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课件34张PPT。Module 6Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries
of the Natural WorldFunctionTalking about possibility and improbabilitya. Many people think the monster may be related to Nessie.
b. They think there might be similar creatures in other lakes.
c. Scientists say the lake is unlikely to be able to support such a big creature.Look at the sentences and answer the questions.unlikelyca, b3. Which word is followed by to + verb?1. Which sentences say that something is
possible?2. Which sentences say that something is
impossible?may: 可能会, 或许会
might: 可能, 或许 (语气更不肯定)
unlikely: 可能性不大的(形容词)e.g. 1. It may be a new species.
它可能是一种新的物种。
2. He may not be there.
他或许不在那儿。3. His suggestion might be worth
thinking about.
他的建议或许值得考虑。
4. I have got a lot of books that might
interest you.
我有许多或许你感兴趣的书。5. She is unlikely to arrive before 7.
7点钟前她可能到不了。
6. It is unlikely that he got injured.
他不大可能受伤。Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets.Example: Perhaps that snake is
dangerous. (may)
That snake may be
dangerous.1. Perhaps there are still dinosaurs somewhere. (might)There might still be dinosaurs somewhere.2. Don’t go near the water. Perhaps it’s
very deep. (may)Don’t go near the water. It may be very deep.3. We probably won’t see the monster. (unlikely)We are unlikely to see the monster.4. Perhaps there is an underground
river from Loch Ness to the sea. There may be an underground river from Loch Ness to the sea.5. We must help him – perhaps he can’t swim! (may)We must help him – he may not be able to swim.6. There are probably lots of strange
creatures in that lake. (likely)There are likely to be lots of strange creatures in that lake.Grammarmay have / might haveRead the sentences from the interview.a. The dinosaurs may have stopped
evolving, and been unable to adapt
to changes in the climate.
b. They might have killed each other. We use may have or might have (with the past participle) to talk about ____.
1. Something which happened in the
past – perhaps.
2. Something which is impossible.
3. Something which may happen in the
future.1Complete the sentences using may have / might have and the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (Two of them should be in the passive voice.)1. The meteorite _________________
(cause) a huge dust cloud.might have caused2. The dust cloud _________________
(cut off) the sunlight.
3. Small animals _________________
(survive) by eating nuts and seeds.
4. The dinosaurs __________________
(kill) by volcanic eruptions.might have cut offmay have survivedmight have been killed“may + have + done”表示对发生过的
事情的推测，意思是“可能已经”或
“也许已经”，用于肯定句中。
e.g. –What has happened to George?
–I don’t know. He may have got lost.
—乔治发生了什么事？
—我不知道，他可能迷路了。“might+have+done”表示对过去事情
的推测，might与may意思相同，但可能性更小, 多用于虚拟语气结构中。
e.g. He might have given you more help,
even though he was busy.
他或许会多给你一些帮助，即使他
很忙。在英语中，表示对过去某种情况或已发生的动作进行推测，常用“情态动词+ have +动词-ed形式”表示。说话人的语气或推测的把握程度不同，使用的情态动词也不同。1. must have done意为“过去一定做过……”。
e.g. It must have rained last night,
for the ground is wet.
2. can / could have done意为“过去可能做过……”或“过去本来可以做……而没有做”，can’t / couldn’t have done意为“过去不可能做过……”。e.g. Don’t worry. They could have just
forgotten to phone.
I could have passed the exam, but
I was too careless.
Mr Smith has gone to Beijing, so
you couldn’t have seen him
yesterday.3. needn’t have done意为“本不需要
做……却做了”。
e.g. I needn’t have written to him
because he phoned me shortly
afterwards.4. ought to / should have done表示“过去
应该去做……而没有做”。ought not
to / shouldn’t have done表示“过去不
应该做……却做了”。
e.g. Sam, you are too lazy. The work
should have been finished last
night.
You ought not to have taken the
book out of the reading room. Thank you for all your hard work
last week. I don’t think we ____ it
without you.
A. can manage
B. could have managed
C. could manage
D. can have managed高考链接2. – I’m sorry. I ______ at you the
other day.
– Forget it. I was a bit out of control
myself.
A. shouldn’t shout
B. shouldn’t have shouted
C. mustn’t shout
D. mustn’t have shouted 3. — Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is?
　— She ______ in the classroom. I saw
her there just now.
A. shall be B. should have been
C. must be D. might have been4. But for their help, we _____ the
program in time.
A. can not finish
B. will not finish
C. had not finished
D. could not have finished5. He did not regret saying what he did
but felt that he _____ it differently.
A. could express
B. would express　
C. could have expressed
D. must have expressed 6. – The weather has been very hot
and dry.
– Yes. If it had rained even a drop,
things would be much better now!
And my vegetables _______.
A. wouldn’t die
B. didn’t die
C. hadn’t died
D. wouldn’t have died7. – I left my handbag on the train, but
luckily someone gave it to a railway
official.
– How unbelievable to get it back!
I mean, someone ______ it.
A. will have stolen
B. might have stolen
C. should have stolen
D. must have stolen8. Had they known what was coming
next, they _____ second thoughts.
A. may have
B. could have
C. must have had
D. might have hadRevise what you have learnt in the lesson.
2. Finish the Exercises 2-3 in Grammar on Page 57.课件44张PPT。Module 6Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries
of the Natural WorldIntroduction The Loch Ness Monster
尼斯湖水怪Do you know some mysteries in the world?英国水母麦圈Shennongjia SavageUFOpyramidThe BigfootThe YetiLook at the pictures and match them with the descriptions. ________ is a monster that lives
high up in the Himalayas. It’s
about two meters tall and has powerful arms and legs. If often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it. Local people and people travelling in the mountains have many stories to tell about it. The Yeti___________ got its name because of its footprints. It lives in the mountainous forests of northwest America and probably looks like a very large monkey – tall and hairy with big arms and legs. Native Americans believe it is a spirit and has no physical form.The Bigfoot______________ is a frightening creature that lives in Scotland. Climbers say they have seen it on the mountains. It is tall and has a grey face and long claws instead of hands. The Grey manOne of the most famous monsters in the world is the _________________. It lives in a deep lake (a loch) in the north of Scotland and it is very old. It has a small head and a long tail and some people believe it is a dinosaur.Loch Ness MonsterFind the words in the stories. Now match them with the definitions. attack claw creature dinosaur tail
footprint hairy monster spirit1. an animal, especially if you don’t know what kind of animals it is _________
2. an unknown animal that is big and frightening __________creaturemonster3. with a lot of hair _______
4. the mark left on the ground by a foot
_________
5. a part that sticks out at the back of an
animal’s body _______
6. a large animal that lived thousands of
years ago _________hairyfootprinttaildinosaur7. something that continues to exist after
death __________
8. the sharp nails that some animals and
birds have on their feet _________
9. to use violence against someone
_________spiritclawsattackReading and VocabularyHow much do you know about Lake Tianchi?
Where is it?
How big/ deep is it?Lake Tianchi1. Where is it?It covers an area of about ten square kilometers. In places it is over 370m deep.It’s in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province.2. How big and deep is it? a tourist guide
a newspaper
a dictionary
a scientific journalRead the beginning of the passage and decide where the text comes from. Read the passage and then tell the main idea of each paragraph.The latest sighting of the Tianchi monsterAnother recent sighting of Tianchi monsterParagraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 4More information about the Tianchi
monsterParagraph 5Information about Lake TianchiA third sighting of the Tianchi monsterParagraph 3Read the text carefully and answer the questions. How many sightings of the monster
does the article report?Three. 2. Who saw the monster clearly, and why?Mr Li Xiaohe and his family, because the weather was fine and the lake was calm. 3. Which description of the monster is most detailed?The soldiers’ description.The beginning of last century.4. When was the monster first sighted?5. What do many people think about the
monster?They think it might be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness Monster. 6. What do scientists think about the
monster?They don’t believe a large animal could live in Lake Tianchi because it’s too cold.7. What is special about Lake Tianchi?It’s the highest volcanic lake in the world.Read the text carefully again and complete the following chart.black a seal a horse10-centimetre horns on the surfaceround black dived into a distant cousinsimilar creatures unlikelyPost readingChoose the best way to complete the definitions of the words below.A sighting is when someone _____.
A. sees something
B. finds something
C. puts something somewhere. appear, clam, claim, dive, horn, repeat,
skeptical, seal, sighting, temperature2. A seal is _____.
A. a kind of animal
B. a swimmer
C. a kind of boat
3. If you claim something you ____.
A. say it is true
B. say it is not true
C. are not telling the true4. A horn is a type of bone which comes
out of an animals’ _______.
A.tail B. head C. back
5. If you dive into water you go _____.
A. feet first B. bottom first
C. hands and head first6. If you repeat something you ______.
A. do it again B. stop doing it
C. do it many times.
7. Something which appears can be _____.
A. seen B. heard C. touched
8. Calm water is not _____.
A. dangerous B. deep C. moving9. If you are sceptical about something
you ______.
A. know nothing about it
B. believe it to be true
C. don’t really believe it10. The temperature of something is
A. how heavy it is
B. how hot or cold it is
C. how deep it is1. Finish the exercises on papers
and workbook.
2. Recite the new words in the text.课件40张PPT。Module 6Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries
of the Natural WorldLanguage points1. attack n. 攻击, 袭击 e.g. make an attack on the enemy
对敌人进行袭击
a troop under attack
遭受攻击的部队have an attack of fever 突发高烧
a heart attack 心脏病突发
attack v. 袭击, 攻击; 抨击; (疾病等)侵袭,
发作; 动手(解决)e.g. I was suddenly attacked from
behind.
我突然从背后遭受袭击。
Today’s papers all attacked the
government’s policy.
今天的报纸都抨击政府的新政策。【即学即练】 英译汉。他读过报纸上一篇抨击足球运动员的文章。他正遭受一种侵袭他大脑的疾病的折磨。2) He is suffering from a disease that
attacks his brain.1) He read a newspaper article attacking
the football player.3) Most wild animals won’t attack us
unless they are made angry.大部分野生动物不会袭击人除非他们被激怒了。那个小女孩上个月第一次心脏病发作。4) The little girl had her first heart
attack last month.2. exist v. 存在
e.g. They existed on very little money.
他们靠着一点钱生存着。
There existed a fact that …
存在着这样一个事实……existence n. 存在
e.g. Do you believe in the existence
of God?
你相信上帝的存在吗? 3. claim v.声称, 宣称(可跟动词不定式
或从句); 认领
n. 声称, 说法; 要求, 认领; 索赔
e.g. He claimed that he would beat all
the competitors and win the gold
medal.
他声称将击败所有的对手赢得金牌。Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
科学家宣称在治疗癌症方面已有重大突破。The police said that if no one claimed the watch, he would keep it.
警察说如果没有人认领这块手表, 他将保存着。He was hurt in a railway accident and put in a claim for compensation.
他在铁路事故中受了伤, 提出要求赔偿。【拓展】
have a claim on sb.
对某人有……的要求权
make no claim(表示不能做某事)自认为不
lay claim to sth.
对……提出权利要求; 声称对……的拥有权
put in a claim for sth.
提出对……的要求, 申请……的所有权【即学即练】
根据汉语完成句子, 每空一词。
1) 他声称已经完成了作业, 但是我不相信
他。
He claimed ____ ___ ____ _______ the
work but I didn’t believe him.that he had finished 2) 他说他发现了一颗新行星。
He _______ __ ____ discovered a new planet.
3) 有人认领那个落在树下的包了吗?
Did anybody _____ ___ ____ which was left under the tree?claimed he had claim the bag4. cover v. 覆盖, 包含, 占地(多大面积)
e.g. The bird covered the distance in
three minutes.
这只鸟三分钟飞完了这段距离。Our school covers an area of 20 square kilometers.
我们学校占地面积二十平方公里。
How many pages have you covered
the book? 这本书你读了多少页了?The book covers the facts that you can’t find in any other book.
这本书包括了其他任何书上都没有的事实。5. adapt v. 适应 修改 改编
e.g. He could not adapt his way of
life to the company.
他无法使他的生活方式适应公司。It is hard to adapt this story for children.
很难为孩子们改编这个故事。
The movie was adapted from a novel.这部电影是由一部小说改编而来。6. die out 消失, 灭绝
e.g. The old traditions are dying out.
古老的传统正在消失。
die off 相继死去
die down/away
(火势, 声音, 风力) 逐渐弱下去7. throw light on 阐明某事, 帮助弄清楚
e.g. The notes threw light on the texts.
这些注解有助于课文的理解。
They are doing some
investigations that will throw
light on the social problem.
他们正在做一些能阐明这个社会
问题的调查。come straight to the point 开门见山, 谈正题
e.g. Whenever he talks, he comes
straight to the point.
他无论何时谈话, 都直奔主题。8. reputation n. 名誉, 声誉
e.g. have a good reputation
有一个好名声
have a reputation for sth.
因……而闻名
live up to one’s reputation
不负盛名, 名副其实
lose/ruin one’s reputation
名誉扫地9. indicate 常与that连用, 意为“指出, 暗示”
e.g. Fever indicates sickness.
身体发烧表示有病。
Mr Smith has indicated that he
may resign.
史密斯先生暗示他可能会辞职。10. fortune n. 运气, 命运, 财富
e.g. make a fortune
发财
try one’s fortune
碰运气
tell sb.’s fortune
给某人算命11. due to 由于, 因……而造成
e.g. The game was postponed due to
the rain.
由于下雨, 比赛推迟了。
The accident is due to your
careless driving.
这起交通事故是由于你的粗心
驾驶而造成的。要他了解现代音乐似乎是不可能的。I. Translation.ExercisesI seem to have seen him before.It seems impossible for him to understand modern music. 2. 我好像曾经见过他。There seems to be no need to help that country.3. 似乎没必要帮助那个国家。4. 一家大银行支持我们的公司。Our company is backed up by a large bank. Fish can’t exist out of water.5. 我们趁着黑夜开始攻击。 We began to attack under cover of darkness. 6. 没有水鱼不能生存。7. 他很快使他自己适应了新环境。 He spent five dollars having his fortune told.He is quick to adapt himself to new circumstances.8. 他花了5美元算了算命。 9. 我能代他要求赔偿损失吗?10. 声音逐渐远去, 让在场的人目瞪口呆。Can I claim payment for him for the damage?The noise died away, leaving the people present dumbfounded.11. 他声称他不在犯罪现场。He claimed that he wasn’t at the scene of the crime.12. 这些书对你不可能有帮助。These books are unlikely to be helpful to you.It appeared that the little girl would probably never walk.13. 那个小女孩看起来好像从来没有走
过路。14. 我们重做了一次试验, 得到了相同
的结果。We repeated the experiment and got the same result.15. 在过去几周中发生了很多起事故。There have been many accidents in
the past few weeks.1. H____ are usually in pairs, one on
each side of the head.
2. Although she was frightened, she
answered with a c____ voice.
3. It was reported that there was another
UFO _______ (目击) in the sky last night.sighting alm orns II. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字
母或汉语意思, 写出该单词的正确形式。4. In order not to let him go out, his
mother told him that there was a(n)
_______ (怪物) outside the house.
5. I’m rather ________ (怀疑的) about
their chances of winning.
6. We must pay special attention to the
__________ (神秘的) stranger.monster mysterioussceptical 课件26张PPT。Module 6Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries
of the Natural WorldListening and Vocabularyadapt climate disappear
extinct evolve survive1. The _______ of a country is the type of weather it has. climateComplete the sentences with the words below in the box.2. If an animal or plant is ______, it existed a long time ago but doesn’t exist now.
3. When things _________, they no longer
happen or exist.
4. When people or animals _______, they don’t die after an accident or an illness.extinctdisappear survive5. If you can ______ to something, you
can change in order to make the situation better.
6. When animals or plants ______, they change and develop over a long period of time.adaptevolve1. How much do you know about dinosaurs?
2. Have you ever seen any films or read any books about dinosaurs?3. In your opinion, why did dinosaurs disappear from the earth? Give your reasons.Work in pairs and answer the questions about dinosaurs. (Listen and check)1. Dinosaurs ruled the earth for about ______ million years.
A. two
B. twenty
C. two hundred2. They ate ____.
A. plants
B. meat
C. both plant and meat
3. They became extinct ______ years ago.
A. 600,000
B. 6 million
C. 66 million4. Their nearest relatives today are ____.
A. birds
B. fish
C. mammalsListen to the second part of the interview. How many explanations are given for the disappearance of the dinosaurs?Key:1. A meteorite hit the earth.2. They stopped evolving.3. They killed each other.4. A volcanic eruption.5. Cancer caused by radiation.Guess the Chinese meaning of the words according to the pictures.Volcanic eruptioncraterdust cloudnutsseedsgalaxymeteoriteListen to the second part again. Tick the key words and phrases when you hear the above words.A huge meteorite may have hit all the
dinosaurs. ( )
2. Perhaps a dust cloud made the world
dark. ( )
3. A meteorite caused a volcanic eruption.
( )FTFDecide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).4. The dinosaurs had to eat seeds and
nuts to survive. ( )
5. Perhaps too much fighting caused the
dinosaurs to die out. ( )
6. One scientist believed the dinosaurs
became ill when they ate the wrong food. ( )FTF7. There may be dinosaurs today living in other galaxies. ( )
8. Dr Binfield thinks the crater near Mexico was caused by a meteorite.
( )FTWhich theory do you think is most likely, and why? Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World
I．教学内容分析
本模块以Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World为话题，介绍了天池怪物，中西文化中的龙，尼斯水怪，喜玛拉雅山雪人，恐龙的灭绝等内容，旨在通过模块教学使学生进一步认识我们所处的世界，培养他们不断探索自然奥秘的精神。同时通过学习本模块内容，学习搜集和区分信息等能力，利用所学词汇，可以表达描述自然现象。
Introduction 部分通过四则小短文描述四种神秘的怪物，并且结合短文学习词汇，引起学生对本模块学习的兴趣。
Reading and Vocabulary 部分通过课文《天池怪物》的学习，学会根据起始段落预测文章出处。学会提取文章主要信息，归纳文章的主旨大意。根据上下文正确理解生词含义。
Speaking 部分所给的信息，要求学生能学会采访中的发问和应答。
Function 部分通过四个活动，练习“可能”、“不可能”这一交际功能的表达。
Listening and Vocabulary 部分同过听“自然之谜——恐龙”的文章，训练学生判断信息正确与否的能力，培养学生热爱自然生物的兴趣。
Grammar部分复习并归纳may have done 或might have done的意义和用法，要求学生熟练应用这一结构。
Writing 部分要求学生能够模仿课文“天池怪物”撰写一篇描述想象中的一种怪物的短文，开发学生想象力，进一步熟练使用本模块词汇。
Pronunciation 部分通过听力的训练，让学生掌握语音中的失去爆破现象。
Everyday English 部分主要通过选择题的形式使学生掌握back in the news, throw light on something等几个日常英语的运用。
Cultural Corner部分是一篇学生很感兴趣的文章，介绍了龙在不同文化中的象征及其缘由，通过阅读了解外国文化，拓展学生的文化背景知识，提高学生文化底蕴和对外国文化的感悟能力。并让学生对比中外文化，发现两者之间的差异。
Task部分是结合本模块学习内容，要求学生小组活动，讨论某种大自然的神秘生物或神秘现象，然后以向游客介绍的方式进行描写，训练学生描写自然的能力。
Module File部分有助于学生对本模块学习内容进行归纳，对自己的学习进行总结和检验。
II．教学重点和难点
1. 教学重点
掌握一些和自然及动植物有关的词汇。
学习情态动词表猜测的用法。
学习提取文章有用信息，猜测词义的方法。
2. 教学难点
听懂描述陌生事物并能做出正误判断，正确理解新学词汇的含义。
正确使用情态动词来表示猜测，特别是对过去的猜测。
(3) 学会利用已知词汇来描写介绍自然现象，动植物生活等自己感兴趣的话题。
III．教学计划
本单元分五个课时：
第一课时：Introduction, Speaking,
第二课时：Reading and Vocabulary, Writing
第三课时：Vocabulary and Listening, Pronunciation, Everyday English
第四课时：Grammar, Function
第五课时：Cultural Corner, task, Module File
IV．教学步骤：
Period 1 Introduction, Speaking
Teaching Goals:
1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about mysterious things.
2. To get Ss to learn some words to describe mysteries of the nature.
3. To get Ss to know and describe some mysterious things in nature.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Introduction
Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about mysteries of the nature.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
1. Pair work
(1) Ask Ss to look at the four pictures on page 51 and give some descriptions in their own words.
For your reference:
① A large foot which looks like a giant’s. It is similar to our human being’s but much bigger than it. Strangely it has only four toes.
② A huge monster like a gorilla, but looks taller and stronger than a gorilla. You may find the same creature in the film King Kong.
③ A kind of animal like a huge dragon in ancient Chinese legend. It lives in the water.
④ A terrible creature with long grey hair and face. It has long claws instead of hands.
(2) Let Ss read the four paragraphs and match them with the pictures.
Suggested Answers:
① b ② a ③ d ④ c
2. Individual work
Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 51 individually.
Suggested Answers:
(1) creature (2) monster (3) hairy (4) footprint (5) tail
(6) dinosaur (7) spirit (8) claw (9) attack
Step 2. Speaking
Purpose: To enable Ss to practice reporting mysteries of the nature.
1. Pair work
Ask Ss to suppose they are interviewed by a journalist to describe something about the monsters they saw. Ask them to do the role-play in pairs. One acts the interviewer and the other acts the interviewee.
Ask them to describe the four creatures in Activity 1 of Introduction one by one according the information showed in the introduction. Show Ss two examples to guide them.
Example (1):
Student A: Where and when you saw the Bigfoot?
Student B: I was cutting the firewood in the mountainous forests that evening. About 6 o’clock, when I wanted to go home, it appeared in the woods 20 yards from me.Student A: What is it like?【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
Student B: It looks like a very large monkey—tall and hairy with big arms and legs.
Student A: Did you feel frightened then?
Student B: Yes, very. I thought it would attack me. I was frightened to death.
…
Example (2)
Student A: Can you describe the scene when you met the monster like The Yeti?
Student B: yeah. It’s about two meters tall and has powerful arms and legs. Its head is very big and its eyes opened wide. It approached me slowly as if it wanted to attack me. I was very frightened but I didn’t dare to cry for help…【版权所有：21教育】
Student A: It’s really exciting and risky. But what happened last?
Student B: ….
2. Individual work
Ask Ss to say the imaginary creatures and scene in details according the dialogue they made. Then report in individuals.
Step 3. Homework
1. Ask Ss to revise the passages in the Introduction.
2. Ask Ss to practise making dialogue to say the monsters..
3. Ask Ss to preview Reading and Vocabulary in the module.21·世纪*教育网
Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary, Writing
Teaching Goals:
1. To let Ss master how to get useful information from a passage.
2. To let Ss master some words and phrases.
3. To get Ss to talk something about a monster.
4. To help Ss write a story about another monster.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision:
Purpose: To check whether Ss master what they’ve learnt in the last period or not.
Ask Ss to answer the following questions.
(1) What will the Yeti do when it gets angry?
(2) What does the Bigfoot look like?
(3) Where does the Grey man live?
(4) What’s the Loch Ness Monster like?
Suggested Answers:
(1) It will attack anyone who goes close to it.
(2) It looks like a very large monkey – tall and hairy with big arms and legs.
(3) The Grey man lives on mountains in Scotland.
(4) It has a small head and a long tail and some people believe it is a dinosaur.
Step 2. Leading-in
Purpose: To let Ss have a discussion about the Monster of Lake Tianchi.
1. Group work
Show four pictures and ask Ss to say something about the Lake Tianchi and the monster.


2. Group work
Let Ss reported their discussions to the class and collect them. Then give a simple introduction to lead in the reading.
For your reference:
Lake Tianchi is located in the north-eastern Jilin province near the border of North Korea, in China. The lake is 1,243 feet deep and has had some volcanic activity in the last 300 years. Tianchi is honoured as the deepest mountain lake and the largest crater lake in China.
There have been more than 30 reported sightings by tourists from home and abroad over the past 20 years. They said that they saw the great monster in the lake. There are quite a few pictures and videos of this creature, but none is clear enough to give a good appearance of it. Some persons made the picture with computer images of it based on interviews. Someone drew a picture to show its shape, but it remains unconfirmed.
Step 3. Reading
Purpose: To improve Ss’ reading skills.
1. Skimming
Ask Ss to read the beginning of the passage and finish Activity 1 on page 52.
Suggested Answers:
A newspaper.
2. Scanning
(1) Ask Ss to read the first paragraph quickly and answer the two questions.
① According to the text, what did the monster look like?
② How many people saw it?
Suggested Answers:
① Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse.
② About 200
(2) Ask Ss to read the second paragraph and answer the questions:
① Who else saw the animal?
② What were they doing?
③ What did it look like?
Suggested Answers:
① A group of soldiers
② They were walking along the side of the lake.
③ It was greenish-black and had a round head with 10cm horns.
(3) Ask Ss to read the third and fourth paragraph and answer the questions.
① What did Li Xiaohe see?
② Why could they see the animal clearly?
③ How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi?
④ What do many people think?
⑤ What do the scientists think?
Suggested Answers:
① A round black creature moving quickly through the water. After 300 or 400 meters it dived into the water.
② The weather was fine and the lake was calm.
③ Since the beginning of the last century.
④ The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world.
⑤ The low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.
(4) Ask Ss to read the last paragraph and give the following information about Lake Tianchi:
Height: ① Area: ② Depth: ③
Suggested Answers:
① 2189 m ② 10 km2 ③ 370 m deep in some places
4. Post-reading
Ask Ss to do Activity 4 on page 53. Then check their answers.
Suggested Answers:
(1) a (2) a (3) a (4) b (5) c (6)a (7) a (8) c (9) c (10) b21*cnjy*com
Step 4. Language Points
Purpose: To let Ss understand the passage well.
1. Group work
Ask Ss to discuss the important and difficult language points in groups.
(1) It often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it. (Page 51)
它经常生气，会袭击靠近它的任何人.
attack vt. & vi 袭击
① A girl was attacked and robbed by two strong men.
② The enemy attacked during the night.
※【拓展】
◆ attack vt. 抨击
attack sb. / sth. for sth. 为某事抨击某人
He was attacked for his corruption.
◆ attack n.
launch / make an attack (on sb. / sth.) 攻击某人或者某物
They launched an attack on racism.
(2) He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water. （Page 52）
他说他看见一个圆形黑色的东西在湖面快速游过。
claim vt宣称，声称（后可跟that从句或动词不定式）
① I don’t claim to be an expert.
② He claimed he should be given a fairer opportunity.
※【拓展】
claim的意思还有：
◆ vt. 要求，认领
Has anyone claimed this watch?
◆ vt. 索赔，索取
Did you claim the insurance after your car accident?
◆ vt. 注意，思考
The matter claims our attention.
(3) It is 2,189 metres high and covers an area of about ten square kilometers.（Page 52）
天池海拔2189米，面积有10平方公里
cover an area of意为“占有……空间”,也可以只用cover表示此意。
The town covers (an area of) 5 square miles.
※【拓展】
cover 的其他意思还有：
◆ vt 覆盖
The mountain is covered with snow all the year round.21世纪教育网版权所有
◆ vt. 包含，涉及
The lecture covers many aspects of business.
◆ vt. 走完（一段路程）
I can cover the distance on foot in two hours.
◆ vt. 报道
The reporters are covering the fire for a newspaper.www-2-1-cnjy-com
(4) They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures. （Page 52）他们说，温度低的湖中不可能存活如此大的生物。
◆ be (un)likely to do… （不）可能做……
You’re likely to catch a cold if you go out now.
※【拓展】
It’s likely that… 有可能……
It’s likely that he will be late. = He is likely to be late.
2. Individual work
Ask Ss to fill the blanks of the summary according to the passage.
The “Monster” of Lake Tianchi, the highest __ (1) __ lake in the world, is __ (2) __ after several recent sightings. But no one has ever got a clear look at the __ (3) __ creature. In one sighting, as is __ (4) __ by the director of a local tourist office, it is black and __ (5) __ the water like a seal. In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers watched it __ (6) __ for about 2 minutes. A third report came from a family who __ (7) __ to __ (8) __ a round black creature __ (9) __ quickly through the water and then __ (10) __the water. Many people think the monster may be a __ (11) __cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Scientists, however, are __ (12) __, because the low-temperature lake is __ (13) __ to be able to __ (14) __ such a large __ (15) __ creature.
Suggested Answers:
(1) volcanic (2) back in the news (3) mysterious (4) claimed (5) jumped out of(
6) swimming (7) claimed (8) have seen (9) moving (10) diving into
(11) distant (12) sceptical (13) unlikely (14) support (15) living
Step 5. Writing
Purpose: To enable Ss to learn how to write a passage to say about another monster.
1. Group work
Ask Ss to read the passage on page 52 and answer the questions in Activity 1 on page 57.
Suggested Answers:
(1) Several groups of people saw a kind of “monster”.
(2) In Lake Tianchi in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province
(3) It lived in the water, was black or greenish-black, and some people said it had a roundhead and body with 10-cm horns on the head, while others said it had a horse’s head.
(4) The weather or large food supply to the monster.
2. Group work
Ask Ss to write a passage using the words and sentences in Activity1.
Step 6. Homework
1. Ask Ss to finish Reading exercises in the Workbook on pages 99~101.
2. Ask Ss to prepare for the Listening class.
Period 3 Vocabulary and Listening, Pronunciation, Everyday English
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to know some skills of listening.
2. To study some daily expressions.
3. To learn the intonation in exclamations.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to the Reading exercises in the Workbook.
Step 2. Vocabulary study
Purpose: To get Ss to learn some new words.
1. Group work
Ask Ss to match the words with their definitions.
(1) dinosaur (a) A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser
(2) carnivore (b) a large extinct reptile living on earth ever.
(3) meteorite (c) a stony or metallic mass that has fallen to the earth's surface
from outer space
(4) mammal (d) the act or process of radiating
(5) radiation (e) A flesh-eating animal
(6) galaxy (f) a warm-blooded milk-producing animal like human being
(7) crater (g) A sudden, often violent outburst
(8) eruption (h) numerous stars, gas, and dust containing large amount of solar masses
Suggested Answers:
(1) b (2) e　 (3) c　　(4) f (5) d (6) h (7) a (8) g
2. Individual work
Let Ss do Activity 1 on page 55 and check the answers.
Suggested Answers:
(1) climate (2) extinct (3) disappear (4) survive (5) adapt (6) evolve
Step 3. Listening
Purpose:
● To get the main information in the listening part;
● To develop Ss’ listening ability.
1. Pre-listening
Let Ss do Activity 2 on page 56 to know something about dinosaurs.
2. While-listening
(1) Ask Ss to listen to the tape and check the answers to Activity 2 on page 56
Suggested Answers:
① c ② c ③ c ④ a
(2) Ask Ss to listen again and fill the missing words in the listening passage
Good afternoon, and welcome to this week’s ① of Mysteries of Nature. Today’s topic is a ② one--- it’s ③ , those strange creatures which ④ the earth for no less than two hundred million years, some of them were ⑤ eaters, others were like the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex, carnivores who lived off meat and who ⑥ the more peaceful plant ⑦ dinosaurs. Not all dinosaurs were big --- some were the ⑧ of chickens, and in fact the ⑨ things to dinosaurs living today are actually birds. But the ⑩ we are going to talk about today is why the dinosaurs suddenly __(11)__ exactly 66 million year ago, and to __(12)__ light on the subject we’ve invited one of the world’s foremost __(13)__ on the subject, from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, Dr Roger Binfield.
Suggested Answers:
⑴ edition ⑵ big ⑶ dinosaurs ⑷ ruled ⑸ plant ⑹ attacked ⑺ eating
⑻ size ⑼ closest ⑽ mystery ⑾ disappeared ⑿ throw ⒀ experts
(3) Listen to the second part and do Activity 4 and 5 on page 56.21教育网
Suggested Answers to Activity 4:
① A meteorite hit the earth. ② They stopped evolving. ③ They killed each other
④ A volcanic eruption ⑤ Cancer caused by radiation
Suggested Answers to Activity 5:
(4) Listen to the second part again and do Activity 6 on page 56.
Suggested Answers:
① F ② T ③ F ④ F ⑤T ⑥ F ⑦ F ⑧ T
3. Post-listening
Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss which theory they think is most likely and why.
Step 4. Pronunciation — Consonants disappearing
Purpose: To enable Ss to know the words which consonants disappear.
1. Pair work
Show the sentences in the Pronunciation Activity 1 on the screen and ask Ss to read them out.
(1) I’ll come straight to the point.
(2) The most widely accepted theory.
(3) I think it’s the most likely explanation.
2. Individual work
Ask Ss to listen to the tape. Let them pay attention to the elides. Give them the right pronunciation.
Suggested Answers:
(1) straight to = / / (2) most widely=/ / (3) most likely=/ /
3. Pair work
Ask Ss to listen to the sentences in Activity 2 and repeat the elides. Then ask them to practise more.
Suggested Answers:
(1) went to= / / (2) most fantastic= / / (3) didn’t take= / /
Step 5. Everyday English
Ask Ss to choose the correct answers to Everyday English exercises and try to grasp the meaning of these expressions on page 58.
Suggested Answers:
(1) a (2) b (3) a (4) a (5) b (6) a (7) b
Step 6. Homework
1. Ask Ss to finish Vocabulary exercises in the Workbook on pages 98~99.
2. Ask Ss to preview Grammar and Function.
Period 4 Function, Grammar
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to know about the way to express possibility and improbability.
2. To enable Ss to master the usage of “may”, “might”, and “likely”.
3. To help Ss learn how to use modal verbs “may” and “might” to express conjecture.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to the Vocabulary exercises in the Workbook.　　21*cnjy*com
Step 2. Function
Purpose: To let Ss know how to talk about possibility and improbability.
1. Pair work
Ask Ss to do Activity 1 on page 54 and then call back the answers.
Suggested Answers:
(1) a, b (2) c (3) unlikely
2. Group work
Ask Ss to identify the creatures in the pictures in Activity 4 on page 55, by using “may” or “might”. Arouse their interest in talking about possibility.
3. Individual work
Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 54 individually. Then check their answers.
Suggested Answers:
There might still be dinosaurs somewhere.
Don’t go near the water. It may be very deep.
We are unlikely to see the monster.
There may be an underground river from Loch Ness to the sea.
We must help him – he may not be able to swim.
There are likely to be lots of strange creatures in that lake.
Step 3. Grammar
Purpose: To enable Ss to know how to use modal verbs “may” and “might” to express conjecture.
1. Group work
Ask Ss to discuss the two sentences in Activity 1 of Grammar on page 57, and then ask them to choose the best answer.www.21-cn-jy.com
Suggested Answers:
We use may have or might have (with the past participle) to talk about something which happened in the past—perhaps.
2. Explanation
Explain how to use modal verbs to talk about something which happened in the past—perhaps.
(1) 对过去的事情进行猜测，但把握较小时，肯定形式一般用may have done，否定形式一般用may not have done。如：2-1-c-n-j-y
He may have gone back home, because he didn’t say he would take part in her birthday party.
He may not have paid for the bill, because he had lost his job.
(2) 对过去的事情进行猜测，但把握更小时，肯定形式一般用might have done，否定形式用might not have done。如：
They helped send her bat to the hospital; otherwise, she thought, the baby might have died.
She might not have left home when I got to school.
(3) 对过去的事情进行猜测，并且可能性较大时，肯定形式一般用must have done，否定形式一般用can’t have done。如：
Your score is the highest; you must have studied very hard.
You can’t have seen her in her office last Friday; she’s been out of town for two weeks.
3. Practice
Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 57. Then call back the answers and correct them.
Suggested Answers:
(1) might have caused
(2) may have cut off
(3) may have survived
(4) might have been killed
4. Supplements
Explain how to use modal verbs to talk about something which happened at present—perhaps.
用来表猜测的情态动词有：must, can, may等，但它们所表示可能性是不同的。
(1) 对现在的事情进行猜测，并且可能性较大时，肯定形式一般用must加动词原形，此时，must不再表示“必须”，而是表示“肯定”；否定形式一般用can’t加动词原形，此时，can不再表示“能够”，而是表示“肯定不……”。如：2·1·c·n·j·y
I saw him go out just now. He can’t be in his own room. 【出处：21教育名师】
It must be Linda in the classroom, because she is on duty today.
(2) 对现在的事情进行猜测，但把握较小时，肯定形式一般用may加动词原形，此时，may不再表示“可以”，而是表示“可能”；否定形式一般用may not加动词原形。如：
He may tell the truth to his father.
She may not angry because she is good-tempered.
(3) 对现在的事情进行猜测，但把握更小时，肯定形式一般用might加动词原形；否定形式一般用might not加动词原形。如：
She might not be angry because she usually is very patient.
He might be at home now, but I’m not sure.
(4) 情态动词+动词现在进行时，表示对现在或将来正在进行的情况进行推测。如：
At this moment, our teacher must be correcting our exam papers.
Doctor Wang isn’t here. He might be giving a lecture in the hall.
(5) 情态动词+动词的现在完成进行时，表示对过去正在发生事情的推测。如：
Your mother must have been looking for you.
The light was on the whole night. He may have been doing his homework all the time.
5. Consolidation
Ask Ss to translate the following sentences.
(1) 他们也许错过了那班飞机。
(2) 快点！他们正在机场等我们。
(3) Tom是个诚实的孩子。他今晚可能会把真相告诉他父亲。
(4) 他五年前来看过我，他也许不费劲就能找到我的住处。
Suggested Answers:
(1) They may have missed the plane.
(2) Let’s hurry! They may be waiting for us at the airport.21cnjy.com
(3) Tom is an honest boy. He may tell his father about the truth this evening.
(4) He came to see me five years ago. He might find my house without any difficulty.
Step 4. Homework
1. Ask Ss to review Grammar.
2. Ask Ss to finish Grammar exercises in the Workbook pages 97~98.
Period 5 Cultural Corner, task, Module File
Teaching Goals:
1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning the differences of the dragon in different countries.
2. To make Ss develop the patriotic feeling.
3. To let Ss learn how to write a mystery of China.21教育名师原创作品
4. To help Ss review what we have learnt in this module;
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the workbook grammar exercises on pages 97~98.
Step 2. Cultural Corner
Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning the differences of the dragon in different countries.
Group work
Show two pictures of Chinese dragon and western dragon. Ask Ss to discuss the differences and tell something about them.

For your reference:
Western dragons were typically bad creatures which had to be killed. But in China they were generous and wise, and associated with the royal family to show power and strength.
2. Individual work
Ask Ss to read the passage and fill in the blanks by using the key words from the passage.
People talk about (1) almost everywhere in the world but have _ (2) _ opinions. In _ (3) _ culture, dragons are generous and _ (4) _.The dragon was closely _ (5) _ to the royal family. According to popular belief, _ (6) _you were born in the year of the dragon, you are _ (7) _, brave and a natural leader.21·cn·jy·com
But in the west, most people think _ (8) _of the dragon. It is said that in an old English story a man kills a _(9)_ dragon and the man is called by people a_(10)_.
The reason _ (11) _ westerners dislike dragons is that the idea of the dragon came from the_ (12) _, an animal which people _ (13) _and were afraid of. But the idea of the dragon in China came from alligator, an animal which is a good _(14)_for agriculture, so the Chinese people think dragons can bring good _(15)_ to them.
Suggested Answers:
(1) dragons (2) different (3) Chinese (4) wise (5) connected
(6) if (7) intelligent (8) poorly (9) dangerous (10) hero
(11) why (12) snake (13) hated (14) sign (15) fortune
Step 3. Module File
Purpose: To enable Ss to make a conclusion of this module and deepen what they have learned in the module.
Ask Ss to look at Module File on P60 and try to recall what they have learnt in the module. Then tick the things they are sure that they know and put a question mark next to the points they are not sure of and a cross to what they don’t know.
Help Ss to share their ideas and deal with the difficult or confusing points.
Step 4. Homework
1. Ask Ss to review Module 6.
2. Ask Ss to finish the rest of the exercises in the Workbook.
课件29张PPT。Module 6Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries
of the Natural World1. What happened?Look at the reading passage The Monster of Lake Tianchi again and check your answers to these questions.Several groups of people saw a kind of “monster”.2. Where did it happen?In Lake Tianchi in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province.3. What was the monster like?It lived in the water, was black or greenish-black, and some people said it had a round head and body with 10-cm horns on the head, while others said it had a horse’s head.4. What might have been the reasons for
the appearance of the monster?Open.Make up a story about another monster or mystery. Discuss in a group of 4 and write down the key points.1. Give the monster / the mystery a
special name.
2. Begin by saying what happened
and where.3. Describe the appearance of the
monster or the phenomena.
4. Give an explanation or theory about
the monster or the phenomena.Suppose you are the tour guide , giving the tourist an introduction about the monster or the mystery. Your presentation should include the following points: Tell the location of the place where
your explained mystery exists. Give
practical information, such as a map
of the area.
Say what happened there.
Describe what the monster is like or
how the phenomena are. Finish your article by giving an
explanation or theory about your
monster / phenomena.
Ask foreign tourists to pay a visit to
the place and tell what the best time it
is to go there.Cultural CornerDo you know any dragon stories?A. It tells us how the Chinese think of
dragons.
B. It tells us different opinions about
dragons between the Chinese and the
westerners.
C. It tells us Beowulf was a hero.What is the main idea of the text?Read the passage and give the main idea of each paragraph.Para. 1
Dragons are talked about everywhere in the world.Para. 2
The Chinese think well of dragons.Para. 3
The English think ill of the dragon but in Wales, it is a positive symbol.Para. 4
Dragon has a different character due to the animals the myths grew out of.Para. 5
In China, the dragon may have come from the alligator.Read the passage again and answer the following questions.In Chinese culture, dragons are generous and wise. They are closely connected to the royal family. According to popular belief, if you were born in the year of dragon, you are intelligent, brave and a natural leader.1. What do Chinese think of dragons?2. What do westerners think of dragons?Western dragons were typically bad creatures which had to be killed. But in Wales, the red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, indicating strength and a sense of national identity.generouswiseunpredictableroyal familyintelligentbravenaturalleaderreputationdangerousredpositivestrengthnationalidentityDo you know about any other animals that have different reputations in China and in the west?1. The very first text in English, the
Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, tells the
story of a Scandinavian hero, Beowulf,
who fights and kills a dangerous dragon
but is himself killed in the fight.
very用来加强语气。Notes本句是一个主从复合句。句子的主体部分为The text tells the story; the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf作the very first text的同位语; 第二个Beowulf作a Scandinavian hero的同位语。who引导非限制性定语从句, 补充说明先行词Beowulf, 该从句谓语由fights, kills和is killed并列组成。e.g. He went there on that very
afternoon.
他就在那天下午去了那里。
You are the very person I am
looking for.
你就是我要找的那个人。2. But in China, the idea of the dragon
may have come from the alligator — a
shy animal which lives in rivers, but
which is usually only seen when there
is plenty of water — a good sign for
agriculture.本句是一个主从复合句。句子的主体部分是the idea of the dragon may have come from the alligator。第一个破折号后的部分是对the alligator的补充说明, 其中有两个which引导的定语从句修饰先行词animal; 第二个which引导的非限制性定语从句中又带有一个when引导的时间状语从句。第二个破折号后的部分是对plenty of water的补充说明。Write an article for an English newspaper about your monster.
Begin by saying what happened and where.
Describe the monster.
Finish your article by giving an explanation
or theory about your monster.
Use may be, might have, etc.Part 1 INTRODUCTION & READING AND VOCABULARY
I. 根据本模块所学单词及所给的提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. Blue whales are the largest c________ ever to have lived.21世纪教育网版权所有
2. Tom was a________ and seriously injured by a wild dog.21教育网
3. Mary wants to know whether God really e________ or not.
4. Make sure you use a good s________ knife that can cut things easily.
5. The thief ran to the river and d_______ into it to escape from the police.
II. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其适当形式填空（每个单词限用一次）。
mystery, hair, frighten, likely, sight
1. It is ________ to see a child standing close to the edge of the cliff.
2. David is so ________ that people living here know little about him.
3. Jack was wearing shorts which showed his long and ________ legs.
4. The condition is ________ to improve because Julia cares nothing about it.
5. This is the first ________ of this particularly rare bird in this country.
III. 根据汉语意思补全下列句子（每空一词）。
1. 这位影星是否打算今年结婚再次成为新闻话题。
Whether the film star intends to get married this year is ________ ________ ________ ________. 【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
2. 这个城市占地面积大约1140 平方公里。
The city ________ ________ ________ ________ about 1,140 square meters.
3. 当地的一个村民声称他看见过大脚怪。
A local farmer ________ ________ ________ ________ Bigfoot.
4. 我没有看清楚那位女演员长什么样子。
I didn’t ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ the actress.
5. 我很怀疑迈克昨天对我说的话。
I ________ ________ ________ what Mike said to me yesterday.
Part 2 GRAMMAR
I. 选择适当的内容填空。
1. The foreign guests ________ have arrived before nine o’clock in the morning but they got lost.? (must / should)21·cn·jy·com
2. We ________ have cleaned the classroom together, but why didn’t you tell me?? (could / must)21·世纪*教育网
3. I ________ have lent him so much money, for he could afford that big house.? (needn’t / couldn’t)2-1-c-n-j-y
4. John left at about three o’clock. It’s five now. He ________ have got home.? (must / should)
5. I worried that she ________ be ruining her health.? (might / must)
6. You ________ be the first to answer if you are in a hurry.? (must / may)
II. 翻译下列句子。
1. 我本不应该建议汤姆买车的。
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2. 李教授昨天没参加会议，他一定是忘记了。
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3. 妈妈可能正在准备饭菜。
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4. 我本来不必和她谈论这件事的。
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Part 3 FUNCTION, LISTENING, WRITING, PRONUNCIATION AND EVERYDAY ENGLISH, CULTURAL CORNER & TASK
I. 根据本模块所学单词及所给的提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. The farmer is starting to wonder how long his good ________ (运气) can last.
2. More complex animals gradually e________ from these very simple ones.
3. Judge Kelso has a(n) ________ (名声) for being strict but fair.
4. Many people are very concerned about the ________ (毁坏) of the forests.
5. Billy was very g________ to people who had less than he did.
II. 根据括号内所给的首字母提示写出与划线部分意思相同或相近的单词。
1. Two men were shot during the violent fighting last weekend.? ( f_______)
2. The number of these animals has been falling and they are almost no longer in existence.? (e_______)21cnjy.com
3. He always has some constructive ideas about the development of the company.?? (p_______)【出处：21教育名师】
4. The weather there can not be predicted — one minute it’s blue skies and the next minute it’s pouring down.??? ( u_______)www.21-cn-jy.com
5. These facts would seem to show that the family was wealthy.?????????????????? ( i_______)【版权所有：21教育】
III. 用适当的介词或副词填空。
1. Many animals have the ability to adapt ________ changing environments.
2. If too many of these rare animals are killed, their kind will die ________.
3. It is believed that Mr. Smith is closely connected ________ the government.
4. The restaurant’s success was due largely ________ its new manager.
5. I will go ________ the red skirt displayed in the window.21教育名师原创作品
6. David watched her car until it disappeared ________ view.21*cnjy*com
IV. 根据括号内所给的汉语提示补全下列句子（每空一词）。
1. What Joan said can ________ ________ ________ (帮助弄清楚) this matter.
2. As we are old friends, I’ll ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (直入主题).www-2-1-cnjy-com
3. Everyone should have a strong ________ ________ ________ ________ (民族认同感).
4. The idea for the book ________ ________ ________ (产生于) a visit to India.
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答案
Part 1
I. 1. creatures? ???? 2. attacked? ? ????3. exists?
4. sharp? ???????????? 5. dived
II. 1. frightening ? ?2. mysterious ? ? ?3. hairy
4. unlikely ??? ?????? 5. sighting
III. 1. back in the news???? 2. covers an area of
3. claimed to have seen
4. get a clear look at
5. am / was skeptical about
Part 2?
I. 1. should? ???????? 2. could ? ? ? ? ? 3. needn’t?? ?
4.??must ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. might ??? ?????? 6. may
II. 1. I shouldn’t have advised Tom to buy a car.
2. Professor Li didn’t attend the meeting yesterday. He must have forgotten it.
3. Mum may be preparing a meal.
4. I needn’t have talked with her about this matter.? ??????
Part 3
I. 1. fortune ? ? ? ? ? ?2. evolved? ?? ?????? 3. reputation 2·1·c·n·j·y
4. destruction ? ? ? ? 5. generous
II. 1. fierce ? ? ? ? ? ? 2. extinct ? ? ? ? ? ? ?3. positive
4. unpredictable ? ? 5. indicate
III. 1. to ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2. out? ? ???????????3. with / to? 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
4. to ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?5. for? ?? ???????????6. from　　21*cnjy*com
IV. 1. throw light on?
2. come straight to the point
3. sense of national identity?
4. grew out of ?
Book 4 Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World
第二部分： 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
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Last year, my friends decided to spend the whole day at Magic Land, a theme park in my city. I thought I would have a very good time, but I was wrong.
We went on too many roller coasters. At first, they were all very exciting and I screamed (尖叫) on all of them until my lungs hurt. My friends wanted to ride more of them, and so for three hours we didn’t stop to rest. We went on the Head Knocker, the Crazy Coaster, and the Monster Masher before I started feeling really sick. I finally threw up on the Tooth Rattler roller coaster.
That was when my friends decided that we needed a lunch break if they wanted me to survive the whole day. My stomach was still feeling awful, but they insisted that I needed to eat if I was going to have enough energy for the rest of the day. I spent six dollars on a large order of fries. I picked up the saltshaker (盐瓶), and to my surprise the top fell off, spilling a pile of salt on my food. My fries were ruined!
By now I was really upset and my face was red, so my friends suggested we go on a water ride so I could cool down. I thought it was a good idea, but when we rode it, I forgot to take my glasses off. At one point, they fell off and into the water. I watched helplessly as they sank to the bottom while we kept rushing forward in our raft. I had to go through the rest of the day blind. I have decided that I will never go to Magic Land again, even if someone offered me a million dollars to do it!
21. What can we learn about the author from the text?
A. He brought food to Magic Land.
B. He likes pushing himself to the limit.
C. He suggested going to Magic Land for fun.
D. He looked forward to the trip to Magic Land at first.
22. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to the author’s _____.
A. fries??????????????????????? B. glasses??????
C. friends ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. dollars
23. What’s the best title for the text?
A. A broken friendship
B. A bad day at Magic Land
C. An interesting experience
D. A well-known theme park
B
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California’s Redwood National Park
Stand in the middle of the vast redwood forests and you may feel like you have stepped back in time. It’s hard not to be amazed when you’re staring at Earth’s tallest living things. And that feeling continues everywhere in the park. Whether walking along the beaches or hiking in the woods, visitors are in awe of the natural surroundings, various wildlife, and quiet peace.
● History:
Old-growth redwood forests used to cover more than 2,000,000 acres of the California coast. At that time, about 1850, Native Americans lived in the northern area until lumbermen (伐木工人) discovered it. Many trees were cut down. In 1918, the Save-the-Redwoods League was formed in an effort to protect the area, and by 1920 many state parks were set up. Redwood National Park was created in 1968 even though about 90% of the original redwood trees had already been cut down.
● When to Visit:
Summers are warm. It is the busiest time of the year. Winters are cool and provide a different kind of visit. If you enjoy bird-watching, plan your visit during the spring. You may also want to consider a visit during the fall to catch the amazing fallen leaves.
● Getting There:
For those driving into the park, you will use U.S. Highway 101 whether you are traveling from the north or south. If you are traveling from the northeast, take U.S. Highway 199 from South Fork Road to Howland Hill Road.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
● Fees / Permits:
One of the best things about this national park is it’s free to visit! That’s right! There is no entrance fee for Redwood National Park. However, if you plan on camping in the park, fees and reservations (预约) are required. Call 800-444-7275 for more information.
24. The underlined part “in awe of” in Paragraph 1 probably describes a feeling of _____.
A. sadness?????????????????????????? B. loneliness?????????
C. amazement?????????????? ?????? D. satisfaction
25. When Redwood National Park was created in 1968, _____.
A. people began to realize the value of redwoods
B. there were few old-growth redwoods left
C. old-growth redwood forests came to light
D. Native Americans still lived in the area
26. What can we learn about Redwood National Park?
A. It is a great place to visit any time of the year.
B. There is only one highway leading to the park.
C. Visitors can camp in the park for free.
D. It is the first state park in the USA.
27. The text is most probably taken from _____.
A. a travel guide??????????
B. a history paper
C. a newspaper report ?
D. a geography textbook
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C
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Most people who move to a foreign country may experience a period of time when they have a lot of stress in the new culture. This feeling is often called “culture shock” and it is important to learn how to deal with culture shock. First of all, you should know that everyone in a new situation will go through some form of culture shock. There are four general stages of cultural adjustment (适应).
The first stage is usually referred to as the honeymoon stage. Upon arriving in a new environment, you’ll be interested in the new culture, everything will seem exciting, and everyone will seem friendly and helpful.21·cn·jy·com
The second stage is called the withdrawal stage. The excitement you felt before changes to frustration as you find it difficult to deal with new problems. The language is hard to learn; friends are hard to make; simple things like shopping and going to the bank are challenges. It is at this stage that you are likely to feel anxious and homesick (想家的).21教育名师原创作品
If you are one of those who manage to stick it out, you’ll enter the third stage — the recovery stage. At this point, you’ll feel more confident in the new culture. You’ll start to understand and accept the way things are done and the way people behave in your new environment. 2·1·c·n·j·y
The last stage is the stability stage — this is the point when people start to feel at home in the new culture. At this stage, you’ll behave well in the new culture, and prefer some aspects of the new culture to your own culture.
There is, in a sense, a fifth stage to this process. If you decide to return home after a long period in a new culture, you may experience what is called “reverse culture shock”. This means that you may find aspects of your own culture “foreign” because you are so used to the new culture. Reverse culture shock is usually pretty mild. Reverse culture shock doesn’t last for very long.
28. At the honeymoon stage, people will _____.
A. find the new culture is hard to accept
B. miss their family and friends very much
C. begin to understand what culture shock is
D. have a positive impression of the new culture
29. In which stage will people have the strongest feeling of confusion?
A. The honeymoon stage.
B. The withdrawal stage.
C. The recovery stage.
D. The stability stage.
30. At the stability stage, people usually feel _____.
A. lucky???????? ?????? ?????? B. relaxed??????
C. nervous??????????????????? D. ashamed
31. Which of the following opinions does the author agree with?
A. It’s important to know that culture shock is normal.
B. People will suffer less from culture shock in future.
C. Reverse culture shock usually happens in the foreign countries.
D. Reverse culture shock is as difficult to deal with as culture shock.
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D
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Nothing like the Nobel Prize Award existed during the time of William Shakespeare. The first Nobel Prizes were not awarded until 1901, nearly 300 years after the death of the so-called “Bard of Avon”.
2014 marks the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth. His plays are still widely performed all over the world. But for many people, Shakespeare is something they study in school, not something they read or watch for pleasure.
One American theater company is trying to change that.
Ross Williams studied acting and directing in school. He set up a theater company called the New York Shakespeare Exchange. Ross Williams loves Shakespeare. But he knows that many people might not share that love. He says 400-year-old English is difficult to understand. And, he says, many people think of Shakespeare as dusty and dull (枯燥的).
“So I started thinking about how I could get people to experience Shakespeare in their day-to-day lives without having to go see a full show. And so we started with the sonnets because they’re concise (言简意赅的).”
Sonnets are 14-line poems. Ross Williams and his partners founded the Sonnet Project as part of their theater company. The group hopes to film each of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets before the great English writer’s birthday in April. Each piece is being filmed in a different location in New York City.
?????? To complete the project, the company requires the talents of many artists. Ross Williams put out a call to filmmakers on the Sonnet Project’s website. Twenty-five-year-old Noemi Charlotte was one of many who answered the call. He directed sonnet 71 a few months ago. He likes the idea of presenting Shakespeare in short films.
“Fantastic! Doing it in different places in New York brings Shakespeare into the twenty-first century.”
32. Shakespeare is not popular today mainly because _____.
A. the language he used in his plays is out of date
B. people are tired of learning about him in school
C. it takes too much time to see a full show of his plays
D. his sonnets can’t be easily understood by many people
33. Ross Williams started his company in order to _____.
A. get more experience in acting and directing
B. introduce Shakespeare’s sonnets into modern plays
C. encourage the development of the theater industry in America
D. let people today enjoy Shakespeare’s works more conveniently
34. What do we know about the Sonnet Project?
A. It aims to turn all of Shakespeare’s plays into films. 21cnjy.com
B. It translates Shakespeare’s poems into modern English. 21·世纪*教育网
C. It performs Shakespeare’s plays in various parts of New York.
D. It presents all of Shakespeare’s sonnets in the form of short films.
35. What is Noemi Charlotte’s attitude towards the Sonnet Project?
A. Curious.? ?????????????? B. Favorable.? ????
C. Uninterested.? ???????? D. Disappointed.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
?????? 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。
?????? Last month I got the chance to take part in an underwater research project in an area of the Gulf of Mexico called the Flower Gardens. A team of professional researchers, led by the scientist Dr. Matt Phillips, was trying to learn more about the fish and various creatures that live in this part of the sea.? 36 ?www.21-cn-jy.com
?????? The team used a piece of underwater equipment called a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to collect information. The ROV could measure water depth and temperature and it also had a camera that sent live film back to the boat. ?37 ?It was controlled by a computer on the boat, and I was allowed to operate it a few times.
?????? ?38 ?At first, I was quite frightened — mainly because I couldn’t see land in any direction. ?39 ?It was amazing to see the colourful fish swimming around and I could see all the way to the Flower Gardens, which are almost 30 metres down.
?????? I will never forget the Flower Gardens. The trip was like a holiday but I also learnt new things about science and research projects. The team was very friendly and everyone was happy to explain what they knew about the sea. It was a great opportunity and it has made me think about my goals in life. ?40
A. The ROV was great fun.
B. The ROV was difficult to operate.
C. However, the thing I enjoyed most was diving into the water.　　21*cnjy*com
D. But as soon as I jumped into the water, I wasn’t afraid anymore.
E. The only thing I disliked was collecting information about the sea.
F. The experience will definitely help me work harder to become a scientist.
G. The Flower Gardens are a long way from the shore and we spent three days on a boat.21教育网
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第三部分： 语言知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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In Elisha Otis’s time, people were not interested in riding an elevator. They thought elevators were too ?41 . To improve elevators, Otis worked hard to ?42 ?people’s fears by showing that his elevator was safe.
Born in 1811, Otis grew up on a farm, but he had ?43 ?interest in raising crops. Otis tried many different jobs in his early years, ?44? none of them lasted long. Finally, in 1845, he tried to ?45 ?his luck with a move to Albany, New York where he opened a shop to build small machines.
In 1852, a company ?46 ?him as a master mechanic. Heavy equipment had to be ?47 ?to the second floor. Otis had to build an elevator that could move the equipment ?48 . Otis tried to? 49? the elevator designs then in use. He noticed that elevators depended too ?50 ?on a single rope. If that rope broke, nothing could prevent the whole works (机械装置) from ?51 . Otis thought the system was too ?52? to lift thousands of pounds of machinery. He wanted to prevent the ?53 ?if the rope broke.
Otis designed a spring (弹簧) system. He placed a special spring above the elevator platform (平台). ?54 ?the rope broke, the safety spring would at once lock the platform in place.
In 1854 Otis had a chance to ??55 ?his safety elevator. At the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York, a crowd gathered around Otis’s ?56 . Standing on the platform alone, he ordered a worker to ??57 ?the lifting rope. ??58 , the platform began to fall. The crowd was ?59 . But, to their surprise, the platform fell only a few inches before coming to a ?60 .
41. A. heavy???????????????? B. huge?? ? ???
C. simple??????? ?????? ?????? D. dangerous
42. A. increase ? ? ? ? ? ?B. feel????
C. weaken ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. express
43. A. some ? ????????????? B. no? ??
C. any??????????? ????????????? D. great
44. A. so ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. or??????
C. but??????????? ????????????? D. nor
45. A. believe ????????????? B. hold???
C. change ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. choose
46. A. described ? ? ? ? ? B. employed?????????
C. considered ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. called
47. A. lifted up ??????????? B. turned over
C. pulled down???????????? D. turned off
48. A. rapidly ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. steadily?????
C. safely??????????????? ?????? D. legally
49. A. check???????????????? B. support???????????? 21*cnjy*com
C. improve ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. clean
50. A. little?????????????????? B. much????????
C. far?????????????????????????? D. long
51. A. waiting?????????????? B. operating??????????
C. falling??????? ????????????? D. flying
52. A. risky ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. modern?????
C. standard???? ? ?????????? D. convenient
53. A. plan???? ????????????? B. luck???
C. disaster ???? ????????????? D. dream
54. A. Unless ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. Because????????????
C. Until ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. If
55. A. sell?????? ????????????? B. show??
C. order???????? ????????????? D. take
56. A. shop?????????????????? B. invention???
C. farm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. house
57. A. climb ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. fasten?
C. cut ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. lower
58. A. Suddenly??????????? B. Strangely??
C. Fortunately ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Gradually
59. A. moved ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. excited ????
C. ashamed??????????? ?????? D. frightened
60. A. rest ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. stop???
C. level ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. place
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Billy: Hello, Jennifer! You look so 61. ________ (relax)! How was your vacation?
Jennifer: It was wonderful. I went to Paris.
Billy: Paris? The “City of Light”?
Jennifer: Yes, and it is so beautiful 62. ________ it attracts people from all over the world.
Billy: What did you see?
Jennifer: I went to the famous Louvre museum on the first day. The rooms were full 63. ________ paintings, sculptures and furniture from all over the world.
Billy: Did you see the Mona Lisa?
Jennifer: Yes, it was one of the most popular exhibits. There 64. ________ a long line of people waiting to take a quick look at it. Even I, for many years, 65. ________ (dream) of seeing it in person, but when I actually saw it, I thought it was just so-so.
Billy: Maybe that was because the Louvre has so many other impressive works of art to compare 66. ________ with. Where did you go on the second day?
Jennifer: I spent the whole day 67. ________ (visit) the Palace of Versailles (凡尔赛宫), 68. ________ is about a one-hour ride southwest of Paris. It was 69. ________ (extreme) beautiful!21世纪教育网版权所有
Billy: Wow! Did you get time to go shopping? A trip to Paris would be incomplete without visiting the boutiques (奢侈品店).www-2-1-cnjy-com
Jennifer: Of course I did.
Billy: It seems to have been 70. ________ very exciting experience for you.
Jennifer: It definitely was.
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第四部分： 写作 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
?????? 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
?????? 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
?????? 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
?????? 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
?????? 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I have recent read in the local newspaper that a shopping centre is going to be building near where I live.
Of course, the building of a shopping centre will make people’s lives more easier. Besides, it’s good the development of our city.
However, this news are rather a surprise to me. I have been living in Peace Road for three year so far. It had always been a very quiet street with very little tall buildings. In my opinion, the building like this will change the atmosphere of the area, but I am not at all happy about it.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你在某网站看到一则讲述一个学生遭遇外星人的帖子，你打算将此事告诉你的英国网友汤姆。请根据以下内容给汤姆写一封邮件。
1. 上周五下晚自习后，一个学生在回家的路上看见三角形（triangular）不明飞行物；
2. 从飞行物中走出外星人向他问路；
3. 外星人友好告别。
注意：1. 110词左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；2. 可以适当增节细节，以使行文连贯。【出处：21教育名师】
Dear Tom,
I want to tell you a strange thing which I read online. ________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Do you believe such a strange thing can happen?
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Yours,
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Li Hua
Book 4 Module 6参考答案及部分解析
参考答案
21-25 DBBCB ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 26-30 AADBB
31-35 AADDB???? ???? 36-40 GACDF ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 41-45 DCBCC
46-50 BACCB ? ? ? ? ?51-55 CACDB?????? ?????? 56-60 BCADB
61. relaxed? ? ????????? 62. that ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?63. of?
64. was?? ???? ????????? 65. had dreamed ? ? ? ? ? ?66. it?
67. visiting??? ???? ?????68. which ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 69. extremely?
70. a
短文改错：
71. I have recent ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? recent → recently
72. ... to be building ...? ?? ???????? building → built
73. ... lives more easier. ???????????去掉more或more → much
74. ... it’s good the ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?good后加for
75. This news are ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? are → is????????
76. ... for three year ... ? ? ? ? ? ? year → years???
77. It had always ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? had → has???????????
78. ... very little tall ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? little → few???
79. ... the building like ... ? ? ? ? ?the → a
80. ... but I am ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?but → so??????
One possible version:
Dear Tom,
I want to tell you a strange thing which I read online. Last Friday a student was riding through a small alley after evening classes when light appeared in front of him. He tried to see it clearly. Then he found that it was a triangular flying machine which he had never seen before. He didn’t realize what happened until a small yellow creature with three eyes came out. The creature looked like the alien in the famous movie ET. The student felt very surprised. “Is it an alien?” he asked himself. Then the creature asked him how to get to the museum. He couldn’t remember what he said, but remembered the alien smiled at him and said goodbye to him politely.
Do you believe such a strange thing can happen?
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????????????????????????????????????????????????? Li Hua
部分解析
阅读理解：
A篇（日常活动）
本文是记叙文。文章描述了作者在游乐场度过的糟糕的一天。
21. D。细节理解题。根据第一段的I thought I would have a very good time, but I was wrong可知，原本作者很期待去Magic Land游玩。
22. B。篇章结构题。由划线单词前的forgot to take my glasses off及其后的they sank to the bottom和I ... blind可知，此处they指代作者的眼镜。
23. B。标题归纳题。由文章第一段的spend the whole day at Magic Land和下文描述作者在游乐场的尴尬经历可知，作者在Magic Land度过了糟糕的一天。
B篇（自然）
本文是应用文。文章是对加利福尼亚州的红杉树国家公园的介绍。
24. C。词义猜测题。从第一段的It’s hard not to be amazed ... that feeling continues everywhere in the park可知，红杉树国家公园的每一个角落都会让游客们赞叹不已、肃然起敬。
25. B。细节理解题。根据第二部分内容可知，自从1850年伐木工人发现大片古红杉林后，大量树木被砍伐，美洲土著人不再在此居住。1918年，一个保护红杉树的组织成立。随后，很多州立公园成立。1968年红杉树国家公园创建时，约90%的原始红杉树都已经被砍伐。
26. A。细节理解题。根据When to Visit部分可知，红杉树国家公园一年四季都适合游览。
27. A。文章出处题。从文中小标题When to Visit，Getting There和Fees / Permits可知，这篇文章最有可能来自一本旅游指南。
C篇（社会）
本文是说明文。文章是对文化冲击的解释。
28. D。细节理解题。由第二段可知，蜜月期正是对新文化产生兴趣的阶段，故在此阶段人们对新文化的印象是积极、正面的。
29. B。推理判断题。根据作者在第三段对the withdrawal stage的描述可知，在这一时期人们承受的心理压力最大，会感到迷茫、彷徨。
30. B。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的people start to feel at home in the new culture可知，稳定期的人们在新环境中感到很自在。
31. A。推理判断题。根据第一段的everyone in a new situation will go through some form of culture shock可知，作者认为文化冲击是很正常的事情。
D篇（文娱）
本文是说明文。莎士比亚的作品大多晦涩难懂。一家美国戏剧公司正试图改变这种现状，从而让更多的现代人欣赏莎翁作品。2-1-c-n-j-y
32. A。细节理解题。根据第四段的He says 400-year-old English is difficult to understand ... many people think of Shakespeare as dusty and dull可知，莎士比亚作品如今不受欢迎的主要原因是因为其戏剧语言陈旧、晦涩难懂。
33. D。细节理解题。根据第四段以及第五段中Ross Williams的话可知，他创办New York Shakespeare Exchange公司的目的是为了改变大众对莎士比亚作品的认识，以容易被观众接受的形式呈现其作品。
34. D。细节理解题。根据第六段内容可知，the Sonnet Project的目的是在莎士比亚的450岁诞辰到来之前将他的所有十四行诗改编为电影短剧。
35. B。推理判断题。根据最后两段中对Noemi Charlotte的描述和他说的话可知，他支持the Sonnet Project这项计划。
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七选五：
话题：学校生活
?????? 本文是记叙文。作者讲述了一次有趣的水下研究经历。
36. G。在第一段作者介绍了此次水下研究的相关信息，包括地点、参加人员以及活动时长。
37. A。本段介绍水下探测仪器ROV。由作者被允许操作可知，ROV易操作且很有趣。
38. C。由下文的I couldn’t see land in any direction和It was amazing to see ... 可知，作者最喜欢的是潜水。【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
39. D。由“起初害怕下水”到“在水中的美妙感受”可知，作者跳入水中后就不再害怕了。
40. F。由it has made me think about my goals in life可知，通过这次水下研究经历，作者有了人生目标——立志当一名科学家。
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完形填空：
话题：社会
?????? 本文是记叙文。文章介绍了世界上最大的电梯服务商创始人艾利莎·奥的斯及其改进的电梯。
41. D。由上文的not interested in riding an elevator以及下文的people’s fears可知，那时的人们认为电梯很“危险（dangerous）”。
42. C。奥的斯改进电梯的目的就是要 “缓解（weaken）”人们对乘坐电梯的恐惧。
43. B。由but一词的转折以及奥的斯尝试过很多工作可知，他对种庄稼“没有（no）”兴趣。
44. C。“尝试过很多工作”与“没有一份工作干得长久”之间是转折关系，故选but。
45. C。因为挫败，奥的斯想要 “改变（change）”运气。
46. B。由下文的描述可知，一家公司“雇用（employed）”奥的斯为技工领班。
47. A。由下文的lift thousands of pounds of machinery 可知，重型设备要被“运送（lifted up）”到二楼。
48. C。由下文对当时的电梯的描述可知，奥的斯要建造的电梯必须能“安全地（safely）”运送设备。
49. C。由第一段的To improve elevators可知，奥的斯尝试对现有电梯进行“改进（improve）”。
50. B。由下文对现有电梯的描述可知，现有电梯“过度（too much）”依赖单根绳索。
51. C。依赖单根绳索的危险就是：一旦绳索断裂，没有什么东西可以防止电梯“坠落（falling）”。
52. A。奥的斯认为现有电梯系统提升上千磅的设备是非常“冒险的（risky）”。
53. C。绳索断裂、电梯坠落引发的是“灾难（disaster）”。
54. D。奥的斯设计利用弹簧的电梯系统，其优势是：“如果（If）”绳索断了，安全弹簧会把电梯平台牢牢地固定。
55. B。由下文的At the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York, a crowd gathered可知，奥的斯得到“展示（show）”他的安全电梯的机会。
56. B。奥的斯要展示的是他的“发明（invention）”——安全电梯。
57. C。电梯坠落是因为奥的斯让工作人员 “切断（cut）”电梯绳索。
58. A。绳索断裂，电梯极速下降，故选Suddenly。
59. D。由But, to their surprise可知，看到坠落的电梯，人们很“害怕（frightened）”。
60. B。由上文的 ... the rope broke, the safety spring would at once lock the platform in place可知，令人们吃惊的是，电梯仅仅下降了几英寸就“停住（stop）”了。?
语法填空：
61. relaxed。look是系动词，后接形容词，且指人看起来“放松的”，故填relaxed。
62. that。so ... that ... 表示“如此……以至于……”。
63. of。be full of 是固定搭配，意为“充满……”。
64. was。该句为there be句型，根据主谓一致原则及上下文语境可知，此处填was。
65. had dreamed。由语境可知，“梦想看到这幅画”发生在saw之前，是“过去的过去”，故填had dreamed。【版权所有：21教育】
66. it。由语境可知，此处指的是上文的the Mona Lisa，故填代词it。
67. visiting。spend time (in) doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“花费时间做某事”。
68. which。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the Palace of Versailles，因从句中缺少主语，故填which。
69. extremely。此处应用extreme的副词形式extremely修饰形容词beautiful。
70. a。结合语境可知，experience 在此处意为“（一次）经历，体验”，为可数名词，故填不定冠词a。
The Yeti
George Laycock
Tallest of the world’s mountains are the Himalayas. They extend for fifteen hundred miles across southern Asia. In some places the range is two hundred miles wide. Within this sprawling desolate region lie wilderness valleys and towering peaks seldom visited by humans. There are also some fertile valleys, choked with dense jungle and dotted with little farm clearings. But farther up, the climate grows cold, until finally the world is filled with snow-capped peaks, sharp ridges, and precipitous cliffs.
In this high country of the Himalayas, beyond 13,000-foot elevations, the elements are harsh and the wind blows bitter cold, stirring white laceworks of snow around the boulders. One might think that in this inhospitable world no large creatures could exist at all.
But what about those giant footprints? On numerous occasions mountaineers have discovered them. Something seems to go walking up there.
Colonel L. A. Waddel was exploring the slopes of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, in 1887. when he came down he reported unidentified footprints. Three years later another climber reported having seen the prints again. This time they were at an elevation of 18,500 feet. The tracks led uphill and vanished among the boulders. Russian soldiers reported shooting and killing a creature in their mountain country in 1925.
Again, in 1942, Slavomir Rawicz, a Polish soldier escaping from a Russian concentration camp, was making his way back out over the Himalayas. As he crossed over from Tibet, he encountered, at a distance of only one hundred yards, two human-like creatures. He estimated them to be eight feet high and said they had massive arms, square heads, and thick coats of brown fur.
To Tibetan tribes these reports were not unexpected at all. They seem to know these are creatures that have long lived there. They have various local names. Usually they are called “Yeti.” 21教育网
What could they be? Maybe giant bears. Some insist they belong to the species Ursus arctos isabellinus. But the Yeti, as proved by their footprints, walk on two feet. Bears can walk on two feet but do not do so form more than a few steps. They are definitely not known to go leaping about the snow fields on their hind feet.
Others claim that the mysterious tracks in the snow were left by a langur monkey. But these creatures are too small, and besides, they, too, walk on all four feet.
Meanwhile, doubters speculate that high altitude does strange things to people, and maybe some, frightened by the lonely place, let their imaginations run wild.
The trouble with this has been that over the years evidence continues to pile up indicating that the Yeti—or something—is up there just as the local tribes have always insisted.
One report tells of an Everest expedition of 1923, far above them the climbers sighted figures in the snowfields. The creatures were moving. When climbers reached the area, there were footprints showing plainly in the snow. 2-1-c-n-j-y
When Italian explorer A. N. Tombazi climbed up to the glacier area in 1925, one thing he definitely did not expect to encounter was the Yeti. At first, Tombazi had a tendency to make light of the whole story. When the subject came up in conversations he would flash his charming smile on those assembled and refer to the legendary Yeti as “that delicious fancy.” But that was before Mr. Tombazi went up the mountain.
Somewhat later, back in Bombay, India, his story was quite different. He had seen his first Yeti. One of his excited porters drew his attention to it. “Unquestionably,” Tombazi wrote later, “the figure in outline was exactly upright, and stopping occasionally to uproot some dwarf rhododendrons. It showed dark against the snow and wore no clothing.” Later, he found footprints and described them in detail.
Among others who saw tracks was explorer and surveyor Eric Shipton. He found tracks at 16,000 feet in 1936, later, in 1951, he found other tracks and photographed them. These pictures have helped convince many that there is substance to the story of the Yeti. The photograph showed a foot with four toes. Obviously it was not he foot of a bear. Neither was it anything else scientists could identify. “…these animals, whatever they were,” said the New York Times, “did exist…”
At 19,000 feet, Sir John Hunt found Yeti prints in 1937, another story tells of two Norwegians who happened on two sets of tracks in that same area eleven years later. The Norwegians followed the tracks hoping for a look at the strange creatures about which they had heard and read. Soon they came upon the Yeti responsible for the racks.
If you come back down the mountain and report having seen the Yeti, some may believe. But if you bring along the Yeti, nobody can doubt your word. What the Norwegians are said to have done next was not exactly the approved way of capturing a Yeti; they tried to lasso it. This effort failed and we are spared details of why or how. The Norwegians came back down the mountain and reported that the Yeti looks a lot like a large ape.
This description, however, is a generalization. What would the Yeti look like? Naturally there are variations in the reports by eye witnesses. No two people, surprised by a monster high in the Himalayas, are likely to see quite the same thing.
But the following composite portrait is assembled from various sources. Understandable, considerable attention has been paid to the feet. There have been reports of tracks up to eighteen inches long. But people of sound judgment now believe the feet of the Yeti to be somewhat smaller. Most agree that they are at least twelve to fourteen inches long and quite broad in proportion to their length. Those photographed by Eric Shipton were twelve inches long. They were so wide that in some tracks where the sun had melted the edges of the tracks they appeared almost round or square. 　　21*cnjy*com
However, smaller tracks have been found, too, and this leads some people to speculate that there are actually two kinds of Yeti, a small species and a large one. The smaller species has been reported from time to time at lower elevations in the dense jungles of the river valleys. Along these rivers, when there is no snow, they leave their marks in the sands. 21·cn·jy·com
In the highlands, however, the Yeti may appear suddenly anywhere between 13,000 and 20,000 feet. They seldom come down to the villages, just as people seldom go up to elevations where the Yeti live. 21cnjy.com
The Yeti are covered with long brownish hair which falls down over their eyes. Their heads are said to be pointed on top and their eyes are deeply sunken and reddish. Their light-colored faces are without hair, we are told, and not at all pretty, except perhaps to another Yeti. They do not have tails. The feet, like most of the body, are covered with hair. 21世纪教育网版权所有
When an Everest expedition was far up the mountain in 1921, their Tibetan porters told them about the food habits of the Yeti. These strange creatures, according to local legend, eat yaks and people. There seems little evidence to support this statement. 【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Strangely, some Tibetan people also believe that the Yeti has its feet on backward. The reason for this has never been fully explored. Maybe a Yeti can get turned around like anybody else. 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
Chances are excellent that the farther one lives from the land of the Yeti, the easier it is to make fun of stories about these legendary creatures. Travelers have long noticed that groups of people living in Tibet and Nepal suddenly become quiet and deeply troubled when the subject is brought up. One expedition of Russian scientists that set off the find the Yet decided that the creatures do, in fact, exist. According to the official report, many tribes-people have met the creature. They speak of it as an animal moving on two legs, with brown shiny fur and long hair on its head. Its face looks like both ape and human. Hunters often find remnants of its food, for example, bits of rabbits. But according to them, the Yeti also eats plant roots.
Meanwhile, all who study the evidence must eventually consider the strange unidentified scalp owned by the monks in a monastery far up in the Himalayas near the border between Nepal and Tibet. If a visitor comes, the monks may bring out and display the patch of hair. They have had it in their possession for perhaps three hundred years. Ask the monks what it is and you get a brief answer: "It is the scalp of a Yeti." How they obtained it from the Yeti is not recorded. 2·1·c·n·j·y
It is shaped like a scalp or hat. Unlike a hat, it has no seams and has never been sewed. One visitor, years ago, managed to remove a few of the brown hairs from the scalp. They were sent to New Jersey to be studied by a professor who was an authority on hair. But the scientist could not identify it. He knew of no other hair with which it would match. www.21-cn-jy.com
What should you do it you meet a Yeti? The creature is, after all, experienced in getting around the rugged snowbound country, and can leap over boulders with the agility of a gazelle. The best defense, according to one regional story, is to quickly gather up as many rocks as you can. Then toss these treasures to the creature one at a time. With considerable skill, the Yeti will reach out and catch the objects soon both arms are filled. www-2-1-cnjy-com
At that point the Yeti seems not to know quite what to do. It is good at catching but reluctant to drop any of the newly acquired prizes, so it just stands there burdened down with rocks while you run away down the mountainside. Perhaps, with greater exposure to the Yeti, people will someday work out a better defense.
There is, of curse, much evidence that the Yeti want only to stay away from people. They vanish into the brush or behind rocks. They prefer to stay at elevations far above people and usually at least two miles above sea level. 21·世纪*教育网
Explorers, besides Norwegians with lassos, have long dreamed of capturing a Yeti. But though these may be humanlike creatures, as some seriously believe, we have every reason to suspect that they want no part of our civilization. They belong to the vast, windswept mountain slopes. There in the rugged snowfields, they go right on leaving their strange tracks. Those who find them come down the mountain with a new sense of wonder. Perhaps up there in the high Himalayas, the mountain climber is not really as much alone as he or she had thought.
天池水怪
出现记录
1980年的10月9号的《光明日报》刊登了一篇题为“天池怪兽目击记”的文章，其大概内容是作者在1980年8月21号的早上四点多钟，他在长白山天池顶部看日出，突然发现在远处的水面上有一个物体，体大如牛、头大如盆，并且游动极快，身后还拖着一条长长的喇叭形划水线 。此报道一出，让人百思不得其解。长白山的天池是一个火山口湖，山高水冷，里面的营养含量非常低，过去人们都认为在天池里面基本没有什么生物，为什么突然之间出现了这样一个巨型生物？至今都无法解开这个谜，于是天池有“怪兽”的传闻流传到当今。中央电视台10套《走进科学》已经播出了关于天池水怪解密之旅。
2002年7月6日在长白山北坡，两名当地人发现“水怪”。
2005年7月7日，吉林省抚松县一位名叫郑长春的人，在举家游览天池时，无意中发现天池水面出现了一个奇怪的黑影，这一瞬间被他摄入了镜头。尽管有人认为那不过是一截漂在水面的木头，但是郑长春确信那就是一个生物……
2005年7月21日，怪物又在天池北岸现身。目击者叫黄祥童，在他的描述中这是一个仿佛鲸或潜艇一样的巨型生物。据其回忆，这是一个头部出水两米多高的巨型怪物。一位七旬老者周凤瀛宣称：从六十年代起，自己曾不止一次亲眼看到天池中的“怪兽”，并在1980年的一次近距离接触中看清了它的模样！两个年轻人说，这是一个头部巨大、能长时间蛰伏水中的生物，并可能带有攻击性！
2005年7月28日在长白山西坡又有更多的人目击了这一不明生物。吉林长白山国家级自然保护区管理局松江河旅游分局孟凡迎局长说，2005年7月25日下午2点左右，在长白山西坡山顶有一些游客目睹了“天池水怪”。在山顶一位经营出租望远镜的董先生说，当时“水怪”出现在朝鲜一侧的水面，离岸边大约一百多米远。只见它窜上来又下去，就像海豹戏水那样，给人的第一感觉是鱼在飞跃。从望远镜里看，样子黑乎乎的，不是很大，看不清是什么东西，有的说它像恐龙，有的说像大铁锅，有的说像水牛，但绝对不是鱼。它在水中游弋了十多分钟后消失。当时在山上的一二百名游客也都看到了。21世纪教育网版权所有
2013年7月29日，长白山天池火山监测站的工作人员介绍了他拍到的疑似“天池水怪”。据介绍，7月27日5时许，他和同事一起上山，到长白山北坡天池水边监测温泉水温，取温泉溢出气体样本。取完样后，他突然看到远处原本平静的天池水面上，突然被什么东西划开了一道“V”形水波。在水波最前方，仿佛还有一个“黑点”露出了水面，疾速向前游着。于是马上取出随身携带的相机，进行拍摄。由于武成智的相机拍不了较远距离，所以无法确定到底是何物。在他连拍的一组照片中，有两张比较清晰：一张疑似“怪兽”头部露出水面呈黑色，另一张是沉入水下，只剩划水痕。此外还有一张的“黑点”，在电脑上放大后，对拍下的相片查看发现，一张照片上有疑似“水怪”头部露出水面，模糊的轮廓颇像小鹿的头部及脖子露出水面。21教育网
2013年11月24日14时50分，近百名游客在天池湖边目睹了水中有两只“水怪”在环形游动嬉戏的情景，从游客拍的照片上看，有一处十多米长的水波和像是“水怪”露出的白色脊背，长约1.5米至2米的“水怪”，一前一后自东向西，向神仙湾子游动。“水怪”在距海西步道约600米的湖面上开始嬉戏游动，随后，“水怪”在湖中呈环形游动，一会上浮，一会下沉，水面上荡起巨大的环形波浪，“水怪”在天池湖面游动持续了10分钟左右后，潜入湖中不见踪迹。
调查猜测
远古生物
观察者注意到长白山天池“怪兽”与苏格兰尼斯湖水怪异常相似，而后者曾至今被人疑为远古生物的后裔，
特殊位置
《走近科学》的通过调查发现，天池中有史前生物后裔的可能性虽然很小，但火口湖这种特殊的地理环境却很特殊，它能否成为滋生“怪兽”的土壤，科学界产生了很多种说法,其中有最多支持的一种是辐射变异说，意思是长白山水怪是因为辐射污染造成的，由于长白山是一个火山口，所以，必然会产生辐射，而在天池中正好生活着一种鱼，可能是因为辐射而造成了水怪。但是，另外一些科学界的人说：现实世界不可能像电影一样，一下就变得那么大，因为辐射一般都是对身体有污染的，一旦被辐射也应该由于辐射而死亡，所以，不可能有水怪，一定是人们的幻觉。21cnjy.com
水獭造成
科学家们又提出水怪是因为水獭造成的幻觉，因为，在摄像机里拍摄的水怪和水獭有惊人的相似，而且水獭一般都是在春季离开天池秋季来到天池，这也可以解释为什么人们看到水怪都是在七八月份。但是还有这么一些人，非说是水怪。
尼斯湖水怪
尼斯湖水怪是生活在英国苏格兰尼斯湖的传疑生物。它的形象一向都是蛇颈龙一般的生物。此怪每年都吸引世界各地的游客前往参观，希望能一睹水怪真面目；同时也吸引著许多科学家和探险者的目光。21教育网
早在1500多年前，就开始流传尼斯湖中有巨大怪兽常常出来吞食人畜的故事。古代一些人甚至宣称曾经目击过这种怪兽，有人说它长着大象的长鼻，浑身柔软光滑；有人说它是长颈圆头；有人说它出现时泡沫层层，四处飞溅；有人说它口吐烟雾，使湖面有时雾气腾腾….各种传说颇不一致，越传越广，越说越神奇，听起来令人生畏。近一百多年来，此怪兽像幽灵似地时隐时现，不断有人声称亲眼看到过它。根据那些声称见过它的人们描述，它那蛇一样的头和长脖子，一般伸出水面一米多高，人们较多看到的是怪兽的巨大背部，有人说是两个背，有人又说是三个背；有时它突然露出水面，水从它的肋腹部上像瀑布似的泻下来，一下它又迅速潜到湖下，在湖面掀起一阵恶浪。2·1·c·n·j·y
自古至今，有不少学者对“尼斯湖水怪之谜”一直持怀疑甚至完全否定的态度。他们认为，尼斯湖根本就没有什么怪兽，而是一种光的折射现象给人们造成的错觉。有的则认为很可能是在尼斯湖底有一些具有浮力的浆沫石，这些浆沫石在一定的条件下浮上水面随波飘荡。当人们站在湖岸边时，远远望去，由于视觉的错误，往往把奇形怪状的浆沫石误认为是怪兽。【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
但是，全世界许多著名的科学家坚信在尼斯湖中确实存在有一种至今尚未被人们查明的怪兽。他们认为，几亿年前，尼斯湖一带原是一片极目浩瀚的苍茫海洋，后来由于地壳运动频繁，经历了多次海陆变迁，才逐渐演变成今天的面貌。因此，很可能有一种尚未被人类认识的远古动物——独特的海栖爬虫类至今仍然生活在尼斯湖里。这只是一种假设和推测，还需要有充分的实物证据才能证明，仍有待科学家今后进一步去深入探索和研究。21教育名师原创作品
英国一男子于2007年5月31日在尼斯湖拍下一段视频，尼斯湖水怪观察者认为该段视频中出现了苏格兰这一最神秘的湖泊中的神秘生物--尼斯湖水怪。
尼斯湖水怪现身(20张)拍下这段视频的男子名叫戈登-赫尔墨斯，是英国约克郡一名55岁的实验室技师。他表示称："当我看见这个全身乌黑、长达45英尺的东西在水中相当迅速的游动时，我简直不敢相信我的眼睛。"
尼斯湖水怪观察者、海洋生物专家艾德里安-希内（瑟恩）在观看这段视频后表示，他希望在接下来几月内进行相应的适当分析。www-2-1-cnjy-com
他还表示：“我是一个怀疑主义者，对于在这个湖中所发生的一切，我不抱有任何个人的主观看法。这段视频确实是我看过的最好的视频。”
赫尔墨斯称，在水中呈直线移动的生物速度达到了每小时6英里左右。他说：“我最初认为这可能是一只非常大的鳗鱼，鳗鱼本身就有着蛇一样的体征，而且也似乎可以解释近年来有关尼斯湖水怪所有的观察情况。”希内也表示称：“对于尼斯湖中观察到的情况，可以有着许多可能的解释。它可以是某种生物，但也有可能只是水面的波浪，或者仅仅是由于我们的心理作用使得它变成了我们所希望看到的东西。”21·cn·jy·com
自上个世纪30年代尼斯湖水怪被首次拍下来以来，我们已经有着近4000份所谓尼斯湖水怪的目击材料。不管尼斯湖水怪是真实的还是虚拟的，尼斯湖水怪都将成为苏格兰的一个象征。尽管苏格兰媒体对尼斯湖水怪的故事持怀疑态度，但是赫尔墨斯的视频质量很高。【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
据报道，45岁的英国人波拉克2000年8月的一天和妻子及3岁的儿子在尼斯湖附近散步时拍下一段三分半钟长的不知名动物的录像，为尼斯湖水怪的存在提供了新的证据。波拉克说：“有人可能会说是一只海豹或是下到水里的鹿，但是我见过这些动物，录像里的动物绝对不像。”www.21-cn-jy.com
波拉克直到现在才同意公开这盘录像，是因为他一直害怕受到外界的嘲讽。苏格兰一 名研究海洋生物的专家仔细观看和研究了录像的内容，但是无法确认录像所拍摄到的是何种动物。尼斯湖水怪迷俱乐部授予了波拉克的这盘录像带“2001年尼斯湖水怪最佳发现奖”，并颁给他500英镑的奖金。
一家博彩公司在获悉有关消息后，随即宣布将发现尼斯湖水怪的赔率从500比1腰斩至250比1。
对于喜欢冒险的人来说，“湖怪”的故事一直让他们津津乐道，例如每年总有许多人前往苏格兰地区的尼斯湖探访“水怪”的痕迹。而许多古生物学家认为，“湖怪”就是一些生活在水中的恐龙，但科学家们却一直未能找到曾经有生活在水中的恐龙的证据。17日，一名美国女大学生宣布，她在怀俄明州发现了存在.湖怪的脚印。2-1-c-n-j-y
发现这种水栖恐龙遗迹的是一名叫黛波拉·米克尔森的科罗拉多大学研究生。她17日在盐湖城举行的美国地质学会年会上披露了发现“湖怪”踪迹的消息，她和其他研究人员一起，在美国怀俄明州北部的多个地点都发现了一种非常奇特的脚印。这种脚印混杂在许许多多其它远古时期动物的化石中间，但经过他们仔细确认，最终认为这是一种水栖恐龙的脚印，这种恐龙生活在距今1亿6500万年前。　　21*cnjy*com
研究人员表示，在远古时期，怀俄明州地区和美国西部的大片地区都是一片汪洋，而这种新发现的恐龙就生活在这片内陆海沿岸。它们大约高1.8米，跟鸵鸟差不多大，生有四肢，但只用两条后腿走路。米克尔森说：“根据它们留下的足印你可以发现它们是如何游向大海深处的———先是整只脚的脚印，然后脚印渐渐变小，最终只留下爪痕。”她还表示，已经有一些证据显示，这些“湖怪”就是“一去不回”地从陆地游向了深海，其目的可能是为了觅食。
米克尔森和她的同事正在加紧工作，争取能找到一些关于这种恐龙的其它遗迹，以便对其进行更仔细的研究，并且为这种新的“湖怪”命名。
对专门研究古生物的科学家来说，米克尔森等人的发现可谓是轰动性的。一直以来，人们对水栖恐龙的看法都停留在想象的层面，从来没有人找到过水栖恐龙存在的证据。而米克尔森的发现一旦被证实，将为恐龙的研究带来里程碑式的意义，也将翻开古生物研究新的篇章。21世纪教育网版权所有
但也有很多科学家对米克尔森的发现持谨慎态度。正在盐湖城举行的美国地质协会年会还没有对这项发现作出任何评论。而美国著名的古生物学家、化石研究专家杰克·霍勒表示：“虽然我不是一名研究足迹的专家，但这个消息对我来说非常有意思。”在肯定了米克尔森等人的发现之后，霍勒也认为应该对此进行进一步研究，而不能轻易得出结论。他说，仅凭这些恐龙的脚印“不能断定恐龙是否真地是从陆地游向了海洋”。21·世纪*教育网
1972年，以美国应用科学院专家赖恩斯为首的一个研究组，在对尼斯湖进行探险时，曾利用水下照相机，拍下了一个巨大的的鳍脚。1975年6月19日，设置在尼斯湖中的水下照相机拍下了几百张照片，但什么也没有看到。当天下午9点45分，有一个动物接近水下照相机，很快消失了。只拍到这个动物的极小一部分，看不清它是什么。大约一个小时后，这个动物又出现了，可能由于闪光灯要快或慢几分之几秒钟，照片上所见到的，只是一大片黄色斑点的丑陋皮肤，不能证明这个动物究竟是什么。直到第二天凌晨4点32分，闪光灯及时地闪了一下，才抢拍了一个珍贵的镜头，这张照片上现出了一只活怪兽的轮廓（躯体和头部）：一个菱状躯体，一个细长的脖子，脖子成拱形地伸展，脖子的一部分因阴影而模糊不清，最后是一个斑点，表明是怪兽好奇地转向照相机的头部，两个鳍脚从躯体上端伸出，看上去好像一只吃惊地扑向照相机的怪兽。据估计，这只怪兽大约长6.5米。不久怪兽向水下照相机发起一系列的攻击和碰撞，结果打翻了水下照相机。有些学者根据这张水下照片来证明尼斯湖里确实存在着怪兽。
但另一些科学家否定这些照片，认为赖恩斯等人错误地判读了照片，有些科学家甚至认为所谓"水下照片"是假造出来的一个骗局。【版权所有：21教育】
赖恩斯等在尼斯湖中安放声纳装置，力图用它的监视器测到怪兽。1976年进行的一次声纳探测中，曾发现一个长约9.1米的物体搁在深水湖底，据声纳专家克莱茵称：此物体“具有尸体的形状，有脖子一样的凸出物”。这究竟是一种什么样的物体？是沉积物还是怪兽尸体？难以肯定。【出处：21教育名师】
赖恩斯和英国学者斯柯特给尼斯湖怪兽起了个学术名称叫“尼斯菱鳍龙”。但很多学者对这一论断持怀疑和否定态度，认为这一论断还缺乏充足的证据，难以令人信服。21*cnjy*com
据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国网民詹森·库克在虚拟地球的卫星图片中发现了传说中的尼斯湖水怪！他表示，这个长方形怪物身长65英尺（约合20米），身后尾随着一些细绳状物体，应该就是传说中生活在苏格兰高地地区的尼斯湖水怪。
一直以来，尼斯湖水怪是否真的存在便是人们的争议焦点。借助于“谷歌地球”，我们可以在电脑上观察世界的每一个角落，但这款软件真的能够帮助我们揭开一些最令人不解和好奇的谜团吗？
库克在接受媒体采访时表示：“我真的不敢相信自己的眼睛。这个东西与有关尼斯湖水怪的描述一模一样。”尼斯湖水怪迷认为，这种动物应该是一种蛇颈龙。蛇颈龙是一种水生爬行动物，生活在侏罗纪初期，很多人认为它们早已灭绝。一些人表示，在尼斯湖岸边发现的一系列椎骨便是“证据”：湖内确实有活的蛇颈龙。21cnjy.com
参与尼斯湖研究计划的研究员阿德里安·什恩指出，这些新图片非常吸引人，能够引发人们的巨大兴趣，因此值得他们进行进一步研究。
自1933年吸引全世界目光之后，尼斯湖水怪便一直是人们感兴趣的话题和争论焦点。科学家普遍认为，尼斯湖水怪不过是一些人痴心妄想的产物。但在近80年时间里，尼斯湖水怪却始终是一个引发巨大争议的现象。
根据此前科学家进行的计算，假如尼斯湖水怪确实存在，它最大也只相当于一个12岁的少年，原因在于：湖内的鱼类奇少，只能养活一只体重31公斤的动物。科学家曾利用声纳评估尼斯湖内鱼类的数量，每年可供食用的鱼儿只有93公斤。由于一只类似尼斯湖水怪的冷血动物每年摄入的食物重量应该是自身体重的3倍左右，这便意味着它的体重只能在31公斤上下。
恐龙
恐龙（拉丁学名：Dinosauria）是群中生代的多样化优势陆栖脊椎动物，支配全球陆地生态系超过1亿6千万年之久。恐龙最早出现在2亿3千万年前的三叠纪，灭亡于约6千5百万年前的白垩纪晚期所发生的白垩纪末恐龙灭绝事件。
体型特征
恐龙整体而言的体型很大。以恐龙作为标准来看，蜥脚下目是其中的巨无霸。在漫长的恐龙时代，即使是体型最小的蜥脚类恐龙也要比它们栖息地内的其他动物要大，而最大的蜥脚类则比任何出现在地表的动物都要大出几个等级。
大部分的恐龙要比大型蜥脚类恐龙还小得多。现有的证据表明，恐龙的平均大小在三叠纪、早侏罗纪、晚侏罗纪和白垩纪都不断变化。大部分兽脚类恐龙的体重在100到1,000公斤之间，而全新世的掠食性肉食动物则多半在10到100公斤之间。恐龙的体重估计值，大多介于1到10公吨之间。伦敦国立自然历史博物馆的一个研究指出恐龙的体重平均值约在100公斤左右，而新生代的哺乳类体重平均值多在2到5公斤之间。21世纪教育网版权所有
从现有的状况较好的骨架来看，最高和最重的恐龙是长颈巨龙（Giraffatitan brancai，原名布氏腕龙）。长颈巨龙的化石在1907年至1912年间发现于坦桑尼亚。从多具大小相近的个体所组合而成的骨架模型，现正展示于柏林洪堡博物馆，该模型高12米，长22.5米，预期活体的重量在30到60公吨之间。最长的恐龙是27米长的梁龙，是在1907年发现于美国怀俄明州，现展示于宾州匹兹堡的卡内基自然历史博物馆。21·cn·jy·com
恐龙化石
恐龙时代离我们如此遥远，如果纪录片中的恐龙(34张)不借助于化石，我们对恐龙这一神秘的物种就会一无所知。所以对恐龙的研究，也就是对恐龙化石的研究。恐龙化石大致可分为骨骼化石和生痕化石两种，主要保存在中生代时期形成的沉积岩中。恐龙化石的形成是一个复杂、漫长而又神秘的过程，它牵涉到恐龙的死亡和灭绝，也与地球亿万年的风云变幻息息相关，而它的发现和挖掘也同样不易。科学家们通过各种手段寻找恐龙化石的蛛丝马迹，并借助现代高科技手段来复原化石和研究恐龙。通过他们的工作，我们渐渐了解了恐龙的外形及生活习性，而来自世界各地关于恐龙的新发现以及新看法，一再修正我们原先认定的恐龙形象，使之更接近事实的真相。21教育网
相传晋朝时代的我国，四川省武城县就发现过恐龙化石。但是，当时的人们并不知道那是恐龙的遗骸，而是把它们当作是传说中的龙所遗留下来的骨头。
早在曼特尔夫妇发现禽龙（第一种被命名的恐龙）前，欧洲人就已经知道地下埋藏有许多奇形怪状的巨大的动物骨骼化石，但当时人们并不知道它们的确切归属，因此一直误认为是“巨人的遗骸”普洛特-加龙省里丁大学的一位名叫哈士尔特德的研究人员根据从一部历史小说《米尔根先生的妻子》中发现的线索，经过很长时间的研究，翻阅了大量的资料,宣布他终于发现了如下的研究结果：1677年，一个叫普洛特-加龙省的英国人编写了一本关于牛津郡的自然历史书。在本书中，普洛特-加龙省描述了一件发现于卡罗维拉教区的一个采石场中的巨大腿骨化石。普洛特-加龙省为这块化石画了一张插图，并指出这个大腿骨既不是牛的，也不是马或大象的，而是属于一种比它们还大的巨人的。
虽然普洛特-加龙省没有认识到这块化石是恐龙的，甚至也没有把它与爬行动物联系起来，但他用文字记载和用插图亲临描绘的这块标本已被后来的古生物学家鉴定是一种叫做巨齿龙（现名斑龙）的恐龙的大腿骨，而这块化石的发现比曼特尔夫妇发现第一种被命名的恐龙——禽龙早145年。因此，哈士尔特德认为，普洛特-加龙省应该是恐龙化石的第一个发现者和记录者。21cnjy.com
生活年代
恐龙最早出现在约2.25亿年前的三叠纪晚期，灭亡于约6500万年前的白垩纪晚期发生的白垩纪生物大灭绝事件。www.21-cn-jy.com
恐龙是生活在距今大约2亿3500万年至6500万年前的、能以后肢支撑身体直立行走的一类动物，支配全球陆地生态系统超过1亿6千万年之久。大部分恐龙已经灭绝，但是恐龙的后代——鸟类存活下来，并繁衍至今。
2亿3000万年至6500万年前，并且能以支撑身体直立行走的一类动物，是群中生代的多样化优势脊椎动物，大多数属于陆生（栖息在陆地上）的爬行动物。
雪人
雪人是苏哈山脉的原住居民，早在人类尚未在广阔的雪原上留下足迹时，雪人就已经生活在此了。他们世世代代在山脉和森林里繁衍，并且组成了一个个类似于部落族群的小型群体——只有组成群体，才能避免雪原上凶残生物所带来的伤害。 雪人有着十分高大的体型，他们比人类更强壮，更有力，同时，也更加的没有头脑，是典型的四肢发达的家伙。甚至，他们连自己的文字都不具备，语言也极不完整，雪人族群内部的交流往往要通过一大串令人摸不着头脑的发音配合大量的手势才能完成，而族群之间的交流更是几乎不可能的事——他们不同的族群有着各不相同的“音节”和“手势”。 和近似于零的智力形成鲜明对比的是雪人强健的体魄。他们身高力大，单个的雪人就可以轻易地扑捉和击杀像老虎一类的生物，就连棕熊也不是多个雪人的对手。在苏哈山脉上，雪人最大的威胁只有一个——巨大的恐龟，有着坚硬甲壳的恐龟根本不畏惧雪人手中持有的斧头和棍棒，而恐龟的大嘴更是可以将雪人一口就吞噬下去，很多时候，为了躲避恐龟，一个或是几个族群的雪人不得不迁徙它处，原离强大的威胁。但与此同时，雪人也会对恐龟展开报复，最为常见的手段就是乘恐龟不备，偷出它那巨大的蛋，在打击了恐龟的同时，又补足了一天的口粮。 可能是常年生活在严寒地带的缘故，雪人的表面皮肤十分的粗糙和坚硬，就好像为雪人套上了一件坚固的硬皮甲，使得雪人可以防护一些较弱的武器和法术的攻击，长期的雪域生活更是让雪人即使在齐膝深的雪中也能健步如飞，寒冷对雪人不能造成任何伤害，就连冰冻一类的法术也只能减缓他们的速度，无法让雪人真正的受伤。 在喜玛拉雅山区，雪人被描绘成一种身材高大、半人半猿的传奇动物在世界上所有神秘的动物中，最让人着迷神往的就是传说中的喜马拉雅山雪人，雪人被称作“夜帝”（Yeti），意思是居住在岩石上的动物。关于雪人的传说可以追溯到公元前326年，它们高1.5米到4.6米不等，头颅尖耸，红发披顶，周身长满灰黄色的毛，步履快捷。有关雪人的传说逐渐被神秘动物学家承认，吸引着无数探险家来到喜马拉雅地区，找寻这个给人类带来无限幻想空间的神秘动物。
龙
龙是中国传说中的一种善变化、能兴云雨、利万物的神异动物，为众鳞虫之长，四灵（龙、凤、麒麟、龟）之首。古籍记述其形象多不一。一说为细长有四足，马首蛇尾。一说为身披鳞甲，头有须角，五爪。《本草纲目》则称「龙有九似」，为兼备各种动物之所长的异类。其名殊多，有鳞者谓蛟龙，有翼者称应龙，有角者名[多它]龙，无角名虬。小者名蛟，大者称龙。传说多为其能显能隐，能细能巨，能短能长。春分登天，秋分潜渊，呼风唤雨，无所不能。在神话中是海底世界主宰（龙王），在民间是祥瑞象征，在古时则是帝王统治的化身。
龙是中国古代神话的四灵之一。《太上洞渊神咒经》中有「龙王品」，列有以方位为区分的「五帝龙王」，以海洋为区分的「四海龙王」，以天地万物为区分的54名龙王名字和62名神龙王名字。唐玄宗时，诎祠龙池，设坛官致祭，以祭雨师之仪祭龙王。宋太祖沿用唐代祭五龙之制。宋徽宗大观二年(1108年)诎天下五龙皆封王爵。封青龙神为广仁王，赤龙神为嘉泽王，黄龙神为孚应王，白龙神为义济王，黑龙神为灵泽王。清同治二年(1863年)又封运河龙神为「延庥显应分水龙王之神」，令河道总督以时致祭。在《西游记》中，龙王分别是∶东海敖广、南海敖钦、西海敖闰、北海敖顺，称为四海龙王。 21世纪教育网版权所有
由此，龙王之职就是兴云布雨，为人消灭炎热和烦恼，龙王治水成了民间普遍的信仰。道教《太上洞渊神咒经》中的「龙王品」就称，「国土炎旱，五榖不收，三三两两莫知何计时」，元始天尊乘五色云来临国土，与诸天龙王等宣扬正法，普救众生，大雨洪流，应时甘润。 21cnjy.com
龙王神诞之日，各种文献记载和各地民间传说均有差异。旧时专门供奉龙王之庙宇几乎与城隍、土地之庙宇同样普遍。每逢风雨失调，久旱不雨，或久雨不止时，民众都要到龙王庙烧香祈愿，以求龙王治水，风调雨顺。
考古专家认为，早期的龙就是一处头上带角的蛇，是一种纯粹的爬行动物；而有些人则认为，龙最初形成地，龙头很像猪，龙身则与蛇身相同；还有人指出，龙是由鳄鱼蜕变而成的；著名学者闻一多先生对龙有独到的见解，闻先生认为：龙是由蛇与其它多种动物综合形成的，它以蛇身为基础，融入了马的鬃毛，牛的尾巴，鹿的角，狗的爪，鱼的鳞和须……21·cn·jy·com
进入现代社会以来，众多的专家学者对龙的起源进行了深入的探索。从许多出土的带有有关龙的图形的文物中分析，龙的形成经历了一个相当久远的历史。这其中河南濮阳出土的蚌龙，距现在已有六千年的历史，它一方面体现着仰韶文化的脉胳，另一方面又证明了龙的最初形成。www.21-cn-jy.com
关于龙的起源，在经历了长期的研究和考证，人们终于取得了一个较为一致的共识：龙是多种动物的综合体，是原始社会形成的一种图腾崇拜的标志。
龙是伟大的，因为它得到了所有炎黄子孙的尊敬；龙又是虚无的，因为它只是一种精神，而不是一种物质。
在中国的神话与传说中，是一种神异动物，具有蛇身、蜥腿、鹰爪、蛇尾、鹿角、鱼鳞、口角有须、额下有珠的形象。《山海经》记载，夏后启、蓐收、句芒等都“乘雨龙”。另有书记“颛顼乘龙至四海”、“帝喾春夏乘龙”。前人分龙为四种：有鳞者称蛟龙，有翼者称为应龙，有角者称虬龙，无角者称螭龙。有人认为这是古代炎黄统一中原各部落后，揉合各氏族的图腾形成的形象。传说能隐能显，春风时登天，秋风时潜渊。又能兴云致雨，后成为皇权象征，历代帝王都自命为龙，使用器物也以龙为装饰。龙被中国先民作为祖神敬奉，普遍尊尚“龙”，中国人经常自称“龙的传人”。21教育网
龙在中国传统的十二生肖中排列第五。龙与凤凰、麒麟、龟一起并称“四瑞兽”。（也有许多典籍和史书著作中提到“四瑞兽”分别为：猰貐、居、貔、狻猊。）青龙与白虎、朱雀、玄武是中国天文的四象。2·1·c·n·j·y
佛教中的龙是天人中八个部落中的一支，即天龙八部八部众第二的龙部。佛教中天龙八部是佛教的护法神，尤其龙部众生均以誓卫佛法金刚为己任，保证佛法在三界中不被祸乱。当有人真正修行佛教时也有龙部众生被派遣下来保护修佛的人，是为护法。【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
“龙”虽然在英文中一般翻译为“dragon”，但西方文化中的“dragon”与中国传统的龙除了形象有一些相似外，背景和象征意义都分别甚大。西方的“dragon”一般带有邪恶的意味，与东方的瑞兽完全不一样。
龙生九子是指龙生九个儿子，九个儿子都不成龙，各有不同。所谓“龙生九子”，并非龙恰好生九子。中国传统文化中，以九来表示极多，有至高无上地位，九是个虚数，也是贵数，所以用来描述龙子。龙有九子这个说法由来已久，但是究竟是哪九种动物一直没有说法，直到明朝才出现了各种说法。
情态动词may / might用法小结
在上一期中，我们学习了情态动词can / could，must / have to，shall / should的主要用法，本期我们一起学习情态动词may / might的用法。
【语境展示一】观察下列各句中may / might的用法，然后加以归纳总结。
1. Lucy may come to my party if she is free tomorrow.21教育网
2. Tom might be in the company, but I’m not sure.
3. —May I wait here？
—Yes, you may. / No, you mustn’t.
【自我归纳】may / might的主要用法：
※may / might表示推测，意为“可能（会），或许（会）”，其中_______表示的可能性较小（句1、句2）；【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
※may表示说话人的许可，或在疑问句里征询对方的许可，意为“可以”。在回答由may开头的一般疑问句时，若答语是肯定的，则用may；若答语是否定的，则用_______（句3）。21·世纪*教育网
【语境展示二】阅读下面的例句，体会情态动词may / might与所指时间的关系。
1. Their team may / might win the football match.
2. I?don’t?know?where?Becky?is.? She?may?/ might be?in?London.
3. Mr. Li is not in his apartment. He may / might be working late at his office.
4. It is ten o’clock now. Selina may / might have arrived.2·1·c·n·j·y
【自我归纳】情态动词may / might之后跟动词原形，则表示现在或将来的时间；若为完成体形式，则表示过去的时间。2-1-c-n-j-y
对现在/将来的推测
例句
对过去的推测
例句
状态
may / might + be
句2
may / might + have done表示“也许/ 或许已经做过某事”
句4
动作
may / might + do
句1
may / might + be + doing
句3
【拓展】“must / could / should / need + have +过去分词”也可用来表示对过去事情的推测。must have done对过去动作（或事实）的肯定推测，表示“准是/一定做了”； could have done表示“过去可能会做/本来能够做，而实际上未做”；should have done表示“本应该做某事，而实际上并没有做”；need have done表示“本来需要做某事而实际上未做”。21cnjy.com
【即学即练】选择适当的内容填空。
1. Tom is still unhappy today. You ________ have said “sorry” to him for your carelessness yesterday.?? (must / should)21世纪教育网版权所有
2. I ________ have finished the housework so quickly without your help.? (couldn’t / shouldn’t)21·cn·jy·com
3. I can’t find my umbrella. I ________ have left it somewhere.? (must / should)
4. Tony is not in the classroom. He ________ be playing football in the playground.? (might / would)www.21-cn-jy.com
5. Mary hasn’t come to the English class today. She ________ the bus.? (might have missed / might miss)www-2-1-cnjy-com
6. I ________ late, so don’t wait for me.?? (may be / may have been)
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【自我归纳】might；mustn’t
【即学即练】1. should??????????? ???2. couldn’t
3. must? ?????? ?????????? ???4. might
5. might have missed? 6. may be
SENTENCE EXPLANATIONS，Book 4 Module 6
请和你的同学一起认真分析下列句子，并补全所缺内容。这种学习方式能逐步提高你理解长难句的能力。
1. 【原句】The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster, which seemed to be black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting. (P52)21cnjy.com
【译文】当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡迎说， 最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边十米的地方，怪物的颜色似乎是黑色的。 21世纪教育网版权所有
【分析】这是一个主从复合句。主句的主语是The director of a local tourist office，后面的Meng Fanying作主语的同位语，谓语是________。the monster ... sighting部分是省略了引导词that的宾语从句，其主干为“主语（the monster）+系动词（was）+表语（ten metres from the edge of the lake）”。which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词________。www.21-cn-jy.com
【仿写】约翰说那个决定当时看似很愚蠢，最终却使得他成为了著名的演说家。
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2. 【原句】Although no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature, Xue Junlin, a local photographer, claimed that its head looked like a horse. (P52)
【译文】尽管没有人真正看清楚过这个怪物，但当地的一位摄影师薛俊林声称它的头看起来像马头。
【分析】这是一个主从复合句。主句的主语是Xue Junlin，后面的a local photographer作主语的同位语，谓语claimed后接that引导的________从句。although引导________从句。21教育网
【仿写】虽然迈克声称他在国外有家大公司，但是没人信他的话。
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1. 【分析】said；monster
【仿写】John said the decision, which seemed to be foolish at the time, eventually made him become a famous speaker. 21·cn·jy·com
2. 【分析】宾语；让步状语
【仿写】Although Mike claimed that he had a big company abroad, no one believed him. 2·1·c·n·j·y
如何写介绍神秘现象的说明文
【写作任务】
“北美大脚印”这一未解之谜一直在引发着人们的热议。请根据所给的图片及文字提示写一篇英语短文来参与该讨论。【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
出没位置
北美
怪物描述
像猿（ape），高6～10英尺，重约500磅以上，全身覆盖棕色或红色毛，头和眼睛很大，脚印长达24英寸。
发现情况
科学家和研究人员也找到了相关的毛发、粪便（waste）及大脚印等。
结论
无其它证据证明其存在，也许是当地传说以吓唬徒步者或猎人。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
【写作指导】
1. 审题定调：
介绍关于大自然神秘现象的短文属于说明文。这类短文内容包括：什么样的神秘现象、何时何地发现的、为何神秘、科学家或有关专家是如何解释这种神秘现象的、证据是什么、有什么不同的看法等，最后也可以简单谈谈自己对此现象的认识。21世纪教育网版权所有
2. 确定主体内容：
全文可分为三部分：
第一部分：直接点出神秘现象及发生的地点。
第二部分：具体描写神秘之处。
第三部分：科学家的相关研究情况及结论。
3. 确定人称和时态：
人称用第三人称单数；时态常用一般现在时、过去时及现在完成时。
4. 核定表达：
... is one of the world-famous mysteries.
Witnesses described it as ...
Scientists have found that ...
Some people think it may be ...
There are many mysteries about ... in ...
Some people saw it in ... for the first time.
By recent research, we can learn that ...
Personally, I (don’t) believe ...
It is not clear whether ...
【范文展示】
Bigfoot
Bigfoot is one of the world-famous mysteries, and 1. _________________ (在北美洲被首次发现). 21教育网
Witnesses described it as an ape-like creature. Some of them are said to be 6-10 feet tall, 2. _________________ (重达500磅以上) and covered in brown or red fur with large eyes and big heads. 3. _________________ (长达24英寸的脚印已被发现). 21cnjy.com
Teams of scientists and researchers who have gone there to do research have found things related to it, such as waste, fur and so on. But 4. _________________ (到目前为止，没有其它证据证明其存在). Some people think it may be just folk tales or stories to terrify hikers and hunters in North America.21·cn·jy·com
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1. it was first seen in North America
2. weighing over 500 pounds
3. Footprints up to 24 inches long have been foundwww.21-cn-jy.com
4. so far there has been no other evidence to prove its existence2·1·c·n·j·y
考点点拨，cover，due to
1. cover
【考点】cover作动词时，意为：①覆盖，短语be covered with / by意为“被……覆盖”； ②占（一片面积）；③足以支付，够付；④行走（一段路程）。cover作名词时，意为：①（书刊的）封面，封皮；②覆盖物，掩蔽物，套子，罩子；③躲避处，庇护所。【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
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① It comfortably covers an area up to 350 square feet. (2013北京卷阅读理解A篇)
② ... it was covered with tall trees and the swamp was a crystal-clear river. ? (2013江西卷阅读理解A篇)21·cn·jy·com
③ However, some businesses only seek to earn enough to cover their operating costs. (2013新课标全国卷I阅读理解第二节D项)21教育网
④ It is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey (传递) certain messages.??? (2012陕西卷阅读理解D篇)
⑤ Pygmy rabbits also rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators, but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed.?? (2012浙江卷阅读理解A篇)21cnjy.com
2. due to
【考点】due to意为“由于，因……造成”，相当于because of, owing to, as a result of。21世纪教育网版权所有
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① Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint (抱怨) about the noise.???? (2013安徽卷阅读理解D篇)www.21-cn-jy.com
② He declares, “One hundred percent of the fatigue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.” (2013辽宁卷阅读理解C篇)2·1·c·n·j·y