company Gleaux said it had created the world’s first light-producing plant,
reported the Daily Mail. 3. __________.
“People have dreamed about this stuff for many years,” said Alexander Krichevsky, the
company’s founder.
He and other researchers are working toward a future in which glowing plants replace lamps
and glowing trees line highways. 4. __________, making them glow to let farmers know when
they need water or are ready to be picked.
While Gleaux is working on glowing plants, the French company Glowee is trying to use
glowing bacteria to light up shop windows and street signs. It is the same type of bacteria that
causes certain sea animals to light up.
5. __________. The company is now working on a light that shines brighter, lasts longer and
comes in different colors.
“Our goal is to change the way we produce and use light,” said Glowee founder Sandra Rey.
“We want to offer a global solution that will reduce the 19 percent of electricity consumption used
to produce light.”
A. People are also creating glowing bacterial art that you can hang in your home
B. Scientists have found many glowing creatures, most of which live in the ocean
C. Krichevsky also hopes the technology could be used in crops
D. Researchers around the world are looking into nature’s lights for new ideas
E. It is a genetically-modified (转基因的) plant that glows like fireflies do
F. In 2016, Glowee created a bacteria-powered light that glowed for three days
G. This technology could help us save much energy.
——高考沙场点兵
主题语境：人与社会 难易度：☆☆☆ 语篇类型：记叙文 建议用时：6 min
（2021 广东高三联考，B 篇）
The definition of community has evolved for me from childhood to the young adult I am now.
My mom was born in America but both her parents were from the Bahamas. It was their culture to
take care of the elderly and the sick, And my mom has taught me to be caring to those around us
because we're all a part of the “community”, an extension of family.
When I was 9 years old, my family moved to Cape Coral, Florida. Both mom and dad
worked full-time, so they registered me to attend an after-school program at the Youth Center.
Youth counselors would help me with my homework and play games with me and this was where
my interest took munity service started with me giving back at the Youth Center.
Then illness struck at home. My grandmother had to have heart surgery and needed hospital
treatment. This experience brought me to volunteer at Cape Coral Hospital. I asked if I could learn
from the nurse how to give my grandma her medicine and it started here.
I loved being at Cape Coral Hospital. I would bring paperwork to other doctors, bring food to
the patients, and make sure the patients were attended. I would help direct visitors to see patients. I
would always tell what would cheer the patients up because I had built a relationship with them
and their loved ones. I grew to feel the hospital was a part of my community.
After volunteering at the Youth Center and at the Hospital, I've learned that people become
sort of an extended family when you care about them. Now I am more considerate of those close
to me, neighbors and even strangers who share my resources.
1. Who might be the first to expose the author to the sense of community
A. Counselors at the Youth Center. B.Nurses at Cape Coral Hospital.
C. Her grandparents. D.Her mother.
2. Why did the author's parents send her to the Youth Center
A. They were too busy to take care of her.
B. They wanted her to do community service.
C.The author couldn't finish her homework on her own.
D. Becoming a counselor was the author's childhood dream.
3. What did the author volunteer to do first at Cape Coral Hospital
A.Cheer the patients up. B.Bring food to the patients.
C.Help direct visitors to see patients. D. Serve medicine to her grandmother.
4. What is the best title for the text
A.I Love Volunteering
B.Community Is Family
C.My Volunteer Experiences
D.My Community and My Family
【词汇积累】
1. evolve v.升华
2. counselors n. 辅导员
3. attend v.参加，照顾
4. an extension of family 家庭的延伸
5. heart surgery 心脏手术
6. cheer...up 使...振奋
7. considerate adj.周到的，体贴的
