Unit3 Period 1 Under the Sea-Warming Up & Reading

Unit
3
Under
the
Sea
Period
1
Warming
Up
&
Reading
Ⅰ.重点单词
1．____________(adj.)　　每年的；按年度计算的
(n.)
年刊；年鉴
2．____________(vt.)
当场见到；目击
(
n．)
目击者；证人；证据
3．____________(vi.&
n．)
暂停；中止
4．____________(vt.)
拖；拉；扯
5．____________(vt.)
催促；极力主张；驱策
6．____________(vt.)
放弃；遗弃；抛弃
7．____________(n.)
协作；配合
8．____________(n.)
保存；保护
Ⅱ.重点短语
1．help(...)______________　帮助(某人)摆脱困境或危难
2．be
____________
to...
沉浸于……
3．____________
the
Internet
在网上
4．in
____________
of
需要
5．yell
____________
大喊
Ⅲ.重点句型
1．It
is/was
a
time
when...那是……的时期
____________________(那是……的时期)the
killer
whales，or
“killers”as
they
were
then
called，helped
the
whalers
catch
the
baleen
whales...
2．be
about
to
do
sth.“即将，将要”
This
was
the
call
tha
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announced
there
____________________(将要有)a
whale
hunt.
3．even
though引导让步状语从句
I
had
already
heard
t
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George
didn’t
like
being
kept
waiting，so
____________________(即使)I
didn’t
have
the
right
clothes
on，I
raced
after
him.
4．being
done作宾语
From
James’s
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face，I
could
see
he
was
terrified
of
____________________(被我们抛弃)．
答案：1.It
was
a
time
when　2.was
about
to
be
3．even
though　4.being
abandoned
by
us
Ⅰ.Read
the
text
and
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then
choose
the
best
answer
according
to
the
text.
1．Who
first
shouted
that
the
killer
was
coming
A．The
writer.
B．James.
C．George.
D．Old
Tom.
2．Which
of
the
following
is
TRUE
A．The
killers
sometimes
harmed
the
whalers.
B．Old
Tom
was
70
years
old.
C．Old
Tom
never
did
favor
for
the
whalers.
D．Old
Tom
and
his
friends
were
helpful
to
the
whalers.
3．Why
did
the
kil
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throw
themselves
on
top
of
the
whale’s
blow hole
A．To
protect
the
whale.
B．To
help
the
whale
run
away.
C．To
stop
the
whale
breathing.
D．To
tell
other
killers
to
come
closer.
4．What
happened
to
James
A．He
suddenly
caught
a
big
fish.
B．He
suddenly
fell
into
the
sea.
C．He
helped
the
injured
Old
Tom.
D．A
whale
attacked
him
and
he
died.
5．What’s
the
main
idea
of
this
passage
A．About
a
big
fish
which
helped
the
fishermen.
B．About
great
whales
which
helped
the
whalers.
C．About
the
whalers
who
were
surviving
on
the
sea.
D．About
the
whale
station
where
the
whalers
could
catch
the
whales.
Ⅱ.Fill
in
the
blanks
according
to
the
text.
1．____________(work)
at
the
whaling
station，I
had
witnessed
whales
2.____________(attack)
many
times.On
the
afternoon
I
arrived
at
the
station，as
I
3.____________(sort)
out
my
accommodation，I
heard
a
loud
noise
coming
from
the
bay.Running
down
to
the
shore
in
time，we
saw
an
enormous
animal.“It
is
called
Old
Tom，the
killer，”
George
said
as
he
ran
ahead
4.____________
me.5.__________
the
distance
we
could
see
that
something
was
happening.
As
we
6.____________(draw)
nearer，I
could
see
a
whale
being
attacked
by
a
pack
of
about
six
killers.
Being
badly
wounded，the
whale
soon
died.Very
soon，its
body
7.____________(drag)
by
the
killers
down
into
the
8.____________(deep)
of
the
sea.
The
sea
was
rough
that
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day
and
it
was
difficult
9.____________(handle)
the
boat.
I
could
see
James
was
terrified
of
being
abandoned
by
us.When
we
approached
him，I
saw
James
being
10.____________(firm)
held
up
in
the
water
by
Old
Tom.
And
I
couldn’t
believe
my
eyes.