Unit 2 Exploring English
Part 3 Developing & Presenting ideas
课前积累
完成以下名言警句并做好积累。
1. Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only __________(achieve) by understanding.
只有通过理解，而非武力，才能保持和平。 —爱因斯坦
2. Scientific research is one of ____________(exciting) and rewarding of occupations.
科学研究是最令人兴奋和最有回报的职业之一。—桑格(两度获得诺贝尔化学奖)
3. You cannot shake hands _________ a clenched fist.
你不可能和紧握的拳头握手。 —甘地
4. If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit ________(live).
如果一个人没有发现他愿意为之而死的东西，他就不配活着。—马丁.路德.金
5. The secret _________ humor is surprise.
幽默的秘诀在于惊喜。 —亚里士多德
6. Genius is one percent ___________(inspire) and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的汗水。—爱迪生
7. The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in _________
they want to do.
最重要的是努力激励人们，让他们在任何想做的事情上都能做得很好。—科比
8. Once you replace negative thoughts _________ positive ones, you'll start having positive
results.
一旦你用积极的想法取代消极的想法，你就会开始有积极的结果。
—威力.纳尔逊(乡村音乐的代表人物)
答案自查
1. be achieved 2.the most exciting 3.with 4.to live 5.to 6.inspiration 7.whatever
8.with
级练
——基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1. What did the leaders attending the Belt and Road __________(论坛) talk about
【答案】Forum
2. Awakened by a noise __________(楼下的), he sat up and turned on the light.
【答案】downstairs
3. He later publicly apologized for his __________(评论).
【答案】comments
4. There were few natural __________(资源), no timber, stone, or metals.
【答案】resources
5. I had a sore __________(喉咙) and it hurt to swallow.
【答案】throat
6. They rushed to the __________(入口) and forced their way in.
【答案】entrance
7. Another difference between __________(正式的) and __________(非正式的) language is
some of the vocabularies.
【答案】formal, informal
8. I i__________(打算) to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.
【答案】intended
9. The game can't be played by an __________(奇数的) number of people.
【答案】odd
10. I am acutely __________(知道的) of the difficulties we face.
【答案】aware
11. NASA discovered a mathematical e__________(错误) in its calculations.
【答案】error
12. She will put up a sign to __________(提醒) people to save every drop of water.
【答案】remind
13. Scientists have a fairly __________(消极的) attitude to the theory.
【答案】negative
14. The idea that computers can __________(识别出) human voices surprises many people.
【答案】recognize
15. Their holiday was ruined by a whole series of __________(事故).
【答案】misadventures
II. 短语填空
play safe have a frog in the throat go all out look forward to
have trouble cause misunderstandings take place broaden your knowledge
1. The summer Olympic Games __________ every four years.
【答案】take place
2. In order that it might not __________, he explained it in more detail.
【答案】cause misunderstanding
3. After singing all night in the bar, I __________ next morning.
【答案】had a frog in the throat
4. If you want to __________, cut down on the amount of salt you eat.
【答案】stay safe
5. If you speak the same topic all the time, you'll never get improved; different
topics __________ and enlarge your vocabulary.
【答案】broaden your knowledge
6. I __________ concentrating when my roommate talks so loud on her mobile phone.
【答案】have trouble
7. Now he is in trouble, we should __________ to help him.
【答案】go all out
8. Thank you for calling the hotline and we __________ seeing you soon on one of our tour
buses.
【答案】look forward to
III. 单句语法填空
1. Many deaths from heart disease are __________(actual) avoidable.
【答案及详解】actually 考查词性转换。句意：很多心脏病导致的死亡实际上是可以避免的。
副词修饰形容词，故填 actually。
2. Young people now spend more in __________(feed) their pets than they spend on themselves.
【答案及详解】feeding 考查非谓语动词。句意：比起花在自己身上的钱，现在很多年轻人
花更多的钱喂养宠物。spend... in doing...花费时间/金钱做某事，故填 feeding。
3. The police must be prepared for the __________(expect).
【答案及详解】unexpected 考查词性转换。句意：警察务必准备好应对意外。the unexpected
意料之外的事，故填 unexpected。
4. There are no significant __________(different) between the two groups of students.
【答案及详解】differences 考查词性转换。句意：两组学生之间没有显著的区别。There be +
noun.在某处有某物，此处需要把形容词变成名词，系动词为 are，故名词需要变成复数形式，
故填 differences。
5. Though I was told to perform__________(calm) before the interview, his questions made me
feel nervous.
【答案及详解】calmly 考查词性转换。句意：尽管我在面试前被告知要表现镇定，但是他
的问题还是让我很紧张。副词修饰动词，故填 calmly。
6. Meanwhile, the editor was getting __________(patient), for the magazine would soon go to
press.
【答案及详解】impatient 考查词性转换。句意：与此同时，编辑开始变得不耐烦，因为杂
志马上要付印。根据后文，可知此处表示“不耐烦的”之意，故填 impatient。
7. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused __________(stop) until we
reached the next stop.
【答案及详解】to stop 考查非谓语动词。句意：我听到身后的一位乘客对司机大喊，但是
司机拒绝停车，直到我们到了下一站。拒绝做某事：refuse to do，故填 to stop。
8. The construction of the two new railway lines ___________(complete) by now.
【答案及详解】has been completed 考查动词的时态语态。句意：两条新铁路线的建造截止
目前已经完成。时间状语 by now，谓语动词要用现在完成时，故填 has been completed。
9. ________ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had
expected.
【答案及详解】What 考查从属连词。句意：我妈妈告诉我的事已经深深扎根在我的脑中，
我按照她期待的那样去做。引导主语从句，表示“...的事”，故填 what。
10. Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, ________ lived roughly from 551
to 497 BC, influenced the development of chopsticks.
【答案及详解】who 考查关系代词。句意：一些人认为，伟大的中国智者孔子，大约生活
在公元前 551-497，影响了筷子的发展。该空前的先行词为 Confucius，故关系代词为 who。
IV. 翻译句子
1. 人们总说英国人对吃的东西很谨慎。
【答案】People say that the British play safe with what they eat.
2. 当我第一次去纽约的时候，我去市中心一家购物中心买冬靴。
【答案】When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping center to buy some winter
boots.
3. 在入口处的服务台，我问一位女士鞋靴部在哪里。
【答案】At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe section was.
4. 我参加了一个英国的一所大学和我的大学之间的交换生项目。
【答案】I was a part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my
university in China.
5. 我花了几天的时间准备和写作我的第一篇英语论文。
【答案】I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper.
V. 课文语法填空
Last week our forum 1._______(ask) if you had any funny or strange stories about using
English. We 2.__________(actual) got many posts from which we selected to show how different
the English we learn in the classroom is 3.________ the English in the outside world. People say
that the British always stay safe with 4._______ they eat, but one day Yancy’s English teacher
Maggie couldn’t give lesson because she had a frog in her throat. When Sophie was in New York,
she was 5.__________(confuse) about the first floor and the ground floor. Julien’s penfriend told
that his grandfather was really wicked. But Julien ended up 6._________(find) that the
grandfather was really nice. A Chinese college student Zheng Xu took part in a student exchange
programme in England. He 7.________(spend) several days preparing and writing his first English
paper, 8.________(hope) to get a good comment. But when he got his paper back, he found his
teacher just 9.__________(write) the comment “not bad”. How odd these situations are! Do you
have any funny and interesting stories to share 10________ us
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. _____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________
【答案及详解】
1. asked 考查动词时态。句意：上个星期我们在论坛里问大家在使用英语时有没有遇到过
什么搞笑或者离奇的事情。时间状语为 last week，谓语动词要用一般现在时态。故填 asked。
2. actually 考查词性转换。句意：我们实际上收到很多帖子。副词修饰动词，形容词和句子，
故填 actually。
3. from 考查介词搭配。句意：在课堂上学到的英语和在课堂之外使用的英语是多么的不同。
与前面的 different 相呼应，故填 from。
4. what 考查从属连词。句意：人们都说英国人吃东西很谨慎。介词 with 后是一个宾语从
句，且从属连词表示“...的东西”，他们吃的东西，what=the thing(s) that...故填 what。
5. confused 考查词性转换。句意：她被 the first floor 和 the ground floor 搞糊涂了。be confused
about...对...感到困惑。故填 about。
6. finding 考查非谓语动词。句意：结果却发现这位爷爷是个非常和善的人。结果却是...end
up doing ...，故填 finding。
7. spent 考查动词时态。句意：他花了几天的时间准备和写作。描述过去发生的事情，谓
语动词要用一般过去时态，故填 spent。
8. hoping 考查非谓语动词。句意：希望能得到一个好的评价。非谓语动词作状语时，如果
与主语形成主动关系，要用现在分词，故填 hoping。
9. had written 考查动词时态。句意：老师仅仅写道“还不错”。But when he got his paper
back, he found his teacher just...老师写评价发生在前，他拿回论文发生在后，发生在前的谓语
动词用过去完成时，发生在后的谓语动词用一般过去时，故填 had written。
10. with 考查介词搭配。句意：你有什么有趣搞笑的故事和我们分享吗？share...with...与...分
享...，故填 with。
拓展培优练
阅读理解
Part of the reason that English has grown as a world language is that it easily adjusts to (适应)
change. However, this means that what one was taught as a child in school may be out of date
many years later. When words or phrases change, it can make speakers feel “wrong” because they
were taught that something else was “right”．
One example of this is a term connected to school itself. Today, it is common for people to
say that they “graduated” high school or college. The word “graduate” has two common
meanings. One is to mark off a series. The other meaning is closely related. As you move through
school, you cross over a series of achievements: grade school, middle school, high school, and
college. So, in a way, school itself is “graduated”．
So, when people used to speak of getting a degree, they said they “graduated from college”.
“To graduate college” would have meant to mark it off by year — the first year, the second year
etc. Similarly, “to graduate to college” would have meant to complete high school and move up to
the next level.
But as happens often in English, when people understand your meaning, smaller words can
disappear. “I graduated college” is now easy to say. This may distress people who were taught that
you had to use “from” to be correct. But this is not the first time this phrase has been simplified. It
used to be that you said, “I was graduated from college，” instead of, “I graduated from college.”
You can't know what English will keep and what it will lose. Who could imagine that we
would still say we “dial” a phone number when we now push buttons on our cellphones Yet we
know what it means.
1．What do we know about the word “graduate”？
A．It has two similar meanings.
B．There was a change in its meanings.
C．It had nothing to do with school at first.
D．It got an extra meaning during its development.
2．Which of the following is the newest usage of “graduate”？
A．I was graduated from college.
B．I was to graduate to college.
C．I graduated from college.
D．I graduated college.
3．The underlined word “distress” probably means “________”．
A．change B．correct
C．worry D．hurt
4．What's the best title for the text
A．Right or wrong
B．Words come and go in English
C．English is a very changeable language
D．How should English be taught in school
【答案】ADCB
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了英语是一门不断发展变化的语言。
1. A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The word‘graduate’ has two common meanings. One is to
mark off a series. The other meaning is closely related.”可知，graduate 一词有两个相近的意思。
2. D 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“what one was taught as a child in school may be out of date
many years later”和第二段中的“One example of ... or college.”可知，I graduated college 是最新
的用法。
3. C 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“who were taught that you had to use ‘from’ to be correct”
可知，对于那些在学校学的是 I graduated from college 的人来说，他们认为 I graduated college
是错误的说法，然而现在人们却经常这样说，这让他们感到不安。故 distress 和 worry 意思
相近。
4. B 标题归纳题。文章第一段点出英语在发展变化，第二至四段举例说明 graduate 一词用
法的变化，最后一段中的“You can't know what English will keep and what it will lose.”更是点
出文章的主旨。故 B 项作标题切题。
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体裁：夹叙夹议 难度：★★★ 建议时间:18 分钟
话题： 人与社会（人际交往） 词数：288
It was a Sunday morning on a subway in New York. People were sitting 1 – some reading
newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed. It was a calm, peaceful
scene. Then 2 , a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so 3 and
active that the whole 4 of the car instantly changed.
The man sat down next to me and closed his eyes, apparently 5 of the situation. The
children were yelling and 6 things, and yet, the man sitting next to me did nothing.
It was difficult not to feel 7 . I couldn’t believe that he was 8 his children to run wild
like that, and was taking no 9 at all. It was easy to see that 10 else on the subway felt
annoyed.
So finally, I turned to him and said, “Sir, your children are really 11 a lot of people.
Could you 12 them a little more ”
The man lifted his gaze and said softly, ‘Oh, you’re 13 ; I guess I should do something
about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother 14 about an hour ago. I don’t
know what to think, and I guess they don’t know how to 15 it either.’
Can you 16 what I felt at that moment Suddenly, I saw things differently; my anger
was 17 . I didn’t have to worry about controlling my attitude or my behavior; my heart was
filled with the man’s 18 . Now, instead of frustration (沮丧), feelings of 19 filled my heart.
“Your wife just died Oh, I’m so sorry. Can you tell me about it What can I do to help ”
Everything 20 in an instant.
1. A. nervously B. quietly C. seriously D. patiently
2. A. suddenly B. finally C. carefully D. immediately
3. A. happy B. cute C. noisy D. funny
4. A. mood B. view C. condition D. position
5. A. afraid B. tired C. proud D. unaware
6. A. reading B. throwing C. folding D. drawing
7. A. worried B. discouraged C. annoyed D. ashamed
8. A. expecting B. guiding C. warning D. allowing
9. A. risks B. notes C. effect D. responsibility
10. A. everyone B. someone C. nobody D. anyone
11. A. supporting B. embarrassing C. disturbing D. attracting
12. A. notice B. control C. watch D. encourage
13. A. right B. wrong C. unlucky D. crazy
14. A. returned B. worked C. died D. stayed
15. A. understand B. describe C. deny D. handle
16. A. express B. imagine C. predict D. remember
17. A. lost B. done C. gone D. deepened
18. A. pain B. joy C. courage D. faith
19. A. bitterness B. trust C. freedom D. sympathy
20. A. restored B. changed C. settled D. ended
【答案】1-5 BACAD 6-10 BCDDA 11-15 CBACD 16-20 BCADB
【文章大意】本文是记叙文，讲述了作者在地铁上的一段经历。
一个星期天的早晨，在纽约的地铁上。人们静静地坐着—一些人在看报纸，一些人陷入沉思，
一些人闭着眼睛休息。这是一个平静祥和的场景。然后突然，一个男人和他的孩子进了地铁
车厢。孩子们如此吵闹和活跃，以至于整辆车的气氛立刻就变了。那人挨着我坐下，闭着眼
睛，显然没有意识到情况。孩子们大喊大叫，扔东西，然而，坐在我旁边的男人什么也没做。
我感到烦恼。我无法相信他会让他的孩子那样放肆，却一点责任也不承担。显然，地铁上的
其他人都感到恼火。 所以最后，我转向他说:“先生，你的孩子真的打扰了很多人。你能不
能控制他们一点？” 那人抬起眼睛，轻声地说:“哦，你说得对；我想我应该做点什么。他
们母亲一小时前刚刚去世，我们才从医院回来。我不知道该怎么办，我猜他们也不知道该如
何处理。”你能想象我当时的感受吗？突然，我看到了不同的东西；我的愤怒消失了。我的
心里充满了那个男人的痛苦。现在，同情而不是沮丧的感觉充满了我的心。“你妻子刚刚去
世？哦，我很抱歉。你能给我讲讲吗？我能帮什么忙？” 一切都在一瞬间改变了。
1. B。由破折号后描述的情景有人在看书，有人沉思，有人在闭上眼睛休息，可以推知当时
是比较安静的，所以答案为 B。
2. A。根据上下文可知，一名男子带着孩子进入车厢后，车厢就开始变得嘈杂起来，由静到
动，suddenly 突出了这一前后对比，故选 A。
3. C。这里对应下文的“The children were yelling”。
4. A。mood 心情，气氛；view 风景；视野；观点；condition 情况，条件；position 位置。
结合上下文来看，这名父亲带着孩子进入车厢前，周围和谐宁静，而他们进入后孩子的吵闹
改变了车厢的氛围，故 A 为最佳选项。
5. D。由上文“closed his eyes”以及下文的“the man sitting next to me did nothing.”可知这名父亲
显然没有意识到孩子们的喧闹，故选 D。
6. B。结合上下文来看孩子们“The children were yelling”以及“run wild like that”，让车厢里的
其他乘客气恼，可见他们做的事情是让人讨厌的，选项里只有扔东西会打扰到其他人，所以
选 B。
7. C。这里对应下文的“It was easy to see that 10 else on the subway felt annoyed”。
8-9. D，D。孩子们如此吵闹，这位父亲竟然能够不予理会，允许他们如此毫不顾忌地打扰
他人，这也是不负责任的表现。take responsibility (for) (对……)负责；take no responsibility
不负责。
10. A。孩子们喧闹影响的是车厢里所有的人，所以选 A。
11. C。supporting 支持；embarrassing 使困窘，使为难；disturbing 打扰，妨碍；attracting
吸引。从上文孩子们的表现来看，可推知他们打扰了他人，故选 C。
12. B。孩子们行为失控了，所以作者建议这位父亲管控管控他们，故选 B。
13. A。从下文这位父亲的回答“I guess I should do something about it. ”可知，他认同作者的话，
故选 A。
14. C。这里对应下文“Your wife just died ”
15. D。这里指因为才遭遇不幸，所以这位父亲认为孩子们像他一样，不知道如何面对。
16. B。听了这位父亲的解释后，作者后面的态度瞬间改变了，所以作者这里设问，“你们想
象一下我那时的感受是什么？”
17. C。从下文描述的作者的态度可以看出，他对这位父亲与孩子充满了同情，所以不再生
气了，故选 C，gone adj. 不复存在的。
18-19. A，D。这位父亲刚刚失去妻子，作者对他的痛苦充满了同情。
20. B。这里对应上文的“Suddenly, I saw things differently”。一瞬间，一切发生了改变，故选
B。
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：8 min
（2015 浙江卷，A 篇）
From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible
failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the
teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This
means that when they don’t know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of
everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid
them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.
One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now I’m going to say something
about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a
lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you
questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book
to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that’s enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you what
words mean.”
The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking One girl, who had just come
to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after
I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, “Mr Holt, do you really
mean that ” I said just as seriously, “I mean every word of it.
During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a
glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It can’t be,” and
went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick, in the edition with woodcuts.
I said, “Don’t you find parts of it rather heavy going ” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip
over those parts and go on to the next good part.”
This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is – an exciting, joyous
adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can
out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every
child get every last little scrap of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book.
【词汇积累】
1. adventurously adv. 爱冒险地
2. stunned adj. 目瞪口呆的
3. seriously adv.严肃认真地，郑重其事地
4. I mean every word of it. 我说得每句话都是认真的。
5. astonish v. 使...吃惊
6. a glimpse of 瞥了一眼
7. illustration n.插图
8. Moby Dick 《白鲸》
9. joyous adj.令人愉快的
10. skip v.跳过
11. mean-spirited adj. 气量小的
12. picky adj. 挑剔的
13. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap
of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book. 我们小气、挑剔地坚持让每个孩子都能
从书本中获得每一点“理解”，这与我们的做法有多么不同。
1. According to the passage, children’s fear and dislike of books may result from ______.
A. reading little and thinking little B. reading often and adventurously
C. being made to read too much D. being made to read aloud before others
2. The teacher told his students to read ______.
A. for enjoyment B. for knowledge
C. for a larger vocabulary D. for higher scores in exams
3. Upon hearing the teacher’s talk, the children probably felt that ______.
A. it sounded stupid B. it was not surprising at all
C. it sounded too good to be true D. it was no different from other teachers’ talk
4. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage
A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.
B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.
C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.
D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.
5. From the teacher’s point of view, ______.
A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading
B. children should be left to decide what to read and how to read
C. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in school
D. reading involves understanding every little piece of information
【答案】DACCB
【文章大意】本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了老师如何培养孩子们的阅读兴趣。
1. D 细节理解题。根据文章第一段 When children are little we make them read aloud before the
teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are
reading. This means that when they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake,
right in front of everyone"，可知当孩子们还小的时候，我们让他们在老师和其他孩子面
前大声朗读，这样我们就可以确保他们“知道”他们所读的所有单词。这意味着当他们不认识
某一个字的时候，他们会在所有人面前犯错误。所以根据这篇短文，孩子们对书的
恐惧和厌恶可能是由于他们在别人面前大声朗读的结果。故选 D。
2. A 细节理解题。根据第二段作者的话 Now I'm going to say something about reading that
you have probably never heard a teacher say before.I would like you to read a lot of books
this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure.现在我要说一些关于阅读的事情，
你可能从来没有听说过一个老师说。我希望你读很多书，但今年，我想让你读书只为乐
趣。所以老师叫他的学生们以阅读为乐。故选 A。
3. C 细节理解题。根据第二段 The children sat stunned and silent.孩子们震惊和沉默地坐着。”
第三段第四行“do you really mean that ”当老师说了这些话之后，孩子们都很震惊，很奇怪，
所以他会确定问老师是不是真的这样 这表明学生是不太相信的。故选 C 项。
4. C 细节理解题。根据第四段 She answered, Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on
to the next good part. “但我只是跳过这些部分，继续读下一个好的部分”可知她学会了欣赏
那些难读的书的某些部分。故选 C 项。
5. 推理判断题。根据最后一段 Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad
parts, get what you can out of it，go on to something else. 找到一些东西，埋头去读它们，抓住
好的部分，跳过坏的部分，从中得到你能得到的，然后再去读其它的。所以判断出从老师的
角度看，应该让孩子们决定读什么和怎样读。故选 B 选项。Unit 2 Exploring English
Part 3 Developing & Presenting ideas
课前积累
完成以下名言警句并做好积累。
1. Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only __________(achieve) by understanding.
只有通过理解，而非武力，才能保持和平。 —爱因斯坦
2. Scientific research is one of ____________(exciting) and rewarding of occupations.
科学研究是最令人兴奋和最有回报的职业之一。—桑格(两度获得诺贝尔化学奖)
3. You cannot shake hands _________ a clenched fist.
你不可能和紧握的拳头握手。 —甘地
4. If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit ________(live).
如果一个人没有发现他愿意为之而死的东西，他就不配活着。—马丁.路德.金
5. The secret _________ humor is surprise.
幽默的秘诀在于惊喜。 —亚里士多德
6. Genius is one percent ___________(inspire) and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的汗水。—爱迪生
7. The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in _________
they want to do.
最重要的是努力激励人们，让他们在任何想做的事情上都能做得很好。—科比
8. Once you replace negative thoughts _________ positive ones, you'll start having positive
results.
一旦你用积极的想法取代消极的想法，你就会开始有积极的结果。
—威力.纳尔逊(乡村音乐的代表人物)
级练
基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1. What did the leaders attending the Belt and Road __________(论坛) talk about
2. Awakened by a noise __________(楼下的), he sat up and turned on the light.
3. He later publicly apologized for his __________(评论).
4. There were few natural __________(资源), no timber, stone, or metals.
5. I had a sore __________(喉咙) and it hurt to swallow.
6. They rushed to the __________(入口) and forced their way in.
7. Another difference between __________(正式的) and __________(非正式的) language is
some of the vocabularies.
8. I i__________(打算) to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.
9. The game can't be played by an __________(奇数的) number of people.
10. I am acutely __________(知道的) of the difficulties we face.
11. NASA discovered a mathematical e__________(错误) in its calculations.
12. She will put up a sign to __________(提醒) people to save every drop of water.
13. Scientists have a fairly __________(消极的) attitude to the theory.
14. The idea that computers can __________(识别出) human voices surprises many people.
15. Their holiday was ruined by a whole series of __________(事故).
II. 短语填空
play safe have a frog in the throat go all out look forward to
have trouble cause misunderstandings take place broaden your knowledge
1. The summer Olympic Games __________ every four years.
2. In order that it might not __________, he explained it in more detail.
3. After singing all night in the bar, I __________ next morning.
4. If you want to __________, cut down on the amount of salt you eat.
5. If you speak the same topic all the time, you'll never get improved; different
topics __________ and enlarge your vocabulary.
6. I __________ concentrating when my roommate talks so loud on her mobile phone.
7. Now he is in trouble, we should __________ to help him.
8. Thank you for calling the hotline and we __________ seeing you soon on one of our tour
buses.
III. 单句语法填空
1. Many deaths from heart disease are __________(actual) avoidable.
2. Young people now spend more on __________(feed) their pets than they spend on themselves.
3. The police must be prepared for the __________(expect).
4. There are no significant __________(different) between the two groups of students.
5. Though I was told to perform__________(calm) before the interview, his questions made me
feel nervous.
6. Meanwhile, the editor was getting __________(patient), for the magazine would soon go to
press.
7. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused __________(stop) until we
reached the next stop.
8. The construction of the two new railway lines ___________(complete) by now.
9. ________ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
10. Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, ________ lived roughly from 551
to 497 BC, influenced the development of chopsticks.
IV. 翻译句子
1. 人们总说英国人对吃的东西很谨慎。
2. 当我第一次去纽约的时候，我去市中心一家购物中心买冬靴。
3. 在入口处的服务台，我问一位女士鞋靴部在哪里。
4. 我参加了一个英国的一所大学和我的大学之间的交换生项目。
5. 我花了几天的时间准备和写作我的第一篇英语论文。
V. 课文语法填空
Last week our forum 1._______(ask) if you had any funny or strange stories about using
English. We 2.__________(actual) got many posts from which we selected to show how different
the English we learn in the classroom is 3.________ the English in the outside world. People say
that the British always stay safe 4._______ what they eat, but one day Yancy’s English teacher
Maggie couldn’t give lesson because she had a frog in her throat. When Sophie was in New York,
she was 5.__________(confuse) about the first floor and the ground floor. Julien’s penfriend told
that his grandfather was really wicked. But Julien ended up 6._________(find) that the
grandfather was really nice. A Chinese college student Zheng Xu took part in a student exchange
programme in England. He 7.________(spend) several days preparing and writing his first English
paper, 8.________(hope) to get a good comment. But when he got his paper back, he found
his teacher just 9.__________(write) the comment “not bad”. How odd these situations are! Do
you have any funny and interesting stories to share 10________ us
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. _____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________
拓展培优练
阅读理解
Part of the reason that English has grown as a world language is that it easily adjusts to (适应)
change. However, this means that what one was taught as a child in school may be out of date
many years later. When words or phrases change, it can make speakers feel “wrong” because they
were taught that something else was “right”．
One example of this is a term connected to school itself. Today, it is common for people to
say that they “graduated” high school or college. The word “graduate” has two common
meanings. One is to mark off a series. The other meaning is closely related. As you move through
school, you cross over a series of achievements: grade school, middle school, high school, and
college. So, in a way, school itself is “graduated”．
So, when people used to speak of getting a degree, they said they “graduated from college”.
“To graduate college” would have meant to mark it off by year — the first year, the second year
etc. Similarly, “to graduate to college” would have meant to complete high school and move up to
the next level.
But as happens often in English, when people understand your meaning, smaller words can
disappear. “I graduated college” is now easy to say. This may distress people who were taught that
you had to use “from” to be correct. But this is not the first time this phrase has been simplified. It
used to be that you said, “I was graduated from college，” instead of, “I graduated from college.”
You can't know what English will keep and what it will lose. Who could imagine that we
would still say we “dial” a phone number when we now push buttons on our cellphones Yet we
know what it means.
1．What do we know about the word “graduate”？
A．It has two similar meanings.
B．There was a change in its meanings.
C．It had nothing to do with school at first.
D．It got an extra meaning during its development.
2．Which of the following is the newest usage of “graduate”？
A．I was graduated from college.
B．I was to graduate to college.
C．I graduated from college.
D．I graduated college.
3．The underlined word “distress” probably means “________”．
A．change B．correct
C．worry D．hurt
4．What's the best title for the text
A．Right or wrong
B．Words come and go in English
C．English is a very changeable language
D．How should English be taught in school
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话题： 人与社会（人际交往） 词数：288
It was a Sunday morning on a subway in New York. People were sitting 1 – some reading
newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed. It was a calm,
peaceful scene. Then 2 , a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were
so 3 and active that the whole 4 of the car instantly changed.
The man sat down next to me and closed his eyes, apparently 5 of the situation. The
children were yelling and 6 things, and yet, the man sitting next to me did nothing.
It was difficult not to feel 7 . I couldn’t believe that he was 8 his children to run wild
like that, and was taking no 9 at all. It was easy to see that 10 else on the subway felt
annoyed.
So finally, I turned to him and said, “Sir, your children are really 11 a lot of people.
Could you 12 them a little more ”
The man lifted his gaze and said softly, ‘Oh, you’re 13 ; I guess I should do something
about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother 14 about an hour ago. I don’t
know what to think, and I guess they don’t know how to 15 it either.’
Can you 16 what I felt at that moment Suddenly, I saw things differently; my anger
was 17 . I didn’t have to worry about controlling my attitude or my behavior; my heart was
filled with the man’s 18 . Now, instead of frustration, feelings of 19 filled my heart. “Your
wife just died Oh, I’m so sorry. Can you tell me about it What can I do to help ”
Everything 20 in an instant.
1. A. nervously B. quietly C. seriously D. patiently
2. A. suddenly B. finally C. carefully D. immediately
3. A. happy B. cute C. noisy D. funny
4. A. mood B. view C. condition D. position
5. A. afraid B. tired C. proud D. unaware
6. A. reading B. throwing C. folding D. drawing
7. A. worried B. discouraged C. annoyed D. ashamed
8. A. expecting B. guiding C. warning D. allowing
9. A. risks B. notes C. effect D. responsibility
10. A. everyone B. someone C. nobody D. anyone
11. A. supporting B. embarrassing C. disturbing D. attracting
12. A. notice B. control C. watch D. encourage
13. A. right B. wrong C. unlucky D. crazy
14. A. returned B. worked C. died D. stayed
15. A. understand B. describe C. deny D. handle
16. A. express B. imagine C. predict D. remember
17. A. lost B. done C. gone D. deepened
18. A. pain B. joy C. courage D. faith
19. A. bitterness B. trust C. freedom D. sympathy
20. A. restored B. changed C. settled D. ended
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：8 min
（2015 浙江卷，A 篇）
From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible
failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the
teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This
means that when they don’t know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of
everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid
them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.
One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now I’m going to say something
about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a
lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you
questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book
to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that’s enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you
what words mean.”
The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking One girl, who had just come
to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after
I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, “Mr Holt, do you really
mean that ” I said just as seriously, “I mean every word of it.
During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a
glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It can’t be,” and
went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick, in the edition with woodcuts.
I said, “Don’t you find parts of it rather heavy going ” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip
over those parts and go on to the next good part.”
This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is – an exciting, joyous
adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can
out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every
child get every last little scrap of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book.
【词汇积累】
1. adventurously adv. 爱冒险地
2. stunned adj. 目瞪口呆的
3. seriously adv.严肃认真地，郑重其事地
4. I mean every word of it. 我说得每句话都是认真的。
5. astonish v. 使...吃惊
6. a glimpse of 瞥了一眼
7. illustration n.插图
8. Moby Dick 《白鲸》
9. joyous adj.令人愉快的
10. skip v.跳过
11. mean-spirited adj. 气量小的
12. picky adj. 挑剔的
13. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap
of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book. 我们小气、挑剔地坚持让每个孩子都能
从书本中获得每一点“理解”，这与我们的做法有多么不同。
1. According to the passage, children’s fear and dislike of books may result from ______.
A. reading little and thinking little B. reading often and adventurously
C. being made to read too much D. being made to read aloud before others
2. The teacher told his students to read ______.
A. for enjoyment B. for knowledge
C. for a larger vocabulary D. for higher scores in exams
3. Upon hearing the teacher’s talk, the children probably felt that ______.
A. it sounded stupid B. it was not surprising at all
C. it sounded too good to be true D. it was no different from other teachers’ talk
4. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage
A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.
B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.
C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.
D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.
5. From the teacher’s point of view, ______.
A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading
B. children should be left to decide what to read and how to read
C. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in school
D. reading involves understanding every little piece of information
