Unit 6 Starting out&Understanding ideas
一、单词拼写
1.Humans take in oxygen and breathe out _____(碳) dioxide.
2.Look at the example on the _____(幻灯片).
3.Do you know the real meaning of the _____(温室) effect
4.It ______(使惊恐) me thinking I have to walk through the woods in the dark.
5.The _____(演讲) will be of special interest to students who major in history.
二、选词填空
in fear; be scared of; cut...off; have an effect on; see...as; the other way round; mistake...for; break down; common sense; take...into account
1.Would you mind _____ the fat _____ the meat
2.It's hard to believe that it takes hundreds of years for plastic to ____________.
3.Anyone with a bit of ____________ would know that this can't be true.
4.It's well known that the greenhouse effect ___________ our daily life.
5.The little girl looked at the ugly and dirty tall man ____________.
6.People often _____ Tom _____ Tim because the twin brothers look so much alike.
7.Art reflects life, or is it ____________
8.When holding a sports meeting, the leaders usually _____ the weather _____.
9.Don't lose someone who loves you and _____ you _____ his family member.
10.Don't ____________ failure and setbacks(挫折), because they will make you grow faster.
三、七选五
How to Celebrate World Environment Day
World Environment Day is a yearly event which is held to raise global awareness of the need to protect our world. ①________ People consider it a climax(高潮) of environmental activities being performed all year round by UNEP. Be a part of the celebrations to make our world cleaner, greener and brighter.
Find out what the WED environmental theme is for the year. For example, in 2011, it is the International Year of Forests, thus the front page focuses on forests and trees on the site. If the theme inspires you, consider planning your event around the theme. ②________
Check out the activities already planned in your area, region or country. You might like to join in what has been planned, or even help out if you're early enough to become a part of the volunteers for the event. ③________
Consider holding your own WED event. ④________ You could enthuse your neighbourhood street, your friends, your local community, your school, a group of businesses or the media to become involved too.
⑤________ Do a study of your energy usage, your living habits and your use of unsustainable(不可持续的) products and make a list of ways you intend to control your unsustainable activities and habits and replace them with sustainable ones.
A. You will expect extra exciting activities.
B. Use the Internet to search for WED events near you.
C. If you don't mind a little planning and effort, why not organize your own
D. Adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.
E. Check out which country is the host country for WED.
F. If you have another environmental theme that you're really into, that's okay too!
G. Known as WED for short, it is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
四、语法填空
The 1975 film Jaws, attracting a good number of audiences and winning many awards, tells the story of a great white shark that attacks and kills swimmers. Many people who saw the film were ①_____(scare) of sharks, especially of the great white shark. Some people stopped swimming in the sea. Other people even started fishing for sharks, killing as many as possible.
After 1975, the number of large sharks ②_____(fall) quickly around the world. People caught sharks, cut off their fins and then threw them back into the sea where they died slowly and ③_____(painful).
In 1980, Peter Benchley, who wrote the book the film Jaws was based on, ④_____(dive) when he came across ⑤_____ awful sight. It was an area where fishermen were finning. He saw sharks ⑥_____(kill) and the sea floor was covered with dead sharks, ⑦_____ caused a deep change in him. He came to see people as a danger to sharks, rather than the other way ⑧_____. From then on, he fought to protect sharks.
⑨_____(fortunate), not all people who watched the film Jaws were scared of sharks. Some even became interested in understanding them. The more we learn about sharks, the more we can do to protect them from ⑩_____(extinct).
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:carbon
解析:句意: 人类吸入氧气, 呼出二氧化碳。
2.答案:slide
解析:句意: 看看幻灯片上的例子。
3.答案:greenhouse
解析:句意: 你知道温室效应的真正含义吗
4.答案:scares
解析:句意: 一想起我不得不在黑暗中走过那片树林, 我就感到害怕。
5.答案:lecture
解析:句意: 历史专业的学生会对这个演讲特别有兴趣。
二、答案:1.cutting; off 2.break down 3.common sense 4.has an effect on 5.in fear 6.mistake; for 7.the other way round 8.take; into account 9.sees; as 10.be scared of
解析:1.句意: 您介意把这块肉上的肥肉切掉吗 cut...off切掉, 切断。
2.句意: 很难相信塑料的分解需要数百年。break down分解。
3.句意: 有一点常识的人都会知道, 这不可能是真的。common sense常识。
4.句意: 众所周知, 温室效应对我们的日常生活有影响。have an effect on对......有影响。
5.句意: 小女孩儿惊恐地看着这个又丑又脏的高个子男人。in fear惊恐地。
6.句意: 人们经常会把Tom错当成Tim, 因为这对双胞胎兄弟长得太像了。mistake...for...把......错当成......。
7.句意: 是艺术反映生活呢 还是相反呢 the other way round相反。
8.句意: 当举行运动会的时候, 领导通常会把天气情况考虑在内。take...into account把......考虑在内。
9.句意: 不要把那个爱你并把你当作家人的人给弄丢了。see...as...把......看作......。
10.句意: 不要害怕失败与挫折, 因为它们会使你更快地成长。be scared of害怕。
三、答案:GFBCD
解析:语篇解读:本文主要讲述如何庆祝世界环境日,就进行什么环保活动给出建议。
①解析:空格前讲述为了唤起人们保护世界的意识,世界环境日每年举行。空格后讲述人们认为世界环境日是联合国环境规划署全年举行的环境活动的高潮。由此推断空格处选G项“它简称为WED,是由联合国环境规划署运作的”符合语境,此处it指世界环境日。故选G项。
②解析:本段建议要了解世界环境日的主题。空格前阐述如果这个主题使你产生了灵感,那么考虑围绕该主题规划你的庆祝活动,由此推断空格处选F项“如果你有喜欢的环保主题,那也是好的”符合语境。故选F项。
③解析:本段建议你核查一下你的地区或者国家已经有什么计划。空格前阐述你可能想要参加某个计划,或者作为志愿者帮忙,由此推断空格处选B项“使用网络搜索你附近举行的世界环境日活动” 符合语境。故选B项。
④解析:本段建议你考虑举办你自己的环境日活动。空格后讲述你可以使你的社区、你的朋友、你的学校或者媒体等都参与进来,由此推断空格处选C项“如果你不介意一点点的规划和努力,为什么不组织自己的活动呢 ”符合语境。故选C项。
⑤解析:空格处是本段主题。本段主要阐述研究你的能源使用情况、你的生活习惯和不可持续产品的使用情况,列出你打算控制的不环保行为和习惯的方法名单。由此推断本段建议“采用环保的生活方式”。故选D项。
四、
答案:①scared ②fell ③painfully ④was diving ⑤an ⑥being killed ⑦which ⑧round ⑨Fortunately ⑩extinction
解析:①考查形容词。be scared of为固定搭配, 意为"害怕", 故填scared。
②考查动词时态。此处说的是过去的事, 应用一般过去时, 故填fell。
③考查副词。空前为连词and, 连接并列成分, and前为副词slowly, 故设空处填painfully。
④考查动词时态。此处为"sb. be doing...when..."句型, 表示"某人正在做某事, 就在这时......"; 时间为过去, 故填was diving。
⑤考查不定冠词。空后为可数名词sight, 表泛指, 前面需有不定冠词; 空后awful以元音音素开头, 故填an。
⑥考查非谓语动词。此处为"see+宾语+宾语补足语"结构, 表示正在进行的被动动作, 故填being killed。
⑦考查关系代词。设空处指代前面整句话, 在非限制性定语从句中作主语, 故填which。
⑧考查固定搭配。the other way round相反, 故填round。
⑨考查副词。此处应用副词作状语, 故填Fortunately。
⑩考查名词。protect...from...保护......免受......, from为介词, 后需用名词, 故填extinction。
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